[CarpeDiem]

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1. What site did you win on?

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Stars

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2. What was the buyin?

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A $5.50 turbo super to a $160 Double Shootout (DS)

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3. How many entrants?

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I think close to 700 in the first, and 81 in the DS.

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4. How many times did you try and qualify for the seat?

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I believe this was my second try this year. I might have played a $33 but I can't be sure. Obviously it was not an important emphasis in my poker.

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5. If you recall, can you tell me if there were many instances where you had to put a bad beat on others during the tourney to make it all happen?

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I was all in in the first table of the DS with A2 versus AK and spiked a 2.

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6. Would you say you had good prior success in MTTs prior to winning your seat?

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No. I play cash games.

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7. Any interesting comments to share otherwise about your qualifier?

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a) It seemed pretty easy so I must have gotten hit by the deck.

b) The 8th place finisher in the DS, Doug Kim, simultaneously was playing in a $650 on Stars. After he busted in my tourney He won qualified for the ME. Eventually he finished 7th in the ME good for 2.4 million.