Pokerstars Supernova Party at Moon Club, Palms

This party was open to members of Team PokerStars and PokerStars VIP Club Supernovas. I've attended various parties (not only including poker company sponsored ones) and this had to be one of the best I've seen. From ice sculptures to signature drinks to a plane circling overhead welcoming PokerStars players, this event was one no Supernova should've missed.

I actually was planning on going to the hellicoper tour package that Pokerstars offered to the players. They not only offered the hellicopter tour and parties but other events such as free entrace to the prestigious shows in the Las Vegas for free! The staffs were really nice although I forgot to bring my registeration ticket before I go to the office. They still did the job for me and offered me a paper to sign. Thank you again Pokerstars!






I first met Umberto Brenes, sitting in a big sofa. I introduced myself and we chatted for a while. Little later, he decided to introduce me to the players on the other table where Greg Raymer, Chris Moneymaker, Joe Hachem, and Daniel Neaguraneu. Joe asked me whether I have a hundred dollar bill or not, I had a lot of cash on my pocket from winning consistently for past few days at $2/5 no limit @ Wynn. I agreed to play and gave him the bill. He then announced the intructions of his game. The rule is simply to read the series of digits on the bill and whoever has the lowest wins it all. After a few minutes, players started shouting their numbers, "40", "35", "29", I had "26" so I shouted out but Moneymaker had "23" so he won the game. I gave him the money and decided to chat with Joe for a while. We had been talking and talking. The 2006 WPT champion guy (Sorry, I forgot his name) handed cash got corrected from everyone ~$800 and said "YOU WIN!". I was like wtf? and responded back to him "No, Chris had 23 so he wins it all". Without further explanation he kept handing me the money and everyone nodes their head. I declined it first but eventually accepted and thanked everyone.





Later than, I started drinking a lot of different shots, cocktails, and even champaign - for free! I got immediately drunk and was wandering around to take picture with champions and received a lot of autographs - Thanks!. Everyone there was really nice and warm, especially Greg Raymer and Daniel Neugraneu. They were very friendly and caring. Greg Raymer now is trying to run a champain to elect himself as a 2008 vice president of the United States - GOOD LUCK!. Funny thing is there were some hot chicks kept attempting to run over Daniel, literally every 30 minutes lol!

For more pictures, either visit my Cyworld or visit Pokerstars Blog (My picture is there too!)

http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2007/07/2007-world-series-supernova-party.html

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Pokerstars $50,000 Weekly Supernova+ Freeroll

Well, its saturday morning again. I had to run errands for my father in his business at 8a so I woke up very early. I have been working as an intern @ Verbal World from 8a-5p which means I have been waking up myself at 6a since I had to drive from Aurora to Denver. My sleeping pattern had been changed and I was very tired during the saturday afternoon but decide dot play some poker since I haven't played all week long.

I played $109R, $20NL, $3R, $20,000 FREE roll and $50,000 FREE roll. I cashed in $20NL and $3R but not significant amount :). However, I played very good poker on $50,000 tournament and managed to make 2nd appearance to the final table. A Pokerstars commentator joined the table, congraturating players. I responded back to him by thanking him for hosting a such a great party in moon club at Palms where the drinks and foods were free and all WSOP champions showed up. I had a such a great time at the party, meeting and talking to players like Greg Raymer, Joseph Hachem, Daniel Neagureanu, Chris Moneymaker, Umberto Brenes and more!! I was fortunate enough to get their autographs on the T-shirts I bought and took pictures with them. I also received advices from the world poker champions on how to play WSOP main event!

One critical hand I would like to share is, I had about x5 BB in UTG+2 and dealt KK. The blinds were big relative to the player's remaining chips so I figured if I raise here, I wouldn't get much actions. I decided to limp and everyone else folded except small blind and big blind. The flop was Q 8 2 and small blind immediately bet 1/2 of the pot. I decided to push and got called. He had Q and managed to double myself there which was enough to maintain myself down to final5. People requested to have a deal and I accepted it 1st prize was $10,500 and 5th prize was somewhere $2,500. I was 5th during that point and accepted the deal which leaves me around $4,500 . We all accepted the deal and I ended up finishing 1st at the end :)

WSOP 2007 Event #46 $2,000 Buy-in NO-LIMIT Texas Holdem Prelimenary Event

I was sponsored to play from Pokerstars at WSOP 2007 Event #46 $2,000 Buy-in NO-LIMI Texas Holdem Prelimenary Event hosted at RIO on June 29, 2007. I actually purchased to the ticket using my rake back - its called (FPP: Frequent Player Points) through http://www.pokerstar.com and wore their gears during the event. In return, they made a deposit of 75% entry fee to my account immediately and later deposited remaining 25% buy in after few days.

It was my first WSOP experience. There were 2,169 entrances to this event creating approximately $4,000,000 total prize pool. My buddy Justin Moskowitz and Kevin Choi actually came to the event during the first day of the event wishing me good luck - Thanks!. Every player started with 4,000 in chips. The first pot I was involed in was pretty nasty. I had 9d 6h on the big blind. There were 2 limpers creating a pot size of $200. The flop was 9 6 3. 2 hearts. I would usually check raise in this position but since this is only the beginning of the tournament, I decided to bet out and lead because I didn't want to jeopordize many chips during the early stage of the tournament. Surprisingly, the guy who limped from early position raised me. I called. The turn and was river was blank and I ended up calling him all the way. He showed 6 6 and took a half of my stack during my first hand.

I was under big frustration after that hand since I lost a half of my stack in first few hands. To summarize, I had been entirely short stack during the entire tournament and went all-in at least 7 times before I actually manage to get to top 198, where the bubble is. Before the bubble, I happen to play right next to Barry Greinstein. Someone called my cell while the hand is going on. I couldn't pick up obviously. However, after the hand is finished, I just looked at my cellphone on my left pocket without even pulling that out from my pocket. Dealer noticed this and thought I am text messaging someone. LOL. The floor had been called and the dealer requested to muck my hand for doing such a suspicious activity. Everyone in the table remained silent except Barry Greinstein! He talked to the floor guy and explained the situation throughly so that they are convinced I didn't do anything illegal. Things worked out fine and I didn't have to fold my hand. I appreciate it Barry! although it was marginal hand and I ended up throwing it away anyways.

So, I got through the bubble and played my 2nd day with a very short stack of around 17k while the average stack is around 30k. I went all in and got called again about 3 additional times and survived all. Next time, I got dealt KQo when I was having about $34,000 and the blinds were $2000/$4000 with an ante of $500. I was in the middle position and decided to push. Everyone except the big blind with a stack size of approximately 70k called my all-in with AJs. I flopped good. JT7 and he caught the jack and nothing came on the turn and river. This all-in ended my run and I ended walking home with $5,386 in 94th place. I thought about my last all-in attempt and if it was a mistake. However, my intention on 2nd day was to win enough stack to play to the final table or get busto because I didn't have much chips to play with. I mean, if I were to just earn extra $1000 or $2000, I could have folded QKo and finished higher but I was playing to win. If anyone has comments about my last all-in, please comment it here so that I learn :)