On Sunday evening, I'm inviting everyone to a rare experience ! I'll be streaming the WSOP Online $5,000 Main Event!
I hope many of you will join, since this is definitely a new experience for most of us, and I hope I can show you what it feels like to be part of such a big tournament!
Not long ago, I started playing MTTs. Honestly, I've always hated them my whole life, but since I've been playing regular tables, 9-max, and using various stack strategies because of my opponents, I've started to like the idea of them. Of course, it's was just a supplement to cash games, but it's been going well so far. And after getting 3 final tables and a win in a month, it's become a regular thing for me to play. This time, I didn't win money, but rather an entry ticket, and not just to any event. I mean.. It is the biggest online tournament there is! It is a bracelet event!
How did I get here?
No, I didn't deposit any money, nor did I receive it as a gift. I fought for it in a two steps satellite. I started with from the $15 first step, but really only because there were 9 cash tables running and 1 MTT in the session, and I wanted to make it 12. I thought I was satellite-ing into the mini main event (which is only $500), because if I had known that my odds were less than 1 in 300, I wouldn't have even tried. But it turned out well, and I advanced to step 2 for $125. There were serious MTT players there, but there were always few of us playing in the middle of the night, with a maximum of 9 people in competition, and it ended up with an overlay of around $1,500, I believe. The cards came, the bluffs worked, and in the end, I had to sweat it out with 3 players because I pushed A6o against A9o with 13 BBs, and I won. Then it was heads-up against AllinPAV, but with double stack, I was more comfortable to put pressure on him, and after a successful bluff, I managed to knock him out with a standard K9s all-in, winning myself a ticket. I actually streamed the whole thing, and in the end, PAV even raided me; he was a really great gentleman. I hope he manages to qualify later on. You can watch the video here:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1914289790
What's my goal in the tournament?
I'm focusing all my energy and preparation on surviving the first day because everyone who advances is already in the money. And even the smallest payout here will be around $15,000. If I can achieve this, I will have exceeded all my expectations. Ultimately, it's 1 in 8 chances... because the top 12 % advances. If this were to happen, the 10k challenge would be completed right away. That's why I didn't play all week; instead, I spent my time studying and working.
And although this is a super big tournament, I think mental preparation is the key. I've looked into ICM strategies a bit, and I don't know yet what the stream will be like tomorrow, but I might prepare with a review and some studying.
So, save the date: Sunday at 18:30 CET time for the Hungarian stream (Pokerakédémia), and at 20:30 CET, we switch to English because the big tournament begins!
Come on, let's make ITM together!