Catching up

So on Tuesday, I was assigned to deal the $1,500 Omaha 8/b limit tournament. It was quite a handful as I dealt 12 downs of it. Now I haven't dealt this game since dealing school except for a few hands here and there over in the mixed game at TI, so I knew it would take a couple of downs to adjust. A few minutes after sitting for my first down, veteran/multiple bracelet winner Eric Seidel joined the table along with Gobboboy who was already busy winning pots.

The keys to running an Omaha 8/b game consist of making sure that the pot is split correctly and keeping an eye on the board so you can be ready to read the hands once they are turned over...all in addition to following the action, making sure the bets/raises are legit, and making change when necessary as to ensure that the pot is evenly split. It is quite a change if you deal NL and limit poker most of the time. I definitely butchered some lows while trying to read them, but there are so many table captains during 8/b that any dealer mistakes get taken care of pretty quickly.

Approximately 400 entrants was the guesstimation for this tourney and it turned out to be more than 2x that with a total of 833. My friend Bobby 'Pupkin' Crosby entered the event after ca$hing in his first ever WSOP event earlier. He squeaked into the money in Event #2 which was a $1,500 NL donkament. I had 5% of him in that tourney but ended up breaking even (Thanks to Bobby because I actually ended up $28 in debt to him because the purchase but he decided to call it even). He busted out after shoving his 88 on the button after an EP player limped in and having the BB call Bobby's shove (not sure of the blinds) but this clown puts in half his stack, out of position, with the original limper still left to act. He couldn't fold JT s00ted. A ten obv snapped off on the flop. GG Bobby. Also among the entrants was a guy named Steve 'whitealroker' Bent. Now this is one interesting human. If you follow the OT section www.pocketfives.com you already know who he is. The MicroGod couldn't get the cards he needed to build a stack in this tournament and was left to give the Binion's and/or Venetian tournaments a shot before flying back home his beloved Target back in Springfield, Pennsylvania. GL next year, WAR.

I have dealt nightly NL tourney for the past 2 nights and there hasn't been too much worth reporting in regards to it so I'll hold off on posting until tomorrow after I go in this evening and deal ca$h games and then head over to TI to complete a double. Then again, earlier this week when I was dealing this tournament, Bryan 'The Icon' Micon was a late registrant and strolled over to my table after he had 'just woken up for the day' ...at 7pm. He was seemingly a really fun guy who enjoyed talking to the table and although he busted within the first 15 minutes after a blind vs. blind race, he didn't lose his enthusiasm as he ran off after wishing everyone good luck and probably found some other way to put some monies into action.