Tomorrow is a fun event, the $5000 buy in short handed no limit hold'em event. Table draw is extremely important and my table probably won't be as soft as it was yesterday considering the size of the buy in.
Which brings me to addressing some random comments I read online about my position on the tournament schedule. Many people made comments like “I'm a sore loser.” Or that I’m only complaining because I’m not winning, etc. It's important to note that I complained about the tournament schedule BEFORE event #1. You can watch the Jesse May show to hear some of those comments.
As far as me not liking the atmosphere this year, you just don't know the whole picture. First of all, I love the WSOP and as I've said I think the facility for the events is awesome.
My comments about that "family feel" being gone are just fact due to the sheer number of entrants and increased number of fans on site.
It used to be like this: I could see Allen over at table #7, Ivey was at #10, Juanda #14, and Jenn at table #1. On the breaks we'd all hang out together which I miss.
These days I can go days without seeing Juanda or Ivey. They are over on table #1049 and I'm on table #10 (I'm there almost everyday). As soon as the clock dings for break time, all of the players that have become well known thanks to all of that television exposure get swarmed by autograph and picture requests.
Or worse, somebody just wants a few minutes of your time... the breaks are 10-15 minutes! If you give someone a few minutes of your time you can forget about heading towards the bathroom that's for sure.
You can call it "sour grapes" or whatever you want, but I'm just telling it like it is. Sure I'd probably be having more fun if I was winning, but that doesn't have much of an effect on my view of what is happening to poker and more specifically the WSOP.
It so many ways it's awesome. At the same time, poker's bright new future comes with some sacrifices along the way... that's all I'm sayin' really.
Which brings me to addressing some random comments I read online about my position on the tournament schedule. Many people made comments like “I'm a sore loser.” Or that I’m only complaining because I’m not winning, etc. It's important to note that I complained about the tournament schedule BEFORE event #1. You can watch the Jesse May show to hear some of those comments.
As far as me not liking the atmosphere this year, you just don't know the whole picture. First of all, I love the WSOP and as I've said I think the facility for the events is awesome.
My comments about that "family feel" being gone are just fact due to the sheer number of entrants and increased number of fans on site.
It used to be like this: I could see Allen over at table #7, Ivey was at #10, Juanda #14, and Jenn at table #1. On the breaks we'd all hang out together which I miss.
These days I can go days without seeing Juanda or Ivey. They are over on table #1049 and I'm on table #10 (I'm there almost everyday). As soon as the clock dings for break time, all of the players that have become well known thanks to all of that television exposure get swarmed by autograph and picture requests.
Or worse, somebody just wants a few minutes of your time... the breaks are 10-15 minutes! If you give someone a few minutes of your time you can forget about heading towards the bathroom that's for sure.
You can call it "sour grapes" or whatever you want, but I'm just telling it like it is. Sure I'd probably be having more fun if I was winning, but that doesn't have much of an effect on my view of what is happening to poker and more specifically the WSOP.
It so many ways it's awesome. At the same time, poker's bright new future comes with some sacrifices along the way... that's all I'm sayin' really.
