Pinky played great all day. Nursing a short stack for a long time to finish in 74th. Unbeleivable!!!
Somehow or other I've managed to finish Day 2 with 345,000 in chips good enough to be in 15th place with 27 players left. I'm gonna need some monster hands today. I'm at the same table as the 2 big stacks (around 1 million),
It has been an incredible experience. Merlotgirl has been pulling her hair out sweating me the last day. The rest of the One Outers hung out watching the action until 3am last night. What can you say but we hang with a terrific group of friends. Hopefully I'll manage to hang on a bit longer and sneak up the payout list a little more.
12 One Outers played in this Event. 2 cashed. That sure doesn't suck.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
On to Day 2
Well Saturday was a hell of a day. We started at noon and wrapped up at about 1:30AM. Pinky and I are still in it. We both sit on above average stacks.
2,638 players started out yesterday. We're down to 327. 270 get paid. We need to fade 57 more players.
Cards will be in the air today at 2 PM PDT. Doris has 39,600 and will be the third biggest stack at her table. I'm at 47,500 and will be the third biggest stack at my table.
It's been an amazing experience. I'm sure I'll write a pretty detailed trip report at some point in time, but right now it's time to just hang out and relax before we go play again,
2,638 players started out yesterday. We're down to 327. 270 get paid. We need to fade 57 more players.
Cards will be in the air today at 2 PM PDT. Doris has 39,600 and will be the third biggest stack at her table. I'm at 47,500 and will be the third biggest stack at my table.
It's been an amazing experience. I'm sure I'll write a pretty detailed trip report at some point in time, but right now it's time to just hang out and relax before we go play again,
Saturday, June 13, 2009
The Hole In The Wall Gang
The waiting is over. 10 of us went out to dinner last night at Battista's Hole in the Wall. The Italian food and wine were great. We got to bed early last night and are ready to roll.
Breakfast in the room, watching a movie, Yoga with Yogi at 10:00, group photo op at 11:30 and cards in the air at high noon. Merlotgirl is crazy excited.
EndZone Dance has had a great trip so far winning 1,000 or so at the RIO and Orleans Poker Rooms. She then hit the bad beat last night and got a table share of $2,500.
We've got at least 11 of us playing in the event, and a $100 Last Man Standing Bet. The proceeds will go to the Last Man Standing that doesn't make the money.
I'll be Tweeting as often as I can, and giving updates on others after our breaks every couple hours.
Go Plano One-Outers!!!!!!
Breakfast in the room, watching a movie, Yoga with Yogi at 10:00, group photo op at 11:30 and cards in the air at high noon. Merlotgirl is crazy excited.
EndZone Dance has had a great trip so far winning 1,000 or so at the RIO and Orleans Poker Rooms. She then hit the bad beat last night and got a table share of $2,500.
We've got at least 11 of us playing in the event, and a $100 Last Man Standing Bet. The proceeds will go to the Last Man Standing that doesn't make the money.
I'll be Tweeting as often as I can, and giving updates on others after our breaks every couple hours.
Go Plano One-Outers!!!!!!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Ivey and Daniel and Jen Oh My!
We arrived at the Rio without too much difficulty although the taxi stand was ridiculously long. We checked in using the $20 trick and requesting a newly renovated room in the Ipanema Tower. Got to our room and its great. 16th floor...partial strip view, and mountain view. We unpacked and went to eat at the All American Bar & Grill.
The food was quite good. Merlotgirl had the BLT and I had a cheddar burger. he highlight for me was that they had Egg Cream Sodas. A New York delicacy it had been years since I've had one and it was excellent!!
Off to the Will Call area for tomorrow's Tournament. We had already sent our cashiers checks, and registered weeks ago. Today we picked up our Seat Assignments, and food voucher ($10). I'm at Table 168 in the Brasilia Room. Merlotgirl is a few tables away at Table 186. We decide to go to the Brasilia Room and check out the logistics. As soon as we walk in the room Merlotgirl spots Jeffrey Lisandro. We walk around the perimeter of Event 25 Omaha/7 card Stud 8 or better. There's Sean Sheikhan (Sheiky). And at that table is Gavin Smith....and holy crap going to sit at his table is Phil Ivey...30 feet from us. This is very exciting. Merlotgirl goes off to the ladies room and on her way back in she almost runs into Daniel Negreanu. This is really pretty cool!
My favorite poker blogger has a bit he does where he lists the last 5 poker pros he's peed next to. I don't want to steal that bit...so we're going to go with the last 5 pros we almost ran over(or at least were pretty close to).
1 -David Benyamine
2- John Juanda
3- Daniel Negraneau
4-Jennifer Harmon
5- Svetlana Gromenkova
I'm getting autographs on my One Outer Baseball Cap. So far:
More to come...off to dinner now.
The food was quite good. Merlotgirl had the BLT and I had a cheddar burger. he highlight for me was that they had Egg Cream Sodas. A New York delicacy it had been years since I've had one and it was excellent!!
Off to the Will Call area for tomorrow's Tournament. We had already sent our cashiers checks, and registered weeks ago. Today we picked up our Seat Assignments, and food voucher ($10). I'm at Table 168 in the Brasilia Room. Merlotgirl is a few tables away at Table 186. We decide to go to the Brasilia Room and check out the logistics. As soon as we walk in the room Merlotgirl spots Jeffrey Lisandro. We walk around the perimeter of Event 25 Omaha/7 card Stud 8 or better. There's Sean Sheikhan (Sheiky). And at that table is Gavin Smith....and holy crap going to sit at his table is Phil Ivey...30 feet from us. This is very exciting. Merlotgirl goes off to the ladies room and on her way back in she almost runs into Daniel Negreanu. This is really pretty cool!
My favorite poker blogger has a bit he does where he lists the last 5 poker pros he's peed next to. I don't want to steal that bit...so we're going to go with the last 5 pros we almost ran over(or at least were pretty close to).
1 -David Benyamine
2- John Juanda
3- Daniel Negraneau
4-Jennifer Harmon
5- Svetlana Gromenkova
I'm getting autographs on my One Outer Baseball Cap. So far:
- John Juanda
- Svetlana Gromenkova
More to come...off to dinner now.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
The Loneliest #
is the number 1!!!!! 1 more day. Woooohoooo.
The advance scouting team has touched down in Vegas (Pinky, Nanuck, EndZone Dance and RJonTilt) We received some intel last night from Pinky and Nanuck. The most surprising thing was that Nanuck reports the flight was great. He doesn't like to fly. We attribute the great flight to the vodka that was imbibed at home, at the airport, and on board the plane.
Our reporters tell us that once they got to baggage claim, Nanuck was a bit surprised to find a limo driver holding a sign with Pinky's name on it. It seems Pinky hooked up a limo ride from the airport to the hotel. They drove out to the "Las Vegas" sign for some pictures, and then cruised around town for a bit while they polished off a bottle of champagne! Nice Touch!!!
No word yet if the $20 trick worked or not. With the Rio being an all suite hotel, and the upgraded suites being in extremely short supply, the best we can hope for is to get in the nerwly renovated Ipanema Tower.
There were many big time pros spotted. It was day 1 of the $10,000 Buy-In Deuce to Seven Lowball Tournament. This game is not played by amatuers, and virtually all of the 96 entrants were very recognizable. Durr, Helmuth and Negreanu are Day 1 casualties as 60 of the 96 make it through to day 2 which starts up again at 2:00 PDT. Amongst the chip leaders are Roland DeWolfe, John Juanda and Tim Phan. ( A side note about Tim Phan...or any Phan, Than, Fam or Nguyen....Merlotgirl says she would really rather not play at their table. Can you get a table change?).
Tonights schedule is to drop the Blondes off at Bo's Bunkhouse for the week at the Spa, go to dinner at Breadwinners (it is half price martini night!!!! woohoo) and pack. (Somehow or other I think online poker will get played tonight too). Our Chauffeur (Buck Nekkid Jr.) and his parents will be over to pick us up at 6:00AM! We will have the Mimosa's ready!!!!
Viva Las Vegas!!!!!!!!
The advance scouting team has touched down in Vegas (Pinky, Nanuck, EndZone Dance and RJonTilt) We received some intel last night from Pinky and Nanuck. The most surprising thing was that Nanuck reports the flight was great. He doesn't like to fly. We attribute the great flight to the vodka that was imbibed at home, at the airport, and on board the plane.
Our reporters tell us that once they got to baggage claim, Nanuck was a bit surprised to find a limo driver holding a sign with Pinky's name on it. It seems Pinky hooked up a limo ride from the airport to the hotel. They drove out to the "Las Vegas" sign for some pictures, and then cruised around town for a bit while they polished off a bottle of champagne! Nice Touch!!!
No word yet if the $20 trick worked or not. With the Rio being an all suite hotel, and the upgraded suites being in extremely short supply, the best we can hope for is to get in the nerwly renovated Ipanema Tower.
There were many big time pros spotted. It was day 1 of the $10,000 Buy-In Deuce to Seven Lowball Tournament. This game is not played by amatuers, and virtually all of the 96 entrants were very recognizable. Durr, Helmuth and Negreanu are Day 1 casualties as 60 of the 96 make it through to day 2 which starts up again at 2:00 PDT. Amongst the chip leaders are Roland DeWolfe, John Juanda and Tim Phan. ( A side note about Tim Phan...or any Phan, Than, Fam or Nguyen....Merlotgirl says she would really rather not play at their table. Can you get a table change?).
Tonights schedule is to drop the Blondes off at Bo's Bunkhouse for the week at the Spa, go to dinner at Breadwinners (it is half price martini night!!!! woohoo) and pack. (Somehow or other I think online poker will get played tonight too). Our Chauffeur (Buck Nekkid Jr.) and his parents will be over to pick us up at 6:00AM! We will have the Mimosa's ready!!!!
Viva Las Vegas!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
2 More Sleeps!!!
It is getting very exciting as we near the weekend. Some of the group is already either there, or en route. By Friday night the One-Outers will be there in full force.
There will be cocktails at McFaddens Irish Pub at the Rio starting @ 6:30, followed by a great Italian meal at Battista's Hole in the Wall. The free carafes of wine will be flowing as we toast to our friendship, comaraderie and hopefully, good luck.
It sure would be a lot of fun to see a cavalcade of One-Outers cash in this tournament. If anyone goes deep the cheering section could get a bit rowdy, and most definitely tipsy.
Latest events transpiring is that I've set up a Twitter account so that I can post to the blog remotely during the event. I'll update lengthy posts when I can, but I'll Tweet far more often, so that anyone wanting to keep up with our exploits will be able to do so. There's a Twitter link over on the right >>>>>>>>>
Here's a link to Kid Poker's latest V-Blog. He's having a great run at the WSOP so far.
Raw Vegas Video
There will be cocktails at McFaddens Irish Pub at the Rio starting @ 6:30, followed by a great Italian meal at Battista's Hole in the Wall. The free carafes of wine will be flowing as we toast to our friendship, comaraderie and hopefully, good luck.
It sure would be a lot of fun to see a cavalcade of One-Outers cash in this tournament. If anyone goes deep the cheering section could get a bit rowdy, and most definitely tipsy.
Latest events transpiring is that I've set up a Twitter account so that I can post to the blog remotely during the event. I'll update lengthy posts when I can, but I'll Tweet far more often, so that anyone wanting to keep up with our exploits will be able to do so. There's a Twitter link over on the right >>>>>>>>>
Here's a link to Kid Poker's latest V-Blog. He's having a great run at the WSOP so far.
Raw Vegas Video
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
3!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow!!!! 3 more days till we head west!!!
All I hope is that I play my A game...whatever that is. If I do that, I'll enjoy this tournament more than any other I've ever played. The experience is going to be fantastic!
You really should watch this little video I've attached regarding the 40 Years of the WSOP.
It shows you how it was back in the beginning.
40 Years of WSOP - Part 1 of 3 - Video - Poker News
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All I hope is that I play my A game...whatever that is. If I do that, I'll enjoy this tournament more than any other I've ever played. The experience is going to be fantastic!
You really should watch this little video I've attached regarding the 40 Years of the WSOP.
It shows you how it was back in the beginning.
40 Years of WSOP - Part 1 of 3 - Video - Poker News
Shared via AddThis
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