It's over...

Bad news for the Pman.  He says he never won a hand today besides stealing the blinds and antes a few times.  He finally shoved with AT and got called by AK.  There were about 1,300 left when he busted. 

Pman75 - First Break

One word: depressing.  Wish I had something better to report.  Stack has dwindled down to 26k which will only be 13 BB's at the next level (1000/2000/300).

Ridiculously bad cards.  Had an A8dd which I 3-bet pre, bricked the flop.  C-bet, called by tight old guy. Soooo had to abandon.  Had KQoff twice, bricked both flops.  I was able to pick up the blinds and antes from the cutoff as my only steal opportunity. 

Everything else has been of the J4off variety.  No pairs, no draws, no flops, few opportunities = rough time.  Good thing I know how to grind a short stack and can play "Paul Ball" (a term coined by Jonkey) as well as anyone.  Time for a couple of needed double-ups.  Wish me luck!
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Pman's table for today...

Amazon						Career Earnings
386	Name	From	Chips		Pro	Live	Online
1	Nick Rampone	Las Vegas	207,000		Yes	361,227	1,099,115
	Online Pro plays mid to high buyin events. 5 cashes in 2012 WSOP.  1st place LA Poker Classic Heads Up tourney
2	Tom Alner	UK	215,200		yes	585,617	1,049,968
	Online Pro with a lot of top finishes in mid to high buyin live tourneys. 2 cashes '13 WSOP
3	Tom Hu	Oakton, VA	163,500		no	51,922	-
	Amateur with reported 6 cashes in four years.  Only one final table.
4	Jeremy 'Paul' Hopkins	La Jolla	69,400			-	-
	Hero
5	Andrea Vezzani	Italy	57,800		No ?	87,746	-
	7 WSOP cashes including 3 this year.  Min-cashed 2011 ME.  Could be new professional or avid amateur
6	Owen Crowe	Canada	155,000		yes	2,310,914	-
	Experienced Pro with a lot of top finishes in mid to high buyin tourneys.
7	Thidbaud Guenegou	France	81,200		yes	387,086	565,744
	Live and Online Pro with a lot of top finishes in mid to high buyin events. Min-cash+ in 2012 ME
8	Max Ovseyevitz	Lives in Mexico City	160,800		??	114,302	-
	3 cashes '13 WSOP / 76th in '12 ME for $88k - not much info - may be talented amateur…
9	Timothy Ulmer	Centralia, IL	67,700		YES	208,543	5,320,445
	Very Experienced Online Pro!  Several good live cashes reported from 2010 - 2011.
	1st place Poker Stars Caribbean Adv for $107k

Pman bags up 70k for day 3...

Bled a little at the end, mostly from one hand:  I raised from UTG with AK.  Big blind got douchey and called with 63off, hitting the flop and taking 15k from me.  Then the next hand he folded his SB to a min-raise.  He had worse than 63off??!!

Other than that I held steady and will start day 3 with about 45 BB's. Wanted more but doubled up from day 1 so not horrible.  Will research new table in the morning and see what day 3 brings.

By the way, Phil Ivey - who was sitting right behind me at the end - has the staff count and bag his chips.  Good night.

More from Pman...

....a little more from my talk with Paul:  he reported that so far today, in almost 11 hours of play, he has not had AA, KK, QQ, AKs, flopped a set or 2-pair even once.  He did get trips twice.  So far it's been a lot of patience, good reads and some smoke and mirrors...

Pman is going to a new table...

...Jonkey here:   just had a quick conversation with our man who just got a table change.  As they were getting ready to move Schwartz came over to Paul and asked what he started the day with.  Paul told him "low 30's".  Schwartz then said, "you've played really well then, I don't remember you winning any big pots".  Paul told him he hadn't really and Schwartz said that was some good playing then.  Not to make too much of this but Lukas Schwartz is a pretty big deal and he made a point of giving our man "a nod".  By the way - Pman is taking about 95k to his new table...

Pman75 - last break...

Nothing major.  Just building my stack steadily. Went from 61k to ~ 86k picking up a few smallish pots and picking off a couple bluffs/C-bets.    Still haven't had any BIG opportunities...but that'll come.  Patience and timed aggressiveness is the key here.  

Last level of the night starts at 10:45.  

Pman75. 9:25pm

Knocked out my second victim of the tourney.  UTG shoved 13k.   In BB I called with 1010.   He had 66.  Board held.  

Up to almost 90k

Pman75 just after dinner

8:50-   Up to 77k

Pman75 at the dinner break....

Playing solidly.  Picked up a few more pots.  New Euro came to table with a healthy stack.   I ended up the level at 61k+.  3rd biggest stack at table.  

Feel good.  Still haven't had many opportunities (have never had AA, KK, or QQ).  Most of my pots have come from good reads/tough calls on trouble-ish boards.   Hoping the time will come when I actually have a premium hand. 

Off for dinner til 8:30. Next update ~ 10:30.

PDude. 

Another correction...

....Your reporter got another Pman hand wrong-   Against Schwartz - after calling with TT and seeing a flop of A83 our hero checked/called a c-bet of 2500.  Then the hand was checked down with Schwartz showing 5-high.  

Pman75 - mid-round update...

5:20pm  -  the Pman may be chip leader at his table, though still around 49k after winning a pot of of Lukas. His report:  at 400/800/100 Schwartz raises to 2k.  I have TT.  Schwartz is the ONLY one I don't want to tangle with (he already re-raised me off of one hand) so I just call.  Board runs out A83KQ (ugh, nice turn and river for 10's) and we check it down.  Schwartz shows 5 high.

also, a correction to previous post - the cart-puller in the previous post (A3 hand) actually bet 6800 on the river which our hero called. The Pman is even better than we thought! - Jonkey

Pman75 on 2nd break - back up to 49k

Horrrrrrible first 3 1/2 hours of the day..... SOLID last 1/2 hour.

Had bled with nothing, nada, zip, zilch, squat down to ~21k.  Finally had a couple of opportunities to win a few hands: re-raise, make a play, etc, and hey... actually make a hand!  Whaddya know?  I was beginning to wonder!
At 300/600/75 level: called UTG raise for 1500 from BB with A3dd.  Flop was 363.  I knew he was a) very tight, b) fired every time it was checked in position to him, c) he probably had ONLY AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AK and mayyybe AQ in this spot.  I'll let him do the pulling (see old adage "why do the pushing when the donkey will do the pulling?!").  I check the flop, he complies with a 1800 chip bet.  THank you. TUrn is a 9.  I check and he bets 3800.  Thank you. River is a J.  I opt for just a call just in case he spiked the J (board also went runner runner flush).  Nitty, I know.  IF he had  AA, KK or QQ then I am missing a bet.  But if he did spike the J or back doored a flush he'll put me all in and I have a tough decision for my life.  He checks behind and shows AQ.  I made absolutely the MAX by check/calling and letting him try to get me off the pot.  He would have folded ANY bet at ANY time from me.

Back to nearly 50k, plenty of room to maneuver, and easily the 2nd chip leader behind Lukas Schwartz.  If you haven't YouTubed him yet, I suggest you do - he's a beast).

Onto 3rd level of the day.

Pman75 chips up...

. 3:58pm

Pman wins a big pot.  Back up to ~46k

Break in 20.  Full update then.

Pman75 - first break

Wow.  Nothing happening in level 6.  Completely card dead.  Only had one pair (55), no big A's, no suited connectors, no big paint cards.  Never hit a flop, won my only 2 pots on C-bets after bricked flops.  Not many opportunities to take advantage of.  :-(

The good news is there are a couple of donks at my table just waiting to their chips away.  The bad news is that they keep giving them away to the 2 tough pros at the table.

Down to 26k so at 300/600 level I still have 43BB's. Not too worried. Just gotta keep on keepin' on.

Pman75 starts Day 2...

Day 2C started at noon today with 2,306 out of 3,467 remaining from day 1C. Our man Paul Hopkins (his first name is Jeremy if you want to look him up) is playing right now and is up about 1k from his starting stack of 34,925. Fortunately ...only one player at his table started the day with over 40k. Unfortunately that player is Lukas Schwartz (with 46k) a well known European pro that has a lot of game and a lot of gamble in him (check out some of his clips on youtube - the dude is good and fearless).  No problem for the Pman though!

 

David' out...

~3:30pm

And we're down to one. David had a few plays that burned through some chips - then he looked down at JJ under the gun and shoved. Unfortunately a mean player after him looked down at AA and it was over.

David is still in but stuck in neutral...

Meanwhile David is having trouble getting any traction today - he has 22,800 chips early in round 6 (300/600/50)

Man down...

~2:30pm
Renee bet 2000 holding AKcc.  He got one caller and saw a flop of 8c7c6h.  Rene bets 3000 and gets a call.  Turn is 5c.  Rene checks, the villain goes all and Rene calls.  The bad guy shows 67 for flopped two pair while our here has the nut flush.  River is a 6 and Rene is out.

First action of the day for Rene and David

 

12:45 ish  Level 6:   250/500/50

 

David is already already up to 30k after taking a pot down with a river bluff and then 3-betting from the button.

 Rene just took a hit. He hit top pair with QJ but a bigger stack went all in over his C-bet. He's now at 25,400

 

 

 

David's table draw for Day 2

Brasilia 88
Seat
1	Ilyaz Dosikov	ICAZAN, TATARSTAN, , RU	21,650		3,403	??
	Little info - has a couple of final tables in mid-buyin events in Europe.
2	Christopher Decarlo	Manchester, CT, US	7,950		-	no
	amatuer player.  Plays some $ cash at foxwoods.
3	Charles Nelson Robinson	WINSTON-SALEM, NC, US	64,750		605,072	yes
	Circuit grinder.  16 WSOP cashes including 7 this year.  Experienced tournament player.
4	Timothy Joseph	LOS ANGELES, CA, US	16,350		118,878	no
	experienced amateur - possible cash grinder.  Min-cashed last two years in WSOP ME.
5	Armin Mette	Germany	9,150		267,259	??
	1 min-cash this WSOP.  Has one big cash at EPT Berlin in 2011 (5th place for $258k).  Otherwise little info.
6	David Benjamin	Sunnyvale, CA, US	24,100		-
	Hero
7	Samuel Bernstein	ENGELWOOD, NJ, US	12,050		212,740	no
	Experienced amateur w/h several cashes at big events inc $105k for 6th at 2012 Borgata open. May be cash pro.
8	Nathan Cummings	Maineville, OH, US	23,350		-	no
	unknown amateur player.
9	Lauren Kling	LAS VEGAS, NV, US	47,500		233,300	yes
	Pro/celebrity player.  Experienced with a lot of deep finishes in mid to high buyin events.  $500k online too.

Rene's table draw for Day 2

Brasilia 73
Seat	Name	City	Stack		Earnings	Pro
1	Steve Karp	DANIA, FL, US	31,500		$       707,562	yes
	Professional tournament player
2	Shawn Silber	HENDERSON, NV, US	79,425		$         72,850	no
	experienced amateur - has one big cash for $57k in PLO
3	Paul Gordon	Manassas, VA, US	55,350		$         17,452	no
	basically an unknown player with few results
4	Aaron Virchis	SOUTHHAMPTON, , GB	9,125		$         48,751	no
	relatively unknown from England - one big cash for $40k in plo.  Seems experienced - maybe a cash player
5	Kyle Knecht	CINCINNATI, OH, US	65,075		$       184,163	yes
	low level Online pro ($400k) with several deep finishes in live tournaments.
6	Rene Delacova	VISTA, CA, US	33,575
	Hero
7	Jair Beltran	NORTH YORK, ON, CA	54,575		$         19,564	no
	amateur player with a few good finishes at WSOP and Venetian deep stack.
8	Derek Chin	WELLESLEY HILLS, MA, US	48,000		$         83,544	no
	experienced amateur.  Cashed in ME last year for 38,453 (260th)
9	Jesse Martin	SHREWSBURY, MA, US	21,300		$    1,325,135	yes
	Professional live & online.  Mixed game player with 5 cashes this WSOP including $253k in $10k deuce to seven.
	Cashed in 2012 ME for $38k (257th).  Lots of high finishes in big buy in events.  Best player at table.

Pman75's table draw for day 2...

Amazon 367
Seat	Name	City	Stack		Earnings	Pro
1	Dwayne Moyers	Southlake, TX, US	20,650		164,499	No
	Amateur player with several solid results in big events - all info from 2005 to 2007.  No recent results.
2	Ryan Smith	BIRMINGHAM, AL, US	26,850		49,712	No
	Amateur with a few decent cashes - circuit/Venetian DS type of player.  Got 44th in $1500 WSOP event this year.
3	Jeremy Hopkins	LA JOLLA, CA, US	34,925
	Hero
4	Coy Ruairi	Dublin, , IR	36,050		50,465	No
	Amateur from Ireland with one big cash in 2008 for $50k (Boyle Poker Open)
5	Michael Kane	US	21,500		7,117	No
	Very limited results (only 3 cashes)
6	Brian Green	CHICO, TX, US	34,125		209,875	$$
	circuit event grinder - plays all over country - probably chasing points.  Has one CE ring and a lot of decent finishes
7	David Wells	TOLEDO, OH, US	32,200		9,649	no
	Only one cash: $1,000 NL in 2010 WSOP
8	Lukas Schwartz	LONDON, GB	DNR		682,039	YES
	VERY Experienced tournament pro - live and online (_FullFlush1_). Plays high $ tourneys and nosebleed limits online.
	Plays mixed games at 200/400 or 400/800.  Very dangerous - gambly player.  Lot's of youtube hands of him.
9	Andrew Sweeney	Clogheen, IE	27,925		82,032	Yes
	Young tournament pro - several top finishes and most of his $$ earned this year.