WSOP Report - Day 2 (Busted)
I busted out of the tournament in 30th or 31st place. It really sucks to be out of a tournament. It's one of the worst feelings I think ever. You feel stupid for playing great for two days straight, only to make one bad play and WHAM! that's it brother.
I felt like I played awesome today... brought my stack close to 70k, then dropped 9k back with a double-ended straight draw when my AJ flopped QT9 and didn't get any help. I just made a single bad play... but that's all it takes.
My bad play came with, ironically, pocket queens. I can't help thinking now how bad it was to call the all-in re-raise, especially after going on and on about how I will someday be the player who would laydown queens preflop. Not that I've never made that laydown...
This time, though, it was against a player who had always limped with aces. So when he raised utg 3.5x the BB to 4k, I put him on tens or jacks... maybe AK. Regardless, it didn't look like he wanted to see a flop. Kenna James called with a short stack, and I look down and see those beautiful ladies. I figure I'm ahead and raise to 16k. He looks like he honestly doesn't know what to do, and like he doesn't want to see a flop. He pushes in his whole stack of about 70k. Kenna calls with his short-stack and I put him on a big ace... turns out he actually had 22.
I still thought about it for a couple minutes. The ESPN camera crew gathered around, with the cameras rolling and watching what I'd do. I really thought the guy had Jacks. I finally called and he turned over KKs. The board didn't bring any help. Good game.
The worst part about being backed in a tournament rather than buying in on my own is that I feel like I let everyone down... especially getting so close to the money (they paid 18) and knowing that if I folded the queens I would have been left with 44k, which is plenty to build up. Anyway... time to call the backers. Not fun.
Thanks again to CI Host for buying the 25% stake. I'll probably sell pieces of myself in the future. Check this... read an article today about a golfer selling himself on eBay. Wonder where he got that idead?
I felt like I played awesome today... brought my stack close to 70k, then dropped 9k back with a double-ended straight draw when my AJ flopped QT9 and didn't get any help. I just made a single bad play... but that's all it takes.
My bad play came with, ironically, pocket queens. I can't help thinking now how bad it was to call the all-in re-raise, especially after going on and on about how I will someday be the player who would laydown queens preflop. Not that I've never made that laydown...
This time, though, it was against a player who had always limped with aces. So when he raised utg 3.5x the BB to 4k, I put him on tens or jacks... maybe AK. Regardless, it didn't look like he wanted to see a flop. Kenna James called with a short stack, and I look down and see those beautiful ladies. I figure I'm ahead and raise to 16k. He looks like he honestly doesn't know what to do, and like he doesn't want to see a flop. He pushes in his whole stack of about 70k. Kenna calls with his short-stack and I put him on a big ace... turns out he actually had 22.
I still thought about it for a couple minutes. The ESPN camera crew gathered around, with the cameras rolling and watching what I'd do. I really thought the guy had Jacks. I finally called and he turned over KKs. The board didn't bring any help. Good game.
The worst part about being backed in a tournament rather than buying in on my own is that I feel like I let everyone down... especially getting so close to the money (they paid 18) and knowing that if I folded the queens I would have been left with 44k, which is plenty to build up. Anyway... time to call the backers. Not fun.
Thanks again to CI Host for buying the 25% stake. I'll probably sell pieces of myself in the future. Check this... read an article today about a golfer selling himself on eBay. Wonder where he got that idead?
posted by Dutch Boyd at
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