First, I am changing the contest rules to Buy the Coach.

Second, I am officially over my spiralling depression.

I had a nice talk with my dad - he’s always there when things are messed up in my life and I think I’m always there for him, though I routinely miss birthdays and anniversaries and neglect to keep in touch sometimes - and I paid my bills and my taxes. Then I came up with an idea to ROCK my coverage of the WSOP Main Event final table AND my contest.

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A couple days ago, I announced the start of the Blog’s third essay contest, Buy the Coach. Maybe the process of explaining how you’d prepare for the final table of the WSOP Main Event is a daunting one or you’re taking admirable care in crafting your entries, but I haven’t gotten very many responses.

I’m giving away three $200 + $16 buy-ins to the FTOPS X Turbo NLHE event on November 11. Right now, it looks like your chances of winning are excellent - if you enter.

I’m trying to maintain some equilibrium in my life because, after all, results-oriented thinking should be discouraged in poker. The key is to play well all the time. The results will follow, but not always equal to the quality of your play.

That’s the theory, anyway. But results feel good - or bad. Getting aces cracked doesn’t pay any bills. In fact, for the most part I can’t even WRITE about losing the way I can about winning.

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Dear Uncle Tilty:

Nobody can say it hasn’t been a rocky road for us lately. The World Series was a disjointed mess. London was a disaster. When I look back on it, I think some of the writing was good, but there were definitely times I wanted to quit, and probably some times where I should have been fired.

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NOTE: THIS CONTEST IS BEING MODIFIED. SEE #572.

The Full Tilt Poker Blog - Essay Contest 3
BUY THE COACH

You’ve made the Final Table of the Main Event of the 2008 World Series of Poker. Congratulations!

But don’t rest on your laurels. You’ve made $900k but there’s up to $8.1 million more on the table. With almost four months between making the final table and playing it out, you have an unprecedented opportunity to improve your chances.

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