Just thought Id provide you people with a little insight about my trip experience down at the WSOP if youre going down.
Day 1 I played in the B flight for the housewarming - I must have gotten lucky cause when I went to the cashier line there were 4 people in front of me. Sat down 7 handed and basically was at that table until level 10 - didnt have many premium hands actually ran it down to about 3k ish and got it all in 6 ways with 77 flopped a set and held. After the colour up break got 1 KO and 1 Double situations were AK v AQ and then the double up went UTG +1 raises 2.5x 2 calls in front im on the button with 10 10, BB jams 240k folds back to me I tanked a bit and made the call - he showed AQ and held, Ran it up to 134,000 at dinner break. After that it was a table carousel as I moved from Gold Ballys to Orange Ballys to Red Ballys to Blue Ballys - Only Notable confrontation was I raised A5 in the Cut Off, called by tbe blinds to a A Q 5 flop. BB leads I tried to set a trap and flat - turned a Q - hand checked down after that and he showed down A-2 (the Q really killed that hand cause the river was a 2 and would have surely got a full double up). Played pretty boring the rest of the night got in the money around Level 17 but couldnt make anything happen, ended up shoving K4 for 8BBs on the button, snapped off by 77hd in the big blind to a flop of Kd 10c 8c, only to get the 7s on the turn and no help on the river. Which got me the 482 for the flight and $876 payout.
Played again In flight C. To be quite honest I was card dead entire day and if I hadn't made a few big plays before dinner break I would out far sooner. Best hand of the session was AA twice, BB walk Once and button raise and 2 folds the second. Ended up blinding out which sucked but 49 410 47 48 seemed like were stuck to me on my last table. Ended up shoving 109ss and losing to K 7 with no improvment. Boring day.
The one thing I will say about the fields from both flights is that they were pretty soft, I think 20,000 ish was the final tally of entrants. Alot of late reg or re entries always came to the table complaining about lines. Lines at the cashier then lines to the late reg\re entry table were stupid long.
I wanted to fire in 1D but i was mentally exhausted, needed to take a day off.
Monday I entered the $600 Deepstack - first experience in the Paris Ballroom on Table 3 to start - day started 10 handed which was surprising but table draw was pretty good. Witnessed this hand... Blind vs Blind. SB (85dd) v BB (KKxx) no raise PF.
FLOP 764. CHECK CHECK. TURN K. Bet 1500, Called by BB. RIVER 6, Bet 6000, called by BB. You want to have an idea of the caliber of players in these fields that sums it up perfectly.
Anywho, as for me I had no confrontations up until after 2nd break when levels started getting meaty. Ran my 30k into 120k pretty casually. Dont even know if I really had a showdown to be honest. Then this hand happened. New table, maybe 10-15 hand there and the last hand before dinner break. Picked up KK in UTG+1. Blinds 2500 5000 5000 UTG opens 11.5K, sized his stack (roughly 93K) so i 3bet to 31K. All folds UTG flats instantly. FLOP 5 5 10 - RAINBOW. Check, I lead 20k. He jams his last 60k i snap. He flips over Ad 5c.... what can i expect in a $600 field though I guess - No help for me and Left me with 28k after a 75 minute dinner break. That was a killer, would have had a 35BB stack after lunch with a 3 table short stacks to my left. After lunch i ended up jamming 22 in the BB and snapped by KK. That was the end of that one.
On top of that, next day I got Covid so i spent the next 48 hrs in my room with meds and isolating until I feeling better (which by the way if you have been following the 2022 WSOP on twitter its going around there like crazy). Wear your mask, be heavy on the sanitizer, and bring wipes. The mass of poker players there are absolutely disgusting!! I met alot of awesome people and had a great time but I cant elaborate how out of touch and disgusting ALOT of these players were. Anyone planning to go, don't be discouraged be cautious (I was naive and unmasked the first day and I guarantee that was my downfall).
Poker wise though, hard not to be result oriented but I felt I played really well in cash and tournament but was down approx $3,000 spread out playing $2/$5 $1500 Max at Aria and the 2 housewarming bullets and the $600 deepstack event. Lucky for me I got lucky on a slot machine so I may still be back early July...
Biggest things Id like to share with any of you booked to go down:
#1 - pre reg on the bravo app you will save so much time avoiding these lines at the Paris. They charge a 17.75 i think fee but its worth it. PRO TIP - If you are down there and want to buy in direct with cash skip the champagne room lines and just head into the Paris ballroom, beside the kings lounge and Yellow tables the 3 cages there allow you to buy into events with cash or chips only and the lines were empty when I went.
#2 - Mask it and sanitize like crazy!!! Maybe leave early for breaks to avoid the crowds rushing for food and bathrooms. Be careful and good luck!
Day 1 I played in the B flight for the housewarming - I must have gotten lucky cause when I went to the cashier line there were 4 people in front of me. Sat down 7 handed and basically was at that table until level 10 - didnt have many premium hands actually ran it down to about 3k ish and got it all in 6 ways with 77 flopped a set and held. After the colour up break got 1 KO and 1 Double situations were AK v AQ and then the double up went UTG +1 raises 2.5x 2 calls in front im on the button with 10 10, BB jams 240k folds back to me I tanked a bit and made the call - he showed AQ and held, Ran it up to 134,000 at dinner break. After that it was a table carousel as I moved from Gold Ballys to Orange Ballys to Red Ballys to Blue Ballys - Only Notable confrontation was I raised A5 in the Cut Off, called by tbe blinds to a A Q 5 flop. BB leads I tried to set a trap and flat - turned a Q - hand checked down after that and he showed down A-2 (the Q really killed that hand cause the river was a 2 and would have surely got a full double up). Played pretty boring the rest of the night got in the money around Level 17 but couldnt make anything happen, ended up shoving K4 for 8BBs on the button, snapped off by 77hd in the big blind to a flop of Kd 10c 8c, only to get the 7s on the turn and no help on the river. Which got me the 482 for the flight and $876 payout.
Played again In flight C. To be quite honest I was card dead entire day and if I hadn't made a few big plays before dinner break I would out far sooner. Best hand of the session was AA twice, BB walk Once and button raise and 2 folds the second. Ended up blinding out which sucked but 49 410 47 48 seemed like were stuck to me on my last table. Ended up shoving 109ss and losing to K 7 with no improvment. Boring day.
The one thing I will say about the fields from both flights is that they were pretty soft, I think 20,000 ish was the final tally of entrants. Alot of late reg or re entries always came to the table complaining about lines. Lines at the cashier then lines to the late reg\re entry table were stupid long.
I wanted to fire in 1D but i was mentally exhausted, needed to take a day off.
Monday I entered the $600 Deepstack - first experience in the Paris Ballroom on Table 3 to start - day started 10 handed which was surprising but table draw was pretty good. Witnessed this hand... Blind vs Blind. SB (85dd) v BB (KKxx) no raise PF.
FLOP 764. CHECK CHECK. TURN K. Bet 1500, Called by BB. RIVER 6, Bet 6000, called by BB. You want to have an idea of the caliber of players in these fields that sums it up perfectly.
Anywho, as for me I had no confrontations up until after 2nd break when levels started getting meaty. Ran my 30k into 120k pretty casually. Dont even know if I really had a showdown to be honest. Then this hand happened. New table, maybe 10-15 hand there and the last hand before dinner break. Picked up KK in UTG+1. Blinds 2500 5000 5000 UTG opens 11.5K, sized his stack (roughly 93K) so i 3bet to 31K. All folds UTG flats instantly. FLOP 5 5 10 - RAINBOW. Check, I lead 20k. He jams his last 60k i snap. He flips over Ad 5c.... what can i expect in a $600 field though I guess - No help for me and Left me with 28k after a 75 minute dinner break. That was a killer, would have had a 35BB stack after lunch with a 3 table short stacks to my left. After lunch i ended up jamming 22 in the BB and snapped by KK. That was the end of that one.
On top of that, next day I got Covid so i spent the next 48 hrs in my room with meds and isolating until I feeling better (which by the way if you have been following the 2022 WSOP on twitter its going around there like crazy). Wear your mask, be heavy on the sanitizer, and bring wipes. The mass of poker players there are absolutely disgusting!! I met alot of awesome people and had a great time but I cant elaborate how out of touch and disgusting ALOT of these players were. Anyone planning to go, don't be discouraged be cautious (I was naive and unmasked the first day and I guarantee that was my downfall).
Poker wise though, hard not to be result oriented but I felt I played really well in cash and tournament but was down approx $3,000 spread out playing $2/$5 $1500 Max at Aria and the 2 housewarming bullets and the $600 deepstack event. Lucky for me I got lucky on a slot machine so I may still be back early July...
Biggest things Id like to share with any of you booked to go down:
#1 - pre reg on the bravo app you will save so much time avoiding these lines at the Paris. They charge a 17.75 i think fee but its worth it. PRO TIP - If you are down there and want to buy in direct with cash skip the champagne room lines and just head into the Paris ballroom, beside the kings lounge and Yellow tables the 3 cages there allow you to buy into events with cash or chips only and the lines were empty when I went.
#2 - Mask it and sanitize like crazy!!! Maybe leave early for breaks to avoid the crowds rushing for food and bathrooms. Be careful and good luck!
. Jam on his button raise and he snaps it with AA.
