WSOP: Which day 1 would be best to play

[stan1541]

I am wondering which day one would be best to play for the ME. Assuming all days fill up, wouldn't it be better to play 1a and then have 3 days to rest assuming you win? Or is 1d best because you can stay in the groove easier? Anyone have ideas on which pros are playing what days?

I think I am going to ask for day 1a so that you can just jump in and get going rather that waiting and knowing people are playing and your NOT!

Anyways, thoughts?

[greg44]

Yea definitely play one of the first two days because it would suck to have to play for 7 straight days

[mlagoo]

I chose day 1C as my first priority. I think one day is plenty of time to rest, and I don't want to like get out of my "WSOP mindset." Plus day 1C is a sunday, which means I can get there the day before and not miss any work during the prior week.

also this way if known pros go bust on the first/second day i will be sure to tell my family/friends "i outlasted doyle brunson."

[LearnedfromTV]

[ QUOTE ]
Yea definitely play one of the first two days because it would suck to have to play for 7 straight days

[/ QUOTE ]

You get two days off no matter what. Everyone gets Thursday and Day 2 is split Tu/Wed.

I haven't found out yet but I'm ranking the days in reverse order with Monday first. That way I can still work Friday, settle in over the weekend, play some cash games, and then play M/W/F if I make it that far. I think psychologically it will be nice to have seen how the other Day 1's went, plus if I bust Day 1 or 2 at least I prolong the experience as much as possible. I'm going to be there for the whole week regardless, would like to still be in the tournament for some of that time.

[ QUOTE ]
also this way if known pros go bust on the first/second day i will be sure to tell my family/friends "i outlasted doyle brunson."

[/ QUOTE ]

lol. This was my strategy to make my Party Poker Million V experience seem a lot cooler when I told my friends the stories.

In any case, I prioritized my choice for Day 1 as follows:

1st choice - Day 1b
Reason: Friends/family will definitely be able to be there for the entire day to watch me.

2nd choice - Day 1c

3rd choice - Day 1d

4th choice - Day 1a

[Solitare]

I went with 1B/1C/1A/1D and got 1B.

I'm arriving on Thursday and I wanted at least one day to get used to the environment, but I didn't want to wait four days before playing.

[po-Jay-to]

My rule for ranking in a tournament is:
Everyone from the first one knocked out to the bubble boy are all TIED ...FOR LAST PLACE.

Therefore, if Doyle is busted in day 1 a,b,c, or d. You will be tied with him.

[boo5000]

He used the term "outlasted" - a great spin on it and certainly acceptable. If Doyle is out before he was in a temporal sense he has "outlasted" him.

I'd be telling people that too. But they would know, as I would be at the FT [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Yuv]

1C/1B/1D/1A. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't give me 1A. I got the first day in the PCA and the jet leg killed me. Come on Harrah, give me a freaking break.

1C will be perfect. Plenty of time to get settle, to understand that i'm at the [censored] WSOP, maybe play a few hours of live poker to calm my nerves and bust on the first hand with AA vs KK.

[MicroBob]

[ QUOTE ]

You get two days off no matter what. Everyone gets Thursday and Day 2 is split Tu/Wed.

[/ QUOTE ]


Correct. Some of those in this thread need to look more closely at the schedule.

Also, I don't know whether all 4 days will fill up but I think it hardly matters for this Q.


anyway - the schedule:

July 28 - day 1a
July 29 - day 1b
July 30 - day 1c
July 31 - day 1d
Aug 1 - day 2a (1a and 1b survivors)
Aug 2 - day 2b (1c and 1d survivors)
Aug 3 - everyone gets a day off
Aug 4 - all survivors combined. 1600 players remaining play down to 600


link to WSOP site