WSOP Time
Saturday, May 30, 2009 - Debo34
Tomorrow I will be heading to Vegas for the World Series of Poker. I’ve decided to drive this year since I will be there for the better part of 7 weeks. The drive will take me about 12 hours which I’m sure will royally suck, but it will be nice to have my car there and not have to rent one like years past. It will also be nice to pack my car full of whatever I want to bring that I couldn’t take on an airplane. My car will be jammed full of important stuff like my pillow, X-Box, extra monitors, DVD’s and anything else I can fit in there to make my 7 week stay as comfortable as possible.
So this year will be a lot like last year. I’m sharing the same 8 bedroom house with the same group of guys. I’m looking forward to getting down there and settling in. The first event I plan on playing is the $1500 pot limit Omaha on Monday. Last year I bubbled this event taking 74th with 72 spots being paid. I am excited to play this event, since I feel like my PLO game is far better than it was a year ago. After this event I’m going to play it by ear. I still need to win my main event seat as well. Last year I won it in the very first $500 super I played so I feel confident that I will be playing the main event for the 5th year in a row.
The WSOP is an exciting time of the year, but it can also be a very expensive time as well. Every year I set aside a certain amount to play series events and this year is no different. I see people lose their entire bankroll chasing the dream every year. That’s the nice thing about this time of the year in Vegas. There are smaller tournaments all over the place including The Venetian, and Caesars which can help you build and stretch your WSOP bankroll. If things aren’t going great at the series I will step back and play a few of these tournaments to try get the bankroll built back up. I wish I had the type of bankroll that allowed me to play every series event I wanted, but I’m not willing to drop 100k on the series and damage my bankroll. I will just keep on doing what I do, playing small ball while taking a few cracks at some bigger events. It’s what I’ve done for 7 years so I’m comfortable with it. Maybe someday I will find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that will allow me to play more big events, but if not I’ll be content and happy doing what I do. Playing a game that I love for a living isn’t so bad.
So my WSOP predictions are…Yes of course I’m a UB homer, but I think it’s going to be a big year for the Black n Gold.
Phil wins #12 , then a week later pulls in #13.
Annie wins the 50k HORSE event.
Team UB makes a total of 8 final tables and pulls in 4 bracelets total.
My good friend and roommate Pat Poels wins his 3rd bracelet. Yeah he has 2 and nobody has ever heard of him, but he’s the real deal.
One of my other roommates wins a bracelet.
I make my first WSOP final table.
Someone wearing the UB logo wins the main event. (bout time)
Good luck to everyone at the series.
Debo
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Tags: Annie Duke, Ceasar's, omaha, Phil Hellmuth, ub, Vegas, Venetian, WSOP
June 4th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
good luck phil i respect yer game and i hope u win this ,unless i get there soon.