This is now the time of year that all my good thoughts go to Tikay. For the love of god please run well!!! I so want you to make a deep (very deep) run when you enter.
In Response to Re: The WSOP 2017 Thread : I find it difficult to believe that you even played a hand in the first 5 minutes, surely you had nut, nut to be that adventurous or is the heat outside getting to you? Good luck Tikay, bracelet time! Posted by Enut
Ha, the worm has turned, Tuney, I'm 'Arry Aggro now.
More seriously, it was Big O (we are playing a "Mix" of Big O, PLO8 & O8) and in Big O - which is 5 card High Low - it really is a bish bash boff action game, & some hands just kick off.
In this case, I never had the greatest hand, far from it, & I never had "nut" at either end. But I'd been watching this kid closely, & I could see he had no idea how Big O worked or what the correct range of playable hands were. So I just went with my "feel" & as it turned out, I was correct for once. I had nothing even remotely resembling nut at either end, but it was enough to SCOOPIO.
I was wayyyy above average for 5 or 6 levels, & then the wheels came off big time. If the day had ended after 6 Levels I'd have been double average.
As it turns out, I return with 8,450, which is about one third average. I'll need to get lucky in the first pot I play, that's for sure.
224 of 688 remain, with 103 paid.
This is the third consecutive event I've made Day Two, but I've yet to cash for a single cent....
This is now the time of year that all my good thoughts go to Tikay. For the love of god please run well!!! I so want you to make a deep (very deep) run when you enter. Posted by CraigSG1
In Response to Re: The WSOP 2017 Thread : Good effort Tikay, I know you've said your rehab has gone well, but 10 hours plus in the poker saddle is a fair bit. I guess it depends a lot on how "fun" the tables are, but how has it gone? Hope you "bag" a few tonight. Good luck, Ed. Posted by edrich
Fair point. It was, all told, just under 12 hours, & we never had a dinner break, just a 15 minute break every 2 hours, so no time for a meal or a nap. Not exactly what the Doctor ordered, & I was shattered when it ended, in fact the last 2 Levels seemed to be really hard work as I was so tired. Since the HA, I've always managed a little nap every day, just to top up the batteries.
Still, I'd not have swapped the experience for the world, a full day playing a WSOP event is, without a shadow of doubt, THE best thing in poker & I loved every minute.
I had a chap named Allen Kessler to my immediate right, he is known as "Chainsaw" on 2+2, & he has quite a poker CV. (See THM). To his right was Mike Leah, another guy with a tremendous "Live" Poker CV. So my seat was quite tough, though at least I was the right side of them both.
They both hit a LOT of nice starting hands & flops, & then Allen bust Mike. By close of play, only Allen & I had survived the day on that table.
I felt I run red hot in the first 4 levels, but ice cold in the last 6 levels.
Updates Event 30 15 was the magic number as we have that number of players moving through to Day 3. Some guy named Daniel Negreanu is the chip leader with Jason Mercier who won this event 12 months ago among those chasing Daniel down.
Event 32 It's all about the guy in 191st place overnight. No, not Marcel Luske, look one place further down. Our very own Tony Kendall has made Day 2 and although he has a short stack, he's only one double up Scoopio away from moving up 50 places.
Daniel Zack is the chip leader ahead of Igor Sharaskin who has made 2 Omaha FTs already and Tikay's Day 1 tablemate, Allan Kessler.
Several other Brits still in - Howard Smith, Usman Siddique, Mikko Hirvonen, Robert Price (another Cornish representative), Benny Glaser and Stuart Rutter but it's all about Tikay.
His Day 2 table Seat 1 Chris Ruby (USA) 19775 chips Seat 2 Jarred Graham (AUS) 48275 chips Seat 3 Binh Nguyen (USA) 37000 chips Seat 4 Tony Kendall (GBR) 8450 chips Seat 5 Andrey Zaichenko (RUS) 10600 chips Seat 6 Jeremy Harkin (USA) 19925 chips Seat 7 Minh Zhu (USA) 22400 chips
Event 19 Day 1B Day 1B saw 1230 entrants of whom 106 remain, led by Valentin Vornicu (23rd in last years ME), Viktor Lavi and previous bracelet winner Eric Baldwin. I can't see any British players in the list of qualifiers
In Response to Re: The WSOP 2017 Thread : Fair point. It was, all told, just under 12 hours, & we never had a dinner break, just a 15 minute break every 2 hours, so no time for a meal or a nap. Not exactly what the Doctor ordered, & I was shattered when it ended, in fact the last 2 Levels seemed to be really hard work as I was so tired. Since the HA, I've always managed a little nap every day, just to top up the batteries. Still, I'd not have swapped the experience for the world, a full day playing a WSOP event is, without a shadow of doubt, THE best thing in poker & I loved every minute. I had a chap named Allen Kessler to my immediate right, he is known as "Chainsaw" on 2+2, & he has quite a poker CV. (See THM). To his right was Mike Leah, another guy with a tremendous "Live" Poker CV. So my seat was quite tough, though at least I was the right side of them both. They both hit a LOT of nice starting hands & flops, & then Allen bust Mike. By close of play, only Allen & I had survived the day on that table. I felt I run red hot in the first 4 levels, but ice cold in the last 6 levels. Anyway, I'll need some run-good today, for sure. Posted by Tikay10
im sure youd get a power nap in that time..gl in day 2 buddy
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More seriously, it was Big O (we are playing a "Mix" of Big O, PLO8 & O8) and in Big O - which is 5 card High Low - it really is a bish bash boff action game, & some hands just kick off.
In this case, I never had the greatest hand, far from it, & I never had "nut" at either end. But I'd been watching this kid closely, & I could see he had no idea how Big O worked or what the correct range of playable hands were. So I just went with my "feel" & as it turned out, I was correct for once. I had nothing even remotely resembling nut at either end, but it was enough to SCOOPIO.
I was wayyyy above average for 5 or 6 levels, & then the wheels came off big time. If the day had ended after 6 Levels I'd have been double average.
As it turns out, I return with 8,450, which is about one third average. I'll need to get lucky in the first pot I play, that's for sure.
224 of 688 remain, with 103 paid.
This is the third consecutive event I've made Day Two, but I've yet to cash for a single cent....
What about one third average? That any good?
Still, I'd not have swapped the experience for the world, a full day playing a WSOP event is, without a shadow of doubt, THE best thing in poker & I loved every minute.
I had a chap named Allen Kessler to my immediate right, he is known as "Chainsaw" on 2+2, & he has quite a poker CV. (See THM). To his right was Mike Leah, another guy with a tremendous "Live" Poker CV. So my seat was quite tough, though at least I was the right side of them both.
They both hit a LOT of nice starting hands & flops, & then Allen bust Mike. By close of play, only Allen & I had survived the day on that table.
I felt I run red hot in the first 4 levels, but ice cold in the last 6 levels.
Anyway, I'll need some run-good today, for sure.
Event 30
15 was the magic number as we have that number of players moving through to Day 3. Some guy named Daniel Negreanu is the chip leader with Jason Mercier who won this event 12 months ago among those chasing Daniel down.
Event 32
It's all about the guy in 191st place overnight. No, not Marcel Luske, look one place further down. Our very own Tony Kendall has made Day 2 and although he has a short stack, he's only one double up Scoopio away from moving up 50 places.
Daniel Zack is the chip leader ahead of Igor Sharaskin who has made 2 Omaha FTs already and Tikay's Day 1 tablemate, Allan Kessler.
Several other Brits still in - Howard Smith, Usman Siddique, Mikko Hirvonen, Robert Price (another Cornish representative), Benny Glaser and Stuart Rutter but it's all about Tikay.
His Day 2 table
Seat 1 Chris Ruby (USA) 19775 chips
Seat 2 Jarred Graham (AUS) 48275 chips
Seat 3 Binh Nguyen (USA) 37000 chips
Seat 4 Tony Kendall (GBR) 8450 chips
Seat 5 Andrey Zaichenko (RUS) 10600 chips
Seat 6 Jeremy Harkin (USA) 19925 chips
Seat 7 Minh Zhu (USA) 22400 chips
Event 19 Day 1B
Day 1B saw 1230 entrants of whom 106 remain, led by Valentin Vornicu (23rd in last years ME), Viktor Lavi and previous bracelet winner Eric Baldwin.
I can't see any British players in the list of qualifiers
Edit - and just a few minutes later, the man from Birmingham is busto.
oh!