Friday, May 28, 2010

TOC cash

Now that I'm at a stable location, I can post a quick "I cashed!"  It was not at all pretty, filled with plenty of suckouts and coolers - but I managed to luck my way into a 5th place finish.

Details to follow, but the short of it is: I'm in Ankara, Turkey on business.  Ankara is 7 hours ahead of east coast time, meaning that I was playing at 5 in the morning.  Moreover, I fly back to DC today - my flight from Ankara to Istanbul was scheduled for 10am. I managed to secure a broadband 3G card from work, and was forced to play on the go - in the hotel lobby, the 30 minute taxi ride and the airport (through security).  Oh yeah, and it's illegal to play in Turkey - they block the sites.  So I had to set up a VPN to my home network prior to travel, and VPN in over a broadband 1 megabit connection to the US in order to just get online in the first place.  I timed out quite a few times, with the last time being in a canyon shortly before the 12:55 (I think) break.  I nearly ran out of battery, and simply played the cards I was dealt for the last 40-60 minutes of the tournament.

Less than ideal conditions, but somehow, I was able to run good enough to cash!  Go me!

7 comments:

  1. Holy Cow!!! That is doublely impressive then.

    Nice!!!

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  2. Hell of an effort. Congratulations!

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  3. Congrats on the cash, particularly given the circumstances. Were you 5th or 4th?

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  4. congrats!
    what was buy in and cash out?

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  5. Congrats on the cash abd getting a prelim event WSOP seat. Thats incredible. I watched some of it last night!!

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  6. good stuff. even better when you jammed the button with 63o and flopped a straight.... nice run there.

    word verification BUCKS, lol

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  7. Very nicely done! had I been around I'd have railed for ya!

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