The *Official* OMG I Actually Qualified for the WSOP Thread

Let the excitement venting begin...

I, for one, am beyond super excited. Enough to the point that everytime I am having an upsetting/stressful moment at work, I just imagine myself slowrolling Phil Hellmuth on Day 1B, and winking to the cameras at the featured table... and all is solved. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Vegas... WSOP... summer... drinking... going to be a blast!

[Body Man D]

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Let the excitement venting begin...

I, for one, am beyond super excited. Enough to the point that everytime I am having an upsetting/stressful moment at work, I just imagine myself slowrolling Phil Hellmuth on Day 1B, and winking to the cameras at the featured table... and all is solved. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Vegas... WSOP... summer... drinking... going to be a blast!

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I am jealous. Congrats.

[poopstar212]

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I just imagine myself slowrolling Phil Hellmuth on Day 1B, and winking to the cameras at the featured table...

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well if ur gonna do this then i definately want a peice of ur action. i figure ill at least make my money back since wont all the networks have to keep paying royalties everytime they replay this clip?

[Vuron00]

Congrats.

How about listing all the info on how you qualified (site, buyin, type of tourney, etc)

[NHFunkii]

congrats! what site?

Thanks man.

Cliff's Notes: PokerStars. $33+R.

Feel free to read the extended version below...

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For the record, I didn't start this thread just to toot my horn (that was part of it, maybe /images/graemlins/grin.gif) I really wanted to hear from the others in the MTT forum who are either in the process of qualifying or have already done so, and all share in the awesomeness.

In any case, here’s my qualifying story (tl;dr):

So I’m putting together IKEA furniture with my girlfriend on Sunday (yes, living with a girl really does domesticate you), when all of a sudden she gets called into the office. So I figure what better to do in the next 3 hours than to fire up a quick MTT. Now, normally I play on Party (and all my previous WSOP qualifying attempts have been through Party’s Step Challenge or their nightly $215), but for some reason I decided to check out Stars. Low and behold, starting in 3 minutes was the $33+R WSOP Main Event Qualifier. Plus, there was a chance I could run well and only spend like $33 or $63, which was really cool.

So I decide that in order to win this thing, I will need to amass an enormous stack coming out of the rebuy period. Unfortunately, I took this notion a bit too far and decided to open push almost every rotation, looking to get lucky and double up, and then basically tighten my game up once I established myself as a maniac. Well… luck wasn’t exactly on my side, and after 8 buy-ins ($243) I found myself with the same starting stack of 1,500 with only 8 minutes to go in the rebuy period. People at the table were even making fun of me. “You suck, man.” “Why don’t you just save your money and buy into the next one.” And this comment I’ll never forget. When I asked the table “Does anyone know if the first prize includes $1K of spending cash,” someone responded, “Don’t worry. There’s no way you’re winning it.” Well my luck changed when I finally started getting cards, and I began stacking people left and right. 8 minutes later, I found myself with a stack of 45,000 and sole position of the chip lead. /images/graemlins/grin.gif I quickly checked the payout structure, and much to my dismay, only 1st place was going to receive the $12K prize package with 2nd -6th getting a measly $650.

I stayed chipleader for a while, using my image to stack some more people. I probably never really left the Top 8 in chipcount throughout the entire tourney. Headed into the final table, I was 2nd in chips out of the remaining 9 players, but lost a tough hand immediately, knocking me down to 7th place. I kind of clawed my way around to hold on until there were only 5 players, but I didn’t exactly have a healthy stack. There was a maniac to my right who was constantly raising absurd amounts, and I was waiting for a good resteal opportunity. Finally, when he open-raised to 5BBs on the button, I decided to push with my 57o to a total of 20BBs. The maniac insta-called with K4o /images/graemlins/confused.gif. The flop came no help to either one of us, and I was headed to e-rail. Before I had a chance to vomit though, a 5 peeled on the turn and I was back in it.

Later, when we were down to 4 players, another key hand came up. On my BB with 24BBs, the maniac SB open-raised to 3.5BBs and I pushed with 77. BB insta-called again with ATs. We were off to the races. My girlfriend (who had returned home from the office and was upset that we couldn’t continue with the furniture-building now) was in the room and watched me started talking to my screen: “Come on, baby. Hold up one time. Let me win the race.” The flop was dealt… A/images/graemlins/heart.gifA/images/graemlins/diamond.gif2/images/graemlins/spade.gif. I felt queasy. I already started to console myself: “Well, Rob… you got close. There’s nothing you can—“ 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif. Holy [censored]! The 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif actually fell on the turn. It was unreal.

Long story not as long, I regained the chiplead and got heads up with the maniac. Here was the final hand.

Maniac had just won a race and I still had a slight chiplead, but it was anyone’s game. I am dealt T/images/graemlins/heart.gif8/images/graemlins/club.gif in the BB with about 40BBs. Maniac min-raises his SB with about 32BBs (nothing unusual) and I call. Flop comes 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif7/images/graemlins/club.gif8/images/graemlins/spade.gif. I check, and maniac bets 3BBs. I raise to 9BBs. Maniac instantly moves in for the rest of his stack (23BBs more to call). Calling and losing would only leave me with 8BBs and essentially would be conceding victory. I decided after probably too little thought that I was still ahead of a good amount of his range, and called. Needless to say, I was delighted when my T/images/graemlins/heart.gif8/images/graemlins/club.gif was ahead of his 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif. My hand held up, and I won the package!

OK… now someone else post in here so we can kick off the pre-WSOP celebrations.

[poopstar212]

u shoulda waited till after the WSOP to buy furniture cuz millionaires dont own ikea. but if u want u can give them to me when u upgrade

[dmk]

i won in the nightly super on party (the 215 or whatever it is) back in march. i dont' really remember much about it. i was top in chips basically the whole tournament, went into the FT 3rd or so in chips i think. top 3 got a seat, i managed to just steal my way to a seat basically. i didn't really get in any huge showdowns from what i remember...actually i think i had QQ vs JJ to bust the player in 4th...that was pretty hot...

see u in vegas

[Jurollo]

I will be there whether I win a seat or not.
~Justin

[RackHama]

OMG! I made it! Thanks to all the great MTT posters and mods who helped me get there with their knowledge. I haven't made many substantiative posts, but I've read and learned a lot. Thank you, thank you, thank you. (And keep posting deepstack advice, i gotta get a lot better)

Won in my 3rd try of a PS $160 double shootout back when i was running good a month ago (got 2nd in my 1st). With about 5 people left at the FT i was chipleader. Then one player got hot and took out 3 other players as they tried to bluff him one by one and he kept having top pair, which always meant he was playing it for all his chips. I think we got heads up at the 100/200 level. Took the chiplead when my TT hit a set to beat his A7s on an AT2 flop. Then I raised to 600 pf with ATo and he called. Flop is T9x. I bet pot and he calls. Turn is a blank. I push, he calls and shows QT. No Q on the river and I'm in.

Then I won another "seat" on Sunday in the $650 on Stars. I was kind of shocked at the poor play at the end of the satellite for such a large buy-in with so much at stake, people still wouldn't fold their way in if they were dealt a hand.

What to do with all these W$? Considering buying-in to the smaller WSOP events if i can get my posse there to hang out with during that time. I imagine the MTT forum will have a lot of posters in. Any of you guys hanging out together?

Regardless, can't wait, no better feeling than being being lucky, drunk and rich in vegas.

[Jurollo]

I will definately try to get something together in terms of a big meet and greet.
~Justuin

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I will definately try to get something together in terms of a big meet and greet.
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This is really the reason I started this thread. Glad someone stepped up.

Can we all find a place to sake bombing in Vegas? Sake bombing rules.

[Pat Southern]

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~Pat

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[THEOSU]

fwiw,

it's really [censored] hot in vegas in july/august.

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fwiw,

it's really [censored] hot in vegas in july/august.

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Yeah, I'm getting the feeling this is more of an actual issue than I am anticipating. Is it like "Holy [censored], get me the hell out of the desert" hot, or just like "Wow, these girls are really wearing nothing" hot?

Hey man - I saw you win your seat way back when on Full Tilt. Go ahead and share your story with the rest of us.

[stevepa]

I ran good once, so now I get a freeroll into the WSOP. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

As an aside, does anyone have any idea what the schedule is like for the prelims? When does play start/end each day? Around what time does the final table usually finish?

Anyways, I'll be in Vegas from June 26th-July 3rd and then July 18th until I'm out of the ME.

Steve

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I ran good once, so now I get a freeroll into the WSOP. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

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Steve -

As much as you can say without getting in trouble with "The Man,"... what is the extent of this endorsement deal? Does Pokerstars basically give you a freeroll into any $10K event that you feel like playing? If so, sweet deal my friend. Almost as sweet as winning over a million dollars.

edit: Oh yeah, and let's say you win the WSOP ME. How much does Stars take from you?

[THEOSU]

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fwiw,

it's really [censored] hot in vegas in july/august.

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Yeah, I'm getting the feeling this is more of an actual issue than I am anticipating. Is it like "Holy [censored], get me the hell out of the desert" hot, or just like "Wow, these girls are really wearing nothing" hot?

Hey man - I saw you win your seat way back when on Full Tilt. Go ahead and share your story with the rest of us.

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It's really really really hot. Like "Man, I'm not going outside between the hours of 10 and 10" hot. Women also wear next to nothing, which pwns. But they don't wear anything in the casinos either, and it's air conditioned in there. I remember watching the news last year and they had a weatherguy talking about how they were expecting a cooldown in the week after I left - the highs were only gonna be like 108.


As for my story: cracked aces early on with JJ on a j high flop. Cracked aces later on AIPF with JJ on a J high flop, though I had him significantly covered. 11 handed (6 got seats) AA > AK to double+. AA with 8 left reraised PFR. Did not play another hand.

Basically: get aces, crack aces, let others bust. profit.

[Matt24]

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fwiw,

it's really [censored] hot in vegas in july/august.

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Yeah, I'm getting the feeling this is more of an actual issue than I am anticipating. Is it like "Holy [censored], get me the hell out of the desert" hot, or just like "Wow, these girls are really wearing nothing" hot?

Hey man - I saw you win your seat way back when on Full Tilt. Go ahead and share your story with the rest of us.

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It's really really really hot.

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When I was out there last July, I think it got up to 115, I remember a part of Vegas was without electricty, that had to suck.

[Lloyd]

What about renting a suite for a night and throwing a little party - sharing the cost among all of us shouldn't be too bad. Let's use this thread to come up with the list of people who will be in town, perhaps what hotel they're staying at so if we do the suite thing we choose a convenient spot.

I'll be at the MGM Grand (thanks to Party Poker).

[mlagoo]

I'll be in town, however I don't know yet what hotel I'll be at. Stars tells me that most likely I'll be in the Monte Carlo.

I'm up for chipping in whatever amount to party.

[stevepa]

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I ran good once, so now I get a freeroll into the WSOP. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

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Steve -

As much as you can say without getting in trouble with "The Man,"... what is the extent of this endorsement deal? Does Pokerstars basically give you a freeroll into any $10K event that you feel like playing? If so, sweet deal my friend. Almost as sweet as winning over a million dollars.

edit: Oh yeah, and let's say you win the WSOP ME. How much does Stars take from you?

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Frankly, I have no idea what I'm allowed/not allowed to disclose. So, ummm, they're sponsoring me in some tournaments over the summer and (obviously) the PCA in January. Other than that, I'm going to be in school so I wouldn't really be able to play anyways. Hopefully they'll extend it after this year and let me play whatever I want.

edit: Oh, and I keep all winnings.

edit again: I'm pretty sure I'll be at the Monte Carlo.

Steve

[THEOSU]

Damn, that Monte Carlo Millions structure looks like fun. WPT Championshipesque. Plus, you know, it's in Monte Carlo.

Damn, you meant the hotel.

[TheNewf]

I got my seat on Sunday in the $650 supersatellite. Won a coinflip against Steve (at least I put it to good use...) and then started hitting everything in sight. After 3 and a half hours I had enough to chips to cruise in and I managed not to donk it up.

[nath]

I owned a double shootout. I will be there and win. TV superstar in the making.

[THEOSU]

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I owned a double shootout. I will be there and the Dannemann to THEOSU's Hachem. TV superstar in the making.

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Just imagine when you call Hellmuth a punk at the Tournament of Champions freeroll!

[Superfluous Man]

I snuck in via a Sunday $650 in March. Hope to see some of you there and get drunk enough to make up for missing Turning Stone.

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I owned a double shootout. I will be there and win. TV superstar in the making.

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That's right. You're the man with the "perfect" WSOP story.

[THEOSU]

nath,

no arms is more +EV to TV time than no jaw.

[10K-in-Clay]

i'd go...but i heard you have to be 21 or something /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[nath]

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nath,

no arms is more +EV to TV time than no jaw.

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I'm counting on my personality and poker skills to push the rest of the equation over the top.

Prepare to be the David Williams to my Raymer. Hope you like feet.

[Botchman]

Yeah BABY WSOP here I come!!! Won a 33 rebuy on stars!!!! HU with 2 to 1 chiplead I kept using my stack raising..raisng....and more raising. After about 30 mins never losing my chiplead...I had a little more than 2 to 1 advantage when the hand came in my SB 10 10... I come in for my standard 3x BB raise and he thinks then pushes all in!!!! OMG what should I do??? Thought about it for min then called he flipped over 2 5o!!!!! weeeeeeeeee and my adventure begins!!!!!

[kutuz_off]

I'm staying at the Rio's. Qualified through UB, courtesy of Shawn Rice.

[Bigdaddydvo]

In via Stars DS for the 2nd straight year.
Heads up lasted one hand, my A /images/graemlins/heart.gifK /images/graemlins/heart.gif vs. 88. I rivered an Ace.
Good times.

[OrcaDK]

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Yeah BABY WSOP here I come!!! Won a 33 rebuy on stars!!!! HU with 2 to 1 chiplead I kept using my stack raising..raisng....and more raising. After about 30 mins never losing my chiplead...I had a little more than 2 to 1 advantage when the hand came in my SB 10 10... I come in for my standard 3x BB raise and he thinks then pushes all in!!!! OMG what should I do??? Thought about it for min then called he flipped over 2 5o!!!!! weeeeeeeeee and my adventure begins!!!!!

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Congrats... But seriously, how could you even consider NOT calling there?

[MrX]

In via a BoDog $127 sat.

X

[LearnedfromTV]

SHIP IT MAIN EVENT TEAM BODOG WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OVERLAY

[tribefan9]

In via all you guys voting for me on Bodog. Thanks again!

[Lloyd]

Congrats.

[LearnedfromTV]

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Overlay is like Fight Club,

BUT

B/C i have love for the MTT Community and I'm pretty sure most of you aren't in on this/it will help more of you than it hurts, plus b/c I already have my seat -

The Bodog guaranteed seat tourneys have a sick overlay and are really soft. I won a 72 person $67.50 tournament to get my seat. You start with 250BB (5/10, 2500) and the quality of play was slightly better than the Stars 20/180s.

They have 67s, 135s, and 270s, giving away 40 seats this weekend and 40 next.

BTW: the final hand gave me a heart attack. i had him covered about 60/40 and checked 83o on the button.

Flop was 983 one diamond. Either my memory is a little off or the button is flipped on bodog, but I led, he raised, I pushed, he called with 96dd. Turn was the 7 of diamonds. River was a black duece.

[Soul Rebel]

I'm also going as part of the prestigious team bodog. Yeah, the overlays on those things are unreal. I won a $270 that guaranteed a seat and had 30 people in it. I started the HU match as a 30/70 dog and played pretty well and came back. I got saved by a six outer at one point when I was all in as a shortstack. It was pretty funny, the guy's buddies were already wishing him luck in Vegas and then my card hit on the river. Definitely the most intense HU match I've ever played, it took 45 minutes.

I also won 2 prelim seats in the full tilt $215s (they are soft). So I'll be at the Wynn for a little more than 3 weeks starting mid-july, its gonna be amazing.

[LearnedfromTV]

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I also won 2 prelim seats in the full tilt $215s (they are soft). So I'll be at the Wynn for a little more than 3 weeks starting mid-july, its gonna be amazing.

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Prelim seats is my next mission. i'm going to buy into event 6 with W$ but am hoping to win my way in to everything else I play. Havent won one yet but all the Tilt and Bodog prelim sats I've played are really soft. Not the same overlay tho. Somehow 44 people will sign up for a 50+4 on bodog for a $2500 package instead of paying $15 more to play against a few more people for 5x the $

How does the $2500 expenses work with bodog? Do they just give you cash and you get your own travel and hotel, or reimburse, or hook you up?

[dankhank]

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How does the $2500 expenses work with bodog? Do they just give you cash and you get your own travel and hotel, or reimburse, or hook you up?

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straight cash homey

[Soul Rebel]

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I also won 2 prelim seats in the full tilt $215s (they are soft). So I'll be at the Wynn for a little more than 3 weeks starting mid-july, its gonna be amazing.

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Prelim seats is my next mission. i'm going to buy into event 6 with W$ but am hoping to win my way in to everything else I play. Havent won one yet but all the Tilt and Bodog prelim sats I've played are really soft. Not the same overlay tho. Somehow 44 people will sign up for a 50+4 on bodog for a $2500 package instead of paying $15 more to play against a few more people for 5x the $

How does the $2500 expenses work with bodog? Do they just give you cash and you get your own travel and hotel, or reimburse, or hook you up?

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I highly recommend the Full Tilt $215s, they pay 1 in 10, so much less variance than the bodog $54s or full tilt $75s. I'm like 2 for 3 in those, the bubble play was absolutely horrendous in each of them.

[People_Mover]

WOOT, 47 days till I fly out. Team Absolute with like 7 other people I think. LOL /images/graemlins/tongue.gif At least I get to hang with Seif.

[Mama Poker]

Hellmuth's worst nightmare-Freeroll from PartyPoker.

When do we start to plan the MTT forum WSOP festivities? I'm getting antsy...

[nath]

what happens if you win multiple seats across multiple sites? I'd love to get more if I can spend them on smaller events or extend hotel stays but I don't know how their policies work.

[Black Aces 518]

I'm in, via a Stars $320. 103 runners, 2 seats. I had been running hot the night before and won a few hundos. My wife was out of town, and I decided to give this a shot about 5 minutes before it started, i saw that like 1/3 of the field got their money back, so if I got that far it was like a freeroll. After reading Adanthar's sat post, I don't like that structure as much, but hey.

Won a big pot with JJ against AQ to get up near the top. Called down an aggro with TPQK in a tough spot to really be up there, and two seats got in, so I was able to just steal enough to keep my stack way ahead, and let the other guys battle.

I'm arriving 7/27, and playing 7/30, day 1C. I'm staying Monte Carlo, and look forward to meeting you guys.

[lacky]

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I'm in through Bodog, but was thinking about playing the stars qual today. I dug around and found that stars will roll over your seat to the following year if you already won one on another site first.

[bugstud]

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I'm in through Bodog, but was thinking about playing the stars qual today. I dug around and found that stars will roll over your seat to the following year if you already won one on another site first.

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wtf I've been told otherwise every time. I think the rollover is for freerollers that are <21

[La Brujita]

stars terms and conditions say they will roll it over if you won on another site and have proof.

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Q: What happens if I have won a satellite on another online poker site and then win a satellite on PokerStars?

A: Our rules clearly state that you must play the first seat you win. However, if you have already won a WSOP seat on another site, we will gladly roll your seat over to the following year. We will ask for proof that you've won a seat for this year so please be prepared to present proper documentation (example: email from Harrah's confirming your start date). web page (http://www.pokerstars.com/wsop/faq/)

[scottjf8]

In via a $160 DS back in March on Stars

Staying at Monte Carlo

Playing Saturday, day 1B

[tedtodd]

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hehe

Getting close...

bugstud, I believe we're just waiting on you.

[Jurollo]

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bugstud, I believe we're just waiting on you.

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:cough cough:

[nath]

So has anyone scored a house or somewhere to stay for the WSOP? Stars ostensibly has my hotel room and everything (EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN ME ANY CONFIRMATION INFO) but I want to be there early, like the 10th or perhaps even earlier if everything works out.
I'll get a hotel room if nobody has, but I need to start working all this [censored] out so I can get everything together and get ready for my trip.

[ZBTHorton]

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bugstud, I believe we're just waiting on you.

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:cough cough:

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[Yuv]

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So has anyone scored a house or somewhere to stay for the WSOP? Stars ostensibly has my hotel room and everything (EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN ME ANY CONFIRMATION INFO) but I want to be there early, like the 10th or perhaps even earlier if everything works out.
I'll get a hotel room if nobody has, but I need to start working all this [censored] out so I can get everything together and get ready for my trip.

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Yeah, what he said.

[Mi_T_Sharp]

I won a bunch of 180 mans and stuff tonight, so I catapulted way way way into the top 100 of the month. I hadn't played too much this month, and I wasn't even in the top 100 before tonight. I haven't played any satellites to the WSOP except for last month's top 100 TLB freeroll. I got 8th in that, and I was wasted at the time, so hopefully, this month I will win it. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

BTW, since I have taken vacation days sooooooooooooooo many random times just to play poker all day, I have literally no vacation. That is the main reason I haven't even tried any satellites. However, if I freeroll into the ME, I will play in it. I will just tell them I have to take 2 weeks off. If I can borrow vacation time, great (I accrue at 10 hours/mo), otherwise I will take unpaid leave or quit or whatever. I am not passing up a free shot at a bazillion dollars (horrible odds or not).

[Hotdog]

In thru Party... $10 Step 1

See you in Vegas.

[RealMcCoy]

Won my entry 4/8 on my first try through Pacific Poker $125 buy in.

I was not eligible to play until Harrah's changed their policy on employee spouse's which we were notified of the first week of April 2006.

It looks like the WSOP has modified their first day rules to specify a stopping point in time instead of the play down to 800 players.

1 - $25-$50
2 - $50-$100
3 - $100-$200
4 $25 $100-$200
5 $25 $150-$300
6 $50 $200-$400
END OF DAYS 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1 D

[yimyammer]

Bodogs $67, got 2nd place, in anyway because 1st already had a package.

Can you say luckbox?

[DocMartin]

In through rakerebate.net/SunPoker by playing 450,000 hands of shorthanded limit poker and generating 100K in rake from Jan to June.

Obviously excellent preparation for a deepstack NL tournament.

[bwana devil]

ill be at the ME. i spent about $500 attempting to qualify. i qualified through stars playing a $16 double shoot out which qualified me for the $650 sunday qualifier.

on the sunday qualifier w/ 200 players left i was in 200th place. dead last. got pocket kings and w/in an hour i was in first place.

first time going to WSOP too.

i PMed annie duke on here when i first registered back in early 2004 and was chatting about various things w/ her. i told her i was just learning the game and at the end of one of my messages, i said "see you at WSOP 2006." i thought i was joking at the time.

bwana

[bwana devil]

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hey aces, im arriving the same date and playing the same date as you. im also from austin. staying at TI though.

what part of austin you from? im off of E51st St. ive got a 7pm direct flight in case you have the same.

bwana

[Black Aces 518]

Bwana,

I actually live between Pflugerville and Round Rock off of Grand Avenue Parkway, but easier to say Austin, heh.

The wife and I are actually driving to Vegas, for a variety of reasons, although a direct flight seems like a great idea right now, as I've been run into 2 times in the last 7 weeks in my car. Buncha savages in this town.

PM me if you're interested in playing some low stakes tourneys over July 4 weekend.

If nothing else, we'll have to grab a beer in Vegas and represent the 512. /images/graemlins/cool.gif

My first WSOP as well.

[Bond18]

YES!!! I DID IT A FEW NIGHTS AGO!! BOO YAH!!!

[mike_oxbig]

I'm in through party's steps a few montts ago.
1B for me.

I can't believe how easy the steps were, I started at noon at step one and by 5 pm I had my seat.

[Headhunter13]

THE OSU --
Have you receieved any info from Full Tilt as to your start date? My friend and I (TerminatorOSU, and The Headhunter1 on FTP) each won a seat there, but we still don't know start dates. I tried PM'ing you, but it wouldn't go through. I had some other questions for you (I'm in Columbus as well), so PM me if you want.

--Headhunter

[mlagoo]

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In through rakerebate.net/SunPoker by playing 450,000 hands of shorthanded limit poker and generating 100K in rake from Jan to June.

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that easy, huh?

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I can't believe how easy the steps were, I started at noon at step one and by 5 pm I had my seat.

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Going out on a limb here...

Getting in this easily through Party steps is an anomally.

[DocMartin]

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In through rakerebate.net/SunPoker by playing 450,000 hands of shorthanded limit poker and generating 100K in rake from Jan to June.

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that easy, huh?

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It sucked, never again, lesson learned. Sattellites from now on but 32K in rakeback eased the pain a little.

[stan1541]

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It sucked, never again, lesson learned. Sattellites from now on but 32K in rakeback eased the pain a little.

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Just a questions, how many tables were you running at a time, hours per day. 450k hands in 6 months, wow, how did you run otherwise?

[peterchi]

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THE OSU --
Have you receieved any info from Full Tilt as to your start date? My friend and I (TerminatorOSU, and The Headhunter1 on FTP) each won a seat there, but we still don't know start dates. I tried PM'ing you, but it wouldn't go through. I had some other questions for you (I'm in Columbus as well), so PM me if you want.

--Headhunter

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yo

I got in through Full Tilt as well, and I just got my start date confirmation last week. 1c for me.

I won my seat in March, so I don't know if they're going in order or anything like that.

p.s. GO BLUE /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Bond18]

Anyone else qualifiy on those awesome bodog sats?

[stan1541]

67$ Bodog 141 players, Had 900 in chips at one point and tripled up with pocket 9's. Didn't lose a hand for the next 17 hands, talk about a run. HU for almost 50 min, grueling but way fun.
Day 1A

[Bond18]

They emailed ur day already? man i really gotta get my paperwork filed asap.

I went into HU behind 2 to 1. It lasted less than 5 min.

[stan1541]

Won mine in May, so it takes a while. Almost 35 days from me sending paperwork to getting my date and then another 3 days to get the cash. They are good about it.

[Pat Southern]

I HATE DONKAMENTS AND I HATE ALL OF YOU I"M NEVER COMING BACK NEVER NEVER NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

From the party $215 8 seat guarantee:

***** Hand History for Game 4567437694 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:25080515 Level:9 Blinds-Antes(600/1200-50) - Wednesday, June 21, 23:18:36 ET 2006
Table WSOP Satellite(738558) Table #5 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 9: JJProdsGrany ( $38569 )
Seat 10: Jonah111 ( $23485 )
Seat 7: MayLing1980 ( $70088 )
Seat 3: corbinhamil ( $30427 )
Seat 2: IMDaMailman ( $9603 )
Seat 4: ambes ( $10810 )
Seat 8: Waffle_Iron3 ( $7705 )
Seat 1: rayserene18 ( $23399 )
Seat 5: yangtze1 ( $26450 )
Seat 6: pgunz ( $28360 )
Trny:25080515 Level:9
Blinds-Antes(600/1200-50)
rayserene18 posts ante [50].
IMDaMailman posts ante [50].
corbinhamil posts ante [50].
ambes posts ante [50].
yangtze1 posts ante [50].
pgunz posts ante [50].
MayLing1980 posts ante [50].
Waffle_Iron3 posts ante [50].
JJProdsGrany posts ante [50].
Jonah111 posts ante [50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to JJProdsGrany [ Ks Ac ]
Jonah111 folds.
rayserene18 folds.
IMDaMailman folds.
corbinhamil folds.
ambes folds.
yangtze1 raises [4000].
pgunz folds.
MayLing1980 folds.
Waffle_Iron3 folds.
JJProdsGrany is all-In [37319]
yangtze1 is all-In [22400]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, 3h, 7h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Jh ]
yangtze1 shows [ Kc, Ah ] a flush, ace high.
JJProdsGrany shows [ Ks, Ac ] a flush, jack high.
JJProdsGrany wins 12119 chips from side pot #1 with a flush, jack high.
yangtze1 wins 53900 chips from the main pot with a flush, ace high with ace kicker.

[locutus2002]

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I won a seat on the Party Poker $215 satellite!

I'm sooo happy and relieved!

-donkasaurus.

[SargeAZ]

I won a seat at Bodog on Sun 6/18 - $135 entry, 45 players, great overlay! After 2nd twice and 3rd once in other WSOP satellites on Bodog and Stars I was obviously thrilled to finally win a seat and join "Team Bodog". I'm really anxious to find out which day I'm going to play but Bodog said it could take 2-4 weeks, hopefully I'll find out sooner.

-SargeAZ

[BigPoppa]

I qualified many months ago, but am still very excited.

[invisibleleadsoup]

i just qualified through the party 215 mtt,having tried the steps a few times,got down to heads up for a seat and lost..
never been to vegas before and some of my mates are heading there anyway so it should be a laugh...

[Zofox]

Qualified myself thru the PP $215 - My birthday falls during the main event - nothing like celebrating a birthday in Vegas playing the main event........

[bismillahno]

Got my seat through an affiliate promotion on Eurobet. Pay enough rake, they give you a free seat in a satellite to a satellite. Had to make the top 5 of 9, then win a 19 man tournament. Time zone meant I had to start at 6am on Sunday morning, but it was worth it....

Can't wait to get to Vegas and get away from the winter.

[NYWalker]

Qualified myself last night at Pokerstars.

First won a $27R WSOP satellite to 650 event took 650 w$ unregistered it on July 1st. Then won another $80 sng one table took second 640w$ on the next day.

Last night was my first attempt of Stars DS $160. After two and half hours I turned 160 w$ into a Stars WSOP package. What I really like is the large travel bag of Pokerstars goodies - must worth 100000 Stars FFP points? The trouble is I have to use 2 weeks of my vacation time - hope I max it out and reach FT.

Now, I'll blow the rest 1K or so w$ to win second package's cash value.

[NYWalker]

I didn't sleep last night at all after winning the seat. Really, turning $27 satellite buy-in into a $12000 Stars package is 1:400 shoot up. Next target repeat the same on the 10K ticket...

$27 for 9 night vegas hotel and large bag of Pokerstars goodies alone is a good deal, not to mention a lottery ticket for 7+ million $$$

[Paboo]

LUCKBOX!

[Jurollo]

YES! Finally in and it totally didnt take 32 tries.
~Justin

[southgapoker]

After tday I am in too.

Holy sjhit. Tomorrow I leave a summary.

[T_Mac]

i hate everyone whos posted in this thread

[bambam16]

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i hate everyone whos posted in this thread

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I also hate finally making it to step 5, getting put all in by MP when i have 77 on 743Q board, river 5, he has 66. Out in 10th. Goodbye steps.

[DJE]

Got my confirmation today. Playing on Day 1B as requested.

[DonT77]

OMG, I finally won a seat in the WSOPME. I probably have spent $3000-4000 on this, playing countless qualifiers on PS, FT, and Bodog - but today I entered a $109 on UB to win a $1050 seat, and then tonight in the $1050 I won the $12K package (after almost 11 straight hours w/only 30 minutes in between). Whew!

[Double Eagle]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I'm in via last night's $650 on Stars, my first and only attempt this year. One of the sickest bubbles ever btw.....

[Prime Time]

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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I'm in via last night's $650 on Stars, my first and only attempt this year. One of the sickest bubbles ever btw.....

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Grats, now get back to the Golf course.
See you there.

[Double Eagle]

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Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I'm in via last night's $650 on Stars, my first and only attempt this year. One of the sickest bubbles ever btw.....

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Grats, now get back to the Golf course.
See you there.

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Bring your sticks!

[sonartec]

I play you both for $100 bucks a hole?

I am in the main event as well

so yyyyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipppppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ee

Bumped, for ZBT to post.

Bump, for some of the late-bloomers.

[ravenfan1733]

I qualifed through the Cardplayer magazine fantasy poker contest (centered around the Bay101 tourny).

When the final table was set, I had 4 out of the 6 guys left so I felt pretty confident. Unfortunately, 3 of my guys were the first 3 knocked out so all my hope was on Nam Le. Then Ravi knocked out Danny Smith and I was down 2-1 in chips heads-up and I actually prayed for a miracle (and I'm not religious).

Somehow, Nam won the tourny 10 minutes later and I've been on cloud 9 since. I play on Day 1D. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[NHFunkii]

OMG I qualified for wsop 2008!!!! twice!

I hate you all!!!!!!!

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OMG I qualified for wsop 2008!!!! twice!

I hate you all!!!!!!!

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lol at not hitting puberty yet.

[D.H.]

I won a satellite at the Gaming Club (for RaketheRake players) so I'll be there to play the main event. I'll stay at the Gold Coast, anyone else who stays there? Feel free to PM.

[CarpeDiem]

Yeeeehaaah!!!

I never play tourneys anymore. I have a baby now and cannot spend the consecutive time on the computer a tourney takes. Still, I took a chance on Sunday, the last day of Stars qualifying. I chose to play a $5.50 (!!) turbo super on a lark. I finished in the top 69 to advance into an 81 player double shootout.

I almost bought it at the first table when I was all in at table 1 with A2 vs AK, but I spiked a 2 and won the first table soon afterwards.

At the final table I was nervous but I eventually realized everyone else was more nervous. I won a couple coinflips and got heads-up with a 2-1 chip lead. Eventually my opponent cracked from the pressure and started going all-in every hand. I let him bully me a bit until i woke up with AJ, limped, he went all in, and I called. That did the job. It was cool to bring my wife in to see me make the call and for me to win. She liked that a lot. Of course she's still mad I played the satellite and stuck her with baby duty (on principle.)

I skipped the hotel and took the Stars $1000 cash option and am staying at Circus Circus. I'm a cash game player so I have no illusions about my tourney skills (as my choice of super-satellite entry investment confirms.) So if I go busto I can pocket most of the hotel $$. I'll play to win of course, but figure if I get deep into the tourney the extra hotel cost I might incur will be mitigated if I cash in the ME.

$5.50...I think a double quarter pounder meal costs more...wouldn't it be something...

It was interesting hearing all your stories. Good luck in the ME.

Carpe Diem!

[TripleQ]

Hey, congrats CarpeDiem. I think I was at your final table in that double shootout... I don't think people were nervous, it was just a donkfest of 5.50 turbo winners /images/graemlins/wink.gif I had entered by mistake in the first place. I had intended on unregistering but couldn't until 20 mins before it started and I forgot about it. Doh. GL in vegas.

[sdplayerb]

I am in.
Got in in the final $650 at PokerStars.

I am playing one of the first two days.

Can't believe I made it! And had a fellow 2+2er Durron597 on my left at the end.

[CarpeDiem]

Waterloo...I assumed it was Iowa here in the states...I guess I'm grateful for my fortune, but I'm amazed at how lucky you have to be to win one of these things...I had the happy face avatar...I guess it was fitting...