A couple of blogs ago I talked about making a run at the WSOP this summer. Since then I have thought about it some more and I am definitely doing it. It really sounds fun to me for once. Having had some success online, it has always made me wonder how I might do out there with the real bad asses like Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey etc. At this point in my poker career I am a NL holdem specialist, can play mid stakes PLO profitably, and could eek out a living at Stud HI/lo and PLO Hi/lo. So by no means am I proficient enough to play a well rounded player like a Brunson or Ivey, but I feel pretty good about my NL game overall.
The last couple of days I have begun entering tournaments online and had my first victory today! I won the $109, $40,000 guarantee for a nice $9,000 score. It was pretty thrilling to win a tournament because I am used to simply grinding out cash all day, so I don’t really get any thrills out of that. But to actually win a tournament felt pretty cool to be honest.
I can’t let this go to my head though and feel like I got this tournament thing down and don’t need to prepare very hard for the WSOP. I know that I have a very long way to go before I can expect to make confident decisions at the WSOP tables. I mean, I know I could kinda just show up to the WSOP and expect to do OK, but I don’t like to do anything just OK, I like to try and see what I am capable of.
Anyway, thought I would post this little brag since I never do anything worth a crap in tournaments and it felt pretty good to win a tournament, even if it was a smallish event