Nitty by Nature 8: Confirmed Busto TR (6/14-6/22)
Dog, you must be high. Don't you have a calendar? It's FEBRUARY. Surely you aren't posting a WSOP trip report this early
Hello my name is DogFace and I am a serial booking changer. I really thought I had it all figured out back in December when I booked Horseshoe for a 6/14-6/22 summer window. These were the most convenient dates for me and really the only dates that were guaranteed to work. Surely this would be the year when I would stick to one booking and not constantly swap things around.Wro
I know what that's like. I typically reserve the cheap/comped weekdays first, then try to fill in the weekends. CET only lets you reserve 5 or 6 days in a row, so I might try to fill in the weekends with Orleans or the Rio or the Gold Coast. At the same time I try to find events that fit my schedule. This year I got lucky in that most events I might want to play, are available during the week.
I better start winning my flips though. So far oh for 2, KQ against tens and sixes against AQ.
A different kind of HORSEWhile I won't be hitting the tables until June 6th, I'm already in action at the WSOP. I enjoy poker and fantasy sports, so naturally the intersection of those two things also appeals to me. I've participated in several WSOP fantasy contests in the past. Last year I contemplated buying an entry for the ODB fantasy before settling on the Poker.org freero
Nice team, although not sure about your bonus player [emoji23]
Seems we had a lot of the same thoughts. A lot of your considered but didn’t select made it into my teams, and your team looks a lot like my considered but didn’t select.
This is what I ended up going with:
Squads look solid. Early days, but that 2nd bunch in particular looks promising. Good sign when you see the NLHE players like Huni and Becker deep in a 7 card stud event. If they grind the full series then they could prove to be huge steals for you.
We've had a deluge of trip reports on LVL recently. It seems like a lot of us decided on the same dates this summer. I can't remember ever seeing so many of the TRs so neatly aligned in the same window. Call it the year of the $500 Freezeout. I hope there's room for one more entrant.
I'm going to post my official kickoff for this 2026 edition before I retreat to the sidelines to count down the days, weeks, and minutes until I touch ground.
NITTY BY NATURE 8: CONFIRMED BUSTO (6/06-6/14)
The golden hour is nearly upon us...
I took this picture when I checked into my room at the Orleans back in February for the mini trip I documented earlier in this TR. I thought it was a striking image. Our window of opportunity cracked open earlier this year with a successful mini trip. The window of opportunity is opening once again. It's time to officially begin year 8 of the Nit saga.
INTRO
I've made a trip to every WSOP since 2018 to grind tournaments and the occasional cash game. I've written a trip report for each of these visits to chronicle my experiences. I enjoy writing these TRs. I like going back and reading them. Old TRs help me reflect on my growth as a player and help sustain me through poker droughts. The Nitty By Nature tradition continues in 2026. I'll be arriving in Vegas next Saturday for another installment of nitty adventures. I'll be updating this trip report every day for anyone who wants to nit vicariously.
There will come a time when I quit the TR game. At some point I will have said everything I have to say about poker and (hopefully) achieved most of what I want to achieve. At some point these TRs will be totally played out. We're not quite there yet though. I still have dragons to slay. I've never hit a monster score in a MTT. I've never made a crazy run in a WSOP event. I've never played the $10k Main. I won't put down the pen until the story feels finished.
TRIP PLAN
I could write a lot of words here because I put a lot of thought into these trips, but I'll try to keep it simple. The plan is to play a bunch of poker and hopefully bink some good results. WSOP will be the centerpiece, but you can expect me to hit some other venues as well. This TR will chronicle the ongoing grind. I'll try to focus on poker and strategy, with occasional detours for "lifestyle". I'll try to find time for some food reviews and maybe an attraction or two.
Due to positive work and poker developments in the last few months, I have slightly more funds for this trip than I first anticipated. Even if I'm not quite confirmed busto, I'm still operating within the constraints of a modest budget. I'm not rich. I'm not a high roller. These summer trips represent the culmination of hard work and careful saving, so I relish these brief windows of opportunity.
Let's crack the window open and see what awaits us on the other side.
I tried to keep my intro post relatively short, covering just the broad strokes.
If you're interested in the full TR deep dive, I've expanded on various topics below.
HOUSEKEEPING
- After a nightmarish 12 months of poker in 2025, I'm carrying positive momentum into the WSOP this year. I've cashed 4 of 9 bullets in 2026 for a profit of approximately $2.2k, which is more like $1.2k after I subtract assorted overhead costs. Five months into the year, I'm already one cash away from matching my paltry 2025 total. This isn't one of the greatest heaters in poker history, but I'm cautiously optimistic that the coldest of the cold decks are behind me for now.
- This is the first year when I've ever seen a lot of "COMP" on my booking pages. I'm not sure if the casinos suddenly covet my tight VP and sports betting action, or if they're just desperate. Either way, I got the friendliest rates I've seen in years. I'll be splitting my time between Harrah's and Excalibur, two nit-friendly properties frequently featured in my past TRs. The 8 combined nights this year will be cheaper than the 8 nights I spent at the Gold Coast in my rookie year (2018), representing an unexpected bargain amid a climate of general inflation.
- SPOILER ALERT: I won't be winning the WSOP Main this year. I have work obligations from late June through July. The absolute furthest I can stretch this trip is June 17th. I've spoken about my desire to eventually play the Main, but it's a long-term goal and not something I feel compelled to force. Actually, I've felt much less urgency about it the last two years than I did in the past. I believe it will happen eventually. This is not the year, so I'll focus on the events I can actually play.
- Picking a schedule can difficult in the peak summer season with so many options to choose from. When I think about what makes WSOP season special, it's the massive lotteries in NLHE and the opportunity to play more obscure variants against large fields. I'll try to check both boxes this summer. I'll play the $500 WSOP NLHE Freezeout on 6/7, the Venetian $1100 $1M GTD, and probably at least one flight of the Colossus. I'll play at least two mixed tournaments, though not necessarily for a bracelet. I'll fill in the gaps with some cash sessions and nightlies. If I find any significant results along the way, I can consider flexing into some bigger events. The $1500 WSOP HORSE and $1500 WSOP Razz are sun run candidates. I'll also consider taking a satellite shot at the $3.5k Wynn NLHE, though I won't buy in directly. The overall goal is to strike a balance between quantity and quality, with pathways to bigger things.
- This will be the first year when mixed tournaments will be a major consideration every day, but I'm not letting one result in a triple draw event delude me into thinking I'm suddenly a crusher in the other games. NLHE is still my best game, so it makes sense to prioritize NLHE tournaments. I want to find opportunities to keep growing my all-around skills, but the ideal split is something like 75/25 between NLHE and everything else. That seems like the best compromise to pursue profitability while finding room to experiment. I will say that since March, I've done some more work on my 8-game and will be stronger in O, R, S, and E the next time out. My long-term target could be the $1.5k Dealer's Choice tournament...at the 2027 WSOP. I don't think it's time to go full send in the mix streets quite yet.
- I dabble in sports betting. I do DFS and single game bets, but my favorite thing is playing the futures. Arsenal are my team in England and I had a feeling like this might be the year, so I plunked down $100 in August at +230 to win the Premier League. It got nervy at several points, but in the end, the "lads" got it done. COYG. Our summer bankroll will get a small boost from Arsenal with smaller boosts from the Pistons (wins over), Jazz (wins over), Blazers (to make playoffs), and potentially the San Antonio Spurs (WCF/Finals). I don't expect to go hard at the World Cup, but maybe I'll drop a small wager or three. I have some ideas about the 2026-2027 NBA season, but it's a little early for that.
- I won't be setting specific goals for this trip. We have so little short-term control over our results in poker that it's folly to set concrete objectives like "win X dollars,", "cash Z tournaments", or "make Y final tables". That is especially true on a small sample. On 8 days of volume, the prospect of an 0-for-everything is very real. You can't get too emotionally invested in outcomes. All you can do is try to make good decisions and hope it's your turn to get lucky. My goal is to play my A game and avoid egregious mistakes. Whatever happens, happens. With all that zen talk aside, the trip will of course be much more enjoyable with some positive results to celebrate.
Can't wait to read all about it!
Having played with you a couple times last summer and having followed along with your TR's for years, I'm certainly rooting for you. You play a solid game, plenty skilled enough to do damage out there if you get some heat. Hope you are rocking your Mirage hat again this year, that thing is sweet!
How about this? Win enough in the early events to call work and tell them you're playing the Main. They can find someone else to do your ex-job. 😀
GL, I always enjoy your TRs.
Having played with you a couple times last summer and having followed along with your TR's for years, I'm certainly rooting for you. You play a solid game, plenty skilled enough to do damage out there if you get some heat. Hope you are rocking your Mirage hat again this year, that thing is sweet!
Appreciate it. Perhaps I'll see you out there again this summer.
Hat game is an important consideration at the poker table. The black Mirage hat has been a popular choice in the past. I also have a flashier version of the same hat, white with pink text. There's a good chance that at least one of them will be in action again this year.
NITMAS EVE
The annual wait is over. I fly to Vegas tomorrow. It's not an exaggeration to say I've been looking forward to this day for months. It's been my experience in previous years that April thru May can be the most agonizing period of anticipation, whereas the last stretch seems to pass in the blink of an eye. That held true this week. I was busy with a flurry of work duties in the afternoons while my ODB fantasy team provided vicarious poker thrills in the evenings (thank you Justin Liberto).
I wasn't expecting to play any live MTTs between my most recent post and this final pre-trip update, but WSOP fever seized me and I hit the local room last Saturday night to fire one last warm-up event, a $150+25 bounty. I claimed one scalp for $50 before being felted 65% through the field. There was maybe one obligate bluff spot I missed, but generally I like how I played. I was able to watch the end of Thunder-Spurs game 7 that night during the tournament. San Antonio's win was worth over $100 to me, so we escaped the day break-even despite bricking the MTT.
While it wasn't the kick start of dreams, I was happy to shake off some rust before I catch a plane to Vegas for the biggest poker week of my year. If all goes according to plan, I'll fly out tomorrow and land at Harry Reid around 1PM. Hypothetically, I could jump into day 1D of the Monster Stack and try to bag some chips, but I think the plan is to late reg the 1PM $250 WSOP daily instead. I like the idea of starting the trip in a low pressure event where I can ease back into a rhythm.
Despite having previously mentioned the Venetian $1100 $1M GTD, I've decided to build a nitty stipulation into this trip report. I will not fire any tournaments above $600 unless I have binked some type of positive result first. That could be a tournament score of some sort, or even just a good cash sesh. This approach will protect the budget while still preserving pathways to bigger things. We strive to go from busto to robusto over the course of the next 8 days.
Here's my tentative schedule, followed by some of the target events I hope to flex into:
6/6 - $250 1PM WSOP Daily
6/7 - $500 WSOP Freezeout
6/8 - $600 Aria TOE
6/9 - $250 WSOP HORSE Daily
6/10 - $500 WSOP Colossus 1A
6/11 - $500 WSOP Colossus 1B
6/12 - FREE CHOICE DAY
6/13 - $500 Golden Nugget TORSE or $500 WSOP Colossus 1D
Realistic Targets: $1100 Venetian 1C, $1500 WSOP HORSE, $1500 WSOP Razz
Pipe Dreams: $2k WSOP NLHE, $3k WSOP NLHE, $3.5k Wynn NLHE, $2.5k WSOP O/E
Expect me to play some cash sessions and nightlies as well.
I know many posters on LVL will also be in Vegas during this window. I've met a bunch of other posters in previous years (GolfPro, rppoker, TJ, Tony). I'm happy to meet up with old faces or new faces if convenient opportunities arise. Mornings at the venue before the tournament start are my preferred time and place. Feel free to reach out via PM if you want to arrange something. Generally I will be head-down and focused on the grind, but not for every hour of every day.
Last year I didn't post the requisite bankroll/shoes picture in my TR. The poker gods rewarded me with some of the worst summer runbad I've ever experienced. This year we make the obligate offering to the card deities in the form of these worn-out Adidas and accompanying tree fiddy. If the poker gods acknowledge this offering with some rungood, I pledge to buy new shoes on this trip.
LIGHTYEARS AHEAD
Ten days from now I'll know the results of my trip. It might be an abject failure, a great success, or (most likely) something between those two poles. For now, the possibilities are almost infinite. That's part of what makes these annual pilgrimages so intoxicating. Once we've established our budget, the downside is relatively concrete. However, the theoretical upside is almost limitless, even if we know deep down that the best-case scenarios are highly unlikely.
Could it be our turn to catch the sun run of a lifetime and ride our luck to a monster score?
There's only one way to find out.
For the next 9 days, we chase the horizon.
Gogogogo!!!!!
Best of luck! Run like the Sun! Hopefully we cross paths 😀
While it wasn't the kick start of dreams, I was happy to shake off some rust before I catch a plane to Vegas for the biggest poker week of my year. If all goes according to plan, I'll fly out tomorrow and land at Harry Reid around 1PM. Hypothetically, I could jump into day 1D of the Monster Stack and try to bag some chips, but I think the plan is to late reg the 1PM $250 WSOP d
Am considering late-regging the Monster on Day 2. The last time I played the Monster in 2024 I bagged, but only about 45k. Then I spent a few levels just trying to tread water.
Despite having previously mentioned the Venetian $1100 $1M GTD, I've decided to build a nitty stipulation into this trip report. I will not fire any tournaments above $600 unless I have binked some type of positive result first. That could be a tournament score of some sort, or even just a good cash sesh. This approach will protect the budget while still preserving pathways to bigger things. We strive to go from busto to robusto over the course of the next 8 days.
I can't hope to luck into 2 sun-runs. Only 1 at best.
Here's my tentative schedule, followed by some of the target events I hope to flex into:
6/6 - $250 1PM WSOP Daily
6/7 - $500 WSOP Freezeout
6/8 - $600 Aria TOE
6/9 - $250 WSOP HORSE Daily
6/10 - $500 WSOP Colossus 1A
6/11 - $500 WSOP Colossus 1B
6/12 - FREE CHOICE DAY
6/13 - $500 Golden Nugget TORSE or $500 WSOP Colossus 1D
Realistic Targets: $1100 Venetian 1C, $1500 WSOP HORSE, $1500 WSOP Razz
Pipe Dreams: $2k WSOP NLHE, $3k WSOP NLHE, $3.5k Wynn NLHE, $2.5k WSOP O/E
Expect me to play some cash sessions and nightlies as well.
Little warning about Daily Deepstacks -if you run deep it could go till 2 or 3 am. Even later if you get a good turnout. Even back many years ago I would be wrecked the next day after a deep run.
You haven't heard the curse of the Fifty?
Being superstitious is bad luck. I'll take all the $50's.
Have fun and LFG!
SUMMER TRIP DAY ONE (6/6/26)
I wake up early to grab a bagel and coffee at my local spot before hauling my bag to the train stop for the ride to the airport. The flight brings our first bad seat draw of the trip in the form of a screeching infant in our general proximity. He is crying so much, he must have had his AA cracked by 27 on the river.
To help pass the time on the flight, I begin planning ahead. I formulate a plan for today's tournament. We'll start the day as a late entrant in the 1PM $250 daily deepstack at the WSOP. This is a nostalgic event for me. The 1PM $250 was actually the first tournament I ever played in Vegas, all the way back in 2018. At the time it seemed like a big, prestigious event to me. Now that I have more experience and a much bigger frame of reference, the daily deepstacks feel like the minor leagues. That doesn't mean I take the opportunity for granted. Even if I've cashed a few $1ks at the WSOP by now, I'm still not a high stakes player and I don't believe in stake shaming anyway. There's no shame in playing whatever fits your budget. It's wiser than stretching beyond your means. Small events can still be very engaging. Finally, I have a bit of a score to settle with the dailies in general and the 1PM in particular. I cashed the $200, $250, and $400 in the Rio. Since the WSOP moved across town, I'm 0-for-everything in the dailies on plenty of bullets. I've played this 1PM event at least once almost every year I've gone to the WSOP (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025). I haven't cashed it since my rookie year in 2018. I'll give it my best effort and try to put a result on the board today. If we believe in gambler's fallacy, I am beyond due in dailies at the ParisShoe.
What can we expect from this tournament? In a low stakes event with more casual players and fewer strong regs, you're going to see more passive play in general. You're going to see more pre-flop traps with premium hands. You're going to see less bluffing on the later streets. All of which is to say that the correct strategic adjustments for an event of this nature are to make big laydowns in the face of strength, and to be especially wary of opponents activating on the turn and river. On the other hand, we can probably ratchet up the aggression and find more steal spots, as opponents aren't going to fight for the thin pots like the tougher regs in higher stakes. Opponents are going to over-fold on scary boards and rarely float. We'll go in with a glass cannon strategy, aggressive in the attack, but defensive in the face of resistance. We'll adjust from there based on reads.
I land safely and make my way to Harrah's, where I uncharacteristically plunk down an extra $25 to check in early and dump off my stuff. I am beyond excited to be here, but I can't bask in the moment too much. The clock is ticking. I race over to the Horseshoe and manage to get seated in the $250 at about 2 PM, right before level 3 begins.
We have a big decision relatively early with QQ when a MP player piles over our open and another player's flat behind for ~20k into a pot worth only 3-4k. I did not think AA and KK were likely to take this line. It felt a lot like AK. Do we want to take a massive flip in the first few levels of the tournament? Given that it's a one day event with a relatively fast pace, I elected to gamble. I made the call to put myself at risk. Our hunch is accurate and we are indeed up against AK. We win the flip. Winning flips is an important skill in tournament hold 'em. We'll prove good at it today.
We continue chipping away throughout the session, until the 30 minute dinner break is upon us. There have been some ups and downs, but we're in it with a chance midway through the day. I hit Sbarro in the food court for the first time on this trip. My former college classmate, Jeff Madsen, has just won his fifth WSOP bracelet last night in the $1.5k Dealer's Choice. Fellow UCSB alum Lon McEachern is ahead of me in line in Sbarro. Is the universe sending me signs? Is this the year of the gaucho?
I consider stopping Lon to say a quick hello, but decide to leave him in peace and instead focus on a piece of my own.
As the bubble approaches, a player spills his drink all over the table. The deck is ruined. The drenched green felt resembles the swamps of Dagobah. They had to rack us up and move us to a whole different table, much to the chagrin of the TD.
If the table is soaked, the flops are pure Tatooine. I hit a dry spell mid-way through the session, losing a few key hands. I play a strong ace-high passively against a BB caller on a raggedy flop and turn where it seems like we both bricked, letting him catch up on the river and paying off a small bet when he pairs up on the end. I suffer another setback for the opposite reason, taking an aggressive line with 88 against a UTG open from a player who seems very active. I don't always call with 88 against an EP open and I definitely don't always 3-bet it, but this time I decided to take the initiative by raising his 8k open to 22k from one seat behind. An ABC player jams from MP. UTG calls behind. Uh-oh. We know 88 is no good here, so we have to fold after putting in a third of our stack pre. This adversity puts us in the danger zone. I'm on 6BBs when the same aggro player opens again from UTG. I look down at 77. Have I learned my lesson from the 88 hand? Apparently not because I decide that 77 is too good to fold on a nub with the blinds about to devour us. A second player jams behind for slightly more. UTG makes a crying call. We are up against AK (MP) and 22 (UTG). UTG makes a set on the river, but it's no good, as we made a set on the flop. Did I mention that winning flips is an important talent in NLHE tournaments? We are good at winning flips today.
People talk a lot about TT or JJ being cursed hands. For me, 77 is the real chronic loser. I've been knocked out of countless tournaments with that hand. It never seems to win for me, so finally dragging a huge one with 77 felt like another positive omen.
We survive the bubble with a workable stack.
Players keep dropping like flies while I keep finding enough good spots to chip up. I'd love to go into more detail about HHs and strategy, but much of the night is a blur. I know that one pivotal spot came relatively late in the session when an aggro player opened in MP and I flatted with 99 from the BTN. My hand is good enough to 3-bet, but there are also merits to flatting, which we'll see in this specific runout. The board was low and raggedy, 766. Villain insta-jammed for 2x pot. I suppose it feels like a trivial call, but it's also eerily similar to my Colossus bustout hand last year when I had 88 on 775 and was pipped by 99. I tanked for a few moments to think things through. This opponent seemed aggressive. Since I did not 3-bet pre, I think he probably ruled out overpairs. If he thinks the board missed me then he can show up with all sorts of dominated value and bluffs here. His 2x pot bet did not seem to say, "I want action." Ultimately, I made the call and was shown 22, which could not catch up on the turn or river. We drag another massive pot at a critical time.
We persist through numerous minor pay jumps until we somehow find ourselves at the final table. They rack the last 10 players up and bring us over to a special little feature table, where there's actually a small rail watching the action. I expect to be a bystander as well, sitting 8th or 9th in chips with sky high blinds and little room to do anything except push-or-fold. Still, we have a seat at the table, and that's all you can really ask for.
The play at the final table is a little erratic and we notch the first few pay jumps without really even having to do anything. Being a bystander can be lucrative at a final table. Eventually I'm in the danger zone again, the shortest of the 7 remaining stacks at the table. With fewer than 10 BBs, I look down at KdTd UTG. That will have to be good enough. I rip and get called two ways. We are up against AdQd and a medium pocket pair. We hit the king for the critical suckout.
We find KQ a short time later and get pot-committed pre-flop against two shorties, spiking the K against AT and K6. The field is down to five. We're not chip leader, but we have been promoted from spectator to contender.
The Monster Stack was running in this room today, and now we have a monster stack of our own.
For the second time in my life, I am a chip millionaire.
We pick up a massive pot with QQ on a KQ755 runout against a short stack's 77 and a big stack's Kx. Soon we are down to 3 players. Then 2.
We are playing heads up for $27k, far and away the largest score of my poker career. In fact, the $8k pay ladder from 2nd to 1st would be bigger than any of my previous paltry scores. I'd love to ship this thing, but I'm the underdog. My opponent starts the HU match with approximately 2:1 chip advantage. He extends his lead with some early aggression. I'm missing boards and losing hands. This is not going well. It feels like I am destined for a swift exit. I have to internally remind myself to play with intention and not settle for 2nd. $19k for 2nd is already crazy money from a $250 entry fee, but we didn't march a hundred miles just to surrender on the final yard. I claw back into the match and win a huge one with KQ vs. Kc9c all-in pre to claim a 3:1 lead. I thought the win was imminent, but my opponent fights back and wins numerous pots in a row. Pretty soon we are back to even.
I'm not a HU specialist in any respect, but this is where my old PokerStars SNG background comes in handy. I have a lot of experience playing short-handed. Even if that experience was all the way back in 2009, much of the core logic still applies. HU poker is about aggression. It's very hard for your opponents to have hands that want to call a lot of big bets. Forget blockers or board texture. Sometimes you just have to say, "I'm winning this pot." I crank up the aggression and pick some spots to run big bluffs with zero equity. Most of my bluffs get through. I take a significant lead. My opponent has played well throughout the tournament tonight, but it's 3AM and everyone is tired. He has been drinking some cocktails. I think his energy level might be flagging. I know from earlier hands that he'll be willing to get the chips in pre-flop if given a reasonable excuse. I find AJ. I open. He 3-bets. This is the spot.
I 4-bet jam.
He calls it off, and we have another coin flip.
It's AJ vs. 22.
The flop is ugly.
I miss everything.
The turn is beautiful.
The river is clean. I shake hands with my opponent.
Tournament completed.
What I felt in this moment was not necessarily joy or euphoria, but more like disbelief. It was a surreal experience. It literally did not feel real.
I staggered over to Paris and took care of the payout arrangements. I put a few dollars in my tournament account and they cut me a check for the rest.
By the time I tracked down some food, it was light outside again. I went to sleep at 6AM and woke up at 9AM.
I would've been pleased just to start the trip with a min-cash. I would've been happy with 10th place money.
Winning the whole thing was, "Beyond fairy tale, it's inconceivable."
This feels like an appropriate ending the Nitty By Nature story, which is strange to say because I still have a full week in town.
I'll play more poker on this trip, but for now we rest, recuperate, and try to appreciate the journey that brought us here from our first 1PM $250 back in 2018.
Wow, congratulations on the nice score!
Excellent write-up as well. A good lesson for all of us not to get down when your stack is down; keep on fighting!
Quite the start! Congratulations
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fantastic way to start 😀 And a big plus meaning the pressure is of the rest of the trip.
Congratulations, that’s awesome!
Nice to get on the board in a big way right at the start of the trip!
I know the schedule is always a moving target… hopefully this means you can leverage your summer into some bigger events!
Curious? What time did it end?
Holy balls - I started reading this report and was going to commiserate with 77 being my knockout hand last year….but then your ride kept going! That’s a monster score and with your bankroll management and commitment you could be setup for a couple years. Or maybe take a shot this trip at a higher buy in which you alluded to earlier. No decisions necessary right today though - enjoy!
Edit: Pipe Dreams in play ITT
3-4 AM
We were basically the last people in the room. The other tournaments had all cleared out, most of them long before we finished. There was a dealer's choice mega satellite that ran quite late, but they were also gone by the time we finished. It just was an empty room except for a skeleton crew.
Holy balls - I started reading this report and was going to commiserate with 77 being my knockout hand last year..but then your ride kept going! That's a monster score and with your bankroll management and commitment you could be setup for a couple years. Or maybe take a shot this trip at a higher buy in which you alluded to earlier. No decisions necessary right today thoug
Hah. Thanks. Yeah, we'll see about pipe dreams.
I'm likely to roll most of the money into housing expenses that I can pay down. Boring, but more practical. That will set me up well for future years.
The $3k that I earmarked for my tournament account will probably go to the $1.5k HORSE and $1.5k Razz at the WSOP, so those are looking like our big swings. We'll donate some money to the mixed killers in return for some valuable poker lessons. It's the circle of life.
Plans could change, but I don't anticipate blasting off in a $3k+ just yet.
Talking about it is one thing. Actually pulling the trigger is another.
