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Has anybody went through the thought process of what to do with their bankroll in these situations?

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One Saturday at the Bellagio I really wanted to play the $1,000 weekly tournament but only had $2,000 committed to my Vegas trip bankroll.

I thought long and hard about it for about an hour and decided to buy into a $200 STS with top two getting the $1,000.00

to my left was none other than WPT final tablist and WSOP braclet winner Mel Judha... god dammit I said out loud.

I got lucky and won a seat (but that's a different post). The important thing I took away from the event was a conversation I had with Mel...

I'll never forget what he said. "Kid... If you can't beat out a field of 1/5 , 1/10th, or 1/100th of the real tournament to win a seat... what chance do you honestly think you have in the real deal"