Managing Your Mind

May 10th 2008

 

Storm NL Texas Hold’em Tournament at Riverwind Casino at Norman, Oklahoma

 

Buy-in: 1000 USD

 

will play this before going to WSOP.

	No-Limit Event List for WSOP 2008 (corrected)
Buy-In	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
1000(r)		5( 3-day),  44(3-day)
1500	52 (3-day), 32(3-day)		36 (3-day)		27 (3-day), 39 (3-day), 49 (3-day)	2 (4-day)
2000			7 (3-day)	48 (3-day)
2500						13 (3-day)
3000						29 (3-day)
5000			21 (3-day)
10000				54 Main Event (13-day)

 

 

 

When: May – July 2008

Where: Rio Casino, Las Vegas

What: The biggest poker tournament series in the world

 

Since I’ve been playing No-Limit Texas Hold’em most of the time since I started poker 7 month ago, my best shot is no doubt No-Limit Texas Hold’em.

 

I originally planned to play the 10,000 dollars buy-in main event (Event 54). The main reason is that that is the biggest event, with wide ESPN appearance, well-known event. You can tell mom "I am on ESPN" even when you lose. 🙂 Naive, Right? but yes, that was what I thought.

 

Things changed. I bought a house and is short of money for the 10K buy-in. (I can still afford it, but that will take a too big bite of my pocket, and thus will affect my play in the game) Now the plan is to play a cheaper buy-in, shorter event. If I make it, I can still go ahead to play the 2 week long main event.

 

All of the No-Limit Hold’em (non shootout, full table) events are: Event 2, 5, 7, 13, 21, 27, 29, 32, 36, 39, 44, 48, 49, and 52.

 

Here’s a complete list of the buy-in and days of play:

 

	No-Limit Event List for WSOP 2008 (Table contains Error, see next post)
Buy-In	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday
1000			44 (3-day)
1000(r)		5( 3-day)
1500	52 (3-day)	32 (3-day)		36 (3-day)		2 (4-day), 27 (3-day), 39 (3-day), 49 (3-day)
2000			7 (3-day)		48 (3-day)
2500						13 (3-day)
3000							29 (3-day)
5000			21 (3-day)
10000				54 Main Event (13-day)

 

(r) means re-buy/add-on allowed.

 

All No-Limit hold’em events start at 12PM. Money wise, I prefer a 2000-3000 game, not too big and not too small. Just enough to take a shot. Time wise, I prefer an event starting on Thursday, Friday or Saturday. This way I can take fully use of the weekend and reduce the vacation hours off work. This would limit my choices to Event 48 and Event 13.

 

Let’s take a further look of these two events:

 

1. No-Limit Hold’em (Event 48) No Rebuy/Add-ons  Fri, Jun 27th. 3-Day Event. 2000 Dollars buy-in

Players begin with $4,000 in Tournament Chips. All levels will last 60 minutes. Breaks will be every two levels and last 20 minutes. Dinner break will be at the end of level 6 and last 90 minutes. Play will continue on Day 1 until the completion of level 10. Play will resume at 2 PM on June 28, 2008, and play down to the final table. Day 3: Final Table at 2 PM. 6.3% of the total entry pool will be withheld for entry fees, and 2.7% of the total entry pool will be withheld for tournament staff.

2007 Reigning Champion
BLAIR RODMAN $707,898
Number of 2007 entries: 2,038

2. No-Limit Hold’em (Event 13) No Rebuy/Add-ons  Sat, Jun 7th. 3-Day Event. 2500 Dollars buy-in

Players begin with $5,000 in Tournament Chips. All levels will last 60 minutes. Breaks will be every two levels and last 20 minutes. Dinner break will be at the end of level 6 and last 90 minutes. Play will continue on Day 1 until the completion of level 10. Play will resume at 2 PM on June 8, 2008, and play down to the final table. Day 3: Final Table 2 PM. 5.6% of the total entry pool will be withheld for entry fees, and 2.4% of the total entry pool will be withheld for tournament staff.

2007 Reigning Champion
FRANCOIS SAFIEDDINE $521,785
Number of 2007 entries: 1,013

In case of neither event available, I would choose a $1500 buy-in game.

————————————附：Complete 2008 WSOP schedule————————————

Date	#	Tournament	Buy-in
May 30	1	World Championship Pot-Limit Hold’em	$10,000
May 31	2	No-limit Hold’em	$1,500
Jun 2	3	Pot-limit Hold’em	$1,500
Jun 2	4	Mixed Hold’em (Limit/No-Limit)	$5,000
Jun 3	5	No-Limit Hold’em w/ReBuys	$1,000
Jun 3	6	Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better	$1,500
Jun 4	7	No-Limit Hold’em	$2,000
Jun 4	8	World Championship Mixed Event	$10,000
Jun 5	9	No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed	$1,500
Jun 5	10	Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better	$2,500
Jun 6	11	No-Limit Hold’em Shootout	$5,000
Jun 6	12	Limit Hold’em	$1,500
Jun 7	13	No-Limit Hold’em	$2,500
Jun 7	14	World Championship Seven Card Stud	$10,000
Jun 7	15	Ladies No-Limit Hold’em World Championship	$1,000
Jun 8	16	Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better	$2,000
Jun 8	17	No-Limit Hold’em Shootout	$1,500
Jun 9	18	No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/ReBuys	$5,000
Jun 9	19	Pot-Limit Omaha	$1,500
Jun 10	20	Limit Hold’em	$2,000
Jun 10	21	No-Limit Hold’em	$5,000
Jun 11	22	H.O.R.S.E.	$3,000
Jun 11	23	No-Limit Hold’em	$2,000
Jun 12	24	Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha	$2,500
Jun 12	25	World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em	$10,000
Jun 13	26	Seven Card Razz	$1,500
Jun 13	27	No-Limit Hold’em	$1,500
Jun 14	28	Pot-Limit Omaha W/Rebuys	$5,000
Jun 14	29	No-Limit Hold’em	$3,000
Jun 15	30	World Championship Limit Hold’em	$10,000
Jun 15	31	No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed	$2,500
Jun 16	32	No-Limit Hold’em	$1,500
Jun 17	33	World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better	$5,000
Jun 17	34	Pot-Limit Omaha W/ReBuys	$1,500
Jun 18	35	Seven Card Stud	$1,500
Jun 18	36	No-Limit Hold’em	$1,500
Jun 19	37	World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better	$10,000
Jun 19	38	Pot-Limit Hold’em	$2,000
Jun 20	39	No-Limit Hold’em	$1,500
Jun 21	40	World Championship H.O.R.S.E.	$50,000
Jun 22	41	Mixed Hold’em (limit/no-limit)	$1,500
Jun 22	42	Seniors No-Limit Hold’em World Championship	$1,000
Jun 23	43	Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better	$1,500
Jun 24	44	No-Limit Hold’em w/ReBuys	$1,000
Jun 25	45	2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)	$2,500
Jun 25	46	No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed	$5,000
Jun 26	47	Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better	$1,500
Jun 26	48	No-Limit Hold’em	$2,000
Jun 27	49	No-Limit Hold’em	$1,500
Jun 29	50	World Championship Pot Limit Omaha	$10,000
Jun 29	51	H.O.R.S.E.	$1,500
Jun 30	52	No-Limit Hold’em	$1,500
Jul 1	53	Limit Hold’em Shootout	$1,500
Jul 2	–	Ante Up For Africa	$5,000
Jul 3	54	World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold’em	$10,000
Jul 7	55	Casino Employees No-Limit Hold’em	$500

Game 1: at Houston, Saturday, 8:30 p.m.
Game 2: at Houston, Monday, 8:30 p.m.
Game 3: at Salt Lake City, April 26, 8 p.m.
Game 4: at Salt Lake City, April 28, 9:30 p.m.
*Game 5: at Houston, April 30, TBD
*Game 6: at Salt Lake City, May 3, TBD
*Game 7: at Houston, May 5, TBD

*如有必要。

 

昨天结束了常规赛最后一场比赛。今年常规赛没有姚明还能打出如此出色的成绩，我认为是火箭整体有了提升。像昨天麦蒂找不着准星的时候，scola，novak和8d2也可以稳住大梁。其他板凳，brooks，landry，也很好很强大。今年再战老冤家爵士，照样不轻松。如果输球，火箭还是能创造历史：史上第一支常规赛连胜20场却闯不过季后赛第一轮的球队。其他连胜19场以上的都夺冠了，呵呵

写几个关键词，权作日记之用

 

somerville lake, camping, independence, bluebonnet, old baylor, I-35 > US77 > TX 36, BBQ, A-Xiangpo, Dong, Windy, Bin, Gibleo, Yifei, Carol, Luozhong, DrYang, Killer Game, Yes-No-Question-reasoning-horror-story game, 真心话大冒险未遂game, unwelcomed neibours invade, Chongqing forrest, unlicensed driver 70 mph, Winstar, missed blackjack tournament, wii, bonfire, haired trees, all-around restrooms.

 

 

救市 – 现在国内股市大跌，从6000多点抽水到3000出头，经济学家和广大股民都在纷纷讨论救市。这个讨论都基于什么时候救市，怎么救市，救到多少。很少看到有人出来研究“该不该救市”的。大概是大家都认为这已经不是问题了吧：既然跌了50%，就一定要救。可我老觉着，股市应该反映一个国家的经济总量，应该在实际经济水平上下波动但不应超出太多。如果现在经济水平就是2500点，那即使3000点也是高了，何“救”之有？勉强把它“救”上去，以后还不是一样得跌啊。 赔本的股民心情可以理解，其实我赔的更多，可是既然来股市赌博，就做好了接受风险的准备，有什么大不了的

 

达-赖 – 最近超级火的一个老师。这个老师还有一个极其特殊的身份：唯一获得过诺贝尔奖的中国人。没错，1989年达×赖获得诺贝尔和平奖。杨振宁，丁肇中和崔琦们，都是美国人。不怎么提的高行健，是法国人。只有达老师，是中国国籍的硒蔵人。这个和我们有不同的政治理念并为之奋斗终生不惜颠沛流离的老师，是个值得尊敬的，有着诺奖这等至高荣誉的对手。