Back in New York, plans going forward
Wifezuki and I returned from Las Vegas early Sunday morning and have spent the day recovering from the travel, the vacation, and jet lag. Now that I’m settled in and rested, I’m looking forward to getting on with poker, programming, and building up this site to more than just a blog.
7/7/07 (a look back from Friday the 13th.)
According to news sources, there were more than 25,000 weddings in Las Vegas alone on July 7, 2007 based on the fortuitous confluence of sevens.
Having seen about two dozen of these couples, I’m putting the over-under line for divorce within a year at 7,777.
How to lose US$2,500 an hour (or My WSOP experience.)
Since this seems to be the detail everyone asks me about, let me start at the end:
KhQh on the button, 100/200 blinds. Middle position raises to T600. I call and see a flop. The flop comes JhTh and a rag. Original raiser betsT800. I raise T2,000 to see where I am. He calls.
Turn come a king. Original raiser checks. I go all in for T10,700. After much agonizing, he calls and turns over pocket tens. The river doesn’t help me. I’m out of the WSOP after just four hours with a loss rate of US$2,500 an hour.
Hopefully, I got that out of my system.
Just spent four hours playing some of the worst poker of my life. Fortunately, it was only the 1/2 game here at Bally’s and I staunched the bleeding at US$400. (more…)
Touched down in Vegas
The Sin and I are safely arrived in the holy city.
Not wanting to leave things until the last minute, I replaced my Harrah’s comp card, registered for the main event, and got my swag and sponsorship deal from PokerStars. It meant a ton of time on various lines and my back is killing me. But, I’m good to go.
I will be in seat seven on table thirty on day 1a (July 6.)
Hopefully, I will have more energy to go into detail in the coming days.