Final Table $20K NLHE

I’d hoped to make it back down to Las Vegas for the end of the WSOP, at least to catch the Media Tournament next Thursday, but I needed a bit of a bump to the bankroll to justify the trip, and the First Friday $20K was the last chance before the Main Even started.

The evening got off to a bad beginning, when I raised [7c 8s] from early position at 25/50, got a bunch of callers, and flopped [4c 5c 6c]. Not quite the nuts, but I continued betting. an inconsequential high card came on the turn—if my straight was still good, it didn’t make any difference, and I still had the straight flush re-draw—then it was [tc] on the river. I bet my flush, but ended up calling a bet from [ac qs] and losing another 1.5K.

Then the next hand (and we’re still in the first level), I get [kc ks] UTG. I bet 400, get several calls, get an all-heart flop, bet half my stack, and call a shove from the same guy I lost to in the previous hand (let’s just call him “The Villain”), thinking he might be just trying to scare me with the flush draw. Nope. he’s already there with [ah qh], and I have to rebuy.

By the break, I’ve chipped up above average, with about 30K after the add-on (with average at 20K). I played [6x 7x] earlier and caught a straight against an incredibly annoying player, one of those guys who just wonder how they get through life at all, much less play poker (though he was still there when our table broke and I was huffing fumes. so draw your own conclusions there).

Playing [6d 4d] after the break, I caught bottom pair on a flop of [ax 4x 7x], then hit the bank with [6x] on the turn. I was in for nearly 7K but had to shut it down with [ax] on the river.

Drifting downward to about 17K through a series of bets and folds, I finally took a stand against a raise to 2K from The Villain on my BB. He’d lost a bunch of ships after a good start and was down to about 12K. I re-raised to 7K with [kh qh] and he shoved [ax tx]. I missed the flop entirely and was left with about 5K before the second break.

I rode through part of an orbit after the 25 chips were chipped up, then was mercifully moved just before the big blind hit me. Blinds and antes had whittled my stack. Weasels ripped my flesh. There was an early position raise to 3.5K, I had [ac kc] and exactly that much left, so I called all-in. I went up against [ah jd] and four diamonds hit the board by the river.

60th of 122 players. Three hours and forty minutes.

WSOP Daily Deepstacks $135 6/30

Sanjyot Parasnis of Washington won this event, with Jayakrishnan Nair (WA) taking 5th and Daniel Guns (BC) avoiding the bubble in 18th.

WSOP Daily Deepstacks $185 6/30

Keith Baldwin (WA) made the final table in 9th, Michael McSpadden of Oregon took 52nd, in an event that was unusually large because of the 3pm $235 was cancelled to accommodate the Little One for One Drop field.

WSOP Daily Deepstacks $135 7/2

Ghulam Mirza Mohammed of Kennewick, Washington was runner-up here, and Charles Giamalvo of Tillamook, Oregon placed 11th.

WSOP Daily Deepstacks $185 7/2

Another fairly large Daily Deepstack (see a graph of the prize pools from this summer), with Kevin Guenette of the Big Vancouver (BC) placing in third, the only PNW player to cash.

WSOP Daily Deepstacks $235 7/2

Eric Aasa (ID) was the top PNW finisher in this 1,118-entry event, at 27th. Kerry Moynahan (OR) came in 48th. Other finishers: Joseph Robinson (OR, 82), David Davis (BC, 105), Shea Monson (BC, 116), and Allen Oh (OR, 117) squeaking into the money.

WSOP Event #62 $1.5K NLHE Bounty Day 3

Burnaby, British Columbia’s Kyle Ho picked up his fourth and largest cash of the series. He finished Day 1 in 11th place, was still in 13th at the end of Day 2 and went out in 16th on a bad beat all-in pre-flop with aces vs. jacks. Two players are coming back for an unscheduled Day 4.

WSOP Event #63 $1.5K Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Day 2

Noah Bronstein (WA) and Dan Idema (BC) are in the final 17 players starting Day 3. There’s $180K up top. Dylan Linde (ID) was the only PNW player to cash on Day 2; it was his third of the season. This will be the fourth for both Bronstein and Idema (who won a bracelet on top of an earlier cash).

WSOP Event #64 $1K NLHE Online Day 1

This inaugural event got 905 entries and played down to six positions. You can watch selected hands in the live reporting, but at least for now, only a few of the players are named in the results.

WSOP Event #66 $777 NLHE Lucky Sevens

Two flights for the last low-buy-in event of the series brought out 4,422 entries. There are 618 players moving on to Day 2, 150 of them are not going to make the money. Oregon’s Nicholas (@cruxone) Stowell is in the top 20, Jaqueline (@jackiburkhart81) Burkhart is poised to make another deep run from 160th.

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— Jacki Burkhart (@jackiburkhart81) July 4, 2015

Wynn Summer Classic $600 NLHE $150K Guarantee

There was a minor overlay in this event, and Idaho’s Michael Hahn broke through the overwhelmingly Nevada-infested waters of the Wynn’s tournaments to take third place, for $18.9K. Or maybe they just look Nevada-infested because the result page has places like “Portugal, NV” and  “Dongsum, NV” and “Ottawa, ON, NV”.

PHamous Poker Series Event #56 $400 NLHE $200K Guarantee

The final $200K in one day event had two PNW cashers, Anthony Mar of BC and Ghulam Mirza Muhammad of WA (who appears to have had a good prelude to the weekend since he’s making his second appearance in this daily report).

Upcoming Las Vegas Series Events

• No regular events at the WSOP. With the Main Event starting tomorrow, it’s satellite day.
• The Venetian is running a $600 entry $40K Bounty tournament. Tomorrow there are two $30K NLHE Bounty tournaments ($400 each).
• Planet Hollywood‘s has a $10K for $250. Tomorrow is a $50K guarantee $300 buy-in Survivor tournament where the payouts are $10K each Essentially a Main Event satellite).
• Aria‘s $2M guarantee Main Event ($565) has its last regular starting flight. Tomorrow morning at 8:30 is a turbo flight which feeds into Day 2 at 2pm. There’s a $125 satellite to the turbo tonight, and a $150 NLHE tournament tomorrow evening.
• The Wynn Summer Classic $300K Main Event has the second and final $1.6K flight today, with a $300 NLHE $25K guarantee tomorrow.
• Binion’s Poker Classic has its last $160 NLHE $10K guarantee today.