WSOP Day 6 - Jon Kalmar

WSOP Day 6 - Jon Kalmar

Tomorrow will be my 1st 2009 WSOP event, the $1500 Pot Limit – Event 20. To not make the same mistake as last time, I decided I will definitely just play the Bellagio $1000 today. I’m not getting stuck in a 2 day event again. On my table were Karl and Sunny from the Hit Squad along with Joe Grech.

I never really got into things. Hit a full house and got my stack up to 15k from 10k but I could tell this would not be my day. With the blinds at 200/400 Sunny raises to 1200 and gets one caller, I have AQ on the big blind and elect to re-raise to 3600. Sunny re-re-raises me back another 6k. I think about gambling but lay it down anyway. A few hands later I pick up A 10 in the cut off, one guy limps and I raise to 1200. Sunny re-pops me again. Sod it! I’m all in. Marginal I know but I needed to gamble sooner or later. Sunny flips JJ and no ace comes to my rescue.

With a slight hangover and my back giving me some severe gip I was not overly disappointed to return to my hotel room for a movie and a lie down. I didn’t want to play cash today, not after the way my cash game was running. Best not to be playing a big event harbouring thoughts from the previous day’s session.

After a few hours and a Chinese for dinner I go to the satellite room for a $500 SNG satellite. With only 2000 chips there is not much room for error. With 5 left I have 4500 and the blinds are on 150/300. I raise with A 8 of hearts. The old guy who hit everything early on re-raises to 1800 and he has me covered. With only 1 prize in these you have to gamble at times. I call and the flop comes queen high with 2 hearts. Not bad! I move all in and he calls flipping his pocket queens for top set, oh dear. However a 4 of hearts on the turn gave me the nuts, wahooooooo! Though a 4 of spades on the river gave him Queens full of fours.

It’s a game of mixed emotions……