Ok so Missy is going to post some updates for anyone who cares, maybe even an interesting hand or two... check back later for any updates. The tournament starts in an hour, so jalex and I are heading out the door.

Update #1

Okay, I’ll do the best I can with these updates!

I talked to Aaron around 2:30 pm Vegas time on Saturday. The good news is he was still in event #15! The bad news is the blinds were getting ready to go up, and he’s pretty short stacked. They were on the first break on level 3 in the tournament. The blinds were getting ready to increase to 100/200. Aaron has about $2400 in chips.

The only pro he’s been with at a table is Harry Dimitrieu. He was short, and Aaron busted him! The board was A96 after a 4 way limped pot. Aaron was on the button with A9. Dimitrieu had A6.

The other big hand that had just occurred when we talked was with “the biggest donkey at the table!” Aaron lost half of his stack with JJ. The donkey had been playing horrible the whole time. The previous hand he had opened 700 utg (50/100 blinds). So this hand comes and again he opens with 750 utg. It folds to Aaron in the big blind. They have about $4400 in chips. Aaron says he thinks he misplayed the hand here because he just should have shoved knowing what a donkey this guy was...but instead Aaron called. The flop comes 964 with two spades. Aaron checks...with an immediate check behind. At this point, Aaron figures he has AK or something. The turn brings the 5 of spades. There’s about $1500 in the pot, and Aaron bets $1000. The donkey instantly shoves all in. Aaron thinks and thinks and finally folds. The donk shows 99 for top set. Aaron seemed pretty happy he got away from it without totally busting.

The only other interesting hand he mentioned was when Aaron had pocket tens against a “tight, old guy in the big blind.” It folds to Aaron who made it 300...the old guy reraises to $1100. Both stacks are about $1900. Aaron ended up winning the pot...but the message Aaron left me was running out of time, so that’s all he said about this hand!

Jalex busted early. I’ll post more next time I hear from Aaron! I hope I didn’t mess this up too much! :)

Update #2

3:20 Vegas time...Aaron busted! :(

An aggressive guy who earlier called a 3 bet putting 2/3 of his stack in preflop with J10 off suit to make trips and bust another guy...opens in late position with $800 (100/200 blinds). Aaron goes all in $3000 more with AJ suited. The other guy thinks forever and calls with JJ. Flop misses Aaron completely, and he's out. Aaron feels like he played the hand alright, but it's unfortunate to run into the top of his range.

Update #3:

Ok this is Aaron again, I'm impressed she did the updates perfectly ;-)

My voicemail message cut out on the TT hand. this tight older guy who was playing fairly aggressively but only showed down strong hands 3bet me to 1100. I had 4600 and he had 1900 or so. I folded this hand, but in retrospect I think I should have juts got it in preflop, mostly because i don't feel like he would have raised "so much" with a stronger hand. I played it safe and folded.

I've been running my final hand through my head since it happened, and I think it was a fine play against the player in question. The blinds were going up in the next 5 minutes too, so even though I had about 19 blinds effective, I don't hate my 3bet shove against him because I had seen him open (and subsequently call) very very light in the past. Just sucks I got my money in bad on the final hand. Only question I have left is where was my "lol donkaments" suckout???

Plan for the rest of the night is to meet up with jkrantz later, then head to bellagio or ceasers to play in the 5/10nl games. Last night the game I was in at ceasars was AMAZING... i wish i could have stayed longer. The game def plays a lot deeper than online, which is fun. The best part about live games in vegas is that $100 bills play, which definitely adds some interesting psychology and just adds to the fun of winning a big pot.

If I can make a couple grand tonight in the cash games, I might go ahead and buy into Event #19 on Monday, $2500 NL tournament. I had a good time playing in the tournament today, and to be completely honest, the first hand I open raised had my blood pumping a little bit. haha i hate to admit that...but it was exciting. After the ice was broken though, it was back to business as usual.

So far I'm up a little in the cash games, but nothing to write home about. Hopefully I'll change that tonight.

Aaron