As long as you are not grinding one month in Las Vegas seems to fly past. I am looking after just over 1000 WSOP registrations, and we are already at event number 46, from a total of 61. The number of European players is now steadily increasing and we have seen seven bracelets that will be heading back over the pond. There have been a couple of near misses and deep runs, most notably from JP Kelly and Neil Channing who is one of 19 players left in event number 44.
The logistics behinds the scenes are something to behold. It takes an army of permanent staff, contractors and interns to make a series this size work. It does sometimes have a bump in the road, but the teamwork involved keeps it all rolling along seamlessly.
I have found some time to play poker, although its all been pretty much low end stuff due to bankroll and spare time issues. Obviously having pretty much zero on both of those items make it tough. It's all been pretty much bad beat stories, boat loses to bigger boat, kings can't beat ace queen. The high point was flopping a Royal (in spade) on level one of a Binions Classic event. The low point was only making 13bb from the hand, the high point was the round of applause when I showed.
So, one month to go and things are ramping up. Press conference to do, with some BIG news, loads of events for our partners to help with and the small matter of making sure 350 people make it into the correct day of the Main Event
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