Grueling days

Posted: July 12, 2008 07:01 AM

Grueling days

Well I just finished day four here at the WSOP. I was never all in on days two and three, not even close, but the press reported differently. Today I fought through hell to survive. I had a set vs. a straight in a heads up raised pot at the TV table (J-9-4-8-2 Q-10 vs. 8-8), and then things seemed to stay pretty bad. It is possible that I raised 20 pots, and was reraised 19 times, and laid them all down. Finally, I picked up J-J, and called the reraise, only to see the K-Q-4 flop, and then I folded!

I caught two breaks, I have K-K vs. A-K, but waited until the 7-5-3 flop before I put my last $100,000 in the pot. I was called, but my hand held up. Then, I had A-5 in the big blind, and the flop was 10-9-5, and K-10 bet out $15,000 into $45,000, and I hit a 5 and doubled all the way through. Late in the day I found a rhythm, but they called it a day 38 minutes early. Still, I am extremely happy, and extremely proud of my play today. I always say I'm the best, yada yada da, but today I'm truly happy that I survived despite all kinds of pitfalls. I may have played one of my best days of poker ever. I actually moved up in chips from $496,000 to $581,000, and I'm honestly thrilled. If not for the super slow structure that I believe is the best structure in the history of poker, I would have been out today. After two smooth days, a good old fashioned all out brawl woke me up!!

I'm hoping for some great luck the rest of the way, or at least not another day like this one!!! It took everything that I have to make it through this day. I'm at the peak of my powers, and hoping, praying that I can keep it up despite extreme fatigue. I would pay $25,000 for a great night of sleep!!!