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Last Friday, I got married. I spent my one-week anniversary playing the $2,000 Limit Hold ‘Em event at the World Series of Poker. (In case you missed my updates today, know that you can follow me throughout the WSOP via twitter.)

Everything was fine for the first half hour. I had two pocket pairs and flopped sets with both of them. I said to myself that if I kept up that rate, I would win multiple bracelets this year. I then proceeded to lose every hand. Every 50-50 showdown went the other way, every 75-25 showdown went the other way, every time anything could go wrong it did, and I was out in Level Four. That’s extremely early for me in a Limit event. But better that than playing for a million hours and bubbling.

There was at least one completely crazy dude at my table. The last hand before the first break, he cold-called a raise preflop, and then started putting in action on a flop of A88. He ended up showing down 83o for the win. Turned out, that was nothing. He called on the river, got shown a full house, and then tabled jack-high, just to show us I guess. He called a bet on the flop, then bet the turn when he got checked to, and folded face-up to the check-raise. This time he showed something like 52 on a board of KJ74. Against me, however, he just called the flop on the turn with top pair-king kicker. Then, after winning a pot with 43o by pairing the four against a bunch of action, he got up and walked away from the table just in time to miss his blinds. I’ve seen players who seem to be calling, betting, folding, and raising at random. This guy was not only doing that, but also turning over his cards at random, and getting up from the table at random. I seriously think he was on something.

Anyway, after busting I logged some hours in the $10-$20 No Limit cash games at Bellagio. I did this not just to brush up on my NL game before the upcoming tournaments, but also to get myself used to Pacific Time, playing long days, and focusing for longer stretches. I played fine for the most part today, but I didn’t have the sharpness I had by the end of last year’s WSOP, when I was probably playing the best poker of my life. I’d like to get back to that by Main Event time.

Tomorrow: $1,500 No Limit Hold ‘Em