One of our affable players, James “DADuhWEEwah” Darnaby, decided to try his hand at a WSOP Circuit Event at Caeser’s in Las Vegas. As a $5000 buy-in event, this was no chump change, and Jim tried a few $550 satellites for a seat, with no luck.
Eventually deciding to just buy in to the event outright, Jim picked up a tough table, including pro Bertrand “Elky” Grosspellier.
The starting stack was 10,000 chips, with blinds at 25/50 and 75 minute levels. The first two levels were fairly uneventful, although Jim ended up at around 12k.
Picking up JJ, the button made it 275 to go and had one caller, and Jim re-popped it to 1025. Both players mucked.
On the critical hand of his tournament, Jim held KK on the button and again made it 1025. A player behind makes it 2700, and Jim goes ahead to push all-in for 11,800. After a snap call, he knew he was in big trouble. His opponents turned over AA, and that was that!
However, Jim had him covered by 525. He doubled up with 67 against K10, and then managed to get AA under the gun all in with an opponent holding AJ. It’s a premium position to be in, but the board ran out 10 8 7 9 2. The Aces were cracked with a straight, and Jim said goodbye to his first major live tournament.
Good game Jim – he made all the right moves, but nobody could control the cards. We hope to see him at another WSOP event in the very near future.
– Phil @ CarbonPoker
Tags: Live Tourney, Winner, WSOP
