Survived “Table of Death” With 92K in Chips
It was a grueling day at what even PokerNews called the "Table of Death." Except for the guy on my right, I probably had the worst seat at the table, too, with Luca Pagano on my immediate left and Isaac Baron to his left.
"As tables break, the field is being pared down and much of the dead weight is being eliminated. As the players get shuffled around, a few challenging tables have started coming together. Table 29 is certainly a candidate for toughest table in the tournament, probably the clear leader in that regard. Tom Schneider is the most-recent addition to the neighborhood, but the table was stacked before he ever moved in. Just look at this:
Seat 1: Shane Warne
Seat 3: Ludovic Lacay
Seat 5: Andrew Brokos
Seat 6: Luca Pagano
Seat 7: Isaac Baron
Seat 8: Grant Levy
Seat 9: Tom Schneider
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There were a few other decent to good tourney players, too, and the soft spots were mostly just too tight, not spewing off chips. I didn't feel like I played very well in the first few hours, but I got a second chance when I picked up AA on a very short stack and tripled up.
I feel like I adapted pretty well to a tough situation after that and managed to keep growing two steps forward, one step back for the rest of the day. Mostly I am very glad it's over and I have a few days to recover. We play again on Friday and then every day thereafter.