dinner break

Was a little preoccupied with the toc game going on so I haven't paid much attention to the other action. At the dinner break we had a bunch of action. Scott went bust with a set when the rivet made the flush. Gary went bust with set over set. Tk was knocked hard with his last hand and took gim down to 1800. After the break tk has made a small climb and is at 6k or so.

Dinner break

Took a big hit on the last hand. JJ vs 44 vs AA. Still in but only have 6 bb. Been completely card dead since last break.

Second break

6100. Grindin away. Hands are finally holdin up. Just need to stay patient. Good feel for the table.

round 3

Gary doubled up, had aroun 6k. Bob is staying around 3k. Tk has doubled to around 7k and scott looks the same at 6k

woops

I guess I should have paid closer attention to the books when it said stay away from the calling station aq vs 72 off (ya shua we all know its the nuts). Anyway that's my series live down the toilet. On a positive note, scott knocked out michael mizrachi (the grinder) with a set of aces. Everyone else is doing well

First break

2500. Finally hit a set but lost to a flush. Took an early hit.

Almost time

Getting ready to eat some grub before the big event. I will be at amazon blue table 25 seat 4. Congrats to John for his run/cash at the venetian and to nate for making day 2.

I had an uneventful Sat. Rolled some craps at Casino Royale with Rich and Jason and lost. We then strolled to Harrahs and sat 1/2 NL. I bought in for 300 and this is how bad I play. I call a raise on the button with Ad6d. Four to the flop of A A 5 rainbow. Everybody checks. Turn Q. Original raiser bets 10, mp raises to 30, and I elect to just call. Raiser goes AI for 90 more and mp reluctantly folds. I say "so its going to cost me $90 for you to show me a boat." "I call" and he tables QQ. Weird. Somehow I won the miracle hand when the river came a 6. Don't worry the poker gods proceeded to punish me the rest of the night as I missed every draw, including an open ended straight flush draw (35 outs or so according to Rich). Ended that game down about 100 before heading to dinner. We were gonna go rail John again but then I got the text he was knocked out. Still an AWESOME
run!

After dinner we cruised to the Rio. I entered a sng and finished 4th. Jason wound up chopping one. That pretty much sums up my night. Good luck everyone today!

TK

Congrats John!

After 1 and a half days on the felt John finished in 7th place. His final hand was aj diamond preflop vs aq spades. Flop was 9 8 2 turn 10 and the river is a jack to pair up John but gave his opponent the straight. He left the table with the respect from everyone on the table and from all of us rooting him on. Hope to see much more finishes like this one on this trip.

final table

John just made fin table a few minutes after we showed up. Average stack 750,000 john has 370k but we know he can play short

day 1

Almost all of us ate starting on day 2 so there isn't a lot to brag about right now but I just dropped into the Rio, finalized my registration and checked in on the action. The film crews are packed around the feature table and so are the crowds. I got as close as I could and the only face I could see was Greg Raymer. I didn't stick around long enough to check stacks and such as we are on our way to cheer on John A. who has a 1 in 14 chance at first in the venitian deepstack. Way to go john!

I will blog much much more tomorrow.

Officially on the road!

I'm sitting in the car as we speak, on our way! The worst part is always the drive there. I haven't heard much from the others except John A is making a deep run at the Venetian. 700 entrants 34 left and they resume at 4 today. We should make it in time to give him some support. Go get em buddy!

I'm not sure what our plan is tonight. Probably catch some dinner with everybody and play cash somewhere. I don't want to be up too late so I can be sharp tomorrow. I know Nate D is running today so good luck to ya!

TK

Days Goes By...

First, I wanted to wish everyone playing in the event the best of luck and good fortunes on anything else while you're down in Vegas! I hope you win tons of money!

I am sitting here in my office at work, bored, and I just want to hit the road and go to Las Vegas. Anxious? Yes! Nervous? No. I'll admit, I was nervous last year, playing in my first ever WSOP event. I can't even say I shook those nerves since I lasted less than an hour, played maybe 4 hands TOTAL before getting eliminated when KK ran into AK. For whatever reason, that compounded my week long trip into probably the worst run I EVER had. By the end of the trip, my confidence was shaken and pretty much expected to lose. (Yup, I sound like Bruce.) I'm not one to whine about bad beats but it got pretty ridiculous. However, the positive I took from it was that I made pretty deep runs in some of the tourneys I played and made the right decisions when it came down to it. Maybe it wasn't my time yet...

Fast forward to today and the main "theme" is redemption. Honestly, it can't be any worse than last year. I do my best when there is doubt so I've embedded into my brain that its impossible. What's impossible you may ask? I have no clue. I don't have any goals or expectations. It sounds cliche but take it one step at a time, can't win the tournament in the first hour or the first day. Bottom line, its just poker. Just like any other day at Bob's. I'm ready. Is the world ready for me?

Again, good luck to everybody in all your endeavors. See you at the Rhino Saturday night!

TK

Here we go!

I have to be honest when I closed the car door I had a big grin on my face. I've been anticipating this trip for a while now. So in response to the thread on the message board I thought I would give a little pregame warm up. I have been running hands through my head for the last 2 weeks. From AA preflop to the double gut shot 5 to 1 call but who knows what will happen until game day.

we are on our way to vegas now and from the conversation in the car we are all optimistic. Gary has promised dinner at some 5 star joint if he makes the final and scott is talking about sky diving (go figure the hyper-agressive guy wants to jump out of a plane).

The word around the campfire is Caesars tourney tonight and possibly the venetian deep stack tomorrow. Let the prop bets begin!

Welcome

I have had some interest from friends that want me to send updates from the series. I set this page up so that everyone in the group can follow the excitement and everyone going will have a place to post game updates, picture, celebrity encounters, bad beat stories and so on. If you are going and want to be an author on this page send me an email and I will set you up. Also, I will respect everyone's privacy and only post on my play unless otherwise asked.

Good luck to everyone going!