From: greatbrit Newsgroups: rec.gambling.poker Subject: WSOP 2003, Days 9/10: Wheeling and dealing Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 02:37:12 -0700 Yesterday I finally took my car for walkies, it's been sitting patiently in the car park since I got here. The occasion was that I bumped into Mike Sexton who was on his way home to watch the Lucky Chances WPT, I have never seen one because my cable company doesn't carry Travel Channel (I guess their reasoning is that we might watch it then go on vacation, cutting into their ad revenues). Anyway, Mike kindly invited me over to watch, so I followed him over to his house in my car, and got to see my first WPT, with the TV announcer sitting right in the same room! I thought the show was fantastic, a perfect blend of poker for us hard core poker junkies, while keeping it exciting enough for non players to enjoy. Mike told me that Travel Channel viewing has been huge, they definitely want another season, and the show could even end up on the networks. Then I had to come back to my room to wait for a business call so never got to play any satellites or the 11pm event. I got a sandwich at the deli, they have excellent corned beef, pastrami, and brisket sandwiches ($6 with potato salad or coleslaw), that plus a soda is free if you get a comp using your tournament players card, what a deal! Today was a bit more active, I worked during the day, then went out with a friend tonight to the El Cortez, this casino is on the dark side of downtown, past Neonopolis, where it starts to feel not quite as safe at night. But, $20 2lb. lobster dinners beckoned, so we just had to take the risk. The place was like a nice coffee shop, the lobsters were surprisingly excellent. Then it was back to Binions where I played two $275 no limit satellites. In the first I went out to Kathy Liebert after I limped UTG with 87s, 4 callers, flop was 56 of my suit, plus an 8, now that's a flop! Kathy checked, I bet 300, all folded to Kathy who check-raised grrrr me all in with her 85o, I called and ighn. On to the next satellite, now this one was funny. I got heads up, he had me outchipped 5-3 and offered a deal where he would take 3 chips ($500 each) + the $150 cash, to my 2 chips. I said no, so then I said how about we just save a chip each. So he said how about we save two chips each. A millisecond later I had saved two chips, so now I had the same deal I'd just turned down, except now I was playing for the extra $650 too! Which I lost when I went for it with a flush draw. Upstairs and time to get in late for the 11pm tourney. I was doing OK but when the blinds went to 100-200, 25 ante, I only had 1200 left. One guy limped, which he had done the hand earlier with KK, I decided to go for it and re-raised all-in with my AQs. Apparently he had forgotten to turn in his KK from the last hand, and ighn. Numbers are way down in the main events, but way up in the 11pm event. I expect things will pick up when we get back to some of the cheaper ($1,500-$2,000) events scheduled for the beginning of May. I haven't heard anything about the chip discrepancy mentioned on rgp, I'll try to find out what that was about. I am going to sweat my buddy Diego at the final table tomorrow of the 1/2 stud, 1/2 holdem (he lost a big pot with 10 players left but then masterfully played his short stack to get into the money), then I'm going to play another satellite or two to try to get enough to play the $2,500 Limit Holdem on Sunday, if I don't get lucky then my next event and first bracelet will be in the $1,500 Limit Holdem on May 1st. Why do I keep setting myself up like this! Paul