I'm back. Have to be. The World Series of Poker starts in two days. Blogs and Tweets and Tableside Reports, oh my! Fantasy Leagues and Mirror Games. If I can't get to Las Vegas this summer, I intend to virtually be there from my computer's ringside seat. And this, the WSOP, despite Harrah's merchandising, commercialization and sometimes over-control, is the main event of poker and what the sport is all about. (Besides making money.)
From Daniel Negreanu's blog today:
"I predict this will be the toughest ever hold'em event to win and it will require my absolute best game to have a chance. Anything less won't be good enough."
Yes, he's talking about the $40K NLHE WSOP Event 2. Four times the traditional entry fee of the Main Event. It will draw the big players, the best pros and onliners, and I'd guess maybe only 300 entrants ($50K HORSE drew only 148 two years ago, its initial year; still digging up my stats from my scattered filing systems...).
A huge huge event that'll give the top finisher(s) enormous advantages in the WSOP Player of the Year race as well as the Full Tilt Fantasy League. (That's one of three WSOP Fantasy Leagues I'm playing, along with Negreanu's Full Contact Poker Forum's 63-proposition one and the Poker News ChipMeUp's Amateur Division.) Since I've been playing so poorly online today, it's time to shift into a different gear and discover my famtasy teams...
G'luck all. More later.
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