Main Event: Day Four

Today was an abbreviated day at the Main Event. The past few days we had been playing five full levels. Today, they announced we'd only play four levels, but midway through the fourth level they sort of abrubtly declared the day was over. I'm not complaining though... extra sleep will be nice.

There are 189 players remaining. I have 556,000 chips. Blinds will be 5,000/10,000/1,000 for another 40 minutes tomorrow. Average is 725k.

For the first time all tournament, I played at the same table for the entire day. I'm not sure if I should regard that as a good thing or a bad thing. The table seemed to be mostly full of good players, but that might be the case at all tables by this point for all I know.

Ray Henson started our table with the chiplead. I busted him in the first level. Three times in the first ten hands at the table, I re-raised him preflop, the last two of which he called and folded to my flop bet. After sort of getting desimated by the table, he opened from the CO and I called with AJo from the BB. The flop was J74. I checked, he bet 14k, I raised to 40k, and he moved all-in. When he shoved, I actually thought it was pretty likely he had QQ+. It was only 75k more to call, so I did. I was pleasantly surprised to see 76o and fortunate enough that it held.

Another big pot took place during 4k/8k. Owen Crowe (ocrowe online) made it 24,000 in early position. Two players called and I came along with 66 in the CO. Two more players called as well meaning the pot ballooned to 175k before the flop. A 6 in the door was one of the prettiest things I've seen in my life. The other two cards were a King and a Four with two hearts. Owen led out for 55k, it folded to me, and I moved all-in for 410k total. I think if I raised to 150k (or something), Owen is savvy enough to realize I almost always have a set there. I was hoping that a shove looked like a semi-bluff with a flush draw. Regardless, he wound up folding, but that pot alone beefed up my stack considerably.

I won a few other small pots and lost a few other small pots. Nothing too significant to write about. I'm pretty sure I didn't turn over my cards once the whole day (aside from the Henson all-in), which is cool. What else is cool is that I am still yet to be all-in, called, and covered in this event. Admittedly, I'll be pretty lucky to be able to say that this time tomorrow.

I'm expecting a call around 11:00 a.m. from Poker Royalty regarding a sponsorship from either Stars or Full Tilt. Frankly, I think they're going to try to pin me down into some type of a deal where if I make the final table, I have to wear their stuff. I'm really not interested in that. If I'm lucky enough to make the final table, the four month wait would be ideal for selling off every square inch of my body to advertisers like Nascar drivers do!

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