2005 WSOP - Pokerforum.ca Qualifiers
2005 WSOP
This thread is started to keep track of our progress in sending players to the WSOP. This initial thread will keep track of all the different ways you can qualify (online or otherwise). If you find something that I don't have listed here, please email me the details and I'll include it.
Beneath that, feel free to add your own personal thread, stating how much your budgeting for qualifiers along with how you're doing so far.
QUALIFYING EVENTS
Poker Stars
No qualifiers... yet
Party Poker
No qualifiers... yet
etc...
QUALIFIED PLAYERS
None yet!
Comments
Zithal's been playing poker for a whole year! Being that I still needs a lot more tournament experience, I'm keeping my WSOP budget to a simple $100. If I can get in on that, great! If not, WSOP 2006 is only a year away.
BUDGET:
$0 of $100 spent
DETAILS:
No events entered yet.
Then I'm going to play super satellites. Failing that, I'll play a single-table 1K buy-in satellite. If, after all that, I'm still not in the Main Event, I'll sit out and play in one or two of the $1500 NL freezeouts that now run during the Main Event. Then, I'll come home, hopefully as the WSOP World Champion.
That's the plan for now... loose thoughts, no real steps taken yet, but that's how I think I'll approach it.
but seriously, last year i won one of those $5 re-buy satellites to the $560ish buy-in super satellite. Cashed that out and then devoted about $450 towards multiple different satellites, like the $33 re-buys and the $160 double shootouts. I also think i sold about $100 of the (W$) ... so that my attempt at the WSOP was a freeroll.
I'll try that this year, assuming i can actually finish my existing challenge.
My real goal is for the 2006 WSOP. There I plan on spending up to 1/3 of my bankroll (unless I win). My goal since December 2004 has been to make 1 K per month until I get there in 2006. If I win something big in the mean time I will play in 2005.
My results so far:
December + 1100.00 - Grinding at 5/10 B&M – 2/4 Online
January + 1500.00 - One B&M Tourney 2nd place – Very little time on line
February + 3800.00 - One B&M Tourney 3rd place, One in the money on line–2/4online
My biggest problem is the time to grind. At present I have only 2-4 hours per week.
If I can keep it up at 1k per month, I should have around 16- 18 K added to my existing bankroll. This means that I will do as AA is. Show up early the WSOP and play some of the supersats and some of the 1K tournaments (and wish from there).
Rob M.
deposit $500, and they give you an instant bonus of $100
you can instantly withdraw $490 and then play thier $100+10 tourny on saturdays
i tried and busted 30th of about 300 people
hmmm...i would just cash the 400 out and play ring games and build a roll with the other 100, iver never played there before though
They also have traditional super satellites and satellites to WSOP
he wins and at the end they say sir it's customary to tip a few percent. Man i only gave prima 10 cents to get here, i ain't tippin nothin.
yes, a free $100...just like that
the cashout requirements are ridiculous - to be able to cash out the $100, you have to wager $2000 - without playing no limit, it takes a looooong time to clear
thats why i used the bonus to take a shot at wsop
Don't laugh but I've been limiting my Pacific Deposits to $20 at a time. Last $20 I deposited bought me into $170 worth of tournaments and another $375 in my account before I cashed. I deposited another $20 yesterday, won my WSOP qualifier for Saturday and have $75 and growing again.
I play small time, $10NL and $50NL, I don't know it's all about killing time and playing hands for me. I don't like betting what I cannot afford to lose and I find with smaller deposits I play smarter. It's pretty sad I need a small bankroll to keep me check.
But they do let you just take your $490 back out just like that? That's interesting. Pacific tournaments are crapshoots but paying $10 for a $110 crapshoot is still pretty sweet.
I actually cashed out the whole $500 less than 2 minutes after depositing, so yes
i then took the free $100 and made about $50 at $2/4 before seeing that tourny
the tourny itself was tough, but not in regards to competition - the blinds move really fast relative to party or stars and my stack got chipped away at waiting for some decent starting hands - i played it far too tight
Hope to see someone of you in Veags
Red
INTRO: I've been playing online since March '04 and Live since January '05. I keep my games limited to low limit rings and SNG's. I've had decent results in MTT's placing 2nd twice and 4th once. I joined Pacific poker this past week and placed in the money 2 of 2 MTT's I played for a whoping $30 profit :P.
BUDGET: No specific ammount dedicated to WSOP. I keep my online budget at around $250.
DETAILS:
Nothing to report yet.
BUDGET: Right now, WSoP is a satellite thing for me. I have no intentions of a direct buy-in in the near future.
DETAILS: Yesterday I finished 1st in my Level 1 'step' tourney at RVP (Prima) and my Level 2 is loading as we speak. This one, then 4 more and I am there
Single table sats are played only on Thursdays, Registration starts at 9am and tournys begin at 10 am. more info can be found at their site. http://www.senecaniagaracasino.com/snc/pokerRoomTournaments.html
Hope to see some of you there. $40 and a dream
Red
So for those of you who absolutely must lock up your seat right away, there they are.
Not sure if the first tournaments would have harder or easier competition than usual