WPBT Summer Classic Trip Report

After the Binions Experiment and playing online poker while still in Vegas I was able to sneak in a few hours of sleep. Three to be exact, but it was enough to recharge a little and head out to the MGM Grand for a little HORSE. We actually had two tables rolling, HORSE was the name of the game at the table I was at, the other was HORSP, at least that was what I was told. The first orbit was very kind to me, the next two or eight billion were not. I haven’t played much Stud, but both times I had a set, someone had a straight. At least I didn’t let myself get into self destruct mode and donk off my buyin. Still a bit low on energy, I get up from the table, say my good nights and head back to the IP for a few more hours of sleep before the big WPBT Summer Classic. And before the Monorail closes for four hours.

The morning of the Summer Classic I head over to Caesar’s Palace and meet up with the Heathers, my friend from work Luis and a few other WPBT members and wait in line to get my players card so I can register for the Summer Classic. Why I needed a players card to register for a private tournament is beyond me, but that was the rules and this was the reason I was in Vegas, so I follow.

Before the Big Show, there were a few guest speakers, Jay Greenspan, Micheal Craig, Howard Lederer and Phil Gordon. I just want to say Thank You to all of the speakers that took time out of their busy schedules to talk to our group.

I wanted to do an experiment for the first hand of the Summer Classic, no matter what I had, if I were to make the standard raise of 3xBB would someone call it. That’s exactly what I did. I had no callers. The cards? K3o.

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tags: poker, summer classic ii, trip report, wpbt