My friend Dan was still playing today in the tournament, and when we arrived at the Rio today at 1:30 we found the Pot Limit event going on already. I had considered entering this tournament myself, but I haven't played ANY Pot Limit tourneys or cash games so I am not familiar of the nuances of Pot Limit. I didn't think it would be smart to play my first Pot Limit tournament at the WSOP at cost of $1500.
Dan had 21,700 in chips, and we had looked at Cardplayer.com's website and found out that he was in 77th out of the remaining 122 players. The next tier for the payouts to go up was at 108th place, and with Dan having 45 players behind him in chips we thought that should be attainable. The tier after that ended at 82nd place.
Blinds started Day 2 at 1200-2400 with a 300 ante, so at Dan's table, which was 9-handed, each orbit was going to cost 6300 chips. That meant Dan had about 3 rounds of playing time left if he didn't improve his stack. Dan got dealt JJ once, moved all in, and got no callers. Dan also got 3-3 once, but on that hand there was a raise and reraise before it got to him. The board did bring a 3 so that turned out to be a lost opportunity for Dan.
Dan's tournament ended with the following hand:
Dan: Kd Qd
Opponent: A K
Dan's opponent limped, and Dan moved all in with his remaining 13200 in chips. The opponent called and the board did not help Dan at all. Dan ended up making it to 80th place, which earned him $7578. Awesome job!
All in all, a pretty successful trip. Two players, a field of 2776 players (2nd largest in WSOP history), and we came away with two cashes. Woo Hoo!!
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