HugePoker

Day Four is in the books. I need to sleep, so I’m not going to write one of my usual epics. I’ll cut and paste my twitter posts instead. To read them in order you’ll have to scroll down to the bottom and read upwards…

(or you can search for the phrase “DAY 4 BEGINS”)

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# 574 players left. $24,079 guaranteed. I have 382,000 chips. Average is … 382,526 17 minutes ago via web

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got stuck on hold over half an hour to extend my room. Totally ruined my night. Life sucks. 44 minutes ago via web

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damn! only 382k bagged and tagged. resisted urges to get frisky. very happy with my end-of-night play about 2 hours ago via dabr

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playing 3 more hands, ending on my big blind. could it be another stretcher moment? feels familiar. about 2 hours ago via dabr

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several nice pots, including attempted flat-float-bluff J7s accidentally turned 2pr. not sure, but think over 400k about 2 hours ago via dabr

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while charging phone @ press table I blinded off, then lost two blind vs blind hands. 215k about 2 hours ago via dabr

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sent us on break for color-up 500 chips. about to head back, then play an hour. done around 11:30. franticalLy charging phone about 3 hours ago via dabr

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cell battery dying. spare may or may not work. we play 80 more minutes then we’re done. have to extend hotel reservation about 4 hours ago via dabr

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287k after paying blinds. about 4 hours ago via dabr

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money about 4 hours ago via dabr

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I think it’s done? about 4 hours ago via dabr

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massive crowd gathering one table away. about 4 hours ago via dabr

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UTG raises I fold J4 he shows QQ. ESPN running again… about 4 hours ago via dabr

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ESPN dispersed, but a hand must be happening somewhere … oops, no bustout. hand number 6. Im in BB about 4 hours ago via dabr

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forgot to mention … 1 player left. about 4 hours ago via dabr

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ESPN cameras running to a nearby table. we can’t leave our seats to look or we get a penalty. about 4 hours ago via dabr

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nope couldn’t fold. stole with A7, short stack folded Tens. close to 300k. waiting for hand number 5. about 4 hours ago via dabr

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lost 1 more, dealing hand number 4, just give me something I can fold! about 4 hours ago via dabr

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he says he had QQ, makes sense. 285k. got my heart pounding there. he played it bad about 4 hours ago via dabr

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I raise 12000 w/AK, dude makes it 24K, I call. flop K-high, I check he bet 24000, I checkraise to 65k, he says “Ace King?” and folds. about 4 hours ago via dabr

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dealing hand number 3 about 4 hours ago via dabr

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kido pham busted at next table over about 5 hours ago via dabr

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back at table. grueling hand-for-hand commences momentarily. about 5 hours ago via dabr

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4 players to go and they’re sending us on dinner break. massive chorus of boos when they announced that. time for some more pho… about 6 hours ago via dabr

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6 players left. hand-for-hand about 7 hours ago via dabr

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8 players. 225k. still not hand-for-hand (!?) about 7 hours ago via dabr

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18 players to go. 200k about 7 hours ago via dabr

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783 players. 36 to go. 212k. table probably thinks I’m maniac, but I’ve been catching cards. about 7 hours ago via dabr

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woman shoves 60k w/77, I calL from BB with JJ and hold. back to 220k about 7 hours ago via dabr

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165k about 8 hours ago via dabr

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moved to new table (damn), lose coinflip w/TT vs AQs (he makes flush on river). 145k. about 8 hours ago via dabr

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846 players. 99 to die before the money. about 8 hours ago via dabr

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massive traffic jam at X-roads by Amazon room. break should be over but not letting us in. bubble sweat is overpowering. smells like victory about 8 hours ago via dabr

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227k at break. could fold into the money now. not going to. about 9 hours ago via dabr

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call raise with TT, flop is Q-high but he checks & I take it down. 205k. about 9 hours ago via dabr

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small blind open shoves I have AK and call, he has KT. I hold. 185k about 9 hours ago via dabr

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took small pot from Lodden w/AK, but then blinded off 2 orbits. 85k about 10 hours ago via dabr

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under 1000 players from 7319. still a long way to go to make the money (747 of us will get at least $19k) about 11 hours ago via dabr

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lost a couple, won a couple, then ugly leveling battle gone bad. 95K. Lodden claimed 1st victim cracking AA w/A3s in 300k pot. about 11 hours ago via dabr

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at TGIF for breakfast of champioN all by myself (sniff). Johnny Lodden at my table today with mountain of chips. should be fun

DAY 4 BEGINS