The event 47 rollercoaster....
well boys........its saturday night (sunday morning)....12:15........really depressed......but in a nutshell here is how it all went down....
First off, quick background.....like many of you probably, one of my big dreams has always been to play in a WSOP event....my birthday is in august, and as an early birthday present, my father offered to give me half of the entry into a WSOP event this year ($2000 or under). I have a good group of friends from Clemson that had already planned a trip to Vegas while event 47 was going to take place(they arent poker players at all, just partiers). So, with a free room, half the entry fee, it was off to the races...
I was really nervous the days before I went, and the minute I walked into the Rio, it was somewhat surreal for me, but I was REALLY nervous. When the tourney director called the famous words "shuffle up and deal"....I thought I was going to cough my nuts up.
I am pretty knowledgeable when it comes to knowing pros, and there wasn't anyone I heard of, much less recoginized at my table. It was pretty cool though, Scott Fischman was sitting right behind me in the beginning. On the 7th hand I was dealt, I looked down at my favorite hand, J :spade: 10 :spade: ........and for you guys that have gotten to know me, you know I play that one like bullets. So, I made a pot size raise, everyone laid down........that calmed me down a little. It was really quiet in there, which also suprised me a lot. After a little over an hour in....Layne Flack moved to the 3 seat at our table.....now I FULLY admit that I can be brash, arrogant, and borderline asshole at times, but knowing that this might very well be the only time I would ever be there, if given the opportunity, I wanted to leave my mark, and boy did I get the chance. Flack came across as "somewhat above" everyone else at the table when regarding experience (as he should). I was feeling somewhat conifident at the time, my stack was right there with his, both of us around 14,000 or so at the time. We were in level 4 (i think)...he raised pre flop to 600........everyone folds........comes to me, I look down at A :club: 10 :diamond: ......and I wanted to at least TRY to make a move on him. I sat there for probably 30 to 45 seconds (seemed like forever), looked back at him and said "lets make it 1600 Mr. Flack"......he looked back at me, chuckled and said "You can call me layne, and not this time" and folded. I will never forget that for the rest of my life. 8-)
Now, the bad news. For as great as that felt, I was dropped right on my f'ing head by a guy named Tuan Nguyen. I had never heard of him before, but he is apparently buddies with Tuan Le and JC Tran, who both made a few stops to talk to him through out the day.
I am 1 from the button, look down at Q :club: J :heart: .......3 players in...I call, 5 to the flop........
Flop Q :diamond: 7 :heart: 4 :club:
Checks all the way to me.........I bet 2000 (pot at 2500), everyone folds but Nguyen, who calls. First instinct, my hand is marginal, could be behind.
Turn comes J :spade:
Nguyen immediately checks........I bet 2000 again, I honestly thought here that he was on top pair overcard..........he thinks about it for a bit, and calls
River comes 2 :spade:
Nguyen again checks quickly, now Im thinking of a value bet, what can I get him to call if my read is right........pot is at 10500......I bet 2500.....so I have committed half my stack to this pot.............he is shuffling his chips....never looking up and raises to 6000.........now, we can debate all day here as to what I should have done, and I am sure we will.....but the only way I am beat here in my opinion, is if he flopped a set....I felt pot committed, also felt like I was ahead and called...............
Nguyen turns over 4 :diamond: 4 :heart: ..........he drags 22500........I STILL can't believe he kept smooth calling a set all the way to the river.....just shows how much better of a player he is than me I guess......I was out a while later................
it was an experience to say the least...........but Im in the dumps disappointed, hoping I could have done better.
Thanks to Chopz and Mushmouth for texting me with encouragement....and the rest of you guys for the nice words........sorry I didnt do better. Off to cry myself to sleep now...... :oops:
by the way.........when I walked out, I looked at the big board, and it said 774 left, but im not sure how accurate that was (could have been a few more out)....I also noticed that in that type of format, I guess its a new blind structure, there were guys firing at pots left and right.........seemed very aggressive....
Sorry for being long winded. Im out. |
