Just a quick update. Looks like Cardplayer.com has updated their player database. I now have two entries under my name. Lets hope that this is just the beginning 
My cardplayer.com player entry
Off to The Venetian to try to satellite into tomorrow’s $1060 event (or Saturday’s $540 event).
Well, exciting news. I went back today for the final 22 of the Venetian $330 Deep-Stack tournament. Upon getting there, I looked at the standings. There were 22 people left, and there were 7 people with smaller stacks than I had. This put me in 15th place. I got a hand early on and doubled up to about T500,000. But with blinds starting at T10,000/T20,000 with a T4000 ante, it really forced action.
People trickled out. The next increase in pay was at 18 people. It was not too long before we got to that point, and we combined down to two tables. My goal was just to push good hands, while trying to climb the ladder. Several times I folded decent but vulnerable hands such as KTs. Soon, we were down to 15, and the pay increased to about $1900.
Action was slow. It typically went raise, fold, fold, fold. This was how poker was meant to be played. Everybody was tight and aggressive. About two hours into the second day, we were down to 12. The pay again went to to $2350.
I was getting cards, but every time I had a hand, everybody would fold. We worked our way down to 10 people - the bubble for the final table (two tables of five). Blinds were at T20,000/T40,000 with a T5000 ante and I had T240,000. I had not seen a decent hand for awhile. I was UTG and saw QTo. I pondered whether I should make a move. The table was tight and respecting raises. The problem is that my only move is fold or all-in. I knew I only had enough chips for three more rounds of the table - which was 15 hands. I thought that I was the tournament short stack, and decided to make the move. I pushed all-in. Everybody folded to the big blind who calls. He shows AA. UGH! I busted out in 10th place for $2350.
I must say that this was another great learning experience. It is interesting to see how the face of the tournament changes as you get to the money bubble, then how tight it gets as you get closer to the final table.
Because I cashed, my Cardplayer.com profile will be updated. I will post the link as soon as the results are updated.
So, the question is, “What next?”
I might play the $540 Venetian Deep Stack tomorrow (7/3), the $1060 Deep Stack on 7/4, or the $540 Deep Stack on 7/5. I have not decided yet. . .
It is 2:30 am here in Vegas. Just wanted to give you east-coast early-birds an update on The Venetian Deepstack Tournament. Entry fee was $340 and a record 738 people entered. This was the largest deepstack tournament The Venetian has ever hosted. At 2:00am, they suspended play for the night. There are 22 people left (yes, I am one of them). Blinds are at 10,000/20,000 with a 4,000 ante. Average chipstack is about 400,000. I have 251,000. I have won at least $1068. The next cut is at 18 people - where the pay goes up to about $1500.
We resume play tomorrow at 4pm. I will write more when I wake up. I am mentally exhausted after 14 hours of play.
I woke up and again went for my daily hour walk. It was overcast, so the sun did not beat down on Donna and I as badly as it did yesterday. After returning, we ate breakfast, and off to the tournament I went.
I was not nervous, but rather anxious. There were 2700 entrants for this tournament. It sold out. On the first hand of the tournament, it was folded to the button, who raised. I had 76s in the BB. I checked an open-ended straight draw on a K85 rainbow board. The button checked as well. The jack of hearts came on the turn giving me a flush draw in addition to the straight draw. I fired out T200, and the button folded. I had won the first hand of the tournament - and the jitters were gone.
After that, I really did not have a lot of cards. During the rest of the level and half of level 2, I had only two more playable hands. As if I was not card cold enough, I then went through the rest of level 2, ALL of level 3, and half of level 4 without getting anything playable. This amounted to about 2 hours.
Finally, with my stack at T3025, I pick up JJ in a mid position. With blinds at T100/T200 with a T25 ante, I raise to T700. A guy two to my left reraises all-in. I don’t like the position I am in, but there are really only three hands that beat me - the three bigger pocket pairs. I call and of course, he shows QQ. When a Jack did not materialize on the board, I was out. Frustrating to only get 5-6 playable hands in 4 hours.
I did not play the rest of the day. I needed a break. Tomorrow (7/1), I am playing the $330 Venetian Deep Stack. We start with T10,000 chips with 50 minute levels. This is MY kind of tournament. You have much more room to manuever in Deep Stacks.
As a side note, there was a $1500 HORSE tournament at the WSOP yesterday. They had 803 entrants - the largest HORSE tournament ever. It looks like this game is becoming wildly popular. With most people being decent at one game, if you sharpen your HORSE game and get good at 3-4 of the games, there is a LOT of money to be made. I have been saying this for the last year - and it looks like it is coming true!
Notable Sightings for today included: Steve Danaman, TJ Cloutier, Vanessa Rousso, Men “The Master” Nguyen, and John-Robert Bellande