Schweet, won a sat into WSOP
Nothing huge, but I won a seat to any of the $365 entries at the WSOP at the river rock. 59 entrants in the tourny, top 2 won seats, when it got to heads up we both just shoved every time so I came 2nd.
Pretty cool stuff since I'm a very low limit player, and don't play much IRL. gonna be fun as I'm sure I'll last a whole 10 minutes
Pretty cool stuff since I'm a very low limit player, and don't play much IRL. gonna be fun as I'm sure I'll last a whole 10 minutes
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Just fold for the first level . . . that ought to take longer than 10 minutes and bust at least 6 donkeys.
https://www.playnow.com/resources/documents/poker/wsopc-vancouver-sep-12/wsopc-event-schedule.pdf
*nvm, found my answer: http://www.riverrock.com/files/PDF/poker/World_Series_of_Poker_Schedule_River_Rock.pdf so yes, it's a 2 day event.
While their satellite schedule is horrible...ie: you can't carry seats to another day when you can actually play, it HAS to be played on the following Sunday.. the play is pretty horrible and it's not that tough a game.
Guess we will see how they respond to my pissed off emails and messages...
Playing the ME sat. this sunday as I played a micro sat yesterday as well..
Hope to see you down there Tony! Did you get booked into Event 1?
i would love to play the ME, but i can't get the time off work, already used up all of my holidays, plus it's out of my bank roll. though i would have played some sat's if i was able to play. hopefully i bump into you sometime. i did get booked into event 1.
i'll try to remember to tweet during the event.
I am hoping to sat into the ME as well, but I have some poker funds sitting in a jar that probably need to be spent anyway..lol House renos are so undeserving of such funds...
That being said, my trip does hinge upon the arrival of the new kidlet...these things always go according to plan right?
hopefully everything works out with the newcomer on the way. an early congrats on another rugrat
410 entrants, i busted out about 3 hours in, around the 355 player mark.
I was told by a friend who plays a lot of events that i had a very tough table, among them was a former bracelet winner, an older asian guy.
an hour in and i hadn't played a single hand or even tried to call. i wake up with AA on the button, raise is 3.5x and i get called by the BB who is half stacked and has spewed chips to everyone with draws and 2nd and 3rd pairs. flop comes Qc8c5d, he checks, i bet 400, he raises to 1.5k, i 3 bet to 3k and he shoves for just under 5k. I call and he shows me his set of 5's. i'm not sure if i could have gotten away from the hand.
after doubling him up to over starting stack, he's out within the next hour with terrible play.
after that, i win a pot with AQo, i raise pre and get 2 callers, i cbet on the flop and they both fold. that was my only pot of the day.
after spewing some chips around from playing passive and checking too much, i'm down to 2.1k just before the first break. the last hand before the break I have 88, i limp at UTG+1, the bracelet winner raises 3x, i tank and fold later on regretting the move.
after the break, i'm starting to get blinded out with 10bb left. I get AcQs MP, an asian girl who has been very TAG raises 3x, and i shove. folds around and she insta calls, shows AsQc. Flop comes 2 clubs and a spade, turn is another club, river is red. i almost double up but miss and we chop. two hands later i find J10cc, i push with 1.8k and am called by the guy on my left with QK off. before we show he says "i think you're ahead but..." board wiffs us both and i take the walk of shame.
overall great experience, i def played scared unfortunately and next time i think i would play more of my normal game, but just a bit tighter. i was afraid to cbet after raising preflop once i was short stacked and afraid to shove to try to get a fold. not very good play on my part, but oh well. there's always next time.
yeah i was looking forward to meeting you, but i think me going busto is more to blame than you come later in the day
sorry but i won't be around the rock today, it's quite a drive away, but i'll be cheering you on