http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAfFfqiYLp0
The WSOP Main Event is unlike any other poker tournament in the world. It is the first poker tournament I ever saw on tv, the first one I ever wanted to win and the first thing that pops in every non-poker players head when they hear the word poker. I can distinctly remember being 16 years old (no that wasnt last week you dbags) and watching the WSOP and wanting to play poker on tv so bad. I wanted the fame and the spotlight and all the things that came along with being a well known poker pro.
Fast forward 6 years and I am playing the Main Event. I have learned the game playing hundreds of thousands of hands online, by myself in my underwear in front of a computer screen. Out of all those hands I played of poker, I played exactly zero of them in front of any cameras. When i had a 1k day at 1/2, I never had anybody back home message me on facebook and tell me what a good job I did. It came as a shock to run deep in the tournament and have all of these new things happen to me while playing a game I've played so much before. All the attention was definitely something I wasn't mentally prepared for and I found myself being more and more affected by it the deeper I ran. Looking back on the tournament I thought I played really well the first 2.5 days and started playing progressively worse from then on.
When I look back on my series, although I could have played much better I am not upset with myself at all. The first time I rode a bike I fell a lot, the first time I tried talking to a girl I was real awkward, and the first time I played guitar I sounded like shit. Why would I expect myself to play perfectly the first time I ever experienced live poker pressure? Its simply another skill I need to practice at and mentally prepare myself to succeed in.
In other news, I am flying out to florida in 2.5 hours with leggo coach scooot to play some live pokers. I am planning on playing a 2.2k 6max tourney that seems like it has a pretty decent structure. 6max NLHE is by far my strongest game, so I am looking forward to dominating a bunch of fools in that. I also really look forward to playing a bunch of live cash down there after hearing tales of the legendary softness that is south floridian poker.
-crispy
P.S. I finished 243rd and cashed for $40k.
P.P.S I just found out that the 6max tourney is in 8 hours and not 32 hours.....might have to go into klink beast mode and play it anyway
