This weekend I made two final tables... only not in the tournaments I wanted... no luck in the wsop circuit. I also missed the ladies event on sunday. Showing up at 12:15 thinking that 15 min late would be a good thing (i'll explain) was not such a good idea. Aparently it started at 11am and I was too late to register. LAME. How can you have 95% of your tourneys all week at noon and then make the ladies play earlier?! I'll say it again... LAME. The reason I showed up late was of my early exit with pocket aces the year before. Last year the 3rd hand I was dealt on the button was the all mighty AA.Turns out a little old lady decided to push allin preflop in mid position. THE BLINDS ARE 25-25... wtf? I'm never going to lay down aces preflop... who the hell would? I call and she flips over 88. I'm feeling pretty damn good to double up, three hands into this tourney, until an 8 of clubs hits on the river. And I'm out of the tournament. So I figure being late this year would at least save me from being the first one eliminated in the event. Oh well, not too upset... really not diggin playing with all chicks. I'd much rather play with the boys. ; )
I do have great news! I haven't been able to share this with anyone since I've been so busy. I'm now going to be covering the WSOP events by doing the exit interviews for the final tables. The WSOP and Bluff magazine are doing live coverage of the final tables on broadband for all the circuit events and about 18 wsop events at the Rio this summer. Woo hoo! You can watch the final tables live* on a 1/2 hour delay* and see hand for hand all of the hole cards and the action that you would never see on tv. Make sure to check it out at: www.worldseriesofpoker.com
Today was my first day covering the WSOP final table at Caesar's Palace. Cory Carroll won $506,176, a seat to the WSOP main event and a championship ring. Congrats! I can't tell you how much fun today was.I was able to hang out with great people and talk poker all day long. My kind of day. :) It was great to see 3 well known pros at the final table: Chad Brown ( Bluff's 2006 player of the year), David "the dragon" Pham, and Steve Wong (2nd place in Festa al Lago). Being my first day on the gig, I really learned some important things for this summer. One of them I'll share... when a big stack goes bust on a donk move... they do NOT want to be asked: how do you think you played today? Maybe I should rephrase the Q and say: so pushing all in on a J high flop with AK wasn't the best play against pocket 10's, you think? Nope... I think that'll piss him off too. Well I guess I have a few weeks till the next WSOP circuit event in New Orleans to come up with better questions. They'll get better I promise.
Well kids it's getting late and I've got an early flight in the morning. I'll fill y'all in on the rest later. Have a great weekend everyone!
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