I busted the $1500 today about 3 1/2 hours in; I donked my stack down to 600 at one point, fought valianty back, then lost A9 < QJ and A3 < A4 to end it.

I felt like I still had some poker in me, though, so I fired up an online session.

...I was right! I took 2nd in the Stars nightly $100k and 1st in their $55 50k. I took a series of gross beats HU in the $100k, but won a long battle in the $55 where I blew a chip lead, fought back from down 3:1, and eventually closed out.

It feels like. I definitely ran good-- I picked up hands at the right time and won some crucial flips. But I felt my play on the whole was solid, in retrospect. I feel like a few days here, playing lots of poker and surrounded by poker players, as well as a day of rest, is keeping my game sharp.

I'm gonna try to wind down now. I'm debating whether to play the Sundays or the $3k at the WSOP.

on 2+2 in the High Stakes MTT forum:

Four quick decisions from yesterday's $2k nl

interesting pf spot from yesterday's 2k NL

Well, I arrived Tuesday night and jumped right into Wednesday's 5k and Thursday's 2k. In each tournament I made it to the break after dinner with 12.5k going to 500/1000/100, and each time I busted 15-20 minutes into the level, with about 80% of the field gone.

So I've played two eleven-hour days and had no cashes. I think I'm playing mostly well, although I made several mistakes each day that I could have avoided. I absolutely have to clean those up; mistakes in NL tournaments are incredibly costly.

I'm taking the day off to do just that, rest and relax before hitting Saturday's $1500.

I do have some interesting hands I played, but I'm too tired right now to describe them in anything but shorthand, which makes for terrible reading. Plus, I've talked about them incessantly today. I'll post them tomorrow.

I'm leaving for the WSOP on Tuesday. I'm getting there a little late, but I wasn't quite ready to go. I had to finish some things at home, not to mention get myself ready.

I've been playing little poker in the last week, but I've been embarking on a more general crusade to get myself (and keep myself) physically and mentally sound for the series. I feel like, at this point, I'm playing pretty well, and have a good idea and understanding of what to do in given situations, so now it's a matter of keeping myself in game shape so I can have the stamina and patience for long sessions of live poker, and be mentally sharp and aware of all the information being transmitted.

I'll be putting in about a dozen events there, after which I'll be back home, resuming a (relatively) ordinary life.

Oh: I had my first coaching session a few days ago. I thought it went pretty well, although I was unfortunately unable to find too many interesting spots to use as examples. Anyway, I'm going to be slowly expanding that over the next few months, which will bring in some consistent, variance-free income-- always a good thing.

I'll be keeping this updated from Vegas as regularly as I can.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6601960394: $14,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (49477142), Table 6 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:16:42 ET - 2025/05/28
Seat 1: wookie78 (8,680)
Seat 2: cimeronn100 (1,376)
Seat 3: jojodezil (8,936)
Seat 4: Hennesy x (5,015)
Seat 5: scope-dee (13,920)
Seat 6: orllv (6,543)
Seat 7: vasika (13,340)
Seat 8: sintik222 (7,816)
Seat 9: Tony Pisser (9,620)
cimeronn100 posts the small blind of 100
jojodezil posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Tony Pisser [Jc Jd]
Hennesy x folds
scope-dee raises to 13,920, and is all in
orllv folds
vasika folds
sintik222 folds
Tony Pisser calls 9,620, and is all in
wookie78 folds
cimeronn100 folds
jojodezil folds
scope-dee shows [Qh 3d]
Tony Pisser shows [Jc Jd]
Uncalled bet of 4,300 returned to scope-dee
*** FLOP *** [Kh Ah Kd]
*** TURN *** [Kh Ah Kd] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [Kh Ah Kd 3h] [5d]
scope-dee shows two pair, Kings and Threes
Tony Pisser shows two pair, Kings and Jacks
Tony Pisser wins the pot (19,540) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 19,540 | Rake 0
Board: [Kh Ah Kd 3h 5d]
Seat 1: wookie78 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: cimeronn100 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: jojodezil (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Hennesy x didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: scope-dee showed [Qh 3d] and lost with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 6: orllv didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: vasika didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: sintik222 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Tony Pisser showed [Jc Jd] and won (19,540) with two pair, Kings and Jacks


More later, but just a reminder that this thing gets goofy, silly, and fun sometimes. (I complain too much.)