Kianoush Abolfath has won this week’s $1500 limit event, and with it the $335,000 prize (less than last years winner). The top finishing “famous” pro was Phil Ivey, who finished 21st and walked away with almoste $9500 in prized money. You can see the final results at: WSOP Event 4 Results.
Fortunately, the list doesn’t go past 34th place so my horrible performance is not visisb le (yet) on the WSOP site.
Now i really never made it back to watch, on Friday and Saturday, rather i played some No Limit tournaments at Caesars Palace and the Venetian. Both casinos sport nice rooms, but Ceasars, with literally dozens of tables is one of the nicest and a most convenient rooms on the strip. Caesars’ features multi-table tournaments every day at Noon and 6 pm. It’s now my favorite room.
Well we’ve all heard of the 20 minute workout and other various quick approaches to accomplishing a goal. I have just finished experiencing the 90 minute asskicking. Decent cards, but a bit of bad luck, took me out before the first break. Depressing, a bit embarrassing, but a dash of reality in what has been a pretty lucky run since the Party Poker cruise.
I’ll keep updating throughout the day.
My first Limit Tournament at the WSOP starts at Noon in the Rio. We expect over 1000 players and i’m almost ready to go. Unfortunately a false fire alarm at 4:30am made it seem more like my days in the dorm at college.
My hope is to finish in the top 10% and money. More from the tournament at dinner or when i get knocked out, whichever comes first.
The Room itself is huge, and it’s likely, less than 25% of the Rio’s entire convention area. dozens of tables, filled with poker players from around the world. Walk the halls and hear nearly as many langauges as at the UN.
It should be a great time, especially if i survive the first day!
Whether you are pro poker play or just a fan of the WSOP, you’re happy to know that next Sunday, June 25th is the opening of the 6 week “Summer Poker Classic”. With 45 events from June 26th thru August 10th 2006, the biggest “Pro/Am” tournamant in world history will reign supreme in Las Vegas and at the Rio in Particular.The action begins with satellite games on the 25th and commences with tournament #1 a No-Limit event for Casino Employees and ends with the final table of the Premiere, $10,000 World Championship Event. This year, the WSOP is preparing for upto 8,000 players in this event. All told, Harrahs, the owner of the event, the Rio hotel and much more, should award more than the $103 Million in prize money that the 2005 event paid out.
I will be playing in a couple of the early limit tournaments and will be “reporting”, if you want to call it that, from the seen in late june and early july. As always, I’ll be trying to share my perspective on the tournament and the emotion of myself and the entire tournament. This is not my first tournament, so some of the early jitters and unanswered questions were dealt with last time. This time, i hope to give a better sense of the scene, what is happening, why it’s happening and how it ended up happening this way.
