Hello! So, as you can understand from the title, the WPT (World Poker Tour) poker series has started in Cambodia. I haven't played in any of the series' tournaments yet, but I'm considering the possibility. However, after seeing everything and hearing the feedback, my desire is gradually fading (a few Lithuanians have come to play in this series and shared their impressions from the first tournament, and I went to see how everything looks). First of all, at least at the beginning of the series, there are very few participants. If I'm not mistaken, 40 people gathered for the warm-up tournament (there were supposed to be 2 flights for the tournament, but one didn't happen because there simply weren't enough people), and the satellite to the main event didn't even “start up” because there weren't enough people willing to play (which is relevant to me because I was thinking of trying to satellite into the main event). And I don't think it's because there's no one to play (there are definitely poker enthusiasts who like to play poker and waste money in this city), but simply due to a lack of advertising. The only tournament advertisement in the city is near the hotel, somewhere in the parking lot, half-hidden behind bushes, where you wouldn't even see it unless you were specifically looking for it. I also heard a funny story about the tournament director (this story is retold, I didn't see it myself, so it might not be exactly as I tell it). So, one of the players wanted to exchange euros for dollars and agreed with the tournament director that he would change them and play the tournament with that money. It so happened that just as the tour started, the player was still having lunch, and the mentioned tournament director approached the lunching player and said (imagine this phrase with a strong Russian accent because the tour director resembles a typical Russian thug and is of Russian origin) “go play now or I'm not going to change any money for you.” So, these are the impressions and feedback from the series, and I add a photo of what the tournament “arena” looks like. However, as the series progresses, it might surprise us in a good way, or maybe not.
And now about online poker. Currently, and probably until the end of the challenge, I will be playing tournaments with buy-ins up to 6 euros (including rebuy tournaments and satellites) because I have a mini prop bet with a friend (not about you, Algirdas). The past month completely failed to meet expectations in terms of results and game quality because I was quite exhausted and just played a lot (keep in mind that I only maintain 6-7 tables) in robot mode, but still managed to earn a few euros. Of course, I would like to complain about the run, especially in two-table and three-table tournaments, but all poker players complain about that, and no one ever says, “Oh wow, how I'm running,” so let's attribute the results to poor play and throw a bit of blame on the run 😀 and probably the most painful thing since the last post was bubbling 3 satellites where the ticket was 250 euros 🙁 By the way, from around January 15th, I will take about 3 weeks of vacation because I plan to rent a car and travel around the country, but I probably won't post entries in the blog. However, you will be able to find some videos or photos on the PokerioMokykla.com Facebook profile because I plan to upload photo/video material directly there. And as always, the sadder part at the end, the graph.
P.S. “Random” fact. I found out one interesting thing, at least for me. I met a person who is building a house here, and the standard rate for local workers is 5 dollars for 10 hours of work.
