Bahamas (WPT-PCA) 2007 - Official Updates Thread...

[Boobie Lover]

You all know about the KK hand. I had a real crap image at the beginning since I was opening a bunch. Then, people started to play back at me, and I would finally fold A9 or 66 or something equivalent. So, after about 1/2 an hour after getting a 75k advance to the stack, I was back to where I started and decreasing.

Then, Ted Lawson (I think, he looked a lot like that PLO donk that won a WSOP bracelet) opens in the hijack+1 and I 3bet AQo in the SB to 65k leaving myself 70kish behind. He thinks for a couple of minutes, and then tables AJo. I guess I'm playing way too tight if AJ thinks that long before hitting the muck.

1/2 an hour later, Some black guy from Denver limps UTG (I think limping is pretty much always a mistake with blinds this high in a tourney) and I iso raise with A7o. He calls. Flop comes 778 with two hearts. He checks, I cbet, he check/raises an amount that commits me. I push and he call with 44. I hold up.

Finally, the hand that busted me. I raise with 68 SOOTED in the hijack. The chipleader of the whole tourney with about 600k at that point calls in the CO and everyone else folds. Flop is JT8 with two spades. I cbet 3/4 pot, he calls. Turn is a 6 (non spade). I check, he bets 60k, I push for about 180k. He instacalsl. He has JJ. Drawing dead never felt so bad.

14k is an ok payday for a vacation I suppose.

[Tony Cheval]

Ya think?

[drewjax]

GG!

Boobie, TP, and Kurn did us proud.

Nice job guys.

Lets have a TP convention next year

[X-Longshot-X]

GJ GUYs nice cash boobie/kurn.......next year tp.com will overrun it

[Talking Poker]

Kurn = +20k
Boobie = +14k
TP =

At least I'm in Atlantis and having fun...

[lightfungus]

Well its better than . Congrats everyone.

[X-Longshot-X]

I actually think that i will be hitting the sattys to this same event next year if the legal age down there is 18

[Gordogg]

GG boobs and kurn, sorry TP

[bdawg31]

Nice job boobie and kurn

[Talking Poker]

I got in too late for a proper update last night, but I'll try to get you caught up now. I had a fun night.

After going to dinner with my mom, we came back and she hit the nickel slots in the casino. She's quite the high roller. Rather than watch her, I played some $50 BJ and broke even when all was said and done. I finally got bored in the casino and headed back to the poker room.

I spotted my friend Jet (the guy who used to run the home game where I live) playing 25/50 NL. You have to understand - Jet wasn't a bad player by any means, but he certainly wasn't the strongest in the game either. Well, looks like he's improved a LOT. He was playing better, and I could see his whole mental everything was much better. He had a nice psycho image at the table, was super talkative, etc. Victor Ramdin was to his right, and earlier (for about 2 hours) Hachem was to his left. BTW - there is also a $50/$100 game where Antonio was sitting with a good $200k, if I had to guess. Phil Laak was playing in it, along with durrr (this kid is SICK! Really, really talented), H@lling@ll or whatever his name is, and some other guys I didn't recognize. Big game.

Anyway, I'm standing there sweating Jet when I get tapped on the shoulder. It's Isabelle. "Mark, would you like to play in a $30 fun SNG with us?" she asks. Of course! This year (I named the event the "Second Annual Monique Michot Invitational" (that's Isabelle's mom)), we had Fabrice Soulier in the 1 seat, me in the 2 seat, Herbe the movie guy in he 3 seat, Isablle in the 4, Monique in the 5, two female French reporters in the 6 and 7, and then three Poker Stars people in Seats 8, 9 and 10. The reporter girls had NEVER played before, so it was pretty crazy trying to explain to them how to play. Fabrice was practicaly pulling his hair out. Naturally, they finished 1-2 in the event, exactly as I predicted when we started. Gutshots, 2 outers, dominated hands flopping monsters - it was really something. Live poker is totally rigged. It was kinda frustrating for Fabrice, Isabelle and I, but it was a good time. Oh, and we had a "French Only" rule at the table, but it wasn't strictly enforced. Afterwards, we had a drink in the lobby, and then I called it a night. It wasn't was fun as last year's crazy tourney (the one with Gavin Smith falling asleep at the table), but it was still a good time. Oh, and I think I need to learn French for next year.

So that was last night. No poker for me today - going to do the pools/water slides/ocean, etc. thing today.

[Talking Poker]

I just went down to the poker room to kill an hour and a half or so. The waiting list for the 5/10 NL game was like 25 deep, so I sat at the 1/2 table, which had open seating. The 10 seat was open, and I know the dealer from home, so I sat down so we could chat. He's going to be taking a job in Turks soon...

A little while after I started, Wes showed up and sat down too. We are such ballers. He stacked a guy with a well played AA vs QQ (all in on the turn), but then gave it back to him later in a coinflip (AK vs the guy's 88 - the 88 called Wes' big preflop reraise, btw). I basically sat there and folded for an hour and a half, but still managed to win one buy in.

Almost time for the farewell cocktail party/dinner and then home tomorrow.

[Talking Poker]

It's good to be home.

[bdawg31]

Compared to what i am doing poker wise right now - you should DEFINITELY turn that frown upside down