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May 23, 2004
Feeling A Little Down Today
Well the WSOP main event kicked off in Vegas today with a record shattering field of roughly 2600 people, half of which play today and half of which will play tomorrow. Some of my top picks are already out and I hear that the big stack is a very drunk Mike Laing (the guy who bad beat me for most of my chips in the $2000 NL WSOP event) with about 140k. Useful information seems to be pretty hard to find right now since it is probably taking forever to count up the chips.
From what I can gather a few of my top picks were already eliminated, most notably Paul Phillips and Daniel Negreanu. Some of my information comes from RGP which is about as reliable as a used KIA so forgive me if anything I say is inaccurate. I read there that Daniel went out due to bluffing at too many unbluffable amateurs (his polite way of saying idiots), but since it was RGP I won’t be surprised if he turns out to still be in with a $100,000 stack. Even if he is out he had a great year, winning 1 event and making money in 4 or 5 others for a total of over $300k.
Paul’s exit is chronicled on his blog, which is one of my favorite poker reads. Apparently he got some shove artist all in and was knocked out when said shove artist hit his straight draw. He had three decent cashes for what appears to be somewhere between $200k and $250k. He got robbed by fate a few times along the way it seems, but I'm sure he is not unhappy with his season.
All in all I am a little saddened that I did not play in the event this year. I am pretty sure that opting to not buy in was the intelligent situation given my bankroll, but it still sucks to be sitting in Ohio wondering what is going on like some sort of internet railbird. I suppose it just gives me all the more reason to log the hours and save the money this upcoming year. I have only been playing for a living for one year (and practically started with nothing) so not yet having the bankroll to simply play every $10,000 tournament (or any for that matter) that comes a long should not be too deflating to my confidence. Actually another year like the one I had this past year and I will be able to hit some of the main events next year. But for now I will have to console myself by playing every $215 tournament on Party. John and I seem to be getting very deep in them one or two times a week lately, so soon we will manage to take one down.
Posted by themaroon at May 23, 2004 8:02 AM
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