Wsop 2009

Matt24 · May 21, 2009

World Number One said:
cant believe marriage and a family will slow down a degenerate gambler like yourself...

ha, i have been a bit more degen this year, betting some more sports but its not too hard when you dont pay any juice....

Matt24 · May 25, 2009

posted new blog with sched, heading out saturday, we are actually driving. 28 hours at least I guess? anyone ever driven to vegas from the midwest? I think we are going to go the southern route through the desert.

quantumleap · May 25, 2009

Matt24 said:
posted new blog with sched, heading out saturday, we are actually driving. 28 hours at least I guess? anyone ever driven to vegas from the midwest? I think we are going to go the southern route through the desert.

The route through the mountains is nice this time of year. You can take I-70 west of Denver and then I-15 south. Or you could take I-25 south of Denver until you get to I-40 but I-40 is rather boring until you get to Flagstaff.

viking611 · May 25, 2009

Matt24 said:
posted new blog with sched, heading out saturday, we are actually driving. 28 hours at least I guess? anyone ever driven to vegas from the midwest? I think we are going to go the southern route through the desert.

me and illini did it. we were drunk when we left...took I-70 over then down. Probably much better to drive the desert but i wanted the mountain scene for some of the drive. It was one LONGGG drive...we went straight through. Probably be better to stop a night. I flew back and he drove the southern route by himself on the way back.

TheRightSide · May 25, 2009

quantumleap said:
The route through the mountains is nice this time of year. You can take I-70 west of Denver and then I-15 south. Or you could take I-25 south of Denver until you get to I-40 but I-40 is rather boring until you get to Flagstaff.

I took I-80 past Iowa and into Nebraska. Then I-70 all the way to I-15 into Vegas. The worst part of the trip was Utah. WOW what a long ass drive that was.

Good luck Matt. Hope you make a run.

quantumleap · May 25, 2009

TheRightSide said:
I took I-80 past Iowa and into Nebraska. Then I-70 all the way to I-15 into Vegas. The worst part of the trip was Utah. WOW what a long ass drive that was.

Good luck Matt. Hope you make a run.

Did you drive Utah at night? It's a nice drive once you get to I-15.

If you think Iowa and Nebraska are boring try driving through Kansas.

harman · May 26, 2009

once you get to denver, its a cool drive.

Matt24 · May 28, 2009

185 players in the $40k right now with an hour and 20 minutes left for registration. Decent turnout

theDude24 · May 28, 2009

Matt - do ybuy direcly in to most tournies?

I am going to be in Vegas in 2 weeks.
Want to play in a 1500-3000 tourney while there.

Wondering if you ever do any 200-250 live satellites there to get into smaller ones? (if you do smaller ones)

Matt24 · May 28, 2009

I played some $1k sats a couple years ago but for hte most part yes I do direct buy in and don't really play the stts... Basically because my hourly rate is better elsewhere whether it be a live cash game or online

PO69 · May 28, 2009

Matt24 said:
185 players in the $40k right now with an hour and 20 minutes left for registration. Decent turnout

Did you buy in for the $40k?

chick'sfridge · May 28, 2009

Matt:

Best of Luck. Winning at the WSOP will just add to a happy marriage. Played in the WSOP, when Jamie Gold took down 12 Million. Of course, I was not around to see the final table. My paid entry and trip was courtesy of theRX and Skybook. Hope to see you at the end!

CF

:103631605

Matt24 · May 28, 2009

PO69 said:
Did you buy in for the $40k?

hell no i didnt play the 40k

ProPokerPlayer · May 28, 2009

150 of 201 left....the 1st number is their chip count..disregard 2nd number..

Antonio Esfandiari 470000 75000
Justin Bonomo 470000 100000
Chris Moneymaker 415000 155000
Matthew Glantz 400000 70000
Bruno Fitoussi 367000 285000
Frank Kassela 340000 80000
Lex 'RaSZi' Veldhuis 330000 188000
Isaac Haxton 324000 154000
Eric Kesselman 315000 195000
Tony G 305000 48000
Kyle Wilson 300000 110000
Mark Seif 280000 20000
Barry Schwartz 252000 132000
Daniel Alaei 240000 25000
David 'Devilfish' Ulliott 240000 46000
Ted Forrest 240000 30000
Michael DeMichele 235000 18000
Nam Le 234000 40000
Phil Hellmuth 233000 17000
Charles Lehr 230000 45000
Phil 'OMGClayAiken' Galfond 230000 3000
Erick Lindgren 225000 142000
David Pham 220000 67000
Johannes Strassmann 218000 103000
Andy Black 210000 25000
Huck Seed 210000 45000
Phillipe Rouas 210000 105000
Scott Seiver 210000 25000
Adam Junglen 204000 31000
Jeff Lisandro 190000 20000
Greg Raymer 187000
Vivek Rajkumar 187000 3000
Kirill Gerasimov 185000 20000
Alex Jacob 184000 10000

sharky99 · May 29, 2009

Wanted to congratulate a good friend who started working at Mandalay Bay Recently and entered the $500 Entry Casino@) Employee Tournament with 866 entries, finished late last night,:drink: finished 2nd and took home over $50,000....great run Paul, CONGRATS!!

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Matt24 · May 29, 2009

sharky99 said:
Wanted to congratulate a good friend who started working at Mandalay Bay Recently and entered the $500 Entry Casino@) Employee Tournament with 866 entries, finished late last night,:drink: finished 2nd and took home over $50,000....great run Paul, CONGRATS!!<<

very solid

ProPokerPlayer · May 29, 2009

PornoPaul said:
TTinco and myself will be playing in event 7 which starts Tuesday

Hey i was just reading about that event....glad to see TT got it added...

Drown the Clown

1 deck of cards
4+ players

Deal each player one card.

1. On the count of three, everyone flips there cards over. If any two people have the same card, then each must point at the person that they have a match with and yell "clown".

b) Whoever says it first gets to watch the other take as many drinks as designated for being the slowest.

b) If a person points at a person who does not have a match or if he/she says anything but the word "clown", then they must drink 3 drinks.

Dante · May 29, 2009

ProPokerPlayer said:
Hey i was just reading about that event....glad to see TT got it added...

Drown the Clown

1 deck of cards
4+ players

Deal each player one card.

1. On the count of three, everyone flips there cards over. If any two people have the same card, then each must point at the person that they have a match with and yell "clown".

b) Whoever says it first gets to watch the other take as many drinks as designated for being the slowest.

b) If a person points at a person who does not have a match or if he/she says anything but the word "clown", then they must drink 3 drinks.

TT wins this one going away PP has NO chance to keep up its nice to see the WSOP branch out a bit on there games, I would guess the entry fee for this is 1 dime?

Matt24 · Jun 7, 2009

Already played 12 hours in 2 events and then watched a big stack vanish to bust a bit before the money. real fun. did watch the hangover tonight over at Green Valley Ranch. That place is identical to Red Rock. Anyone know if the blackjack game with big breasted dealers and pole dancers is only a saturday night thing? It wasn't even crowded over there.

Matt24 · Jun 8, 2009

Played the $1k at the Venetian today and at my table was Jim Feist. He was giving his # to some kid beside him so he could get him into sports betting. Nelly was at the table over also and he had one big ass bodyguard. I'm like in 5th or so with 35 left going to day 2 tomorrow. 100k to win.