Qualifier to The Ultimate Satellite...
I got up at about 4:30am and hit the road about 5:20am. The Nav System is programmed for The Borgata Hotel, Casino, and Spa (As if I dont know my way. lol). I throw on some Biggie and I make it to A.C. in record breaking time. About 2 hours and 37 minutes I belive it was.
I immediately head to The Borgata to register for the Qualifier. Registration stats at 8am. I've alreayd talked to my poker buddy Alex and he is there already and is standing in line to hold me a spot. I dart into The Borgata and valet the whip and then shoot straight for the pokerroom. The line is all the way back to the high limit room. Thank God, Alex is towards the fron of the the line. I go to the desk to get a duplicate My Rewards card and then shoot straight to the front of the line where Alex is and I register.
Registration is complete and the tournament starts at 11am. We have time to burn. Alex is a Black Label My Rewards Card Holder. He invites me to have breakfast. Because the Black Label Club Restaraunt is being redecorated, they allow Black Card holders to dine in the Borgata Buffet for free of charge. So, we go and have a nice breakfast before tourney time. I'm stuffed. Now, I have a very weak stomach. So, I know I'm going to have to do something about the food before start time. So, I handle my business. I play a little video poker to burn some time. I wanted to play some low-limit poker while waiting but they didnt open up any tables. So, I grab a poker magazine, read some, try to do an early check-in, and then prepare for the tourney.
The tourney started just about on time. I had a nice table to start off with. Played there for a few levels and developed one helluva table image. Everybody respected my play after I conducted a few lessons and showed down some very good cards. I thnk I ran my stack of $10,000T up to about 13000 or 14000. Then, they broke my table.
I drew a table where the cards went totally cold for me. I mean, it was like a nightmare. The blinds were getting heavy and it came time for me to make a move. Long story short, I busted out with 14 tables left in the tournament. Unfortunately, the Qualifier only payed 73 seats into the Sunday Ultimate Satellite. So, I blew that one. I really felt bad about that because I was playing some very good cards.
Anyway, I have the urge to avenge my loss. So, Alex and I head over to The Hilton to play there supposedly NO-Rake tournament. We get there and they tell us they have changed the policy and the tournament is now $100+$20. If you ask me. $20 is kind of high for a $100 tournament. But we decide to play anyway.
Tournament starts with 4 tables (about 40 players). I play real good cards as I sit an choose my spots wisely. Before I know it, I'm at the final table. This tourney was very soft when it came to players. A lot of people on vacation and deciding to play since they saw it on tv. Anyway, the first hand after break at the final table, I'm dealt QQ in LP. UTG, raises and it folds to me and I push all-in since my stack is low. He calls. and turns over pocket 8's. Oh hell, Here comes the beat. The flop hits with an 8. No Q on the turn. No Q on the River. Out I go in 10th place. 6 places away from the money.
By now, I'm heated. I go downstairs. I blow $200 in Craps like its nothing. Thats it. No more gambling for the weekend. I decide to just cool off and tell myself to have a good time. Afterall, I am going to the James "Lights Out" Toney vs. Hasim Rahman fight on Saturday night. So, I chill for the rest of the weekend and just relax.
I'll report on the fight in my next post.
-Big Syd
I immediately head to The Borgata to register for the Qualifier. Registration stats at 8am. I've alreayd talked to my poker buddy Alex and he is there already and is standing in line to hold me a spot. I dart into The Borgata and valet the whip and then shoot straight for the pokerroom. The line is all the way back to the high limit room. Thank God, Alex is towards the fron of the the line. I go to the desk to get a duplicate My Rewards card and then shoot straight to the front of the line where Alex is and I register.
Registration is complete and the tournament starts at 11am. We have time to burn. Alex is a Black Label My Rewards Card Holder. He invites me to have breakfast. Because the Black Label Club Restaraunt is being redecorated, they allow Black Card holders to dine in the Borgata Buffet for free of charge. So, we go and have a nice breakfast before tourney time. I'm stuffed. Now, I have a very weak stomach. So, I know I'm going to have to do something about the food before start time. So, I handle my business. I play a little video poker to burn some time. I wanted to play some low-limit poker while waiting but they didnt open up any tables. So, I grab a poker magazine, read some, try to do an early check-in, and then prepare for the tourney.
The tourney started just about on time. I had a nice table to start off with. Played there for a few levels and developed one helluva table image. Everybody respected my play after I conducted a few lessons and showed down some very good cards. I thnk I ran my stack of $10,000T up to about 13000 or 14000. Then, they broke my table.
I drew a table where the cards went totally cold for me. I mean, it was like a nightmare. The blinds were getting heavy and it came time for me to make a move. Long story short, I busted out with 14 tables left in the tournament. Unfortunately, the Qualifier only payed 73 seats into the Sunday Ultimate Satellite. So, I blew that one. I really felt bad about that because I was playing some very good cards.
Anyway, I have the urge to avenge my loss. So, Alex and I head over to The Hilton to play there supposedly NO-Rake tournament. We get there and they tell us they have changed the policy and the tournament is now $100+$20. If you ask me. $20 is kind of high for a $100 tournament. But we decide to play anyway.
Tournament starts with 4 tables (about 40 players). I play real good cards as I sit an choose my spots wisely. Before I know it, I'm at the final table. This tourney was very soft when it came to players. A lot of people on vacation and deciding to play since they saw it on tv. Anyway, the first hand after break at the final table, I'm dealt QQ in LP. UTG, raises and it folds to me and I push all-in since my stack is low. He calls. and turns over pocket 8's. Oh hell, Here comes the beat. The flop hits with an 8. No Q on the turn. No Q on the River. Out I go in 10th place. 6 places away from the money.
By now, I'm heated. I go downstairs. I blow $200 in Craps like its nothing. Thats it. No more gambling for the weekend. I decide to just cool off and tell myself to have a good time. Afterall, I am going to the James "Lights Out" Toney vs. Hasim Rahman fight on Saturday night. So, I chill for the rest of the weekend and just relax.
I'll report on the fight in my next post.
-Big Syd
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