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[WSOP] My Monster Stack experience

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by GladiatoRowdy, Jun 18, 2015.

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  1. GladiatoRowdy

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    http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/update/I9C/over-the-moon/

    I got to play in the WSOP $1,500 Monster Stack last weekend and had a fantastic experience. Though I busted with 11 minutes left in day 1 (I would love to have appeared in the EOD1 stack list), I'm not sure I would have played any but three hands differently. One, a hand I just didn't play, was likely a killer for me as it occurred 30 minutes before the end of the day and likely would have tripled me up to a very respectable stack.

    Already making plans for next year!
     
    #1 GladiatoRowdy, Jun 18, 2015
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    Lessons learned:

    1. Pony up for a return flight on an airline that will allow me to get on standby on an earlier flight if I bust early.

    2. Don't be a pu$$y, when you have pot odds, call.

    3. Don't ignore the side action. The WSOP brings a LOT of fish into town and they have a lot of money they're willing to spend at cash tables.
     
    #2 GladiatoRowdy, Jun 18, 2015
  3. LCAhmed

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    Are you Andy Moon? Also, I've always wanted to try my luck in WSOP since I've watched it since I was in middle school (moneymaker and Phil Ivey era). Am I right in assuming that the buy in was $1,500? Also, how much was first place?
     
    #3 LCAhmed, Jun 18, 2015
  4. HR Dept

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    I've never finished worse than second place in a poke tournament. True story... I'm like 5-1, with the 1 being a second place finish.

    WSOP is next.
     
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  5. GladiatoRowdy

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    Yes, the buy-in was $1500, first place paid $1,286,942.

    http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=1136&tid=14228
     
    #5 GladiatoRowdy, Jun 18, 2015
  6. Mr. Clutch

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    That's pretty cool.
     
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  7. GladiatoRowdy

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    I'm planning to put together a day long poker tournament at some point over the summer. I was able to get 24 at the last one I announced on CF, gonna try to beat that!
     
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  8. GladiatoRowdy

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    Yes, I am.
     
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  9. Buck Turgidson

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    Do you still have the black leather vest, purple Miata, and feather jewelry?
     
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  10. GladiatoRowdy

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    I did once have a blue Miata and regularly wore a denim vest when I rode a Harley, but have never, to my knowledge, worn feather jewelry of any kind.
     
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  11. TheresTheDagger

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    Great story.

    I've never played anything like the WSOP, but I've played and chopped in many tourneys at the MGM, Bellagio, Mandalay Bay, and Monte Carlo. MC is a nice little poker room with a surprising amount of regulars who seem to know each other even though none of them seem to live in Las Vegas.

    I also played in a lot of rooms in Houston back in the day (early/mid 2000's). I remember seeing Sam Farha in one of the rooms I was in playing at a MUCH larger game than mine. (200/400 I think). A good friend of mine is a dealer and although i've lost touch I'm pretty sure he's still doing it in those Houston rooms. He makes a LOT of money.
     
    #11 TheresTheDagger, Jun 19, 2015
  12. Dubious

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    (thinly veiled 'I have $1500 to waste tread')
     
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  13. GladiatoRowdy

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    I actually considered it $1500 worth of education, but you're welcome to think of it as a waste if you like.
     
    #13 GladiatoRowdy, Jun 19, 2015
  14. VooDooPope

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    Looks like fun. Played every week when I lived in Houston. Now that I live near Austin I never get to play.

    Would love to go out to Vegas and try my hand at one of these tourneys.
     
    #14 VooDooPope, Jun 19, 2015
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    Roadie to H-town when GladiatorRowdy has his tourney.
     
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  16. GladiatoRowdy

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    My nascent plan is to follow the Monster Stack structure (http://www.wsop.com/2015/structuresheets/14228-structure.pdf), with 20 minute blind levels rather than the hour levels we had in Vegas. I am willing to take any suggestions as the plan is in its infancy so if you have feedback, please let me know.

    I was thinking about a $50 buy in, do y'all think that is too low, too high, or just about right?
     
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  17. YOLO

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    nice man.

    my friend was also just in that tourney you were in. he got knocked out at 225. he was able to cash i think like $6k

    good luck to you in future events
     
    #17 YOLO, Jun 19, 2015
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    Creatine with syntha 6 and some testosterone boosters.
     
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    I'm down if and when you do.
     
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  20. Indaface

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    a 50 dollar buy in tourney would be cool, I'd be in
     
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