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Originally Posted by ConwayTwitty
I've been lucky enough to win an online promo for a package at this years WSOP - not the main event sadly but I'll be playing the little one for one drop ($1,111 buy-in).
I'm an experienced and moderately competent online 6max cash grinder (about 3 million hands logged in total a healthy winrate over the last 2 million), so I'm certainly no newbie when it comes to poker. However, I could probably count on one hand the number of MTT's I've played.
I'd like to give a decent account of myself at the WSOP so am looking for any pointers to recommended materials for someone dipping their toes into the MTT world for pretty much the first time. I haven't got the first clue when it comes to things like ICM and push/fold ranges, but I do at least have a good work ethic on my side!
Also, any advice specific to live poker would be appreciated too - almost my whole poker 'career' thus far has been spent online.
Thanks in advance for any tips/suggestions.
Well, congratulations are in order here!
Now, unfortunately for you, I just can't give you any advice on how to play poker there.
But I could still recommend a few things to consider that you may or may not think about.
Now this is going to be quite an event and quite an experience in itself, so do expect to be overwhelmed by the situation once you get there.
There's no way around it, for most people, it's gonna be a rush of emotions and to be fair, that may not be good for your poker to begin with.
I think if you want to have the best chance to make a great showing, you will have to embrace the experience fully, allow yourself to be overwhelmed by all of it, the players, the venue, everything. Prepare yourself for dealing with it, make up a routine in your head, once you start playing, to phase everything out but your table and your game. The game itself is essentially the same (poker), and you can surely prepare for tournaments (and here is probably a good place to start).
But I think the most important thing here, that will allow you to play your A game, is to be prepared for the experience itself, but not only prepared, but also ready to embrace and appreciate it, regardless of how you may perform.
it's easy to be caught up in the game and miss all the opportunities of amazement around you. But do prepare a routine to get yourself comfortable whenever you start playing.
x good luck and most important: have fun !