Ace-King Doesn't Beat a Pair

Got into Vegas around 6:30pm yesterday and by 7pm I was sitting in a nightly WSOP event. In the 30 minutes leading up to it, I saw Daniel Negreanu (in the photo) and said hey to Scotty Nguyen.

Jesse backed me $100 and I put in another $240 to compete in the $100,000+ tourney. I lasted about 6 hours but got knocked out when my Ace-King met Ace-Ace all-in pre-flop. I was at half average stack at that point and was waiting to make my move. I pushed all-in with 16K under-the-gun and got one caller holding pocket aces. Of all the ways to go out, I'll take that honorable discharge- there's no escaping that play.

1st place was good for just under $27,000. I was only 19 people from the money- finished 56th of 344. I met back up with Jake, Jesse and his crew after I busted.

It was fun playing for so long in a World Series Event. I saw some ridiculous hands and met a lot of cool people.

You win some, you lose some.