Tonight at the club in Clerkenwell I'm playing a £180 satellite in an attempt to win a cheap entry into the £1,500 NLH event at the WSOPE. I am considering entering the event even if I do not win the seat, but I'd put that at about 70% rather than a dead cert.
It'll be one or two tables with somewhere betwen 1 and 2 seats available (in between it would be one seat plus a cash balance for 2nd).
The line up of players - all of whom I will know I think - is going to be strong. I'm wondering what my best approach is. One approach is simply to really try to play my very best game and try to make as few mistakes as possible. This will not make up the skill & experience deficit but, still, with < 20 runners I would still have a chance.
The other approach is to try to level the field with my lunatic hat on - try to get racing and win a few coin flips and just run over the field. H-bomb them in other words.
I probaby won't decide till I sit down and "look at the whites of their eyes !"
I have never been much of a satellite player. Basically, I have mainly played events based on availability. I have certainly avoided certain events due to the high price tag, but even so I have never viewed satellites as my primary route.
My only satellite success to date was of course the $1,060 mega-sat at the WSOP in July but that was a totally different thing - the exact opposite in fact - many seats up for grabs. Here, we are looking at winner takes all more or less. On balance it probably suits me better.
We'll see. It may not last long if I go for route 2 !
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