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Welcome one and all to the show that never ends – that’s right, it’s time for a little Reader Mail. Unfortunately, due to time constrictions, I’m going to have make this a rather brief mailbag today. The powers that be have decided to move us out of our dungeon and into gen pop at this very time, so we’re busy picking the Post-It notes off our walls and pouring out a 40 for our fallen homie. But, as they say, the show must go on. Hit us up at pokerfromtherail@fulltiltpoker.com with any comments, questions, or general concerns for our safety now that we’ve been removed from our sanctuary and forced to mingle with other “real people.” On to the show:
What’s the deal with the lack of big name pros with big stacks at the Main Event this year? I thought this was supposed to be the year of the pro?
If anyone’s been reading Wicked Chops recently, they know that the term “Year of the Pro” has been trademarked by those wacky bastards. So, to avoid the risk of getting into any legal troubles, let’s just refer to it as the Year the Pros Did Better Than the Previous Few Years (YPDBTPFY, for short).
With that little caveat aside, let me feebly attempt to answer this daunting question. The short answer would simply be variance. The pros have been running well in the Series thus far, but that can’t last forever. Plus, the epic size of this year’s field (the second largest in Main Event history), means that the sea of donkyfish (thank you for that one Pauly) is much harder to navigate. Every player is a landmine, and your ass risks getting blown up whenever you attempt to step on one of them. Then again, the $9 million first-place prize is certainly worth the risk of losing a few limbs.
We’re also still fairly early in the proceedings. I have no doubts that a few pros will build a big stack over the next few days and we will once again be discussing whether or not this truly is the year of the pro. Whoops, I meant the YPDBTPFY. Please don’t sue me Chops, I’m ever so insignificant…
Do you ever get the feeling that someone’s watching you? I’m not paranoid or anything, but I think they’re spying on me…
Let’s just file this one under “Why drugs are bad” and move on…
Hello, my name is Svetlana, your new mail order bride. Thank you for your purchase, I look forward to seeing you very soon.
Whoops, don’t know how that one got in there. I must’ve been looking at the wrong inbox…
I just saw that the FTOPS IX schedule has been released, why does it pretty much look the same as the last FTOPS?
Why mess with success. If something ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Yada, yada, yada. If you don’t like it, go play on somewhere else…
(Editor’s note: please disregard the preceding paragraph. One Angry Monkey is obviously high on whatever fumes he’s been huffing today. We would like you to know that we do our best to provide an FTOPS schedule that’s appealing to as many of our players as possible. Full Tilt Poker – we care a lot!)
Until next week…
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