Main Event Blood Bath
At the Cabana at Mandalay the day before Monkey and I were talking about how bad you'd have to run to bust the Main Event early. I said I'd need a lot of coolers/bad beats. Maybe three or four massive ones. Don't tempt the poker gods with hubris. They showed me exactly how many I'd need to run through a 50k starting stack. This will not be me this year. ( Another bit of hubris, I've had friends post hand histories usually turning monster stacks into crumbs late in a tournament, and I admit I suspected they were somewhat made up or at least exaggerated. Part of me just didn't believe they could run so bad. Well, now I'll believe anything. This run bad may sound unbelievable but I did live it. Just gross). I had to Curb My Enthusiasm What a day. Crushing spiritually. Kept saying this will turn-- it has to turn. And part of me loves running bad early, because if I survive, and I keep surviving the potential is...