As I’m not going to be able to play much this year I wanted to play the Caesars Main Event. They were having some mega satellites but at $100 and 2k in starting chips that was going to be a shove fest with little talent which isn’t my style. So I set my goal to grind out the buy in at cash. Figured that would test me to “grind” some more. I went to Bellagio and started my day at the 2/5 game with $300 and cashed out at $900. Almost there I thought as the buy in was $1,600. The next day I sat down with $300 and was close to the remainder of what I needed when this hand came up … $20 raise by a guy who had already lost several bankrolls. My big blind and I have K 10 of hearts. Flop K of diamonds J and 9 of hearts. I check, orig. bets $40, one guy drops and the guy to my right calls. I make it $150 on top. Original guy goes all in for $197 and so does the guy to my right for right at $200. Turn is a 3 of dianmonds and they are both all in and the river is an ace of spades. The original bettor had K 4 off which is just about what I put him on and the guy to my right had the ace of hearts and a dry queen and makes his hand with the ace. Oh well .. then I had to go back to grinding some. The hand was only of interest to me as to whether I played it right and it seems like it was okay. You want people to call in that spot but I sure thought I was golden there … A K would have been better than what I had …
2008 WPT Ladies Champion
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