Lowrolling My Way to a WSOP Main Event Seat
Recently, Ultimatebet.com has announced a Steps Tournament set for people wanting to win their way into the World Series of Poker. There are 10 steps to the Main Event seat and you can buy-in for as cheap as a dime. Yes, that is .10 folks. You can try and turn .10 into $10,000.
As most of you know, I am not a big NL Holdem player. I prefer limit games. However, with this promotion, I cannot pass up trying to win myself a WSOP Main Event seat. I started today and I played two tables at once. I bought into a Step 1 and a Step 2 table. Step 1 cost .10 and Step 2 cost .30. I was fortunate enough to make it heads –up in both games. As a result, I won a Step 2 and a Step 3 ticket.
Tonight, I purchased 2 Step 1 tables and 1 Step 2 table. This time, I was not quite as fortunate. I finished 3rd in two of them and 4th in the other. Fortunately, the lower steps will let you repeat them if you place 4th or 3rd. As a result, I get to try again for free.
I am going to take probably a bankroll of around $20 and attempt to make my way up the “Step Ladder” and win my way into the Main Event. If I am successful, I will truly lowroll my way to a Main Event seat.
Will I be able to do so? It is hard to say, but I think I have a good shot to do so. My game is a solid “tight-aggressive” one. I have been working on my game a bit lately in the hopes to be able to adapt some other styles. My biggest adjustment will be trying to use sheer aggression to push people off pots. Coming from a Limit Poker background, the concept of bluffing for all your chips is one I am not used to doing, but it is a necessary evil in this game.
I am working on my starting hand ranges in NL. I am trying some things out, including using more of a Limit Holdem range. Now, most of you are thinking that I would be tightening up by using this range. Actually, when I am talking about a Limit Holdem range of hands, I am thinking more of a range of hands that would be used in a loose game. Some of this sounds like elementary adjustment to some seasoned NL players, but my NL game has been very tight and in order for me to be competitive, I need to open up my range.
I know what I need to do and even know how I should implement the strategy. The key is getting myself out of my comfort zone and allowing myself to play loose. A solid limit player knows that discipline and patient play is the key to winning poker. While being patient pays off in NL to a degree, aggression pays off more in the long run. I need to get to that stage.
Part of my adapting my game boils down to spending more time at the tables, and that will be the toughest to pull off. Between my life, friends, and my writing obligations, finding time to play can be difficult. However, I need to do so.
I know this sounds like a rant about what I need to do, but I am also trying to psych myself up for my experiment. My hope is to be able to get at least 4 or 5 tickets built up to at least level 6 or 7 by sometime next month and then take my shots with them at that point.
With any luck, this summer at the WSOP, I will be playing the Main Event instead of covering it.
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