In addition to what my plan is for the actual WSOP, I'd also like to jot down specifically what I'm going to be doing almost every day between now and the Main Event.
I recently have re-discovered playing poker online again. The site is Global Poker and I'm not sure I understand how they get away with it, but it is real money and it is only American players. I've had decent results playing nothing but $6 Sit-N-Gos and $5 MTT's, I'm up over a hundred bucks in profit which is a nice feeling after playing micro stakes for only a few months.
I think all the recent playing online has made me a better player for sure. The player pool isn't nearly as large as Full Tilt and Stars were back in the day, so the competition is generally quite a bit tougher. Still, there are plenty of fishy players who fold too much and make accumulating by being aggressive a profitable proposition.
Between now and the WSOP I need to keep playing poker online, and I also need to devote time to studying. Most of all though, I need to look at my family and work schedule between now and then and realistically plan to play as much live poker as possible; preferably mostly in card rooms.
So here, in black and white, is my exact live poker schedule between now and then. Writing it all down so I'll stick to it.
Grand Canyon Vacation May 24 - June 3 (in Vegas 5/31-6/3)
Thursday May 31 - 2pm - $250 WSOP Daily Deep Stack
Friday June 1 - 2pm - $250 WSOP Daily Deep Stack + 7pm $365 Giant (day 2 - 7/1)
Tuesday June 5 - 730pm - The Bike Mega Satellite for Day 2 of 500K guarantee. $250
Wednesday June 6 - 1pm - Day 2 500K gtd. (obviously have to win seat in satty)
Thursday June 7 - 730pm - POSSIBLE Julie home game Burbank $100
Friday June 8 - 8pm - PSP SNG, $60 home tournament (if no Julie home game)
Saturday June 9 - 5pm - Moose Lodge Event, $100 (this game is a whole other post I need to write)
Sunday June 10 - 12pm - HPC Sunday $150 15K gtd.
(wife and kid away this next week)
Monday June 11 - 7pm - HPC Daily $120 3K gtd.
Tuesday June 12 - 7pm - HPC Daily $120. 3K gtd.
Wednesday June 13 - 6pm - Commerce Daily $65
Thursday June 14 - 5pm - Bike Survivor Summer Series $350 (if no Julie home game)
Saturday June 16 - PSP MTT 7pm $45
Tuesday June 19 - 7pm - HPC Daily $120. 3K gtd.
Thursday June 21 - Julie Home Game OR 7pm - HPC Daily $120. 3K gtd.
Friday June 22 - 8pm Garner Home Game OR - 7pm HPC $150 12K gtd.
Monday June 25 - 730pm - Bike Mega Satellite for Day 2 - $400
Tuesday June 26 - 4pm - Day 2 500K gtd. (have to win satellite)
Thursday June 28 - 7pm - Julie Home Game OR 7pm - HPC Daily $120. 3K gtd.
I travel to VEGAS on Sunday July 1 - I don't play in the Main until Tuesday July 3. I will be staying at the Rio with no rental car. Here is my tentative Vegas schedule -
Sunday July 1 - 1pm - Rio Daily Deepstack - $250
2pm - POSSIBLE GIANT DAY 2
Monday July 2 - 10am - Turbo Daily Mirage/T.I./Harrah's
1pm - Rio Daily Deepstack $250 or Golden Nugget Daily NLHE - $150
Tuesday July 3 - 11am - WSOP Main Event Day 1B - $10K
Wednesday July 4 - 10am - Turbo Daily Mirage/T.I./Harrah's
1pm - Rio Daily Deepstack $250
Thursday July 5 - 11am - WSOP Main Event Day 2A&B*
Friday July 6 - 1pm - Rio Daily Deepstack - $250
Saturday July 7 - 11am - WSOP Main Event Day 3**
Sunday July 8 - 11am - WSOP Main Event Day 4**
*If I don't make day 2 of the Main, I will still play poker on Thursday and probably Friday, I will likely come home on Saturday.
**If I don't make day 3 of the Main, I will very likely come home on Saturday. Obviously every day I survive the Main after that, I will remain in Vegas.
So there it is, written down. I know it seems like a heck of a lot of poker, but really there's quite a few tournaments there that are contingent on various factors. A couple of either or tournaments and a few others that are satellites into bigger tournaments.
I think it's super important that I play several times a week, with days off here and there so I don't get burned out.
I realized, looking at the first week in July when I'm at the WSOP, I will not only be fulfilling my adult-lifelong dream of playing in the Main Event, but I'll also be trying for the first time a long wished for opportunity to play poker every day in Vegas for a full week - and all of those tournaments will likely be at the WSOP! Neato!
Can't wait!
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