Leaving Cyprus
The 10k WPT event started for me the day after we arrived. I finished the 1st day with a bunch of chips and was in good position to have a decent tournament. But, on day 2 I could get nothing going right as I got my aces cracked early in the day and then received a standard cold deck situation when I raised with AQ on the button and got reraised by the big blind. I elected to see a flop and then went bust on the Q97 flop. The big blind had KK. So with 55 players or so my tournament was ended.
I played some 25-50 plo in the Merit Poker Room, but I quickly saw how dead the game was as I felt that I was the only one in the game willing to put a chip in a pot without the stone nuts. I won a peanut. $1k.
The next day I found a nice Chinese game with Bryan Colin, Mike Matusow, Daniel Aleie, and a guy named Shlomo from Israel. I was able to win about 35k in the game before it ended.
They also had a 300-600 mixed game which I joined. That game was live with opportunity, but I was unable to capitalize and ended a loser for 10k.
A short 5 day excersion in Cyprus and I am now on my way home. I cant wait to sleep in my own bed. One thing I will remember about Cyprus is how much I loved the fruit and the Humus. The watermelon was exceptional. It won’t be the same eating fruit back home.
My sister had a baby today and I am excited to get to see her new baby boy.
Tournament -$10,300
Cash Games -$9,250
Chinese +$38,500
Total for trip: +$19k
September 10th, 2009 at 7:26 am
sounds like an adventure. those long flight / short trips are tough. usually getting home is the best part. gl on your next adventure.