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The one and only @doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/) is currently 34th in the Main going into day 4 with 1389 runners remaining!! Woot!! Let's give the man some support as he has ALWAYS backed me and countless others in this community!!! GL SIR WEEEEEEEEEE!
That’s pretty insane, 34 out of 9k+, what a god run.
Agreed Barrie! Ima traveling at the moment and can easily be in Vegas, but let's give it a few days as it plays down to the FT on Mon, July 13th...then FT is Aug. 3-5! 1 tiiiiime dealers! lol
lol I was just deleting and moving to private.
I’m always surprised at the lack of railing pr0n and such. I did a full thread with accompanying photos, updates, etc. for a chipper on hpf, and I’ve documented 2 other deep runs for friends. Gotta stay a bit out of the way/focus, but I thinks it’s a nice to have keepsake when the dust settles. Or maybe that’s just the old grandma scrapbooking part of me :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:
Hopefully the PCF contingent at the wsop can make a sustained, powerful rail (if desired).
Leggo Craig, I want to hold the bracelet at a meetup!
lol I was just deleting and moving to private.
I’m always surprised at the lack of railing pr0n and such. I did a full thread with accompanying photos, updates, etc. for a chipper on hpf, and I’ve documented 2 other deep runs for friends. Gotta stay a bit out of the way/focus, but I thinks it’s a nice to have keepsake when the dust settles. Or maybe that’s just the old grandma scrapbooking part of me :ROFL: :ROFLMAO:
Hopefully the PCF contingent at the wsop can make a sustained, powerful rail (if desired).
Leggo Craig, I want to hold the bracelet at a meetup!
10 mirrion lfgoooo!
10 mirrion lfgoooo!
Chip prices are about to climb significantly.
So... the guy that "somehow" obtained access to the stash of WSOP Rio chips suddenly has access to a stash of WSOP Horseshoe chips?
Run Good @doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/) !!
What a man!
GO @doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/)!!!
After going 1130/9735 last year? GO CRAIG!!!
Congratulations on the deep run Craig. Now let's keep it going !! Run Good & Well wishes !!
Go get em Craig!
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Good Luck and wishes for more run good Craig!
He’s just setting it up to win the last hand raffle that @WedgeRock (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/1543/) set up, as I predicted someone would do. But good luck anyway!
:ROFL: :ROFLMAO:
That’s so sick. LFG BOOYAH
951Christopher Anderson219,00027 952Cory Blum203,00025 953Anselmo Villarreal424,00053 954Celso Sirtoli216,00027 955Jong Jin500,00063 956Daniel Iachan600,00075 957Craig Waikem1,094,000137 958Alec Alameddine243,00030 959Massimiliano Pescatori193,00024
Not a bad draw for day 4. Max P has gone deep before iirc.
951Christopher Anderson219,00027 952Cory Blum203,00025 953Anselmo Villarreal424,00053 954Celso Sirtoli216,00027 955Jong Jin500,00063 956Daniel Iachan600,00075 957Craig Waikem1,094,000137 958Alec Alameddine243,00030 959Massimiliano Pescatori193,00024
Not a bad draw for day 4. Max P has gone deep before iirc.
WOW excellent info... he just gotta navigate around the 30bb shorties and not get overly berry aggrreeeesive and has position on the bigger stacks! awesome
Lisan Al Gaibooyah
Good luck!
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get em!
@Tommy (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/1/) make sure you get him a PCF patch for his shirt!
Most important hand of the tourney…
Blinds 1500/3k/3k.
Villian (Martin Surovec) makes it 6k utg. I flat mid position with AK. 2 more calls. 4 to the flop.
Flop rainbow AK10. Villian bets 8k. Hero raises 20k. Villian calls.
Turn is a 4 and now a diamond draw. Villain and hero checks. :cautious:
River brick 7. Villian overbets 150k into 60k pot w effective 200k.
Action on hero 200k effective…
Unreal @doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/)!!
very cool, hope to see you get some tv time, with a pcf hat on :) run strong
Go get em Craig! Gotta make your winning speech about poker chip collecting!
Most important hand of the tourney…
Blinds 1500/3k/3k.
Villian (Martin Surovec) makes it 6k utg. I flat mid position with AK. 2 more calls. 4 to the flop.
Flop rainbow AK10. Villian bets 8k. Hero raises 20k. Villian calls.
Turn is a 4 and now a diamond draw. Villain and hero checks. :cautious:
River brick 7. Villian overbets 150k into 60k pot w effective 200k.
Action on hero 200k effective.
ez call i guess since u on da sauce! imbibing @ the main with top 50 stack lmao! old fashioned??
Most important hand of the tourney…
Blinds 1500/3k/3k.
Villian (Martin Surovec) makes it 6k utg. I flat mid position with AK. 2 more calls. 4 to the flop.
Flop rainbow AK10. Villian bets 8k. Hero raises 20k. Villian calls.
Turn is a 4 and now a diamond draw. Villain and hero checks. :cautious:
River brick 7. Villian overbets 150k into 60k pot w effective 200k.
Action on hero 200k effective.
Not only does Hero seek to destroy his WSOP opponents, he gives no quarter to @FestiveKnight (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11094/) and his utter hatred for such PCF vernacular in the retelling of this hand.
Anyway, this is PCF, so there is only one answer:
"Pot Motherfucker."
On a serious note, minimum 6k UTG from a pro with QJ is odd, so all we are worried about at the river is really AA/KK/TT, or of course he could have AK himself. I think if you reraised pre we get some more information on his hand, but since you're calling it a 'what if' I'm assuming you found a fold to one of those. Tough position, especially villain flatting your reraise on the flop. I'm thinking your fold is a sound one based on that. I'm actually more curious of what he put you on, because from a pro that overbet basically screams, "call me AQ/AK". I'm also dumb though, so take that into account.
Crush these fookers; what you're doing is clearly working.
Easy jam given action. Probably got paid off by A10 or K10. If he has aces or kings he has aces or kings.
Now I know where you got the Rio WSOP chips from!!!
GL sir!
Now I know where you got the Rio WSOP chips from!!!
GL sir!
On eBay (https://www.ebay.com/?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338995683&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1) like everyone else. Let’s not make a situation out of something that’s nothing lol
I love railing. Will be so fun to watch.
Craig get the pcfers you’re with to handle updates over here for us. Haven’t had a fun Vegas rail/watch since the Australian watch guys trip and Kyle’s non cash finish in person.
So... the guy that "somehow" obtained access to the stash of WSOP Rio chips suddenly has access to a stash of WSOP Horseshoe chips?
Run Good @doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/) !!
Nah, just bought those obsolete Rio chips for collecting on eBay (https://www.ebay.com/?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5338995683&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1) like everyone else.
Wow Craig what a run!
Bring it home!!
Good luck man!!!
Easy jam given action. Probably got paid off by A10 or K10. If he has aces or kings he has aces or kings.
Nah I think Rieguy has the take on this...sick fold oooor maybe a call cause he wouldn't know the villain's hand if he folded! idk?
I love railing. Will be so fun to watch.
Craig get the pcfers you’re with to handle updates over here for us. Haven’t had a fun Vegas rail/watch since the Australian watch guys trip and Kyle’s non cash finish in person.
Download the WSOP app and follow pokernews. The app is killer. A bit early for in person rail. Lots of poker left.
Download the WSOP app and follow pokernews. The app is killer. A bit early for in person rail. Lots of poker left.
lol rookie ass rails. They should already be there, cleaning your chips while blowing air at the other seats’ ears.
I expect a whole lotta “Boo Yas!” This must be heard.
lol rookie ass rails. They should already be there, cleaning your chips while blowing air at the other seats’ ears.
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I do have one friend arrived last night for the weekend. And another local pcfer joining today to rail the bubble :tup:. We will be in the money in less than 30 minutes or so. Hand for hand will be a big production event.
Let's go!!!!
I do have one friend arrived last night for the weekend. And another local pcfer joining today to rail the bubble :tup:. We will be in the money in less than 30 minutes or so. Hand for hand will be a big production event.
Good, glad to hear it. Sorry to miss it, but rooting you on from afar.
Make sure that they leave you out of the railing plans chat group so not to distract you. Except for the matching clothes each day.
Obviously they need to know what you’re wearing so that they can all properly coordinate their secondary colors based off your wardrobe.
Have they already gotten their Booyah tattoos? Or to maintain good juju we’re probably waiting until officially in the money for that - good call, makes sense.
If you win 1st would you get your own NAGB?
On a serious note, minimum 6k UTG from a pro with QJ is odd, so all we are worried about at the river is really AA/KK/TT, or of course he could have AK himself. I think if you reraised pre we get some more information on his hand
No doubt the correct play is 3b but I really like I disguising and trapping.
tough position, especially villain flatting your reraise on the flop. I'm actually more curious of what he put you on, because from a pro that overbet basically screams, "call me AQ/AK". I'm also dumb though, so take that into account.
I fold AK. Villian had QJ. Villian put me on AK. We both were right :-) but I was a mess for a few hours. He doesn’t tell me until end of the night when we bag and I donate $400 to a charity of his choice.
The fold allows me to double up thru him 3 hours later QQ > K7cc on a 9 10 J cc flop :love: . Flush doesn’t come but an 8 does on the river where I get it all in and he calls.
Great work so far!
Keep doing what you’re doing.
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There's a lesson to be learned here. Drink goes down, chips go up. 😂
Did you late reg day two? I always said that's what I would do if I played the Main Event.
Best of luck Craig, this is epic!!
Tough position, especially villain flatting your reraise on the flop. I'm thinking your fold is a sound one based on that. I'm actually more curious of what he put you on, because from a pro that overbet basically screams, "call me AQ/AK".
I fold AK. Villian had QJ. Villian put me on AK.
Sincerely,
Someone who will probably bust out early in our ~20-person home-game tourney tonight after raising QJ UTG like some crazy Euro-adjacent bastich in the WSOP.
Run good!
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Hahaha I shouldn’t have led with what if lol
Run good!
Booyah right back at ya.
Nah I think Rieguy has the take on this...sick fold oooor maybe a call cause he wouldn't know the villain's hand if he folded! idk?
Why call 150k when 200k effective? Jam or fold.
Sending you good juju. Run good sir!
Run pure, wear a PCF patch. Best of luck.
I also noticed a secondary chip mixed in with someone’s stack lol. I called him out sarcastically for cheating and he was confused. A few people at the table wanted to argue it was the same chip until they looked more closely lol. Dealer called floor and they switched it out. Probably just an internal mistake in the cage. The colors are very similar and it’s only a T1K.
Sidenote : Is this the first year the main event has its own deck of cards? Always surprises me they don’t use jumbo font…
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weirdest way to harvest the latest wsop chips but sure you do you bro!
If you win 1st would you get your own NAGB?
Might finally break even on all the chips he owns...😎
Sidenote : Is this the first year the main event has its own deck of cards? Always surprises me they don’t use jumbo font…
They've been doing it for a few years now. This is just the first time they Main Event branded them,
2024:
2025:
They've been doing it for a few years now. This is just the first time they Main Event branded them,
2024:
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2025:
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That’s right. Those were awesome. Damn standard font.
That’s right. Those were awesome. Damn standard font.
did you call the floor to let them know they arent PCF approved?
If you win 1st would you get your own NAGB?
He should have the option to keep all of the Main Event chips instead of the cash prize.
I also noticed a secondary chip mixed in with someone’s stack lol. I called him out sarcastically for cheating and he was confused. A few people at the table wanted to argue it was the same chip until they looked more closely lol. Dealer called floor and they switched it out. Probably just an internal mistake in the cage. The colors are very similar and it’s only a T1K.
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Sidenote : Is this the first year the main event has its own deck of cards? Always surprises me they don’t use jumbo font…
My goodness those chips are filthy.
Good luck in the tournament!
My goodness those chips are filthy.
Hooker juice (wait why isn't this in the PCF dictionary thing?)
Please use that as your card capper.
They've been doing it for a few years now. This is just the first time they Main Event branded them,
2024:
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These are new card for " Main Event" only I guess. These were the cards I had in play early June.
p.s. CRUSH THEIR SOULS Craig, RUN GOOD !
These are new card for " Main Event" only I guess. These were the cards I had in play early June.
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p.s. CRUSH THEIR SOULS Craig, RUN GOOD !
Those are the “retro” collection jumbo cards they started using for mixed events.
There are now three sets of cards each years. Primary standard, Retro jumbo, and ME standard.
Gooooo Craig!!! You got this bud!
Good luck!!! May all your cards be live and all your pots monster.
Good luck @doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/)
Start picking out your design and colors for the new chips!
Good luck! Main Event Booyah!
LFG!
Run good @doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/) !!
Boo and Yah!
LFFFFFFG!! Run good kid!
I have 2 people I know that I'm following. I saw that familiar name towards the top yesterday once I pulled up the player chipcounts. Had to scroll a lot to get to the people I was looking for, but they should be safe from the bubble. The app has it paused at the bubble so we should know soon.
@doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/) sending all the rungood
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Based on the pic it's nice to know Craig isn't one of those players that shows up with a fucking king-sized blanket draped around their neck.
IYKYK
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Maybe the flop was :6h:? instead of the :8h:
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While the rest of these idiots are playing poker, BOOYAH is playing Balatro and has the four fingers joker that lets him make straights with four cards. He's gonna destroy them all if he find the blueprint before the final table.
While the rest of these idiots are playing poker, BOOYAH is playing Balatro and has the four fingers joker that lets him make straights with four cards. He's gonna destroy them all if he find the blueprint before the final table.
i hate that i got that
Most important hand of the tourney…
Blinds 1500/3k/3k.
Villian (Martin Surovec) makes it 6k utg. I flat mid position with AK. 2 more calls. 4 to the flop.
Flop rainbow AK10. Villian bets 8k. Hero raises 20k. Villian calls.
Turn is a 4 and now a diamond draw. Villain and hero checks. :cautious:
River brick 7. Villian overbets 150k into 60k pot w effective 200k.
Action on hero 200k effective…
That post needs this as a reaction emoji:
:bigbucks:
Chip prices are about to climb significantly.
I wonder who bought these?
Top 25 stack
Sidenote : Is this the first year the main event has its own deck of cards? Always surprises me they don’t use jumbo font…
They use Jumbo for the Seniors events :)
Maybe the flop was :6h:? instead of the :8h:
Either Craig had 8h or board had 8h. There must have been a 6 or J somewhere.
Either Craig had 8h or board had 8h. There must have been a 6 or J somewhere.
Yeah, was edited to :6h: a bit later.
https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2026-wsop/2026-wsop-main-event/chips.844685.htm
Best of luck Craig !
Just a reminder not to do too well Craig, or nobody on the forum will play with you anymore! That being said, you probably won't mind with the life you'll be buying with $10 million either. In either case, good luck man, hope to see a belt buckle-sized bracelet make its' way to somebody here!
not to do too well Craig, or nobody on the forum will play with you anymore!
-Craig
#NAGM
best time to buy new chips that come up on classified, as booyah is distracted :p
dutch boyd is still alive? I thought he died?
Good luck Craig. I didn't know you are harvesting WSOP Paris chips, too. ;) Run good!
Good luck, Craig! Bring it home for us!!
Good Luck Craig...
Good luck, pretty fun to watch a member run up a big stack
Adding to that stack! 41/1052
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Adding to that stack! 41/1052
The amount of BB's he is going to steal during the +2h bubble will be obscene :ninja:
The amount of BB's he is going to steal during the +2h bubble will be obscene :ninja:
That's what the smart big stacks do at bubble time.
Headed to dinner break. I 4b with AK and get a euro pro all in, unfortunately he had AA.
900k.
That's what the smart big stacks do at bubble time.
I stole a bunch and that’s how my 89 cracked AA. He checked flop and turn and I rivered him.
Let’s go @doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/)! Good luck man!
Headed to dinner break. I 4b with AK and get a euro pro all in, unfortunately he had AA.
900k.
you cant win playing like that. play better like this hero.🙃
The amount of BB's he is going to steal during the +2h bubble will be obscene :ninja:
Bubble was only 4-5 hands. Went extremely quick.
Wow....that's the first
Congrats, ITM
Now run that shit up so I can book a plane uber to Sin city early august.
Boo-yah!!
This is awesome. Good luck!
BOO YAH!
Wow, very proud of of our very own... DOUBLE BOOYAH!
Go get 'em! ;)
Bubble was only 4-5 hands. Went extremely quick.
Guess Moneymaker was on bubble?
Run like the sun, @doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/) !!!
Bring it home!!
Guess Moneymaker was on bubble?
One of three; they each won $10,000 and one guy won a $25K WSOPP seat, which means the average for the bubble boys was more than the $15K min-cash.
Go, @doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/), go! Definitely a deeper run than our last WSOP player, Nooker, who was so close, finishing 1,450 in a field of 1,455
Go, @doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/), go! Definitely a deeper run than our last WSOP player, Nooker, who was so close, finishing 1,450 in a field of 1,455
lol haven’t seen that guy in a while. What a throwback reference.
Our guy is down 500k today. Come on Craig!
Our guy is down 500k today. Come on Craig!
What are you? My accountant?
Sooo, can I buy action? >.>
Have some run good / break a leg!
Just following buddy!
May have missed it, can someone link where we can see his WSOP stack size vs field etc?
Google skills are failing me.
May have missed it, can someone link where we can see his WSOP stack size vs field etc?
Google skills are failing me.
WSOP live app. It only updates chip counts at breaks.
WSOP app or Pokernews
May have missed it, can someone link where we can see his WSOP stack size vs field etc?
Google skills are failing me.
https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2026-wsop/2026-wsop-main-event/
Is the blogger feed
But WSOP app chip counts are updated every break or sometimes knockout.
Craig currently has Hustler casino live headliner/high roller Peter to his left. Crazy how poker is such a small world.
https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/2026-wsop/2026-wsop-main-event/
Is the blogger feed
But WSOP app chip counts are updated every break or sometimes knockout.
Open the "chip counts" tab (I spawn it in a second window) and enter his last name for his "current" chip stack and overall ranking.
The unbelievable news: Craig is just 1 double up away from being top 25
The bad news: It looks like they’re still playing holdem.
Craig currently has Hustler casino live headliner/high roller Peter to his left. Crazy how poker is such a small world.
Peter is a monster!
I love how our boy keeps getting pokernews updates out of nearly 1k people.
Aces are HOT!!!
If everyone can be patient on any chips I need to mail, I’ll be tied up for a few more days.
live booyah update
If everyone can be patient on any chips I need to mail, I’ll be tied up for a few more days.
I would have been impressed if you bumped all your sales threads while under WSOP pressure lol
break time for the players....
I would take Lady Gaga up on this invite!
What a run! Get em booyah!
Sooo, can I buy action? >.>
Have some run good / break a leg!
Actually a pretty fun idea! What would the markup be @doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/)? prob like 8-10x? lol
Go Craig! You the man!
I saw a Wu-Tang Wang also get knocked out earlier today. Ren Lin joining him at the Spearmint Rhino?
WSOP live app. It only updates chip counts at breaks.
Like a complete noob I downloaded the wrong app and was very confused for a minute there.
Re-read your post and got the LIVE one, bingo!
Signed up:
Followed:
Aaaand we’re on the rail:
So awesome. And unreal you’re beside Peter, love watching some of his monster hands vs Keating.
Lets go!
Looks like the French table bully dropped a third of his chips that level. Craig up 150K plus a few of the other middle players are up too. Maybe some tilt coming on the last level of the night from Virgile?
Out. SB vs BB. I even raised. I was BB. 10-15k-15k.
He calls 15k. I make it 25k more and we see a flop ugh.
AA < 52
Played the hand post flop and turn too fast. Could have laid it down but is what it is.
Ugh…sorry Craig, but it was a hell of a run! Great work.
GG
Out. SB vs BB. I even raised. I was BB. 10-15k-15k.
He calls 15k. I make it 25k more and we see a flop ugh.
AA < 52
Played the hand post flop and turn too fast. Could have laid it down but is what it is.
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MOther $^$&#@...well it was a great run and short sweat anyway..GGs
Unwatch and lock thread lol
Too much adrenaline clouded judgement. Board is all sb specials.
GG Craig, heck of a run, Congrats !
Unwatch and lock thread lol
Too much adrenaline clouded judgement. Board is all sb specials.
Don’t beat yourself up on this one. You played great throughout
Unwatch and lock thread lol
Too much adrenaline clouded judgement. Board is all sb specials.
Good run!
damn. No shame congrats and exciting run.
Great run, Craig! You did awesome and even beat out the cash you had last year in the ME! Next year we'll be watching again and hope you make an even deeper run. Would be quite a show to get a PCF rail group going!
Good run. Thanks for the sweat @doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/)
Mad run Craig! Not many can say they got to bag a million over night at the WSOP ME.
Well done mate!
Great job Craig
Awsome run brother, congrats.
See you @WPT this winter ?
Brilliant run! It was fun sweating the rail from a distance.
I was ready to pack a bag and make my way to Vegas tomorrow to join in person.
GG amigo! Plenty to be proud of here, that's for sure.
Good run, sir. Thanks for the sweat.
Way to go Craig. Nice run!
Fun to see this! Nice work, Craig.
It was fun while it lasted. Congrats on the run.
Awesome to follow along. Congrats
It was a great run Craig, fun to rail bird while you were tearing it up. See you next year buddy.
Exciting to follow your Great Run this year..Nice to see one of our own be so successful...
Out. SB vs BB. I even raised. I was BB. 10-15k-15k.
He calls 15k. I make it 25k more and we see a flop ugh.
AA < 52
Played the hand post flop and turn too fast. Could have laid it down but is what it is.
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The fact that you made an insane run in a field of 9k+ players is nothing to sneeze at and should be proud! We could only dream and live vicariously through you on what it would be like to play in the Main Event. GGs!
648 of 9208 is top 7%.
Encouraging…I made a huge fold with AK on day 3. I should have been knocked out. That was easiest the best fold I’ve ever had in poker. AK10 board. Villian had QJ. Should have gone bust.
Got it all in early day 4 with AK > AA against an aggressive euro pro. No regrets bc he could have had a lot of hands I beat and i’ll gladly flip with these pros. But he had AA.
But ultimately I grossly misplayed AA bb vs sb with 50bb and completely punted and that’s soul crushing. Makes you never want to play a poker tournament again of this magnitude bc u can’t afford to make a mistake like that and if you do, you question what are you even doing here lol
My table got very good as the day went on, tons of chips…and I grossly miscalculated how many Bb were still in play during the hand. Just completely blacked out.
Got to be mentally alert and ready for a real grind. I’ve played the main 3 times. Lots of fun. No doubt I would continue to only reg Day 2. Day 1 is just more grind on your mind body and travel. Including the day off you get just unnecessary stress / grind imho. Day 2 late reg is 75bb. This is the first year I did day 2. Previously I late reg day 1 about halfway into the day.
First year I got my stack to 300k and didn’t cash. AK < KK. Year 2 I bagged 11k after day one and still cashed. Year 3 I had a top 40 stack to start day 4 and punted with AA!
Booyah out!
great run, very cool, thanks for the fun
Thanks for the fun sweat, and you did PCF proud, nice job Craig!
So, uh... How many WSOP Caesars chips did you harvest?
I don't think I could get away from AA on that hand. GG
I don't think I could get away from AA on that hand. GG
I was the aggressive one. I should have certainly lost chips but controlled it. I 4bet the turn all in bc I was freaking out and just wanted to win the pot.
I was the aggressive one. I should have certainly lost chips but controlled it. I 4bet the turn all in bc I was freaking out and just wanted to win the pot.
Happens to all of us. Learn; grow, improve and crush it again next year
Good run man :tup:
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Encouraging…I made a huge fold with AK on day 3. I should have been knocked out. That was easiest the best fold I’ve ever had in poker. AK10 board. Villian had QJ. Should have gone bust.
Got it all in early day 4 with AK > AA against an aggressive euro pro. No regrets bc he could have had a lot of hands I beat and i’ll gladly flip with these pros. But he had AA.
But ultimately I grossly misplayed AA bb vs sb with 50bb and completely punted and that’s soul crushing. Makes you never want to play a poker tournament again of this magnitude bc u can’t afford to make a mistake like that and if you do, you question what are you even doing here lol
My table got very good as the day went on, tons of chips…and I grossly miscalculated how many Bb were still in play during the hand. Just completely blacked out.
Got to be mentally alert and ready for a real grind. I’ve played the main 3 times. Lots of fun. No doubt I would continue to only reg Day 2. Day 1 is just more grind on your mind body and travel. Including the day off you get just unnecessary stress / grind imho. Day 2 late reg is 75bb. This is the first year I did day 2. Previously I late reg day 1 about halfway into the day.
First year I got my stack to 300k and didn’t cash. AK < KK. Year 2 I bagged 11k after day one and still cashed. Year 3 I had a top 40 stack to start day 4 and punted with AA!
Booyah out!
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Don't be too hard on yourself brother, it's an impressive run.
After the facts, it's too easy to be result oriented.
After the facts, it's too easy to be result oriented.
The only thing I beat is a bluff and he’s not bluffing. Ok to make a mistake. Dwell. Vent. And move on!
Good run, Craig! I was watching closely updating my wife that one of us made it that far!
If i didn't have baby #2 on the way, i would've been out there (possibly playing) or railing your success!
Continue the huge progress next year, bud!
Safe travels.
Also bluffed the fuck out of a euro pro w 3 bracelets w a river jam on day 3. He tanked for 5+ minutes. He even called the floor on himself bc he couldn’t make a decision. Wow that was a sweat. I didn’t want to call floor myself bc I was bluffing and I wanted to act as if I want a call.
Ultimately he folds and asks to see my hand. I show the bottom pair bluff and table erupts lol. This also leads to me getting paid off twice later in the day in my estimation with QQ and the full house hand pokernews wrote up.
The only thing I beat is a bluff and he’s not bluffing. Ok to make a mistake. Dwell. Vent. And move on!
Exactly, rinse & repeat brother....
Not sure about the action, I agree you had (better) options 50bb deep.
Pre, raise to 40K is std (with antes and this deep,, I (maybe) would have gone a bit more... he needs to call 25K for a 95K pot (40/40/15)
You just got a disgusting flop....
Post flop, you could have known he was playing a 5 or pocket 88 if he called your (big) bet.
After that you check fold...
But again, ease to say after the facts...he could have had a big pair too (10's and up)....
And don't forget all the great plays you did (post above, the AK fold on a made str8....), your stack didn't grew to 1.3M by folding or OMC play !
Great run Craig! You raised the bar for all of us! You the man bro!
One of three; they each won $10,000 and one guy won a $25K WSOPP seat, which means the average for the bubble boys was more than the $15K min-cash.
Yeah, they’ve been doing that for a couple of years now. I used to think it was stupid, but now I’m thinking, if it helps burst the bubble more quickly, who cares?
@doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/) Craig while you’re out there. Can you sneak into the Rio and try to find those 100k yellows? Pretty please!
I’m sure we can set up a go fund me for bail money if you’re arrested .
Great job Craig aka @doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/) ! A lot of fun sweating you and we are all so jealous. Have fun in Vegas baby!
The longer you walk in a minefield ....
GG man. Envy of all of us. I'll be out there next year and I read all kinds of stuff like this, because life proves experience is something you only get after you need it.
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Nice @doublebooyah85 (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/members/11557/) wit the stack, lookin baller doin some poker fishing! not too sure about the Croakies tho...lol
Great run and a wealth of experience gained!
GG. Great run dude
Heartfelt congratulations! Hats off to you sir!
Awesome run. :cool
Great run Brother. I can only dream of going to the main event. Congratulations.
I apologize if it's alreadybeen posted and I missed it, but, where did you end up, position?
I apologize if it's alreadybeen posted and I missed it, but, where did you end up, position?
648th for $27,500
Out. SB vs BB. I even raised. I was BB. 10-15k-15k.
He calls 15k. I make it 25k more and we see a flop ugh.
AA < 52
Played the hand post flop and turn too fast. Could have laid it down but is what it is.
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Great run brother! Very proud of you sir!
And if you feel bad about busting with AA then throw this track on.
Ol’ Boggs knows the pain….
