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Wynn Classic Events 1-3

LOL Blogaments Been a while, but haven't really had anything to write about. All the randomness floating around my head hasn't quite materialized itself into word yet, although I think if I write a spew blog a bunch of that will come out. So, that's what I'm gonna do, write what's been up lately, try and to find something interesting to write about in poker, and maybe a sweet tanget will come along.

Soooooo. Saturday I believe was the last day I wrote a blog. I was supposed to play the Venetian $500 event, but when the bike shop called and said my motorcycle was ready I knew I was going to call in sick. I had just dropped off my bike the Wednesday before to partake in my ritualistic lighting of fire to money on something silly afterwards (it was the motorcycle once). I bought pipes, bags, a windshield, tires, and a hypercharger . You know on those 50's hot rods how that sick supercharger intake pops out of the hood and has those flaps that open more when you gas it thingies? I got one for my bike. Not sure why (fuel economy and performance according to the salesman). But, all those toys with the routine servicing and installation of everything I was $3500 in the hole... so I had to play with my toy.

Ended up going to this local casino like a mile from my house called Club Fortune with Danny to play some drunken poker. I was actually really jonesin for some live poker cash style. Long story short, we get 4 handed playing 3-6 nl, I ask for a break in the rake and they say no beause they're on overtime. Fair nuff, game over. Then this bad player says, "Wanna play NL?"

I was stuck $100. Couple hours and atm trips later I'm up $600. Ty. Got home at like 7am, said, "Nope. Not playing a $2500 in 5 hours." So I slept the Venetain main, and made it up by three to play the afternoon schedule. That didn't go well quickly, Jared said lets go to Laughlin, I unregister from all the rest and we're out. Jared, Danny, and myself were there til Tuesday. Good times, but no really good stories.

Rest of the week I've been plaing online and at the Wynn (Th-Sat), playing a $500, 1k, and 1500 respectively. I love these structures because they start with 4k in chips and 25-50 blinds (the 1500 was 5k which is a perfect everything imo). It goes up quickly, but then slows waaaaaaaay down deep. The way it should be. So, Thursday I played great, lost most of my stack in a dumb situation (called a raise on the button pre w/TT to induce a squeeze from the perfect shoving stacks in the blinds, get it and they have QQ obv), and couldn't get going otherwise.

Friday was fantastic, busto by the 2:30 mark, just general nothing you can do tourneys that I love.

Today I had 12k by the 30th minute after...

Ah!

Lets play, "Put the (insert slang word for bad poker player) on a hand!"

25-50 blinds like 10 mins in, 4 way limped pot, we're in the big blind with A 8 . Flop 8 7 2 . I bet 125, the dude calls, Matt Brady, friend of mine who is an excellent player and has a lot of playing history with me, makes it 325. I re-raise to 1025, the dude calls , and Matt folds. Turn 9 ty, I bet 1425, the dude calls. River a napkin, I shove for 2500, he thinks, thinks, thinks, shrugs his shoulders and calls, mhig and he mucks before anybody can see. Any guesses? I give up. Only read is that it didn't look like he hated the turn, like if he had a set or a small flush or something.

Anyways, from there somebody pulled the plug. Actually after the first break. I was in fifth gear halfway through level 1 and kept the pedal to the metal for the rest of the first round. Then just couldn't get a damn thing going. Like, I was getting max-value one outed. Dude raises, I call button with KQss, flop AAx, x, Q, check check flop and turn and he bets like half pot on river I obv call and he has QQ. Know what I mean? No money goes into that I don't get back any other card. Whatevs... I shortstackninja'd for as long as possible, turning 4k into 12k twice at 300-600/50 WITHOUT A SHOWDOWN... :-). That's tough to do you know. In that period I made the greatest speech of my poker career. I shove over a guy for like 12 big blinds with QJo. He's getting a great price to call and I hate my hand, but I thought with his stack it had enough fold equity to make it profitabale with 400-800/100 fifteen minutes away. He tanks, cuts out the checks, knows he should call but hates it and I have him right in the AJ range. Shit. Then, I see an out.

"Cocktails?" asks the the beautiful ty for walking up at this moment woman.

"Yes!" She walks over. "I'll have a bud light please!"

Dude obv noticed. Mucked within six seconds of speech. :-).

Anyways, like three hands later I get my first real hand in the second round of going from 4k to 12k (I only had one the first time). I have like 10k at this point, pick up 88, open, get re-raised, I'm never raise/folding 88 w/17 bb's and a blind increase five minutes away, so I call the re-raise and stop-n-go the Axx flop and get called by kings. Oh well - 31st ain't bad when I never had a double up hand or otherwise big pot after that first one.

I never did get that bud light.

Peace and good luck,

Devo

posted by Devo @ 11:08 PM |