WPT Championship '10

This Sunday, the Bellagio will host the WPT Championship, an event that I've never given serious consideration to playing in the past due to the $25k buy-in. However, I have the luxury of being required to play as a result of my win last July in a Bellagio Cup prelim. The thought of dropping what amounts to half of the average U.S. household income on a single tournament seems ridiculous, but I don't have the option to unregister. This event will certainly be a unique experience for me, both in terms of the level of competition and obviously the amount of money at stake. It should be a very interesting week, or at least a day or two if things don't go well.

In an attempt to exercise proper bankroll management, I've sold slightly more than half of myself to a combined nineteen people despite winning the seat. Hopefully I'll have a bunch of five and six figure checks to write next week. Because there are so many people invested in my progress, I'll be dusting off my Twitter account to post updates for anyone interested. That's why I'm updating this blog for the first time in what seems like forever - to give that heads up to the few of you who care enough to follow along.

Since I stopped writing, I've had a few people (some of who aren't even family members!) request that I return to blogging. After a couple uneventful months, my schedule will be quite busy until mid-July. Following the WPT Championship, there will be a three week stretch during which Stars and Full Tilt will both run big tournament series. Two weeks after that, the WSOP kicks into full gear, which will hopefully provide better content for the blog than last year. Although I haven't missed blogging during my brief hiatus, I'm actually looking forward to writing about something other than the monotony of grinding the same schedule of online tournaments every day. With a little bit of luck, that might even include a deep run in the $25k.