For those of you who know me from AVP or the poker world in general you have probably heard of the Ironmen Of Poker for those of you who don't, they're a group of guys from Iowa who come once a year and bring Hilarity to the desert. It is not uncommon for them to play any two cards, felt old ladies, and they have a prop bet sheet that is for the ages.
I thought it would be fun to scratch something off the list and see first hand the insanity that is the IMOP. My schedule allowed me to play in the Thursday afternoon tourney at the TI, which was one of their "official" events. The tourney is actually a pretty good little tourney, it plays a little fast, but there is a good value for the $50 buy in.
I was seated with a few of the Ironmen to start, and having played with them I knew what to expect. Since the IMOP made their schedule known, and they were rolling with a crew of around 10, I knew that the field would be a little bigger and the prize pool should be pretty nice. They ended up with 42 runners (including a few eurodonks who rebought). Sadly I was card dead the entire tourney, I did hit a monster with 8-3 in the BB, but didn't get paid off. I ended up getting knocked out in the mid 20's when my pocket 3's got snapped by Eurodonk's A7soooooooooooooted, when he the board runs 4 to broadway. (I can never win flips.
I didn't get a chance to partake in much of the hilarity, but it was nice to see the guys, if you are even in vegas during the IMOP, you need to find them and play, just be warned, you never know what is coming up.
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