socalpokerjoe (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} socalpokerjoe) wrote,@ 2008-01-22 15:45:00 |
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Tournament Report - Borgata Winter Open - Event #3
I am extremely please to report that my good friend and fellow Live Journal-ist Joepro has finally broken through with his first live tournament cash. It happened last week at Event #3 of the Borgata Winter Open (NLH - $750 + $70) in Atlantic City, N.J. I was driving home from work last Thursday when I got a text message from joepro: "$85,000 at the dinner break". I knew it was on.
You can go to Joepro's site (http://joepro.livejournal.com/) to read his blow-by-blow account of the action but I'll give you the cliff notes:
Battle with a stomach virus pre-tourney
Start w/ $7K in chips
Down to under $2K in no time
Survive a few all-ins and battle back to $85K by the dinner break
Take a major hit to the stack when opponent's A-10 spikes a 10 on the river against his A-K.
card dead
bubble nears, play tightens
bubble bursts, play becomes increasingly more aggressive, still card dead.
blinded out in 40th place (out of 569 players)
$673 Net earnings in 14 hour session (less dinner break) It should also be noted that Joepro picked up 2.1 BLUFF Magazine Player of the Year Points for his troubles. That puts him approximately in 1,256th place, trailing Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier by 467.9 points
There were a handful of notable players in the field. They included 2007 WSOP 6th Place finisher "Rain" Khan who finished 4th for his largest cash since the WSOP. Also present, L.A. rounder Ut Nguyen and Philadelphia's Matt Glantz.
Congrats Joepro, keep 'em coming!
On a side note, I'm about 50/50 to participate in tomorrow night's Omaha Tournament at Sycuan. This is Event #2 in the 2008 San Diego Super Bowl of Poker. Although I pretty much hate Sycuan and I think it's kind of a dump, I am hoping to use this as a nice warm-up session for Event #6 of the WSOP Circuit Event at Harrah's N. San Diego where I'll be playing in their $200 + $25 Omaha next Tuesday night.
I am extremely please to report that my good friend and fellow Live Journal-ist Joepro has finally broken through with his first live tournament cash. It happened last week at Event #3 of the Borgata Winter Open (NLH - $750 + $70) in Atlantic City, N.J. I was driving home from work last Thursday when I got a text message from joepro: "$85,000 at the dinner break". I knew it was on.
You can go to Joepro's site (http://joepro.livejournal.com/) to read his blow-by-blow account of the action but I'll give you the cliff notes:
Battle with a stomach virus pre-tourney
Start w/ $7K in chips
Down to under $2K in no time
Survive a few all-ins and battle back to $85K by the dinner break
Take a major hit to the stack when opponent's A-10 spikes a 10 on the river against his A-K.
card dead
bubble nears, play tightens
bubble bursts, play becomes increasingly more aggressive, still card dead.
blinded out in 40th place (out of 569 players)
$673 Net earnings in 14 hour session (less dinner break) It should also be noted that Joepro picked up 2.1 BLUFF Magazine Player of the Year Points for his troubles. That puts him approximately in 1,256th place, trailing Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier by 467.9 points
There were a handful of notable players in the field. They included 2007 WSOP 6th Place finisher "Rain" Khan who finished 4th for his largest cash since the WSOP. Also present, L.A. rounder Ut Nguyen and Philadelphia's Matt Glantz.
Congrats Joepro, keep 'em coming!
On a side note, I'm about 50/50 to participate in tomorrow night's Omaha Tournament at Sycuan. This is Event #2 in the 2008 San Diego Super Bowl of Poker. Although I pretty much hate Sycuan and I think it's kind of a dump, I am hoping to use this as a nice warm-up session for Event #6 of the WSOP Circuit Event at Harrah's N. San Diego where I'll be playing in their $200 + $25 Omaha next Tuesday night.
