Spencer Lawrence

• Hj makes it 300 i cc ajo co. Flop q87r. I float 700 cbet and take it away on t turn. 5k #wsop #
• Remembering why i play so little nl in this country. Developing warm fuzzy homicidal feelings for the inane gabble of douche on left #
• 4800 break. Table full of ave int kids. Not exactly what im looking for at a live tourn esp 1500 turning up 40 mins late was fine #wsop 54 #
• Open aq s ep 400 douche cc and bb call. Flop 245r. We check and douche bets 1100. I ship 4 4200 more. He calls i hold. He crys. 12k #
• Douche had 76o and is now crippled. Sweet. Guy from aj float confirmed he had ak. #wsop #
• 400 aq clubs ep. Mp cc. Flop a96 two clubs. I lead 600. Turn off t. I xr all in. He has at. River ace. Down to 6600 #wsop #
• Didnt realise the ultralag kid was docsands so shipped on his open q8o last hand b4 break. Hes prob 2good 2 raise fold 16bb stack. #
• Its close tho. He had ak and held. 2800and antes after brk so could b over quick. Play is bad and i drew one of tougher tables #
• Out. Shove kj hj 3100 and run into kk #

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33rd/4203 $1850

Must learn to flip better when deep in majors.   Busted Million on pre-bubble and didn’t enter anything else.   Will play the $1500 NL WSOP 2morro as it fits my sleep schedule better – got up at 10am for the warmup.

Remembered the moment during the LHE shootout hu where I realised a bracelet was unlikely to be forthcoming this year.  I have AA and 3bet from bb – dan calls, he calls on random board and then looks about to raise the turn when the waitress brings him his drink.  After fiddling for a $ and taking his cup he shrugs and says he should probably fold now.

Had a recovery day today as although I wasn’t feeling particularly down after the HU loss in the 1st rd of the $1500 LHE shootout (natural swings don’t really affect me anymore) I was physically exhausted.  My plan to be in better shape for this year’s WSOP didn’t come to fruition and even my “light” schedule is taxing.  At least I can rest assured in the knowledge that my current health decline cannot continue unabated or next year I’m more likely to be in a body bag than attending the series in any capacity.

So in the spirit of healthy(-er) eating, tonight was spent at shibuya – a restaurant everyone attending vegas should visit (if u really can’t stand sushi book the grill).  Feeling rested and good.  Tomorrow will probably be spent playing a limited sunday schedule while I try to decide whether to play the $1500 NL as planned on monday or the $2500 limit triple draw.

Everyone tells me how soft the $1500 NLs are, and I kinda want to get in on the value.  The flip side of that is that NL is extremely boring as a tournament game and locking myself into 3 solid days of it before the ME is almost begging for burnout.  Deuce will be FUN.  However my experience is limited.  I’m probably +ev by some way, and I will almost certainly destroy the early stages against weak competition.  But I may be overestimating my edge against more skilled opposition – especially shorthanded.  Late in a tournament is when most of the equity is decided so if you don’t handle that part well you’re burning money.  I’m completely torn on what to play.

• Day off. Recovery via mercury od at shibuya. Fav restaurant in vegas and enough2tempt me in2 the overpopulated hell that is sat night #

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• 6 seated at table so far. Quiet lion only face i know. Looks good so far. #wsop #
• Jj liu hit 2 outer on river vs my 2 pr after openin co 62o then calling down btm pr on t86. #wsop #
• 3125 at break. Heimiller also at table open limping like a pro. Hu prob me and cr pro webb tho brodie runnin hot early. #wsop #
• 8k at din. Choppin at small pots, attacking jjs atc lp approach and dans open limps. If swedish kid goes ill b youngert by 20 years #wsop #
• 18k 6 handed flush over flush vs jj #
• 20k 3 handed start.sick variance. Went down 2 3k up to 15k at break. Prob go in2 hu 2-1 down #wsop #
• Out 2nd. Lost kt vs k8 on t97 and kq vs kt on kj4 hu. #wsop #sigh #

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exhausted going into day 2 of the O8.  Not a fan of plauying till 3:30 because the 5pms never start on time, having to get back to the hotel, wind down befroe sleep etc and then restart at 2pm.  Not having a 12 hr break is bullshit.  Whats worse is for day 2 they say you play till 3am and if the ft isn’t reached u restart at 1pm.

sash looked to be struggling even more than I was, sleeping through his alarm and turning up half hour late.

I only lasted 65 miutes past the restart, but play seemed fairly standard.  In review there’s not much I would do differently.  At least I got a sweet anecdote to tell about Rob Hollink calling over a pokernews guy to bitch about how bad I was for raising on the river with the nut low and a nine high flush.  It obv has to be bad cos we got quartered.  Results oriented anlysis FTW.  I gave him the  benefit of the doubt last year when he sucked out on me hard with 3 tables left of the $10k LHE to leave me crippled and him with a chip lead he went on to win with, but these old live “pro” monkeys are tilting.

took a day  off today, chilling, drinking, meeting a ton of new people so I’m fresh for tomorrow’s LHE shootout.  Improving onlast year’s 6th would rock.

• #wsop 13900 end day 1. Disappointing but fine #
• Upset hollink raising nut low 9 hi flush low on river and we got quartered vs nut flush. So funny he thinks its bad #wsop #wsop46 #
• Out. Down 2 4k up to 15 down 2 3k and then done on bb. Sigh #

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• Table 228 just heard sash is in and on way. Dont see ace #
• Half lvl 1 mission accomplished. Table thinks im crazy with evry hand gohng thru me. Down to 4400 tho #
• Call down with one pr 6 jack kicker table goes nuts. Its obv good. Im still playhng 70-60 but running better and table scared now. 8200 #
• 85 at break. 0 for 3 on suited aces #
• 11600 raised kqj9 7 way from bb. Turned boat. Getting played back at hard from ftp pro i dont know now #
• 11600 raised kqj9 7 way from bb. Turned boat. Getting played back at hard from ftp pro i dont know now #wsop46 #wsop #
• 14725 at dinner #
• 14725 at dinner #wsop #wsop46 #
• Asian kid seat 5 crampin my action raisin most hands b4 it gets to me and playing well. 13k and decision time on how 2 react #
• 13.6k last break. Missed wrap 4 15k pot scoop #
• Down to 6k 15 min left. #

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After getting crippled on the pre-bubble I was expecting to bubble hard.  SLOPPYKLOD had a good pre-bubble and made it clear with a stud float that I wasn’t getting chips without showing down a hand.   I was all-in on the bubble (at the same time as someone on another table) with A24J against 2367 in O8 – unfortunately the board was A554.  My favourite dealer, Sau, gave me an ace river tho for a welcome split and we were in the money.  The consensus was that I would have probably been 41st had I missed tho I didn’t bother checking with the floor.

Strange tournament in that I never got any traction going for long enough to think about the bracelet.  Well, there was a 3 minute period when I snapped off Sorel’s 3 bet with A7o and held for a 55k stack, but fluffing a double suited medium-wrap and double-suited aces back-to-back in the PLO round slowed down those thoughts.

I think I’m happy with the cash all things considered.  It also takes a little financial pressure off going into the O8 and LHE tourneys so I can really go for the bracelets.

Very fun tourney tho – I get bored playing one game for too long and that never happens here.  I can definitely see myself playing mroe deuce in the future, I’m even considering dropping the $1500 NL event to play the $2500 deuce

27th was worth $5695 before tip and the 5% I traded.

O8 starts in 90 minutes

All but the last 30 minutes of the day at one table.  It would normally be more frustrating not gaining any traction, but 8 game is just too much fun.

The guy from the J7 vs AJ hand is a canadian called Mark who I think ive played a little at medium O8 online.  He was not a happy camper over that hand, I’m comfortable with it tho.  He opened Q9 in LHE and I 3 bet JhJx.  Flop Q62 with 2 hearts.  Check check.  Turn offfsuit K.  River off 8.  I put in thin value bets both times and he just check calls.  Marginal but I have just enough back to squeeze it out I think.

The fun continued in the O8 round.  He’d still open raising 60% of pots folded to him (which was part of why I couldnt stop laughing at his disgusted reaction to my J7s overcall).  sklanksy just fails to make it back to his seat in time and we have a dead BB.  Mark opens HJ and I look down at Q7hh54.  I 3 bet from co.  He calls after the others fold.  Flop Ah Th 8h.  He bets. I call ( I should probably raise)  Turn 2x and river 3x.  He check calls both streets and is set off again when I declare nut low and Q hi flush.

Looking forward to play resuming tomorrow, I’m a little behind the 21k average but still very much in it.  If I can run good early the bubble play is gonna be a lot of fun.  The only slightly annoying thing is feeling a little constricted during the NL and PLO levels just because busting there would feel so dumb considering the edge in the other games.

Sasha finished on 19k, I was in time to see him lose a big final deuce pot of the day rough 87 vs smooth 87.

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