Chapman Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Ok so its been the strangest day I have had for a while, this afternoon I got a phone call from a gentleman representing Betfair, informing me that I had been drawn out of the hat in a prize draw and won entry + expenses to the £10k main event of the WSOPE. So now I'm off to London first thing to be there in plenty of time for the 12pm start to day 1b, I'm still absolutely stunned but very excited and very nervous. I was just wondering if anyone had any advice on anything about playing live, especially in such a massive game like this, obviously I realise its late but no doubt someone is about to share the wisdom. :hope Thanks in advance for anything you can say that might help... Oh and also......:nana:nana:nana:nana :drums:drums:beer:beer:cow:ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodie Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... WHAT!! OMG talk about running good! Sick prize! all the best take it down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuleBritannia Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... :clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap:clap Great stuff Mate!!! :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppie Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... :clap:clap:clap:clap:clap Only advice at this stage is to enjoy it:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapman Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Thanks guys, still a state of complete shock just now, plan is just to enjoy it and play my game as best I can - which should see me through to day 2! :hope :rollin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaulc Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... wow,nice one .... all the very best and all i can say is just enjoy it and play your game,nice and tight is my advice and then on day 2 open up :hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadlydaveLDN Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Have a beer or 2 before you start, otherwise you'll probably have shaking hands as soon as you pick up a big hand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapman Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Cheers Al, the structure seems pretty awesome with 90 min blinds and 30k starting stack so plenty of time to pick the right spots I hope. Players will start with 30,000 in tournament chips. Each level will last 90 minutes. There will be a 20 minute break at the end of each level. Dinner break will be after 4 levels of play each day and last 90 minutes. Play will begin each day at 12PM for days 1A & 1B, Sept 26-27. Play will resume at 5:30 PM Sept 28th and 12PM for all subsequent days, Sept 29-Oct 1. 9/26-27/2009 - First day of play will be divided into 2 flights, Days 1a and 1b. Each flight will play (6) levels on days 1a-1b. If the field has not reached 100 players by the completion of level 6 on day 1a, play will continue until 100 players remain.1b will play the exact amount of time as day 1a. 9/28/2009 Day 2 – 5:30pm Start time - The field will be combined together and play (4) levels. No Dinner Break on Day 2. 9/29/2009 Day 3 - Play down to 27 Players. 9/30/2009 Day 4 – Play down to (9) Players. 10/1/2009 Day 5 – Final (9) play down to (1) winner. Tournament Director reserves the right to extend playing time on any day in order to complete the tournament as scheduled. *Tournament Director reserves the right to extend playing time on any day in order to complete the tournament as scheduled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teaulc Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... i am so jealous right now,get some sleep mate you have a long day and make sure you have a decent breakfast :ok as i said just play premium hands and enjoy:hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapman Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Have a beer or 2 before you start' date=' otherwise you'll probably have shaking hands as soon as you pick up a big hand[/quote'] I probably will have a drink but I'm a pretty confident fella and have no issues hiding any nerves I might have and the shakes are deffo out of the question (:lol) but cheers, I see what you're saying mate. :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadlydaveLDN Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... the shakes are deffo out of the question I'd say 90% of players who play live for the first time get the shakes, if you're in the other 10% then you have no worries + I expect you to win the whole thing. :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapman Posted September 26, 2009 Author Share Posted September 26, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... I'd say 90% of players who play live for the first time get the shakes' date=' if you're in the other 10% then you have no worries + I expect you to win the whole thing. :lol[/quote'] Maybe I'll surprise myself and start stuttering aswelll! :lol I thought about not saying anything on here and just cracking on with it but the added pressure of doing a write up explaining why I donked off my stack would be more entertaining and help with the focus. :ok Anyway gonna get off to bed, I'll prob take my laptop and see if I can get connected in the hotel tomorrow night and update on the story so far (I hope the 'so far' will apply!)..... :cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAM Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... TAG FTW!!! All the big guns have busto today playing over aggro - peeps are saying moorman had a shocking exit but he's just bad at playing a deep stack ;) WD and GL :clap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avongirl Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Very best of luck Mick. Just enjoy (and book the extra days off work). :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chapman Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Thankyou all, am just now waiting for my taxi to the train station, hopefully it will be a long day! :hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubermonkey1 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... good luck mick:hope best advice i can give is to only look at your cards when its your turn to act,that way you wont give any tells to those seated before you and you can consentrate on what other players are doing while they look at theirs(although with this tough a field i wouldnt think you'll get many tells:eek) also you shouldnt play out of turn:tongue2. next bit of advice is to always announce what your gonna do if your gonna bet.that way there's less chance of string betting etc,if your gonna raise say it and to how much then slide in the chips if your calling do the same:ok just go out and enjoy yourself:nana. as al said play your own game(maybe tight is good to start with so you can bed in a little) and have some fun,should be a great experiance and after all your freerolling;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AA_Hall Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Very nice, Very well done Mick enjoy it play YOUR game :dude:clap and :hope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Wow fantastic :loon Best of luck :hope Do we know Micks surname to track his progress? next bit of advice is to always announce what your gonna do if your gonna bet.that way there's less chance of string betting etc,if your gonna raise say it and to how much then slide in the chips if your calling do the same:ok Some good advice there :tongue2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Nice one Mick Have a great day - enjoy it and Good Luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhornet Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Have a great time mate and just enjoy it. Uber's points are worth noting:ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodie Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... NOW DAY 2 Obviously you know how to play just play your own game do what you would do online imo if you'd raise utg with 65sooted online don't be afraid to do it live. One thing I would say is take your time in every hand even if you have 82of and are folding I like to take at least 10 seconds to even fold. even after the flop don't instant bet again take like 10 seconds to bet or check. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhornet Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Do we know Micks surname to track his progress? I think it is Chapman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glceud Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Bloody brilliant, get in there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adetrick Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Wow - great stuff, all the best Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGremlin Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... :loon:loon:loon Amazing stuff Mick. Take some music with ya :ok The slow pace of the live game can make online players anxious. So find some relaxing music to keep you calm and relaxed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heniek31 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Great stuff. Enjoy it Mick and good luck :ok. Interview with Mick here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Looking down the chipstacks - so many "names" as a proportion of the field (178 playing) - this is so so different to WSOP ME - Mick's sure to be sat with some "stars".... Chip Counts PlayerSponsorAmountTrendRam Vaswani 94100 3700 Keith 'The Camel' Hawkins 76000 48000 Shaun Deeb 74500 10700 Eli Berg 71300 41300 Matt Hawrilenko 67600 8800 Daniel Drescher 64800 34800 John Tabatabai 62600 26600 Samuel Chartier 61300 31300 Haris Kapernopoulos 60000 9000 John Magill 60000 30000 Gus Hansen 59400 29400 Justin Smith 55600 17600 Kenn James 54800 19800 Nick Maimone 54000 24000 Dennis Phillips 52400 3000 Praz Bansi 51400 17400 Richard Herbert 50000 20000 Simon John 50000 20000 Ray Dehkharghani 49500 8275 Ryan Milisits 47800 9550 Michael Binger 46025 3975 Scotty Nguyen 45600 12600 Annette Obrestad 44925 4100 Sam Trickett 44200 8500 Noah Boeken 44000 15800 Yevgeniy Timoshenko 42400 17575 Antoine Saout 40000 10000 Nenad Medic 39100 12100 Scott Fischman 38150 8150 Sorel Mizzi 38050 17050 Eric Liu 38000 7000 John Juanda 37700 2700 Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott 37200 200 Josh Arieh 37000 7000 Arnaud Mattern 36100 3900 Robert Williamson III 35800 5800 Brandon Adams 35600 16600 Howard Lederer 34500 500 Juha Helppi 34000 5200 Alec Torelli 33400 3400 Roberto Romanello 33000 3000 Steve Zolotow 32000 Danny Wong 31000 1000 Matt Stout 31000 2000 Peter Eastgate 31000 1000 Sephan Kjaerstad 31000 2000 Wooka Kim 30500 3100 Daniel Negreanu 30125 8175 Jesper Hougaard 30100 100 Michael Tureniec 30000 Nam Le 30000 Ben Roberts 29100 3900 Peter Wood 29000 1000 James Keys 28650 850 Richard Ashby 28600 1400 John Monnette 28400 1600 Josh Gould 28000 8000 Ross Boatman 28000 6100 Ville Haavisto 28000 2000 David Oppenheim 27500 500 Jennifer Harman 27200 2400 Michael Greco 27000 Andre Akkari 26300 3700 David Williams 26000 25977 Antonio Esfandiari 25350 25337 Karl Mahrenholz 25200 5200 Andrew Feldman 25000 6000 Morten Erlandsen 25000 5000 Moshin Charania 24325 5675 Freddy Deeb 24000 3000 Theo Jorgensen 21775 8225 Jani Sointula 21400 8600 Daniel Alaei 18250 11750 Ian Woodley 17800 200 Chris Ferguson 16200 1650 Talal Shakerchi 16000 14000 Steve Paul-Ambrose 15200 14800 Barry Greenstein 14200 1700 Nik Persaud 14000 9000 Vitaly Lunkin 13025 16975 Neil Channing 11900 900 Gabe Kaplan 11800 18200 Mike McDonald 11400 11600 Alex Gomez 10000 20000 Carlos Mortensen 8800 9200 JC Tran 7275 21725 Martin Vallo 5000 25000 Julian Thew 4100 100 Jean Robert Bellande 2700 10100 William Thorson 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaF Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... He's here, at about 2 mins 30 ">" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubermonkey1 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... nice one trev:ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samba_SamPa Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Re: My first ever live game - Day 1b of the WSOPE ME... Holy :eek ... you run goooooood :clap Best of luck Mick :hope Ok so its been the strangest day I have had for a while, this afternoon I got a phone call from a gentleman representing Betfair, informing me that I had been drawn out of the hat in a prize draw and won entry + expenses to the £10k main event of the WSOPE. So now I'm off to London first thing to be there in plenty of time for the 12pm start to day 1b, I'm still absolutely stunned but very excited and very nervous. I was just wondering if anyone had any advice on anything about playing live, especially in such a massive game like this, obviously I realise its late but no doubt someone is about to share the wisdom. :hope Thanks in advance for anything you can say that might help... Oh and also......:nana:nana:nana:nana :drums:drums:beer:beer:cow:ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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