I awoke this morning a man of optimism and hope.  After my hellish 2 levels at the WSOP I am as empty inside as Hilary Clinton’s soul.It’s not that I was card dead (I had a decent run of cards), it’s the fact that I ran into pocket aces FIVE times in 2 levels.  Twice with one guy and three times with another.Oh I also had the joy of having a flopped full house get beaten on the river by a higher boat.I went out on the last hand of the second level where I flopped Q-10-9 with a Q-J suited.  The chip leader with about $80k in chips had limped in in middle position (her first limp since she came to the table).  I called and the big blind made it $600 to go.  We both called.

Chip leader makes it 3k and I go all in for $6k more.  I think I am good with top pair, an open ended straight draw and a backdoor flush.  Both of them go all in behind me and I see anither Q-J which makes me happy.  Then I see the big blind had aces against me for the third freaking time!  They held up and I was off to Caesars to try some cash games.

At caesars I sat down at a 1 - 3 game and lost $500 in thirty minutes because I ran into aces TWO MORE TIMES.  I have to say that the last time the guy told me to fold and showed his set of aces on the turn and saved me more cash.  Normally I don’t want any pity but by that time I felt like I had a target on my forehead.I gave up and headed to Bellagio to make up the money at the BJ tables.  Yay for Bellagio! After winning I had a nice meal and am heading back to sleep. Tomorrow I will try to redeem my self esteem in the Caesars mega stack tournament with the entry fee kindly provided by the Bellagio..

All I can say about the WSOP was that it was quite an experience and just wait til next year!  It was worth all the ups and downs.

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