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Joker161:
And another four levels! I had a good chipping up spell and got as high as 260k. In one hand it got folded to me in the SB and I won an all-in with the BB (I"ve totally forgotten the hand!). But then I lost quite a few chips when I got it all-in against a short stack with JJ and he had AK. Flop was T98, which was handy, not that I needed a straight draw. Turn a king. Boo! Since then I"ve been ducking and diving and am now on about 155k but the average is 250k with 13 left. I have $980 locked (plus $600 in bounties). It"s now approaching midnight. Only 15 minute breaks with no dinner break. Pretty brutal. It will probably be another three hours.
Joker161:
Since I last wrote we are now at the final table and on a break with five left. I"ve now locked up $3,900 plus $800 in bounties. This is now a bigger cash that the Golden Nugget Main event! Highlights of the last two hours was having kings and getting a call from AJ and knocking two out on the final table and so getting another two bounties. One of them was the bloke from the Q7 hand MUCH earlier. He"s a good player but a bit mad. He somehow managed to get very short but rather than shove his stack in with anything he decided to call my raise, which was a bit odd. I had AT and he had A5, ten on the flop. I also knocked out a woman who was short and went all-in but she only had 70k left and I was in the BB which is now 24k. What with all the antes I have to call with any two really. I have K9, she has A2 and I hit a king. So I was up to half a million for the first time but then the last hand before the break the massive stack to my immediate right raises to 55k from the SB, I have 88 and make it 150k. He calls. Flop is Q43. He bets another 150k. I"m close to pushing, but he seems pretty confident so let it go. He tells me afterwards that he had QT. Would he have folded an all-in pre? He says he"s not sure. Hmm. So almost there. It"s 2.10am here and we"re been going since 12 noon. Battered.
Joker161:
Final instalment, and it"s a good one. Pretty soon after the re-start, I decide to go all in on the button with KQ. The bloke to my left, who had been the massive chip leader but was now one of the short stacks, goes all in too (although I cover him), then the French bloke in the BB calls (he has me covered). Oh dear. Small stack has AJ and the French bloke has AK. Massive oops! I don"t remember the exact cards, but the flop misses us all, then the turn is paint! But a king, but then I notice that it"s a club, as are two of the flop cards. and that my queen is a club and the other don"t have any. "Club" I shout, rather pointlessly, and then BOOM, there it is (no idea which one!). So I knock out the short stack (another bounty!) and double up through the French bloke! I"m now on nearly a million chips! Pretty soon after that the big stack to my right takes out the medium stack to his right and there"s only three of us left! I said to the big stack, "you"ve just made me two grand!" The French bloke is obviously a bit pissed off at that had and starts going all in a lot. It"s quite effective and he gets back up to about 700k and my chips have dwindled to something similar. Then I play a very lairy hand with the chip leader. French bloke folds, big stack in the SB just calls and we take a flop. I have 94. Flop is Q32. He bets and I call, hoping to float. Turn is an ace. He bets again, about 70k, I think. I make to 250k. He eventually folds and I show the bluff. That was a useful hand because not long after that the three of us decide to do a deal and it was based on chip count. After that hand I was up to 935k, the French bloke on something similar and the big stack on about 1.7mn. So the chip leader takes 13k and the French bloke and I take 10k each. Plus we get to keep our own bounty, so that"s another grand (I"m up to ten bounties now). Then, when I go to the cashier, she seems to think that it should add up to $11,300. I just smile and let her get on with it. I think the Venetian can afford it! So I"m back in the hotel room now at 4am trying to work out what the hell happened today! I"ve now got over $16k in cash on me - is that a problem at Customs?
Big Club:
Awesome results for the trip Joe... Congrats!
Scousebill:
I think over 10K is the starting point for having to declare cash....
Well played Joe.... A very long session well rewarded.....
Found this.....
FinCEN105 form, http://www.fincen.gov/fin105_cmir.pdf
It says in the bumpf that not declaring amouts over $10,000 may result in it"s confiscation....
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