Not Much Fun while It Didn\’t Last

LAS VEGAS–I\’m out. Got eliminated from the $1,500 NLHE event in the first hand after the first break. Grrr.

I even had a nice stack of chips after cracking Olga Varkonyi\’s aces. I moved in with 10s, another strong (but aggressive) player moved in with Jacks, and the better half of the most disrespected bracelet winner insta-called with Aces. A jack came on the flop, and my straight came on the turn. Awesome. From there I proceeded to play great, until I started to play badly. Had enough chips to wait out half the field doing nothing (3,425), but instead I crippled myself pushing all-in drawing dead to runner-runner quads. Then got my tiny stack all-in with top pair and a winning flush draw, but didn\’t get there.

I got one F-bomb warning, but no penalty, by the way.

For additional coverage of my go, check out Pauly and BlondePoker. (And, of course, we\’ll probably have something to say on PokerBlog.)

Funniest stuff was getting seated next to Johnny Kampis\’s roommate, Ted … who muttered on and on about how online poker is rigged. \”It is, it is!\” he swore. \”I play almost everyday on there, and it\’s rigged I tell ya!\”