So I didn't blog as much as I would have liked. But, what can I say, vegas is a crazy town. It tends to suck you in, alter your plans, and leave you in general disarray.

Day1 went ok at best for me. I had a tough table draw, a couple of high stakes cash players, lots of internet regs, and just one old fish. level one was crazy, everyone was tring to feel each other out. There was lots of 3 and 4 betting preflop. We had many 5 handed flops. Just not at all what I was expecting. Then in level 2, EVERYONE shut down. It was like night and day. The old fish managed to river 4 of us 4 hands in a row to go from 30k to 88k. mine was the 4th hand. He opened from the Co and I 3bet 3x from the BB with KK. XX4 flop. I lead 2/3 pot, he calls. turn is another brick. I lead again, he calls. river is a 4. I lead and he minreraises me. I reluctantly pay and he tables 64o for two pair. "This guy, this @#$%ing guy!" I exclaim. So gross. Within the next orbit he spews off all 88k, all to the player to my left who basically won the lottery. Every player at the table that day finished with <30k (the starting stack) he finished with 100k+.

day2 I was card dead. I couldn't find two cards within 7 of each other. It was disgusting. Especially since the player two to my left was playing a 35/30 game (playing 35% of hands, raising 30% of hands). Its a really exploitable spot. If I had about three times my stack I could have 3bet him light whenever I was in position, but as it was, I needed to have atleast a marginal hand since often times I would be comitting myself to the hand by 3betting.

I finally got it in on the very last hand before dinner-break. An aggro French player opened to 2.5x from MP. It folded to me in the BB and I looked down at 99. I casually pushed my last 19 BB's in the pot. He asked for a count and counted off his own stack before making the call with 1010. Tens held and I reported to the rail.

Overall I had a great experience. I intend to write an article for P5's focusing more on my experience as a first time WSOP participant, but who knows if that'll happen. (I'm pretty lazy) Anyway, thanks for reading!