The Prince And Me
blogdig.net wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
Yesterday, I played in the No-Limit Hold ‘Em State Championship, a $340 event that was part of the 2008 Oklahoma State Championship Series of Poker in Tulsa.
It was the most expensive buy-in that I had ever bought with my own money. Obviously, the two tournaments I played in Australia were more expensive, but I won those seats from a $33 satellite tournament.
The day did not start off well. Although I got to Tulsa a full hour before the tournament started, they were only accepting alternates. That meant that they had already reached their max capacity of 550 players, and every player that registered after 550 would be guaranteed to get in the tournament, but only after that many players were eliminated.
Meaning if you were Alternate #5, you would get in after five people eliminated. If you were Alternate #40, you would get in after 40 people were eliminated. I was [...]
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