Picking a WSOP Event

Well, I survived Toronto, which was really quite nice, and am back in NY City through New Year's. I have been playing online at FullTilt lately. In chatting with players and railbirds I have been asked to comment on a variety of topics. One topic that seems to come up often is questions about the upcoming WSOP, and which if any events are worth playing.

I think there are a lot of factors to weigh when deciding which events to play. Obviously, you want to play the events that you are strong in, or that you want to gain experience in. We all play to win and being competitive is what gives the best chance of succeeding. The large field no limit events are some of the best events for several reasons. One being that the fields in being large, contain many players who are inexperienced and not as skilled as the small field, large buy in events. In general the larger the buy in, the stronger the field, with the one major exception being the WSOP main event.

Another factor that must be weighed, is the size of the bankroll you want to risk. Are playing satellites included in your formula? I still like to play satellites for the larger buy in events, even if I am going to buy in anyway. I think satellites can represent a good value, in that the satellite field is weaker than the tournament field. For the last event at the 5 Diamond which, was 15k to enter, I played to satellites and made it on the second one, which put me in for $3,160 instead of $15,600. Although I only made the bottom cash of $21,000, it still a good ROI based on the reduced cost of entry.

So if you can only play 1 or 2 WSOP events the $1,500 no limit tournaments are a pretty good value, and if you can find a way in, either by satellite, buy in, partnership, or other means, the WSOP main event is the big one.

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