How is it that my first table of the day for both of my first days have been with two of the biggest tournament directors in the world? Some may think that would make me more nervous, but it actually made me less. I guess knowing that someone is there to correct me in case I screw it all up made me feel more comfortable... strange but true.
Oh by the way, that guy was Matt Savage. He was wearing these huge headphones and seemed to be genuinely disinterested from the game, but still was taking pot after pot in the Omaha 8b tournament I was dealing to him in. He had so many chips in fact that he was the person I was doing my race off from. He actually bought up every one's greens before it was even time for me to race off, which made things a heck of a lot easier.
From there I had 3 downs of nothing,as the players went on dinner break, then I went on break. Everett and Romas were there to support us, great couple of guys. Everett is the kind of guy I want to be later in life; relaxed, care-free and still enjoys a good time. After some chatting it up with the boys I went back to the table to deal the Omaha 8/b tournament again and was truly enjoying the change of pace from hold 'em, as these days that is a game that bores me.
Before I finished dealing to my last Omaha table, the tournament director came over and had the players bag their chips and move them from the Brasilia room ( which is normally a satellite room only ) to the Amazon, where all events and bigger action are at. I unfortunately did not move with them, as they had their dealers ready for that side of the room. They,told me along with John and Dino to wait by a podium where our bosses stand around at and essentially wait to hear where dealers are needed where. John eventually scatters to deal in the cash game area, Dino goes back into Omaha and I get to told to back into the Brasilia to deal a single-table satellite.
I get to the Satellite table and everything is set-up, the chips the decks, but I was never advised on what buy-in satellite I was going to be dealing and what the starting stacks were, nothing. So in my box I find a little sheet that has the structure, and in terms of pay-outs, when I first looked at it I could have sworn it was not written in English. Finally with the help of Bobby, my old instructor and new Dealer Coordinator, we figured it all out.
The first player to arrive at my $235 table was Chris Bigler, and this is not to offend him, but I had to double check the slip for the amount we were playing for, because I did not figure a well-known player like him to be playing a 235. Well it was, and players started to slowly trickle in. The players were all very nice and very patient as it took a lot of time to get our total 10 players and get the cards in the air. The dealing went pretty smoothly, I thought so anyway, the only thing I was not happy with was the fact that it seemed to take forever... it paid top 2 and it took over 2:30 hours to get to that point. This table was squeaky clean tight! Chris Bigler was actually one of the first out, having 8's against a set on a queen high board. He put in a 3rd bet with it, which seemed odd, but I guess due to the fact that he was playing the pot against the most aggressive player at the table it was not completely off mark, I just don't like risking my stack that early in that spot... but I guess that is why he is the professional and I am in the box.
So to top off some fun, I continued my streak of dealing some pretty tough beats... it seems like I enjoy doubling up the shorter stack when they have the worst of it, but I don't. The entire tournament was full of these bad beats and weird hero calls that were never right. Eventually we got down to two; and one of the players I'd have to say was playing the best of that table, so it was well deserved and the other guy... well, no offense to him but it was more luck than skill.
Today is the first day of the 1k No-Limit Event. It is going to be absolute madness in there. Every room is going to have players for this tournament. It will have two Day 1's, with 3,000 players starting off the first day one.... PRETTY SICK! I hope I get some downs of that, but to be honest I really hope they put me back in the Omaha 8b for a little bit, I want to have some fun!
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