Update to the Main Event

I wire transferred my $10,000 to the WSOP for the Main Event. Man, is that alot of money. I could do whatever I wanted with my tournament winnings but, I played the Main Event satellite to play in the Main Event. So, I'm gonna play. There was a minor fiasco trying to wire my money out of the Absolute Poker account but, in the end, everything worked out. In fact, Absolute put $50 into my account for the trouble that was caused. People are just giving me their money!!! Lol. My pre-registration paperwork will take 2 weeks to be processed. Once that's done, it should make it easier to complete the final registration when I arrive in Vegas. Plus, I won't have to bring $10,000 in cash from ATL-LAS. I'm not too comfortable walking around with that kind of money in my pocket. I guess Hellmuth won his 11th bracelet. I'm coming after him!........NOT!!!

I have a good streak going here

My last 10 online tournaments have been good. I've cashed 8 out of the last 10 tournaments:
1/118
1/9
4/9
3/9
1/9
2/9
2/9
10/716
4/9
3/9
It sure would be nice to do that well at the Main Event. Just happy to be going.

I'M IN THE MAIN EVENT BABY!!!!!!!

I still can't believe I'll be playing poker with the best in the world. I went to dinner Friday night with some friends. When I got home, I decided to play some online poker. I've always wanted to play poker at the WSOP(World Series of Poker) but, never tried. The buy-in for the Main Event is $10,000. I wouldn't even think about spending that kind of money on a tournament buy-in. So, I played a WSOP super satellite 9 player single table Sit-n-Go, the buy-in was $13, winner take all. The winner received free entry into the Saturday night Mega Satellite($108 buy-in) for the Main Event. I won the Sit-n-Go so, my next hurdle was the 118 player Mega Satellite. The tourney paid the top 6 places but, I didn't care about 2nd. I told myself before the tournamnet that I was playing to win this thing. I could care less about the $320 2nd place finish. I played tight at the beginning of the tourney, picked up some cards and kept my chip stack at the average tourney chip stack. When there were 20 players left, everyone started to play super tight. So, I thought here's my chance to win this thing. I began raising about 30% of the time. I relied heavily on my notes, the pokertrackker software(thanks Brian), and I took advantage of the weak players and stayed away from the other big stacks. At the final table, I was slightly above average chip stack and after 2 people were knocked out, play tightened up even more. So, naturally I became more aggressive. There was one guy at the table that was pissed because of my aggression and he says, "someone call this guy!" Of course, he never did. Basically, I ran over the rest of the players to win. Victory!!........sweet. Man, I just turned $13 into $11,000. Wow!

Absolute poker should be in contact with me in the next few days and I should have more details. It's odd to see so much money in my account. I heard that the poker websites aren't allowed to buy seats any more to the WSOP so, if you win, the website will give you the money and it's up to you to take care of the registration.

The Main Event begins July 6th and ends July 17th. The first round is on the 6th, 7th and 8th so, I'll be playing on one of those three days. It will be televised on ESPN a few months after the tournament ends. There will be around 9,000 people playing and the chances of me getting on TV are slim. But, you never know.
I'll be updating this as I learn more information about the tournament and I'll of course update for as long as I'm in the tournament. Wish me Luck!