In my last post several eons ago, I reported that (A) my mom had cancer, (B) Pokerstars (the biggest online poker site) had banned players from Washington, and (C) I had just won a tournament on Fulltilt for $5500. I said then that if Fulltilt (2nd biggest site) followed suit, that my online poker career would effectively be over. They did, a couple months ago, and I am - almost entirely - done playing online poker, my primary source of income for the past 5 years. There are some smaller sites, and there are some possibilities of getting back into playing online, but for now it’s basically finito.
But live poker is still a possibility, and I was hit with a serious poker&travel itch recently, and now I’m in Vegas (arrived yesterday morning, here until the 27th). My visit coincides with the start of the Caesars Palace Winter Poker Classic, and I’ve played the noon events yesterday and today. Got off to good starts both days … yesterday I got pretty close to the money but busted out on the first hand after the dinner break. Today I made it into the money with a good stack, made it to the final table with a below-average stack, and busted in 9th (for $912) when I got all-in on the flop with AA vs QJ on a Q98 board, and ANOTHER STUPID TEN (reference to my last post from eons ago) knocked me out. If I win that pot I have 400,000 chips and am in with the chip leaders slugging it out for the $8K first prize. Sigh.
I’ll be back at it tomorrow. If anyone is in Vegas let me know. I’ll be here all week…