Event #65 - $10,000 Main Event No-Limit Holdem Championship · 07/02/2018 @ 11:00am

Druff will be playing this event, but will start on flight B (July 3 at 11am).

It is unknown if Drexel is playing this event.

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Yes, I'm playing the Main Event on Day1B. No, I won't sell you a piece. Yes, I am going to start off well and feel really optimistic. Yes, I'll lose some back by the end of Day 1. No, I'm not going to brick out again 1-2 hours before the money this year. I think. #pfa65

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Main Event starts for me in 30 mins. 50k starting stack. Updates will come often, even though I have 100% of myself. #pfa65

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Third hand of the tournament, dealt black AA. BB calls. Flop K83 two spades. I bet/he calls. Turn Js. Bet/call. River Ts. Tons of raises, he shows Qs9s for straight flush & I'm out. Just kidding. He had red J8, river saved me. Up to 55800. #pfa65

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Lots of hands in first 30 min: AA, AJ (BB), KJ (cutoff), 77. Was first to open them all, won the AA & AJ. Still 55k. Table draw seems pretty good though I have a German pro to my direct left. #pfa65

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KK on button. Early pos (a rec) makes it 350, Brazilian guy (BR) calls, I raise to 1k. Flop QJ2 rainbow. I bet 1600, both call. Turn J, checked around. River 4. Early bets 1600, BR makes it 7k, I fold, early calls. BR has 44. I win if bet turn? I have 52.5k. #pfa65

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I think it's very likely the loser of last hand had AQ. Looked like he wanted to bet flop but then checked. He's frustrated about river but was probably losing anyway. So hard to bet that turn though, especially in this slow tournament. #pfa65

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Now dealt QQ, meaning I've had AA, KK, QQ in first hour. Table thinks I'm super aggro. Unfortunately an ace flopped & I lost to AQ. So 2/3 of those hands lost, and AA almost lost. Early winnings gone, now have 48900. #pfa65

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There's a weird break after 4 hours of play for 60 minutes. Then another weird 60 min break after 3.5 hours of play. Thankfully I'm staying here or it would be really annoying. #pfa65

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There's a weird break after 4 hours of play for 60 minutes. Then another weird 60 min break after 3.5 hours of play. Thankfully I'm staying here or it would be really annoying. #pfa65

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AsQs in SB. Flop Ts-high, turn Js, river brick and I lose. Next hand AA again, flop KJ4, turn 2, rec player check raised me, I folded. He showed JJ. Pretty horrible luck since that first AA hand. Down to 41775. #pfa65

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The guy who beat me JJ against AA is the one I beat with AA earlier. In both hands, he had me on the turn, and in both hands the J was the pivotal card. #pfa65

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Now AdQd dealt. Been a long time since so many premium hands dealt to me live in the span of 75 minutes. Won this one after all folded on A655 board, but not a big pot. 100% chance table thinks I'm a maniac. I have 43825. #pfa65

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Won small pot with As9s. Then 98o in BB, limped by rec, SB completed, I checked. Flop 223 checked around. Turn 8s. Bet 300, both call. River Qs also was 3rd spade. I checked, limper fired 2k into 1350 pot. Wtf? Folded, he showed 88. Geez. I have 44650. #pfa65

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In case you're keeping score at home, I've run into 3 sets already, twice holding an overpair, once holding top pair. Fortunately two of the three were against rec players. #pfa65

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Weird spot with 99 SB where early limped, I thought rec to his left limped, but turned out he raised (he threw out single chip & I didn't hear him), and then I raised but not enough to be a 3-bet so it was a call. Won hand on JT6Q2 board. 45.5k #pfa65

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Almost at break, but first 2 hours have been crazy, as I've had AA twice, KK, QQ, 99, 77, and AQ suited twice. Thanks to running into 3 sets, I still sit below starting stack, though not far below. Sad! #pfa65

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I was mistaken. There's no weird break after 4 hours of play. That's only on Days 1A and 1C. Happy about that. A long break after 2 hours is stupid. #pfa65

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A rec raised to 1100 early (blinds 150-300), caller ahead, I called with 66, 2 others called. Flop 934 two clubs. He bet only 1400, I called, another caller. Turn 6h. He bet 2k, I made it 7k, he called. River 3, he bet 2k, I went 10k, he called. Up to 68k. #pfa65

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Late position TT. BB called raise. QT9QK board, he check/called whole way and showed Q. Knew he had either Q or J, hoped he didn't have KQ when river fell! Up to 76k #pfa65

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TT UTG and lost to KQ on K7547 board. Next hand QQ in BB, won on T639J board versus button, which I let him bet after the turn. I have 79k. #pfa65

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The shower of hands I got in the first two hours has turned into the opposite. Played 1 hand in the 65 minutes of this level so far -- tried to run a bluff, picked up a straight draw & aired it. 70k playing 150/300/25 #pfa65

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Pretty much was an observer for the past 2 hours, while the guys around me got tons of hands and went at it. Won 1 pot - a small one with AJ where ace flopped & opponent check/folded. Return at 6:05 to play 90 min, then dinner. 68k #pfa65

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Rivered set gets me again. Very card dead, finally had top pair on Q535T board, German to left had TT. Down to 52k. #pfa65

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QQ on button, 3-bet it 3 ways, lose to A7 and probably another ace in A76 flop. 44k. #pfa65

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Horrible level, bricked nut flush draw from BB with Ad9d. Going to dinner with 39700. Lost half my stack after the good start. Not in terrible shape but need to start winning hands. Return at 8:27, with 38 more mins of 200/400/50. #pfa65

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Such a nightmare getting food at the dinner break. Everything with lines too long to have time to eat. Finally did takeout from American Bar & Grill and there's a service charge. I think I'm probably returning to play in a bad mood. #pfa65

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Tweet from: DanDruffPoker (Todd Witteles)

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Struggle continues. AK loses to TT on 54227 board, then lost next hand also. Down to 30k. This is my second worst Day 1 in the past 9 Main Events, only eclipsed by 2014. #pfa65

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Final break of the night. Been losing almost every hand I've played for past 4.5 hours of poker play -- pretty much since 3pm. If I fail to make it through next 2 hours, I play the loser's bracket ($1500 NL) on Thursday. #pfa65

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My table image sucks big time. This would be a swell time to hit some big hands. #pfa65

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Coulda gotten it all in pre but decided I was only 3k in, and was probably racing/chopping at best, so I tossed it. Sitting with 29k. 30 min left. #pfa65

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Tweet from: ToddWitteles (Todd Witteles)

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I know you're all going to be shocked, but the final hand of the night is going to be on my big blind. That absolutely never happens. If by "never" I mean 90% of the time. Ask @MattGlantz, he's seen it happen right after I call beforehand that it will. #pfa65

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2nd to last hand, 2 pair runs into a flush made on the turn. End day with an anemic 15225. #pfa65

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Room Table Seat Player Country Chip Count Big Blinds
Pavilion 100 1 John Lyons United States 52,300 87
Pavilion 100 2 Robert Formella United States 141,400 236
Pavilion 100 3 Todd Witteles United States 15,200 25
Pavilion 100 4 Norberto Santamaria United State 10,200 17
Pavilion 100 5 Dimitar Yosifov Bulgaria 127,000 212
Pavilion 100 6 William Courtade United States 20,600 34
Pavilion 100 7 Joshua Abady United States 82,300 137
Pavilion 100 8 Oskar Prehm United States 55,400 92
Pavilion 100 9 David Helm United States 73,200 122

A $10k buyin with an estimated $8 million up top and food problems are what's on Druff's mind. Nobody likes to wait but it is what it is.

I like to save too but seriously do it the other 300+ days of the year instead of worrying during the WSOP so much.

Pack yourself a bag lunch like a young kid going to elementary school if the high prices and lines put you on tilt.

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Tweet from: DanDruffPoker (Todd Witteles)

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Fresh start on Day 2 after what was a merciless beatdown during the final 2/3 of Day 1. I don't know anyone at this table. 15200 chips. 300/600/100, so I need to act semi fast. Here we go... #pfa65

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Could have just doubled up if I played 43 diamonds from SB. I didn't. Flop was 567, turn A. Someone had AQ with flush draw which missed. Damn. #pfa65

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Run it up today Sir!

Tweet from: DanDruffPoker (Todd Witteles)

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This was a good Day 2 table draw. Too bad I have no chips. 13800. Stole blinds twice, folded the rest. Haven't seen a flop yet. #pfa65

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Pair and straight draw turned into straight but 4 hearts out there. We both checked, river made him bigger straight! Ugh. I have 10k #pfa65

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