From kubey at sgi.com Mon Jun 1 20:33:37 2009 From: kubey at sgi.com (Ken Kubey) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 17:33:37 -0700 (PST) Subject: [Target] Updated player list Message-ID: <200906020033.RAA60048@summit.engr.sgi.com> We are up to 26 players now. Added this week: Bill Turner Brandon Spears Dave Tahajian Mike Chow Ming Lee Rest of the crew: Barbara Garrett Bob Jones Jeff Deitch Jim Anderson John Lloyd Keith Troell Ken Kubey Kevan Garrett Len Marciano Marc Ferguson Mark Rafn Mark Trombley Patti Beadles Peter Secor Rich Strauss Rod Chavez Russ Fox Sabyl Cohen Landrum Steve Nissman Steve Watanabe Wendy Rafn Ken Kubey kubey at sgi.com (408) 524-6939 From kubey at sgi.com Fri Jun 5 15:41:56 2009 From: kubey at sgi.com (Ken Kubey) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 12:41:56 -0700 (PST) Subject: [Target] Reminders Message-ID: <200906051941.MAA72223@summit.engr.sgi.com> One week to go! Schedule of events: ################### Friday, 6/12 11:00 a.m. to noon. Brunch. Meet at Mirage poker room. Friday, 6/12 12:30 p.m. to 4:30. TARGET. Mirage poker room. Friday, 6/12 5:00 p.m. to ????. Craps tour. Meet at Mirage poker room. Go to the gold Coast. My cell is 408 605-4435. If you have to cancel at the last minute, please call my cell and talk to me. I sometimes miss text messages for days, so please call, don't text. We have over 20 for brunch and over 10 interested in craps. I'll be checking e-mail through Wednesday. No e-mail for me after that. Oh, thanks for all the replies and nice notes. I haven't had time to reply to everyome individually. Okay. Let's have fun. See ya all in less than a week. Ken Kubey kubey at sgi.com (408) 524-6939 From kubey at sgi.com Tue Jun 9 19:19:39 2009 From: kubey at sgi.com (Ken Kubey) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:19:39 -0700 (PST) Subject: [Target] Update 6/9 Message-ID: <200906092319.QAA89124@summit.engr.sgi.com> Dan Sammartino is in! Two players have dropped out. We are at 25. See you in less than three days! Ken Kubey kubey at sgi.com (408) 524-6939 From pattib at pattib.org Sun Jun 14 07:23:24 2009 From: pattib at pattib.org (Patti Beadles) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:23:24 -0700 Subject: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report Message-ID: <20090614112324.BDE5FBE8C3@green.rahul.net> Bob is out-- I have no details. Ken is still in. There are 350ish left and 270 get paid. His stack is... something like 26800, but I don't remember. Par is low 30s. They resume tomorrow at 2:00. -P From rcfox at claytonservices.com Sun Jun 14 10:29:29 2009 From: rcfox at claytonservices.com (rcfox at claytonservices.com) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:29:29 -0700 Subject: [Target] Ken in 197th out of 325 Message-ID: <00d201c9ecfc$86b6cb10$94246130$@com> Just got home and opened the WSOP release. Ken has $25,700 and is in 197th place out of 325 remaining; 270 get paid. Average chips is $36,526. Here is Ken's table for today (Table 79): 1 Slim Mameche Duinet, France 41,300 2 Andy Achillea London, UK 2,300 3 Joshua Bylund Muskegon, MI 37,300 4 Jonas Klausen Odense, Denmark 40,900 5 Bill Carey Clearwater, FL 22,800 6 Salim Zakhem Houston, TX 58,900 7 M Mehdi Alaei Los Angeles, CA 39,700 8 Ken Kubey Sunnyvale, CA 25,700 9 Jeff Reiter Le Claire, IA 19,700 Good luck Ken - Russ Fox -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From brandon at republiclandscapes.com Sun Jun 14 10:32:16 2009 From: brandon at republiclandscapes.com (Brandon Spears) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:32:16 -0500 Subject: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report In-Reply-To: <20090614112324.BDE5FBE8C3@green.rahul.net> References: <20090614112324.BDE5FBE8C3@green.rahul.net> Message-ID: <8952F5649E534329A670B59839A58954@here> I assume this is for event 28? who were the TARGET winners who entered? Brandon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Beadles" To: ; Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:23 AM Subject: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report > Bob is out-- I have no details. > > Ken is still in. There are 350ish left and 270 get paid. > His stack is... something like 26800, but I don't remember. > Par is low 30s. They resume tomorrow at 2:00. > > -P > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > From steve.bia at cox.net Sun Jun 14 10:47:39 2009 From: steve.bia at cox.net (Steve Nissman) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:47:39 -0700 Subject: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report In-Reply-To: <8952F5649E534329A670B59839A58954@here> References: <20090614112324.BDE5FBE8C3@green.rahul.net> <8952F5649E534329A670B59839A58954@here> Message-ID: <002001c9ecff$10e21f40$32a65dc0$@bia@cox.net> Bob and Ken were the two who won seats through TARGET. They both entered yesterday's $1500 NL, and Ken is still in the running. BIA -----Original Message----- From: target-bounces at conjelco.com [mailto:target-bounces at conjelco.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Spears Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:32 AM To: target at conjelco.com Subject: Re: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report I assume this is for event 28? who were the TARGET winners who entered? Brandon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Beadles" To: ; Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:23 AM Subject: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report > Bob is out-- I have no details. > > Ken is still in. There are 350ish left and 270 get paid. > His stack is... something like 26800, but I don't remember. > Par is low 30s. They resume tomorrow at 2:00. > > -P > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > _______________________________________________ Target mailing list Target at conjelco.com http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target From brandon at republiclandscapes.com Sun Jun 14 10:54:30 2009 From: brandon at republiclandscapes.com (Brandon Spears) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 09:54:30 -0500 Subject: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report In-Reply-To: <002001c9ecff$10e21f40$32a65dc0$@bia@cox.net> References: <20090614112324.BDE5FBE8C3@green.rahul.net><8952F5649E534329A670B59839A58954@here> <002001c9ecff$10e21f40$32a65dc0$@bia@cox.net> Message-ID: I thought there were 26 players, wouldn't have been enough for three spots? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nissman" To: Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report > Bob and Ken were the two who won seats through TARGET. They both entered > yesterday's $1500 NL, and Ken is still in the running. > > > BIA > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: target-bounces at conjelco.com [mailto:target-bounces at conjelco.com] On > Behalf Of Brandon Spears > Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:32 AM > To: target at conjelco.com > Subject: Re: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report > > I assume this is for event 28? who were the TARGET winners who entered? > > Brandon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patti Beadles" > To: ; > Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:23 AM > Subject: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report > > >> Bob is out-- I have no details. >> >> Ken is still in. There are 350ish left and 270 get paid. >> His stack is... something like 26800, but I don't remember. >> Par is low 30s. They resume tomorrow at 2:00. >> >> -P >> _______________________________________________ >> Target mailing list >> Target at conjelco.com >> http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target >> > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > > > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > From steve.bia at cox.net Sun Jun 14 11:31:06 2009 From: steve.bia at cox.net (Steve Nissman) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 08:31:06 -0700 Subject: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report In-Reply-To: References: <20090614112324.BDE5FBE8C3@green.rahul.net><8952F5649E534329A670B59839A58954@here> <002001c9ecff$10e21f40$32a65dc0$@bia@cox.net> Message-ID: <000e01c9ed05$2291f520$67b5df60$@bia@cox.net> There were 25. 2 seats, 4 people got some cash. -----Original Message----- From: target-bounces at conjelco.com [mailto:target-bounces at conjelco.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Spears Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:55 AM To: target at conjelco.com Subject: Re: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report I thought there were 26 players, wouldn't have been enough for three spots? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nissman" To: Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report > Bob and Ken were the two who won seats through TARGET. They both entered > yesterday's $1500 NL, and Ken is still in the running. > > > BIA > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: target-bounces at conjelco.com [mailto:target-bounces at conjelco.com] On > Behalf Of Brandon Spears > Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:32 AM > To: target at conjelco.com > Subject: Re: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report > > I assume this is for event 28? who were the TARGET winners who entered? > > Brandon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patti Beadles" > To: ; > Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:23 AM > Subject: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report > > >> Bob is out-- I have no details. >> >> Ken is still in. There are 350ish left and 270 get paid. >> His stack is... something like 26800, but I don't remember. >> Par is low 30s. They resume tomorrow at 2:00. >> >> -P >> _______________________________________________ >> Target mailing list >> Target at conjelco.com >> http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target >> > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > > > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > _______________________________________________ Target mailing list Target at conjelco.com http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target From jeff at infowerks.com Sun Jun 14 13:59:00 2009 From: jeff at infowerks.com (Jeff Deitch) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:59:00 -0700 Subject: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report In-Reply-To: <000e01c9ed05$2291f520$67b5df60$@bia@cox.net> Message-ID: Go Ken! Show us the money! -Blofeld On 6/14/09 8:31 AM, "Steve Nissman" wrote: > There were 25. 2 seats, 4 people got some cash. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: target-bounces at conjelco.com [mailto:target-bounces at conjelco.com] On > Behalf Of Brandon Spears > Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:55 AM > To: target at conjelco.com > Subject: Re: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report > > I thought there were 26 players, wouldn't have been enough for three spots? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Nissman" > To: > Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:47 AM > Subject: Re: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report > > >> Bob and Ken were the two who won seats through TARGET. They both entered >> yesterday's $1500 NL, and Ken is still in the running. >> >> >> BIA >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: target-bounces at conjelco.com [mailto:target-bounces at conjelco.com] On >> Behalf Of Brandon Spears >> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:32 AM >> To: target at conjelco.com >> Subject: Re: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report >> >> I assume this is for event 28? who were the TARGET winners who entered? >> >> Brandon >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Patti Beadles" >> To: ; >> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:23 AM >> Subject: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report >> >> >>> Bob is out-- I have no details. >>> >>> Ken is still in. There are 350ish left and 270 get paid. >>> His stack is... something like 26800, but I don't remember. >>> Par is low 30s. They resume tomorrow at 2:00. >>> >>> -P >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Target mailing list >>> Target at conjelco.com >>> http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Target mailing list >> Target at conjelco.com >> http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Target mailing list >> Target at conjelco.com >> http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target >> > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > > > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target From sabyl55 at sonic.net Sun Jun 14 18:42:36 2009 From: sabyl55 at sonic.net (Sabyl Landrum) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:42:36 -0700 Subject: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report In-Reply-To: <2981581526462501852@unknownmsgid> References: <20090614112324.BDE5FBE8C3@green.rahul.net> <8952F5649E534329A670B59839A58954@here> <2981581526462501852@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: QB in da money. Looks shortish but hanging in there!!! On Sunday, June 14, 2009, Steve Nissman wrote: > There were 25. ?2 seats, 4 people got some cash. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: target-bounces at conjelco.com [mailto:target-bounces at conjelco.com] On > Behalf Of Brandon Spears > Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:55 AM > To: target at conjelco.com > Subject: Re: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report > > I thought there were 26 players, wouldn't have been enough for three spots? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Nissman" > To: > Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 9:47 AM > Subject: Re: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report > > >> Bob and Ken were the two who won seats through TARGET. ?They both entered >> yesterday's $1500 NL, and Ken is still in the running. >> >> >> BIA >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: target-bounces at conjelco.com [mailto:target-bounces at conjelco.com] On >> Behalf Of Brandon Spears >> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:32 AM >> To: target at conjelco.com >> Subject: Re: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report >> >> I assume this is for event 28? ?who were the TARGET winners who entered? >> >> Brandon >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Patti Beadles" >> To: ; >> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 6:23 AM >> Subject: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report >> >> >>> Bob is out-- I have no details. >>> >>> Ken is still in. ?There are 350ish left and 270 get paid. >>> His stack is... something like 26800, but I don't remember. >>> Par is low 30s. ?They resume tomorrow at 2:00. >>> >>> -P >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Target mailing list >>> Target at conjelco.com >>> http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Target mailing list >> Target at conjelco.com >> http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Target mailing list >> Target at conjelco.com >> http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target >> > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > > > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > > From phat_mack at mac.com Sun Jun 14 18:54:15 2009 From: phat_mack at mac.com (Keith) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:54:15 -0500 Subject: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report In-Reply-To: References: <20090614112324.BDE5FBE8C3@green.rahul.net> <8952F5649E534329A670B59839A58954@here> <2981581526462501852@unknownmsgid> Message-ID: <18CEEDE2-80FE-468D-930D-6A771D313042@mac.com> On Jun 14, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Sabyl Landrum wrote: > QB in da money. Looks shortish but hanging in there!!! Go, QB! Chip 'n a chair is all it takes....... From brandon at republiclandscapes.com Sun Jun 14 18:58:16 2009 From: brandon at republiclandscapes.com (Brandon Spears) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:58:16 -0500 Subject: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report In-Reply-To: <18CEEDE2-80FE-468D-930D-6A771D313042@mac.com> References: <20090614112324.BDE5FBE8C3@green.rahul.net><8952F5649E534329A670B59839A58954@here><2981581526462501852@unknownmsgid> <18CEEDE2-80FE-468D-930D-6A771D313042@mac.com> Message-ID: anyone have a good site for updates or coverage? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith" Cc: "Target List" Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [Target] Saturday night TARGET report > > On Jun 14, 2009, at 5:42 PM, Sabyl Landrum wrote: > >> QB in da money. Looks shortish but hanging in there!!! > > > Go, QB! Chip 'n a chair is all it takes....... > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > From pattib at pattib.org Sun Jun 14 20:36:20 2009 From: pattib at pattib.org (Patti Beadles) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:36:20 -0700 Subject: [Target] Kubey out Message-ID: <20090615003620.1ED33BE8C5@green.rahul.net> I just got a message from Ken that he's out of the event. He went out in 184th place, for $2988. Nice showing, Ken! -P From steve.bia at cox.net Sun Jun 14 21:31:39 2009 From: steve.bia at cox.net (Steve Nissman) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:31:39 -0700 Subject: [Target] Kubey out In-Reply-To: <20090615003620.1ED33BE8C5@green.rahul.net> References: <20090615003620.1ED33BE8C5@green.rahul.net> Message-ID: <004701c9ed59$07a3b010$16eb1030$@bia@cox.net> When I got there they were on the bubble. 30 tables going hand for hand.... this was poker at its most boring :) He was in the money but short stacked when I left, looks like he survived through another 75 players. Way to go Ken! BIA -----Original Message----- From: target-bounces at conjelco.com [mailto:target-bounces at conjelco.com] On Behalf Of Patti Beadles Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 5:36 PM To: target at conjelco.com; barge at barge.org Subject: [Target] Kubey out I just got a message from Ken that he's out of the event. He went out in 184th place, for $2988. Nice showing, Ken! -P _______________________________________________ Target mailing list Target at conjelco.com http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target From Eagle651 at aol.com Sun Jun 14 23:50:10 2009 From: Eagle651 at aol.com (Eagle651 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:50:10 EDT Subject: [Target] Kubey out Message-ID: Ken, Congratulations! You ran a great Target and you did well in the WS. Len Marciano In a message dated 6/14/2009 5:37:15 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pattib at pattib.org writes: I just got a message from Ken that he's out of the event. He went out in 184th place, for $2988. Nice showing, Ken! -P _______________________________________________ Target mailing list Target at conjelco.com http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target **************Choose the home loan that saves you the most $$$. 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URL: From brandon at republiclandscapes.com Mon Jun 15 00:13:33 2009 From: brandon at republiclandscapes.com (Brandon Spears) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:13:33 -0500 Subject: [Target] Kubey out In-Reply-To: <20090615003620.1ED33BE8C5@green.rahul.net> References: <20090615003620.1ED33BE8C5@green.rahul.net> Message-ID: <7FB6719A422B4ADF840586C1C2DA48B7@here> Congrats, I be looking forward to that 17 bucks at BARGE! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Beadles" To: ; Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 7:36 PM Subject: [Target] Kubey out >I just got a message from Ken that he's out of the event. > He went out in 184th place, for $2988. > > Nice showing, Ken! > > -P > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > From richst at pacbell.net Mon Jun 15 01:27:07 2009 From: richst at pacbell.net (Rich Strauss) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:27:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Target] Kubey out In-Reply-To: <20090615003620.1ED33BE8C5@green.rahul.net> References: <20090615003620.1ED33BE8C5@green.rahul.net> Message-ID: <282084.43193.qm@web82205.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Way to go, Ken! -- Rich ----- Original Message ---- > From: Patti Beadles > To: target at conjelco.com; barge at barge.org > Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 5:36:20 PM > Subject: [Target] Kubey out > > I just got a message from Ken that he's out of the event. > He went out in 184th place, for $2988. > > Nice showing, Ken! > > -P > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target From jeff at infowerks.com Mon Jun 15 09:14:02 2009 From: jeff at infowerks.com (Jeff Deitch) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:14:02 -0700 Subject: [Target] Kubey out In-Reply-To: <282084.43193.qm@web82205.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Nice work Ken! Thanks again for setting this all up and for returning some cash! -Blofeld On 6/14/09 10:27 PM, "Rich Strauss" wrote: > > Way to go, Ken! > > -- Rich > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Patti Beadles >> To: target at conjelco.com; barge at barge.org >> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 5:36:20 PM >> Subject: [Target] Kubey out >> >> I just got a message from Ken that he's out of the event. >> He went out in 184th place, for $2988. >> >> Nice showing, Ken! >> >> -P >> _______________________________________________ >> Target mailing list >> Target at conjelco.com >> http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target From andy.latto at pobox.com Mon Jun 15 11:44:56 2009 From: andy.latto at pobox.com (Andy Latto) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:44:56 -0400 Subject: [Target] Kubey out In-Reply-To: References: <282084.43193.qm@web82205.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Congrats, Ken. Are you the first person to cash in a WSOP event with a TARGET-won entry? Great to see you getting something back from all the work you do organizing TARGET year after year. Andy -- Andy.Latto at pobox.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From berentsen at tds.net Mon Jun 15 11:59:00 2009 From: berentsen at tds.net (Guy) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:59:00 -0500 Subject: [Target] Kubey out In-Reply-To: References: <282084.43193.qm@web82205.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4A366FC4.20009@tds.net> Andy Latto wrote: > Congrats, Ken. > > Are you the first person to cash in a WSOP event with a TARGET-won entry? > No, that was Kevan's Mom in '07 From kevan at well.com Mon Jun 15 13:35:21 2009 From: kevan at well.com (Kevan Scott Garrett) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:35:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Target] Ken r00lz!!!! Message-ID: <200906151735.n5FHZLVJ014576@well.com> Hi Folks. What a great weekend. As always, Ken put on a great TARGET, raised the bar by winning TARGET (again!!) and then put the icing on the cake by moneying in the WSOP. Absolutely great!!!!! As always the best part of TARGET (like most *arge events) was seeing all the great people that I don't get to see that often. Like: Ken and family The r00lerz contingent (Mike, Bill and the boston guy. Heh) Ming Lee!!!!! who should have a bracelet if not for luckbox Ivey Bill "yet another cash" Chen J.P., Patti, Rich Strauss, and the other Bay Area Folk My Mom All the TARGET folks And on and on and on. Thanks again to Ken for setting this up. Now that Mom and Ken have started the trend the next goal is a TARGETeer winning a bracelet. And as much as I hate LV I will always make the time for TARGET. Great seeing you all and, again, Kenny r00lz!!!! Cheers Kevan Kevan S. Garrett | "We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, 415-515-6824 | and we used to lay on our backs and look up at kevan at well.com | them, and discuss about whether they was made | or only just happened. Jim he allowed they was made, | but I allowed they happened; I judged it would have | took too long to make so many." "Huck Finn" by Mark Twain "Says James, in my opinion there's nothing in this world, beats a '52 Vincent and a red-headed girl." Richard Thompson From kubey at sgi.com Mon Jun 15 16:20:34 2009 From: kubey at sgi.com (Ken Kubey) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 13:20:34 -0700 (PST) Subject: [Target] Ken r00lz!!!! Message-ID: <200906152020.NAA23756@summit.engr.sgi.com> Thanks Kevan. What a wild ride! The trip report is going to take a while. A lot of very interesting stuff. I have the 2009 Target player payoff at $18.68. Thanks for all the e-mails and support. Big thanks to my sweaters: Patti, Fich, Rich, Steve N., Mark T. and Sabyl. Woo hoo! Ken Kubey kubey at sgi.com (408) 524-6939 From kevan at well.com Mon Jun 15 17:06:18 2009 From: kevan at well.com (Kevan Scott Garrett) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:06:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Target] Ken r00lz!!!! Message-ID: <200906152106.n5FL6Ibo010514@well.com> Hi Folks. Forgot to say a big "Thanks" to Sabyl. It was great to see her and she was her usual generous, gracious self. She took Mom and Patti and me out to dinner and wowed us with both her humor and her knowledge. Thanks!!!! Seen from one of my tourney tables over the weekend. Chatting about different poker books: Random Fish: "Just what we need, another poker book". Me: "Do you know 'The Mathmatics of Poker'?" RF: "No, is that one good?" Me: "Yeah. The author, Bill Chen is a friend of mine, and a really nice guy". RF: "Hmmmmmm" Me: "And fortuntely I have some other friends (Steve, Sabyl, J.P.) who can help explain what it means after I read it". Cheers Kevan Kevan S. Garrett | "We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, 415-515-6824 | and we used to lay on our backs and look up at kevan at well.com | them, and discuss about whether they was made | or only just happened. Jim he allowed they was made, | but I allowed they happened; I judged it would have | took too long to make so many." "Huck Finn" by Mark Twain "Says James, in my opinion there's nothing in this world, beats a '52 Vincent and a red-headed girl." Richard Thompson From mgchow at yahoo.com Mon Jun 15 18:33:54 2009 From: mgchow at yahoo.com (Mike Chow) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:33:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Target] Ken r00lz!!!! In-Reply-To: <200906152020.NAA23756@summit.engr.sgi.com> References: <200906152020.NAA23756@summit.engr.sgi.com> Message-ID: <305413.30005.qm@web31801.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Ken, I'll cost ya more in postage and gas trying to track me down to pay me. Please keep my share as your tip. -- mike ----- Original Message ---- > From: Ken Kubey > To: target at conjelco.com; Kevan Scott Garrett > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 1:20:34 PM > Subject: Re: [Target] Ken r00lz!!!! > > Thanks Kevan. > > What a wild ride!? The trip report is going to take a while. > A lot of very interesting stuff. > > I have the 2009 Target player payoff at $18.68.? > > Thanks for all the e-mails and support.? Big thanks to my sweaters: > Patti, Fich, Rich, Steve N., Mark T. and Sabyl. > > Woo hoo! > > Ken Kubey? ? ? ? kubey at sgi.com? (408) 524-6939 > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target From mgchow at yahoo.com Mon Jun 15 18:35:59 2009 From: mgchow at yahoo.com (Mike Chow) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:35:59 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Target] [BARGE] Send Scottro to BARGE Fund Report In-Reply-To: <4A36BD0B.4060105@scottro.com> References: <20090614235650.A0134BE8C5@green.rahul.net> <4A365E1B.2020804@deltacomm.com> <4A36BD0B.4060105@scottro.com> Message-ID: <87572.97822.qm@web31803.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Hey.? I just made $18.xx on Kubey's r00ling WSOP cash.? Ken, instead, let's redirect my share to the "pink hat fund" for Scottro's BARGE. -- mike ----- Original Message ---- > From: scottro > To: barge at barge.org > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 2:28:43 PM > Subject: Re: [BARGE] Send Scottro to BARGE Fund Report > > Jeff Woods wrote: > > > I've been on the bad end of joblessness, and even though I used a newborn > child as the excuse, the only BARGE I ever missed was actually due to being > BUSTO, in 2002.? I was absolutely crushed. > > > > As I'm in a better spot now, I raise.? ? I pledge $55.77 to the BUSTO fund. > > You guys are fucking awesome. > > As Eric is fond of saying:? Wow.? Just wow. > > 77 From daniel.sammartino at hp.com Tue Jun 16 11:42:09 2009 From: daniel.sammartino at hp.com (Sammartino, Dan) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:42:09 +0000 Subject: [Target] Ken r00lz!!!! In-Reply-To: <200906152020.NAA23756@summit.engr.sgi.com> References: <200906152020.NAA23756@summit.engr.sgi.com> Message-ID: And Kevan quickly learned his lesson from being the "fish" bust out at 2009 TARGET by winning the Orleans Saturday night event, cashing for a cool $4K payday!! Do we get a TARGET percentage from that too!?!?!? Patti, Mom Garrett, and I all contributed to his prize pool :) "Idaho" Dan -----Original Message----- From: target-bounces at conjelco.com [mailto:target-bounces at conjelco.com] On Behalf Of Ken Kubey Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 2:21 PM To: target at conjelco.com; Kevan Scott Garrett Subject: Re: [Target] Ken r00lz!!!! Thanks Kevan. What a wild ride! The trip report is going to take a while. A lot of very interesting stuff. I have the 2009 Target player payoff at $18.68. Thanks for all the e-mails and support. Big thanks to my sweaters: Patti, Fich, Rich, Steve N., Mark T. and Sabyl. Woo hoo! Ken Kubey kubey at sgi.com (408) 524-6939 _______________________________________________ Target mailing list Target at conjelco.com http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target From driveanmg at yahoo.com Tue Jun 16 12:22:19 2009 From: driveanmg at yahoo.com (Bob Jones) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:22:19 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Target] Bob's TARGET trip report Message-ID: <893792.32523.qm@web35905.mail.mud.yahoo.com> My first *RGER sighting Friday morning when Russ spotted me when I walked into the Venetian poker room. We played a little NL before heading over to the Mirage. It was nice to shake the rust off a little, since I haven't been playing much live poker lately. Won a couple nice pots, so the weekend started off well. Once TARGET started, I quickly dusted off about half my stack making bad plays, although I can't really remember any specifics. I've been reading Negreanu's book on "small ball", so was doing a little of that. It didn't work well. But, the cards bailed me out and I got AA against Rich Strauss' JJ for the double up. From then on, I played better. I built my stack without ever getting super short again, which was nice. I won a couple of races (66 vs AK and AK vs 66) along the way, and then managed to crack Len's QT with my J4s when we were three handed and bingo, Ken and I were in! I had planned to play the $1500 NL event regardless of the results of TARGET, so it was pretty nice to not have to pull the money out of my pocket. BTW, I lied on Friday, I actually had 86o, not 82o when I folded to Steve's shove. I just didn't feel like blowing off the extra $800 because I was getting the right odds. Someone smarter than me could do the ICM calculation to see how bad it was. IIRC, we were at $400-800 and he had $1400, so yeah I was getting 4:1 and should have called. It may have been $300-600 which would be a little more like 3:1. Either way, I'm okay with it. I forget how many chips I had at that point. Anyway, TARGET was a lot of fun, and the Mirage was really cool with the play by play and the framed photo was a nice touch. After going to the Rio to buy in to the big event, Friday night I played a bit more $1-2 NL over at the Venetian won a few more nice pots, so I was feeling pretty good about my game. After grabbing dinner with Russ and Aaron at the Grand Luxe, I played some video poker to try to keep the free rooms coming from the Venetian. Saturday I got over to the Rio in time to grab some lunch with the gang from Denver. I had played in a season long satellite with a dozen others and this was also the event the winner was going to play. I started (and finished) in the Brasilia room. There was nobody famous at my table, at least not famous enough for me to recognize. One guy did know Bobby Belande who was roaming around and another guy knew the pokernews.com reporters. The first 1:45 was awesome. I think I had about 8 pocket pairs in that time, along with AQ once and AJ twice. I won the first four pots. I was on a bit of a roller coaster, one guy in particular was killing me by playing any two against me and getting there (K4o=full house, for example). I got up to 7000, then down to 3000, then up to just over 10k when I had JJ and the board was KJ9sss and the chip leader bet into me. I raised and he tanked. If he had shoved, I'm not sure I can lay it down, but would not have been happy. That was my peak. I bled off about $1500 in a few orbits after that. Right before break, I had 54o in the BB. Four limpers, flop was QJ5, checked around, turn is a 5, putting two flush draws out there. I bet, short stack guy calls, small blind jams for $2.5k (I think). I talked myself into the possibility that they both had draws. They didn't, the SB had Q5, so I was drawing dead when I couldn't find the fold button. The shorter stack had T9o for the bottom end of a straight draw on a double suited, paired board. He was awful. He also miss-called his hand for a nice pot for me on the 2nd hand. So I was down to about $6k by the first break. Then our sweet, sweet table broke. I got a horrible seat with the big stack two to my left. I made a couple of ill-advised blind steal, then continuation bet plays that did not work and I was down to about $3500 and slowly bled down to $2600. I was getting horrible cards. Finally, I picked up A9o in the $150-300 level. I raised to $900, got called, he checked the raggy flop, I jammed, he couldn't find the fold with middle set and IGHN. I should have just shoved. Wouldn't have mattered, but not sure what I was thinking. After busting, I caught up with one of the Denver guys and sweated Ming Lee's final table for a while, but I got bored and he had to go find his wife who had just hit a nice slot payout and he wanted to rathole some of the money before the one armed bandit took it all again. So, nothing else to do, I jumped into a $2-5 NL game. I'm not a fan of the Mississippi straddle that the Rio has, but whatever. I donked around a bit and got down about $75 when I had A9s in the cutoff. I made it $30, got the button to fold and was just called by the big blind. Flop was 862 with one of my suit. He checked, I continuation bet $50. He called. Hmmm. Turn was a nice pretty 7s, giving me an open ended straight draw and nut flush draw. I suppose I should check here, but what the heck, I bet, he shipped. Oops. Guess he does have that set. I started the hand with about $425, so I was getting really good odds for the call. So much for small-ball! I call and hit the 5 for the straight. Ship the cheese to the fish! Nothing too exciting happened after that, so I went back to watching Ming/Ivey/Mortenson on one table and Alan on the other. I ran into Kenny Shei and Bob Lauria there. After a while I headed back to the Venetian to try to track down the other guys from Denver. Turns out they were off consuming many beer units, so I ended up signing up for the 7 pm Venetian tourney. I decided it was time *I* started consuming many beer units. I think I lasted four beer units in the tourney. Not having had enough yet, I decided to go play $1-2 NL. OMG. Best table ever. Two newbies. Two very wealthy business types who had played but hadn't found a clue. Kid trying to impress his girlfriend. Really, really drunk off duty floor guy from another room. Four hours later I was up about $700 at my peak, without having won any really big pots, just a lot of $75-150 pots. I bled off a couple of hundred and then got involved in a hand that got a little out of control and I found myself calling an all in with KQs on a K high board on the turn. Small-ball is dead to me! I was way ahead, as he had no pair, no draw with a way over played AJo. An ace on the river and ship the cheese to the other fish and I was back to my starting stack. By now, we had gotten fairly short, I think we were at 5 or 6 handed. They broke our table a little after 2:30. I was, uh, not sober by this time and the smart thing would have been to just go to bed. I was in no mood to do the smart thing. So I went to my new table. It didn't seem as fishy, but I was just generating chips. Things are a little hazy here, but again I didn't win any huge pots, just a lot of $75-150 ones. By six am I was done and racked up $680 winner. Dingz! After five hours of slumber, I got up, got some noodles at Noodles Asia and was ready for some poker. I had run into Aaron on my way to the noodle bar and we talked about playing, but I couldn't find him, so when the Denver guys called and said they were playing the 2 pm Planet Hollywood tourney, I couldn't resist. There were 70 runners and about three hours later, five of us chopped up the prize pool. We were all essentially even in chips as we headed into the $3-6k level after I sucked out with QQ vs AA (live poker is so rigged). So, when someone suggested deal, we all took it since we all had an M of 5ish. Afterwards I played a little bad $1-2 NL, and racked up down about $20. We went back to the Rio for the seafood buffet and then checked out the action in the Amazon room. No BARGers in sight, and then I checked my phone and found out Ken had busted. The guy who busted me was still alive, so my chips swam upstream. After we headed back, there was talk of playing the Harrah's 12:30, but I didn't have it in me and headed off to sleepy land since I had to get up early for a flight. Tornadoes didn't start until after I landed, barely. I was still on airport property in my car when the tornado warning went off on the radio. I didn't see the funnel, but I could see the area where they were reporting them. I'll post a picture later. So all in all, a great trip. I'm running so over expectation lately, I'm a little concerned about how ugly it will be when I regress to the mean. It was great catching up with Russ, Patti, Peter, Ken, and the other ARGERs. I was disappointed with my play in the wsop, but I'll get over it. Winning two tournies while there did soothe the pain a bit. Congrats to Ken Kubey for his great job! Best TARGET evah! Bob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rod.chavez at gmail.com Tue Jun 16 13:12:53 2009 From: rod.chavez at gmail.com (Rod Chavez) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:12:53 -0700 Subject: [Target] Ken r00lz!!!! In-Reply-To: <305413.30005.qm@web31801.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <200906152020.NAA23756@summit.engr.sgi.com> <305413.30005.qm@web31801.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <93b88a070906161012l2c7f2db7r13f5a7f04b11029f@mail.gmail.com> ditto what Mike said. or if we do what we did a few years back and just roll up the TARGET share of your action and give it to the charity of your choice, that's fine too great event Ken, and i'm glad you're the one of us who got furthest into the money! On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Mike Chow wrote: > > Ken, I'll cost ya more in postage and gas trying to track me down to pay > me. > > Please keep my share as your tip. > > -- mike > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Ken Kubey > > To: target at conjelco.com; Kevan Scott Garrett > > Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 1:20:34 PM > > Subject: Re: [Target] Ken r00lz!!!! > > > > Thanks Kevan. > > > > What a wild ride! The trip report is going to take a while. > > A lot of very interesting stuff. > > > > I have the 2009 Target player payoff at $18.68. > > > > Thanks for all the e-mails and support. Big thanks to my sweaters: > > Patti, Fich, Rich, Steve N., Mark T. and Sabyl. > > > > Woo hoo! > > > > Ken Kubey kubey at sgi.com (408) 524-6939 > > _______________________________________________ > > Target mailing list > > Target at conjelco.com > > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kevan at well.com Tue Jun 16 13:14:16 2009 From: kevan at well.com (Kevan Scott Garrett) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:14:16 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Target] Bob's TARGET trip report Message-ID: <200906161714.n5GHEGjP025897@well.com> Hi All. From Bob's great trip report: > So all in all, a great trip. I'm running so over > expectation lately, I'm a little concerned about how ugly it will be > when I regress to the mean. Reminds me of Billy Connolly's (sp?) description of the Scot's attitude toward the world: "A Scotsman walks out of his house on a beautiful spring morning. The sky is crystal clear, there is a warm breeze and birds are singing in the trees. He looks around and says: "Ach, we're going to pay for this"". Nice job Bob. Well played and well drank (apparently). Cheers Kevan Kevan S. Garrett | "We had the sky up there, all speckled with stars, 415-515-6824 | and we used to lay on our backs and look up at kevan at well.com | them, and discuss about whether they was made | or only just happened. Jim he allowed they was made, | but I allowed they happened; I judged it would have | took too long to make so many." "Huck Finn" by Mark Twain "Says James, in my opinion there's nothing in this world, beats a '52 Vincent and a red-headed girl." Richard Thompson From kubey at sgi.com Tue Jun 16 16:55:16 2009 From: kubey at sgi.com (Ken Kubey) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:55:16 -0700 (PST) Subject: [Target] Getting your 2009 Player's share Message-ID: <200906162055.NAA58015@summit.engr.sgi.com> Hi all, I've gotten several suggestions public and private about how to distribute the TARGET winnings. $18.67 per player. If you were a TARGET 2009 player, here are the options: 1. $20 cash at BARGE. 2. $19 by PokerStars Transfer. 3. $18 by check sent by U.S. mail. 4. Donate $18.67 to the send Scottro to BARGE fund. 5. Donate $18.67 to The Children's Hospital of Oakland. 6. Let Kubey keep the $18.67. 7. Let Kubey decide what to do with the $18.67. The math: I won $2988. 15% of that is $448. 25 players paid to enter TARGET. I do not get a share. $448/24 is $18.67. $18.67 per player. Sorry, I won't do PayPal as they charged a service fee the last time I used them to xfer $20. Scum. I've already heard from Rod C., Mike C., Bill T., Dave T. 4 down, 20 to go. Ken Kubey kubey at sgi.com (408) 524-6939 From jeff at infowerks.com Tue Jun 16 17:02:55 2009 From: jeff at infowerks.com (Jeff Deitch) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:02:55 -0700 Subject: [Target] Getting your 2009 Player's share In-Reply-To: <200906162055.NAA58015@summit.engr.sgi.com> Message-ID: 4 and then 6 if 4 doesn't happen. Thanks again for a great time and giving me someone to sweat! Nice work too! -Blofeld On 6/16/09 1:55 PM, "Ken Kubey" wrote: > Hi all, > I've gotten several suggestions public and private about > how to distribute the TARGET winnings. $18.67 per player. > > > If you were a TARGET 2009 player, here are the options: > > 1. $20 cash at BARGE. > 2. $19 by PokerStars Transfer. > 3. $18 by check sent by U.S. mail. > 4. Donate $18.67 to the send Scottro to BARGE fund. > 5. Donate $18.67 to The Children's Hospital of Oakland. > 6. Let Kubey keep the $18.67. > 7. Let Kubey decide what to do with the $18.67. > > > > > The math: > > I won $2988. 15% of that is $448. 25 players paid to enter TARGET. > I do not get a share. $448/24 is $18.67. $18.67 per player. > > Sorry, I won't do PayPal as they charged a service fee > the last time I used them to xfer $20. Scum. > > I've already heard from Rod C., Mike C., Bill T., Dave T. > > 4 down, 20 to go. > > Ken Kubey kubey at sgi.com (408) 524-6939 > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target From dagon at dagon.net Tue Jun 16 18:11:48 2009 From: dagon at dagon.net (Mark Rafn) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:11:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Target] Getting your 2009 Player's share In-Reply-To: <200906162055.NAA58015@summit.engr.sgi.com> References: <200906162055.NAA58015@summit.engr.sgi.com> Message-ID: Way to go, Ken! About time :) > I won $2988. 15% of that is $448. 25 players paid to enter TARGET. > I do not get a share. $448/24 is $18.67. $18.67 per player. Why don't you get a share? You paid the buyin like everyone else. It should be $17.92 each! > 7. Let Kubey decide what to do with the $18.67. #7 for me. -- Mark Rafn dagon at dagon.net From kubey at sgi.com Tue Jun 16 18:45:57 2009 From: kubey at sgi.com (Ken Kubey) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:45:57 -0700 (PST) Subject: [Target] Getting your 2009 Player's share References: <200906162055.NAA58015@summit.engr.sgi.com> Message-ID: <200906162245.PAA61845@summit.engr.sgi.com> Mark Rafn wrote: > > Way to go, Ken! About time :) 15 years. > > I won $2988. 15% of that is $448. 25 players paid to enter TARGET. > > I do not get a share. $448/24 is $18.67. $18.67 per player. > > Why don't you get a share? You paid the buyin like everyone else. It > should be $17.92 each! The rules clearly state "to the other players" > > 7. Let Kubey decide what to do with the $18.67. > > #7 for me. Noted. Thanks. See ya in 6 weeks. Ken Kubey kubey at sgi.com (408) 524-6939 From richst at pacbell.net Tue Jun 16 19:26:28 2009 From: richst at pacbell.net (Rich Strauss) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:26:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Target] Getting your 2009 Player's share In-Reply-To: <200906162055.NAA58015@summit.engr.sgi.com> References: <200906162055.NAA58015@summit.engr.sgi.com> Message-ID: <751710.71188.qm@web82205.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > If you were a TARGET 2009 player, here are the options: > > 7. Let Kubey decide what to do with the $18.67. > I pick #7. -- Rich From dpcondit3 at verizon.net Sun Jun 14 23:38:34 2009 From: dpcondit3 at verizon.net (Don Condit) Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:38:34 -0700 Subject: [Target] [BARGE] Kubey out In-Reply-To: <20090615003620.1ED33BE8C5@green.rahul.net> References: <20090615003620.1ED33BE8C5@green.rahul.net> Message-ID: <4CD3BAD4DD32442EBB26A0BD6086CF31@DonPC> Very good job Ken. congratulations! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Beadles" To: ; Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 5:36 PM Subject: [BARGE] Kubey out >I just got a message from Ken that he's out of the event. > He went out in 184th place, for $2988. > > Nice showing, Ken! > > -P -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.339 / Virus Database: 270.12.68/2175 - Release Date: 06/14/09 05:53:00 From edmt0001 at gmail.com Mon Jun 15 18:49:26 2009 From: edmt0001 at gmail.com (E.Dieter Martin) Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:49:26 -0400 Subject: [Target] [BARGE] Send Scottro to BARGE Fund Report In-Reply-To: <87572.97822.qm@web31803.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20090614235650.A0134BE8C5@green.rahul.net> <4A365E1B.2020804@deltacomm.com> <4A36BD0B.4060105@scottro.com> <87572.97822.qm@web31803.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <8ee378b80906151549t7525ec26j7922c335f8c726da@mail.gmail.com> On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Mike Chow wrote: > > Hey. I just made $18.xx on Kubey's r00ling WSOP cash. Ken, instead, let's > redirect my share to the "pink hat fund" for Scottro's BARGE. > > -- mike > > And I thought you just made more than 100k in the WSOP O8/S8 event. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From trombley at email.arizona.edu Tue Jun 16 19:50:16 2009 From: trombley at email.arizona.edu (Mark Trombley) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:50:16 -0700 Subject: [Target] Getting your 2009 Player's share In-Reply-To: <200906162055.NAA58015@summit.engr.sgi.com> References: <200906162055.NAA58015@summit.engr.sgi.com> Message-ID: <4A382FB8.6000202@email.arizona.edu> #7 for me too. BTW, I notice that the "BARGE Rate" at Binions of $19/$39 isn't quite as good as the $15/$29 rate available at Hotels.com. Mark Ken Kubey wrote: > Hi all, > I've gotten several suggestions public and private about > how to distribute the TARGET winnings. $18.67 per player. > > > If you were a TARGET 2009 player, here are the options: > > 1. $20 cash at BARGE. > 2. $19 by PokerStars Transfer. > 3. $18 by check sent by U.S. mail. > 4. Donate $18.67 to the send Scottro to BARGE fund. > 5. Donate $18.67 to The Children's Hospital of Oakland. > 6. Let Kubey keep the $18.67. > 7. Let Kubey decide what to do with the $18.67. > > > > > The math: > > I won $2988. 15% of that is $448. 25 players paid to enter TARGET. > I do not get a share. $448/24 is $18.67. $18.67 per player. > > Sorry, I won't do PayPal as they charged a service fee > the last time I used them to xfer $20. Scum. > > I've already heard from Rod C., Mike C., Bill T., Dave T. > > 4 down, 20 to go. > > Ken Kubey kubey at sgi.com (408) 524-6939 > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > > > -- ------------------------------ Mark A. Trombley Beach Fleischman Professor University of Arizona Eller College of Management 301 P McClelland Hall Tucson, AZ 85721-0108 SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=16046 520-621-4805 (V) 520-621-3742 (F) From kubey at sgi.com Wed Jun 17 20:42:23 2009 From: kubey at sgi.com (Ken Kubey) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:42:23 -0700 (PST) Subject: [Target] 2009 Report + QB in the WSOP Message-ID: <200906180042.RAA44279@summit.engr.sgi.com> Hi all, Here it is. The official 2009 Report. The 15th TARGET event was held at the Mirage. I check in Thursday with the poker staff. I'm assured the comps will be ready. Cool. Friday, 9:45 a.m. Get Mirage Buffet folks to hold tables for us. No problem. Cool. Friday, 10:00 a.m. Why am I going to the poker room so damn early? Check with Kathleen Paculan about the comps. Couple phone calls. No comps. Ai-ya! Long story short, Kathleen pulled us out of the fire. I made a snap judgement to pull $5 out of the TARGET toke pool and gave it to her. About 20 of us meet for brunch. We are able to get several tables in the same area. Ernest Webber was the Tournament Director (TD) this year. Sadly, Donna Harris is no longer with the Mirage. Again we used Patrick Milligan Tournament Timer. Patti once again supplied the laptop. Just 24 players this year. 25 buy-ins in the pool. More on that later. The tables: Ming Lee - oh, sorry. Late scratch. He was busy making a run in a WSOP event nearly beating some guy named Phil Ivey. Len Marciano John Lloyd Dave Tahajian Bill Turner Rod Chavez Kevin Garrett Barbara Garrett Mark Trombley Dan Sammartino Rich Strauss Peter Secor Jeff Deitch Mike Chow Ken Kubey Russ Fox Bob Jones Steve Nissman Mark Rafn Patti Beadles Jim Anderson Steve Watanabe Aaron Lion Marc Ferguson Wendy Rafn Good to have Bill Turner back. One of the original TARGET players from 1994. Also back... two-time defending champ, Marc Ferguson. A $200 buy-in got each of us 2000 in tournament chips. Cards were in the air very close to 12:30. Kevan Garrett managed to bust on the first hand with AK vs. AQ on a A-Q-X flop. Kevan received a Beanie Baby fish, a $10 slot certificate and a roll of Lifesavers. The fish found its way into some interesting places. Later heard that Kevan won a tournament elsewhere for $4000. WTG! Key early hand. Hope I have this right. Rod Chavez calls for 100. Mark Trombley calls. I look down at JJ. I'm planning to raise it to about 500 or so. But Peter Secor raises to 650 ahead of me. I have Peter on a very strong hand. QQ, KK, AA or AK. I change my plan and fold my jacks. Back around to Rod who pushes all-in. Mark thinks for a bit and folds a pretty strong hand either AQs or AKs. Peter calls right away. Rod has TT (pair of 10's). Peter has AA (a pair of aces.) Rod flops a 10 to take most of Peter's chips. The key point is that Peter's raise certainly saved me from losing a lot of chips. If Peter doesn't raise and if I don't fold, I'm in bad shape. I get run over by the deck. I showed a lot of the hands. I had KK 3 times. QQ twice. AK 6 times. AQ a couple of times. And was hitting the flop too. AK? Flop the K. AQ? Flop the ace. --- Really interesting hand. Someone gets all-in. I thought it was Bob, but he says no. Patti can't remember either. Patti has a big stack and calls. Other guy has AA. Patti has 77. The flop comes down Q-Q-7. Giving Patti a full house! The turn is a 10. The river is a Q. Patti's 7's full of Q's is now Q's full of 7's. The AA makes his hand Q's full of A's and he wins the hand. --- Jim went out in 11th and we are down to the final table: Mark Trombley 2800 Aaron Lion 5400 Bob Jones 9500 Patti Beadles 2800 Steve Nissman 1000 Russ Fox 5400 Ken Kubey 5400 Steve Watanabe 4800 Jeff Deitch 4300 Len Marciano 6700 Russ was at the final table for the 3rd year in a row. Len and Patti were back for the 2nd year in a row. 1st and 2nd get $1500 entries in the WSOP. 3th gets $500. 4th gets $355. 5th gets $225. 6th gets $60. 7th gets a handshake. The tournament will end when we are down to two players. Final table notes... --- QB's QQ holds up to knock out Steve in 10th. --- Len makes a big-stack call against two short stacks. Mark is in the lead with A7. Jeff has T9. Len has T6. The huge dog becomes the top dog as the board comes out with a 2-3-4-5 to make Len a straight and send Mark and Jeff to the rail in 9th and 8th. --- Aaron goes all-in. Patti calls. Arron has 44. Patti has AK. A 4 on the flop keeps the Lion in the hunt and plasters Patti's chip stack. --- Len knocks Patti out with his A2 holding up over her J9. --- Russ is to my right and is folding horrible hand after horrible hand. He tells me some of them. T4, 64, 43, 42. It's kind of funny as they keep getting worse! --- My BB (big blind) The table folds around to Russ in the SB (small blind.) I expect Russ to pick up another garbage hand and fold. Not this time Russ pushes all-in for about 2500. I have about 6000, so this will really hurt if I lose. Russ is a tight player, so I don't think he is going with pure junk. I look down at ATo. An automatic call. Any expert would tell you that. But I give it a little thought. I decide that Russ could easily have a junk ace hand. A7, A2, etc. or KQ or KJ. I'm well ahead of his range of hands, so I make the call. Russ flips up TT (a pair of 10's). I can pretty much only win by hitting an ace. Russ is sure I will win. And he is right. Here comes the flop... A-9-6. Blanks on the turn and river send Russ is out in 6th. We had several $10 late fees allowing us to give the bubble spot a consolation prize of $60. --- Bob Jones pushes all-in with 66. Len Marciano calls with AK. The 6's hold up making Bob the chip leader and sending Marciano against the ropes. It will be tough to keep up with the Joneses now. --- Aaron pushes with KQ. Bob calls with A6. At the turn, the board is X-X-T-J. Aaron needs an ace, king, queen or 9 to win. A useless 7 falls on the river. Aaron is gone in 5th. A nice $225 win and good showing by a rookie TARGET player. --- Steve Nissman never had a decent stack at the final table. He is forced to call all-in with 63 in his BB. Bob has A2. The flop is A-5-2. Niss misses the 4. And finishes 4th. A well earned $350 as he just never had chips to work with. --- At this point, Bob and I have the big stacks. Len needs a double up to get back into the fight. Len pushes with QT. Bob calls from the BB with J4. The flop is 4-X-9 putting Bob in the lead. The turn is a K. Giving Len a little more hope as a J, Q or T will get him back in the race. A river 9 KO's Marciano. 3rd place and $500. --- Congratulations to Bob Jones and Ken Kubey. "Mr. Jones and me." Ken wins TARGET for the 2nd time in three years. Man, how bad must this field suck? I was drinking 7&7's the whole time. I think I had 5 in 4 hours. Ernest did a good job as the TD. He even announce several hands over the Mirage Poker Room speaker system. Pretty cool. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Craps run. I checked the Mirage poker room. Only saw John Lloyd playing NL. Headed over to the Gold Coast. Nobody? Steve Nissman shows up. We atart playing. Barbara and Kevan Garrett show up a few minutes later. Patti made a quick cameo. No real wild action. We made some hard 10's (55). I think Barbara hit the 12 once or twice. Steve would be on the verge of making a killing, but then the dumb 7 would come and spoil the party. I believe the final totals were: Barbara +$35 Kubey +$6 Kevan +$2 Steve -$7 Kinda a sedate craps run, but we had fun. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thanks to everyone who played in TARGET and a big Thanks to all of the folks that sent checks in early. That really helps me a lot. I'll be sending out a survey soon. I hope everyone had a good time during the TARGET weekend. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On to the WSOP... 12 noon Saturday. Away we go. $1500 buy-in gets you 4500 in chips. My first table was pretty tough. No one was getting a walk ever. I had some great cards in the first two hours. AA, AA, KK and QQ. Actually got to bet the river with the KK and got called and won! Oh, I was in seat #1, left of the dealer. I hate seat 1. I limped along with some medium pairs in late position hoping to flop a set. 66 thru TT. No sets. Did pick up one pot. I'm drinking 7&7's. I want to pace myself. Keep the little buzz, but not get drunk. I was shooting for one drink every 90 minutes. I had to explain what a 7&7 was to some young guys at one table. Anyway... make it to the break after 2 hours with 5900. Probably a little above average. I'm feeling good. I get moved to a new table, seat 5. Guys here are laughing and having a good time. The guy I replaced got disqualified on purpose. Apparently he had a ton a of money on some sporting event and wanted out. One poor guy at this table called an all-in with AK. Other guy had A7 and hit the 7. AK guy goes all-in with JJ. Loses to 99. Oof. No big hands here. I stole the blinds enough to keep even. The 2nd break comes after 4 hours of play. Still at 5900. Moved to another table. Seat 1 again? Tight players in 3-4-5. Good player in 6. Big Guy in 7. Solid Kid in seat 10. Seat 2 is wat too tight. Played maybe one out of 35 hands. I stole his blind the one time I had the chance. When he did raise, everyone folded very quickly. I keep stealing from 3-4-5. Seat 4 notices. On the next steal, I show him AQ after they all fold. He nods his head in approval. Seat 6 puts in a raise. Big guy calls. Flop Q-8-4. Seat 6 bets near the pot. Big guy calls. Turn T. Jam it up. Seat 6 has KK. Big guy has QTs. I'm praying for a K, 8, or 4 to make the Big guy lose. Nope. Later Big guy loses a pot calling with A9o. He's not a total fish, but he seems to play more hands than most. Dinner break after 6 hours of play. I have 5150. I'm below average, but the blinds aren't killing me yet. Sandi used my $10 WSOP comp to get a really good burger. She is perched on the platform watching Ming Lee vs. Phil Ivey. along with another 40 or 50 fans. Back to the table at 7:40 p.m. or so. I'm doing okay. Build up over 7000, maybe 8000. Two new players in seats 2 and 3. Both from the same country, I think. Seat 3 has a huge number of chips. Seat 2 is limping along and calling too much. Blinds are 200-400. Folded to me two off the button. I raise with A9o to 1200. Seat 2 and 3 both call. Flop comes J-5-3. I don't think I can bluff here, so I pretend to think and then check. Check, check. Turn is another J (Jd). Okay, obviously these guys don't have a jack. I'm going to bet representing 99 or a slowplay AJ. I bet 2000. Seat 2 calls. @#$%@$#%$#. I hate calling stations. River is a small diamond making a flush possible. I check praying that seat 2 has nothing and will check. Nope. He fires 3000. I think he has 33, 55 or a flush. What ever he had, I couldn't call. This is the only time all weekend where I got at all mad at a player. I kept it to myself. I later made friends with the guy. Kid in seat 10 raises. Moron to my left calls. Flop Q-4-3. Moron checks, Kid bets near the pot, Moron calls. Turn A. Moron checks, Kid bets near the pot, Moron calls. River X. Moron checks, Kid bets near the pot, Moron calls. Before Kid can show, Moron rolls over AJ. Kid mucks. How in the world do you call with AJ on a Q-4-3 flop? Sheesh. With this idiot on my left, I have no choice now, but to jam with any hand I want to play. Here come the real hands... 99. No doubt. I push all-in. Good old Moron in seat 2 is sitting there thinking. Out of nowhere, seat 3 pushes all-in while seat 2 still has cards. I think 3 was trying to save 2 from wasting chips. Really a pretty horrible thing to do. The others all fold. I figure seat 3 has at least QQ. Yep. He has AA. I have the red 9's. We table our cards. Here comes the flop... "I'm thinking to myself nine, nine, five." Why "five"? The poker Gods are hard of hearing. Sometimes they hear 5 as 9 or 9 as 5. Gotta cover your bases. Flop 4-9c-3. Oh the beautiful 9 of clubs. I'm doing cartwheels inside. Outside I don't move a muscle. Still have to dodge two cards. Turn blank. River 3. I kinda wonder if seat 2 would have called. I could have really gotten back into the running. Seat 3 busted out later. We get to the next break. 8 hours in. I have 3500. Blinds will be going up to 400-800 with a 100 ante. Average stack is around 13000. I'm in bad, bad shape. I go report to Sandi that it looks bleak, but i'll give it everything I've got. Also see Patti, JP and Sabyl. Sabyl reminds me that my only play now is to push all-in. I've played at least 1000 1-table SNG tournaments in the last two years, so I know that, but it didn't hurt to be reminded. I sit down a couple of minutes before play resumes. I see Patti walking down the spectator aisle. She smiles and gets a spot at the rail to watch. Luckily, it is my button so I only have to ante/lose 100 per deal waiting for a hand. Seat 8 is a weak player. Suited crap and connectors. 4th hand after the break. I have 3100. Seat 8 raises to 3200. I know he has KJo. Don't know exactly how I know, but I know he has KJo. I look at my cards. KhQh. I've got him. I call all-in. Rest fold. He turns up his hand. KJo. Best big-money tournament read of my life. Now maybe I call here anyway hoping he has AJ or AT or JJ ot 99, but it was just freakin' awesome to see those cards. Flop X-Y-Z all small. "Small and red." I think to myself. Turn small heart. I pick up a flush draw. "Small and red." River Q. Okay. KQ good. I do a little fist pump under the table. I have a few chips to work with now. Guy raises my BB. Folded to me. AsKs! What a sweet looking hand. I call all-in. Raiser has KJo. Nothing bad happens. I win. That guy busts later. Teach you to try and steal my blind! I have a few chips now. Maybe 10,000. 99 and raise to 2000. Moron calls. Oh, here we go again. Flop is K-J-J. I put up the white flag. I'm checking and folding. I check, he checks. Turn X. I check, he checks. River Y. I check, he checks. I think my 99 must be a winner. I show it. He shows QQ!! BB again. The Big Guy raises from the button. I'd seen this guy nearly have a stroke folding A9o, so I think he could be raising with any ace or stuff like KQ, KT, etc. Let's see what I have... AsJs. Maybe I can blow him out of the pot right here. I jam. He snap-calls with KK. Arrgghhh. Well, I just hit a two-outter a while ago. Hitting one of the three aces should be a piece of cake. Flop x-A-x. I'm thrilled, but still brace for anything. The turn and river are blanks and now I really have some chips. Maybe 20,000. QJ in the SB. Idiot that I am, I actually raise thinking the Moron will fold for once in his life. He calls. Ugghh. Flop A-9-X. I check, he checks. Turn T. Good card. I have tons of outs now. K or 8 for the nuts. I check, he checks. River J. I hit a pair. This idiot could easily have me beat with KQ, Q8, 87, and who knows what else. I check, he checks. I show, I win! Up close to 30,000 now. The blinds and antes take me down to 25,700 as we finish Day 1. 1:30 a.m. I bag up my chips. Fill out a form, and leave everything there. Thanks goodness I will have a new table for Day 2. ================================================================ I get to the tournament area 15 minutes early. I'll be at table 79. We start at 2:00 p.m. I see tables 77, 78, 80 and 81. Can't find 79!! I see Rich Strauss over by the rail. We talk for a couple of minutes. I ask him if he knows where table 79 is. He points up at the sign right above me. "ORANGE 79" Okay. Steve Nissman and Mark Trombley also come by to root me on. Here is my starting table: seat name hometown chips comments --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Slim Mameche Duinet, France 41,300 Solid player, friendly 2 Andy Achillea London, UK 2,300 Waited 12 hours to bust in 2 hands 3 Joshua Bylund Muskegon, MI 37,300 Solid 4 Jonas Klausen Odense, Denmark 40,900 Solid 5 Bill Carey Clearwater, FL 22,800 Too tight 6 Salim Zakhem Houston, TX 58,900 Action player 7 M Mehdi Alaei Los Angeles, CA 39,700 Danny Alaei's dad, Solid, nice guy 8 Ken Kubey Sunnyvale, CA 25,700 Tight 9 Jeff Reiter Le Claire, IA 19,700 Tight, nervous Andy is killed off in two hands and is replaced by Steve form S.D. Some highlight hands that don't involve me: Steve jams for 15 BB's with A2. Joshua calls with AQ. 2 flops. Someone gets all-in with AK vs. Salim's KJ. Flop J-J-X. Gross!!!!!! Salim gets calls an all-in on a J-X-X flop with KJ. Loses to AJ. All spade flop. Salim checks and calls Mehdi's bet. Turn 4th spade. Salim checks and calls. River X. Salim checks and calls 10,000. Mehdi flopped the nut flush. Salim turned a straight!!!! LOL. Turns out there were only 327 left going into Sunday. I was in the top 200 chip-wise. I try a steal raise from the button. Jeff re-raises me. Yipes. I know this guy has a real hand. I fold. He shows me KK. Nice hand sir. It is obvious Bill is folding everything trying to make the money. I decide I'm going to raise his BB with almost anything. I look at an ace. I raise 3x the BB. ATo. Everyone folds to Bill. He says "Can you beat 7-high?" I say "Twice." I show the ace. I try a blind steal from the button again. BB calls. Flop is K-X-Y. I have nothing. Slim bets it. I fold. He shows (what else?) KJ. I'm watching the player count like a hawk (it is displayed on TV's all around the room.) 315, 302, 297, 285. So close now. My chips are dwindling. Average is 44,000. I have 10,000. Remember chips are 3x real value. $1500 got us 4500 in chips. 282, 281, 280, 279. I get pocket jacks (JJ) and raise from under-the-gun. 3000. It goes around the table.. Fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold. Last guy with cards is the great player on my right. Mehdi Alaei. I'm about to say to him "If you fold, I'll show." Before I can say "If" he raises all-in. Oh my God! If I call and lose this hand, I'll be out with $0. Is he just trying to push me around? Does he really have better than JJ? I know in about 5 seconds that I am going to fold, but I sit there for a good minute pretending to really think about it. A minute is FOREVER at a poker table. I fold. He tells me he had KINGS! I absolutely believe him. He was in the final 27. Even if he was lying to me, I had to fold the hand. I could not risk going broke so close to 270th place. I'm really worried now. It is going to be very close for me to hold on for the money. I have to hope that several others will go broke before I am forced to put my last chips in in the blinds. The last spot out of the money is called "the bubble." 271st place in this case. I can't stand the idea of going out now so close to the bubble. It is a really scary thought. It has taken me 15 years to get this far. Will I be here again? Now they hold up play. Turns out the count was behind. We are at 271 players. I'm down to 7500. I have one of the shortest stacks left in the room, but there are several others in worse shape. Between hands, I walk over to my friends at the rail and tell them "My range is zero." That means I am folding EVERY hand now. Even pocket aces. I cannot go broke. I'm folding EVERY hand. We play hand-for-hand now meaning that all 31 tables start the hand at the same time. Then we must wait for all 31 tables to finish that hand before we go to the next one. The hand at our table might take 40 seconds. But then we have to wait for 5 or 6 minutes for all 31 tables to finish just one hand. No one busts out. On we go. Medhi raises. I look at my cards. TT. Man, I'd love to play, but I can't. I fold. Jeff is also hoping for his first WSOP cash. He has 20,000 in chips. He looks very nervous. Mathematically, it was almost certain that I will make the money, but having watched many sporting upsets, I take nothing for granted. I'm waiting for the room to erupt. Another hand. A couple of guys go all-in, but survive. You hear one person clap or shout. I'm dying to hear a whole table start clapping. Another hand. Nope. Now a floorman walks by and says we are at 270. But it is still quiet. Still no wild cheering. 3 or 4 minutes pass. Now they halt the clock. We are in the money! Turns out they had to wait to see if a 2nd player went bust on the same hand in which case #271 and #270 would split the prize for 270th place. Lot's of cheering. I stood up and clapped my hands over my head. What a thrill. I was so relieved. $2808 at least. Shook hands with my friends, gave Sandi a kiss. Shook hands with Jeff, Mehdi and Salim. Thumbs up to Bill Slim and Steve and the other guys at the table. Now I can play poker again. Sabyl joined Sandi on the rail. Ac8c. I push all-in. All fold. I show the ace. Dang, back to 14,000 just like that. My BB. Action folds around to Medhi. He folds giving me the pot uncontested. This is called a walk. We are about 15 hours into the tournament. This is the only walk I got. Too tight Bill busts out and is replaced by this Asian kid. Asian kid gets AA, AK and AK in about 10 hands and busts 3 players including Salim. I believe this was Jeff Chang who finished in 2nd place for $392,000! Blinds are now 1000-2000. I'm down to 5700. If I fold through the blinds, I'll be down to 1800. I'll be anted all-in a few hands after that! Total desperation mode now. Any ace, any pair, and two face cards. A2o. Looks like gold. I raise all-in. Slim thinks for a few seconds and calls. Folds around to the BB who folds. The pot has over 15,000 in it. I hope slip has KQ or something. Nope. AT. I need a deuce or I'm done. Flop nothing. Turn nothing. River nothing. AT good. I'm out. I outlasted another 86 players and finished in 184th place out of 2641 for $2988. I usually feel bad when I bust out of a tournament. Not this time. Making the money was Job #1. I accomplished that. Good feeling. Thanks for all the e-mails and support. Big thanks to my sweaters: Patti, Fich, Rich, Steve N., Mark T. and Sabyl. P.S. Two of the worst plays I ever made at TARGET and BARGE were both folding JJ. Sweet justice to fold JJ twice correctly. Ken Kubey kubey at sgi.com (408) 524-6939 From richst at pacbell.net Wed Jun 17 21:10:14 2009 From: richst at pacbell.net (Rich Strauss) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:10:14 -0700 Subject: [Target] 2009 Report + QB in the WSOP In-Reply-To: <200906180042.RAA44279@summit.engr.sgi.com> Message-ID: Ken wrote: > > Really interesting hand. Someone gets all-in. I thought it was > Bob, but he says no. Patti can't remember either. > Patti has a big stack and calls. > Other guy has AA. Patti has 77. > The flop comes down Q-Q-7. Giving Patti a full house! > The turn is a 10. > The river is a Q. Patti's 7's full of Q's is now Q's full of 7's. > The AA makes his hand Q's full of A's and he wins the hand. > Uh, that was me. I was short stacked so it was an easy call for Patti. Great report! And great job on the WSOP cash! -- Rich From frankbrabec at ameritech.net Wed Jun 17 21:23:17 2009 From: frankbrabec at ameritech.net (Frank Brabec) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:23:17 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Target] 2009 Report + QB in the WSOP Message-ID: <739993.89583.qm@web81102.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Yeah, I fucking hate fucking JJ. Congrats and thanks for the great story. Frank/NUT-Z --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Ken Kubey wrote: > From: Ken Kubey > Subject: [Target] 2009 Report + QB in the WSOP > To: target at conjelco.com > Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 7:42 PM > Hi all, > Here it is.? The official 2009 Report.? > The 15th TARGET event was held at the Mirage. > > I check in Thursday with the poker staff.? I'm > assured > the comps will be ready.? Cool. > > Friday, 9:45 a.m.? Get Mirage Buffet folks to hold > tables for us. > No problem.? Cool. > > Friday, 10:00 a.m.? Why am I going to the poker room > so > damn early?? Check with Kathleen Paculan about the > comps. > Couple phone calls.? No comps.? Ai-ya!? > > Long story short, Kathleen pulled us out of the fire. > I made a snap judgement to pull $5 out of the TARGET > toke pool and gave it to her. > > About 20 of us meet for brunch.? > We are able to get several tables in the same area. > > Ernest Webber was the Tournament Director (TD) this year. > Sadly, Donna Harris is no longer with the Mirage. > > Again we used Patrick Milligan Tournament Timer. > Patti once again supplied the laptop.? > > Just 24 players this year.? 25 buy-ins in the pool. > More on that later. > > The tables: > > Ming Lee - oh, sorry.? Late scratch.? He was busy > making a > run in a WSOP event nearly beating some guy named Phil > Ivey. > > Len Marciano? ? ? ???John > Lloyd? ? ? ? ? Dave Tahajian > Bill Turner? ? ? ? ? Rod > Chavez? ? ? ? ? Kevin Garrett > Barbara Garrett? ? ? Mark Trombley? > ? ???Dan Sammartino > Rich Strauss? ? ? ???Peter > Secor? ? ? ???Jeff Deitch > Mike Chow? ? ? ? ? ? Ken > Kubey? ? ? ? ???Russ Fox > Bob Jones? ? ? ? ? ? Steve > Nissman? ? ???Mark Rafn > Patti Beadles? ? ? ? Jim Anderson? > ? ? ? Steve Watanabe > Aaron Lion? ? ? ? > ???Marc Ferguson? ? > ???Wendy Rafn > > Good to have Bill Turner back.? One of the original > TARGET > players from 1994.? Also back... two-time defending > champ, > Marc Ferguson. > > A $200 buy-in got each of us 2000 in tournament chips. > > Cards were in the air very close to 12:30. > > Kevan Garrett managed to bust on the first hand with > AK vs. AQ on a A-Q-X flop. > > Kevan received a Beanie Baby fish, a $10 slot certificate > and a roll > of Lifesavers.? The fish found its way into some > interesting places. > Later heard that Kevan won a tournament elsewhere for > $4000.? WTG! > > Key early hand.? Hope I have this right. > Rod Chavez calls for 100.? Mark Trombley calls. > I look down at JJ.? I'm planning to raise it to about > 500 or so. > But Peter Secor raises to 650 ahead of me.? > I have Peter on a very strong hand.? QQ, KK, AA or > AK. > I change my plan and fold my jacks. > Back around to Rod who pushes all-in.? Mark thinks for > a bit > and folds a pretty strong hand either AQs or AKs. > Peter calls right away.? Rod has TT (pair of > 10's).? > Peter has AA (a pair of aces.)? > Rod flops a 10 to take most of Peter's chips. > > The key point is that Peter's raise certainly saved me > from > losing a lot of chips.? If Peter doesn't raise and if > I don't fold, > I'm in bad shape. > > I get run over by the deck.? I showed a lot of the > hands. > I had KK 3 times.? QQ twice.? AK 6 times.? > AQ a couple of times. > And was hitting the flop too.? AK?? Flop the > K.? AQ?? Flop the ace. > > --- > > Really interesting hand.? Someone gets all-in.? I > thought it was > Bob, but he says no.? Patti can't remember either. > Patti has a big stack and calls. > Other guy has AA.? Patti has 77. > The flop comes down Q-Q-7.? Giving Patti a full > house! > The turn is a 10. > The river is a Q.? Patti's 7's full of Q's is now Q's > full of 7's. > The AA makes his hand Q's full of A's and he wins the > hand. > > --- > > Jim went out in 11th and we are down to the final table: > > Mark Trombley???2800 > Aaron Lion? ? ? 5400 > Bob Jones? ? ???9500 > Patti Beadles???2800 > Steve Nissman???1000 > Russ Fox? ? ? ? 5400 > Ken Kubey? ? ???5400 > Steve Watanabe? 4800 > Jeff Deitch? ???4300 > Len Marciano? ? 6700 > > Russ was at the final table for the 3rd year in a row. > Len and Patti were back for the 2nd year in a row. > > 1st and 2nd get $1500 entries in the WSOP. > 3th gets $500.? 4th gets $355.? 5th gets > $225.? 6th gets $60. > 7th gets a handshake. > > The tournament will end when we are down to two players. > > Final table notes... > > --- > > QB's QQ holds up to knock out Steve in 10th. > > --- > > Len makes a big-stack call against two short stacks. > Mark is in the lead with A7.? Jeff has T9.? Len > has T6. > The huge dog becomes the top dog as the board comes > out with a 2-3-4-5 to make Len a straight and send > Mark and Jeff to the rail in 9th and 8th. > > --- > > Aaron goes all-in.? Patti calls. > Arron has 44.? Patti has AK.? > A 4 on the flop keeps the Lion in the hunt and > plasters Patti's chip stack. > > --- > > Len knocks Patti out with his A2 holding up over her J9. > > --- > > Russ is to my right and is folding horrible hand after > horrible hand.? He tells me some of them.? T4, > 64, 43, 42. > It's kind of funny as they keep getting worse! > > --- > > My BB (big blind) > The table folds around to Russ in the SB (small blind.) > I expect Russ to pick up another garbage hand and fold. > Not this time? Russ pushes all-in for about > 2500.? I have > about 6000, so this will really hurt if I lose. > Russ is a tight player, so I don't think he is going with > pure junk. > I look down at ATo.? An automatic call.? Any > expert would tell you that. > But I give it a little thought.? I decide that Russ > could easily > have a junk ace hand.? A7, A2, etc. or KQ or KJ.? > I'm well ahead > of his range of hands, so I make the call. > Russ flips up TT (a pair of 10's).? I can pretty much > only win > by hitting an ace.? Russ is sure I will win.? And > he is right. > Here comes the flop... A-9-6.? Blanks on the turn and > river send > Russ is out in 6th.? We had several $10 late fees > allowing us > to give the bubble spot a consolation prize of $60. > > --- > > Bob Jones pushes all-in with 66.? Len Marciano calls > with AK. > The 6's hold up making Bob the chip leader and sending > Marciano against the ropes.? It will be tough to keep > up > with the Joneses now. > > --- > > Aaron pushes with KQ.? Bob calls with A6. > At the turn, the board is X-X-T-J.? Aaron needs an > ace, > king, queen or 9 to win.? A useless 7 falls on the > river. > Aaron is gone in 5th.? A nice $225 win and good > showing by a > rookie TARGET player.? > > --- > > Steve Nissman never had a decent stack at the final table. > He is forced to call all-in with 63 in his BB.? Bob > has A2. > The flop is A-5-2.? Niss misses the 4.? And > finishes 4th. > A well earned $350 as he just never had chips to work > with. > > --- > > At this point, Bob and I have the big stacks.? Len > needs a double > up to get back into the fight.? Len pushes with > QT.? Bob calls > from the BB with J4.? > The flop is 4-X-9 putting Bob in the lead. > The turn is a K.? Giving Len a little more hope as a > J, Q or T > will get him back in the race.? > A river 9 KO's Marciano.? 3rd place and $500. > > --- > > Congratulations to Bob Jones and Ken Kubey.? "Mr. > Jones and me." > > Ken wins TARGET for the 2nd time in three years. > Man, how bad must this field suck? > I was drinking 7&7's the whole time.? I think I > had 5 in 4 hours. > > Ernest did a good job as the TD.? He even announce > several hands > over the Mirage Poker Room speaker system.? Pretty > cool. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Craps run. > > I checked the Mirage poker room.? Only saw John Lloyd > playing NL. > Headed over to the Gold Coast.? Nobody? > > Steve Nissman shows up.? We atart playing.? > Barbara and Kevan Garrett > show up a few minutes later.? Patti made a quick > cameo. > > No real wild action.? We made some hard 10's (55). > I think Barbara hit the 12 once or twice. > Steve would be on the verge of making a killing, but then > the > dumb 7 would come and spoil the party. > > I believe the final totals were: > Barbara +$35 > Kubey???+$6 > Kevan???+$2 > Steve???-$7 > > Kinda a sedate craps run, but we had fun. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Thanks to everyone who played in TARGET and a big Thanks to > all of the > folks that sent checks in early.? That really helps me > a lot. > > I'll be sending out a survey soon. > > I hope everyone had a good time during the TARGET weekend. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > On to the WSOP... > > 12 noon Saturday.? Away we go.? $1500 buy-in gets > you 4500 in chips. > > My first table was pretty tough.? No one was getting a > walk ever. > I had some great cards in the first two hours.? AA, > AA, KK and QQ. > Actually got to bet the river with the KK and got called > and won! > Oh, I was in seat #1, left of the dealer.? I hate seat > 1. > > I limped along with some medium pairs in late position > hoping to flop a set.? 66 thru TT.? No > sets.? Did pick up one pot. > > I'm drinking 7&7's.? I want to pace myself.? > Keep the little buzz, > but not get drunk.? I was shooting for one drink every > 90 minutes. > > I had to explain what a 7&7 was to some young guys at > one table. > > Anyway... make it to the break after 2 hours with > 5900.? > Probably a little above average.? I'm feeling good. > > I get moved to a new table, seat 5.? Guys here are > laughing and > having a good time.? The guy I replaced got > disqualified > on purpose.? Apparently he had a ton a of money on > some > sporting event and wanted out. > > One poor guy at this table called an all-in with AK. > Other guy had A7 and hit the 7.? AK guy goes all-in > with JJ. > Loses to 99.? Oof. > > No big hands here.? I stole the blinds enough to keep > even. > The 2nd break comes after 4 hours of play.? Still at > 5900. > > Moved to another table.? Seat 1 again?? Tight > players in 3-4-5. > Good player in 6.? Big Guy in 7.? Solid Kid in > seat 10. > Seat 2 is wat too tight.? Played maybe one out of 35 > hands. > I stole his blind the one time I had the chance. > When he did raise, everyone folded very quickly. > > I keep stealing from 3-4-5.? Seat 4 notices.? On > the next steal, > I show him AQ after they all fold.? He nods his head > in approval. > > Seat 6 puts in a raise.? Big guy calls. > Flop Q-8-4.? Seat 6 bets near the pot.? Big guy > calls. > Turn T.? Jam it up.? Seat 6 has KK.? Big guy > has QTs.? > I'm praying for a K, 8, or 4 to make the Big guy > lose.? Nope. > > Later Big guy loses a pot calling with A9o.? He's not > a total fish, > but he seems to play more hands than most. > > Dinner break after 6 hours of play.? I have > 5150.? > I'm below average, but the blinds aren't killing me yet. > > Sandi used my $10 WSOP comp to get a really good burger. > She is perched on the platform watching Ming Lee vs. Phil > Ivey. > along with another 40 or 50 fans. > > Back to the table at 7:40 p.m. or so. > I'm doing okay.? Build up over 7000, maybe 8000. > > Two new players in seats 2 and 3.? Both from the same > country, I think. > Seat 3 has a huge number of chips. > Seat 2 is limping along and calling too much. > Blinds are 200-400.? Folded to me two off the button. > I raise with A9o to 1200.? Seat 2 and 3 both > call.? > Flop comes J-5-3.? I don't think I can bluff here, so > I pretend > to think and then check.? Check, check. > Turn is another J (Jd).? Okay, obviously these guys > don't have > a jack.? I'm going to bet representing 99 or a > slowplay AJ. > I bet 2000.? Seat 2 calls.? @#$%@$#%$#.? I > hate calling stations. > River is a small diamond making a flush possible.? > I check praying that seat 2 has nothing and will check. > Nope.? He fires 3000.? I think he has 33, 55 or a > flush. > What ever he had, I couldn't call.? This is the only > time > all weekend where I got at all mad at a player. > I kept it to myself.? I later made friends with the > guy. > > Kid in seat 10 raises.? Moron to my left calls. > Flop Q-4-3.? Moron checks, Kid bets near the pot, > Moron calls. > Turn A.? Moron checks, Kid bets near the pot, Moron > calls. > River X.? Moron checks, Kid bets near the pot, Moron > calls. > Before Kid can show, Moron rolls over AJ.? Kid mucks. > > How in the world do you call with AJ on a Q-4-3 flop?? > Sheesh. > > With this idiot on my left, I have no choice now, > but to jam with any hand I want to play. > > Here come the real hands... > > 99.? No doubt.? I push all-in.? Good old > Moron in seat 2 is sitting > there thinking.? Out of nowhere, seat 3 pushes all-in > while > seat 2 still has cards.? I think 3 was trying to save > 2 from > wasting chips.? Really a pretty horrible thing to do. > The others all fold.? I figure seat 3 has at least > QQ. > Yep.? He has AA.? I have the red 9's.? We > table our cards. > Here comes the flop...? "I'm thinking to myself nine, > nine, five." > Why "five"?? The poker Gods are hard of hearing.? > Sometimes they > hear 5 as 9 or 9 as 5.? Gotta cover your bases. > > Flop 4-9c-3.? Oh the beautiful 9 of clubs. > > I'm doing cartwheels inside.? Outside I don't move a > muscle. > Still have to dodge two cards.? Turn blank.? > River 3. > > I kinda wonder if seat 2 would have called.? I could > have > really gotten back into the running.? Seat 3 busted > out later. > > We get to the next break.? 8 hours in.? I have > 3500. > Blinds will be going up to 400-800 with a 100 ante. > Average stack is around 13000.? I'm in bad, bad > shape. > > I go report to Sandi that it looks bleak, but i'll give > it everything I've got.? Also see Patti, JP and > Sabyl. > Sabyl reminds me that my only play now is to push all-in. > I've played at least 1000 1-table SNG tournaments in the > last > two years, so I know that, but it didn't hurt to be > reminded. > > I sit down a couple of minutes before play resumes.? I > see > Patti walking down the spectator aisle.? She smiles > and > gets a spot at the rail to watch. > > Luckily, it is my button so I only have to ante/lose 100 > per deal > waiting for a hand. > > Seat 8 is a weak player.? Suited crap and connectors. > 4th hand after the break.? I have 3100. > Seat 8 raises to 3200.? I know he has KJo.? Don't > know exactly > how I know, but I know he has KJo.? I look at my > cards. > KhQh.? I've got him.? I call all-in.? Rest > fold. > He turns up his hand.? KJo.? Best big-money > tournament read of my life. > > Now maybe I call here anyway hoping he has AJ or AT or JJ > ot 99, > but it was just freakin' awesome to see those cards. > > Flop X-Y-Z all small.? "Small and red." I think to > myself. > Turn small heart.? I pick up a flush draw.? > "Small and red." > River Q.? Okay.? KQ good.? I do a little > fist pump under the table. > I have a few chips to work with now. > > Guy raises my BB.? Folded to me.? AsKs!? > What a sweet looking hand. > I call all-in.???Raiser has KJo.? > Nothing bad happens.? I win. > That guy busts later.? Teach you to try and steal my > blind! > > I have a few chips now.? Maybe 10,000. > > 99 and raise to 2000.? Moron calls.? Oh, here we > go again. > Flop is K-J-J.? I put up the white flag.? I'm > checking and folding. > I check, he checks. > Turn X.? I check, he checks. > River Y.? I check, he checks.? I think my 99 must > be a winner. > I show it.? He shows QQ!!? > > BB again.? The Big Guy raises from the button. > I'd seen this guy nearly have a stroke folding A9o, so > I think he could be raising with any ace or stuff like KQ, > KT, etc. > Let's see what I have...? AsJs.? Maybe I can blow > him out > of the pot right here.? I jam.? He snap-calls > with KK. > > Arrgghhh.? Well, I just hit a two-outter a while ago. > Hitting one of the three aces should be a piece of cake. > Flop x-A-x.? I'm thrilled, but still brace for > anything. > The turn and river are blanks and now I really have some > chips. > Maybe 20,000. > > QJ in the SB.? Idiot that I am, I actually raise > thinking > the Moron will fold for once in his life.? He > calls.? Ugghh. > Flop A-9-X.? I check, he checks. > Turn T.? Good card.? I have tons of outs > now.? K or 8 for the nuts. > I check, he checks. > River J.? I hit a pair.? This idiot could easily > have me beat > with KQ, Q8, 87, and who knows what else.? I check, he > checks. > I show, I win!? Up close to 30,000 now. > > The blinds and antes take me down to 25,700 as we finish > Day 1. > > 1:30 a.m.? I bag up my chips.? Fill out a form, > and leave everything there. > Thanks goodness I will have a new table for Day 2. > > ================================================================ > > I get to the tournament area 15 minutes early. > I'll be at table 79.? We start at 2:00 p.m. > I see tables 77, 78, 80 and 81.? Can't find 79!! > I see Rich Strauss over by the rail.? We talk for a > couple > of minutes.? I ask him if he knows where table 79 is. > He points up at the sign right above me.? "ORANGE > 79"? Okay. > Steve Nissman and Mark Trombley also come by to root me > on. > > Here is my starting table: > > seat name? ? ? ? ? hometown? > ? ???chips? ? comments > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1 Slim Mameche???Duinet, France? > 41,300? ? Solid player, friendly > 2 Andy Achillea? London, UK? ? > ???2,300? ? Waited 12 hours to bust > in 2 hands > 3 Joshua Bylund? Muskegon, MI? ? > 37,300? ? Solid > 4 Jonas Klausen? Odense, Denmark 40,900? ? > Solid > 5 Bill Carey? ???Clearwater, FL? > 22,800? ? Too tight > 6 Salim Zakhem???Houston, TX? > ???58,900? ? Action player > 7 M Mehdi Alaei? Los Angeles, CA 39,700? ? > Danny Alaei's dad, Solid, nice guy > 8 Ken Kubey? ? ? Sunnyvale, > CA???25,700? ? Tight > 9 Jeff Reiter? ? Le Claire, > IA???19,700? ? Tight, nervous > > Andy is killed off in two hands and is replaced by Steve > form S.D. > > Some highlight hands that don't involve me: > > Steve jams for 15 BB's with A2.? Joshua calls with > AQ.???2 flops. > Someone gets all-in with AK vs. Salim's KJ.? Flop > J-J-X.? Gross!!!!!! > Salim gets calls an all-in on a J-X-X flop with KJ.? > Loses to AJ. > All spade flop.? Salim checks and calls Mehdi's bet. > Turn 4th spade.? Salim checks and calls. > River X.? Salim checks and calls 10,000. > Mehdi flopped the nut flush.? Salim turned a > straight!!!! LOL. > > Turns out there were only 327 left going into Sunday. > I was in the top 200 chip-wise. > > I try a steal raise from the button.? Jeff re-raises > me.? Yipes. > I know this guy has a real hand.? I fold.? He > shows me KK. > Nice hand sir. > > It is obvious Bill is folding everything trying to make the > money. > I decide I'm going to raise his BB with almost anything. > I look at an ace.? I raise 3x the BB.? ATo.? > Everyone folds to Bill. > He says "Can you beat 7-high?"? I say "Twice."? I > show the ace. > > I try a blind steal from the button again.? BB calls. > Flop is K-X-Y.? I have nothing.? Slim bets > it.? I fold. > He shows (what else?) KJ. > > I'm watching the player count like a hawk (it is displayed > on TV's > all around the room.)? 315, 302, 297, 285.? So > close now. > My chips are dwindling.? Average is 44,000.? I > have 10,000. > > Remember chips are 3x real value.? $1500 got us 4500 > in chips. > > 282, 281, 280, 279. > > I get pocket jacks (JJ) and raise from under-the-gun.? > 3000. > It goes around the table.. Fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, > fold. > Last guy with cards is the great player on my right.? > Mehdi Alaei. > I'm about to say to him "If you fold, I'll show."? > Before I can > say "If" he raises all-in.? Oh my God!? > > If I call and lose this hand, I'll be out with $0. > Is he just trying to push me around?? Does he really > have > better than JJ?? > > I know in about 5 seconds that I am going to fold, but I > sit there > for a good minute pretending to really think about > it.? A minute > is FOREVER at a poker table.???I fold.? > He tells me he had KINGS! > I absolutely believe him.? He was in the final 27. > Even if he was lying to me, I had to fold the hand.? > I could not risk going broke so close to 270th place. > > I'm really worried now.? It is going to be very close > for me > to hold on for the money.? I have to hope that several > others > will go broke before I am forced to put my last chips in > in the blinds. > > The last spot out of the money is called "the bubble." > 271st place in this case.? I can't stand the idea of > going > out now so close to the bubble.? It is a really scary > thought. > It has taken me 15 years to get this far.? Will I be > here again? > > Now they hold up play.? Turns out the count was > behind. > We are at 271 players.? I'm down to 7500.? I have > one of the shortest > stacks left in the room, but there are several others in > worse shape. > > Between hands, I walk over to my friends at the rail and > tell them > "My range is zero."? > That means I am folding EVERY hand now.? Even pocket > aces. > I cannot go broke.? I'm folding EVERY hand. > > We play hand-for-hand now meaning that all 31 tables start > the hand > at the same time.? Then we must wait for all 31 tables > to finish > that hand before we go to the next one.? > > The hand at our table might take 40 seconds.? But then > we have to > wait for 5 or 6 minutes for all 31 tables to finish just > one hand. > > No one busts out.? On we go. > > Medhi raises.? I look at my cards.? TT.? > Man, I'd love to play, but I can't.? I fold. > > Jeff is also hoping for his first WSOP cash. > He has 20,000 in chips.? He looks very nervous. > > Mathematically, it was almost certain that I will make the > money, > but having watched many sporting upsets, I take nothing for > granted. > > I'm waiting for the room to erupt.? > > Another hand.? A couple of guys go all-in, but > survive. > You hear one person clap or shout.? > I'm dying to hear a whole table start clapping. > Another hand.? Nope. > > Now a floorman walks by and says we are at 270.? But > it is still quiet. > Still no wild cheering.? 3 or 4 minutes pass. > Now they halt the clock.? We are in the money! > > Turns out they had to wait to see if a 2nd player went > bust > on the same hand in which case #271 and #270 would split > the prize for 270th place. > > Lot's of cheering.? I stood up and clapped my hands > over my head. > What a thrill.? I was so relieved.? $2808 at > least.? > Shook hands with my friends, gave Sandi a kiss. > > Shook hands with Jeff, Mehdi and Salim.? Thumbs up to > Bill > Slim and Steve and the other guys at the table. > > Now I can play poker again. > > Sabyl joined Sandi on the rail. > > Ac8c.? I push all-in.? All fold.? I show the > ace.? > Dang, back to 14,000 just like that. > > My BB.? Action folds around to Medhi.? He folds > giving me the pot uncontested. > This is called a walk.? We are about 15 hours into the > tournament. > This is the only walk I got. > > Too tight Bill busts out and is replaced by this Asian > kid. > Asian kid gets AA, AK and AK in about 10 hands and busts 3 > players > including Salim.? I believe this was Jeff Chang who > finished > in 2nd place for $392,000! > > Blinds are now 1000-2000.? I'm down to 5700.? If > I fold through > the blinds, I'll be down to 1800.? I'll be anted > all-in a few > hands after that! > Total desperation mode now.? Any ace, any pair, and > two face cards. > > A2o.? Looks like gold.? I raise all-in.? > Slim thinks for a few seconds > and calls.? Folds around to the BB who folds.? > The pot has over 15,000 > in it.? I hope slip has KQ or something.? > Nope.? AT. > I need a deuce or I'm done.? > Flop nothing.? > Turn nothing. > River nothing.? AT good.? I'm out. > > I outlasted another 86 players and finished in 184th place > out of 2641 > for $2988.? > > I usually feel bad when I bust out of a tournament.? > Not this time. > Making the money was Job #1.? I accomplished > that.? Good feeling. > > Thanks for all the e-mails and support.? Big thanks to > my sweaters: > Patti, Fich, Rich, Steve N., Mark T. and Sabyl. > > P.S. Two of the worst plays I ever made at TARGET and BARGE > were > both folding JJ.? Sweet justice to fold JJ twice > correctly. > > Ken Kubey? ? ? ???kubey at sgi.com? > (408) 524-6939 > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target > From rcfox at claytonservices.com Wed Jun 17 22:43:19 2009 From: rcfox at claytonservices.com (Russ Fox) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:43:19 -0700 Subject: [Target] 2009 Report + QB in the WSOP Message-ID: <94dfc1bb7a0a4b68b08da04b396bf2d8@mail2.dhali.com> Congratulations and well done! -------- Original Message -------- > From: Ken Kubey > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 5:44 PM > To: target at conjelco.com > Subject: [Target] 2009 Report + QB in the WSOP > > Hi all, > Here it is. The official 2009 Report. > The 15th TARGET event was held at the Mirage. > > I check in Thursday with the poker staff. I'm assured > the comps will be ready. Cool. > > Friday, 9:45 a.m. Get Mirage Buffet folks to hold tables for us. > No problem. Cool. > > Friday, 10:00 a.m. Why am I going to the poker room so > damn early? Check with Kathleen Paculan about the comps. > Couple phone calls. No comps. Ai-ya! > > Long story short, Kathleen pulled us out of the fire. > I made a snap judgement to pull $5 out of the TARGET > toke pool and gave it to her. > > About 20 of us meet for brunch. > We are able to get several tables in the same area. > > Ernest Webber was the Tournament Director (TD) this year. > Sadly, Donna Harris is no longer with the Mirage. > > Again we used Patrick Milligan Tournament Timer. > Patti once again supplied the laptop. > > Just 24 players this year. 25 buy-ins in the pool. > More on that later. > > The tables: > > Ming Lee - oh, sorry. Late scratch. He was busy making a > run in a WSOP event nearly beating some guy named Phil Ivey. > > Len Marciano John Lloyd Dave Tahajian > Bill Turner Rod Chavez Kevin Garrett > Barbara Garrett Mark Trombley Dan Sammartino > Rich Strauss Peter Secor Jeff Deitch > Mike Chow Ken Kubey Russ Fox > Bob Jones Steve Nissman Mark Rafn > Patti Beadles Jim Anderson Steve Watanabe > Aaron Lion Marc Ferguson Wendy Rafn > > Good to have Bill Turner back. One of the original TARGET > players from 1994. Also back... two-time defending champ, > Marc Ferguson. > > A $200 buy-in got each of us 2000 in tournament chips. > > Cards were in the air very close to 12:30. > > Kevan Garrett managed to bust on the first hand with > AK vs. AQ on a A-Q-X flop. > > Kevan received a Beanie Baby fish, a $10 slot certificate and a roll > of Lifesavers. The fish found its way into some interesting places. > Later heard that Kevan won a tournament elsewhere for $4000. WTG! > > Key early hand. Hope I have this right. > Rod Chavez calls for 100. Mark Trombley calls. > I look down at JJ. I'm planning to raise it to about 500 or so. > But Peter Secor raises to 650 ahead of me. > I have Peter on a very strong hand. QQ, KK, AA or AK. > I change my plan and fold my jacks. > Back around to Rod who pushes all-in. Mark thinks for a bit > and folds a pretty strong hand either AQs or AKs. > Peter calls right away. Rod has TT (pair of 10's). > Peter has AA (a pair of aces.) > Rod flops a 10 to take most of Peter's chips. > > The key point is that Peter's raise certainly saved me from > losing a lot of chips. If Peter doesn't raise and if I don't fold, > I'm in bad shape. > > I get run over by the deck. I showed a lot of the hands. > I had KK 3 times. QQ twice. AK 6 times. AQ a couple of times. > And was hitting the flop too. AK? Flop the K. AQ? Flop the ace. > > --- > > Really interesting hand. Someone gets all-in. I thought it was > Bob, but he says no. Patti can't remember either. > Patti has a big stack and calls. > Other guy has AA. Patti has 77. > The flop comes down Q-Q-7. Giving Patti a full house! > The turn is a 10. > The river is a Q. Patti's 7's full of Q's is now Q's full of 7's. > The AA makes his hand Q's full of A's and he wins the hand. > > --- > > Jim went out in 11th and we are down to the final table: > > Mark Trombley 2800 > Aaron Lion 5400 > Bob Jones 9500 > Patti Beadles 2800 > Steve Nissman 1000 > Russ Fox 5400 > Ken Kubey 5400 > Steve Watanabe 4800 > Jeff Deitch 4300 > Len Marciano 6700 > > Russ was at the final table for the 3rd year in a row. > Len and Patti were back for the 2nd year in a row. > > 1st and 2nd get $1500 entries in the WSOP. > 3th gets $500. 4th gets $355. 5th gets $225. 6th gets $60. > 7th gets a handshake. > > The tournament will end when we are down to two players. > > Final table notes... > > --- > > QB's QQ holds up to knock out Steve in 10th. > > --- > > Len makes a big-stack call against two short stacks. > Mark is in the lead with A7. Jeff has T9. Len has T6. > The huge dog becomes the top dog as the board comes > out with a 2-3-4-5 to make Len a straight and send > Mark and Jeff to the rail in 9th and 8th. > > --- > > Aaron goes all-in. Patti calls. > Arron has 44. Patti has AK. > A 4 on the flop keeps the Lion in the hunt and > plasters Patti's chip stack. > > --- > > Len knocks Patti out with his A2 holding up over her J9. > > --- > > Russ is to my right and is folding horrible hand after > horrible hand. He tells me some of them. T4, 64, 43, 42. > It's kind of funny as they keep getting worse! > > --- > > My BB (big blind) > The table folds around to Russ in the SB (small blind.) > I expect Russ to pick up another garbage hand and fold. > Not this time Russ pushes all-in for about 2500. I have > about 6000, so this will really hurt if I lose. > Russ is a tight player, so I don't think he is going with pure junk. > I look down at ATo. An automatic call. Any expert would tell you that. > But I give it a little thought. I decide that Russ could easily > have a junk ace hand. A7, A2, etc. or KQ or KJ. I'm well ahead > of his range of hands, so I make the call. > Russ flips up TT (a pair of 10's). I can pretty much only win > by hitting an ace. Russ is sure I will win. And he is right. > Here comes the flop... A-9-6. Blanks on the turn and river send > Russ is out in 6th. We had several $10 late fees allowing us > to give the bubble spot a consolation prize of $60. > > --- > > Bob Jones pushes all-in with 66. Len Marciano calls with AK. > The 6's hold up making Bob the chip leader and sending > Marciano against the ropes. It will be tough to keep up > with the Joneses now. > > --- > > Aaron pushes with KQ. Bob calls with A6. > At the turn, the board is X-X-T-J. Aaron needs an ace, > king, queen or 9 to win. A useless 7 falls on the river. > Aaron is gone in 5th. A nice $225 win and good showing by a > rookie TARGET player. > > --- > > Steve Nissman never had a decent stack at the final table. > He is forced to call all-in with 63 in his BB. Bob has A2. > The flop is A-5-2. Niss misses the 4. And finishes 4th. > A well earned $350 as he just never had chips to work with. > > --- > > At this point, Bob and I have the big stacks. Len needs a double > up to get back into the fight. Len pushes with QT. Bob calls > from the BB with J4. > The flop is 4-X-9 putting Bob in the lead. > The turn is a K. Giving Len a little more hope as a J, Q or T > will get him back in the race. > A river 9 KO's Marciano. 3rd place and $500. > > --- > > Congratulations to Bob Jones and Ken Kubey. "Mr. Jones and me." > > Ken wins TARGET for the 2nd time in three years. > Man, how bad must this field suck? > I was drinking 7&7's the whole time. I think I had 5 in 4 hours. > > Ernest did a good job as the TD. He even announce several hands > over the Mirage Poker Room speaker system. Pretty cool. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Craps run. > > I checked the Mirage poker room. Only saw John Lloyd playing NL. > Headed over to the Gold Coast. Nobody? > > Steve Nissman shows up. We atart playing. Barbara and Kevan Garrett > show up a few minutes later. Patti made a quick cameo. > > No real wild action. We made some hard 10's (55). > I think Barbara hit the 12 once or twice. > Steve would be on the verge of making a killing, but then the > dumb 7 would come and spoil the party. > > I believe the final totals were: > Barbara +$35 > Kubey +$6 > Kevan +$2 > Steve -$7 > > Kinda a sedate craps run, but we had fun. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Thanks to everyone who played in TARGET and a big Thanks to all of the > folks that sent checks in early. That really helps me a lot. > > I'll be sending out a survey soon. > > I hope everyone had a good time during the TARGET weekend. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > On to the WSOP... > > 12 noon Saturday. Away we go. $1500 buy-in gets you 4500 in chips. > > My first table was pretty tough. No one was getting a walk ever. > I had some great cards in the first two hours. AA, AA, KK and QQ. > Actually got to bet the river with the KK and got called and won! > Oh, I was in seat #1, left of the dealer. I hate seat 1. > > I limped along with some medium pairs in late position > hoping to flop a set. 66 thru TT. No sets. Did pick up one pot. > > I'm drinking 7&7's. I want to pace myself. Keep the little buzz, > but not get drunk. I was shooting for one drink every 90 minutes. > > I had to explain what a 7&7 was to some young guys at one table. > > Anyway... make it to the break after 2 hours with 5900. > Probably a little above average. I'm feeling good. > > I get moved to a new table, seat 5. Guys here are laughing and > having a good time. The guy I replaced got disqualified > on purpose. Apparently he had a ton a of money on some > sporting event and wanted out. > > One poor guy at this table called an all-in with AK. > Other guy had A7 and hit the 7. AK guy goes all-in with JJ. > Loses to 99. Oof. > > No big hands here. I stole the blinds enough to keep even. > The 2nd break comes after 4 hours of play. Still at 5900. > > Moved to another table. Seat 1 again? Tight players in 3-4-5. > Good player in 6. Big Guy in 7. Solid Kid in seat 10. > Seat 2 is wat too tight. Played maybe one out of 35 hands. > I stole his blind the one time I had the chance. > When he did raise, everyone folded very quickly. > > I keep stealing from 3-4-5. Seat 4 notices. On the next steal, > I show him AQ after they all fold. He nods his head in approval. > > Seat 6 puts in a raise. Big guy calls. > Flop Q-8-4. Seat 6 bets near the pot. Big guy calls. > Turn T. Jam it up. Seat 6 has KK. Big guy has QTs. > I'm praying for a K, 8, or 4 to make the Big guy lose. Nope. > > Later Big guy loses a pot calling with A9o. He's not a total fish, > but he seems to play more hands than most. > > Dinner break after 6 hours of play. I have 5150. > I'm below average, but the blinds aren't killing me yet. > > Sandi used my $10 WSOP comp to get a really good burger. > She is perched on the platform watching Ming Lee vs. Phil Ivey. > along with another 40 or 50 fans. > > Back to the table at 7:40 p.m. or so. > I'm doing okay. Build up over 7000, maybe 8000. > > Two new players in seats 2 and 3. Both from the same country, I think. > Seat 3 has a huge number of chips. > Seat 2 is limping along and calling too much. > Blinds are 200-400. Folded to me two off the button. > I raise with A9o to 1200. Seat 2 and 3 both call. > Flop comes J-5-3. I don't think I can bluff here, so I pretend > to think and then check. Check, check. > Turn is another J (Jd). Okay, obviously these guys don't have > a jack. I'm going to bet representing 99 or a slowplay AJ. > I bet 2000. Seat 2 calls. @#$%@$#%$#. I hate calling stations. > River is a small diamond making a flush possible. > I check praying that seat 2 has nothing and will check. > Nope. He fires 3000. I think he has 33, 55 or a flush. > What ever he had, I couldn't call. This is the only time > all weekend where I got at all mad at a player. > I kept it to myself. I later made friends with the guy. > > Kid in seat 10 raises. Moron to my left calls. > Flop Q-4-3. Moron checks, Kid bets near the pot, Moron calls. > Turn A. Moron checks, Kid bets near the pot, Moron calls. > River X. Moron checks, Kid bets near the pot, Moron calls. > Before Kid can show, Moron rolls over AJ. Kid mucks. > > How in the world do you call with AJ on a Q-4-3 flop? Sheesh. > > With this idiot on my left, I have no choice now, > but to jam with any hand I want to play. > > Here come the real hands... > > 99. No doubt. I push all-in. Good old Moron in seat 2 is sitting > there thinking. Out of nowhere, seat 3 pushes all-in while > seat 2 still has cards. I think 3 was trying to save 2 from > wasting chips. Really a pretty horrible thing to do. > The others all fold. I figure seat 3 has at least QQ. > Yep. He has AA. I have the red 9's. We table our cards. > Here comes the flop... "I'm thinking to myself nine, nine, five." > Why "five"? The poker Gods are hard of hearing. Sometimes they > hear 5 as 9 or 9 as 5. Gotta cover your bases. > > Flop 4-9c-3. Oh the beautiful 9 of clubs. > > I'm doing cartwheels inside. Outside I don't move a muscle. > Still have to dodge two cards. Turn blank. River 3. > > I kinda wonder if seat 2 would have called. I could have > really gotten back into the running. Seat 3 busted out later. > > We get to the next break. 8 hours in. I have 3500. > Blinds will be going up to 400-800 with a 100 ante. > Average stack is around 13000. I'm in bad, bad shape. > > I go report to Sandi that it looks bleak, but i'll give > it everything I've got. Also see Patti, JP and Sabyl. > Sabyl reminds me that my only play now is to push all-in. > I've played at least 1000 1-table SNG tournaments in the last > two years, so I know that, but it didn't hurt to be reminded. > > I sit down a couple of minutes before play resumes. I see > Patti walking down the spectator aisle. She smiles and > gets a spot at the rail to watch. > > Luckily, it is my button so I only have to ante/lose 100 per deal > waiting for a hand. > > Seat 8 is a weak player. Suited crap and connectors. > 4th hand after the break. I have 3100. > Seat 8 raises to 3200. I know he has KJo. Don't know exactly > how I know, but I know he has KJo. I look at my cards. > KhQh. I've got him. I call all-in. Rest fold. > He turns up his hand. KJo. Best big-money tournament read of my life. > > Now maybe I call here anyway hoping he has AJ or AT or JJ ot 99, > but it was just freakin' awesome to see those cards. > > Flop X-Y-Z all small. "Small and red." I think to myself. > Turn small heart. I pick up a flush draw. "Small and red." > River Q. Okay. KQ good. I do a little fist pump under the table. > I have a few chips to work with now. > > Guy raises my BB. Folded to me. AsKs! What a sweet looking hand. > I call all-in. Raiser has KJo. Nothing bad happens. I win. > That guy busts later. Teach you to try and steal my blind! > > I have a few chips now. Maybe 10,000. > > 99 and raise to 2000. Moron calls. Oh, here we go again. > Flop is K-J-J. I put up the white flag. I'm checking and folding. > I check, he checks. > Turn X. I check, he checks. > River Y. I check, he checks. I think my 99 must be a winner. > I show it. He shows QQ!! > > BB again. The Big Guy raises from the button. > I'd seen this guy nearly have a stroke folding A9o, so > I think he could be raising with any ace or stuff like KQ, KT, etc. > Let's see what I have... AsJs. Maybe I can blow him out > of the pot right here. I jam. He snap-calls with KK. > > Arrgghhh. Well, I just hit a two-outter a while ago. > Hitting one of the three aces should be a piece of cake. > Flop x-A-x. I'm thrilled, but still brace for anything. > The turn and river are blanks and now I really have some chips. > Maybe 20,000. > > QJ in the SB. Idiot that I am, I actually raise thinking > the Moron will fold for once in his life. He calls. Ugghh. > Flop A-9-X. I check, he checks. > Turn T. Good card. I have tons of outs now. K or 8 for the nuts. > I check, he checks. > River J. I hit a pair. This idiot could easily have me beat > with KQ, Q8, 87, and who knows what else. I check, he checks. > I show, I win! Up close to 30,000 now. > > The blinds and antes take me down to 25,700 as we finish Day 1. > > 1:30 a.m. I bag up my chips. Fill out a form, and leave everything there. > Thanks goodness I will have a new table for Day 2. > > ================================================================ > > I get to the tournament area 15 minutes early. > I'll be at table 79. We start at 2:00 p.m. > I see tables 77, 78, 80 and 81. Can't find 79!! > I see Rich Strauss over by the rail. We talk for a couple > of minutes. I ask him if he knows where table 79 is. > He points up at the sign right above me. "ORANGE 79" Okay. > Steve Nissman and Mark Trombley also come by to root me on. > > Here is my starting table: > > seat name hometown chips comments > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1 Slim Mameche Duinet, France 41,300 Solid player, friendly > 2 Andy Achillea London, UK 2,300 Waited 12 hours to bust in 2 hands > 3 Joshua Bylund Muskegon, MI 37,300 Solid > 4 Jonas Klausen Odense, Denmark 40,900 Solid > 5 Bill Carey Clearwater, FL 22,800 Too tight > 6 Salim Zakhem Houston, TX 58,900 Action player > 7 M Mehdi Alaei Los Angeles, CA 39,700 Danny Alaei's dad, Solid, nice guy > 8 Ken Kubey Sunnyvale, CA 25,700 Tight > 9 Jeff Reiter Le Claire, IA 19,700 Tight, nervous > > Andy is killed off in two hands and is replaced by Steve form S.D. > > Some highlight hands that don't involve me: > > Steve jams for 15 BB's with A2. Joshua calls with AQ. 2 flops. > Someone gets all-in with AK vs. Salim's KJ. Flop J-J-X. Gross!!!!!! > Salim gets calls an all-in on a J-X-X flop with KJ. Loses to AJ. > All spade flop. Salim checks and calls Mehdi's bet. > Turn 4th spade. Salim checks and calls. > River X. Salim checks and calls 10,000. > Mehdi flopped the nut flush. Salim turned a straight!!!! LOL. > > Turns out there were only 327 left going into Sunday. > I was in the top 200 chip-wise. > > I try a steal raise from the button. Jeff re-raises me. Yipes. > I know this guy has a real hand. I fold. He shows me KK. > Nice hand sir. > > It is obvious Bill is folding everything trying to make the money. > I decide I'm going to raise his BB with almost anything. > I look at an ace. I raise 3x the BB. ATo. Everyone folds to Bill. > He says "Can you beat 7-high?" I say "Twice." I show the ace. > > I try a blind steal from the button again. BB calls. > Flop is K-X-Y. I have nothing. Slim bets it. I fold. > He shows (what else?) KJ. > > I'm watching the player count like a hawk (it is displayed on TV's > all around the room.) 315, 302, 297, 285. So close now. > My chips are dwindling. Average is 44,000. I have 10,000. > > Remember chips are 3x real value. $1500 got us 4500 in chips. > > 282, 281, 280, 279. > > I get pocket jacks (JJ) and raise from under-the-gun. 3000. > It goes around the table.. Fold, fold, fold, fold, fold, fold. > Last guy with cards is the great player on my right. Mehdi Alaei. > I'm about to say to him "If you fold, I'll show." Before I can > say "If" he raises all-in. Oh my God! > > If I call and lose this hand, I'll be out with $0. > Is he just trying to push me around? Does he really have > better than JJ? > > I know in about 5 seconds that I am going to fold, but I sit there > for a good minute pretending to really think about it. A minute > is FOREVER at a poker table. I fold. He tells me he had KINGS! > I absolutely believe him. He was in the final 27. > Even if he was lying to me, I had to fold the hand. > I could not risk going broke so close to 270th place. > > I'm really worried now. It is going to be very close for me > to hold on for the money. I have to hope that several others > will go broke before I am forced to put my last chips in > in the blinds. > > The last spot out of the money is called "the bubble." > 271st place in this case. I can't stand the idea of going > out now so close to the bubble. It is a really scary thought. > It has taken me 15 years to get this far. Will I be here again? > > Now they hold up play. Turns out the count was behind. > We are at 271 players. I'm down to 7500. I have one of the shortest > stacks left in the room, but there are several others in worse shape. > > Between hands, I walk over to my friends at the rail and tell them > "My range is zero." > That means I am folding EVERY hand now. Even pocket aces. > I cannot go broke. I'm folding EVERY hand. > > We play hand-for-hand now meaning that all 31 tables start the hand > at the same time. Then we must wait for all 31 tables to finish > that hand before we go to the next one. > > The hand at our table might take 40 seconds. But then we have to > wait for 5 or 6 minutes for all 31 tables to finish just one hand. > > No one busts out. On we go. > > Medhi raises. I look at my cards. TT. > Man, I'd love to play, but I can't. I fold. > > Jeff is also hoping for his first WSOP cash. > He has 20,000 in chips. He looks very nervous. > > Mathematically, it was almost certain that I will make the money, > but having watched many sporting upsets, I take nothing for granted. > > I'm waiting for the room to erupt. > > Another hand. A couple of guys go all-in, but survive. > You hear one person clap or shout. > I'm dying to hear a whole table start clapping. > Another hand. Nope. > > Now a floorman walks by and says we are at 270. But it is still quiet. > Still no wild cheering. 3 or 4 minutes pass. > Now they halt the clock. We are in the money! > > Turns out they had to wait to see if a 2nd player went bust > on the same hand in which case #271 and #270 would split > the prize for 270th place. > > Lot's of cheering. I stood up and clapped my hands over my head. > What a thrill. I was so relieved. $2808 at least. > Shook hands with my friends, gave Sandi a kiss. > > Shook hands with Jeff, Mehdi and Salim. Thumbs up to Bill > Slim and Steve and the other guys at the table. > > Now I can play poker again. > > Sabyl joined Sandi on the rail. > > Ac8c. I push all-in. All fold. I show the ace. > Dang, back to 14,000 just like that. > > My BB. Action folds around to Medhi. He folds giving me the pot uncontested. > This is called a walk. We are about 15 hours into the tournament. > This is the only walk I got. > > Too tight Bill busts out and is replaced by this Asian kid. > Asian kid gets AA, AK and AK in about 10 hands and busts 3 players > including Salim. I believe this was Jeff Chang who finished > in 2nd place for $392,000! > > Blinds are now 1000-2000. I'm down to 5700. If I fold through > the blinds, I'll be down to 1800. I'll be anted all-in a few > hands after that! > Total desperation mode now. Any ace, any pair, and two face cards. > > A2o. Looks like gold. I raise all-in. Slim thinks for a few seconds > and calls. Folds around to the BB who folds. The pot has over 15,000 > in it. I hope slip has KQ or something. Nope. AT. > I need a deuce or I'm done. > Flop nothing. > Turn nothing. > River nothing. AT good. I'm out. > > I outlasted another 86 players and finished in 184th place out of 2641 > for $2988. > > I usually feel bad when I bust out of a tournament. Not this time. > Making the money was Job #1. I accomplished that. Good feeling. > > Thanks for all the e-mails and support. Big thanks to my sweaters: > Patti, Fich, Rich, Steve N., Mark T. and Sabyl. > > P.S. Two of the worst plays I ever made at TARGET and BARGE were > both folding JJ. Sweet justice to fold JJ twice correctly. > > Ken Kubey kubey at sgi.com (408) 524-6939 > _______________________________________________ > Target mailing list > Target at conjelco.com > http://mail.conjelco.com/mailman/listinfo/target From driveanmg at yahoo.com Wed Jun 17 22:44:06 2009 From: driveanmg at yahoo.com (Bob Jones) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:44:06 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Target] 2009 Report + QB in the WSOP Message-ID: <904697.63317.qm@web35902.mail.mud.yahoo.com> --- On Wed, 6/17/09, Ken Kubey wrote: From: Ken Kubey At this point, Bob and I have the big stacks.? Len needs a double up to get back into the fight.? Len pushes with QT.? Bob calls from the BB with J4.? The flop is 4-X-9 putting Bob in the lead. The turn is a K.? Giving Len a little more hope as a J, Q or T will get him back in the race.? A river 9 KO's Marciano.? 3rd place and $500. Not quite.? I was the button and raised about 2.5x, small enough that if you woke up with a hand I was getting out cheap, but enough that Len had to know I'd call if he shoved, since I think he had like 5 BB. Nice trip report and congrats again. Bob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kubey at sgi.com Sun Jun 28 18:26:36 2009 From: kubey at sgi.com (Ken Kubey) Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:26:36 -0700 (PST) Subject: [Target] shares Message-ID: <200906282226.PAA09940@summit.engr.sgi.com> Here's where the money is going... $100 to the Children's Hospital. $60 to the Scottro fund. I've already paid a few people through PokerStars and I'll be paying a few others at BARGE. I'm giving a little bit to the Scottro fund and a good amount to the Hospital. I am keeping a few shares that were voted my way. Thank you! I hope to see a bunch of you at BARGE in about one month! I decided to not send out a TARGET survey. If you have any questions/suggestion/complaints, let me know. Private e-mail is best unless you really think everyone would be interested. Thanks. Ken Kubey kubey at sgi.com (408) 524-6939