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Originally Posted by TFing
1st timer staying at Rio. Going to play Main Event I must be ****ing nuts to blow 10 grand. But what the he'll you only live once. My goal is 1st make it past day 1, 2nd goal is to cash, final goal WIN.
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Don't know your bankroll or "Plan B" situation, but will put in my 2 cents worth. I won a $12.5k Main Event package several years ago on Pokerstars. I didn't want to spend $10K on a single tournament so I ended up selling 90% of myself in order to play the Main and have a back-up bankroll in case I didn't cash.
I didn't cash, but that $9k I'd put in my pocket enabled me to stay busy for the rest of the trip.
When planning to play the Main you have to book room and flight based on a 10 day stay or so. If you bust on day 1,2, or 3 and don't cash, you've still got several days in Vegas to kill. If you have a "Plan B" bankroll, no problem. Lots of other tournies and cash games to play. But if your $10K main event buy-in is most of your roll, I would recommend splitting it up into several $1K-$1500 tournies or satellites.
Tournament poker is a numbers game and I'd rather have several small bites at the apple than one large one. Being in Vegas during the WSOP with no bankroll really sucks. Then again, there is some value in checking the Main Event off your bucket list.
Good luck whichever way you decide to go.
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Originally Posted by Zyler
I've been trying to get to grips with exactly how soft the WSOP actually is as I'm seriously contemplating making a trip this year from Europe exclusively for poker. What I've been told to date just adds to the temptation but I also find it incredibly hard to believe. I'm directly quoting a player I was talking to recently who told me 'The standard of the 10k Main is significantly worse than a standard online $10 mtt.'
I still find this incredibly hard to believe but have heard it said before. Can people with both recent online experience and WSOP experience clarify their opinions? Additionally, is the Main softer/tougher/equal to the 1k/1.5k's and again can these be compared to anything online?
Would really help in making my decision as nothing's booked yet.
The main being softer than a $10 online MTT is a bit of an exaggeration in my opinion. There are certainly a lot of soft spots but also all the top players are playing. Table draw can make a big difference in how soft it will be. Having to play for several days will give you a lot of spots against donks trying to give away their chips but also present a lot of landmines to avoid against experienced grinders.
I would say the $1k/$1.5k's are certainly softer overall than the Main as far as poker talent and play closer to an online $10 MTT. More recreational players have $1000 to spew off than $10,000. In addition, the structure difference is huge. Starting with only 5000 chips doesn't allow for too many coolers or bad beats. It's a lot easier to get all your chips in early in a $1K than in the Main. At least in the Main you can take a hit or two to your stack and still have a playable stack.
Good luck if you decide to make the trip.