WSOP
2003 Day 4
They Finally Unlocked The Front Door
The
place is hopping! I assume because it's
the weekend, but literally every table
downstairs was being used tonight, there
were even lines for satellites; rather
than a mad frenzy to grab a seat at a
new table, they had us wait in lines of
10 until a table was free, I liked this
idea, more on that below. I think they
had over 10 satellites going at once,
plus some of the very popular double-shootouts
too. Dave Lamb said the doubles are not
hurting the supers, he is right on track
with where they were last year, so this
has to be a good omen for the 10K if there
are people qualifying from two different
directions, not to mention all the on-line
site and B&Ms promos this year. I think
tomorrow's 2K No Limit is going to be
big, I am guessing at least 500, I think
it might reach 600.
I
played two $225 no limit satellites today,
I got heads up in one where I was outchipped
5-1, I pulled it back to 3-1 and the other
guy offered me my buy-in back, but I said
I'd wait and chop it if we got even. A
couple of hands later he raised and I
called with 66. The flop was three spades
(I had none), he moved in, I called. He
had K2o with the 2 of spades, the spade
on the turn cost me $1,000, DOH! Then
tonight I got in the new line for a satellite,
I didn't like the lineup so moved to the
other line where I didn't know any of
them. Big mistake, that line then changed
around and I soon had Jack Fox, Ron Stanley
and several other scary players, but the
super stars went out early and we eventually
got down to three, I was chip leader.
Ron suggested a save of $500 each, play
for $600, but I didn't like that, one
because I had a lot more chips, and two
because I thought I could beat the other
player. That guy went out next to Ron
so he was now chip leader, 5K to my 3K,
I tried for a chop of $1100 to him $1000
to me but he offered that I'd pay him
$600 if I won, he'd give me $500 if he
won, I took that deal and we played on.
A few hands later I trapped him with my
QQ and now I had him 4.5-3.5 and offered
to chop it evenly (I figured it was worth
it to get away from the previous deal
we'd made), he agreed and I walked away
with $1040, making my satellite ratio
a bit healthier than it was yesterday.
Tonight
I played the 11pm $225 no limit and remembered
the reason why I shouldn't think about
playing a WSOP no limit for a while, the
reason is I suck at no limit, I play great
then make some dumb mistake that costs
me all my chips, that's what I did tonight.
They had a nice turnout, I think it was
133, maybe more, first place around 11K.
I
got the resolution today to the crazy
rule that happened to me in the 2K limit
where I was forced to call a raise I hadn't
seen after putting in one chip in the
small blind. The ruling was wrong, it
was exactly what Gary had posted about
the half bet TDA rule which refers to
raising, they had lumped the calling rule
in with the raising rule. Thanks to my
whining they have now changed the rule
so now you are forced to leave the one
chip in the pot as I expected, but you
don't have to complete the raise, sanity
prevails. Matt said there is a list of
rules available to us but I haven't seen
it yet.
In
the latest Roshambo news, I now own Perry
Friedman, he can no longer beat me at
rock paper scissors, I am thinking 4 levels
deep to his 3, he was the champ but now
I am. I am fighting to make this a gold
bracelet event.
I'm
not playing tomorrow, although I probably
should because the money is going to be
huge, but there is a PokerStars WSOP second
round 800fpp qualifier I want to play
to give me a chance of a 10K seat, they
have one tomorrow and one next week. I'm
probably going to play the pot limit holdem
on Sunday although I don't think it will
be anywhere near as big, but I have to
play something, it's getting a bit embarrassing
that I didn't win a bracelet yet.
Paul Westley
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