So I decided to attempt my luck at some WSOP seats. I received an email from Bodog Poker that they were doing their own packages. I went into their schedule and they had one playing this evening at 5:30pm ET, so I decided to play it. They have buy-ins as low as $1, but I decided to play the $10 buyin which gave a seat directly into the $470 tournament for a $12K WSOP package. There were only 25 people in the tournament, so they only gave away one seat.
Things were up and down. Bodog, for the most part has good software. You don’t see they donkey play and bad beats as often on there. The play was decent and players were playing fairly tight.
I finally made it to the final table. I was low on chips and second from the bottom. Play progressed rapidly and players began dropping out due to reckless play. I played it cool and solid. I finally got into chiplead. Eventually I made it heads-up. It only lasted approximately 5 hands. My opponent had twice as many chips as me. Hand was dealt and I had second high pair on the board with an ace on the board. They didn’t raise preflop so I figure no ace in their hand. Turn was insignificant. They bet minimum bet and I called. The flop gave me a second pair. They pushed me all-in and I called. Lord and behold, they had an A 4, which they flopped. They slow played me and reeled me in. I thought I was golden when that second pair it only to find out I was beat by a higher two pair. I came in 2nd and no ticket to big game.
There is still time to play and I will continue to try. I will play that one on Bodog again, as well as continue the step games on Absolute and Full Tilt.
