Main Event: Day 5

I thought I'd put some closure to the Live from the WSOP blog for this year.

For those of you who haven't read our Forums, I busted out of the Main Event today in 159th place ($41,000).

I had a pretty sick hand where I got Ace-Jack all-in against King-Jack on a Jack-Six-Two board and lost the 1M pot when the guy made a King on the river. The degree to which that hand affected my equity in the tournament is truly disturbing to even think about.

After that, I was down to 120k in chips (10 big blinds). I got it all-in with Ace-Five suited versus Eight-Seven suited. Before the board came out, I said to the table, "what am I, like 25% to win this hand?" Allen Cunningham replied, "you're basically drawing dead." The man knows his stuff. The flop was King-Queen-Seven with the King and Queen giving my opponent a flush draw as well. Good game.

That was the first hand in the entire tournament where I was all-in for my whole stack. I doubt many players made it as further than I did while still being able to say that. Overall, I'm extremely content with how I played. I was very comfortable and confident for the entire tournament.

There is a good chance I'll make it onto one of the ESPN World Series of Poker episodes. The hand I played with the Ace-Jack could make it on there. What's more likely, though, is a hand Tiffany Michele played against Alex Outhred. They got it all-in on a 985 flop. Tiffany had Aces and Alex had pocket Fives. The turn was an Ace giving Tiffany the $1.5M pot. At the time I write this, she now is 3rd in chips in the whole tournament with $3.3M with only 89 players left. I'd say the deeper she makes it in the tournament, the more likely they'll show her two outter on TV. I was sitting right beside Alex Outhred, so I'd say there's a really good chance I'll be on camera for at least a few seconds as a result of that hand.

I'm flying home tomorrow morning. Frankly, I can't wait to leave Vegas. This is a fun city and all, but I'm really not the type of person who can tolerate being here for too long. I've basically spent 30 of the last 45 days in this city, so I've had my fill for the time being.

The WSOP Main Event is shaping up to be an interesting one. Phil Hellmuth, Mike Matusow, and a host of other talented players are still in. As a fan of poker, I can't help but find myself to be rooting for Hellmuth to make the final table. His level of self-absorbtion annoys a lot of people, but personally, I find it incredibly entertaining and downright impressive. There aren't many people in this world who lack shame enough to self-promote so effectively!

Until next year...

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