I busted the $40k buyin NL event on day 1! I started the day not really going anywhere with a lot of tough players at my table (which was expected) with my image not being so great as I've shown down a few bluffs and mucked all my good hands when they weren't called. Because of this and the fact I wasn't getting any hands I was folding a ton when my bustout hand occurred, which went like this:
Mark Seif limped UTG+1 at 500/1k and was playing a little more solidly before having shown down some nonsense bluff w/ K10 high no draw 3 barrel on 34824, so needless to say I isolated him w/ 69dd as hes never ever limp/reraising me here. Someone behind me called and one of the blinds call and Mark Seif folds...just kidding he calls! Flop comes 3710r with 1 diamond and it checks around, turn is an 8 (bink!). It checks to me and I bet 12,550 which was near pot, a bet which Mark check-raises to 34,000. Well, since he's never bluffing here I just decided to shove allin for 110k effective stacks and get instasnapped off by 88. River...8. GG!

In other news, I've been playing a lot of $25/50 and recently $50/100 at the bellagio with pretty good results. Just yesterday I played a very interesting hand at $50/100 vs some crazy guy named Bill where I made a pretty sick call but lost anyways :(. Here's how it went:
Bill is stuck and has been playing nearly every hand and trying to barrel people off hands on multiple streets. He limps UTG and gets 2 more callers. I have 910dd in the bb and I check. Flop is Ad4d4s. I check, Bill bets $500, a very solid guy named Ben calls behind, I call. Turn is the 7d giving me a flush, I check, Bill bets $1400, Ben looks at his hand for a bit, shakes his head, and angrily folds. I call planning to check/call most rivers. River is an Ac. I check and Bill bets $10,000! Well, the board double pairing really sucked, but the fact that he bet 3x pot on the river means he never has a bare 4. Also, due to the fact that it was very clear that Ben folded an ace and Bill and I had talked about overbetting before when I snapped off a smaller bet vs him earlier, I called w/ my 10 high flush. As soon as I called, he says to me, "you're good" and moves to muck his hand. I flip over 910dd proudly and he goes...oh OH...and flips over J8dd. DAMMIT! I would've never thought in a million years he'd turn a flush into a bluff there!! That's ok though, I'm still playing great and I like my call. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series and I'll keep you guys as updated as I can!