2024 WSOP buildup: April 2, 2024
Rolling on the river, still need more information to finalize my Vegas tournament blueprint
I’ve been a studying machine. I’ve finished the river section of my tournament masterclass. With a tip of the cap to Creedance Clearwater Revival, “I’m rolling, rolling, rolling on the river.” Strangely, there is no guidance on how to avoid river disaster cards. All that’s left are some miscellaneous sections to the masterclass. I’ll be done in no time at all. Not sure what my studying game plan will be once I finish the masterclass with plenty of time to spare before I head to the WSOP.
I’ll figure it out eventually.
What I’d really like to figure out now are the non-WSOP tourneys I’ll be playing in Las Vegas. So far, the Wynn and Venetian have announced the schedules for their summer series, but the MGM Grand, Golden Nugget and Orleans have not released their schedules. The obsessive part of my brain wishes they’d hurry up so I can create my total tournament schedule. Every day I check the Kenny Hallaert 2024 Vegas Summer Poker Schedule excel spread sheet to see if there have been any updates.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1358752404
I will be playing in four different WSOP tourneys. One of them has four days of flights. The four flights of the $1,000 Mystery Millions creates a possibility for me to play in summer series tournaments at the Wynn of Venetian. For that to happen I would need to bag chips at the end of an early flight, Day 1A for example, which then would mean I wouldn’t need to fire additional bullets during Day 1B, 1C and 1D. If that happens then I think I will play in a Wynn or Venetian tourney(s). I don’t really have an opinion as to whether the Wynn or Venetian would be preferable. Maybe I’ll flip a coin and let fate decide if this comes into play.
In the middle of my WSOP trip there will be one day that I potentially don’t have a WSOP tourney to play in. Also, toward the end of my trip I might have a couple of days without a possible WSOP tourney, although I could play WSOP Daily Deepstack tourneys. Otherwise, maybe I’ll play those days at the Golden Nugget or Orleans. I have a couple of reasons for this. First, it might be interesting to experience the old school vibe of a couple of tournaments that are not on the strip. Second, my buy-in budget is such that if I haven’t cashed in any WSOP events, then I will need lower buy-ins for non-WSOP days. My bankroll management is disciplined and at an elite level. I know myself well enough to know that there is no chace I will exceed my limits. I will play what I am prepared to lose and not a cent more. And if I bink a big tournament windfall (fingers crossed), that money will leave the poker ecosystem where it will be invested and the income earned from said investments will find its way into my future WSOP bankrolls. The principal will never be touched.
In case anyone is wondering, the books I have re-read from my poker library just for the fun of it since my prior post are Ship It Holla Ballas! by Jonathan Grotenstein and Storms Reback, Jonny Magic & The Card Shark Kids by David Kushner, Check-Raising the Devil by Mike Matusow (with Amy Calistri and Tim Lavalli), and Bigger Deal by Anthony Holden. Yes, I am a voracious reader.
