My WSOP Log - Dead Money-
For those of you that are interested, I will be keeping a log for this trip and posting it here.
My trip starts Sunday June 25 through July 1st. I will be playing in event 2 and possibly 3 and many satelite and super satelites to the main event.
WSOP day -1
I have to say I am excited to go as this will be the first time to Vegas to play poker. Playing in the WSOP has probably been in the back of my mind since my first deposit at Party Poker, December 03.
Tomorrow some more.
WSOP - 1 - No sign of Haddon.
My trip starts Sunday June 25 through July 1st. I will be playing in event 2 and possibly 3 and many satelite and super satelites to the main event.
WSOP day -1
I have to say I am excited to go as this will be the first time to Vegas to play poker. Playing in the WSOP has probably been in the back of my mind since my first deposit at Party Poker, December 03.
Tomorrow some more.
WSOP - 1 - No sign of Haddon.
Comments
As a Vegas virgin as well, I look forward to your report. I'll understand tho if you can't update during a final table.
Leaving today at 8 P.M.
WSOP day 1 - Still no sign of Haddon.
We are staying off strip at The Orleans for 8 nights.
Camblor and I got denied by the IRS to get an ITIN. Since we would have 30% withheld I don't think we will be in too many events.
Hope the side action is juicy.
To anyone in Vegas or heading down, let us know if you want to meet up.
Kev
'Just filing paperwork' sounds easy enough, but it also really makes you sound like a liar, cause I know otherwise.
PS. I AM the LAGgy
Then may the loose passives all be at your table
At the simple levels, it's fill out the form and get the cheque. The complex stuff is a nightmare.
I am not an accountant, but AM the son of one, so I hear all this stuff.
GL DM and anyone else down there.
How about? no personal experience,
http://www.refundmanagement.com/about.asp
Oh, the stories you must have...
I have used them, and they are good. They do take 30% of what they recover tho. But 70% is better than nadda.
CardPlayer.com is covering everything. So is PokerPages.com.
For entertainment value, I like Tao of Poker.
links: http://www.cardplayer.com/ http://www.pokerpages.com/ http://taopoker.blogspot.com/
13Phil Hellmuth Jr.$16,700
14Erik Seidel$16,500
14Nick Voyatzis$16,500
16Greg Raymer$16,100
17Phil Gordon$16,000
18Adam Friedman$15,000
19Doyle Brunson$14,000
19Clonie Gowen$14,000
19David "Devil Fish" Ulliott$14,000
22Noah Boeken$13,800
23Joseph Cordi$13,100
http://news.pokerpages.com/index.php?option=com_simpleblog&task=view&id=1376
Hull was renamed Gatineau a bunch of years ago. I think Hull was too english for Quebec. Also, french people generally can't pronounce 'h', so it sounded like 'uull'.
Oh wait... that sounds a little gay.
6/25/06
Arrived way to early to the airport. Went through customs and noticed many people wearing poker hats, some were online and one was a CPT one. The face was familiar but couldn't put a name to it. Over heard 2 guys behind me talking poker. One was trying to tell the other how to play the tournament they entered. Boy I hope both these guys are at my table!
Notes from the plane.
Two guys to my left across the aisle playing NL for pennies.
I have the window, kid 2 seats over is really excited. Wouldn't stop asking mom (on my left) questions. That white noise planes make is priceless. For a buck headsets were even better.
Flying West Jet. Love those little TVs.
Announced temperature in Vegas is 42° C.
Wearing my Team Canuck poker hat. Have had a few looks. Thanks Dave for letting me win this hat.
Arrived at 10:45 and went straight for a cab. Man, 11:00 PM at night and it is 39°c. This is Africa hot.
Checked into the Gold Coast and went straight over to the Rio. The Pavilion has to be one KM behind the Rio. By this time it is 1 AM. Has to be a few thousand people there.
I bought into a super satellite and event 2. Over a hundred and 178 tables have been sold already. This will sell out the day before the event.
While I was at the cash cage, Mike
Sexton walks in. Man what a mouth on this man, Fn this and that. I noticed a wad of bills hanging out of his pocket. He pulls it out and peels off a few thousands at a time and gives it to a few others that come up and ask him for money. He knows everyone by first names. Looks to me to the banker for quite a few people.
I left the Rio at 1:30 AM for the old Coast Poker room. Played some 2/4 holdem till 4 in the morning. I have been up for 24 hours now.
Tomorrow I play my first satellite.
After 3 hours sleep the hammering at the hotel wakes me up. Oh well, who needs sleep, this is Vegas.
Went over the the Orleans to check out the poker room, nothing happening there, they spread a lot of Omaha.
At 3:00 PM I had a super satellite at the Rio for the main event. This was a rebuy, $200. After getting sucked out on twice, I was out.
I was in the audience for the tournament of champions, Watched Daniel N double up through Black. Chris Ferguson get eliminated. The pace of the final table is painfully slow. No wonder it takes 12 hours to complete one.
Walking out of the poker room ran into Carlos Mortonson, Chris Rose and Antonio E....they look much taller and TV LOL.
I left the Rio to become a tourist and hit the strip. Went to Ceasers Palace and the Belagio. Played some 4/8 for a few hours at there. What a nice looking poker room.
This was a tough poker day. Couldn't hit anything today.
Needed sleep.
Event two. Started at 12 noon.
It is quite the spectacle to see 2500+ players playing poker at the same time. Ran into a few players I know from the underground clubs.
I had two pros at my table, one I believe was Hassn Habib and the other was a lady, I have seen in card player, but did not know her name.
I lasted for 5 1/2 hours. I know I was getting picked on by the pros and went over the top once to stop them. This was just a delay, as the aggressiveness never stop. My bust out hand was AJ suited. On the button, I was sort stacked and pushed in for 1500 when it was folded around to me. The big blind called with Q, 10 off and I flopped two pair and he a straight. I guess he wanted to gamble as he only had me covered by 400.
Phil Helmuth was at the table behind me. As I got up the following hand occurred. Phil raised from the button with 99 and the small blind calls, BB folds. Flop is 8, 4 ,6 rainbow. SB checks , Phil bets the pot, SB calls. Turn is a 2 and goes check, 1/2 pot bet, call. River is a king and SB bets 400 and Phil calls. SB shows K, 5 off, and Phil absolutely looses it. He berates the player for 5 minutes, and keeps talking about it for the next 20. To bad there were no cameras to see this.
The rest of the day was a blur. Played poker till midnight and called it a night.