That would be absolutely amazing to be able to meet more guys. If you give me a month or two heads up Id be willing to talk to my guy at the Rio and have him give us a dealer and a table one night and we could do a sigle table tournament. Winner would be my partner. I would put up the entry fee for next years doubles tournament. They are going to hold a bracelet event where you have a teamate and you each play the same stack, just alternating teamates every level. Like i said, give me a heads up and Ill make it happen.
I decided to play the 1500NL today. I'm pretty sure I busted this tournament the quickest I have ever busted a live tournament. You start with 4500. For those of you that don't already know, you always start with 3 times the buyin amount on the wsop tour. We are at the 50-100 blind level. I had roughly a starting stack (4500) that's 45 Big blinds which is pretty damn deep. I pick up KK from the small blind. A guy in middle position who has been really tight ( maybe played 1 hand at this point it was AA.) decides to lead for 900 into a 150 pot? It folds to the button and he calls? Odd hand at this point, there is 1950 in the pot. I decide to jam for 4500. MP beats me into the pot (fuck.. That's all day AA) button snap folds???? Flop comes 227.. And the MP jumps out of his chair WTF??? He slams 22 on the table and proceeds to ride the fake pony around in circles. Am I in the twilight zone? It makes absolutely no sense. I shake the guys hand and go get a nap.
later in the day I venture down to the Flamingo to see a friend. She had drove up from LA and we went and got dinner. We decided to play some blackjack. We are sitting at a 25 minimum table with two guys from ATL (who look familiar) who are in town to play some poker tournaments. These guys are having a great time, drinking a few too many. After some small talk one of the guys remembers playing at my table in the 4 max. I now remember him. We end up playing for about a hour and everyone is staying roughly even. now Jim has been playing 25 or 50 per hand for at least a hour before he tells his buddy "it's time to up the stakes" he pulls out a wad of cash and buys 3k more which puts him in the game for roughly 4k. This guy proceeds to go on one of the worst runs I've seen in a long time, all the while upping the stakes progressively to the point where he had rebought 3 times. He is now in the game for 10k exactly (I picked that up from the conversation between Jim and his buddy.) he is running so bad that it became awkwardly silent at the table. At some point the guy bet his last 1k and lost. After some sad looking whispering between the two Jim looks at me and says " I know you play poker, would you be willing to buy some lammers from me?" Lammers are the chips you win when you play satellite tournaments that are good for buying into any wsop tournament. At this point I already have all of my remaining tournaments prepaid, so I have no need for them. Guys will pay face value for them though, just to help out strictly satellite players who don't want to have lammers and would rather have cash. I tell him that I really don't want them. He then says I will give them to you for 75% face value. I said ok. This guy pulls out 10k in lammers that his friend told me were being held back for a main event buyin. I didn't have 10k on me, I was 4k short so my friend loans me the rest. I watch this guy bet 1k a hand until he is down to 2k left of the 7500 I gave him. He puts "the last of my money" on the felt.. Boom dealer 21!...... Come to find out from his friend. They both work together and have been saving for 3 years for a trip to Vegas to play 4 tournaments including the main event. Jim has blown through all of his bankroll and has to sit in the room while his friend plays 2 more tournaments and the main event. He is stuck in Vegas for weeks with no cash........that is hell on earth!
Degens gonna degen!
this post goes out to you...my new degenerate friend Jim.
later in the day I venture down to the Flamingo to see a friend. She had drove up from LA and we went and got dinner. We decided to play some blackjack. We are sitting at a 25 minimum table with two guys from ATL (who look familiar) who are in town to play some poker tournaments. These guys are having a great time, drinking a few too many. After some small talk one of the guys remembers playing at my table in the 4 max. I now remember him. We end up playing for about a hour and everyone is staying roughly even. now Jim has been playing 25 or 50 per hand for at least a hour before he tells his buddy "it's time to up the stakes" he pulls out a wad of cash and buys 3k more which puts him in the game for roughly 4k. This guy proceeds to go on one of the worst runs I've seen in a long time, all the while upping the stakes progressively to the point where he had rebought 3 times. He is now in the game for 10k exactly (I picked that up from the conversation between Jim and his buddy.) he is running so bad that it became awkwardly silent at the table. At some point the guy bet his last 1k and lost. After some sad looking whispering between the two Jim looks at me and says " I know you play poker, would you be willing to buy some lammers from me?" Lammers are the chips you win when you play satellite tournaments that are good for buying into any wsop tournament. At this point I already have all of my remaining tournaments prepaid, so I have no need for them. Guys will pay face value for them though, just to help out strictly satellite players who don't want to have lammers and would rather have cash. I tell him that I really don't want them. He then says I will give them to you for 75% face value. I said ok. This guy pulls out 10k in lammers that his friend told me were being held back for a main event buyin. I didn't have 10k on me, I was 4k short so my friend loans me the rest. I watch this guy bet 1k a hand until he is down to 2k left of the 7500 I gave him. He puts "the last of my money" on the felt.. Boom dealer 21!...... Come to find out from his friend. They both work together and have been saving for 3 years for a trip to Vegas to play 4 tournaments including the main event. Jim has blown through all of his bankroll and has to sit in the room while his friend plays 2 more tournaments and the main event. He is stuck in Vegas for weeks with no cash........that is hell on earth!
Degens gonna degen!
this post goes out to you...my new degenerate friend Jim.
After putting my interaction with Jim into words in this thread, it got me to thinking. Why would I take advantage of Jim moreso than I would with your random poker player that is just walking the halls of the Rio in respect to the Lammers. I decided to call Jim (I got his number because he was interested in getting into real estate, I have a friend in his hometown who possibly may help.) I told him, I owe you 2500.00, there's no reason for you to sell them for less than face. I told him I would hold the money and buy him into the daily deepstack at the Rio that starts at noon. These smaller buyin tournaments get over a thousand players a day, less throughout the week. They have huge prize pools. He was obviously down in the dumps, he said he didn't feel comfortable doing that, and I told him I wasn't comfortable with taking him for his lammers. We came to a agreement, I will put up the daily buyin and we will split his action in the tournament, until he plays through the 2500. Hopefully this good karma will help us both. I could use any good "karma" in my scheduled events, he could use the luck to possibly make a few deep runs and recover from his degen session.
