Posted by Big Donkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
So, the incredibly massive $25K Heads-Up World Championship starts tomorrow on FTP. It’s going to be huge in every sense of the word: a giant buy-in, an incredible field, huge interest from railbirds across the Interwebs… you name it.
And, for some reason, I really don’t care that much.
Honestly, I don’t know why this event isn’t doing more to spark my inner fan-boy tendencies – except for the fact that I’ve never really been that much of a fan boy to start with. Sure, I’ve gotten to meet some very cool people through this gig that I would never have come across in a million years otherwise, and I admire and respect the hell out of a lot of them. But do I live and die by the last big pot they took down online or their most recent cash in some big MTT? Not hardly.
The fact is, I’ve never really been the guy to go sweat someone at the table just because they’re a red pro or a name player. I’ll sweat someone if they’re a friend or if I have some sort of investment (monetary or otherwise) in the outcome, but otherwise, I’m happy enough to check in once in awhile for a quick status update and let them get on with their game while I do something more productive – like drink.
With all that said and my inner ambivalence bared to the world like the hole cards on the WPT (wow, I have to admit, that was stretching for a metaphor), there are some good reasons to follow the action this weekend. Firstly – this is a DAMNED BIG EVENT. A $25K buy-in is real money. It’s a car or twice the Captain’s annual salary. I mean, small African villages could live off that much money for at least three years.
Secondly, there is a shitload of talent in this field – and that’s not counting the 23 red pros like Ferguson, Ivey, Hansen and Lederer. I’m talking about big online pros like durrrr, OMGClayAiken, FakeSky and some donkey named FinddaGrind. All of these guys can play the game and, at these stakes, that means their cards really don’t matter that much. This is as close to hand-to-hand combat as poker gets: up close, personal, and not for the faint of heart. If you want to watch the best of the best play the game the way most of us aspire to, then this is must-see poker.
But, personally, I’d still rather be at the bottom of a bottle…
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