pocket nines are a bad memory for from wsop 2007,here is an extract from my diary:::
well my 1st foray into the wsop has ended after 3 and half hours..
was doing well had more than my starting chips and a rep as a rock...have had one h/u with player before when my a/k beat his a/8,so he knows me and i have sussed out his play..
anyway here goes,and i know a lot of you will think wtf were you doing in that hand,but i was there
i am in seat 3 and get dealt 9/9 and the guy in seat 1 raises 2x blind (blinds are 100/200),i call and everyone else folds.
flop is 2/2/3, i am thinking this is good
,cos there is no way he has either.
he bets 400 again i go over the top with another 1k,thinking if he bets right off i`m folding..it takes an age and he decides to put me all-in to steal the pot,i have the read on him and just know he has nothing,i go all-in...he has a/8 and his face is a picture
anyway the turn is a 6 and i`m thinking oh yes a nice double up
well now the poker gods think feck you matey,and the river shows an ace
you should have seen my face,,grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
seat 1 is very apologetic and says he made such a bad call but didnt put me on a pair,i`m thinking you have watched me play for the last 3 hours wtf did you put me on,and if i see him again i will ask him,cos the last time we were h/u as i said i had him beat,anyway enough of that,i`ve now gotta get my head ready for the crap-shoot tomorrow which is the $1500 event 27.
have a little time now to explore vegas,so gonna pop over to imperial and caesars...
the next day in my 2nd buy in i played pocket nines badly ,so they are not my fave hand and will fold every time at the moment