One thing this Series has taught me is to master the other games. There is better value in a 2500 300 person PLO than there is in a 4800 person $1k event. Yesterday with no event I could play I played the daily deep stack for $200 with 450 other people. Now that’s a way to frustrate a poker pro .. but a high motivation for this one to learn the other games. Today is the $1500 NLH so back to work in a couple of hours.

Well this World Series is different for me. Last year was a hunker down boot camp and this one has just been frustrating. Doing well, making money but I am no longer here for the learning curve, I’m here to win, I’m here to make my case. This structure with the small chip start just makes it tough.

Played the six handed event the other day. Michael Mizrachi was late to the table and started hammering. I knew I was good when he overbet the river and got half his stack, got the remaining ones on the next hand when I knew he was on a major tilt. Nice to take advantage of that. Then this next hand happened, small blind, big blind, unraised pot. (Yes, my friend Chris Bigler has warned me of unraised pots and this is a perfect example of why). I am the big blind, small bling completes. I have Q 2 of hearts. Flop 2 2 Q. We both check, turn a K, he bets I smooth. River a Jack. I’m waiting for this guy to catch up, two pair, straight, something as I have the boat. He bets 400, I make it 1200 and he makes it 2600. I call of course only to see K 2 for a higher boat. The odds six handed. Just bad luck. Didn’t go broke which no one at the table could believe. I had to burst out laughing ….but that’s how the Series has gone thus far.

Well I’m still here slugging it out at the World Series. Playing well and with some success but not a huge hit yet. Funny though I believe it will come. Lincoln called me today and said he was mad when he found out I was bumped out because he thought I was going to make $15,000 dollars and he wanted to use that money to buy a helicopter. I told him he was going to have to learn to deal with it. Ha.

Had every intention of playing the deep stack at the Rio today but it didn’t work. Drivers license expires in 10 days and my two previous attempts to renew it have been for naught. Decided to venture out today. Gave up on Summerlin and headed to Henderson. Line still long but the people were more humane. Since the time I’ve had a drivers license I’ve kept my office address as my address vs my home address. Feels safer not giving out my home address. No way they told me. Must be your home address. Where’s the supervisor I ask. Still no way he says, 911 and all that While doing the processing paperwork the computer glitches over my social security verification. It took 45 minutes and some remote fixer person to get it unglitched but when it was done my social was verified and my address listed is my office. Yes. God protects me in some of the most interesting of ways. I’m grateful.

Well anyone who knows this game knows it’s frustrating and I can’t argue with it. Played the $5k today. Don’t argue with the “it’s poker” part of it. Am okay with that part just didn’t feel like I played my best game. Aggravated with me not the game itself. Sigh

When you work as hard on your game as I do …. it’s nice to see it acknowledged from the outside. Below is recent article from Rebekah Mercer, the reporter who came to follow my progress. Thanks Rebekah.

http://www.examiner.com/x-3342-Womens-Poker-Examiner~y2010m6d8-Living-the-Luxe-Life-in-Las-Vegas-with-Nancy-Todd-Tyner