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08-11-05, 12:57 PM
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LOL
 The WPT event is actually a $5200 tournament. The other $3800, I guess, goes towards flights, accomodations (8 nights at the Hyatt or Radisson), and all the other stuff they have planned - parties, gift bags, some tourney for ONLY the 400 people who qualified online whre the winner becomes a UB sponsored Popker Pro for a year, etc... It's going to be an awesome time. And yes, I plan to cash. Even if I just squeak into the money, it won't really be like breaking even for me - it will be like putting $6000 (or whatever it is) in my pocket. Hello! What's funny is I had emptied out my UB account a while back, before the WSOP, and Tuesday night, I threw $500 back in there, with the intention of playing in five $100 satellites for this (I actually had talked to Chip about these Aruba tourneys just this past weekend, telling him I wanted to take a stab at this along with the WCOOP stuff I've been doing). When I saw they had a $20 rebuy last night, I jumped on it. First try. Wow. I played great, but I was lucky too.... Again, not lucky in the sense of sucking out (I can't think of a single one), but lucky in the sense of when I got to the final table as a short stack and pushed in with 99, I was called by JT and my hand held up (I made quads to beat his two pair). That's the only time that comes to mind where all my chips went in the middle as a coinflip or worse... regardless, I feel fortunate. The final hand, for example, we both got all in with top pair (K). My kicker was a T and his was a 2. HOW a 2 didn't hit the board on the turn or river, I will never know, but it didn't. And I'm going to Aruba! Oh, in case anyone is wondering... I did the math from the buy-ins, rebuys and add-ons.... it came to $8900. So thanks for the extra 100 bucks, UB! |
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