Day 4 at WSOP
Today sucked! Plain & Simple.
I started the day really late. I didn’t wake up until noon, which was already to late for Event #7, which I really should have and wanted to play. After getting to the Rio around 4pm, I decided to play some cash games, especially after my win the other night. Second hand I call a guy from big blind pre-flop raise with 9Tos. I hit the 9, check, bet, call. Turn is a T, check, check. River was a 5 pairing the board. I knew the whole way I was good, until then. I check, he bets big, I tank and call. Ship it. I’m up $160 by second hand. WOW. Then of course I got seriously coolered. I turned the 2nd nut flush, but of course, he had the nut. I lost it all.
I took a break and went for some dinner. I decided to figure out the Single Table Satellites(STS) and asked around until I figured it out. I played two. I bubbled in both!! Ouch!!!
The first one was a $235 buy-in, 2 winners, $1100 each. The second was a $275 buy-in, 1 winner, $2620. First things first, everyone, and I mean everyone, knows that almost all the STS chop at heads up or even 3 way. The first one makes sense, since 2 win anyways, I can understand no chop. Of course I had to lose with KcQc to Ac3s when the board 4 flushed. Bullshit!!
Its the second STS that really has me steaming. This one only pays 1st, so, like I said, almost always a chop. When we were 4 handed, it was 2 girls (blondie & "Cat"), and 2 guys(Asian & me). The 2 girls end up in a pot with blondie holding JJ vs Cat’s 44. Cat hits the case 4 (I folded the other) on the flop and really dents blondies stack. Two hands later, Cat calls blondies all-in with AQos to blondies QJos. Ace hits on river to nail it. Now Cat has chips. I later busted Asian with 88 to his KJos. Awesome, we are heads up. I count my chips and I have exactly 33% chips in play. I offer straight 2-1 chop. She says not right now, so I told her that if I end up in the lead, there would be no way I would chop. She was a total bitch. She gives me this song and dance about needing to work on her heads-up play – BTW – her heads up play consisted on going all-in every hand. Un-fucking-believable. I even folded QsTs to her once too – I shouldn’t have. The best hand I saw after that was 9cTc, I called, she shoved like I knew she would, and I called. She had AQ. Bitch!! She even hit the A on the river here too.
I am just so pissed about bubbling twice – with no love from either tables. It has changed my view on chopping at these STS. I don’t think I’ll do it now either. If everyone else is selfish, I guess I need to be too!!
Coolest spotting today – Jorge Garcia – he was literally right behind me in line for the STS signups. I said hello & shook his hand. He seems real cool. Other sitings today included just about every known pro player – they were all there. Even Jerry Buss, Lakers owner, was in the satellite room.
It is so cool to be here!!
Bankroll Update: -1550
