Matt Vengrin Eliminated
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 - Gene Bromberg
As the Main Event began Matt Vengrin twittered a series of simple goals he hoped to achieve during each day. “Playing Main Event tomorrow,” he tweeted last Thursday, “I’ve decided to win it”. Well, maybe that wasn’t a “simple” goal to achieve, but once he started playing he checked off a series of accomplishments along the way. “Goal #1–make the first break”. After returning from the jam-packed halls of the Rio he set his next goal–”Make end of Day 1″.
Once that was done Matt enjoyed his time off (a mini-goal) and then returned to action today. He raised the bar to a similar height as on Day 1–”Make it past the first level”. And as he took his seat (choosing Jedi-like garb for today) he looked to in a good frame of mind to check off a number of goals today.
But it wasn’t meant to be–as Matt twittered not long after I took his pic, “Failed on goal 4.. Out of main, played like an idiot and deserved to be busted. Next year will be better.” Not quite the way Matt planned to end Day 2, but that last line (”Next year will be better”) isn’t the usual self-pitying rant you usually hear from poker players when they bust from the Main Event. And I’d be willing to bet that Matt will reach that goal, and that next year WILL be better.
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