and now your occasional WWdN poker tourney reminder

It occurs to me that I haven't mentioned my weekly WWdN poker tournaments at PokerStars in quite some time.

So I'm going to do that right now (no worries, this isn't a big old pokerfest entry, and I'm doing fine on my deadline: current word count is 679 out of about 1200 or so, and I'm actually enjoying what this week's column is about, so panic has given way to excitement and a touch of anxiety. Thanks for your concern, though.)

Every Tuesday night, I host an eleven dollar No Limit Hold'Em poker tournament at Poker Stars (where I'm on Team PokerStars, much to the chagrin of players who frequently tell me "u suck. y r u on da team? lol." Yeah. Awesome.) We average about 60 entrants each week from places as exotic as Germany and Santa Barbara, and typically pay out the final table. It's a lot of fun, with varying levels of competition (though it's a much tougher game than the average $10 +1 online tourney) and one of the most friendly and enjoyable groups of people you'll ever find in an online game.

To find the game, log on to PokerStars and click the Tourney tab in the lobby. Once you're there, click the Private tab, and sort by name to find the WWdN Invitational. The password is always monkey and the buy-in is always $11 +1. We always start at 8:30 Eastern time. If you knock me out of the tourney, you get the next week's tourney named after you.

A few weeks ago, I started adding a 2nd chance tournament with a later starting time for people on the West Coast, with a twist: the buy-in is only $5 +.50, and we play a different game every week. If you knock me out of this one, you not only get the next week's game named after you, but you also get to choose the game we play. So far, I've final tabled and bubbled all but one of them. Just like the other tourney, it's in the private tab, and called WWdN: 2nd chance funtimes. The password is also monkey, and the start time is 10:30 Eastern. I think we're playing pot-limit omaha this week, which is one of my favorite games.

Incidentally, I've just discovered that you can play poker in Suomi. I, for one, welcome our new Finnish poker overlords.

Comments

[Mad Monk]

I was gonna post this response in your last post, but hey? Any good blog entry can use a good Sideshow Bob quote:

"By the way, I'm aware of the irony of appearing on TV in order to decry it, so don't bother pointing that out."

[Dave Westbay]

Now that Card Squad is retired, I was wondering where and when you would pimp your tourneys. I don't think I will be able to play tonight, but I may drop into the observer chat to say hello if I get the chance, and I will be playing in future WWdNs (as long as my Stars bankroll lasts).

And where will you be writing about poker now that Card Squad has joined the other extinct blogs in the ether?

[ian351c]

Wil, I know you must have a lot of pull with the brass at PokerStars so I have a request: PokerStars for Mac.

Thanks! Love your show!

[streaky]

Don't forget Evil Spock on the '1701, don't get much more exotic location than that ;)

Still looking to beat my PB in the WWdN of 2nd place, perhaps tonight is the night :D

[snowlarbear]

I got hammered.

(is it me or would that make a good tshirt?)

[AmyV]

I thought you should know that I have read your blog for quite some time (2 plus yrs, geez, is that possible!?) and I've never commented on anything BUT I wanted you to know that I am a woman & there are probably others like me reading your blog (reading but not commenting). My husband is not a reader because he probably gets sick of the "Wil Wheaton wrote the funniest thing in his blog..." :) He is a huge Trek fan though.

[ExGeekDogTrainer]

I joined PS tonight and got to watch from the last two tables - D*MN you guys play fast! I could barely keep up with watching the play, let alone tracking the chat, but it was quite enjoyable. Sorry Wil, but I really hope it wasn't me chillin' your play tonight :-/ I can't wait for next Tuesday, though I'll probably just watch again. GG to all! - g^2

[Erwin Blonk]

When you are in CET (Pacific +9/Eastern +6) these times are impossible, 4:30am in the middle of a workweek. Even the pot limit Omaha (I love pot limit Omaha, it's no limit Holdem but better, more advanced, more interesting, tougher too - just compare the average pot on the respective ring games and also notice the waiting lists), I couldn't make it.
So, Wil, if you have time, keeping in mind the pot limit Omaha is a game played in Europe, please do a Euro-friendly scheduled tourney (nl holdem is good too). Meanwhile I will do my best to join during those ungodly hours :) I have done that once but it took me days to recover.

[Astin]

I was scrambling to make it, but alas, when your C drive decides to die on you, and the SATA RAID 1 you put together to replace it is being spit on by your BIOS AND Windows, it makes it tough. Next time, host it at 4am EST so I can play when I've finally got Windows installed and patched :).

As for the observer chats Wil, from what I've seen the past few weeks, they've calmed down a bunch. Far more annoying fans asking the same damned question as opposed to the annoying haters spewing the same stupid insults. Although the "Why r u on stars? How do u get on team pokerstars?" questions still come a lot.

[Beaver1224]

I finally made it in to sweat you a while. I have to admit I was surprised at the number o' times I read: "Who is Wil Wheaton?"

I mean, if you don't know who Wil is, why are you there?

[Ingoal]

..."from places as exotic as Germany and Santa Barbara"...

*lol*

;-)

[Erwin Blonk]

"I got hammered.
(is it me or would that make a good tshirt?)"

It would, but you must have a deuce and a 7 card on it. When it's Omaha, you'd be jackhammered and the cards on the shirt would be JJ27.

[Erwin Blonk]

I forgot to mention how I got into poker: you and your blog will. You should be fristed just for that, although according to a Pokerdiagram listener, to be fristed means getting disconnected during online poker but I expand it to meaning any kind of nastiness in connection to online poker.