I’ll explain why soon, but it looks like I’m going to be in Las Vegas for most of the preliminary WSOP events. After reviewing the schedule, I’ve identified these tournaments as the ones I’m most likely to play:
Friday, June 15th. $2000 NLHE 3-day event.
Saturday, June 16th. $1500 NLE 3-day event.
Sunday, June 17. $1000 Razz 2-day event.
Monday, June 18. $2500 NLHE 6-Handed 3-day event.
Thursday, June 21. $1500 NLHE 3-day event.
Friday, June 22. $2000 PLHE 3-day event.
Saturday, June 23. $1500 NLHE 3-day event.
Thursday, June 28. $1000 Stud/8 3-day event.
Friday, June 29. $2000 NLHE 3-day event.
Saturday, June 30. $1500 NLHE 3-day event.
I’m probably going to play 3-5 of these, and I’m trying to decide which. Obviously it will depend somewhat on how I do in the earlier ones and how my work is progressing, but I’m curious to get people’s thoughts on this. The non-NLHE events are going to have smaller fields, but I don’t know whether the play will on average be more or less difficult. I’m certainly less good at the Stud games than I am at NLHE, but I think that’s probably true of the poker population at large, as well. Any thoughts on this?
Also, does anyone have any experience with the structure in the prelim events? Are the $1500’s even worth playing?
Lastly, these are somewhat out of my bankroll (thought I do have like $W8500 and hopefully more in a few weeks to spend on this), so I’m probably going to sell some of my action for like 1.33% of the buyin per 1% of my winnings. Let me know if you’re interested.