WSOP Recap - Now What?

Just got back from my week long trip to Vegas and I'm re-adjusting to my "normal" life. It's funny how you can play poker for 7 days straight and essentially feel like you are playing for a living and then, wham!, back to life.

If you've read any of the previous posts, you already know that I didn't get my bracelet yet. Am I disappointed? Of course. But I knew going into it that I hadn't put nearly the volume in to make it a statistically realistic goal. I've played a total of 5 WSOP events with two cashes. These are gigantic fields, so in order to win I would need to not only play my best, but also run great too.

I still have big goals for myself and still plan on winning a bracelet as well as a Circuit ring, but now is probably a good time to just chill and work on my bankroll beating the local scene. I'm gonna let the next week or so just kind of happen without setting any new goals. I need a period of time where I just play poker without any sort of extra pressure on myself. No bankroll goals, no anything. Just play, have fun and keep improving my game.

Right now I need to find a good 1/2 game and build up my roll so I'm comfortable playing 2/5. I'm certainly not worried about a skill jump at 2/5. In fact I'm sure I could crush 5/10 games. But I'm still a bit bankroll deficient and I don't want the risk of loss to affect my game. I'll also get myself on a regular schedule playing the legion tournaments. I still don't like the extra charity rake, but they improved the structure so it makes up for it a bit.

I'm also going to put together my own short tournament series. This is really where I'd have the most equity. It would be deep structures, no rake and bankroll friendly. Without online poker, I can't play $20 and $30 tournaments, but a smaller field $50 rebuy or $100 freeze out is good for now.

So the plan for now, is to not really have much of a plan. I'm just gonna let things come to me and see what happens.