Monday, March 16, 2009 - Scott Ian
I just busted out of the 200K in 12th place. I’m not one to harp on bad beats and I am what you would call an eternal optimist. I guess that’s why I play poker. I guess that’s why I started a band and knew I would make it. I just have to get this off my chest or my head is going to explode like in the movie Scanners.
I was having a great tourney, really feeling good about my game. Can’t think of a mistake. Got KK cracked pretty late when the all-in I called made 4 to a flush with nothing but I made the right call. I chipped back up and was having a blast at the table with Liv Boeree and Matt Vengrin.
So here’s my whiny bitch moment. Please allow me this momentary catharsis. I have just under 150K and I’m in the BB with 82os. Blinds are 5-10K, 1K ante. It folds around to Matt Vengrin (I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE MATT!) who completes from the SB. The flop is 2 8 Q. I am thrilled, why wouldn’t I be? Matt bets 10K, I call. The turn is a 9. Matt checks. I think I’ve got him so I bet 1/2 the pot, 23K. He bumps it up to 115K. I shove and he calls. He has Q4. Can you guess the river card?
A NOT SO FANTASTIC FOUR.
If it wasn’t for my lady Pearl sitting in the same room as me watching me scream bloody murder, cursing the Gods as I stomped around the room swearing at the walls, (A F**KING FOUR AAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!), I don’t know what I would’ve done. Burning my whole block down came to mind. So I’m out 12th. I’ve finished 7th in the 200K before but if I double there I make the final table in 5th place out of 9 (2 people went out literally while I was screaming so I just missed the final table) and that’s the most chips I’ve had going into that final table. I can win it.
OK, I’m done crying. There’s always next week.
In happier news, my Home Game last week was great. There were a few glitches like Slash and Phil Hellmuth being late and their seats being taken away (doesn’t UB software know that rock-stars and Phil Hellmuth are always late???). Also, DOC31 from the UK got booted from the list for no apparent reason. We’ll make it up to you DOC. Jerry Cantrell finished 12th I believe. He’s a great player and ended up busting out set over set against Annie Duke. I went out 8th and Annie took it down. I’m proud that Annie won my first home game. We’re planning on another one now. Maybe we’ll do it live this time and have the winners come play with us. Now that would be sick.
See you on UB/AP.
Cheers,
Scott
Tags: Annie Duke, Liv Boeree, Phil Hellmuth, Slash
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Monday, March 2, 2009 - Scott Ian
If you haven’t heard yet, my online Home Game is March 11 8:30PM EST and it’s me, Slash, Kirk Hammett from Metallica, Jerry Cantrell from Alice In Chains and Vinnie Paul from Pantera, Damageplan, Hell Yeah, and Phil Hellmuth and Annie Duke rounding it out to 7. We have 20 seats open for you to win. Click here for more info http://www.ultimatebet.com/poker-promotion/scott-ian-home-game and I’ll see you at my Home Game!!!
Had a good day one at the WPT Invitational yesterday. For a charity/ celeb tourney the structure was good and the blinds didn’t skyrocket instantly for an all-in fest. Matt Savage is the man!! The table I was at for 6 1/2 hours was pretty tight and no one really jumped out in front. Kevin Wiseman from the show Alias chipped up pretty good and was a good player. Late in the day Mekhi Phifer (Dawn Of The Dead!!) sat on my left and I got to talk to him about making what I consider to be the best horror movie re-boot ever. Dare I say I may even like the new Dawn Of The Dead better than the original. Blasphemy!!!!
Mekhi, whose charity The Vine Group raised over 80K, told me that getting to make dawn was one of those situations that as an actor he couldn’t believe he was being paid to be there it was that much fun.
Towards the end of the day I was pretty short-stacked after being card dead for what seemed like a week when I woke up with AKs on the button. One raise to 6K in front of me and I shoved (blinds were 1K-2K, 400 ante) and took it down and on the next hand had AA and I took the blinds and antes to get up to 50K. I got moved from my table for the last hand and ended up UTG with Chris Ferguson and Phil Laak on my right. Phil had a big stack, Chris short-stacked. I had 73 and folded and that was the end of the day. Ended up with 49,500 for day 2.
I made sure to get to the Commerce Casino on time today as I was starting in the BB and it was going to be 3K with a 500 ante. The field was down from 432 to 120 and the tables weren’t as soft as they were on day 1. I still had Ferguson and Laak on my right and actors Jon Hamm from the show Mad Men at around 140K and Kevin Wiseman at around 85K. We were 7 handed. Things started off really slow for me and I folded for 2 rounds which brought me down to 34K. They broke our table and the second hand I picked up at the new table UTG was A8os and I open shoved. The BB called with 75s and the flop came A 10 8. Turn was a 7, river bricked and I doubled up. I got moved again right after that hand. Just when I was really starting to like that table!
At the next table things were quiet for a few hands and then in middle position I picked up 99 and raised to 10K. Blinds were 2K – 4K 500 ante. BB calls. Flop comes J82 rainbow. I bet 15K, BB raises to 30K, I shove he calls. 99 vs A8. Turn 2, river 8. I flipped the table over and burned the hotel to the ground.
Well, I did in fakey land in my brain. There were around 100 left and if I double there I’m gonna make a deep run. Ah, the best laid plans of mice and men…..Damn you Poker, why do you mock me!!!!
So I raced home from Commerce and jumped in the Sunday 200K 40 minutes late with $2790 in chips and I’m currently at $4894. Hope this goes better than the live tourney.
Cheers,
Scott
Tags: Alias, alice in chains, Annie Duke, Damageplan, Hell Yeah, Jerry Cantrell, Kevin Wiseman, Kirk Hammett, Matt Savage, Mekhi Phifer, Metallica, pantera, Phil Hellmuth, Scott Ian, Slash, Vinnie Paul, WPT Celebrity Invitational
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