This picture is anyone who plays pokers' primary goal throughout the year. This is the bracelet you receive after winning the Main Event in the World Series of Poker. This is the highest prize you can win and something that every elite poker player strives for. It is (if all things go according to plan) what I will be playing for in the up coming summer. The tournament is in Las Vegas and over 6,000 people usually pay the $10,000 entry fee for a chance to win. In more local news the WSOP Circuit event in Durant, Oklahoma just came to a close. The winner of the $1600 Main Event was Abraham Araya who took home a little over $270,000. Not a bad score for a couple days of work. Some guy named Huy Nguyen, who I've played against a few times at Firelake, won three smaller events and took home about $50,000 total. This was the second year Durant has hosted a circuit event, and the only one in the state of Oklahoma. I will be playing this event next year especially if it continues to grow. There were some pretty big names in the field as well as some no name randoms that still managed to make the final table.
Not looking good on the online poker home front. Ira Rubin, one of the nine people charged with sending millions of online poker dollars to off shore accounts, plead guilty yesterday in court. This means that he openly admitted to money laundering and basically threw the remaining members under the bus. However, when faced with an 80 year prison that could be reduced to 2, some people will do just about anything.
I'm going to try to make it to the casino a couple times this weekend to see if I can continue my current winning session streak of ONE, alive. Wish me luck!
4 comments:
Do you just play at Firelake or do you go other places? I heard that Lucky Star was thinking of closing their poker room but decided to keep it open.
Good luck! I hope you get this bracelet and win lots of money!
That's cool, I hope you do well!!
The closing of online poker is a huge hit to poker players. My good friend Calvin supported himself off online poker, and like yourself, is having to find time to make it to casinos or find other work.
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