Dream Crushing Starts Now

I stole that title from F-Train. It's just so appropriate today. Day one of the WSOP. Everybody has dreams of making a run at the beginning of the series. About six weeks from now about 95% of the entrants will want to jump off of the top of the building.

I remember the first ever WSOP event I played five years ago. I had just received a bonus check from work. I had the great idea of going out and playing a $1500 donkament. Back in 2005 you started with t1500. I don;t even remember how long I lasted, maybe the 3rd level or so. Back then there was no Deep Stack Extravaganza, no Binion's Poker Classic, nothing. hell when I arrived at my first WSOP I didn't even know there was anything called single table satellites. As beginners luck happens I won the first $175 STT that I played. I remember when I was heads-up we did a save and the loser got his money back. When I won it I actually had to walk all the way back to the casino and get money out of the ATM. I remember calling my wife back home at 3am telling her that I won. Oh the sweet, innocent years. I was trying to decide between a $1500 LHE event the next day or a Razz event three weeks from then. I opted for Razz and my life hasn't been the same since. Good or bad, you decide.

Right there I got the poker bug and I haven't been able to get rid of it ever since. After I returned home from Vegas that first year I saved up as much cash as I could for the next 12 months in anticipation of the 2006 WSOP. I was able to bring out nearly 5 figures along with a healthy $4,500 sitting in my Neteller account. Looking back I sure with some of the smaller tournament series were happening back then. I might have saved some cash.

Here's to all of the broke dicks (copyright Pauly) taking their shot in 2010, I salute you!