My US Open Prediction
Date: Sun, Jun 15, 2008 Professional Internet
Tiger Woods is teeing off in the final pairing of the US Open here in a few minutes and I have a prediction. Tiger always wins when he has a lead heading into the final round. He usually hits the middle of every green and shoots a ho hum 1-2 under par and wins by 3-4 strokes. I think that he will once again go on to win, but this time he is going to hit it all over the lot and put together the grittiest final round victory since Ben Hogan in 1950. I think Tiger is in a lot of pain, much more than he is letting on. He is also swinging the golf club very poorly for him. I predict he is going to hit a number of incredible shots around the greens today
and also make a clutch shot or two at the end for a 1 or 2 shot victory at most. You heard it here first.
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The Money Masters
Date: Sat, Jun 14, 2008 Professional Internet
So as many of you know I'm able to generate resources through real estate as well as poker. I have experience owning cash-flow property (great against inflation), private financing (moderately valuable against depression), and more recently have become involved in land development (which involves forcibly appreciating the value of land, and performs moderately well with inflation). I would consider myself very financially literate by common standards, but not by academic standards. I feel financial literacy is something that very much belongs in the public school system, and is much more valuable to the average person than even mathematics beyond basic algebra.
A friend of mine recently pointed me towards a documentary which I feel is important. Most first-world nations are dependent upon a privatized central banking system which controls the amount of currency in the market. By controlling the circulation of currency central banks can create either a boom or depression at will. A stock market crash, for instance, does not necessitate a depression, only a lack of circulation can cause a depression. It is also important to remember that in a depression money does not vanish, it is consolidated.
This documentary looks at the "boom and bust" business cycle, which is a valuable thing to understand in any case. What this video focuses on, however (and please excuse the 1996 graphics on the intro), is how that cycle can be and has been artificially exploited by privatized central banking to deliberately exploit individuals, corporations and nations by extending credit, withdrawing circulation and repossessing assets and then repeating to consolidate wealth in the central banks.
Part 1: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6076118677860424204&q=the+money+...
Part 2: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7336845760512239683&q=the+money...
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What An Idiot
Date: Fri, Jun 13, 2008 Professional Internet
So today I had an appointment at 1PM with a local CPA. I have been doing my taxes myself for the most part because it was so simple. I wire money in, deduct the small expenses I incur here and there and then pay the appropriate tax. Simple enough. This year things have gotten much more complicated as I have become officially involved with 3 online companies and Jared and I are starting a new project with our book. As a result my taxes have become much more complicated so I felt that now was a good time to hire an accounting service.
I arrived shortly after 1PM and the guy seemed like a nice enough guy. As far as accountants go, this guy seemed much more friendly than some of the others I have dealt with so I was excited to work with him. We got everything all set up and made another appointment for next week to make everything official. As I was walking out the office door and into the lobby he said, “That is a hell of a lot of tax you are going to have to pay.” “Whatever you do don’t vote for Obama.” I’m thinking, “Oh boy, here we go.” He then said that if Obama gets his way I will have to pay all of these extra taxes and that my effective tax rate would be 71%….LOL. Now I have combed through just about everything Obama is proposing and while he will definitely cost a guy like me more money, he will certainly not make my effective tax rate 71%. What a joke.
Oh, but wait, he wasn’t anywhere near done. He said that, “Obama is going to be a complete OBAMAnation of a President.” He then warned me again not to vote for him. Now I don’t have too much of a problem if he wants to tell me from a tax perspective what I am getting in for if I vote for Obama. I think it is tremendously bad business for him to do so, but at the same time I wouldn’t not work with him if he felt the need to explain that. First of all, if he is going to do that he ought to simply state the FACTS and not make up some bullshit about how people in the highest income brackets are going to have to pay 71%!!!!
I tried to just nod and smile and get the hell out of there, but after hearing more of his verbal diarrhea, I decided to tell him that I was an Obama supporter and that I would take a look into his proposed tax policies and make my own decisions when I see the facts. He then took that final step across the line and said, “Just whatever you do don’t vote for some BLACK MUSLIM.” My brain almost just shut down completely. I couldn’t even believe what I was hearing. I was like speechless. I looked at him for a second and just said, “He’s not a Muslim…..see ya.” With that I just walked out the door and can quite safely say I hope that I never see that idiot again. I almost went back in there as I gathered my thoughts some more and started to regain my brain function, but I have dealt with these types before. Some people are what they are and they will NEVER listen to logic and reason. I could show that man a picture of Obama being sworn into the United States Senate along with his family and their old family Bible (such a picture DOES exist btw), but he probably still wouldn’t believe it…..sigh.
So the search continues for a decent CPA. I went to another guy and he said that he wanted me to keep track of all my sessions as defined by how I did at each specific table I ever sat at and record the wins and losses. So by the end of the year I might have $100M in winings and $99M in losses for a $1M profit. As I understand it, keeping track of how you do every day and breaking a session down by the day, is plenty good enough for any accountant. So that was the deal breaker with that guy. Hopefully the third try will be a charm. My bar is going to be pretty low after meeting with this last guy. Maybe someone who simply isn’t a racist or a liar will suffice …lol.
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On the Road Again
Date: Fri, Jun 13, 2008 Professional Internet
Unfortunately, this one is going to be short(that's what she said) I landed in Puerto Rico last night around 2:30. We went looking for house today and got a few good leads. I was able to crush Hamilton in Chinese on the flight. Why? Well, either I have edge(unlikely) or I just run good(very very very likely). I have not played any hands yet, but that should follow once we get setup in a place. We are going to take some longboards out for a dawn patrol tomorrow. It should be fun.
Matt Blogs the WSOP: Taking a Breath
Date: Fri, Jun 13, 2008 Professional Internet
I'm home in New York for a few days to clear my head and see my family (and make a few Stoxpoker videos). Looking back, it was an interesting first leg of the World Series of Poker for me. To be honest, I wasn't sure what to expect this year. The games online have gotten much tougher over the last six months--and not only have I noticed this trend myself, but it's evident from reading the blogs of many strong players. What then would the fields look like in the lower buy-in WSOP events?
The answer turned out to be: not as soft as in previous years, but still soft enough. And although I'm down about $4k after playing seven events, I'm really pleased with my peripheral stats (if you will). I doubled my starting stack in all seven tournaments, quadrupled my starting stack four out of seven times, and got to ten times my starting stack or more twice (the two tournaments I cashed in, of course). If just one more showdown could've gone my way (let's say the straight flush draw against Avery's kings in the shorthanded event), I love my chances to make a real score.
But oh well, I have to settle for a small loss in leg one. As promised, here are some Best and Worst Plays.
Some Best Plays from Me:
1) In the rebuy event, during level 3 (post-rebuy period), with blinds of 100-200, the hijack opened for 550. Both blinds were dead (much of the rebuy tournament played shorthanded for me, because so many people weren't at their seats for whatever reason). I made it 1,700 on the button with ATo. My opponent called. The flop came 972 with two to a flush. We both checked. The turn brought a six and my opponent bet 2200. I called. The river brought a 3. My opponent thought for a while and checked. I bet 4500 and he folded instantly. Although this wasn't a crazy impressive float by me or anything, I liked that I took my time on the turn, thought that there was a decent chance my hand was good, and thought through the best way to play the rest of the streets given that I had outs if I happened to be behind.
2) In the 2k limit event, we were about three places from the money and I was one of the shorter stacks. Folded to the small blind who raised. I called with K6o. The flop came 223. He bet, I called. The turn came 4. He bet, I called. The river came ten. He bet, I called. He tabled 87o and my hand was good. This was a fairly standard limit play in ordinary circumstances, but near the bubble you really don't want to go broke as a short stack. It took a bit of a read to call down here, and I had a bit of a read (and it turned out to be right).
3) The quads hand (see my earlier post from day one of the shorthanded). Yes, I was lucky to flop quads, but then I got the guy with jack-high to put 70 blinds in the pot.
Worst Plays from Me:
1) Late in the rebuy event, with about 20 blinds in my stack I folded 77 UTG. As those who watch my videos know, I like to play tighter than usual for the first raise with 20-30 blinds in my stack. With antes in the pot, though, I don't think it's ever correct to fold 77 UTG.
2) In the limit event, the cutoff opened and the hijack three-bet and I folded 99 in the small blind. Again, this was a close decision, but I think it's definitely correct to four-bet against good players here. Note that I would've lost more money in both of the above hands if I hadn't made these mistakes. This is not the point.
3) My bustout hand in the shorthanded event (see my earlier post). I think this was a really tough hand, and I've talked to seven good players about it. Four would've played it the same way I did, three would've played it differently. So it's not that I think I made some horrible decision. I'm bothered by this hand because I had a chance to really make a good read and save some chips, and I didn't get it done. In close spots you're supposed to trust your reads, and I had the 13k chips in my hand ready to just call Avery's river bet before I overruled myself and decided to go with the more aggressive (and standard) play of check-raising for value. I wish I'd gone with my first instinct.
Best Play from Others:
The player to my immediate left for most of the rebuy event was a fantastic player. He came over the top of my raises several times, and opened for small raises often himself. But he wasn't a maniac either, he was just loose enough and good enough to be a major problem for everyone at the table. I think the hand that best exemplifies this came when he raised on the button and the big blind called. The flop brought two aces and a low card. The big blind led out, and the button called. The turn was a blank, and the big blind bet again. The button called. The river was another blank, and the big blind fired a third bullet. The button tanked for a long time, and finally called with A5. He flopped trip aces and never raised once, instead maximizing the value of his hand by inducing three bets from the player in the blind (who had ended up flopping the lower pair and overplaying it). It was his ability to shift gears that made me realize this button player was so strong. I wish I'd got his name (he's probably a well-known tournament pro that I happened not to recognize).
Worst Play from Others:
In the limit event, a short stack got moved into the big blind after we'd hit the money. The cutoff raised, the button three-bet, and the big blind called everything cold. The big blind then led out the ace-high flop, and led again on the turn, before betting a short all-in on the river. The button reluctantly called with two kings, and the big blind showed J8o for jack-high. There is bad play, and then there is just giving away your tournament. This guy just gave away his tournament.
My next event is the $2k No Limit Hold 'Em on Thursday. I will try to post another WSOP story before then.
The Idiot's Guide to Winning a WSOP Seat
Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2008 Professional Internet
Step 1: Earn 590,000 FPPs
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Step 2: Go to the FPP Store
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Step 3: No more FPPs :(
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Step 4: Rejoice at email from PokerStars!
Hello Collin,
We noticed that you already won a WSOP seat and were credited $10,000. All
additional seats are in W$. Since we already credited you $8,500, we will
not convert then to W$. However the balance of $1,500 will be credited in
W$ once you fulfill the requirements.
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Leonard
PokerStars Team
Matt Blogs the WSOP: Out of Limit Hold 'Em
Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2008 Professional Internet
I finished in 27th, for my second mediocre cash of the Series. I'll write a detailed post in the next day or two. For now I'll just say that I had very few hands work out for me over the two days of this tournament, and am actually not too disappointed to finish 27th.
Worst month of the year starting.
Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2008 Professional Internet
WSOP month of course! Man I can't stand it. The cash games dry up online and everyone starts talking about donkaments. :) Tournaments bore me to tears for several reasons:
1. Someone always wins the main event and becomes an instant celebrity. Online poker sites have in previous years tied up the winner to a million dollar plus deal which says to me backers should be demanding more. :) I'll happily give someone 100% of my winnings if I get backed into WSOP events in the hope of making money off any sponsorship deal. After all the final table will be a few months after, allowing plenty of time to get some advertising on my cap and shirt.
2. Tournaments always overshadow cash games. No matter your achievements, the public always ask the same question, "Won any tournaments?". Actually more recently it's turned into "Played any tournaments on TV?"
As it is though, I spent a few minutes thinking up a nice T-shirt to wear next time I visit the casino. Maybe we can get it added to the Stoxshop. :p
I'm not bitter at all about holdem.... Even though it's the greatest poker game ever thought up yet even the shockingly bad holdem books outsell 10 to 1 anything on omaha.
This month I've been reviewing Omaha sessions sent to me, after I promised to review the first 20 sent in, 5 done so far, be interesting to see how many others get sent in. On the most part what interests me the most is how many people don't start the video at the start of the session. I'm sure they just pick the section where they think all the action happened. :)
Errr, post getting long, better stop it now, I think I've achieved my goal at getting Leatherass off the front page. No, wait, that's not possible. Well at least he will be down at the bottom for a couple hours at least. :)
Matt Blogs the WSOP: Quick Update
Date: Wed, Jun 11, 2008 Professional Internet
Today I'm playing day two of the $2k Limit Hold 'Em event. I'm 54th out of 125 remaining, despite a slightly below-average stack of 14.3k. I'll write more at the end of the day.
Homestretch to the WSOP Main event
Date: Wed, Jun 11, 2008 Professional Internet
Hi guys -
I've been busy working on stoxpoker stuff leading up to the WSOP main event. We are going to have a booth at the Gaming Life Expo July 3rd-6th, and also are sharing space in 2+2's booth as well. We have been working on ideas and details for all of that - we hope to make a good presentation so if you are around stop by and say hello. The booth should have some coaches in it pretty much all the time.
Poker has been a bit average - In may I made 15k in 29k hands, both being low totals for me - I ran at a winrate of 1.63BB/100, which actually isn't too much below my long term winrate (which is a bit over 2.2 at the higher games in NL), but I lost at the wrong mix of limits. June is shaping up to be more of the same, I am up 20k in 18k hands, so while I realize the money numbers are good, I have become accustomed to expecting better. I hope to improve this in June and going forward, we will see.
I got to golf at harding park in san francisco last weekend. What a course! It gets a ton of play but was still in very good shape. The greens rolled very true and I made 3 birdies. I still shot a dismal 85 though - I'm feel like I'm close, but I'm just not putting up round in the 70s consistently yet. This summer may be my breakthrough summer.
Stoxpoker continues to grow and thrive and we are always on the lookout for new talent - if you or anyone you know might make a good stoxpoker instructor, please contact us as we would like to add some more coaching talent to our roster. We have a bit of an interview process - just fair warning.
I have a lot of video ideas in the queue but it will take me some time to make them so be patient please! I plan on doing part two of my recent LHE vid soon, then I will be making a 2 part low limit NLHE video, and a video on personal finance and investing.
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I Believe The Mind Is The Best Weapon
Date: Wed, Jun 11, 2008 Professional Internet
The title of this blog comes from the first 10 or so seconds of this you tube clip from Rambo First Blood Part II. There is no need to watch past the first 10 seconds unless you are as big of a Rambo fan as me…lol
Rambo is one of my favorite movies of all time and this exchange between Murdock and Rambo is one of my favorites. Murdock is proudly displaying all of this great equipment and says that he can just let the equipment do all of the work. Rambo says, "I believe the mind is the best weapon" and Murdock replies, "Times change." Rambo, having nothing of it, says, "For some people." I too believe the mind is the best weapon. The world is chock full of gadgets and various things that make life easier. But the mind is and always will be your most valuable asset. I heard a quote this weekend that went something like, "Back in the day people did a lot with a little and now they do a little with a lot." I have noticed that to be absolutely true in general terms. So many people these days are afraid to roll up their sleeves and do some work. They want everything else to do the work for them and that kind of attitude simply won't take a person to the top. Sure, you can skate by, but with only one life that you will ever get to live here on earth, don't you want more?
Of course the ultimate marriage of assets is to combine skill, all the latest and greatest gadgets and the ultimate weapon, your MIND. I think for people that are truly going to be the very best that they can be, they are going to be the ones who hone their skills with all of the technology now available and train their mind to be the best weapon it can possibly become. As you guys likely know from reading Jared's recent blog from a few days ago, we plan on giving you every tool necessary in our upcoming book. I am excited about it not only because it will be a fun project, but for everyone who reads it as well. We are going to give you the skills both for your poker game through my no limit instruction as well as for your mind which will be Jared's part in the book. When you guys finish reading this book you will have all the tools to make your mind the greatest weapon.
Some people pretend that the mental game in poker is not that big of a deal. Then on the flip side a sports psychologist might try and tell you that mastering the mental game is the most important. I'm here to cut through the bullshit and tell you what it is really like. Without solid poker skills, the mental game is not very important. But strong poker skills also don't mean anything if you are making egregious mistakes on the mental side. Why is it that so many great poker pros go busto? It is mostly because they lack the mental skills to play at the level that their actual poker skills dictate that they play. What good is it to be a great poker player if a good chunk of your time is spent tilting off your chips when things go poorly? Or watching TV because you can't get the motivation to play? Or starting off the session poorly because you did not go through a pre session routine so that you can play your best from the first hand to the last? Or….well there are so many that I could fill an entire blog. Instead we'll just fill a book : )
The bottom line is that both sides of the game are of tremendous importance and that is why we are going to provide both. Jared is going to write in great detail a program that will allow you to make your mind the best possible weapon. I am going to provide no limit instruction which will be presented in a different fashion than a traditional book. I have long believed that the key to no limit holdem is to identify common situations that you find yourself in hand after hand. That was the key to my huge improvement over the past 12 months. I spent countless hours thinking about not the really difficult spots you find yourself in every 500-1000 hands, but rather the situations you find yourself in just about every time you take a flop. So the focus of my instruction will be taking you through the thought process involved with these common situations. I am not going to go too in depth on the math side of these situations as that really isn't my cup of tea. I am not a math whiz. Mine will be very user friendly, however, and I think that the overwhelming majority of players will appreciate that it will be written in a user friendly manner.
The focus of the book is going to be on Jared's system though. His stuff is going to have a greater impact on your game than my instruction ever could I believe. I have seen what it has done for me and it has truly been incredible. I am making strides in my game and my life every week thanks to all that he has taught me. If I didn't believe so strongly in what is has done for me, I sure as heck wouldn't be collaborating on a book with him. His many clients are also raving about what he has done. Quite simply, his stuff is the wave of the future in poker and I am proud to say that when we complete this book, our reader's games' will never be the same. If you think about any other sport, in the early days people improved in ways that we now know are not nearly as effective as what is available today. 50 years ago in golf, for instance, pros hit balls into fields and then shagged them themselves or had a caddie stand out there with a mitt..lol. Today pros have cameras from 9 different angles with a coach who has spent his life studying the game. They have lauch monitors and sports psychologists and physical trainers. etc. With football there is even a more pronounced difference over the last 50 years. While we believe that this type of stuff is cutting edge here in 2008, it will be mainstream and possibly even entirely necessary in order to compete at the highest levels down the road. Like Jared said in his blog, we are excited about this project and plan on involving Stoxpoker members in someway although at this time we are not sure exactly how we will do that. We will certainly keep you posted, however.
I haven't played a whole lot since my last blog, but I did manage to win another 20k or so points and now am up well over 70k points on the month. I have been undoubtedly running well, but I can also confidently say that I am playing the best poker of my life. I have made some adjustments and also spent a ton of time studying some of what I now know were leaks, and am quite simply playing very well at the moment. I hope that I can continue to run well and play well. I am having a lot of fun with poker right now and am as exicted as I have been all year about the game. The plan is to grind hard for the next 2 weeks and then go to Nick's house for a little vacation towards the end of the month followed by the WSOP main event. Exciting stuff!
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A Day I'll Never Forget
Date: Wed, Jun 11, 2008 Professional Internet
Yesterday I had a day that is simply hard to top. Last Fall in the University of Oregon fundraiser, I bought a round of golf for 4 with Mike Belotti. Mike is the head football coach at Oregon and is an Oregon legend to say the least. He is personally my favorite football coach as well. What I love about him is that he has the heart of a lion and is not afraid to make the play that he feels best even though it opens him to potential scrutiny if it doesn't work out. I feel like most coaches take the safe route and always call the play that makes sure they keep their job. Not Mike. He calls the play that he feels gives the team the best chance to win and the critics be damned. Far more often than not in my experience, the play works and Mike looks like a genius. I would need all my fingers and toes to count the number of times in the past few years where I have been in the stands after one of his ballsy play calls and shouted out, "NO WAY!!!!!! BELOTTI, YOU ARE SO BAD ASS!"
So needless to say I was very excited to get to spend the day with him. I had always heard he was a nice guy which was confirmed, and then some, yesterday. Our group consisted of Casey Martin who now coaches the golf team and was my former roomate, his brother Cam who is about as cool and fun of a guy as you could meet, my business partner, neighbor and great friend Rob and Belotti himself. We had a great time playing to say the least. Casey hit just about every shot where he was looking and shot a 67 in blustery conditions. Cam played reasonably well although I am not sure what he shot. Rob struggled some, but had a smile on his face all day. Mike hit a lot of good shots, but it was one of his first rounds of the year so he was a little rusty at times. I shot 73, but had to make a lot of good saves because I was struggling to find the fairway most of the day.
I got to ride in the cart with Mike and I made sure to take advantage and ask him a few questions I had always wanted to ask him. I also got to get a glimpse of how his mind works as well as what type of person he was. I am always interested to get a feel for how great minds, no matter what the profession, works. He was an even nicer guy than you could have possibly expected too. I had heard great things about him in the past, and even with that expectation he exceeded my expectations. He is truly a class act. He was candid with us throughout the day and seemed to actually genuinely enjoy the day which was nice. I was hoping we could all have a great time as I didn't want this to be a chore for him. He had a blast watching Casey stripe it down the middle all day. It sure is a shame that Casey wasn't blessed with two healthy legs because there is really no telling what he might have accomplished. He accomplished a ton in golf as it was so it is scary to think what might have been.
After the round we went in for a beer and my wife joined us. It was pretty funny to watch her when she got to meet Mike. I hadn't seen her that nervous since our wedding day…lol. Mike did a wonderful job in putting her at ease and we collectively had a great time just talking life and football after the round. We got some nice pictures with him (below) and he signed a football and a helmet for me which came at a perfect time. My wife has been
turning our basement into a Ducks shrine and adding these new souvenirs is going to make for an incredible addition.
I have more that I want to talk about in regards to poker and my upcoming book with Jared as well as some other stuff so I think I am just going to write another blog right on top of this one for archiving purposes. Anyway, just wanted to say that was truly about as fun of a day as I have ever had.
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Doctor's Visits
Date: Mon, Jun 9, 2008 Professional Internet
Well, I was on my internship and didn't feel right from the outset. I got to the doctor's and he said I had a real bad sinus infection which was causing my insanely painful headaches, sore throat, and ear pressure. I took all the meds only to not feel well again a week later when we made a trip to TN for work. This past weekend my ears have been throbbing, they feel like they are popping every time I swallow and nothing I took would ease the pain.
So I went to ER last night, and just received the phone call that I have 'mono'. This really blows, I cannot play any contact sports for a few months and recovery is a few weeks up to a few months. I have no idea how to even talk to my boss at the internship about it. I left him a message and am waiting to hear back. Also, should I pack up everything at my apartment in case I do not come back, its an 11 hour drive. If I don't and I end up not coming back then I would have to drive again. I think the EV of packing and unpacking far outweighs another 22 hours of driving so I guess I will.
Maybe it is a blessing in disguise and I will get to log tons of poker hands and do really well. To top it off I am on my back to the dentist to get a crown put on a chipped tooth. If anyone has had it I would appreciate a PM with what to expect. I will be updating this alot on my status as I will be bored and tired and not be able to do much for the next few weeks.
-Reese
Matt Blogs the WSOP: Week One Report
Date: Mon, Jun 9, 2008 Professional Internet
Here are some of the stats from the events I didn't write up in detail.
Event 5, $1,000 NL Hold 'Em with Rebuys
Starting stack (after rebuy): 4,000
Stack after rebuy period (with add-on): 18,050
High water mark: 23,275 (Level 7)
Low point before busting: 3,400 (Level 1)
Busto: Level 9
Event 7, $2,000 NL Hold 'Em
Starting stack: 4,000
High water mark: 25,300 (Level 6)
Low point before busting: 3,925 (I missed the first two hands and they were both my blinds, heh)
Busto: Level 9
Event 9, $1,500 NL Hold 'Em Six-handed
Starting stack: 3,000
High water mark: 156,700 (Level 10)
Low point before busting: 3,000 (as far as my notes remember)
Busto: Level 12
Event 13, $2,500 NL Hold 'Em
Starting stack: 5,000
High water mark: 13,600 (Level 3)
Low point before busting: 1,400 (Level 1)
Busto: Level 5
I'm really pleased that I've doubled my starting chips in all five events that I've played, but of course disappointed that I didn't make a nice score any of the times I went deep. I'm not feeling so great right now (I seem to get sick every time I come out here), so the best and worst plays feature will have to wait until next time while I get some rest.
Tomorrow I play Event 17, $1,500 NL Hold 'Em Shootout. Wish me luck.
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