A Blog Post from T.J. Cloutier

Tom Macvoy was our team star. (Kathy Liebert went out after I did when she took a draw to a flush and didn't get there.) He went on to become one of the chip leaders at the end of the day, and made the final table. At the final table, players would take two time-outs to consult with one of their team members. I was Tom's consultant/coach. The first time, Tom was the little blind six-handed, and the action was passed around to the button. The button raised. Tom had K-Q and asked my opinion on whether he should call the raise. "There's no way in the world that your K-Q can be good here. The button has plenty of chips. He doesn't have to make the bet, and you don't have to make the call because you have plenty of chips, too." So, Tom folded and the guy showed him pocket kings.

A little while later, Tom raised the pot from the small blind with A-2, and he got re-hashed by the big blind, so he threw that one away too. Finally, when they were playing $20K-$40K blinds, he made a little raise again from the small blind against the big blind, this time with Q-J. He took his second time-out to ask me about the Q-J in this spot, and I told him, "Danny hasn't made a move the whole time, so I'd throw it away." Tom folded again, and rightly so I believe. His opponent, Danny Nelson, went on to become the individual winner of the tournament. There was nothing at all wrong with Tom's raises shorthanded. He just happened to run into a bigger hand behind him every time. He started the final table with about $600,000 and he had about $270,000. Tom represented our team great, and finished sixth overall.

World Poker Open WPT Event

Played 3 tournaments the first 4 days, No good in the first two, The third one ($340 Buy In) 278 Players, made the money at 27 players left. At 21 Players I was the chip leader, and in 4 hands, I was out, 2 Bad Beats in a row, Oh well that is poker. Also played 5 Sit and Goes, Won 3, 2 of them $125 Buy In, Paid $550, One $230 Buy In, Payed $1100

Back to the W.P.O. on July 28, Plan on playing through Sunday including the H.O.S.E. Tourney on Thursday, 340 Friday, $550 Sat, and $340 Sunday, Hopefully will have to miss a couple of them, and play the Final Table from the day before, Keep a eye out, I will post any good news.

Also looking for Sponsorship for the 2010 World Series, I will play in a lot of events in the W.S.O.P. 09/10 Series.