Online Poker : Poker Diary
Day 1- 22/4/04
So here I am at the 2004 World Series of Poker. Binion's
Horseshoe has been taken over by new owners... at long last.
That is not the most obvious change that greeted me though.
America has gone Poker mad, mad, mad. An astonishing 343
have just paid an amazing $25,000 to play the main event
at the Bellagio. And yesterday I walked into Binions satellite
area and couldn't believe my eyes. Last year there would
have been maybe 3 or 4 tables running. This year there were
23 or 24 tables buzzing with excitement. Hordes and hordes
of new players. God bless America, god bless the WPT on
the discovery channel, and god bless Chris Moneymaker. This
is Poker heaven !
I managed to win a seat for the $2000 No Limit Hold em
event in a one table satellite. I got lucky when I slow
played pocket Kings catching both blinds who both flopped
top pair. As an added bonus, I was given a poker lesson
by a very attractive young lady with a large bosom. She
explained how dangerous it was not to raise with Kings before
the flop. Bless her ! Anyway I tripled thru and managed
to outlast the rest to gain a seat in the NLH event for
a paltry $230.
Day 2- 23/4/04 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Wow. Big Deal. So it only cost me $230. I only lasted 28
minutes ! Some players were still signed up and hadn't even
sat down... and I was walking out.
Yet again, an internet player got me. For years now there
has been a standard way of playing. The blinds are 25, 25
and players would raise between 75 and 125 to try and get
a little action. My exit was typical of how things have
changed recently. I am on the big blind. There is 50 in
the middle, and the internet player opens for 450 ! I have
1400 chips left an AK in the hole. Everyone else has passed,
so I position all my chips in the middle. And so does the
original raiser with his pair of jacks. The flop is low
and I skulk out the door... In the past this would have
been a 300 dollar pot at his largest. Welcome to the future…
or should I say the present !
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