tables so green
So yesterday, I played in the Pot-limit Omaha high-low split event in the WCOOP at PokerStars.
1303 people entered, many of them the very best PLO/8 players in the world.
Somehow, I managed to play smart, get lucky a couple of times, not get unlucky a couple of times, and finished 70th.
Holy shit. I finished 70th out of 1303 players, many of them the best in the world.
If I hadn't suffered a really bad beat by a hand I had completely dominated pre-flop, I probably could have finished in the 30s.
CardPlayer.com even included my finish in its coverage of the event:
Actor Wil Wheaton also made it past the bubble in the tournament, landing himself a 70th place payday of $742.71.
Even though I've made it very, very deep in events before (top 20%, including 40th at a Legends of Poker preliminary event this year) it's been in events where 10% makes the money, so this was my first tournament cash. More than the money it put into my pocket (which is going directly into the fix up the house fund, with a little skimmed off the top to buy some new CDs) it took a Prove To Everyone That I Deserve To Be On Team PokerStars monkey off my back that was starting to dig its claws into my brains pretty deep.
So I'm skipping around just a little bit today.
Okay, a whole lot.
Okay, the most.
Seriously.
ROCK!!1
Placing ftw! Congrats!
Posted by:Amber J | September 27, 2006 at 03:54 PM
YOU ROXORS MY BOXORS!!!
Posted by:starshine_diva | September 27, 2006 at 03:57 PM
you are teh p0kerzor
Posted by:fire in the disco! | September 27, 2006 at 04:30 PM
you are teh p0kerzor
Posted by:fire in the disco! | September 27, 2006 at 04:30 PM
....aaaaaand apparently typekey liked your nickname so much it posted my comment twice....
Posted by:fire in the disco! | September 27, 2006 at 04:31 PM
And Lo, Wil King of the Tables was born. To Dazzle with double click and keyboard... and...
YEAH MAN! $742.71!!!
KICK ASS
Posted by:Stephen J. | September 27, 2006 at 04:35 PM
Actor Wil Wheaton?? WTF? The Wil Wheaton I know is a writer!! Congrats, dude!
Posted by:happicat | September 27, 2006 at 04:42 PM
Whoo-hoo! Congrats on your win. That is so cool that you "proved" yourself to....yourself :)
Can I borrow 5 bucks? Ha! Kidding!
You may want to watch the skipping thing....people might talk
Posted by:cryssyer | September 27, 2006 at 05:28 PM
Right on, Wil. I remember the first time I walked away from a blackjack table with more than 3 grand in my pocket...
Someday I'll make my way down and catch a game with you.
/wistful sigh
Posted by:jester | September 27, 2006 at 06:22 PM
Thats Awesome!! Good Job Wil!!! Can I borrow $200?
Posted by:Myshtuff | September 27, 2006 at 06:38 PM
Woohoo! Congrats, Wil!!
It was just a matter of time, dude.
Posted by:EdwoodCA | September 27, 2006 at 07:07 PM
Excellent job, Wil! I wouldn't even enter a PLO/8 event because I don't know how to play it well enough to make it worth the entry fee. Congrats on the great finish, and I'll see you on PokerStars soon!
Posted by:Dave Westbay | September 27, 2006 at 07:21 PM
Wooyeah! \m/
Posted by:Natalie | September 27, 2006 at 08:16 PM
Wil:
Sounds like you had a pretty good day. Anytime you are so close to being in the top 5% of any competition, it’s a productive and generally great day. So congrats on your performance. Since it appears that you had not performed that well in some other recent events (from the sense of your comments … not any direct knowledge there of course), you apparently have every reason to do a skip-around. I know what those “funds” are like. Ours is to upgrade the house and property (since nothing’s really broken right now) so we can sell it as we plan/hope to build a newer version somewhere else. Also, there’s always the college fund to be planning for …. sigh. Anyway … I nice pat on the back on your accomplishment!
Posted by:GDISTORM | September 27, 2006 at 08:29 PM
sooooooo not rigged!
Good job, Wil!
Posted by:CarolP | September 27, 2006 at 10:01 PM
Well done, sir. Now win the HORSE! :)
Posted by:Terrence Chan | September 27, 2006 at 10:01 PM
Great job Wil! Congrats on placing!
I posted in a comment before that I had no interest in poker at all... and I have to say, or admit, rather... that I sat and watched the WSoP the other night, and really enjoyed it a lot. I never would have stopped on that channel if I hadn't read your stories here, so thanks again!
Posted by:Syndelin | September 27, 2006 at 11:38 PM
Congratulations, Wil. I got the poker bug several months ago and am happy to confess that reading you is how I got interested in the first place.
Posted by:Wally | September 28, 2006 at 07:11 AM
It sucks that you had to miss your own tourney to play this one, but I would have done the same thing. Two tabling Holdem and Omaha at the same time makes my brain go blooey.
Posted by:DuggleBogey | September 28, 2006 at 08:51 AM
Kudos, Mr. Wheaton.
What do you think your chances are in the $5K HORSE? (And no, that's not meant to make me sound like a douche -- just curious. I'll be pulling for you!)
Posted by:Agent Zero! | September 28, 2006 at 06:48 PM
NH sir.
Posted by:Matt G | September 28, 2006 at 08:49 PM
so, the real question here is, which cds did you buy?
Posted by:dj empirical | September 29, 2006 at 06:43 AM
When I heard of the new law that essentially bans online gaming, I instantly thought of you and this post I had just read. What is your take on the recent ruling?
Posted by:Almost Lucid (Brad) | October 06, 2006 at 07:00 AM