Friday, June 7, 2013

Poker in the desert


Arrived in Vegas Wednesday around 10 a.m., checked into my hotel and then guess what? There is a mega-stack tournament taking place at Caesar's which happens to be across the street, so why wait?

There were 296 runners of which 36 would cash. I finished 6th going out on sort of a bad beat. The blinds and antes were so high that it was lots of shove or fold, not my favorite, but that's what it was. It folded to the small blind who moved all in for around 500K chips. I had slightly less, but an easy call with 9-9. SB sheepishly turned over Q-4 and we saw a safe flop, a nothing turn and a queen on the river. He eventually finished second. Still $1300 will pay many entries for more tournaments and I'm playing with house money.

The final table was interesting. There were four Americans and a player from Denmark, Russia, Brazil, France and Canada -- the WSOP draws them in from all over the world. I'll post a link when the results are available online.

Photo taken with my point-and-shoot.

9 comments:

  1. Sucks, but still excellent. I'm sure this is just the first of several cashes for you this week. Oh, and a bracelet as well.

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  2. WD Mojo, already started on your roll thru the Vegas poker scene. Very tough river beat there.

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  3. So jealous of your tournament success... :) Congratulations and keep playing well Mojo!

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  4. Nice way to start the trip!
    Keep it up

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  5. Great start to the trip!! Keep that Mojo workin'!

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  6. Sure beat blowing bubbles by a dam site. And, like the Hoover one, sucks a bit when the blinds dictate.

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  7. So let me get this straight. You blew off a dinner with Lucki Duck, Mrs. Duck, Lightning and myself just to play poker? And just to win $1300?

    Well played, sir, well played.

    Sorry you didn't join us for a great dinner but you had good reason. I think I'm skipping a tournament today but might try the deep stack at Caesars tomorrow of I can get my butt out of bed early enough for a Nooner (so-to-speak). Let me know what events you're playing the next two days and I'll try to come by and rail for you.

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  8. Nice run sir. Just a warm up for the WSOP I'm sure.

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  9. You missed a fun dinner, but I guess a successful poker pro like you just doesn't have time to associate with the "little people" anymore. Congrats!

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