Event #24 1k NL

I was physically and mentally prepared to play, and I managed a flawless session. The tournament did not work out, but I believe if I can prepare like I did today I will be able to play my best for the rest of the Series.

House of Masters World Cup Pool

Snake draft

Scoring:

3 points for a first round win
1 point for a tie
2 point bonus for finishing second in a group (advancing)
3 point bonus for winning group
4 points for a round of 16 win
4 points for a quarterfinal win
5 points for a semifinal win
5 points for a championship


Grtwhitehoop

1. Spain
2. France
3. Portugal
4. Chile
5. Paraguay
6. Switzerland
7. Korea Republic
8. North Korea


SamENole

1. Brazil
2. Germany
3. Serbia
4. Ivory Coast
5. Mexico
6. Slovakia
7. Australia
8. New Zealand


PiMaster

1. England
2. Argentina
3. USA
4. Nigeria
5. Uruguay
6. Denmark
7. Slovenia
8. Honduras


Moon

1. Italy
2. Netherlands
3. Greece
4. Cameroon
5. South Africa
6. Ghana
7. Algeria
8. Japan

Mastery

I can't really believe it but of course I can, because I have known for a long time that Jason "TheMasterJ33" DeWitt is one of the best no limit hold em tournament players out there. Early Friday morning he won the WSOP $5k for a chunky $818k plus the gold bracelet, and cemented his status as One of the Best.

May Top 15

15. White Zombie - Supercharger Heaven
14. Vampire Weekend - Taxi Cab
13. Foxboro Hot Tubs - Ruby Room
12. Tift Merritt - Diamond Shoes
11. Mike Doughty - 27 Jennifers

10. Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin' For You
9. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - We're All In Love
8. Stealers Wheel - Stuck In The Middle With You
7. Rihanna - Shut Up and Drive
6. Stevie Wonder - Superstition

5. Lady Gaga - Alejandro
4. Tift Merritt - Neighborhood
3. The White Stripes - Jolene (live)
2. 2pac feat. Dr. Dre - California Love

Song of the Month: The Alarm - Rain In The Summertime

Event #17 5k NL

This was quite the change of pace from the donkaments I have been playing the last week and a half. My tournament basically boiled down to one hand, losing a huge pot with AsTs against the Grinder's Ks8s on a 654 flop with two spades. Other than that I was mostly folding and watching the fireworks. I felt like I had a good idea of what was going on, even if I wasn't participating.

Event #16 1.5k NL 6-Handed

This was a depressing tournament. I three-bet twelve times on the day. I won every one of those pots, and almost no others. Although I ran hot in all-ins, I just could never really get the ball rolling and went broke shortly before dinner.

Event #13 1k NL

These tournaments are all about profiling. In my opinion, a good tournament player should throw out most of the fundamentals and focus on the players. Starting hands lose importance (though you will need to make some hands to do well in such a shallow structure). Many players in these 1ks will make absurd folds because they are so scared of busting, and others will make absurd calls because they have no hand-reading abilities. The players play so badly that ABC poker will get it done if you get some hands. But if you really want to crush these things, I believe you need to quickly profile people and put the heat on those that don't want to go broke.

Today I got off to a great start before a table change. I then bluffed off most of my stack to a player I had wrongly profiled as a guy who would be scared to call it off with one pair. From there on out I could never quite get to a comfortable position and after another change went broke four-betting AJo from the big blind in a spot where I thought a young player named kingdan was making a light reraise of an original open.
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Congratulations to Matt Matros, winner of the $1500 limit hold em!