And they are off! The WSOP Begins!

Well, the WSOP officially started this week and 2 events are in the books. It's great keeping up with all the action on CardPlayer (CP) and also on Pokerwire , but how I want to be out there. Would be great to play more than one event, but still, I can’t complain. Maybe next year…

Monday it was like Xmas morning. I couldn’t even imagine being out there for the first few days, the energy must be amazing… I have been listening to The Circuit on CP and reading their live tournament updates. Still getting use to the UI CP put together this year, a little to be desired, but it works. I was able to find a WSOP RSS feed that I've been using at work, very clean and the feeds are coming right from CP. Another down side to CP's updates is the not so subtle plugs for FullTilt, not just all the ad banners on the page, but the FT plugs within the updates themselves. Here’s an example:

Jennifer Harman Exits
Jennifer Harman finishes in 11th place and collects $51,155 in winnings.
Play exclusively with Jennifer at FullTiltPoker.Net.

I’m going to try and keep my family and friends posted while I’m out there and last night I found away via this blog. Just bought the wife a new phone, a Palm 700w (major phone envy, I must say) and was poking around last night and I was able to post a blog via the phone. It’s so geeky it’s cool. Hoping I make it while, I plan on posting chip counts and any big pots during breaks. Should be pretty cool…

The Poker front… Still trying for a second seat on FT. Played this past Sunday in the 200 and came up short again! Got to the final table with a nice stack, I was 2nd in chips. I ended up going out 7th, pushed a little too hard and also ran into Ks when I had Qs… Still trying and we’ll see if I can get one before the ME starts.