Not so super WSOP

Well Lisa and I went to our first WSOP Circuit event, a seniors tournament. It was fun and all but not great results. We started with 6000 in chips and I lost at least two thirds of them in the first round with pocket 10's on two occasions. I actually thought I would be out of my first WSOP event in the first round. Luckily I had a pocket pair 8's and limped and hit a set and got a lady to my right to call my all in so I was able to double up. Unfortunately it was short lived... when we got back from the first break I had pocket Q's and bet about 1/3 of my stack... one guy called and the lady I had beaten earlier went all in... I hesitated but decided I had to call with my queens... unfortunately she had pocket K's and my first WSOP event had come to an end. Lisa bust out a few minutes later and we were done for the day. Had fun and am looking forward to going to Vegas this summer and do the WSOP for real!

It's almost time for WSOP

I realized its been a week or so since my last update... not all that much to report. No lucky Monday this week... did manage to stick around until final two tables... not bad considering I was only able to play three hands... the first was a medium pair I got raised off of (and would have lost)... the second (my only winning hand) was a big blind special 4/6 that flopped a straight. The last hand was an all in AK suited that lost. played some Omaha at Viejas also with no luck... but this weekend I play in my first WSOP event (well circuit event)... we are going to start on Sunday with the seniors event and see if I can't beat some other old geisers... then depending on how that goes we will make a plan for the rest of the events all next week. Stay tuned for details :)

Monday magic

Just a quick update on another Monday win... or chop at least. Almost went out a couple of times but kept hanging on until we got down to the final table. At one point the blinds were 400-800 and I only had 2000 in chips. I was in the big blind and the blinds were about to go up so I announced I was playing the hand blind and be prepared to call the 2000 all in. Well two players decided they were gonna play so one bet the 2000 and the other called and I called blind. Turns out I tripled up when I hit two pairs with a 3/4 suited...sweet. They were only paying 6 but we decided to chop with 7 left and each took home $150...not bad for a $40 investment (buy in plus rebuy). Getting geared up for the Harrahs Rincon WSOP Ciruit Event in a week or so and have been winning so lets hope it continues.

Almost Monday Magic

Decided to see if i could rekindle the Monday magic at Palomar that let me win twice in the last three weeks. Unfortunately they changed the format again adding an extra 1000 chip option for $5. Although it sounds good but we quickly realized it would severely cut down on the number of rebuys, so i definitely did not want to rebuy unless absolutely necessary. I made it through most of the two rebuy periods losing chips but still had about 1500 with just a couple of minutes left. I looked down to see a QJ suited in spades... the blinds were 50/100 an early player raised to 300 and I just decided to call. A player after me went all in with slightly less than me and the original raiser also went all in... I finally decided I was getting over 3 to 1 on my money and made the call figuring if I lost I would just walk away. The first player turned over KK and the second player turned over A8 of spades to take away my flush draw. I figured I was done but asked the dealer for a couple of queens or a jacks and sure enough, two jacks on the flop and they held up. But because poker is cruel I later got in a hand with A8 suited and it was gonna cost me about 1/3 of my stack to call two all ins and hopefully take out two players. They both turned over 10/8 suited and the flop came JJ8 rainbow and my Ace was looking good. Unfortunately the turn and the river were both 10's giving them full houses and all the 8's and 10's were out. I lasted a while longer going out in 12th place but they were only paying 5 so I was glad I didn't rebuy.