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Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #30 on: July 05, 2013, 12:32:59 PM »
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Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #31 on: July 05, 2013, 13:06:45 PM »
Enjoying the updates.. Keep going run well :)
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Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #32 on: July 05, 2013, 21:58:52 PM »
Day 3 - Friday 5th July

Did breakfast then spent most of the morning watching the tennis. Mental Djokovic game! Missed the end of the Murray game because I had to get over for Day 2 of the $1,111 event.

We start at 1pm and we have one of the worst dealers ever. He makes a mistake on nearly every hand! I am short, and so push a couple of times and they get through. I raise small one time, the button calls and then I push the flop and get that through. So I get up to about 8k.

I am on one of the tables that breaks first (and they are breaking quickly) and get moved right over to the other side of the room. First hand I get AcTc in mid-position. I go all in (perhaps should have min-raised?) and the bloke to my left thinks for a bit, asks for a count, and goes all in. He has KK. Oops! The flop is not a disaster even though it has a king on it; it is KQ9, the turn an eight and the river a five. Perhaps a bit rash with the all in, but running into kings was a bit of a shame.

I think I ended up about 800th out of about 4700. Roll on Sunday!

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Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #33 on: July 06, 2013, 06:05:58 AM »
UL Joe....playing well it looks like to me.

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Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #34 on: July 06, 2013, 16:02:34 PM »
Loving the blog Joe, best of luck !
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Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #35 on: July 06, 2013, 17:16:58 PM »
Day 4 - Saturday 6th July

After busting yesterday I started to feel a bit rough. Not sure why. Went for a lie down in my room and before I knew it, it was 7pm! Blimey! Felt better though. Went to get something to eat and then the plan was to watch the end of the Final Table with Matt Perrin. I got to the Amazon Room by about 8.30pm, but it had a already finished! Luckily he won, but unluckily for me I missed out on what (according to Twitter) was one of the best rails ever! Plus I might have been able to tag along to whatever they did next, although I"m not sure I was up to it.

It"s now about 9am but it feels later given that I"ve been up since 6am (what is it with me and Vegas and sleep?). I"ve had breakfast and watched a very poor Wimbledon Ladies Final. It"s odd, but with the Main Event coming up tomorrow, I don"t feel like playing poker today. I"m going to take it easy, perhaps even go to the pool (that will be a first for me) and watch a show tonight (also a first). So for the first time ever, a day in Vegas not playing poker. Odd. But it feels right. I"m trying to focus on tomorrow, so if I played a $200 tournie, or some $1/$3 cash, my mind wouldn"t really be on it.

I"m sure none of you are that bothered by the delights of the pool, or the trickery of Penn & Teller, so I"ll leave you alone now until tomorrow. As with the $1,111 event, I"ll try and post after each two-hour session.

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Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #36 on: July 06, 2013, 18:12:19 PM »
Loving the thread Joe, I"m sure you aren"t the first main eventer to have the day off before the ME, time to chill take stock or whatever and save your strength as I"m assuming the ME is a strength sapper.

You know what to do I"m sure so rest up & then go and do what you do best & enjoy

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Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #37 on: July 06, 2013, 20:44:48 PM »
Penn & Teller show is meant to be REALLY good.

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Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #38 on: July 07, 2013, 11:15:28 AM »
Good luck today Joe, will be following the updates and hope you run good. WSOP main event, every poker players dream! glglgl
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Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #39 on: July 07, 2013, 11:21:36 AM »
Good luck Joe - one time and all that
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Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #40 on: July 07, 2013, 12:32:09 PM »
Good luck today Joe.....enjoy it!!

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Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #41 on: July 07, 2013, 19:26:59 PM »
Day 5 - Sunday 7th July

Difficult sleeping last night. Nerves? Or just generally not feeling great? Feeling better now, but decided to play safe for breakfast and went for a yoghurt and fruit combo. Watched the Murray Final. What a match! I think Djokovic was slightly off his game (knackered from the semi, I reckon), but Murray did play well. I was particularly impressed that he was a break down in the second and third sets and still came back. That last game was a nightmare. I reckon that if he had lost that game he might have lost in five.

Anyway, I"m 30 minutes away from kick-off. All very exciting. I will update after each two-hour level. They don"t have 25/50 or 75/150, which is a bit harsh, but then they are two-hour levels and it"s the same for everyone. I"ll cope!

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Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #42 on: July 07, 2013, 19:30:04 PM »
Good luck Joe, rooting for you!
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Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #43 on: July 07, 2013, 19:30:49 PM »
I told you Murray would win.

I also said you should win it all at the WSOP so I hope you do otherwise I will be gutted that my powers have been sapped.

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Re: The Joker in Vegas
« Reply #44 on: July 07, 2013, 19:31:48 PM »
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