World Poker Tour/World Poker Challenge @ Reno Hilton |
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Posted Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:23 pm GMT by General Sal
So, flight's booked. Room's reserved. Are we ready to rock?
Looking forward to this... a $5000 event and possible tv exposure. And a chance to retire early. Or really have a little cash to play the big game with Phil and Barry... or maybe even the heads up event with Negreanu at the Wynn.
Hopefully, I'll be able to grind out some cash in the next two months... I'll keep this post updated on my progress.
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Posted Mon Feb 06, 2006 9:44 pm GMT by zinn0
Good luck Sal.
Posted Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:10 am GMT by UrAteUp
Good luck and keep us posted Sal.
Posted Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:28 am GMT by golddog
So what does this mean, Sal? You've won an entry into it, you're going to go up and try to win your way in, you are going to buy your way in?
Good luck in any event.
Posted Tue Feb 07, 2006 4:12 pm GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
I wish you better luck than I have had of late Sal... actually, that's not saying enough. I wish you a LOT more luck.
We need a player with a major tournament win under his belt at this forum anyhow. 
Posted Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:36 pm GMT by General Sal
Update: So, Adam's definitely coming along. Woot! We'll definitely have some fun now. I wonder what strip clubs they have in Reno....
I was freaking out a little about putting up the money to play in this thing... gonna have to combine a little bit of money from the poker bankroll, the savings account, and some income from work. I do intend to play some kind of satellite once I get there, but I think this way I'll definitely have a spot locked up for myself. Can't go all that way to not play you know. Hey, I guess I could prostitute myself on eBay and sell a piece of my action, eg Dutch Boyd. You guys want a piece of me? I did quite well in the last league freeroll. Plus, I'm in the top three of the League Standings.
Posted Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:47 pm GMT by ballbp
You know I'd stake you if I could Mike. I'm pretty sure you and Adam can make it your own so DO IT!!!! You need some new pics of you at a lit table like last year. This should be nice.
Posted Mon Feb 13, 2006 11:54 pm GMT by Earthshine
good luck!! I'm 2 hours from Reno, so in the slim chance that i'm up there I'll look you up... :D
Posted Tue Feb 14, 2006 9:20 am GMT by tame_deuces
Awesome. I missed this post untill now.
Good luck man. 
Posted Tue Feb 14, 2006 10:13 am GMT by UrAteUp
| General Sal wrote: |
Hey, I guess I could prostitute myself on eBay and sell a piece of my action, eg Dutch Boyd. You guys want a piece of me? |
Sal sorry buddy your not my type...  . I prefer females... ...and this isn't Broke Back Mountain.
I wish I could be there to play or watch as well. I think it would be great and loads of fun to set with the big dogs like Brunson, Chan and others. I would stake you as well but right now I couldn't stake a flea in a $0.02 flea bath.
Posted Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:46 pm GMT by Adam Marshall
My flight is booked...
Please don't try and take me to a brothel.
Posted Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:15 pm GMT by General Sal
| Adam Marshall wrote: | My flight is booked...
Please don't try and take me to a brothel. |
We'll go to the strip club instead. I just did a quick search online... how about "the pink pussycat"?
Posted Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:25 pm GMT by Geno
Watch out for the cops out there, I saw this documentary called Reno 911 and it's pretty crazy
Disclaimer - I know Reno 911 is not a documentary.
Posted Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:02 am GMT by weirdofreek
Just don't suprise them.
http://www.killsometime.com/Video/video.asp?ID=77
Posted Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:20 pm GMT by General Sal
Wish me luck... I leave tomorrow.
Posted Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:58 pm GMT by Sean_in_NJ
| General Sal wrote: | | Wish me luck... I leave tomorrow. |
F*** that. Good cards.
Posted Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:57 am GMT by wEbMaStEr
luck!
Posted Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:57 am GMT by kao85
best of luck and cards have fun :D
Posted Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:52 am GMT by JohnnyCache
I'm going to wish me luck.
I think it would be very lucky to have a rich friend. :D
Posted Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:51 am GMT by UrAteUp
Good luck and only good cards to both you and Adam.
If either of you make TV give us some kind of sign to let us know it's you...oh wait...no need for you to Sal. We will just look for the beanie and glasses...
Posted Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:08 am GMT by golddog
If the cards don't turn out, the skiing's probably great this time of year...a little spring break action on the slopes.
Do as well as you can with the cards you're dealt. Looking forward to reports.
Posted Thu Mar 23, 2006 1:00 pm GMT by Sid Lambert
Good luck Sal
Posted Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:47 pm GMT by Geno
Update us after each day. Play well you two!
Posted Thu Mar 23, 2006 2:54 pm GMT by groton
Play the best you can and if you guys play as well as We all know you then you both will be on TV and say over and over again THP or something else like that so we know its you two
Posted Thu Mar 23, 2006 3:07 pm GMT by BeerWench13
Kick ass!
That's not a request. :D
Posted Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:21 pm GMT by TxShadow
Good luck! 8)
Posted Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:06 pm GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
I might head up to Reno this weekend myself to find some good games, and maybe play a satellite for the Event... I'll post more if this ends up happening, maybe we can have a mini THP meeting.
Posted Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:54 pm GMT by General Sal
Everything's cool here right now. I'm a little drunk, and I only have 10 minutes left to make this post. ($5 for 15 minutes in business conferecnece center.)
So, much to say really... the highlight I just called Adam about. Basically, I made a mistake and thought that today was the supersatellite day. NO, I was wrong. Today, was actually the $2000 buy in tournament. I needed something to do for the rest of the day, and this lady announces that there is a $220 single table satellite... first place wins $2000 in tournament chips plus another $100 in cash. Well, yours truly won the mo' fo'. It's such a huge high really... it's like.. instant bankroll. After winning that I really wasn't sure if I wanted to play in the $2000 tournament. That win really puts me at +$700. I had busted out in the first hour of the $1,000 tournament, lost a $120 sit n' go, but made $140 in a 4/8 game. So, I decided to go with the easy route, and just use the satellite chips to take 3 or 4 shots at the big one. Then, I can very comfortably play cash games for the rest of the time or play some of the small buy in tourneys.
Man, I never had so much fun winning that one sit n' go though. It was with 10 minute rounds... this was all about an hour before the beginning fo teh 2000 tournament. Maybe, about 15 minutes before the start of the bigger tourney, that lady came by and said we had to cut the rounds down to 5 minutes... okay with me... let's gamble! Teh chip leader had about 6000 in chips, me with over 2000, and some other dude with about another1500. I ended up busting the chip leader... my ace 8 held up against his ace 5 all in. Funnny, the turn was the 5 and my river the 8. The other guy was way too short stacked.... he's all in with the big blind at 1200. I call automatically. Basically, he gets 9 6 suited,... i get pocket queens! Better to be lucky than good! Well, off to more drinks and waiting for Adam to get into town.
Posted Sat Mar 25, 2006 5:58 pm GMT by Geno
Great job man, I really hope some of that $2K tourney chips gets you into the main event :D
Posted Sat Mar 25, 2006 6:54 pm GMT by wEbMaStEr
:D
I love you Sal!
I mean it man, you're my best bud in tha whole world!
Do well!
Posted Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:07 pm GMT by Moon_Child
gO SAL GOOOO
your so pro, i admire you~! ahahah
Posted Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:23 am GMT by Ben4040
Good luck!
Posted Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:48 pm GMT by Adam Marshall
An update for ya. We both played the $500+$40 Super Satellite at 11:00 am today. Blinds were a tad fast for my tastes with the 20 minute levels, but I just played tight and waited to double up. I doubled once when my 99 raced a KJs, and raced again later with TT against AK, which I lost. Oh well. There's another one here at 6:00 pm. There are tons of SnG's on the side, from $100+ to $500+ which I might take a taste of here in 20 minutes. We'll see what happens. Thanks for the cheers
Posted Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:54 pm GMT by General Sal
Thanks, mates, for all the words of encouragement. After I'd bustedout of the tournament with Adam, I'd played another sit n go, 500 plus 40. One winner. I like my chances there better than the multi table . Plus, there's a lot less headache about a bubble and what not. Your fate is decided within an hour and a half.
I've got two more shots at this with the tournament chips I'd won. I'm probably gonna play in the next hour another sit n' go. Wish me luck there. Even if I don't get in with these two shots, I'm thinking of playing sit n' gos, and just rollingup the money from there. As for now, I still feel like I'm freerollling, so I feel pretty confident.
Yesterday, I'd done completely nothing as far as poker after I won that sit n' go. I just layed in bed, and dreamt of the possibilities. Didn't want to ruin that high. I'll update again after the next two sit n' gos.
Posted Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:34 pm GMT by Phil14312
Keep it up boys!
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 12:54 am GMT by Adam Marshall
f*ck super satellites.
I just went out in the second level (25/50 blinds) of the 9pm multi-table super satellite to the main event. I'm in the cutoff, everyone folds to the guy to my right who raises it to 125 preflop. I've got JJ. I just call. SB folds, BB calls. The flop is T62 rainbow. BB checks, guy bets 125. I raise to 425. BB folds, guy calls. Turn is an 5, putting two to a suit on the board. Guy checks, I bet 500 of my remaining 1150. Guy thinks for a second and calls. River is a non-flushable 3. Guy goes all-in. Pot odds are right, I have to call. I say, "What do you have, queens or something?"
He flips 53o.
I say the word "Cheeky" and shake his hand and hold on to it a moment longer than is normal as I think about crushing it. I let go and walk away questioning the existence of god.
I'm 0 for 3 in multi-table tournies today and quite sad.
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:17 am GMT by Earthshine
Wow Adam, that's horrible..
If I had been paying attention, I might have been there to meet you guys. I'm only 2 hours from Reno.
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:29 pm GMT by General Sal
So, the main event's underway... and I'm not in it. Took my shots, but I feel all the better for it, 'cause I found myself playing games I don't normally play.
Adam's just started about 25 minutes ago... and he seems to be in a good frame of mind. He's been a little bit bummed about his run of cards yesterday, but I think he'll do fine today.
I haven't really been around to see one of these things get started in awhile... funny who you pass into... like Daniel Negreanu at the elevator, Paul Darden in the hallway of your hotel, Carlos Mortensen standing in line behind Adam, waiting to register a seat. They told me Phil Ivey showed up... so that's exciting. Looks like about 500 people are playing inthis one.
Look to the world poker tour website for general updates. I'll get what I can from Adam every hour or so. I told him I wouldn't shadow him.
Oh, yeah, Liz Lieu is a blonde now... man she's has a smoking body. Screw Tila Tequila.
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:37 pm GMT by General Sal
So, here's the live updates page: http://www.worldpokertour.com/calendar/index.php?x=item&poker-tournament=116&type=wpt&updatePage=news&pageID=1
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:03 pm GMT by General Sal
The Marshall Fires Back
So, I go downstairs to see how Adam's doing. He's in the middle of a
hand... flop is King, Queen, Jack. Pot's sizable... maybe $1000 in it.
Three players. Fat buddha kid bets into Adam on the button. Adam's
on the button... he thinks, raises to $800. Cowboy in first position
had checked, so he raises another $1,000... buddha raises again another
thousand. Adam moves all in too.... the cowboy folds. Buddha opens up
8 9 unsuited for the flopped straight. Adam opens up Ace 10 for the flopped
straight. Marshall takes down a pot of about 7k.
Unfortunately, he'd taken a hit earlier to the tune of 6k, so now he's up
to 11K.
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:09 pm GMT by Soup_dog
| General Sal wrote: | The Marshall Fires Back
So, I go downstairs to see how Adam's doing. He's in the middle of a
hand... flop is King, Queen, Jack. Pot's sizable... maybe $1000 in it.
Three players. Fat buddha kid bets into Adam on the button. Adam's
on the button... he thinks, raises to $800. Cowboy in first position
had checked, so he raises another $1,000... buddha raises again another
thousand. Adam moves all in too.... the cowboy folds. Buddha opens up
8 9 unsuited for the flopped straight. Adam opens up Ace 10 for the flopped
straight. Marshall takes down a pot of about 7k.
Unfortunately, he'd taken a hit earlier to the tune of 6k, so now he's up
to 11K. |
Got something a little screwy there general. 89JQK isn't a str8. But I understand what you meant. Let's hope Adam keep it up. That site you posted sure doesn't update very fast.
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:11 pm GMT by BeerWench13
Go, Adam, Go!
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:34 pm GMT by General Sal
Yeah, I think I screwed it up. Buddha had the bottom end of the straight though. I think it was 9 10. Also, it was Adam who went all in... cowboy check raised, buddha reraised, then Adam went all in. I hate typing on someone's else's computer... plus, his computer overheats and shuts down. Ugh.
they just went on break and Adam told me that ... and this is funny... to his left is Josh Arieh! I didnt even notice.
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:38 pm GMT by Soup_dog
Yikes! That would have me shaking.
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 4:38 pm GMT by Geno
One for Mike to enjoy when he updates
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:23 pm GMT by Soup_dog
Anyone know Adams last name? Someone named Adam is listed as being knocked out. Hope it's not the Marshall
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:34 pm GMT by General Sal
Well, I just woke up from my nap. Adam just walked in... he's still in it.
He has a little over 20K in chips, by the break! He said, "I'm rich, bi@#$%es!"
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:52 pm GMT by General Sal
Adam's back in the swing of things again, as the tournament has just gotten underway. We figure he has an M of 25 or so, for the next 80 minutes. (Say "I" if you know what I mean.)
I walked around, railbirding some of the action. I saw a John Juanda sitting in seat 4 and Phil Ivey in a seat 9. A player had been moved into their table at Seat 1. Well, I know I wouldn't want to be that guy.
I went back up to the elevator, and during the ride I went back up witht this cute girl I met at Johnny Rockets the morning before. I felt something. (Hey, I have to write about something other than poker... like babes!)
More a little bit later....
Posted Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:46 pm GMT by Adam Marshall
I donked off a ton of chips and then ran into aces when I had queens. The flop wasn't kind enough to contain an escape ace or king, so I'm out. I believe I'll get drunk now.
Posted Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:33 am GMT by Geno
| General Sal wrote: | | ....I went back up witht this cute girl I met at Johnny Rockets the morning before. I felt something.... |
Her ass I hope.
Bad luck Adam, sounds like it was going pretty well for quite a while there.
Posted Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:30 pm GMT by General Sal
Well, it's now time to recover as much money/ make as much money as possible out here. The cards fell well, and I played well out here.... I think I gotta better idea of what I need to do next in the poker career. Overall, I think this is somewhat of a life altering trip for me... you'll really love poker once you come to one of these events and take some kind of stab at it. Thanks to all for the support... on to the next tournament... the Five Diamond World Poker classic.
Posted Wed Mar 29, 2006 3:32 pm GMT by BeerWench13
Keep us posted.
Posted Wed Mar 29, 2006 4:52 pm GMT by Geno
27 left, here are the counts. It's got Greenstein/Lieu written all over it:
| Code: | 1 Tom Schneider 507,000
2 Tony Martin 422,500
3 James Davis 348,000
4 Liz Lieu 335,500
5 Fabrice Soulier 335,000
6 Fang Tian 327,000
7 Burt Boutin 321,500
8 Chau Giang 316,000
9 Kevin Song 311,500
10 Paramjit Gill 247,000
11 Barry Greenstein 246,000
12 Gary Jacobi 243,500
13 Robert Goldfarb 224,500
14 Carl Olson 199,000
15 Michael Simon 197,500
16 John Kulish 190,000
17 Juan Carlos Mortensen 175,000
18 Fred Hwang 156,000
19 Patrick Poels 140,000
20 Jason Stern 120,500
21 Jonas Norrman 106,000
22 Terry Ballew 102,000
23 Greg Mueller 76,500
24 Noah Jefferson 76,500
25 Bob Hume 72,000
26 Barron Gati 60,000
27 Dan Schmiech 51,000 |
Posted Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:44 pm GMT by xDiamond_CutteRx
Well Barry's a lock to make the Final Table now, but it's WPT, so they might as well play craps from there...
Posted Thu Mar 30, 2006 1:57 am GMT by Geno
Greenstein surely has this one wrapped up now?
| Code: | 1. Mike Simon $1,195,000
2. Barry Greenstein $1,085,000
3. Tom Schneider $1,020,000
4. Jonas Norrman $905,000
5. Jason Stern $880,000
6. Greg Mueller $835,000 |
Posted Sat Apr 01, 2006 4:26 pm GMT by General Sal
Well, you know the funny thing was Jason Stern came in 2nd... coincidentally he was staying in the hotel room next to mine. I ran into him in the elevator, with a whole lot of bags of goodies! I was gonna hit him up for a stake, but then I decided against it.
Posted Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:40 am GMT by pokerbrat0582
hey how'd you do?!?!? i hope that it went well. let me know, im thinking of playing in July @ world series of poker!
Posted Thu Apr 06, 2006 11:56 am GMT by pokerbrat0582
yeah i just realized that i was reading the old post and replied to the new one. anyway i know how you r trip went. any comments on things i would need to know @ playing in the series?!?!?!?
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