Playing the WSOP Main Event

Ace Rothstein wrote an interesting post today on
Here’s a quick excerpt
Well, I’m pretty excited.  Less than 12 hours from now I will be taking my seat in the 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event!  I won my seat in one of the last mega satellites down yesterday at the Rio for only a $550 buy-in.  When I moved to Las Vegas four years ago, I wanted to play in the Main Event.  After trying to qualify since then in tournaments within my bankroll, I have finally succeeded.
I wasn’t too impressed with the mega satellite structure.  With only 30 minute levels, I found myself short stacked after not picking up hands and then losing AK vs A5.  I ended up pushing all-in without looking at my cards, and a guy called me with QT.  I had J9 and got lucky when the board came 678TK.  I got lucky again a few levels later when played a hand poorly and reraised [...]

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