Thanks to all.
Wow. I have a lot of reading to do. 
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I just returned from Vegas, and I'm astounded at the amount of support you guys have been giving me on this forum. Natalie and Dave told me there were some big threads, but... wow. I can't wait to check it all out.
It'll have to wait until tomorrow night though. I'm wiped, and I have to work tomorrow at 9 am.Â
I just wanted to post something tonight, saying thanks. The other three members of TCP are all extremely nice guys. We had a great time, and their level of experience and support during the last couple of days was amazing. We all get along very well with each other, at and away from the tables, so I look forward to the next TCP road trip, where hopefully I'll be able to cheer one of them on at a final table, too.
Dave and Natalie were reading comments from the forum to me throughout the tournament. Knowing that I had this group of players rooting for me back home helped me through some tough, shortstacked, edge-of-tilt moments. Thank you.
And those of you who kind of hate me a bit because I might just be the luckiest son of a bitch on earth can take comfort in the fact that I will look like a complete ass when it gets broadcast. I didn't pick up any hands, got frustrated, let the whole overwhelming experience get to me, and I wasn't thinking clearly. People will see my plays and think: this guy doesn't know what he's doing.
However, I played the best poker of my life to get that far. And, I have 72K USD.Â
I wrote up a bunch of stuff on the plane today to post here. I'll get to it tomorrow night, I think. Until then, one more time, I'm very glad to be part of a forum like this, where people are genuinely excited for you when you win. In a world that has its fair share of bitter poker players, this forum is truly a gem.
Thanks.
 I just returned from Vegas, and I'm astounded at the amount of support you guys have been giving me on this forum. Natalie and Dave told me there were some big threads, but... wow. I can't wait to check it all out.
It'll have to wait until tomorrow night though. I'm wiped, and I have to work tomorrow at 9 am.Â
I just wanted to post something tonight, saying thanks. The other three members of TCP are all extremely nice guys. We had a great time, and their level of experience and support during the last couple of days was amazing. We all get along very well with each other, at and away from the tables, so I look forward to the next TCP road trip, where hopefully I'll be able to cheer one of them on at a final table, too.
Dave and Natalie were reading comments from the forum to me throughout the tournament. Knowing that I had this group of players rooting for me back home helped me through some tough, shortstacked, edge-of-tilt moments. Thank you.
And those of you who kind of hate me a bit because I might just be the luckiest son of a bitch on earth can take comfort in the fact that I will look like a complete ass when it gets broadcast. I didn't pick up any hands, got frustrated, let the whole overwhelming experience get to me, and I wasn't thinking clearly. People will see my plays and think: this guy doesn't know what he's doing.
However, I played the best poker of my life to get that far. And, I have 72K USD.Â
I wrote up a bunch of stuff on the plane today to post here. I'll get to it tomorrow night, I think. Until then, one more time, I'm very glad to be part of a forum like this, where people are genuinely excited for you when you win. In a world that has its fair share of bitter poker players, this forum is truly a gem.
Thanks.
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Bill Webber
I was there through the whole marathon, sweating every hand. It sucks to get card dead at the final table but thats ..........
Great job though.
Rob.
final table experience.
Personally, its about as close as i'm ever going to get and I enjoyed going along for the ride all the way to 2:00 a.m.
"For those of you that might hate me a bit"...let us know who they might be...they'll get a chip in the eye.
IronDoc beat me to it, and I can't say it any better than he did.
Devin, you're always kind enough to chat with those of us, who often railbird your 30/60 games, or your tourneys. Â I've said on more than one occasion that this forum has improved my game, in many ways. Â But, it's also made some great virtual acquaintances, some of whom I've also been fortunate enough to meet and play a bit of poker with in person.
I'm very much looking forward to reading your thoughts on the past week. Â But, until then, please rest up. Â You deserve it!! Â
macbb
P.S. Probably too early to ask this, but have you decided if you will make the trip back to Sin City in July??
Following the updates and reading the forum had me on the edge of my seat, we were all behind you 100% and were quite proud that we could have the opportunity to cheer you on to an amazing accomplishment.
I normally trade 20% with Ralph. He didn't play the limit event, but bought 10% of me. I thought to myself, "I should trade that other 10% with Devin," but I didn't. Sigh...
One of the WHOLE points of Team Canuck is to make poker a shared experience. It's a lonely, difficult place to be when you are not winning. And, it a lot more fun to win when you have someone cheering for you, not because they have a piece of you, but just because they genuinely want to you to win. So, next to my own experience of making the money at the WSOP, the next most fun I have had at the WSOP is watching, and cheering for Devin and Bob. When they hit the bubble I was back in the hotel, tired and grumpy. Ralph called me. I got up, got dressed, and went back over to watch my friends win. It was cathartic and cheered me up. Yesterday, returning to Saskatoon stuck for about $8,000 was OK, becaue "we" won. And, that's the whole point of being a team.
This moves Devin into second place in the Team Canuck WSOP all time money list.
(1) Bob over $120,000
(2) Devin $73,000
(3) Dave $45,000
(4) Ralph less than $45,000.
Way to go!!
ScottyZ
I personally can't wait for the next BIPC, so I can come back to your apartment and administer a beating on you, and then brag to everyone that I just beat a World Series of Poker final tablist. (I am not even sure that is a word, but its sounds pretty cool...hey, just because you didn't get the bracelet, you could still print up Tee-shirts: "I am a WSOP Final Tablist" or "What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, unless your are a WSOP Final Tablist, then that goes wherever the hell you do!").
Seriously, I know I was living vicariously though you and your incredible run, trying to picture what it must have felt like to be there, under the lights, on camera, making sure that the card cam can see your cards, trying not to just start smiling uncontrollably when you remember that you at a final table, playing for a bracelet. As someone who shares the same philosophy about cards, and life, as you, you have given me hope that one day, maybe even I can play at the final table of a big time poker event too.
Can't wait to read the 39 page trip report either...
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However, the reality of my situation is that I'm still a professional freelance television camera operator, despite what pokerpages, etc... may report. Right before my trip to Vegas I secured a job with what is arguably the biggest show in Canada for the next 2 months. In the freelance world, when you get these kinds of opportunities, you have to take them, not just for the sake of the present, but also for the sake of future work.
Bottom line: I can't go to the Main Event.
Does this all sound like a whole bunch of excuses? Probably.Â
I will, however, be living vicariously through Team Canuck Poker. I have a REALLY good feeling about either Bob or Dave (or both) making it REALLY deep into the money. Those guys can play. So can Ralph, but he has some important commitments, and he won't be able to play either.
Well, I don't think that the quote I dug up mentioned anything about playing the WSOP main event this year. It was just something to the effect that you would "fly back" with no mention of where you where flying back to, let alone any talk about entering a poker tournament. You're technically safe.
Bah... all of this seems to be a moot point anyway. You're yesterday's news man. I heard that someone on the forum just scored big in Simon.
Canadian Idol?
ScottyZ
Dingdingdingdingdingdingding!
TYVM witchdoctor, and thanks for the support.
Congrats, Devin. This is truly an awesome accomplishment.
You should make a poker video or something.
Get your phones shined up,
There is voting to be done.
Canadian Idol's gonna move ya.
We've got judges...
Who are craaabbyYY!
And singers who will move ya
When they belt their tunes right ooooooooouUUT!
CAN-A-DIAN I-DOL'S GON-NA MOVE YA!
ScottyZ
My guess is Canadian Idol.
ScottyZ