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From: info@thefatjack.com
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2009 01:23:24
To: <info5770.thefatjack@blogger.com>
Subject: Wsop update
I am currently at the bellagio casino playing 50-100 no limit holdem. Things are good..today. Yesterday was a different story. After winning or splitting 5 single table 1k sit n gos, I felt ready for the main event. I slept well,had a good meal and had a feeling it was going to be a magical day. What I failed to factor in to my optimism was 1 complete jackass that ,as luck would have it, was put at my table to begin the tournament. In the man event ,you start with 30k in chips and the one thing most can agree on is it takes a little luck to win the most prestigious tournament on the planet. Anyone that wins a satellite tournament or simply has 10k can play in the event so it is a hard event to win. Now,back to my experience in the tournament. I sat down and after lots of pomp and circumstance that included the national anthem and doyle brunson saying "shuffle up and deal"we were under way. I didn't win a hand for the first 3 hours,only playing a handful of pots but was only down to 24k at the dinner break. I was tired of not getting any cards and sick of the idiots I had spent the last 3 hours of my life with but still felt pretty good about my chances. When we started back,I got hot! I quickly ran my chips up to 40k and was running over my group of idiots,I mean opponents. Then the following happened..
I had a-j of spades this hillbilly in the 1 seat that looked like the fat,no talent,inbred,half sized brother of blake griffin had k of hearts and 4 of diamonds.
Strong!
I bet 1k before the flop,he calls.
The flop comes
K-s 8-s q-d
I bet 5k,he calls.
The turn was a 3-c
I bet 9k, inbred blake ,for some reason calls!!!
Now some of you that are either new or bad at poker might say "he does have the best hand" and technically you would be correct but as you get better at poker you will find that the game is as much about what the other players might have as it is about what you have. Ask yourself,what could I have had that king 4 could beat? The answer...nothing!!! If I have anything worth betting 14 of my 45k,he is way behind going into the river.
The river is a 3 of hearts. Now at this point I can either check and give away 25k of my chips to a guy that seems to be on a draw or bet and hope he is on a draw or figures out what game he is actually playing. All he had to do is ask himself,"self,what hand could fat jack have that I can beat!!!" Answer...nothing!!
I bet 10k more and he calls showing king -4 off suit.
F@+#*+
Then
6 hands later,I had a-a and the same idiot had a-k and rivered a straight for the rest of my stack.
So if you see a half sized,inbred hillbilly blake griffin at the final table of the world series of poker you will know he got there with my chips!!
On a more positive note ,I am running really good overall in poker and won my last baseball selection. Heading to florida tomorrow for 3 meetings about the football season and going to meet my family there. I am beginning to really miss them.
Have a great week.
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