For the last day or so, the rumor was that day 1 of the $1500 event (Saturday) would be sold out, as every online pro picked it over playing live on Sunday. That turned out not to be true, as I was able to register 90 minutes before the start (props to the Rio - this year, everything seems to be well organized for a change.) Unfortunately, I lasted all of 90 minutes or so in the event, but I actually feel like every bustout should be like this one - very quick, with every hand basically completely standard. I played a couple of pots where I overlimp/called and open raised about 5-6 other hands, but only won 1 total pot the entire time; every hand I played wound up 3 handed to the flop and I simply only ever paired up once.

The bustout hand was the only remotely interesting decision; with about 1700 behind at 50/100, I raised KK in EP and got called by a pretty loose/bad middle aged Asian player on the button. The flop came down AJT; rather than bet out (never folding out an ace in a million years) or check/shoving (eh...nah, he's never folding either) I check/called a pretty standard 2/3 pot bet that basically told me he had some kind of hand, then decided I may as well induce a bluff again and check/called the last 1K all in on an A turn vs. what turned out to be A6. Not getting there on the river kinda sucked, but oh well, standard.

It appears almost everybody else is also busto already (that's what happens when you start with 60 BB/it turns to 15 BB 2 hours in), but Vivek is still in during hand for hand in the 10K pot limit event. Hopefully, he can win this thing and unbusto WC; even if he just manages to FT it, it looks like we're set for a while.

Tomorrow's Sunday, i.e. playing online day; I might also sit out Monday because neither the 1500 PLHE or the 5K mixed NL/limit donkament particularly appeal to me (I may just grind sats), but there's a 1500 6 max on Tuesday that I definitely want to go for. That'll probably be my next event and my next update here, unless, that is, Vivek wins the whole thing.

PS: Vivek's haircut makes my occasional 'too lazy to go one block' 3 month old Jewfro look seem totally hot, imo.

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