Advise For Wsop Me Virgin?

[yimyammer 0]

I just won a WSOP ME package and will be playing in the main event for the first time. In fact, this will be my biggest buy-in tourney by far, as the largest buy-in I've ever played is $250.I know this is a very broad question, but can you give any general strategy advice to someone playing for the first time in the main event?Thanks for anything you're willing to share.

[HoosierAlum 0]

This will be my first year in the main event as well, but I think I can offer you some advice:1)Practice playing deep stacked poker. Most likely you haven't played many tournaments with a deep-stacked structure, so get used to this. Stars offers some deep-stacked tournaments for practice.2) Don't play scared.3) There is no "correct" way to play. You must always be adjusting according to a wide variety of factors.4) Have fun, but don't think of it as a "freeroll". Take it seriously and try to make the best possible decision on every street of every hand.

[Mashchit 0]

I just won a WSOP ME package and will be playing in the main event for the first time. In fact, this will be my biggest buy-in tourney by far, as the largest buy-in I've ever played is $250.I know this is a very broad question, but can you give any general strategy advice to someone playing for the first time in the main event?Thanks for anything you're willing to share.

Congrats on getting the seat (and to you Hoosier). If you've won it online and only play online then I'd suggest trying a few live tournaments. That will get you more familiar with the slower pace of live events, plus you have the opportunities to pick up reads and tells from people and see how many other people are picking up on you. Pushing all in on a resteal is a lot easier when you click the mouse button in the comfort of your room than it is when someone is staring you down and you have to actually move the chips in.Hoosier's advice seems sound to me too, although I've never played in the ME and haven't tried qualifying this year.I think it also depends what you realistically want from it and you need to work that out before. Playing to win the event and making the most of the experience, prolonging it and enjoying it are not necessarily mutually exclusive, but they can be.

[Rocketwadster 0]

I just won a WSOP ME package and will be playing in the main event for the first time. In fact, this will be my biggest buy-in tourney by far, as the largest buy-in I've ever played is $250.I know this is a very broad question, but can you give any general strategy advice to someone playing for the first time in the main event?Thanks for anything you're willing to share.

Show up, but get ready to scalp your buy-in for a hefty profit to all those people who don't want to stand in line. Odds are you will make a much bigger profit out there than trying to work your way through that mine-field.

[yimyammer 0]

Show up, but get ready to scalp your buy-in for a hefty profit to all those people who don't want to stand in line. Odds are you will make a much bigger profit out there than trying to work your way through that mine-field.

Thanks everyone, good blog to the first poster.I won the seat on Bodog, so selling it is not an option. That's probably a good thing because I probably would. I want to participate and enjoy the experience, so I'm looking forward to it.Root for me because if a sucker like me can win, poker will explode to unheard of new levels

[Mashchit 0]

Thanks everyone, good blog to the first poster.I won the seat on Bodog, so selling it is not an option. That's probably a good thing because I probably would. I want to participate and enjoy the experience, so I'm looking forward to it.Root for me because if a sucker like me can win, poker will explode to unheard of new levels

Good luck - make sure you come back and post some hands here after it.It must make quite an odd experience now that it is so long. I've wanted to play in the ME for about 7 years now, but I think I would have preferred it back then when the fields were smaller and it wouldn't take you 10 days to make the final table. Mind you, the money's better now.

[yimyammer 0]

Good luck - make sure you come back and post some hands here after it.It must make quite an odd experience now that it is so long. I've wanted to play in the ME for about 7 years now, but I think I would have preferred it back then when the fields were smaller and it wouldn't take you 10 days to make the final table. Mind you, the money's better now.

Thanks, I will. Hopefully I have to endure all ten days and have lots of hands to post!I'v been going to the WSOP to watch for most of the last 10 years. I'm one of the poker freaks that can actually enjoy sitting there live watching the final tables. One of the best ones I ever saw was when Johnny Chan and Eric Seidel played heads up for one of the championships. It lasted for several hours and I was two feet from the table. It was a lot more intimate at Binions and has lost a certain feeling that just can't be captured in the big, cold Rio convention room.The price of progress I guess

[tskillz187 0]

I am adding no substance, but I need to qualify, and I'll be damned if I don't

[Mashchit 0]

I'v been going to the WSOP to watch for most of the last 10 years. I'm one of the poker freaks that can actually enjoy sitting there live watching the final tables. One of the best ones I ever saw was when Johnny Chan and Eric Seidel played heads up for one of the championships. It lasted for several hours and I was two feet from the table. It was a lot more intimate at Binions and has lost a certain feeling that just can't be captured in the big, cold Rio convention room.The price of progress I guess

Was that the Seidel/Chan match that Seidel won? I remember reading Andy Glazer's write up of it. 2002? I was in Vegas for a few days in 2003 during the WSOP, which I think was the last one fully there before Binions went bust, and saw the final tables of a 7 card stud event and the deuce to seven no limit, plus the first day of the $5k no limit Texas. I didn't get to see much actual poker, but it was great being there soaking up the atmosphere and seeing various famous players in the flesh that I'd been reading about for a few years. I haven't been to the Rio, but I think I was alone amongst my friends in preferring Binions to the modern casinos. You're right though, it's the price of progress.I couldn't go this year even if I qualified, but you've got me fired up to have a go next year.

[yimyammer 0]

Was that the Seidel/Chan match that Seidel won? I remember reading Andy Glazer's write up of it. 2002? I was in Vegas for a few days in 2003 during the WSOP, which I think was the last one fully there before Binions went bust, and saw the final tables of a 7 card stud event and the deuce to seven no limit, plus the first day of the $5k no limit Texas. I didn't get to see much actual poker, but it was great being there soaking up the atmosphere and seeing various famous players in the flesh that I'd been reading about for a few years. I haven't been to the Rio, but I think I was alone amongst my friends in preferring Binions to the modern casinos. You're right though, it's the price of progress.I couldn't go this year even if I qualified, but you've got me fired up to have a go next year.

Yes, it was the match Seidel won. The final hand was great, Seidel had the lead and Chan checked to Seidel, Seidel made a reasonable bet and then Chan raised all-in. Seidel took quite a bit of time and finally said, I can't fold this and turned over two pair. Chan turned over a total bluff.I walked away thinking I'd never be able to compete in this game.I was at the WSOP last year and it was really easy to view all the minor events like it used to be at Binions and it still had a pretty good vibe. I watched Chan beat the Unibomber but I was just disappointed it only lasted like 8 hands.Try Bodog, I won my seat there and they have a great overlay because not enough players are registering for some reason. I won a $12,500 package for $67 and there were only about 100 players, so it was about a $6K overlay.

[....Ian.... 0]

1. never fold dueces....EVER2. the WSOP is also rigged, so be prepared for runner runner runner (yes, 3 runners)

[Mashchit 0]

Yes, it was the match Seidel won. The final hand was great, Seidel had the lead and Chan checked to Seidel, Seidel made a reasonable bet and then Chan raised all-in. Seidel took quite a bit of time and finally said, I can't fold this and turned over two pair. Chan turned over a total bluff.I walked away thinking I'd never be able to compete in this game.I was at the WSOP last year and it was really easy to view all the minor events like it used to be at Binions and it still had a pretty good vibe. I watched Chan beat the Unibomber but I was just disappointed it only lasted like 8 hands.Try Bodog, I won my seat there and they have a great overlay because not enough players are registering for some reason. I won a $12,500 package for $67 and there were only about 100 players, so it was about a $6K overlay.

I keep meaning to sign up to Bodog and I shall definitely try it for next year when I might actually be able to get out to the States. Thanks for the tip.

[Rocketwadster 0]

Bodog won't let anyone from Canada sign up