After a hard day of grinding I get a pair of 8s under the gun. I raise, the big blind calls me. Flop is A A 8, he bets, I call him, turn is a 4, he bets and I reraise him, he reluctantly calls. Then the River is the last lone ace in the deck, giving him quads and killing my boat on the river. Such is the game, went out 168 out of 1118 players. Played well, glad to be going home, miss my family. This place is definitely NOT Vegas, different players, different personalities. Had my fill of ‘Jersey boys’ for a while, thank you very much.

Headed into second day of Borgata Poker Open. A lot more players on Day 1B – about double – so a huge field today. A nice run would be nice. Just a couple of double ups and I’m back in the game.