Event #4 1K NLHE Recap

6,000 players for Event #4 (1k NL Hold 'Em), pretty sick!

3000 players started day 1a yesterday, and I dealt to 11 of those tables. We saw a rate of over 4 players per minute knocked out. We played 10 levels and we went from 3000 to 300 and something... crazy action!

The tournament was rather uneventful, in terms of dealing, but I did deal a whole lot of bad beats... Queens versus 8's no good, kings versus 4's no good, queens versus A-10 on a 9 high flop no good, made straight versus set on turn no good. It seemed like almost every time someone was all-in they would have the worst of it and I would double them up.

I did deal to David Williams, I must have made him lose over 50 percent of his stack during the half hour I was there. He got 3-bet twice by the same player and folded both times, got 3-bet again by another player and same thing. And he made a flop and turn flat-call after his pre-flop raise and mucked on a check check river with the board ten high, when his opponent showed J-10. I could see he was a little frustrated, but I am pretty sure he made it through the day, so I guess it did not get to him too much.

Remember last year when Dennis Phillips had that little hat he made well-known pros sign? Well, some other guy at my table was doing the same. He seemed to have a decent amount of signatures already. During my time on his table TJ Cloutier came by to talk to Berry Johnston (A Poker Hall of Famer and has the second most cashes in WSOP history) and the guy with the hat asked TJ to sign it... TJ glad did, but s he was signing he says " You are going to want to get his autograph too, he is in the Hall of Fame", and everyone was in shock as no one at the table seemed to know who he was. The table talk then proceeded as people asked all kinds of ridiculous questions... but it made dealing the table a lot more fun, as it is usually very quiet all around.

Speaking of a fun and talkative table, my second to last table of the night was certainly that. They had only about 40 minutes before the day was over with and everyone was new and wanted to make it through. So when I push in everyone starts telling me to deal slow, I of course dealt as normal but the players sure did act slow. At one point one of the players suggested that the players take 30 seconds to act every time, no matter what... everyone thought this was a genius idea, and for the remaining 15 minutes I was there, that is exactly what they did.

Overall... a mistake free and busy day. Crossing my fingers that I deal Day 1b today!