Let it Begin

It's that time of year again. The World Series of Poker has begun at the Rio. For any serious poker player, your life revolves around the few weeks every summer where you can go nose to nose with the greats and take a shot at poker immortality. Just thinking about it gives me a rush. I don't know of any other pastime where amateurs can step up to the plate against legends so easily, which is part of what makes the experience so amazing - any schmuck can pony up some cash and get a chance to test their skills against a poker great...oh, and win retarded amounts of money of course.

This is my third WSOP, and the first time I'll be able to play in more than one event, which is pretty awesome, but somewhat tricky because I have to set a schedule for myself ahead of time (which I suck at). There happen to be great deep-stacked tourneys at the Venetian, Ceasars, and Binions running concurrently, so I really have to pick and choose my battles. The first event that I'm pretty sure I'll be playing in is the $1500 Omaha Hi/Lo event this coming tuesday, and fortunately, Binions is having a $200 Omaha event tomorrow that I'll be playin in, that should serve as a nice little warm up. I played in the first two NL events at Binions, and enjoyed them a lot - They start you off with a bunch of chips, and play for 30 minute blind levels, which is great considering the buy-ins are so cheap - Anyway I whiffed on the first one, and took 27th (of like 260) in the 2nd one for like $250. Meh. Regardless, the fields in these are super soft, and with the structures being so great, I intend to play as many of them as possible. Its just incredible that there are so many events and games going in Vegas right now - I could seriously play 24 hours a day for the next 6 weeks. OK, I have to try and get to sleep - Sadly, I'm not used to going to bed before 5am, so I have to start training myself to act like a normal human if I'm to function well during the day.