the Rio Convention Center, 14h30 (23h30 in France)
On day 4 of the WSOP main event has been engaged half past two now, and I head to the poker kitchen: I slab, salads and call me.
I find myself in a deserted corridor: there it is, the bleeding began. The registration desk is closed from Rio, and probably the last time that this hotel welcomes the WSOP-a rumor, saying that the Planet Hollywood could become the next WSOP temple in 2011. I have trouble believing, not seeing exactly where you could cram all the poker tables. The Rio
gradually shedded his players, the corridors are empty, and if the agony has not really started yet, this does not delay, because bleeding is severe: all the main event were eliminated from their plane today or tomorrow, the pavilion contains only the vacuum, the festival ends. This leaves an impression of lack, emptiness, that makes us say: "What ? All for this? It breaks his ass to be present every day from 11am to midnight and finally to a con before an empty hall .. . "
My favorite world champion was eliminated Vanessa Hellebuyck has lost his last coin-flip, 250 front seats to make money. Although Julien Brahic, qualified Poker770 is still in the race, the fact that Vanessa has jumped like an end in itself. She won her first bracelet in the Ladies Event early June, and a few weeks later, she was eliminated at day 4 of the main event. The circle is complete for the 2010 WSOP, as I'm concerned.
Vanessa Hellebuyck, who won the WSOP Ladies Event this year On the other hand, I'm pretty happy that it ends. It has been some days that the saturation effect is present in Las Vegas with me continuously, and the few hours of sleep and / or the fiestas with friends who were sufficient general blurring the saturation, are now inoperative. Seriously I get home, I become undrinkable: I spent my time complaining this morning ...
Bubble Time
remains full of French racing, fortunately, and hopes for a deep run are still alive, especially since a prominent cape is taken in the day: the bubble.
There is no place more hated in the world of poker main event of the bubble: the last eliminated who leaves empty pockets is presented to all the poker-room and applauded by all remaining players, who are relieved that fate is fell on another.
Even if it's only money, not life or death, I have always regarded the bull as a virtual death. We do everything we can to survive the long days of the tournament, using every weapon at our disposal: the good cards, of course, but also the power of a big stack, the persuasion of a trash-talk The fatigue of others, the advantage of position on a weaker player, the fear of an adversary that runs in our favor, fame to some, all the ingredients of a good bluff ... in a single goal: to enter the money, where we will no longer die altogether, since it will hit a little money for our efforts.
And there is the drama: it skips instead of con. And everyone stands to applaud you, thank you implicitly agreeing to be the last to die for no consideration, avoiding the supreme disgrace. I rarely saw 747 people universally love the same person or that person hate the 747 other with such intensity, even if that time is fleeting, while doing good.
When the bubble bursts, the cries of joy as well .... Photo credit: @ Kinshu clubpoker The moment Jack Eiffel launch into the microphone "Congratulations Guys, You're In The Money" will be incredible, as every year: 747 players will shout their joy in unison, and a bit mad joy invade the Amazon Room. Then the game resumes, and hundreds of eliminations will come soon: all the rugs that were in "Fort Knox" during the bubble will drop, with the effect that we know.
Towards 19h00, then there are only 4 players eliminated before entering the money-list, Jack Eiffel (Tournament Director) announced that a 90-minute break has been arranged for the players start eating. Immediate and unanimous reaction of the players: Jack Eiffel booed. Everyone would have preferred that the bubble bursts before leaving the poker room, and it is true that the short stacks are likely to have digestive problems. That said, we know that the bull may last very long, and Jack Eiffel probably did not want to send players into meal too late.
Just one hour after resuming the game, the bubble bursts, and the players let their joy: each will take at least $ 19.603. Julien Brahic, the last representative of Poker770 is just pay: it skips a few minutes after returning the money.
Julien Brahic at where he learns that he is in the money 28 other French are in the money-list, which is fairly good, some of which affect me personally, like Fabrice Soulier, Jean-Paul Pasqualini, Antony Lellouche, Gillard Germain, Julien Van Lang ... The coverage ends for me tonight, I think. I want to enjoy the three days I have left me a little stroll, including Fremont Street, where I have not yet had the opportunity to go this year. I'd be up-dated in the late afternoon on the main event, having more players to cover Poker770.
In the coming days, the agony of the 2010 WSOP will accelerate, until July 17, where there will be more than a handful of diehards who will watch the final table form. The poker world will then hold your breath until November to know the winner of the 2010 main event.
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