'The Corporation' is apparently now up about $2.2-2.3 million, after being down around $3 million since day 1.
They're actually playing $50k/$100k because they're worried Andy Beal is going to double the stakes once he gets behind (like he did before) so they've given themselves some room to breath.
Any and all poker players should be willing The Corp to win, if Beal wins and takes $10 million off the pros that's $10 million taken from the poker community, and money trickles down to players like myself, one day I might win a small part of that $10 million!
Bad variance has started to hit these past few days, it's so cruel the way the cards just start laughing at you, giving you the second best hand time after time. I've lost about 6 buy-ins from some really harsh hands, recouped about 60% of that back from smaller pots, but the bigger pots aren't going my way at all so I'm going to quit playing for the next few days.
I still need to make money though so I'm probably going to hit up some Blackjack bonuses over the next few days. Obviously Blackjack is a -EV game that you can never win at, but by playing Basic Strategy you can lower the house edge enough that, with bonuses on top, you can draw a good profit.
Played with Daniel Negreanu last night. Hold'em wasn't going well as stated so I jumped in a $5-$5 short-handed PLO game with him on PokerRoom. Didn't get involved in any big pots with him - seeing as he 5x'd every hand preflop - but on one pot, with massive pot odds I moved in for $75 or so which I won when I rivered a second Jack to take a $322 pot. I left straight afterwards!