10-30-2001, 09:57 AM
Hi everyone. Last friday, knees bleeding from installing a parquet floor in my sisters apartment I made up my mind to go to the WPF and play in the $340 Monday Stud Tourney.
I got to Foxwoods on saturday afternoon at 4p.m. I immediately headed for the Satelite area to check for stud satelites. Just like magic I walked in and there was a $43 satelitel beginning. It would pay the $340 buy-in to the first tournament. Yes the stud tournament was the second tournament. This satelite was for the Sunday No Limit Holdem tournament. I decided to play anyway. Need the NL practice. Long story short. I finished 2nd, Made a buy in save. So it was a free roll. I felt good about my play so played another. Short of it: 3rd (tie). Felt good about play: Try one more says I. 3rd again. Tired: Disappointed: went to sleep and decided to play live stud on Sunday.
The mind has a way of making you do the unintended. It does. It did. when I woke up sunday. Refreshed: Knees a bit better: mind says hey why not try the $340 NLH tourney. "No, I don't play NLH very good, thank you very much:" I said to my mind. So always in control of my mind I walked into the Casino and signed up for the NLH tournament anyway. Finished 15th. In the money. Paid $1037. 339 entrants. Negreanu won. Negreanu knocked me out. Here's what happened.
19 players left: bubble for $1037 payout. I'm on the button with T6000. Blinds 800-1600 with 300 ante. One stack at table less than $2000. I'm next short stack. All fold to me including shortest stack. Hand 9,8o. I raise to $4000! Blinds fold. T8,500
The short stack gets knocked out on the next hand. T8,200. We go to 2 tables, 18 players. Draw for the button. I get the big blind. BB, 6,2o. T6,300. SB5,2o T5,400. Button. Negreanu raises t0 4k. Kathy Leibert (L) moves all in with 11k. All fold to Negranu (N). He thinks and thinks. Counts and counts. Says I came to play and calls. N:K,Qo. L:Ad,Jd. Q comes on board and Leibert walks. T5100. Next hand Negranu raises 4k. Next player moves in with 12k. N: calls. N:A,9o. Other player A,K. 9 comes on turn and N wins again.. T5,100. No card higher than an 8 for the next 6 hands. N raising every hand except one. Tony Ma moved in from early position with 11k and N and everyone else folded. T3300 BB:1600 ante 300 T1400 remaining. Before the hand I made up my mind that if N raised and it got to me uncontested T would call no matter what. N raises. All fold to me. I look. 6,5o. What would you do? I showed him my hand and called. Six came on the flop. Daniel had pocket nines. I was out. Not happy. Disappointed: but somewhat pleased that I had gotten that far.
A couple of high lites that I remeber. I had dinner with Kathy Leibert. My pleasure believe me. Take my word for it or not she is a very good tournament player and it was a treet talking poker with her. I played very good poker during this tournament. I got lucky one time. Extremely lucky. I called a $400 raise with T2000 because 3 others had called. I had KcTc. Flop came K,K,x. I moved in and was called by A,Ko. A ten came on the river and I survived. I made a ove on Tony Ma late in the tournay after we were in the money. He was in the cut off on my BB. I could feel a raise comeing from him. All foded to Tony. Blinds were 600-1200. He raised to $3000. I looked at Kh,8h. I reraised $5000. He showed me th ah and folded. I showed him the Kh and threw my hand in and took the pot. By the way he was a real gentleman. A pleasure to play against.
all in all it was a very fun tournament for me. If your interested I'll tell you about the stud tournament the next time.
Vince
I got to Foxwoods on saturday afternoon at 4p.m. I immediately headed for the Satelite area to check for stud satelites. Just like magic I walked in and there was a $43 satelitel beginning. It would pay the $340 buy-in to the first tournament. Yes the stud tournament was the second tournament. This satelite was for the Sunday No Limit Holdem tournament. I decided to play anyway. Need the NL practice. Long story short. I finished 2nd, Made a buy in save. So it was a free roll. I felt good about my play so played another. Short of it: 3rd (tie). Felt good about play: Try one more says I. 3rd again. Tired: Disappointed: went to sleep and decided to play live stud on Sunday.
The mind has a way of making you do the unintended. It does. It did. when I woke up sunday. Refreshed: Knees a bit better: mind says hey why not try the $340 NLH tourney. "No, I don't play NLH very good, thank you very much:" I said to my mind. So always in control of my mind I walked into the Casino and signed up for the NLH tournament anyway. Finished 15th. In the money. Paid $1037. 339 entrants. Negreanu won. Negreanu knocked me out. Here's what happened.
19 players left: bubble for $1037 payout. I'm on the button with T6000. Blinds 800-1600 with 300 ante. One stack at table less than $2000. I'm next short stack. All fold to me including shortest stack. Hand 9,8o. I raise to $4000! Blinds fold. T8,500
The short stack gets knocked out on the next hand. T8,200. We go to 2 tables, 18 players. Draw for the button. I get the big blind. BB, 6,2o. T6,300. SB5,2o T5,400. Button. Negreanu raises t0 4k. Kathy Leibert (L) moves all in with 11k. All fold to Negranu (N). He thinks and thinks. Counts and counts. Says I came to play and calls. N:K,Qo. L:Ad,Jd. Q comes on board and Leibert walks. T5100. Next hand Negranu raises 4k. Next player moves in with 12k. N: calls. N:A,9o. Other player A,K. 9 comes on turn and N wins again.. T5,100. No card higher than an 8 for the next 6 hands. N raising every hand except one. Tony Ma moved in from early position with 11k and N and everyone else folded. T3300 BB:1600 ante 300 T1400 remaining. Before the hand I made up my mind that if N raised and it got to me uncontested T would call no matter what. N raises. All fold to me. I look. 6,5o. What would you do? I showed him my hand and called. Six came on the flop. Daniel had pocket nines. I was out. Not happy. Disappointed: but somewhat pleased that I had gotten that far.
A couple of high lites that I remeber. I had dinner with Kathy Leibert. My pleasure believe me. Take my word for it or not she is a very good tournament player and it was a treet talking poker with her. I played very good poker during this tournament. I got lucky one time. Extremely lucky. I called a $400 raise with T2000 because 3 others had called. I had KcTc. Flop came K,K,x. I moved in and was called by A,Ko. A ten came on the river and I survived. I made a ove on Tony Ma late in the tournay after we were in the money. He was in the cut off on my BB. I could feel a raise comeing from him. All foded to Tony. Blinds were 600-1200. He raised to $3000. I looked at Kh,8h. I reraised $5000. He showed me th ah and folded. I showed him the Kh and threw my hand in and took the pot. By the way he was a real gentleman. A pleasure to play against.
all in all it was a very fun tournament for me. If your interested I'll tell you about the stud tournament the next time.
Vince