Tony G. Poker Blog

OK, so my blog updates now are starting to be live when I play.  They are going to be on TV so here I am on TV. 

I’ll be updating you guys every day from the WSOP – just inside the room there is where all of the play’s going down.  I’m actually in the tournament right now, $1,500 PLO with re-buys.  I’m playing in the tournament right now.  I’m getting blinded out, unfortunately.

I’m also in the heads-up, in round four, after having a ding dong battle with Sam Farha, in the first up match.   There was nothing in it – up and down up and down.  Sam had me 3 to 1 chip lead, he had the lead.  I had to pedal back double hard.  Eventually I got him in a trap with A-Q on a flop of A-7-9.  The turn was a 4.  Sam had a 9-8 so he had some outs but I trapped him and we managed to get all the money in.  And BANG!  The river was a nice little blank.  Sam Farha on his bike, back to the Bellagio.

Next up David Williams.  He’s a good friend and straight away he’s telling me I’m his captain - that’s always been ascertained, it’s pretty clear.  So Dave Williams we had a few hands, a few big bluffs and I had to put a few chips in the middle.  But because I’m so relaxed I don’t care, I’m just moving that stack in…so heads up, I’m really dangerous.  And David Williams was pretty easy.  The last hand I needed a bit of luck because I had K-9C against A-K for David and all-in before the flop.  But he was low stacked already and I made the final action so he had to call me and he had to have the hand.  So I don’t mind that play that much and I got lucky, the board came 4-5-6-7-8.  He made a straight.  I had the K-9 and the 9 made me a higher straight.  David Williams, on his bike, he’s back to his apartment.

Next up – I don’t know.  I haven’t checked who I’ll be playing next so I’m going to go in at 2 o’clock where I’ll be playing the Omaha.  I’ll be playing the heads-up, when I have a break at 2, I’ll try to make it quick and be through around 5.

I was going to try to play all three tournaments because there’s the Stud that I was in; the heads-up that I was in, and the Omaha that I’m going into.  So I could have been alive in three tournaments. Unfortunately late last night I busted out of the Stud.

Absolutely hate it!  Hate the structure, it’s such a joke, the whole thing with the limit structures for some of these tournaments, they just can’t fix it.  It’s too hard I guess.  But anyway we plug away and we try to enjoy it so today is a big day, heads up, I’ve got to win three matches more to feel happy and comfortable that I’ve achieved something in this World Series.  It’s not hard to do now.  I want to go out and enjoy myself and play well.

Pot Limit Omaha, I can’t miss it, I love it.  I love the game.  I’m very good at it. It was a bit of bad luck in this event last year when I lost with top set on the flop so I want to do well, I want to be in it, so I think my stack’ll be alive for today and I’ll do well in the heads-up.

Tony G.’s checking out and good luck to everyone.

This entry was posted on Thursday, June 21st, 2007 at 3:00 am and is filed under Tournaments.