WSOP 2008, Part 6 (7/4)
First - apologies for the lack of updates the past day or so. I have not been really active. On July 3rd, I went over to The Venetian to try to satellite into the $1060 Deep Stack tournament. The satellite cost $240. The table was full of decent players. We started with T2000, and the blinds were 15 minutes long. At the 400/800 level (level 5), we still had 5 players. UGH! I wound up going out in 4th place - 2 places short of the money. I did not really like this structure, so I decided not to play any more satellites.
The Venetian did have an 8:00pm tournament with T5000 starting chips and 30 minute levels for $180. Not too bad, so I bought in. I was completely card cold the first five levels. My stack was down to about T1800. Finally, the cards started to turn around, and I worked my way back up to about T5700 when I got KK in the small blind.
Everybody folded to the button, who raised it to T2200 (blinds were T200/T400 with a T50 ante). I capped my cards and pondered what to do. If I call here, I am committing about 40% of my stack. I figure I need to push, so I go all in. The button immediately calls and shows AQo. statistically, an ace flops about 17% of the time. When you have pocket KK, I think the percentage that an ace comes on the flop goes up to about 98%. This was not one of the exceptions, and I was out. Ugh - very frustrating.
Today, July 4th, I decided to take a down day. I needed time away from poker just to “recover”. Donna and I rented a car, did some laundry, and drove to the Hoover Dam. I wanted to take a tour, but it was so bloody hot. it was about 114 degrees. Yikes! We decided that we would take a tour of the dam NEXT time we are here (as well as drive out to the Grand Canyon).
We drove back and stopped at a casino called “Red Rock Casino” that was off the strip. It was quite different and more relaxing that the hustle and bustle of being at the Rio. We played for awhile and then headed back.
On the way back, I rolled down the window and told Donna, “Hey, its not too bad out now. I think I can handle this.”
As soon as I said that, we passed a time and temperature display. It indicated that the time was 11:41pm and the temperature was 97 degrees. Geesh - 97 degrees and I think it is cool. I must be getting sick.
Tomorrow I hit the felt again. This time it is The Venetian $540 deep stack. I hope I can go deep into the field again.