WPT Invitational, Day One

Well, I survived the first day of the World Poker Tour Invitational, and I’ve written up a recap of the day’s action over at CardSquad:

If Maxim did a poker issue, it would be this tournament:
the room is filled with big celebrities, beautiful models, and virtually every poker pro you could imagine. The
atmosphere is more like a party than any other tourney I’ve ever played, and everyone is having a good time.

At the end of day one, there are 98 players left. I am in 68th, with T17500, which is just about half of the average
stack of T32000. BJ has a
complete list of the players and their stacks over at PokerPages, and of course Pauly has the best live blog on the Internets, which includes a ton of
pictures.

I didn’t get many cards to play all day, but when I did, I got paid off nicely. I took a couple of pots from Jason Alexander, and I even busted John Juanda when he ran his KQ into my pocket Aces.

Some of you may have read that I
busted John. This is true, but it’s not as exciting or masterful as you may think. John was crippled when Jason flopped
Broadway for the nuts, and John made aces up on the turn. A few hands later, Daniel Negreanu came running over to our
table with some guy I didn’t recognize, and said to John, "Can you eat ten Saltines in sixty seconds?"

"What?" John said, and everyone else at the table thought.

"Saltine crackers. Can you
eat ten of them in sixty seconds?"

John thought for a second while he looked at his cards.

"Yeah, I think I can," he said.

"Okay!" Daniel said, with a little hop. "Juanda
is my horse! You get half my action, John."

"Let’s do it!" John said, and shoved his last
1000 or so into the pot. It was folded to me, and I figured that the BB and I were calling based strictly on odds and
probably checkint it down. That is, until I woke up with pocket aces.

"I have to raise," I said.
While I thought about what amount would get the BB to maybe call with something that I could survive, he folded J2o
face up.

"Go ahead and play it out," he said. "I’m not playing this."

I
flipped up my aces, and John flipped up KQ. I flopped an ace, busted John Juanda, and ended up with about 16K after the
whole thing was said and done. John and I shook hands, and the WPT cameras captured the whole thing. Daniel was putting
on quite a show for them, calling for cards and stuff, and it was pretty funny, so it stands a good chance of making
the broadcast, especially if I make it deep today.

I have a tough table today, with Scott Fischman immediately to my left, but I also know that I essentially have one steal, and after that it’s push-or-fold time. If you’re interested in tracking my action, Pauly will be live blogging me and the rest of the field at Tao of Poker.

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20 thoughts on “WPT Invitational, Day One”

  1. GO Wil!!! I was “watching” the action from Pauly yesterday. Too bad Tilly busted out – that would be a great picture: “Ex-Star Trek Actor and tits owned by Jennifer Tilly”.
    Seriously – Good Luck!
    Frankl

  3. Look at you all sly in your poker face!! Don’t look directly into the Tilly Valley, it’s meant as a distraction said the woman with the deep V-neck on. 🙂

  4. http://www.lynchweekend.org
    Are you coming?
    BTW; I think my favorite part of “Just a Geek” was in your description of the rush, enthusiasm, confidence you gleaned from “Never Let Me Down Again,” a moment in my teenhistory that lingers to this day, I admit. I can’t help it! It’s on my blog. Stop by and say hi.

  15. So, I’m guessing you don’t get classified as a celebrity player much longer, Wil. ’cause you’re really a pro now – you know that, right? 😉

  16. So … what about the crackers? Did someone eat the crackers? Good lord, someone please fell me what happened to the crackers?!
    Oh, wait … what was the story about, again?

  17. Juanda couldn’t do it, he got about 6 crackers in and gave up. Kasey Thompson had a bet with Negreanu that Daniel couldn’t eat 10 saltines in a minute without water. He declined so he was given 3 minutes to find someone else. He found John.
    Daniel and John put down $10,000 each on the bet. They obviously lost.
    Daniel then offered a $1000 freeroll to anyone who thought they could do it. Nobody could.
    So now you know the story of the crackers.

  20. BTW Wil – congrats on being the last-standing celeb.
    We were getting regular updates on you in the Sexytown tourney on PS, much mojo coming from those virtual tables.
    It’s good to see you getting some poker success again, here’s hoping your luck is turning around.

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