I have completed a comprehensive review of the 2010 WSOP and developed an graphic outline of the schedule that includes all events and all schedled sattelites.
The PDF file can be downloaded here 2010 WSOP Schedule
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Playing Poker with my Brother
For me poker is more than a hobby. Almost every waking moment that I am not working, eating or sleeping either playing poker, watching poker on TV, reading about poker, and yes even when I am sleeping I dream about poker.
For the past few months I have been dabbling into the realm of teaching poker, specifically teaching my brother Kyle how to play tournament no limit Hold’em. He has been doing pretty well on the donk-fest that passes itself off as poker on FaceBook.
Yesterday was the first test of my teaching ability as Kyle and family came to town to celebrate the New Year with us. This would be his first ever live tournament and his first tournament with real money on the line (all be it was only $55, still...). I must say he did my proud. We played in the 10am tournament at the M Resort Casino. There were 36 entries and to make a long poker story short, we both made the final table. Kyle went out in 9th when his must shove move with K 2 (with an M of 1.5) was trumped by the UTG (and am M of approx 5) that had K J. I followed shortly finishing in 7th when I shoved (with an M of 2) with 8 8 and was called by the BB who had J 8. It was looking pretty good for me (66.9% vs. 33.1% pre-flop) but alas there was a Jack on the flop and the case 8 was nowhere to be found.
I was extremely pleased with Kyle's play. We specifically asked to be set at separate tables to start and on his first hand he (claims) had A A. We had specifically talked about what he should do if he had A A on the very first hand. He said he would fold it, I said if he had A A even on the first hand he should raise, re-raise, and re-re-raise until he couldn't raise anymore and if he couldn't he should seriously consider not playing. Well he did the right thing. He raised and everyone folded. He also had the distinction of be the first person to knock someone out of the tournament.
Before the second break I had gotten extremely lucky when with only $1800 left on the BB. The guy in the hijack position raised to $1500, the Button called the small blind folded and I looked down to K K. I pushed and both players made the extra $300 call. There was a K on the flop and I coasted into a triple up
By the time the second the second break came both of us were getting short. I had 12 BB, Kyle had 6 BB. It was time for some short stack strategy coaching and Kyle did it perfectly. When we dropped to 2 tables they randomly put Kyle on my immediate right. And what happened should have been predicted. Kyle moved all in, I look down at A 8. With less than 10 BB any Ace is pretty much a shove, unless someone has already raised before me. It was time to see if the teacher would take his own advice. I didn't. Since I was in the BB and had money out there I pushed as well. Kyle turned over A 9! DOMINATED!!! The student was going to take out the teacher in his very first tournament. However I got lucky again, the board paired twice and we ended up splitting the pot. Two or three hands later we condensed to the final table.
So the teaching thing... I have already completed a curriculum outline, and book list and a study guide. I have taken on a new student as well. When they are ready for me to say who it is I will but in the mean time their identity will remain safely anonymous.
2010 is going to be the year of Poker for me with much more poker coming. The Bellagio\WPT Championship is coming up, the 2010 WSOP schedule has been announced and I am hoping to play in 3 - 6 events depending on my satellite results, and after yesterday's tournament I think the competition at the M is pretty soft.
If you are interested in a graphic 2010 WSOP schedule, I have built a spreadsheet that outlines all of the events, and scheduled satellites for the entire tournament. I would be happy to share it with anyone interested.
Craig
For the past few months I have been dabbling into the realm of teaching poker, specifically teaching my brother Kyle how to play tournament no limit Hold’em. He has been doing pretty well on the donk-fest that passes itself off as poker on FaceBook.
Yesterday was the first test of my teaching ability as Kyle and family came to town to celebrate the New Year with us. This would be his first ever live tournament and his first tournament with real money on the line (all be it was only $55, still...). I must say he did my proud. We played in the 10am tournament at the M Resort Casino. There were 36 entries and to make a long poker story short, we both made the final table. Kyle went out in 9th when his must shove move with K 2 (with an M of 1.5) was trumped by the UTG (and am M of approx 5) that had K J. I followed shortly finishing in 7th when I shoved (with an M of 2) with 8 8 and was called by the BB who had J 8. It was looking pretty good for me (66.9% vs. 33.1% pre-flop) but alas there was a Jack on the flop and the case 8 was nowhere to be found.
I was extremely pleased with Kyle's play. We specifically asked to be set at separate tables to start and on his first hand he (claims) had A A. We had specifically talked about what he should do if he had A A on the very first hand. He said he would fold it, I said if he had A A even on the first hand he should raise, re-raise, and re-re-raise until he couldn't raise anymore and if he couldn't he should seriously consider not playing. Well he did the right thing. He raised and everyone folded. He also had the distinction of be the first person to knock someone out of the tournament.
Before the second break I had gotten extremely lucky when with only $1800 left on the BB. The guy in the hijack position raised to $1500, the Button called the small blind folded and I looked down to K K. I pushed and both players made the extra $300 call. There was a K on the flop and I coasted into a triple up
By the time the second the second break came both of us were getting short. I had 12 BB, Kyle had 6 BB. It was time for some short stack strategy coaching and Kyle did it perfectly. When we dropped to 2 tables they randomly put Kyle on my immediate right. And what happened should have been predicted. Kyle moved all in, I look down at A 8. With less than 10 BB any Ace is pretty much a shove, unless someone has already raised before me. It was time to see if the teacher would take his own advice. I didn't. Since I was in the BB and had money out there I pushed as well. Kyle turned over A 9! DOMINATED!!! The student was going to take out the teacher in his very first tournament. However I got lucky again, the board paired twice and we ended up splitting the pot. Two or three hands later we condensed to the final table.
So the teaching thing... I have already completed a curriculum outline, and book list and a study guide. I have taken on a new student as well. When they are ready for me to say who it is I will but in the mean time their identity will remain safely anonymous.
2010 is going to be the year of Poker for me with much more poker coming. The Bellagio\WPT Championship is coming up, the 2010 WSOP schedule has been announced and I am hoping to play in 3 - 6 events depending on my satellite results, and after yesterday's tournament I think the competition at the M is pretty soft.
If you are interested in a graphic 2010 WSOP schedule, I have built a spreadsheet that outlines all of the events, and scheduled satellites for the entire tournament. I would be happy to share it with anyone interested.
Craig
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Back to playing poker
So the move is essenstially complete (but don't look at my office quite yet). Heather has been back visiting her family for the past four days and that gave me some time to get back to the felt.
I must admit that becuase I have not played poker in Vegas for over a year that I was a bit nervous. Not sure why, I took 3rd in my first try, 8th on my second (got unlucky when my AKs went up against a super agressive all in all the time bettor who had A3os. She spiked a 3 on the flop and I hit the rail)
I played at the newest casino in Las Vegas, The M. Nice big room, staff was friendly and knowledgeable about the game, and the players were decent as well. The M is 6 miles from out house, and the Golden Nuggett is about 17 miles from the house so while I still love the Nug, 20 less miles of driving is quite a bit, especially in Las Vegas traffic.
Anyway, glad to be back playing poker more regularly so I will update the blog more often. You can also follow my standing in tournament on Twitter, @vegasdrummond
C
I must admit that becuase I have not played poker in Vegas for over a year that I was a bit nervous. Not sure why, I took 3rd in my first try, 8th on my second (got unlucky when my AKs went up against a super agressive all in all the time bettor who had A3os. She spiked a 3 on the flop and I hit the rail)
I played at the newest casino in Las Vegas, The M. Nice big room, staff was friendly and knowledgeable about the game, and the players were decent as well. The M is 6 miles from out house, and the Golden Nuggett is about 17 miles from the house so while I still love the Nug, 20 less miles of driving is quite a bit, especially in Las Vegas traffic.
Anyway, glad to be back playing poker more regularly so I will update the blog more often. You can also follow my standing in tournament on Twitter, @vegasdrummond
C
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Poker Discussion Group
I don't know about the rest of you but I really don't like the poker forums that are out there.
You can post a question and all you get is 10,000 flaming replies when what you need is advice on how to play K J Suited from late position. Half saying how stupid you are for playing K J in the first place and the other half criticizing how you decided to play it (didn't raise enough, raised too much, called after an Ace hit the flop, folded when you had middle or low pair), lots of criticism, but not much help. When it is all said and done you get a headache but no help in learning how to play K J Suited from late position.
So by request only, I am going to convert my blog into a pseudo discussion forum. For a maximum of 100 people I will grant publish permissions so that you can enter your own posts. Questions about hands, bad beat stories, where to play and how to get the most out of your poker budget.
There will be some rules. No Advertisements. No Cheating (Especially No Collusion), I don't want anything to do with anyone who cheats at cards. No flaming. If you flame someone you will be out.
To request an invite send me an email to crazyvegasnights@gmail.com. I will add you as an author (just so you know you will need to create a google account to be able to log in and post) and we can open a dialog about all things poker and in the process maybe we can all become better, poker players.
Craig
You can post a question and all you get is 10,000 flaming replies when what you need is advice on how to play K J Suited from late position. Half saying how stupid you are for playing K J in the first place and the other half criticizing how you decided to play it (didn't raise enough, raised too much, called after an Ace hit the flop, folded when you had middle or low pair), lots of criticism, but not much help. When it is all said and done you get a headache but no help in learning how to play K J Suited from late position.
So by request only, I am going to convert my blog into a pseudo discussion forum. For a maximum of 100 people I will grant publish permissions so that you can enter your own posts. Questions about hands, bad beat stories, where to play and how to get the most out of your poker budget.
There will be some rules. No Advertisements. No Cheating (Especially No Collusion), I don't want anything to do with anyone who cheats at cards. No flaming. If you flame someone you will be out.
To request an invite send me an email to crazyvegasnights@gmail.com. I will add you as an author (just so you know you will need to create a google account to be able to log in and post) and we can open a dialog about all things poker and in the process maybe we can all become better, poker players.
Craig
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