An Orbit w/ Spain's Juan Pardo
Every now and then we like to spend an entire orbit watching a player. Sometimes they mix it up during that time, while other times they're on autopilot. Most recently, we spent an orbit observing Spanish player Juan Pardo, who was sitting with approximately 28,000 in chips.
Hand #1 (Early Position): The under-the-gun player folded and Pardo did the same.
Hand #2 (Under the Gun): Pardo folded.
Hand #3 (Big Blind): Alessandro Sarro opened for 650 from early position and action folded around to Pardo in the big blind. He released his hand.
Hand #4 (Small Blind): Alessandro Sarro raised to 650 under the gun and received a call from the player in the cutoff. Pardo folded when action reached him in the small blind.
Hand #5 (Button): The hijack raised to 750 and Pardo folded.
Hand #6 (Cutoff): The under-the-gun player opened for 700 and Pardo folded when action reached him.
Hand #7 (Hijack): Action folded to Pardo and he did the same.
Hand #8 (Middle Position): A player opened for 600 and Pardo folded.
Hand #9 (Middle Position): The same action from the previous hand repeated itself here.
As you can see, poker can be quite boring; in fact, we stayed around an extra three hands, but Pardo failed to get involved. Poker is a game of patience, and Pardo is clearly practicing that right now. Meanwhile, a couple of Pardo's fellow countrymen are doing quite well here on Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
42,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |