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WSOP Main Event - The Marco Wilson TimeLine - DAY TWO
Marco Wilson - aka "FREELANCER" starts his Main Event adventure in just a few moments.
You can follow his progress, both on this Thread, & in Adam's splendid Bloggery, which is in the Bloggery Section.
There is a HUGE field today - it's sold out - & it's gonna be a wonderful day.
We were all a bit down about Ben's ugly exit late last night, but it happens, and Will has safely made Day Two in grand shape.
Can Marco join him? Of course he can. He just needs to avoid QQ v A-9, & a 9-9-4 Flop!
Good Luck Marco.
They play 5 x 2 hour Levels today, with a 15 or 20 min Break after Levels 1, 2, & 4, & a Dinner Break after 3.
The starting stacks are 30,000, & they start at 50-100.
I can hear the blurby razzamatzzy intro from the Cardrooms right now, so any second now, it's SHUFFLE UP AND DEAL!
30,000
Comments
1 hour in.
Marco is absolutely loving it, right now, he's a sponge, soaking up the wonderful stmophere. He's like a pig in you know what, or a kid in a sweet factory. Who can blame him?
29,800
col
This of topic, but ,have you seen Norman and bev on your trip?
What day are you at the masters at Teesside,as i live only over the A19 and will come and say hello(probably a good reason not to go lol)
col
I'm off to the cardroom now as we approach the break to get some hand details from him
Go get em !
Good Luck
At the end of the first Level, at the Break, Marco appears to have adopted the role of Table Capitano.
37,550
Not bad, eh?
He's settled, he's confident, he's comfortable, & he's enjoying himself. And he's got Chips.
Happy Days.
col
Marco holds Ac7c and calls a min raise in earlyish position, we go to the flop heads up
Flop - KcQc10c
Marco check/calls
Turn 8d
Marco check/raises
River is a blank
Marco bets out for 3600 with the flopped nuts flush and the villain folds - Nice takedown :-)
Go Marco!!!!
Keep it going, lets get 2 into day 2.
Nice work Adam, seen the blog
Gary
An hour into Level 2, Marco has......
34,000
He was a bit "disturbed" for the first hour of Level Two, as he'd lost his Sky Poker bag with all his stuff in it. As that included his Passport, he was not at l settled. We went searching, & found it in the Poker Kitchen, where we'd inteviewed him during the Break, & he's mightily relieved, & can get back to playing properly now.
Crisis over!
Keep it up!
Marco ran AQ into AA on a flop of A Q J ......
He check called the flop, turn and river (both blanks) as he smelled a rat so the damage was minimal
He is now back up to 39000 at the end of level 2 after firing a few barrels on a raggedy board of 9 6 5 2 5
THe river bet took it down
Its now level 3 and we will have the dinner break at the end of this level - around 1 hr 30 mins time
so doing really well - come on Marco!
As Adam already reported, he's motoring now.
We'll get a full update at the Dinner-Break, which is at the end of Level 3.
20 minutes to go to the Dinner-Break, so they have nearly finished Level 3, & they are due to play 5 Levels today.
Marco has a tidy Railing Crew - Dan and his mates, Ben, Haysie, Mel, etc. Lovely to see how these guys are supporting each other.
39,000
Going along nicely, I'd say.
Great start marco good luck and lets hope you can get paid off with aces v ace queen next time.
Dinner-Break.
And just prior to that, Marco lost about 10,000, when he check-Raised on the end, only to find his Oppo had Rivered Trips.
He sees it as the perfect wake-up call, a slap round the chops, & he's determined to focus now, & move on from that minor setback. He said the geezer played it beautifully, & he acknowledged that there are some seriously good players here.
The Dinner-Break will do him a power of good, & he'll return all the better for it.
27,500
They just announced the final total of Runners. But I did not hear it properly.
I did hear that they are paying 648 places.
And that 1st prize will be.............
$8,500,000
Not only is Haysie still out there but the eagle eyed amongst us will have seen him registering for his standard 50 DYM a couple of hours ago. Of all British citizens nudging The Rest Haven door open, Tikay and Haysie must be living a life few others can match!
All the best fellas
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