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I’ve been enjoying my time off back at my apartment. I might be calling it “my old apartment” soon, as the lease ends at the end of January and I see little reason to stay in Ohio. When I’m in Vegas during the Bellagio series in December I’m going to be checking out high-rises at….you guessed it, Panorama Towers. I figure I’ll be spending enough time in Vegas anyways, I may as well move out here. A place to call home during the WSOP this summer would be great too.

I’m currently doing a “Well” for the PokerRoad forums. Well’s are threads where people ask the original poster anything, so feel free get involved. Here’s a link to the thread.

I guess that’s about it for now,

-Adam

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Day 2 of Foxwoods started at noon and I was back in my room frantically trying to find a flight home by 1pm. I wasn’t upset over busting, it’s just there are many, many other places I’d rather be than Foxwoods..Oh, I ran QQ into 66 on the J62 for my 45bb stack during the second orbit of play.

I booked a flight departing PVD at 3:30pm. I packed up and went to get a cab around 1:20pm, expecting about a 10min wait for a cab – whether it be via cab stand, or having valet call me. It turns out they don’t use cab stands at Foxwoods, so I had to ask valet for to call me one. They said it’d be 20-30 minutes, but it’s “usually shorter.” I wound up having to wait anxiously for 40 minutes until my ride finally showed up. I got to the airport at 2:50pm, 10 minutes before check-in closed. When I went to check-in I was informed (in my hectic rush) that I had booked a flight departing the 8th, not the 7th.

Sigh.

Luckily there was another flight heading back to Cleveland at 6pm, so I booked that and then went and waited at the gate. I had two hours to kill before boarding so I played a dozen SNG’s and made a couple thousand. It’s always fun making money while waiting for a flight at the airport.

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As usual it feels great to be back at my apartment. I don’t think I’m doing any traveling for a couple of weeks, just gonna chill at home and take care of a few things. I’ll be heading back to Vegas near the end of the month/early December for 5D @ Bellagio. Until then I’ll be going on a local poker talk show (Joe Average Poker) and then Bluff is going to be interviewing me for the January issue’s feature.

I can’t believe it’s already November. Seems like yesterday I was waiting around for EPTs/WSOPE and to turn 21.

-Adam

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Another Day 1 in the books. My table was somewhat nitty, with (again) only one player busting after five 90min levels. We started with 30k, I’m sitting on a modest 41k going into day 2.

Here’s the biggest pot I played during the day. Opened KcQc from EP to 1.1k at 200/400/50, folds to Joe Sebok who defends the BB. We’re about 35k effective. Flop comes JT9r. Joe checks, I bet 1.6k, he calls. Turns a King putting backdoor spades up. Joe checks, I checked behind. River was the 5s, completing backdoor spades, Joe bet 4k and I called. He showed me AQ and I shrugged.

Yea, 7.5hrs of play and that was the BIGGEST POT I played during the day..and I lost, lol. Oh well, nothing wrong with gliding into Day 2 with slightly below average chips. That’s pretty much how the last couple of day 1′s have gone for me, and I’m fine with it. No need to try to force anything when you have the kind of tables I’ve been drawing on Day 1′s.

-Adam

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I found out today why everyone seems so depressed when discussing the subject of traveling to Foxwoods. I guess it isn’t THAT bad for me (90min direct flight + 45min cab ride), but it is pretty much in the middle of nowhere. Apparently it’s also the biggest casino in the world.

Meh, whatever.

I’m playing Day 1A, which starts in just under 12 hours. I guess I should probably get some sleep.

-Adam

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I’m back home at my apartment in Cuyahoga Falls and life is good.

Caesar’s Day 3 went about as well as I could’ve asked (until, you know.I lost a 9m chip coinflip at the FT). Starting the day with 20bbs, as my friend Michael Watson said “you could chug 6 beers and play perfectly,” and although I didn’t chug 6 beers, I found many perfect spots to take advantage of my opponents mistakes.

The entire tournament didn’t feel like a “real” $10k to me. Because of the turbo-ish structure (and I’m not bitching for what I signed up for, unlike one Allen Kessler), it felt more like a big super satellite or something. When we got to the final table I was like.oh.wait,..that’s right! First is a million, lol. I’m sure it had something to do with it only being a 3 day event as well.

Anyways, I started the final table with 2.7m and literally the worst seat at the table. Aguiar, Khan, and Schreiber all having direct position on me (as well as more chips). However with the blinds being 40k/80k/10k to 60k/120k/10k (90min levels at FT), it was anyone’s game and I’m quite confident in my ability to play these stacks. I doubled early with AK > Schreiber’s K4s AIPF at 60k/120k and was back in the hunt with around 4.5m.

From there I maintained a stack between 4m to 5.5m until I lost a massive 3 way AIPF with AKs < TT (and A9o). 7 handed, 80k/160k/20k John Hennigan open shoved the HJ for around 1.8m (A9o), Michael Kamram reshoved from the button for 3.2m (TT) and I picked up AKs in the SB sitting on 4.4m. I decided not to high-five the dealer before calling, and once again lost the crucial pot at another final table. I busted shortly after, taking 6th for $147.8k.

*shrug*

I’m playing to win and am very satisfied with how I’ve been playing lately. I guess it’s pretty cool to bring home a six figure score/$10k FT two weeks after turning 21. I’m not 100% positive if I’ll be going to Foxwoods..but ehh, I really enjoy live tournaments and it’s a 2hr flight away. I just need a couple days back home to relax before packing up again.

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I wasn’t sure if I was allowed to say it before, but I was picked up by Full Tilt Poker on day 1 of the Caesar’s event. Deals are hard to come by these days and I feel very fortunate to have some great people working for me.

…and you all wondered why I was so antsy to turn 21

-Adam

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As usual I’m incredibly braindead from a long day of playing poker, but feel somewhat obligated to give some sort of update.

After two straight 13 hour days I find myself with 1.27mil with 19 remaining in the Caesar’s Palace Classic ($10k). 27 paid out, and when I return to day 3 blinds will be 30k/60k/5k. Cardplayer is the only site I know of that’s doing updates, so you can check out reports/live updates there.

Sure would be a nice time to run good.

-Adam

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Just got back to Vegas after spending a relaxing weekend in California. I have a couple of friends in LA I figured I’d visit while I’m out here on the west coast. It felt strange getting into a cab from the airport, going straight back to Bellagio and using the same key to get back into the same room I was staying in.., as if it’s my new home or something.

Tomorrow’s the Caesar’s Palace Classic, a $10k event with a turbo-ish structure. I’m not sure if a media outlet is covering it (aside from end of day chip counts), but Caesar’s guarantee’s $1million to 1st place and it’s within walking distance..so I’m pretty sure I’m going to be playing it.

All of this traveling is starting to tire me and I kinda miss the familiarity and comfort of my apartment. Now that I’m 21, it might be time to really start looking at places on the west coast.

-Adam

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