WSOP
Not a lot to say but I am settled in Vegas and getting ready for the grind. I got off to a decent start by mincashing the 1500 PLO today. I cruised through Day 1 yesterday, had a lot of chips early, only got allin once and that was with the nuts (although I had to fade a 15-out river) and finished with 65k which was above average.
Then today fifteen minutes in I played a huge pot against Jason Mercier (treysfull), who crushed the bubble on Day 1 to finish with a big chiplead. The hand was really standard, I had AJT7ds with nut hearts and raised, he defended the BB, I checked behind a Tc5c4h flop planning to raise a lot of turns (any that improved me + was going to bluff clubs). And the turn was my nut card, the Jh. He bet, I raised, we got it in and I lost to his 555. I haven't followed it since I busted but I wouldn't be surprised to see him win, he's a good spewy LAG which is pretty much ideal against this field.
I'm playing the 10k mixed next (Thursday), which is the event I am most looking forward to. Total I'll play ~15, ~5 nlhe, 3 plo, and the rest different mixed games. I will try to post blogs once a week but don't be surprised if I forget.
Tom