Every year I play the WSOP Main Event, and every year I go home with 0 dollars.
When you enter a poker tournament, the expectation is you won’t cash.
It’s a cruel game where 1 card can change your entire future.
And then Ben Mintz happened.
You see, Big Cat had 10% of Mintzy and Mintzy busted before dinner break on Day 1.
I registered for Day 2D, got seated, and off we went.
My first day went pretty well.
I built my chip stack up to 226k from 60k starting, well above average.
(Note: They let you register on Day 2.
You get the full starting stack but you miss the opportunity to come into Day 2 with above starting.
Day 3 literally could not have gone better.
I had a dream table and I ran it over.
At the end of the first level of Day 3 I took my chip stack from 108k to 336.
At the end of level 2 I had over 400k.
At the end of level 3 I had over 500k.
At the end of level 4 I had eclipsed the 1 million chip mark.
And then I ended the day with 867k, more than double average.
It was honestly just the best poker day.
Easy table to run over, I had them seeing ghosts.
It’s the best feeling ever when that happens.
It also spoils you because you want every day to be like that, which rarely happens.
Most days have roller coasters, mine was mostly smooth sledding.
Day 4 started about 20 or so from the money and I was on the PokerGo featured table.
The money bubble burst and after that, things didn’t exactly go my way.
I went card dead and my table got tougher.
That’s where it got way less fun!
I went to dinner break on day 4 with still a big healthy 600k stack.
And then poof, right after dinner, it all disappeared.
Pretty sick how quick it can happen.
If my 9s hold up, who knows what happens next.
But he flopped an Ace and that’s all she wrote baby.
717th for $27,500.
My first Main Event cash, but still that annoying feeling of “what could have been”.
I know I can get better at poker and compete at a higher level.
So that’s what I plan on doing.
I’m happy with the cash, but not satisfied.
Variance is a motherfucker.
Look at this guy Adrian Mateos.
A top 5 tournament player in the world.
It’s a cruel, cruel, cruel game indeed.
Thanks everyone who followed my little journey on Twitter and supported me.
Fuck you if you didn’t!
Meanwhile he’s still avoiding playing me heads up while nonstop talking about it.
Hopefully old age doesn’t get him before I can take $20k off him.
Job’s just started, nowhere close to being finished.
PS: Here are some other pictures from the week.
- They give you your winnings in cash.
That’s why I didn’t bag a million on day 3.
