Event #41 Runner Up - Trip Report (Day 1) (VERY long)

[AtlasRaised]

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That AKs hand is horrendous.

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which one? toward the middle (my hand) or toward the end (opponent hand)?

I'm assuming you meant the middle hand where my opponent called my AKs raise and all-in with A10. Yes, his line on this hand was pretty bad...but all in all he was not a bad player. He had played in 10 events up to that point and cashed in a few, and his plan was to either go into day 2 with an absolute monster stack or go home. He actually DID make it to Day 2, and the final table...and I played with him for several hours on Sunday. His play was much much different without the chiplead...rightly or wrongly. He played tight, almost too tight, at the final table and ended up getting blinded off in 8th.

[deadbody]

good report, my buddy played in this event and went broke early with AK vs. JJ on a A J blank board.

I like your writing style, and congrats on the great finish.

[LearnedfromTV]

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That AKs hand is horrendous.

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which one? toward the middle (my hand) or toward the end (opponent hand)?

I'm assuming you meant the middle hand where my opponent called my AKs raise and all-in with A10. Yes, his line on this hand was pretty bad...but all in all he was not a bad player. He had played in 10 events up to that point and cashed in a few, and his plan was to either go into day 2 with an absolute monster stack or go home. He actually DID make it to Day 2, and the final table...and I played with him for several hours on Sunday. His play was much much different without the chiplead...rightly or wrongly. He played tight, almost too tight, at the final table and ended up getting blinded off in 8th.

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I don't think he was talking about your opponent...

Nice read and cash, tho.

[StrayBullet]

Great read, looking forward to pt2!

[flatiron88]

excellent report. I played in event 41 (table 77 seat 4) after winning my local game's cash satellite into a 1500 nl WSOP event. Sat next to Jennifer Tilly for the first 4 hours, DIDN'T spend the last few months on 2+2 or at the live tables sharpening my game (definitely a -EV decision by me) and went out with a whimper at the 2nd break because i allowed myself to let the facts that she was to my right and an aggressive europro was 2 seats to my left and i was card dead for the whole 4 hours keep me from being aggressive enough to take down some of the weak tight hands that went on at my table. Like you it was my first big buy in event, unlike you, it was my first live event outside of my local group's single table monthly game and like you, i had an absolute blast. I look forward to part two and would love, with your permission, to illuminate some of late day one as i saw it from the rail, including the end of Matusow, the bluff of Phil, the Phil and Steve show at their table late into the night (which, since there were no cameras and no reporters was a great loss for the poker viewing world)

[pig4bill]

You're lucky your table started late. Mine started pretty much right on time. The tables were initially separated into two groups and apparently your group got a late start for some reason.

Nobody famous at my tables. Greenstein at the table behind and Hellmuth at the table in front is as close as I got.

[uclabruinz]

Excellent report and looking forward to the rest.

[MattSuspect]

Good report, dinner is on you next time!

[Lawman007]

WE NEED DAY 2!

[AtlasRaised]

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WE NEED DAY 2!

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it's coming, trust me. and again, thanks everyone for your compliments, it was really fun to write.

The problem is (unfortunately) I didn't win quite enough to think about dropping out of this whole "law" thing and playing full time in big tourneys, which would have given me time to write whenever I wanted. Work has been extremely busy lately but I take what time I have (when I'm not playing poker) to try to piece together my memories and get some stuff written down.

Also, for some reason Day 1 seemed to come back to me much more clearly than Day 2 at first. Probably because Day 2 just seemed like such a crazy rush I didnt take time to commit each big hand to memory...

but rest assured there was still a ton to write about and it should be up in a day or two.


ALSO: there are some funny pictures up in the WSOP photo galleries that go right along with some of the early hands from my Day 1 report.

If you go to this link, on page 1 of the gallery you can see me mucking my QhJh hand with about 600 left in my stack. (I'm in the black shirt with goatee, the guy who won this hand is the older asian guy in pics right before me).

On page 2 you can see the hand I was all-in with Ks10x (with the same asian guy) and looking disgustingly at the Ah turn card (right before the miracle river).

In the next gallery there are some good picks of Chan and Hellmuth who were 1 table over.

http://www.printroom.com/ViewGallery...lery_id=483256

There should be more pics posted tomorrow of Day 2 and the final table.

here is one of me and Danneman towards the bubble during Day 1...(I'm much happier at this point)