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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