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Joker161:
There is late entry until the end of Level 6. 20 minutes before the end of the level this bloke shows up and I assume I should know who he is because the whole table is congratulating him on a final table, and a second place, etc. Anyway, he's all in within three hands and comes fourth in a massive hand. The bloke who's just joined the table hits the river and wins two bounties! Just before the break, I get KK74s. There's a min raise, and I make it 2500. The min raiser calls. Flop is KJ5. I bet 5k and he calls. The turn is an ace and he pots for 15k. He's quite loose and could just be drawing, but he could have raised with aces. There's the straight too. I decide I'll have a better spot later. I show the kings and he looks surprised. Hmm. I end the Level on about 26k. So far there are 808 entries and only 225 left!

Joker161:
Levels 7 and 8.

I'm in the BB and it gets folded all the way to a new bloke on my left in the SB. He calls and we see a flop. I have bottom two pair and an inside straight draw. He bets the minimum, 500, and I raise to 1500. He pots for 5k. Hmm. Should have taken the card for 500. Next, there's a call, then a short stack makes it 2k. I have AKK5 and so pot it for 7200. Sadly, he folds. No bounty for me! He then loses his bounty a few hands later. Then the big hand. Two callers, and I have KK43s on the button. I pot for 3200 and get three callers! The flop has an ace and two clubs, my suit. I bet out 10k and get two callers. The turn is the Jack of spades. First bloke checks, and the second pots. There's about 45k in the pot and I have less than 10k back. I decide to there's just too much in there. I call and miss. He has a straight.  All good fun and a shame it's over. At least I might get to bed at a reasonable hour for the 7am England match. And I've got $1000 in bounties!

pables:
Great blogging Joe
Just unfortunate with timing issues but Omaha is always a ballsy
Positional game where letting go is just as important as
pulling the trigger
Great read interesting lay down with kk would love to have seen that one out
Run better
Ian x

Joker161:
Saturday 7th July

I wake up at 4am. Less than four hours sleep? Of course - I forgot the Melatonin. I try to sleep a bit more but it's difficult given the excitement brewing with the footie. And then the match. A combination of being on my own in a hotel room and the ease of victory led to a slightly subdued feeling. Also, I got a video call from all my mates in the Eagle in Clapham. Perhaps this was not the year to be in Vegas! I missed quite a lot of the 1990 World Cup because I had a job as a driver at Wimbledon. Not great timing. Checking quarter final and semi final dates didn't seem that relevant when I booked; at the time, England were considered to be pretty rubbish.

Joker161:
Good news #2: the $600 at the Venetian today is back in the main poker room. Much nicer. Good news #3: it's a two-day 40 minute blind affair. I had forgotten this fact and thought it was going to be another one day 30 minute job. The plan is to watch Edmund lose to Djokovic, get to the Venetian and have lunch at the Grand Lux before the 1pm start. I'll get back to you later.

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