Yesterday’s WSOP event was another major struggle. I had a really great table and was licking my chops. I didn’t get any great spots, but still managed to chip up from 3,000 to 5,100 by the first break. On the very first hand back from the break I got AKs in the BB. I fairly loose player raised in early position to 325 (blinds were 50/100) and got 3 callers. When I looked and saw AKs 4 things came to mind:

1. I have a great hand
2. Wow there is a lot of money in the pot (relatively)
3. Despite having a lot of soft players at the table, I’m not afraid to gamble in an attempt to accumulate chips
4. If I go broke on this hand, at least I will be out early and can play some high stakes WSOP side games

Those 4 things added up to me saying “all in.” The early position raiser thought about it for some time and eventually called with QQ. The first card I saw out of the dealer’s hands was a queen lol. So that sent me to the cash games which turned out to be a good thing anyway.

So I am 0 for 4 so far in the Series. So far I really have not had anything exciting happen whatsoever. I have lost all of the big pots and the biggest pot I won netted me about 2,000 chips on the hand. It’s been pretty sad. I have been trying to make the best out of the rags I have been dealt, but you can only do so much looking down at queen trey and jack deuce all day. But all of that doesn’t mean anything. The whole reason I am here is for the hopefully 1 or 2 deep runs I can make. Frankly, I am happy to go out early so I can either hit up the cash games or go hang with my family. Fingers crossed I can get on a few deep runs before the Series is over.

Today I am going to play online all day. I am going to play all of the major tournaments on Poker Stars, as well as some cash games. I’m looking forward to staying inside today and hopefully making some money online.

Just as a reminder since I know so many people are happy to hear this bit of news. My book, Treat Your Poker Like A Business, is ot available in the Poker Stars store for 1,900 FPP’s. So if you play poker at Poker Stars and have a few points lying around, no need to shell out cash for my book anymore, you can get it for a nominal point cost in the Poker Stars store.