Countdown to WSOP 2007!

In exactly eight weeks time, I will be in Vegas for the 2007 World Series Of Poker.

My flights and accommodation are booked. This time I have opted to stay at the Candlewood Suites to the East of the Strip. This has multiple advantages compared to the IP, where I stayed last year. It has free WiFi, so I won't waste at least an hour per day heading to the Starbucks on Tropicana to update my blog. It is right on the intersection of Paradise and Flamingo, which is a far more convenient location for zipping from casino to casino, without having to sit in the 24 hr traffic jam on the strip itself. Best of all, I am staying for 6 nights for free with my Priority Club Points!

This year, I have decided to play in the $1,500 buy-in Mixed Holdem Event of the WSOP on Sunday 24th June. Mixed Holdem alternates between 30 minute session of first Limit, followed by No-Limit at each blind level. The 24th is also the day that the $50k HORSE Event begins, which is the highest buy-in event in world poker. This will mean that the very top stars will not be playing in my event, but it will be fun to be playing in the same room as the HORSE Event, with all of the media circus that will go with it.

On the poker front, I am playing mainly NL these days. I had a period playing sit'n'go's for a while, and these days I am mainly multi-tabling 50c/$1 NL full ring games, with a very tight style, which seems to be solidly profitable, albeit with wild swings.