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Should I buy into a Main event?
Just want some opinions.
My resume: I'm a budding recreational player with about 18 mos experience now. I cash or win local weekly tourneys with some regularity and recently made two final tables in events with 200 entries at the Peppermill. I won a seat to play in the WPT event at the Hilton last year ($5100) and managed to bust out after about 3 hours with some horrible weak-tight play. I was nervous and intimidated. I'm debating buying in this year and taking another shot. I'm a much better player than I was this time last year, but obviously don't have much experience playing at this level. With a goal of making it through the first day with an average or above chip count, who would advise that I go for it, and who thinks its a waste of my time and money. Gaining experience at this level might be worth the buy-in?? Please spare me the "we need fish like you in the tounery" comments.... |
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Re: Should I buy into a Main event?
Can you afford it?
Oh and: [ QUOTE ] we need fish like you in the tounery [/ QUOTE ] |
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Re: Should I buy into a Main event?
I can afford it.
I guess I'm trying to get to what the EV of this play is for me. There is some analogy to a golf tournament or perhaps a #13 seed winning the NCAA tourney. I'm not sure exactly. So we have the immediate small expectation of cashing in this tourney + the long term expectation that my game will somehow improve if I pay this $5100 lesson + the miniscule chance I would get face time on the travel channel (which of course would have all kinds of +EV from an ego standpoint) |
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Re: Should I buy into a Main event?
Aren't the side tournaments about the same in experience but a hell lot cheaper though?
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Re: Should I buy into a Main event?
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I can afford it. [/ QUOTE ] There is "afford" it (you won't be homeless if you pay for the event) and "afford" it (the 10,000 is absolutely meaningless to your life). I would suggest if it's more of the former, than the latter, you should reconsider and instead satellite it. Barron Vangor Toth www.BarronVangorToth.com Can afford it; can't afford it. |
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Re: Should I buy into a Main event?
I would want a bankroll of at least 100 buy ins. So when you get a $1,000,000 BR then you should enter.
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Re: Should I buy into a Main event?
100 buy ins? Percentage of players in the WSOP that buy in that have $1M BR ?????
ok, how many sats would you play then? |
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Re: Should I buy into a Main event?
100 buy-ins should be the benchmark for any tournaments you play regularly. There's nothing wrong with taking a shot at a bigger tournament occasionally, provided you don't go nuts.
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Re: Should I buy into a Main event?
LOL Barron!
Is there any of us who couldnt use an extra $5K. (Not that it makes much of a difference, but that is the buyin I'm talking about) Besides, I won enough to cover the buy-in at the Peppermill last month.-- I could look at that as my sattelite win. I think I'm in the "take a shot" mode right now. Its not like I travel to go to big tourneys, and the circus is in town.... |
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Re: Should I buy into a Main event?
Have fun!!
I think you're coming to the conclusion that whether or not it's a +ev move. If you have the money in your grouch bag and it's worth it to you for the fun/experience you'll have, then by all means go for it. In another thread in this forum, I think I've reached the opposite conclusion personally, but hey I truly respect your decision. |
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