I'm with you on that.

I think I remember hearing Riess say in an interview that he keeps his main event bracelet in a deposit box for the reason you guessed. It's too valuable to keep around the house. Well-known poker players have been targeted in robberies on several occasions, so paranoia in that regard is justified.

The main event bracelet is a strange prize that seems like an advertisement for the jeweler more than anything.

All the same, I'm still willing to win the WSOP next year.

Way to go!

Congratulations on the win and the trophy! That does look pretty cool.

I'm surprised the ME bracelet is valued at $500K. To me, it look like cheap, gaudy jewelry.

But then again, a $100 Seiko is the only piece of "jewelry" I own, so my vote doesn't count.

congrats on the win! (how much was the bink?)

also, crazy crazy deal by the third place guy - wtf??

Had plenty of the second thing this year. Any time I play this year, not expecting much, just burning hours to use up my runbad before the Circuit and WSOP next year. Then maybe get some of the first thing, and Jerry Yang it.

Bink was in the ballpark of $5k. It was a small event with a small field.

I can't speak for the guy who suggested the deal, but it was getting very late and he'd laddered up a few spots already. Maybe he did it to be nice or maybe he just didn't want to play anymore. I want to say my chip lead was something like 2.4M to 600k to 200k. Most runouts would've ended the same way if we'd played it out, though third had a pure +EV freeroll. I wasn't going to complain or say no once the offer was made. I'm grateful he was feeling generous that night.

I had an 0-for-13 streak smack dab in the middle of my summer, which isn't that notable as far as MTT downswings go, but definitely felt brutal when it translated to dozens and dozens of fruitless hours sitting at the table. Part of the rationale for not YOLOing the WSOP Main this past summer was because shot-taking one huge event seems contrary to how one should approach MTTs. If you are trying to realize your true results, you want to play as much as possible rather than putting all your eggs in one basket.

It's very easy to get unlucky in one tournament, but a lot harder to get unlucky in 10 tournaments.

I'll take the money. They can keep the banner and the glory.

Seriously? I thought it was more like $50k.

Heh, piece of cake for me. I complain about runbad even though I cashed in the Wynn daily just last Thursday. Even then I didn't feel like I was running huge. I did flop 3 sets, but lost one of those hands. All the other hands were mediocre. No aces, no Kings I don't think. One pocket jacks which I quickly folded to a huge 3 bet and call in front of me. They both had pocket pairs bigger than Jacks, lol. Won a couple hands with 3rd or 4th pair when the hand basically checked down 4 ways.

As for cash games, I was just obliterated. One guy at the table had a boat and then quads in subsequent hands. That's the definition of rungood.

I can't remember when I last got dealt aces. Maybe sometime during the WSOP, maybe the Circuit event in the spring.

last two times I got aces I lost

So I'm better off! I didn't know how good I had it.

Congrats DogFace! One for the good guys!!!

Strange that someone would agree to a chop as is! Maybe they were getting late for an appointment and want to wind it off as soon as possible.

Congrats. Nice trophy!


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