Some updates and random ramblings....
-I got there at 11:30 today to play in the $1000 WSOP event, and I was #600 on the alternate list, which meant that I probably wouldn't get to start playing with my 1500 starting stack until they were already on level 100/200 or so. So I chose not to play.
-Played at Jennifer Tilly's table in a Bellagio tourney today. She busted out early. I lasted for a decent time, but no money. Played some $5/10 NL while waiting and won $200 or so.
-Still no major tourney scores to speak of. I'm down about $15,000 on the trip so far, but I feel as if I've played well most of the time. And I have won $3000 or so online during this time, so make that $12,000. Going to play online the next few days to try to work the bankroll back up with some multitabling and then going to take a few days off as my good friend is coming to visit. Not sure of the next WSOP event I'll enter.
-Met tmc94 the other day when he came to play in an event. First FBG I've ever met in real life. Didn't get to hang out with him that much, but seemed like a good guy.
-Phil Ivey is ridiculously overrated by the public. He is listed as only a 16:1 underdog to make the final table of the main event.
LINK Now all of the odds are completely insane, but to suggest that Phil is more than twice as likely as any other person in the entire world to make it that far(the next best odds are 40:1) is insane.
-I have no clue to the truth of this, but its interesting to say the least:
The talk of the 2006 WSOP Main Event will undoubtedly be Pokershare.com, an online poker room that has apparently decided to enter a chimpanzee into the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em championship!
The World Series of Poker Main Event has seen some weird and wonderful characters take part, many of them providing us with a good laugh. This year is about to get completely whacky. According to a VERY reliable birdie that whispered in our ear, a trained chimpanzee will hit the tables and no doubt cause a stir!
Imagine you are a poker pro, and you sit down at your allocated table at the start of the event, only to find a chimpanzee staring back at you from across the table! This redefines the concept of a "poker face"! Now imagine you get knocked by said chimpanzee. You will never be able to show your face in a poker rooms again!.
At this year's Main Event, online poker room Pokershare.com will apparently enter a chimpanzee called "Mikey". Pokershare will no doubt causes a stir with this stunt! According to our source, the chimp was found after an extensive search, and has received intensive poker training for the last two months. We've also heard that if the chimp sponsored by PokerShare actually eliminates players at the WSOP then the poker room will award those players with a free entry to the 2007 World Series Of Poker.
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