Reflections
So, some final thoughts on the 2009 World Series pilgrimage to Vegas. For nights out I’d say it was right up there, more of us than ever, and great to hook up with Bearded Mike again. Crazy to think we met in the first place because we were sat at the same table in the Triple Draw event at the 2008 WSOP, with 400 other people playing.
However, the main thing is the poker, that’s why we’re here and if the poker was somewhere other than Vegas then I would be as well. It’s pretty obvious that it went pretty poorly on the tables for me, and I ran pretty badly. Does that bother me? Not particularly – poker is a game of swings and you have to expect some good and bad bits of running. It’s sad for me that I ran badly during my one huge poker period of the year, but whatever. I lost what I budgeted to lose, even tho I had hoped not to lose it.
On the other hand, my game has improved again. I adopted more of a “don’t risk the stack” approach, particularly in the WSOP, and having played that way for a few days there I really got something out of it and felt I was reading the game better. Of course, I pack in more poker in 2 weeks in Vegas than in the rest of the year combined, and each year I think I take another big step forwards.
Next year I would like to play in the KCL and Triple Draw events, as well as more than just the one NLH event. We’ll have to see tho, it’s a World Cup year and there might be a trip to South Africa during the WSOP.
Watch this space…