one-shot opportunity everything you ever worn
that's life that's what all the people say you're
riding high and April shut down in May but I know I'm gonna change that tune
when I'm back on top back on top in June I said that life
and as funny as it may seem some people get their kicks stop in on a
dream but I don't let it let it get me down
cause this final world it keeps spinning around I've been a puppet a pauper a
pirate a poet a pawn and a king I've been up and down and over and out and I
know one each time I find myself flat on my face
I pick myself up and get back in the race that's life I tell you I can't deny
it I thought a quittin baby but my heart
just ain't gonna buy it and if I didn't think it was worth one single tried I
jump right on a big bird and then I'd fly I've been a puppet a pauper a pirate
a poet a pawn and a king I've been up down and over and out and I know one
thing
the Bellagio five diamond World Poker Tour $10,000 main event come fly with me
let's find that's why last year this event got over 800 people giving out 1.9
million dollars to first place this year we're in it there's no reason we can't
win let's stay positive I'll stay in the zone let's ride this heater let's bag a
big stack on date one if you can use some exotic foods there's a bar and far
Bombay
come fly with me let's fly let's fly away with blinds as 100/100 action folds
to one of the softer spots at the table and older Caucasian recreational it
makes it 300 I'm in the big blind with nine ten of diamonds good 3bet but for
four hundred blinds deep let's see a flop flop comes eight seven three one
diamond very good plot for my completing range in the big blind I check he bets
six hundred standard would probably be to call with our big draw and overs but
we want to take the aggressive route and really rep this board get him to fold
out his over cards Andy sighs so I make it two thousand and he eventually puts
in the call so I'm not putting anything too strong maybe eight X slight chance
of an over pair that's scared of two pair or a set the turn brings a three
definitely not the best card for me doesn't change much with the board but
I'm gonna continue to rep my story and bet 2500 he thinks for almost a minute
and puts in the call I don't think he has a draw I think hasn't made hand
maybe Jack's Plus so unless we improve on the river I don't think we're gonna
continue with the bluff the river is a jack let's hope he doesn't have pocket
jacks I size up to 7,000 he goes deep in the
tank I tell myself if he raises I'm gonna
fold as gross as that may be but he puts in the call we show our straight and we
win two hours in first break we have 50,000 ships from our 40,000 starting
stack things are going great there are some tough opponents on my left
Tony Gargano mana closer and Alex box and Manik had already busted
- Alex Fox and Kings furs ESA's a pretty tough table overall so we're gonna play
tight aggressive ABC poker two hours at a time
you just put blinds at 200 300 300 a few minutes before break
Alex Fox and it's directly across from me in the nine see time in the six seat
he's been very aggressive and staring at everyone in a very uncomfortable serial
killer type of stare I raised Jack nine of clubs in the low Jack to 800 folds
him on the button and he asked to see my chips
you should know damn well I have around 50,000 ships usually when people do this
it's because they have a hand that they don't want to have to call a show up
with and they got to see you know what I'm working with so he makes it 2,600
folds back to me jack 9 of clubs not the greatest sponsor this flat call
pre doesn't feel very fun folding three based on this Reed and his general
aggressiveness we're gonna go for the four bet I've not for bed yet so let's
do it let's get that range advantage 8,000
chips is the bet eighty folds we're now on second break going to 200 400 400
with about 55,000 chips nice steady jet once I get you up there I'll be holding
with blinds at 200 400 400 action falls to the low Jack Martin is Imani Bend
zoom Andy's brother opens to 1000 I'm next to act with Queen 10 of clubs and
50,000 chips I could 3bet but I think the better play
is to flat call we put in the call action folds to Alex Fox and in the big
blind and he is gonna call almost any two o'clock comes 9 8 5 with the 9 8 of
clubs we got a straight flush draw action checks around immediate and I got
a decision to make do I put in the bed and risk being check
raised by Fox in in the big blind he's got a better range for this board
texture but I got a monster draw I'm gonna play a little stinky I put in the
check this hurt is an 8 paring the board definitely not a great card for me
although I would check back for some eats eight seven eight six suited to
hands like that Fox and checks Jumaane bets 2,300
we got position we can rep some stuff on the river depending on what happens or
we might just get there with a jack or a club Queen might be good I put in the
call Fox and folds the river is a Queen of Hearts the zoom Ani bets a 5500
what's here Evan pocket nines ace Queen I don't know but as play it I don't
think we can find the fold I call and he shows East King of clubs
we both lock the flush draw unlucky the Jack of Clubs didn't peel off at any
point especially the turn or I would have stacked him but we take down a nice
pot ed we're now up to 60,000 chips
our stack fluctuates ever so slightly with every hand we play the table is
very tough only one recreational and eight pros I guess that's what happens
in Bellagio 10 case but we're to stay focused and play our hands to the best
of our ability hopefully we bagged and tagged and we
have bagged 56,000 chips from a 40k starting stack not bad at all
considering our table draw and card distribution we're coming back strong
for day two let's see who's at our table