My starting table was pretty tough, as it consisted of Eric Baldwin, Ben Fineman, and one other guy I can not remember. I splashed around alot as usual with mixed results. I was up as much as 21k (15K starting stack), but left the table at 12K. As soon as I got to my new table I doubled up with 62ss vs KK on a Jh6h2c board. Shortly after that I held with KK vs Kh10h on a 9h8s7h board. The pot pushed me to over 40K and I thought I would try some light 3 bets against a couple of the younger players at the table. I 3 bet with Q9o from the SB and got flatted by the original raiser. The board came 10h8c2s and I checked with intentions of folding, but he led so small that I changed my mind and ripped leaving 1.5x pot to call. He found a call with AA, but a Jack on the river put me up to 55K. I got as high up as 70K, but found myself with 35K at 500/1000 blinds. I was the 2nd limper in with AK with the hopes that one of the 2 aggressive short stacks would push. One did from the button, but a larger stack pushed over the top. I coulda let it go, but felt the short stack could have anything and that the big stack to push with AQ and certainly 1010. So I called off with my AsKh and was against the short stacks AdKc and the big stacks QsQc. The flop was good with the 1084 all spades, but bricks hit to send me out the door around 30th.
Justin "robert07" Young
Monday, February 8, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Birthday Weekend
I am not going to lie, for the first time in my life I was dreeding a birthday. 30 is a nice big round number that does not really signify (sp?) anything, except for the feeling of being old. I am sure it does not help that in my profession everyone is 22 years old. I feel like Jimmy Connors trying to hold on to the glory days and show those "young punks" that I still have it.
I picked up Adam, Cody, and Shannon from the airport and met up with Mary, Morgan, Renee, and Eric for some pregame before we went to a nice steak dinner at the M. From there we played 1/2 NL where I proceeded to get drunk and lose 2200. The last hand of the night for me was taking 77 into Shannon's A10o for 1800. Board came QQJ4K, and after the necassary slowroll I looked at my phone and saw it wasnt my birthday anymore so I gave up and went to the craps table. Eric was already there and we fought to get back what we lost. I got within a few hundred and knew I needed to get home in order for us to do it all over again for Eric's suprise 2009 POY party. Eric was tough to convince becuase "we dont have shit to do, so lets play till dawn you little ******"
The next day I was in rough shape, but still had stuff to do for Eric's party. I stumbled thru the day and the party was a success. He was suprised and everyone had a good time. We got a shuttle to take us to the strip. We ate at The Hard Rock Cafe and proceeded to Blondies for some beriut (not beer pong in my book). We couldnt take over 2 tables so we just played flip cup and got smashed. Some how we ended up in some club with a table. I had to go outside to arrange the pick up point for our shuttle. I tried and go back in and am stopped by a bouncer. I show him my stamp and tell him we just bought a table. He looks me up and down and tells me I cant go in and I should not have been allowed in the first place. I know Vegas is a superficial society and for me to hope otherwise is a bit nieve, but I was drunk and yelled some things a 22 year old would yell. Once we got to the shuttle, the driver request that we pay up front, I told her we did not have to on the way there, but she insisted. I flashed her a wad of 5K and asked if that would be enough to cover it. She was not pleased and insisted some more. I gave her a bill and proceeded to rant for half of the trip home.
The next day I woke up in bad shape, but ready to play. This Sunday is in the top 10 Sunday's to play all year. I missed a few of the earlier events, but went on to have a good day as I got 4th in the 150r on FTP for 42K. Though I am/was dissapointed to go out 4th with KK vs QQ aipf, I knew I got lucky twice during the final table to stay alive. Once with A10 vs AK and once with 108 vs Ace-rag.
I will be recovering and attempting to decide when to go to LA this week. With "Lost" starting its last season tonite and the Super Bowl on Sunday I may have to wait till next week.
Justin "robert07" Young
I picked up Adam, Cody, and Shannon from the airport and met up with Mary, Morgan, Renee, and Eric for some pregame before we went to a nice steak dinner at the M. From there we played 1/2 NL where I proceeded to get drunk and lose 2200. The last hand of the night for me was taking 77 into Shannon's A10o for 1800. Board came QQJ4K, and after the necassary slowroll I looked at my phone and saw it wasnt my birthday anymore so I gave up and went to the craps table. Eric was already there and we fought to get back what we lost. I got within a few hundred and knew I needed to get home in order for us to do it all over again for Eric's suprise 2009 POY party. Eric was tough to convince becuase "we dont have shit to do, so lets play till dawn you little ******"
The next day I was in rough shape, but still had stuff to do for Eric's party. I stumbled thru the day and the party was a success. He was suprised and everyone had a good time. We got a shuttle to take us to the strip. We ate at The Hard Rock Cafe and proceeded to Blondies for some beriut (not beer pong in my book). We couldnt take over 2 tables so we just played flip cup and got smashed. Some how we ended up in some club with a table. I had to go outside to arrange the pick up point for our shuttle. I tried and go back in and am stopped by a bouncer. I show him my stamp and tell him we just bought a table. He looks me up and down and tells me I cant go in and I should not have been allowed in the first place. I know Vegas is a superficial society and for me to hope otherwise is a bit nieve, but I was drunk and yelled some things a 22 year old would yell. Once we got to the shuttle, the driver request that we pay up front, I told her we did not have to on the way there, but she insisted. I flashed her a wad of 5K and asked if that would be enough to cover it. She was not pleased and insisted some more. I gave her a bill and proceeded to rant for half of the trip home.
The next day I woke up in bad shape, but ready to play. This Sunday is in the top 10 Sunday's to play all year. I missed a few of the earlier events, but went on to have a good day as I got 4th in the 150r on FTP for 42K. Though I am/was dissapointed to go out 4th with KK vs QQ aipf, I knew I got lucky twice during the final table to stay alive. Once with A10 vs AK and once with 108 vs Ace-rag.
I will be recovering and attempting to decide when to go to LA this week. With "Lost" starting its last season tonite and the Super Bowl on Sunday I may have to wait till next week.
Justin "robert07" Young
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