Ehonda's Poker Chronicles: AC Trip Sunday

Left my house at 6:00 to go to one of the dudes house to catch a ride up to Atlantic City, it was snowin like shit and I was supposed to be out Aron's house at 6:30 lol... It was about 12 of us that went up to AC, all folx I play with in poker tournaments round here... So we go to Trop to play in the 11:00 AM tourney, it gets capped at 180 and they are now giving alternates seats..fuck that, we go to the Taj Mahal to enter in there 11:15 tourney...its some of the folx from the trop there too so it filled up kinda quick. A little bit over 100 players. This tourney prize pool is a lil bit over $10,000. I'm playin some solid poker, breezin through for a while until blinds get up there and im below avg chip stack steadily gettin my money eatin with antes and blinds...

My 1st powerfull move of the day, im very short stacked sittin on about $1800, antes are 200 blinds are $400/$800 and im in the big blind so i just paid $1000 bucks in blind...i get dealt 2 clubs/4 diamonds VERY HORRIBLE CARDS...flop comes out 10/10/5 everyone checks around, YES FREE CARD! Next card: 2...I'm now thinking to myself, lookin at everyones reaction, so i say, everyone checked, there is no way anyone is playing a 2, no one is playing the 10s cause they would've bet out at least $800 if not raised...i make my move..."all in" 800 bucks...everyone looked confused lol 2 people fold, 2 call me, they both check on the river...1 guy turns over AQ and another guy turns over pocket 6...im dominated with the dude with 2 pairs....so im yellin before the river card to come out come on 2 for the river...RIVER CARD: 2!!!! wow i clapped and fuckin had teh biggest sigh of relieve...i filled up full house!!!!! some spectators clap, pat my back and says good hand! im still in it!

so now im sittin on $4800...steal a couple of blinds, and get up to $7800 couple of hands later... next big move! I get dealt Pocket A (A/A) wow im boosted now, so I put on a lil act cause I know the chip leader will bet into my all in...so i sit there contemplating to all in...after about 1 1/2 minutes, I push "all in" with a $7800 stack...my man Big Syd calls me but he is short and he is pushed all in...he plays with me on Tuesdays in a tourney and he placed 12th in the WSOP this past up AC...then chip leader calls for the full $7800. everyone see the comotion cause me and big syd stand up cause we are all in, all the spectators come over to watch...i turn over pocket Ace, syd has 10/9 suited, and dude has pocket Jacks...the crowd is like WOW so im yellin no jack no straight....no flush possibilities out there so im good...i win the pot! we go to break! with 18 people left! BAD NEWS: I cruise through barely hanging on winning some pots makin my chip stack at $35,000 at one point...blinds at this point are now antes $500 with blinds at $1500/$3000 which is eatin me up pretty fast.... PLACES PAID OUT: 10 (final table) My official finished place...11th 1 spot from the money... I all in with AQ suited and dude has AK off suit and wins the pot with a K hittin the turn...im pissed, everyone claps for my play for the game and a couple condolences cause I bubbled out... the worse spot to finish is 1 away from the money and im pissed the whole day... oh well, it was fuckin exciting as shit!!! but a very very hard loss..... next month, im makin money yall!!! best believe dat!!!! Played wit a pro, Dude named Bobby that was in the WSOP 2004...the chinese bama that was actin crazy and loud callin him a pro and shit "I love poker, This is poker!,

tellin yall, watch out cause im gonna blow up soon cause my game is gettin more solid every day! I swear yall gonna see me win dis WSOP one day!!!

Out of the 12 from MD-Poker, we did represent MD-Poker well! 4 of us made it to the top 20
Myself, Busted out 11th place
Pdoggie - brought home 3rd
Super Dave brought home 8th
Big Syd came in 19th

Here are some pictures of some of the Members of MD Poker and PDoggie at the final 4 on the final table...