*** TJ's 2024 WSOP Trip! ...That Might Turn Into A Move?
“They all know me as a small-timer. But that’s about to change.”
It’s that time of year again!
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Congratulations! Well played. I hate the 1/3 c-bet, too. Glad I'm not alone.
(One of the women in my poker circle took down the women's tournament!)
Thanks 😀
I have to be thoughtful, and strategic about how I apply my rungood. It’s a scarce and finite capital resource, and must be allocated most efficiently, to yield the best outcome.
There’s a Day 2 AND potentially a Day 3 left in this tournament. Even though I wore the run-pure cash game shirt for my final table Day 2 run last time, I think I’m gonna wear it this time for Day 2, on not Day 3. Probably can’t make the final table with it on Day 2… but I feel that’s the highest and best use of what it brings me. I have another good shirt I’ll wear that will get The Call if I make Day 3.
And, of course, Waffle House hashbrowns.
…With onions.
Congrats! Look forward to rooting you on tomorrow!
Nothing more fun than betting 1 BB with air on a cbet range flop and getting a fold.
Brian I would be eternally grateful if you could take a look at my table draw for Day 2, after Flight B bags tonight.
I know there are plenty of tourney pros and other crushers with 7+ figures in earnings still in the field… need to know who to avoid.
I’ve got Table 14.
Had an easy, unrushed morning, getting moving at a leisurely pace. Had my caffeine, and a shower, in no rush with anywhere to be this morning.
Made my way over to the casino, and had lunch at the Wicked Weed microbrewery upstairs.
I got the fried chicken sandwich, which has bacon and pimento cheese. The breading was SUPER crispy and salty, but it was good.
Just the sandwich was $18.
On my trip in February, I bagged on my first bullet, but then proceeded to blast off and punt in the cash games on the day in between.
We’re gonna skip that step today, and just play good.
Congratulations on the cash & bag, TJ!
GL to you & Moby in cash and when the tournament resumes.
Moby has that gleam in his eyes!
I’m about as annoyed and frustrated with myself after a win as I can recall.
Sat in, in a good mood, ready to play some cards. It started with some runbad, right from the beginning. I get it in with 69TA on 8-7-5r, run it once like a boss, but the river paired the 5, and I lose to a set of 7’s.
Maybe 20 minutes later, I get involved in a 3-way preflop all in with AA95 with one suit for about $600 effective. I’m a favorite, with the aces, but it’s not a spot I’ll win every time, and is certainly high variance.
So all I’ve done is keep piling money in with the nuts, and I’m down about 1200. That’s PLO for you.
Grit my teeth, stay topped up, and focus on keep making good decisions. I get moved from the must move table to the main game, and it starts turning back around for the better.
Flop a super wrap with QT97 on J-8-2, then I even turn back door spades to go with it. There’s a pot and a call 3 ways on two streets, then the offsuit river 9 makes my nuts. AND, I get a crying call on the river shove from a guy who had 2 sets, 3322. Bless his heart.
He gets up, cursing his luck that neither set was good when an obvious straight comes in… and there’s clearly NO need for introspection about even playing a hand like 3322… because NOTHING good can come of that. Nope, no need to reflect and think critically on that at all, he must just run uniquely bad.
Then I win a nice one with top set, and another nice one when I make a hero call with top two, and my opponent mis-declares his hand.
So I’d swung all the way back up, to about +1800 or so.
But then, it turned bad again, and it was more the fault of my own decisions than it was about how I ran. I was playing unfocused, and impatient, and I made several bad payoffs. I should know better by now. I had played for about 6 straight hours, which is too long to play to maintain proper focus.
I picked up at +356, so I DID win… but I wish I’d picked up earlier, when I was up more, and could recognize I was starting to lose focus.
Then I went to get dinner, and decided against an after-dinner nightcap session, I’m done for the day. I definitely don’t want to feel unfocused at ANY point for Day 2 tomorrow.
Reminds me of the postmark my folks used to get on the letters from my college with my disappointing grades every semester: Education doesn't cost. It pays!
Hang in there, Bubba!
But then, it turned bad again, and it was more the fault of my own decisions than it was about how I ran. I was playing unfocused, and impatient, and I made several bad payoffs. I should know better by now. I had played for about 6 straight hours, which is too long to play to maintain proper focus.I picked up at +356, so I DID win… but I wish I’d picked up earlier, when I wa
this is how winners think
You are self aware enough to write, "But then, it turned bad again, and it was more the fault of my own decisions than it was about how I ran. I was playing unfocused, and impatient, and I made several bad payoffs. I should know better by now. I had played for about 6 straight hours, which is too long to play to maintain proper focus."
You were self aware enough to pick up and leave a small winner.
That sounds a recipe for long-term success in poker. I think that amounts to a winning day of poker. A less evolved player sticks around, makes bad decisions, loses money, chases and loses more money and turns a small win into a large loss.
I think you should embrace the outcome. I think you should celebrate that you didn't implode.
Thanks, everybody.
After that, I went upstairs to the food court, to get some fish and chips.
Plus shrimp and a fountain drink, it was $28.
Now I’m back at the hotel, gonna go to bed a little early, for a Saturday night.
Then we’ll hopefully make it a very long day for Day 2 tomorrow!
Flop a super wrap with QT97 on J-8-2, then I even turn back door spades to go with it. There’s a pot and a call 3 ways on two streets, then the offsuit river 9 makes my nuts. AND, I get a crying call on the river shove from a guy who had 2 sets, 3322. Bless his heart.
Two sets! 😃 Reading about PLO hands is funny sometimes for peeps like me who almost exclusively play NLHE.
TJ,
It sounds to me like that you were suffering from Entitlement Tilt.
Remember, poker doesn’t owe Anyone Anything.
As Red has so wisely said earlier, let the game come to you. And I’ll add here “be ready to take advantage of that situation when it arrives.”
GL!
Thanks, Brian! That’s immensely valuable info to me.
We have some numbers on the tourney.
Prize pool got up to $1.85M, smashing the $1M guarantee.
134 players returning for Day 2. Busting now is worth 4.2k. Final 2 tables make 11k.
287k up top 😮
Today I’m wearing the run pure cash game shirt, the shirt where I turned a Day 2 run into a final table appearance.
If I come up short in the tourney today, we’ll give it a chance to redeem itself in the PLO game.
Im starting Day 2 with a below average stack. There are some real crushers at my table, with big tournament wins, and 7 figures in earnings. I’ll need a fast start today, with all the rungood I can get.
Deliberately ordered the FINAL TABLE onions with my hashbrowns today.
I woke up, had my caffeine, took a dump, got a shower, and a shave, then got the go-to breakfast (in that order). I can’t think of anything else I can do today to be feeling better, and be ready for a looooong day today!
Go TJ! Reminder: Moby has eight arms to reel in chips, don't feel you have to drag a huge pot on all your own!
