Its arrival day. I just flew into Las Vegas from the East Coast. Youll soon find out that the traveling is exhausting and seemingly never-ending. You often forget what day it is, let alone the month, and on more than one occasion, Ive forgotten what city Im in. The first thing you need to do is buy in to the tournament. A typical major event entry is $10,000.00. Since it seems theres a major event every other week, this can be an expensive hobby. If youre not going to play in any satellites or cash games, you probably want to get to bed, because if you get deep into the tournament, youre looking at some long days.
Most tournaments start around noon; so much for playing all night and sleeping all day (Myth Number One shattered). So after getting up at around 9AM not that I sleep much when I travel I shower, eat and maybe go for a walk. The event today is the $5,000.00 No Limit Holdem Event at the World Series of Poker. Its noon of day one and time to shuffle up and deal. This is a relatively small field by todays standards, with 466 entries, but some of the biggest names and best players in the world are here today. This surely wont be easy. We get started...