4 days and counting...

Played an awesome WSOP warm-up style event over the weekend and took down 4th. The blinds were nice and long, and the structure was very deep. I played a slow, steady and deliberately tight game, just to see how that would work. Lots of post flop play which was nice. However, 5 handed, I think I tightened up too much and it ended up hurting my finish. Found myself folding a lot of medium strength hands that were probably winners. Oh well, $80 invested, and won $220, so can't complain too much.

I'm really looking forward to my trip, and have decided that satellites is a much better way to get into the WSOP this year. I'd much rather play a whole bunch of tournaments rather than blow it all on one longshot.

Been awhile...

Haven't played much poker as of late. Guess I'm saving myself for Vegas, which is fast approaching. I got to Step 4, then blew all three chances I had built up. Mostly coolers, so can't really feel bad about my play.

I've also firmly decided that I'm going to play ONE satellite at the RIO for the PLO tournament. If I win, super, I'll play the thing. If I lose, meh, I'll play all the tournaments I actually want (have some shot at) to play in Vegas and actually spend some time with my wife. My base of operations this year is the Venetian. Love that room, and it's reasonably close to my two other fave rooms, Wynn & Caesar's.

Played a little live tournament/small stakes cash recently with a new group of guys. While the conversation was fun and all the guys were nice, the game played extremely aggressive, and I'm going to need to step it up a little bit if I want to be more successful there. There were some sick hands where I knew I was in a good spot, and just got lucksacked out of some pots. Can't wait to go back though. I think that cash game is crushable.

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