Just in case anyone had thought I'd either A: fallen off the edge of the planet, or more likely B: done a Ronnie Biggs with any loot made on the trip and headed for Costa Rica and a life of drugs, women, sunshine, and relative comfort. For the 2 weeks until all the money runs out, that is.
Fear not, all is (as) well (as can be expected). I've taken a bit of time out to see friends, and relax since the Venetian DSE came to a conclusion. I could have jumped into one of their tiny concluding festival events, but I didn't like the guarantees, and to be frank, (or anyone else for that matter), after busting 20th in the $340, the last thing I really wanted was to plot straight up and jump into another event to potentially win a bowl if it all went to plan, but more likely just torch a buy-in and then leave wondering why I bothered. I felt the better course was to rest up and formulate the next step, whilst totting up the accounts and dotting the i's, crossing the t's etc.
Though I like to keep everything transparent, in broad strokes (as the exact strokes are basically between me and the paying shareholders only) I have to date on this trip played around $9300 worth of events, of which I've cashed for around $5600, which, whilst not the stellar return with 3 new trophies and $80k in the bank is what I'd hoped for, is still not a shabby return given the pretty small sample size of overall events in which I've taken part. It's very easy to play triple this amount of events and brick everything, however confident you are in your own ability. I spoke to one investor earlier, who would be perfectly happy to have me just roll any returns over and spin it up playing more stuff here, and, whilst in principle that sounds great, as I explained to him, I can't mix the financial returns on this trip, and the original bankroll and just "hope" that everyone who has shares would be OK with it, as invariably this would prove not to be the case... especially if I lost. Experience has shown me that most will likely want to roll anything won over to Spring or the Summer WSOP in the hunt for the big score, but of course I can't just assume that, so it has to be done this way, this way being that I play the bankroll out for this trip and everyone gets a statement once I'm done as to what they have to come back, which I hope is the fairest thing. There is however, a little left in the kitty for this trip ($900 ish), so my plan now is...
Fear not, all is (as) well (as can be expected). I've taken a bit of time out to see friends, and relax since the Venetian DSE came to a conclusion. I could have jumped into one of their tiny concluding festival events, but I didn't like the guarantees, and to be frank, (or anyone else for that matter), after busting 20th in the $340, the last thing I really wanted was to plot straight up and jump into another event to potentially win a bowl if it all went to plan, but more likely just torch a buy-in and then leave wondering why I bothered. I felt the better course was to rest up and formulate the next step, whilst totting up the accounts and dotting the i's, crossing the t's etc.
Though I like to keep everything transparent, in broad strokes (as the exact strokes are basically between me and the paying shareholders only) I have to date on this trip played around $9300 worth of events, of which I've cashed for around $5600, which, whilst not the stellar return with 3 new trophies and $80k in the bank is what I'd hoped for, is still not a shabby return given the pretty small sample size of overall events in which I've taken part. It's very easy to play triple this amount of events and brick everything, however confident you are in your own ability. I spoke to one investor earlier, who would be perfectly happy to have me just roll any returns over and spin it up playing more stuff here, and, whilst in principle that sounds great, as I explained to him, I can't mix the financial returns on this trip, and the original bankroll and just "hope" that everyone who has shares would be OK with it, as invariably this would prove not to be the case... especially if I lost. Experience has shown me that most will likely want to roll anything won over to Spring or the Summer WSOP in the hunt for the big score, but of course I can't just assume that, so it has to be done this way, this way being that I play the bankroll out for this trip and everyone gets a statement once I'm done as to what they have to come back, which I hope is the fairest thing. There is however, a little left in the kitty for this trip ($900 ish), so my plan now is...
At my expense, I've (again) extended the trip, and changed both the rental car and flight arrangements to take a shot at the Wynn schedule which is shown above. The Seniors is out, luckily I'm not yet that old, and I can't fire too many shells at the $600 main event with a $900 roll, however I will play the main, though I'm undecided on the flight yet, and it has a nice $250K guarantee. Most of the stakers know me personally, outside of any people who casually pop up on the website to either peruse, stalk, smile, or snipe, and they know my normal M.O in spots like this. If I burn the first bullet in the main by busting, I will fire another one, but I'll make up the difference needed from my own funds, and should I cash in this, anyone with a share will still be on for the same percentage which they originally bought at the start of the trip. It's not right to ask stakers for any extra money once a package is sold, nor to take anything from their profit, even though I think most would be fine with it. It isn't a fortune extra to find, but it's me giving a little back, and saying thanks for the faith to the people who stick with me. Good karma, and all that crap.
So that's what's next. Before then, chill, golf, grub, friends. You know the drill. Better to be here than freezing in the UK since I don't have to be there in the immediate future.
So that's what's next. Before then, chill, golf, grub, friends. You know the drill. Better to be here than freezing in the UK since I don't have to be there in the immediate future.
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