Tweet from: DanDruffPoker (Todd Witteles)
73/256 remaining. Probably 39 cash. 52k avg stack. Made Day 2 at all 3 limit events. 2pm restart tomorrow. Goodnight. #pfa53
Tweet from: DanDruffPoker (Todd Witteles)
73/256 remaining. Probably 39 cash. 52k avg stack. Made Day 2 at all 3 limit events. 2pm restart tomorrow. Goodnight. #pfa53
Once again, I made a Day 2 of a Limit Holdem Event in 2017. I'm 3-for-3 in doing that. Sadly, I'm 0-for-2 so far in cashing, including a painful stone bubble at the $1500 event.
This day saw me having to deal with a stressful situation in my personal life which came up in the early afternoon. I went to unregister from the event, which originally had me sitting at Table 111. However, official WSOP rules do not allow you to re-register later, which is what I wanted. After pleading my case to the floorman in charge, he made an exception, and they agreed to "suspend" my registration until I returned later. This meant my chips would not blind off.
I came back at about 4:30 -- 90 minutes into the event. I had been moved to Table 108, which seemed like it was better, from what I could see. However, as the day progressed, the originals at Table 108 were gone fairly quickly. They were replaced by various good players -- Justin Bonomo, John Hoppmann (Hopscott), Cathleen "CC" Tran... and the table got progressively worse as the day went along. There were a few amateurs and semi-amateurs at the table, so that helped.
I hit a ton of hands early, rocketing me up to over 35k quickly, for what appeared to be a small chiplead (this was before the first 3 levels were over).
However, I struggled from that point forward with inconsistency, never eclipsing 43500.
Despite the inconsistency, I actually played a more conservative style than I typically do at these events, which I did as a result of the makeup of the table and my seat location. I did run a stone bluff with complete air (successfully) when I felt that I was in a spot where it would work.
I had a problem with rivers. I wasn't hitting many, but I was getting rivered like crazy, including several 2-5 outers. Bonomo seemed to repeatedly make 1-card flushes against big hands of mine -- including a set and 2 pair.
At one point I looked like I was headed for bustoville, holding just 11600 on the final level of the night, playing 1200/2400. However, I spiked trips on the turn in my near-all-in hand with Cathleen Tran (who had just rivered me with a 5-outer about 20 minutes earlier), and then I was able to drag a decent sized 3-way pot with 99 unassisted, bringing me up to my event-high 43500 stack.
The second-to-last hand of the night was almost a disaster. It was a family pot seeing the flop, with all 5 players at the table still in. I had 2d3d in the BB -- a hand I hate, but had to play given the other 4 players already being in. Flop came 962 with 2 clubs. Cathleen bet out in the SB (she wasn't the preflop raiser), and I considered taking one off to see if I could spike my 2 or 3. I decided to fold. Two players called. The turn of 3s made me want to tear my hair out. However, a jack of clubs hit the river, and TWO players -- Cathleen and an amateur -- had clubs. So had I called that flop (and then raised the turn), I was probably losing 8400. I finished with 31,500.
Despite my massive struggles against Bonomo on this day, who played with me at all 3 limit holdem events this year, he busted near the end of the night. He lost most of his chips to Hoppmann. He was very polite to me this year, which contrasts with 2 years ago when he made an unsolicited obnoxious comment to me shortly after joining my table.
I am well below the average of 52.6k, and 39 of the remaining 73 spots will receive a minimum of $4482.
We are coming back to play 1500/3000, so I'll need to win some hands.
My table has only 5 people tomorrow:
Frank Kassela Rossville, TN, US 96,200 Brasilia / 707 / 1
David Goldberg Delray Beach, FL, US 26,600 Brasilia / 707 / 2
Todd Witteles LAS VEGAS, NV, US 31,500 Brasilia / 707 / 4
Jason Papastavrou NEW YORK, NY, US 36,100 Brasilia / 707 / 5
Max Silver LONDON, GB 69,800 Brasilia / 707 / 6
This is a pretty good draw. Max Silver is a well known British player, but I'm not sure how well he plays limit holdem. Frank Kassela is a solid older guy who once was WSOP Player of the year.
I don't know the other two, neither of whom have a lot of chips.
Fortunately, I do not have any Bellagio, Commerce, or online limit holdem all stars at my table (at least I don't think I do).
Still, I'll need to hit hands.
You're doing great, hopefully some cards fall in your favor is all, your game is clearly on point
GL
How come pokernews doesn't have you listed as a bracelet winner for their chip counts?
Tweet from: DanDruffPoker (Todd Witteles)
Down to 14k #pfa53
Tweet from: DanDruffPoker (Todd Witteles)
Just folded a close spot pre flop which would have busted me. #pfa53
Tweet from: DanDruffPoker (Todd Witteles)
Another 4 card flush on the board victimizes me. Down to 6k #pfa53
Tweet from: DanDruffPoker (Todd Witteles)
All in with A3, Max Silver isolated with K6, saved me as someone else folded & I won. But lost next w/A7 vs T8. Out 58th. #pfa53
Originally Posted by WSOP Twitter Update
Max obviously a NL specialist. But do you think he's just playing the fool in this tweet, or is he more than competent to hold his own if he goes deep against a tough LH field? (I know small sample size so probably tough to offer solid judgment)
https://twitter.com/twt/status/880236401765240832
Tweet from: DanDruffPoker (Todd Witteles)
Amazingly I folded close decision preflop twice in spots where I would have busted. Still busted. Won only 1 hand today. #pfa53
Tweet from: ToddWitteles (Todd Witteles)
Scoreboard: Three limit holdem Day 2s, 2 event chip leads, one stone bubble, zero cashes. Don't think I'll ever duplicate that. #pfa53
Dang, top 39 paid right, what was your final spot 4X?
GG Druff. There's always next year.
Edit: Forgot the main. Better to take that one down. GL
He also said he's playing the $1500 (Event 58) on Friday.
I'm playing Event 58 ($1500 NL) and that stupid $888 event. But those you have to get tremendously lucky to score big, given the huge fields.
Honestly the main reason I play the WSOP is for the limit holdem events, the Omaha events, and the Main. The big field NL stuff I just do because I'm here anyway.
Very disappointed. Could have been 3/3 in cashes if just a few things went differently in these limit holdem events, instead I'm 0/3. Not only that, but I didn't miss the satellite ($10,100 prize) and the last $1500 by all that much, either.
The only two events where I wasn't in the running to cash were the $1500 Mixed Omaha and that lol $365 Giant event (and I'm not playing that lame Giant thing ever again.)
So honestly, to be in the running to cash 5 times and brick them all is really crappy.
Tweet from: ToddWitteles (Todd Witteles)
An emergency caused me to be late to both days of the $3k Limit Holdem event. I will refund all backers for that event in full. #pfa53
Limit novice took it down.
Who is the twitter troll stalking you Druff?
likely a drunk jewdonk . . .Limit novice took it down.
Who is the twitter troll stalking you Druff?
likely a drunk jewdonk . . .Limit novice took it down.
Who is the twitter troll stalking you Druff?
Can we shop Druffs head on him for luls
As I mentioned before I sat down to the $3k Limit Holdem event, I was dealing with a difficult family emergency which was likely to make me late for the event.
I mitigated this by getting the floor staff to agree to "suspend" my registration, thus allowing me to start the event late with a full stack. I missed about the first 90 minutes of Day 1, started with a full stack, and then ran it up quickly to the chip lead. Experienced players will tell you that missing the first 90 minutes of a limit event is meaningless, if you start with a full stack (which I did). Therefore, I did not feel like I lost any equity by starting late, and thus felt okay about still playing the event. Indeed, some top players actually CHOOSE to register late, for this reason.
However, while I thought the problem was solved, it wasn't. It got worse, and I was woken up by troubling news at about 11:00am on Day 2 of the tournament. The situation had gotten worse, not better, and I had to spend a lot of time resolving it. Unfortunately, I arrived 33 minutes late to Day 2, and some of my chips had blinded off. I felt terrible about this -- both for myself and for the backers. I really wanted to win this event, and showing up 33 minutes late to Day 2 decreased my chances of doing so. I then lost just about every hand, and was out of the event quickly.
At this point, I had to decide what to do about the backers. I never had this situation before, as I have always shown up on time for Day 2 and beyond in all events I've played. Clearly they lost some equity by my late appearance on Day 2, but how much? How much of a refund for backers was fair?
I decided I would take a day or so to think about this, and then notify all backers privately about my decision.
Unfortunately, a cowardly Twitter troll -- one who apparently witnessed me come in late -- decided to anonymously harass me about the situation about 4 hours after I busted. This hastened my decision as to how to handle this, and also forced me to make a statement about this in public, rather than just informing the backers about this quietly, as I had originally planned.
As there is no actual way to determine the equity lost, I decided the classiest thing to do in this situation was simply to refund everyone's stake for that event in full (including markup). This essentially gave everyone a freeroll -- where they would have gotten paid in full had I cashed, and they get a full refund since I did not cash. Showing up on time was my responsibility, and even though my late appearance was due to an emergency, that was my own problem to bear, and my backers should not have to suffer for it.
It appears that the situation is finally solved, and there should be no issue with the two upcoming events I will be playing.
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