Another one

I get the guy all in preflop, hit the flop and ... It works like a Swiss clock.

Bye, bye Aruba

Sunday I played my last Step 10 Aruba qualifier. You can check the video below. I finished 4th and got $900 prize .. but that was short of my goal. So Aruba has to wait one more year to see me at the tournament. There is no time left to qualify.  Main event starts in 3 days Saturday October 3.  Good luck to all who qualified. You can follow the tournament online at http://www.arubaclassic.com/

Aruba Step 10 Again

Since last Wednesday, there was no Step 10 game. I was waiting four days and somehow today we made the full table. Game started good, and in the first few hands I had some big pocket pairs. Than came one hour of 9,2 and J,3... I was a low stack with only 600 chips when ... but it's better if you watch the video.

Aruba Step10 Again
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Can't win them all

Check this. The same bad luck twice in seven hands.

Than all you need is to get lucky one hand, and be back in the game.

... or two hands

Ace on the river

I'm playing a qualifyer to $100 buy in Aruba satellite that leads to a main $500 buy in Aruba satellite. This qualifier is free; I'm usinig my UB points.

With pocket Aces I was all in pre flop. On the turn my first thought was "Fuck..." My second thought was "Ace." Than came the river.

Two hands later my opponet got lucky. I made a mistake trying to trap him when I checked the flop.  I went all in on the turn in a bad moment.

Next hand I got my chips back from the same opponent. This time all in on the turn was a good move.

The trap worked this time. I checked pre flop. With on the flop check-raise-all in, I won the satelitte.










What's my name? --- Mr. Wegas
What's my name? --- Mr. Wegas
I can't hear you! ----- Mr. Wegas

Only in Texas

Houston Poker Room Gun Battle

The funeral for Barron Glenn Boutte is today in Houston. He’s the 24-year-old shot and killed while attempting to rob a Houston underground poker room earlier this month. His shooter is not being publicly identified, though police have determined Boutte’s death a matter of self-defense. Club 203, where the fatal shootout occurred, has been indefinitely shut down.

A few more details about the thwarted robbery, coming to us now secondhand, as opposed to thirdhand …
Apparently the robbery suspects confronted a player leaving the game in the parking lot, and a scuffle ensued. The first shots were reportedly fired at the door to gain entry, and the robbers continued shooting into the air once inside. They did indeed shoot one patron in the leg when he was slow to get on the ground as ordered.

Boutte’s armed nemesis and several others were smoking in the break room when the melee went down. One robber supposedly told these players they’d better not be coming out without cash — thinking maybe they were hiding it — and that’s when the poker-room hero emerged brandishing his own gun. Boutte was shot at least four times in the abdomen and made it out to the parking lot before falling and dying. A nervous wave has washed over the Houston poker underground — with action slower than normal, and some rooms looking to hire visible security.

RIP Bob Stupak (1942-2009)

KVBC of Las Vegas printed the news release:
BOB STUPAK, LONG-TIME LAS VEGAN, DEVELOPER OF THE STRATOSPHERE, PASSES AWAY AT 67

LAS VEGAS - Bob Stupak, who is best known for revolutionizing the Las Vegas Strip with the development of The Stratosphere, passed away today at the age of 67. Stupak was with close family at the Desert Springs Hospital this afternoon when medical maladies, including leukemia, took his life at 1:15 p.m. Per Stupak’s request, he will be cremated and there will not be a funeral.

Stupak was born in Pittsburgh, Penn. in 1942. Stupak made his final move to Las Vegas in 1971, and in 1974 he opened “Bob Stupak’s World Famous Historic Gambling Museum” at the north corner of Sahara Avenue at Las Vegas Boulevard South.

In 1979, Stupak opened Vegas World, where he innovated the industry with new twists on promotions and games that would be modeled for years to come. In 1989, Stupak won a widely publicized million dollar wager on Super Bowl XXIII, and later that year he won the Deuce to Seven Lowball Championship Bracelet at the World Series of Poker.

In 1995, Stupak suffered a motorcycle accident that broke every bone in his face and caused him to go into a coma. Although the initial prognosis was that he would not survive, Stupak made a full recovery. He went on to open The Stratosphere in 1996, and sold it to Carl Icahn in 1998. Stupak continued to work in hotel-casino development and as a professional poker player.

Stupak was an integral part of the Las Vegas community, and made substantial contributions to The City of Las Vegas Chester Stupak Family Park, named for his father, the Stupak Community Center, and more.

Stupak is survived by two sisters, Linda Phillips and Nancy O’Conner, both reside in Pittsburgh, Penn., as well as two daughters, Nicole in Sydney, Australia, and Summer in Las Vegas, and his son, Nevada, who also resides in Las Vegas. He is also survived by two ex-wives, Sandra Blumen of Las Vegas, and Annette Hatton of Sydney, Australia.

Aruba Step 10 - No Cigar!

Must see for every poker player.

Here is a video from Step 10 table. I didn't have the best game, but you can still learn something about tournaments, and understand why poker players say "Better lucky, than good."


Aruba Step10
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Aruba - Final Step

I know, I'll make it.

Aruba - Step Nine - check

I just finished playing Step 9 and I advanced to final Step 10. Buy in for this step is $2,350 and the prize for top two is $8,500 package for Aruba Poker Classic that starts in two weeks. Third place gets to replay Step 10, and fourth gets cash $900. Aruba main event is the big prize, and I spent only a few dollars. It took me a few weeks to make it this far, but I'm sure in two weeks I'll be sending you a postcard from Aruba. On the picture(left) you can see the final hand. I folded my big blind when my both opponents went all in preflop. That was exactly I was waiting for.

The game was slow and a few times i was down to $1,300 from starting $2,000, but I always made it back to about $2,200. I got lucky break and made a straight on the river. We were all in and my opponent flopped two pair. The second double up came in the hand below. I became a chip leader with over $9,000.

I'm excited to be so close to a big important tournament. Right now I feel afraid to start the final game. I know it'll be slow and it requires patience. But playing these qualifiers I learned to wait for the right moment. There is only 2-3 days left to complete the Step 10, so I cannot afford any mistake. Wish me good luck.

Aruba - Step Eight - check

Aruba Step 8
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Aruba - Step Seven - check

I'm in the step 8. After playing satellites for a few weeks I developed a strategy that will take me to Aruba. I used it yesterday and today and it was smooth sailing from step 3 to 7. Buy in for Step 3 is $1.10. I hope that magic will work in next few days and my last three steps.

This was the most important had for me. After a bunch of bad hands I min-raised preflop on the button with pocket jacks.  Chip leader went all in and I called. I doubled up and moved to a second place with 4,118 in chips.

This was the final hand. I was not in the pot, but I was happy to see my opponets go all-in when the small blind decided to make a move, and go all-in preflop with Q,8 for 2,557. Big blind didn't think for a long time with his aces.

Wish me luck. I still have to play Steps 8,9 and 10.  From each steps top two players move to a next step. 3rd and 4th get a free ticket to replay the same step.  In Step 10, top two players win Aruba Classic package $8,500.

First Annual 2009 Midwest Poker Classic

Two big tournaments comming this month at Running Aces Harness Park‎
located just a few miles north of Minneapolis on I-35 and Highway 97 (Exit 129).
Click for casino location map
Running Aces Monthly Tournament Listings PDF

11th Annual Trent Tucker Celebrity Poker Tournament
Sept. 17, 2009	NL Hold'em Main Event		$1,000
Running Aces is hosting the Trent Tucker Tournament, September 17, 2009. Satellites every Thursday until September 10th with a chance to win a seat to play against Michael Jordan and other celebrities! Click HERE for more information.

First Annual 2009 Midwest Poker Classic September 23 - October 5, 2009
Game	Day(s)	Time(s)	Total Buy-In	Fee
NL Hold'em	Sept. 23, 2009	11:00 am	$340	$40
NL Hold'em	Sept. 24, 2009	11:00 am	$230	$30
NL Hold'em	Sept. 25, 2009	11:00 am	$340	$40
NL Hold'em	Sept. 26, 2009	11:00 am	$230	$30
NL Hold'em	Sept. 27, 2009	11:00 am	$120	$20
Omaha Hi-Lo	Sept. 27, 2009	4:00 pm	$230	$30
NL Hold'em	Sept. 28, 2009	11:00 am	$340	$40
NL Hold'em	Sept. 29, 2009	11:00 am	$230	$30
Super Satellite	Sept. 29, 2009	3:00 pm	$230	$30
NL Hold'em	Sept. 30, 2009	11:00 am	$340	$40
Super Satellite	Sept. 30, 2009	3:00 pm	$250	$30
Limit Hold'em	Oct. 1, 2009	11:00 am	$230	$30
Super Satellite	Oct. 1, 2009	3:00 pm	$250	$30
NL Hold'em	Oct. 2, 2009	11:00 am	$550	$50
Super Satellite	Oct. 2, 2009	3:00 pm	$250	$30
Super Satellite	Oct. 3, 2009	11:00 am	$250	$30
Super Satellite	Oct. 3, 2009	3:00 pm	$250	$30
NL Hold'em Championship Event	Oct. 4 - 5, 2009	10:00 am	$1,100	$100
NL Hold'em	Oct. 5, 2009	2:00 pm	$120	$20