I'm currently enjoying what is now my second day off in a three week trip. Ironically I'm spending most of it working, albeit a different kind of activity to plotting up at the Rio for hours. Some stuff around the house where I stay needed doing so I became Bob the builder. Or Bob Carolgees. Or something. There are a few colourful individuals out in the ether who are somehow convinced that a trip to the WSOP for me is some sort of glorified jolly-up consisting solely of fancy restaurants, lap dances and laying around flicking your plums on other people's dime all day every day. The reality is a bit different, with most days as per the updates you've seen, consisting of playing for seven hours plus and then getting your tournament life ruined by someone who was more intently focused on the next bite of their grilled cheese sandwich than knowing whether they only had three outs and deciding to call anyway. Always nice to shred day after day doing the things we love. Happy times. Certainly no complaints. it's not digging up ditches, and the odd nice meal and chance to catch up with friends is always welcome.
I have a few errands to run today as mentioned before I play the WSOP tomorrow, and will hopefully spend some time just recharging, but for those interested or not, a brief recap on the story so far:
Events played on the trip so far: 9
Total buy ins: $10,600.00
Total amount cashed: $5,313.00
I'd have hoped for better, particularly in the Venetian event in which I went deep, and also the WSOP $2k, but you can't have everything. If I were one of the Internet dweebs with their online stats and slide rules, I guess I'd say that spending $10k and cashing for $5k so far for the trip isn't bad going, and that I certainly shouldn't grumble about things. There are easily quite enough people out there already that enjoy grumbling and stirring shit so I'll just let them do it.
It feels a bit weird for me to not be playing the WSOP main event for the first time in a lot of years. Tomorrow is my fifth and final WSOP event on the trip. A new tournament called the Summer Solstice, with 90 minute blind levels instead of the regular one hour ones. I'm looking forward to it and will be at the Rio bright and breezy and ready for the horrors of the new day. In total I probably have another 4 events or so left to play on this trip, so I'll see if I can crack on and get another cash or two and maybe close something out. One can always hope.
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