Just wanted to let everyone know that I was supposed to start my day 1 today. After being told by a member of the media that day 1C was filled with pros, I decided to switch my starting day to day 1d. At the time, there were only 1000 players registered but by the time we start, we should be at 1500, with those last minute entries.
Day 1d was not even supposed to happen this year but Harrah's wanted to make a last minute push to get more entries into the Main Event. There would be under 5000 entries, if it were not for them opening up a 4th starting day.
Anyhow, I will be making my first update on my dinner break tomorrow at around 730pm, Vegas time! Now, its back to work for one more day.
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Razz Results
The winner of the Razz event was a lady name Katja Thater from Germany, I think she was from Germany. I will be gunning for her next year since I certainly plan on playing in the 2008 WSOP Razz Event. I will work on my game over the next year and nothing short of a cash will satisfy me. I should be able to take in this experience and learn from my mistakes.
As promised, here are the final results:
Buy-In: $1,500
Entries: 341
Rebuys/Add-ons: 0
Total Prize Pool: $465,465
1. Katja Thater
$132,653
2. Larry St. Jean
$73,311
3. ONeil Longson
$46,547
4. Paul (Eskimo) Clark
$31,186
5. Denny Axel
$24,204
6. Mark Vos
$18,386
7. Thomas Daubert
$14,197
8. Men (The Master) Nguyen
$10,473
9. Mike Dreyer
$7,215
10. Devon Hanneman
$7,215
11. Mickey Appleman
$6,517
12. Barbara Lewis
$6,517
13. Jonathan Woodfield
$5,818
14. Scott Adaska
$5,818
15. David Oppenheim
$5,120
16. Mark Gerencher
$5,120
17. Steven Rothstein
$4,422
18. Christopher Amaral
$4,422
19. John Gurdon
$4,422
20. Lance Bruckman
$4,422
21. Lewis Lipsey
$4,422
22. Jennifer Harman-Traniello
$4,422
23. Stephen Su
$4,422
24. Berney Hoover
$4,422
25. Steven Cage
$3,724
26. Doug Webber
$3,724
27. Paul Honas
$3,724
28. Leroy Baca
$3,724
29. Daniel Harmentz
$3,724
30. David Sklansky
$3,724
31. Clifford Ziff
$3,724
32. John Monnette
$3,724
38. Serge Denis
$0 (fuck me!)
As promised, here are the final results:
Buy-In: $1,500
Entries: 341
Rebuys/Add-ons: 0
Total Prize Pool: $465,465
1. Katja Thater
$132,653
2. Larry St. Jean
$73,311
3. ONeil Longson
$46,547
4. Paul (Eskimo) Clark
$31,186
5. Denny Axel
$24,204
6. Mark Vos
$18,386
7. Thomas Daubert
$14,197
8. Men (The Master) Nguyen
$10,473
9. Mike Dreyer
$7,215
10. Devon Hanneman
$7,215
11. Mickey Appleman
$6,517
12. Barbara Lewis
$6,517
13. Jonathan Woodfield
$5,818
14. Scott Adaska
$5,818
15. David Oppenheim
$5,120
16. Mark Gerencher
$5,120
17. Steven Rothstein
$4,422
18. Christopher Amaral
$4,422
19. John Gurdon
$4,422
20. Lance Bruckman
$4,422
21. Lewis Lipsey
$4,422
22. Jennifer Harman-Traniello
$4,422
23. Stephen Su
$4,422
24. Berney Hoover
$4,422
25. Steven Cage
$3,724
26. Doug Webber
$3,724
27. Paul Honas
$3,724
28. Leroy Baca
$3,724
29. Daniel Harmentz
$3,724
30. David Sklansky
$3,724
31. Clifford Ziff
$3,724
32. John Monnette
$3,724
38. Serge Denis
$0 (fuck me!)
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Day 2 - Part Deux
Before I tell you the rest of my day 2 story, I want to thank my bro, Erik, for designing my header - "Dogs Playing Poker at 420". Merci 'el frez!
...like I was saying, I pull up my chair at this table stacked with pros. By that time the antes were 200, bring in was 200 and the stakes were set at 800 - 1,600. Poker Gods were definitively not on my side for a span of about 15 minute where I drew this terrible seat, and got the bring in on the first 3 hands at that table. This brought my stack down to just about 4200, which is what I had at the beginning of day 2. I then pick up a couple of small pots to get me back in the game. By now, there were 42 players remaining and the top 32 cashed a minimum of $3,800.
A couple hands later I get the bring-in again but with a J up and Eskimo completes the bet showing a 6, so I decided to call while holding A-3 in the hole. Next card Eskimo gets a gets 10 and I get a Q up. He bets, I call. Next card comes and Eskimo, who by now is shaking like a mad man and coughing out Aspirin (no joke), hits an A and I pair up with a god damn 3 (fuck I hate Razz). Eskimo, takes a quick peak at his card (which took about a minute since he's shaking uncontrollably), I thought for sure that he paired up his A since he was betting every street and I figured he had an A under.
At this point, ol' man Clark it throws out another bet and I pop him thinking I would pick up the pot since he would fold having just paired up and showing a high card. But he fired back at me which meant I would be pretty much all in by the end of the hand, hoping to draw 2 great cards in a row. I decided to fold here leaving me with about 2 grand. Out of about 5 or 6 hands I would like to take back and those 16 hours of Razz, that was one of them. I should have either A- folded when he completed, as my tight ass would have done all tournament long, or B- gone the whole way and hoped for the best. I would have had plenty of chips had I outdrawn him, or go home in 42nd. Live 'n' learn...
Anyways, couple hands later the game is stopped as Eskimo Clark had another medical distress, this time he had abnormally high blood sugar levels and did not have his medication with him. I must say it was quite a dramatic situation watching as the Medics were trying to get Eskimo to the ground, while Mr Clark would not let go the table. He later laid on the ground while paramedics worked on him. Play was stopped for 1.5 hours as an early dinner break was called by the tournament director. As freaked out as I was, especially considering that I too am diabetic, I was pretty pissed that I had to wait that long to play my last 700 chips!
Just before play resumed, I went for a cigarette of my own to calm myself down. Mom, I only smoke in Vegas... ;-) And what do you know, Clark if puffing away right beside me. When we get back to our tables, there are 39 players left and I know I will be all in the next hand. I get lucky and quadruple up to 2800 or so... to busted 2 hands later by Mark Vos and finishing "in 38th, just out of the money", as http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/ said it.
All and all I was pretty proud with my solid finish in my first live Razz tournament, and best of all, in my first world series of poker event. Saying that I did not get anything out of this would be a lie, as much as I've learned about Poker and Razz in those 2 days in Vegas, I enjoyed every moment of it. I'll be back there in the Main Event... and back in the Razz Event next summer.
Come back tomorrow as I will post the final results of the Event #29, Seven Card Razz, $1,500 buy-in, World Series of Poker 2007.
...like I was saying, I pull up my chair at this table stacked with pros. By that time the antes were 200, bring in was 200 and the stakes were set at 800 - 1,600. Poker Gods were definitively not on my side for a span of about 15 minute where I drew this terrible seat, and got the bring in on the first 3 hands at that table. This brought my stack down to just about 4200, which is what I had at the beginning of day 2. I then pick up a couple of small pots to get me back in the game. By now, there were 42 players remaining and the top 32 cashed a minimum of $3,800.
A couple hands later I get the bring-in again but with a J up and Eskimo completes the bet showing a 6, so I decided to call while holding A-3 in the hole. Next card Eskimo gets a gets 10 and I get a Q up. He bets, I call. Next card comes and Eskimo, who by now is shaking like a mad man and coughing out Aspirin (no joke), hits an A and I pair up with a god damn 3 (fuck I hate Razz). Eskimo, takes a quick peak at his card (which took about a minute since he's shaking uncontrollably), I thought for sure that he paired up his A since he was betting every street and I figured he had an A under.
At this point, ol' man Clark it throws out another bet and I pop him thinking I would pick up the pot since he would fold having just paired up and showing a high card. But he fired back at me which meant I would be pretty much all in by the end of the hand, hoping to draw 2 great cards in a row. I decided to fold here leaving me with about 2 grand. Out of about 5 or 6 hands I would like to take back and those 16 hours of Razz, that was one of them. I should have either A- folded when he completed, as my tight ass would have done all tournament long, or B- gone the whole way and hoped for the best. I would have had plenty of chips had I outdrawn him, or go home in 42nd. Live 'n' learn...
Anyways, couple hands later the game is stopped as Eskimo Clark had another medical distress, this time he had abnormally high blood sugar levels and did not have his medication with him. I must say it was quite a dramatic situation watching as the Medics were trying to get Eskimo to the ground, while Mr Clark would not let go the table. He later laid on the ground while paramedics worked on him. Play was stopped for 1.5 hours as an early dinner break was called by the tournament director. As freaked out as I was, especially considering that I too am diabetic, I was pretty pissed that I had to wait that long to play my last 700 chips!
Just before play resumed, I went for a cigarette of my own to calm myself down. Mom, I only smoke in Vegas... ;-) And what do you know, Clark if puffing away right beside me. When we get back to our tables, there are 39 players left and I know I will be all in the next hand. I get lucky and quadruple up to 2800 or so... to busted 2 hands later by Mark Vos and finishing "in 38th, just out of the money", as http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/ said it.
All and all I was pretty proud with my solid finish in my first live Razz tournament, and best of all, in my first world series of poker event. Saying that I did not get anything out of this would be a lie, as much as I've learned about Poker and Razz in those 2 days in Vegas, I enjoyed every moment of it. I'll be back there in the Main Event... and back in the Razz Event next summer.
Come back tomorrow as I will post the final results of the Event #29, Seven Card Razz, $1,500 buy-in, World Series of Poker 2007.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Reflecting Back on Day 2...
We started day 2 of the 2 day Razz Event at 3pm PT. Funny thing is that the final table was held on a third day, something that wanted to be avoided, but due to unforeseen circumstances, made impossible. Keep reading, and you will know what I mean...
When I got to the tables I knew that I had to pick up a couple quick pots to get back in this thing. So I did... I managed to win a couple of big hands and build my stack up to $13K within the first couple of hours. I didn't have the honor of busting Todd as I hoped for the night before, but I did manage to cripple him down to his last 500 chip. He later busted and we were down to under 100 players.
Moments later, a Poker legend named Paul "Eskimo" Clarke, had what appeared to be a mini-stroke at the time. Play was stopped for about 20 minutes and Eskimo came back in the game after smoking a cigarette (belive it or not). It was quite the experience to say the least.
Play carried on for another 2 or 3 levels and next thing you know, there are 6 tables left, 45 players remaining, and I'm left with about 10K in chips. Not too long after, our table was consolidated and I spotted one single seat that I most defenitively did not want to draw. Luck had I drew the f-ken seat! Although I was going to put to test against 5 of the best razz players, I must say I was pretty excited, not intimidated... wishing my friends from our "Pogie Poker Crew" could see who was at my table.
These players at one time or another were at this table:
Eskimo Clarke - 3 Time WSOP Bracelet Winner - 1999 Razz Champion
David Sklansky - 3 Time WSOP Bracelet Winner - Author of over 15 Poker books
Mark Vos - 1 Time WSOP Bracelet Winner
Tom McEvoy - 3 Time WSOP Bracelet Winner - 1986 Razz Champion - Author of more than 5 Poker books
Jennifer Harman - 2 Time WSOP Bracelet Winner - 2000 Lowball Champion
So here I am, facing 12 WSOP Bracelets, couple dozen books, 5 Millionaires (at some point in their lives) with my short stock; a measily $5,500 chips... To be continued...
When I got to the tables I knew that I had to pick up a couple quick pots to get back in this thing. So I did... I managed to win a couple of big hands and build my stack up to $13K within the first couple of hours. I didn't have the honor of busting Todd as I hoped for the night before, but I did manage to cripple him down to his last 500 chip. He later busted and we were down to under 100 players.
Moments later, a Poker legend named Paul "Eskimo" Clarke, had what appeared to be a mini-stroke at the time. Play was stopped for about 20 minutes and Eskimo came back in the game after smoking a cigarette (belive it or not). It was quite the experience to say the least.
Play carried on for another 2 or 3 levels and next thing you know, there are 6 tables left, 45 players remaining, and I'm left with about 10K in chips. Not too long after, our table was consolidated and I spotted one single seat that I most defenitively did not want to draw. Luck had I drew the f-ken seat! Although I was going to put to test against 5 of the best razz players, I must say I was pretty excited, not intimidated... wishing my friends from our "Pogie Poker Crew" could see who was at my table.
These players at one time or another were at this table:
Eskimo Clarke - 3 Time WSOP Bracelet Winner - 1999 Razz Champion
David Sklansky - 3 Time WSOP Bracelet Winner - Author of over 15 Poker books
Mark Vos - 1 Time WSOP Bracelet Winner
Tom McEvoy - 3 Time WSOP Bracelet Winner - 1986 Razz Champion - Author of more than 5 Poker books
Jennifer Harman - 2 Time WSOP Bracelet Winner - 2000 Lowball Champion
So here I am, facing 12 WSOP Bracelets, couple dozen books, 5 Millionaires (at some point in their lives) with my short stock; a measily $5,500 chips... To be continued...
Monday, June 18, 2007
Day 1 Has Concluded...
AND IM STILL IN IT! I head into day two tomorrow starting at 3pm Vegas time with 4200 in chips. This looks a lot like my favorite number, 420. Destiny? We shall wait and see...
The current chip average is 6000 so I am doing fine. I would be closer to 6000 if I hadn't hit 3 consecutive bricks when I had Todd Brunson all in after 4th street. I was 1 card away from knocking out the 1-time bracelet winner, but that's Poker. I will be at his table again tomorrow, or should I say he will be at my table, so I will look for redemption.
All in all I must say I was happy with my game today and with my confidence building up as the tournament progresses, I should be good for a solid finish tomorrow.
Lastly, I just want to thank everyone for their support and well wishes. I will be back tomorrow on my first dinner break.
The current chip average is 6000 so I am doing fine. I would be closer to 6000 if I hadn't hit 3 consecutive bricks when I had Todd Brunson all in after 4th street. I was 1 card away from knocking out the 1-time bracelet winner, but that's Poker. I will be at his table again tomorrow, or should I say he will be at my table, so I will look for redemption.
All in all I must say I was happy with my game today and with my confidence building up as the tournament progresses, I should be good for a solid finish tomorrow.
Lastly, I just want to thank everyone for their support and well wishes. I will be back tomorrow on my first dinner break.
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Live Update
Well here I am 4 hours into the Razz event and I sit with just under 3000 chips which I am happy with since the average stack at the moment is 3200. When I get back from dinner I will have to start playing a bit more hands since the blinds will be at 100-200 with 25 antes and 50 bring it bet.
So far I am content with my play. I must admit that I was a nervous wreck when we started but as soon as I took down the first pot, I became way more relaxed.
We will be playing until 3am today and hopefuly I will be telling you that I am chip leader going into the final day. I guess we will just have to see what happens.
So far I am content with my play. I must admit that I was a nervous wreck when we started but as soon as I took down the first pot, I became way more relaxed.
We will be playing until 3am today and hopefuly I will be telling you that I am chip leader going into the final day. I guess we will just have to see what happens.
Friday, June 15, 2007
Leaving on a Jet Plane...
I am 1 day away from leaving to Vegas to play in my first World Series of Poker event. I will be playing in the $1,500 Buyin Razz event starting at 5pm PT on Sunday, June 17th. They expect a field of close to 500 players, which will make it the biggest live Razz tournament in history. The winner walks away with coveted gold bracelet, oh, and about $200,000. To make it in the money, one must finish in the top 54 or so to cash in at least $3K.
I shall be back with my first update/chip count on Sunday at around 7PM PT.
I shall be back with my first update/chip count on Sunday at around 7PM PT.
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