World Poker Tour - Battle for the Season Pass II, Wrapup
On Friday, the final table of both tournaments were being held. Donna and I just vegged out in the morning. I booked another scuba dive for the afternoon.
I went out front at noon to be picked up by Stuart Cove. This time I rented a dive computer in addition to a BCD, Regulator, and Wetsuit. Once we got out on the water, it was determined that the first dive was going to be at Clifton Wall. We dropped anchor pretty close to shore (it was swimable) and off we went. We all dropped to the bottom, which was 50 feet below the boat, then off to the wall we went. This portion of the wall was a lot better that the first dive that I went on. The water seemed more clear. We went down to about 90-95 feet. The water and coral were beautiful. You were able to see the ocean floor fade off into oblivion (well, at least to 6500 feet). I got down to 95 feet and did not even notice how deep I was! We surfaced after about 30 minutes, then off the the next dive site we went.
This one was actually the only natural wreck on this particular island. There was debris all over the ocean floor. It was pretty cool. Under the ship, I saw a Moray Eel. He was just sitting there minding his own business, watching us swim by.
After the dive, I went back to the hotel and checked in on the final tables. They were still going, so Donna and I watched them for awhile. When it seemed like they would never get done, we went to dinner (as did everybody else). Of course as soon as we did go to dinner, the champion was crowned.
After dinner, Lee Childs decided to organize one last tournament - 30 minute levels and 2500 starting chips for a $235 buy-in. I decided not to play. I wanted to play cash games. They had three cash game tables going, one table each of 1/2 NL, 2/5 NL, and 5/10 NL. I put my name on the list for all three games, and figured I would play whichever game called me first. It turned out to be 1/2 NL. After sitting there for about 15 minutes, I saw a guy sit down at the 2/5 table who I had played the previous night. He was not bad, he was TERRIBLE - and I had several tells on him. Immediately, I requested to be in that game. Before too long, I was sitting at the 2/5 NL table to the immediate left of this terrible player.
This guy was drunk and lets just say, he was losing. He would lose $1000, then go to the ATM and get another $1000. When that was gone, he would go get more. I only wanted to play until about midnight or 1:00am at the latest. However, with this guy at the table, I just could NOT bring myself to leave. If I did not take his money, somebody else would. I busted him THREE times and I ended up winning about $3000 that night alone. They finally kicked us out of the poker room at 3am. I had one hand where I had to make a tough decision, but that will be the subject of a different blog post.
I got to bed around 4am and got up at 8:00. Donna and I packed, then we went parasailing before we had to check out. It was quite a fun trip and I cannot wait for The Battle for the Season Pass III !
Here is a rundown of all the pros that I played against this week:
Next up is the World Series of Poker Circuit Event in Atlantic City next week (yes, I am home for one day to do laundry, then off I go again). Watch for more daily updates next week!