Welcome (Back) To Las Vegas Mr. Duckworth
Sreda, Julij 08, 2009 03:12This is all . . .
Well . . . to elaborate, it seems that I'm returning to Las Vegas for the 2009 WSOP as part of the PokerNews Live Reporting team.
It will be my third consecutive year heading over to the USA for the World Series of Poker, and my second as part of the PokerNews team. However there was a massive chance that we wouldn't be there due to the increased cost for the official rights - but after many hours of contract talks Tony G signed on the dotted line and voila . . . my flights have been booked.
It will only be Heath Chick, Tommy Kinsman and myself that will be heading over from Australia with Heath and I arriving fashionably late, while Tommy jets off early.
The Melbourne Poker Championships will be taking place from the 17th of May to the 1st June in the Crown Poker Room with both Heath and myself providing exclusive live coverage at
PokerNetwork. With the WSOP kicking off on the 27th of May it seems as though we'll miss the first week - but at least we have a valid excuse!
Flying out on Australia's new airline VAustralia in the afternoon of Tuesday the 2nd of June we should arrive on the same day, but just in a different timezone and with serious jetlag. Heath is going to fly out early once the WSOP is wrapped up but I'm planning on staying an extra three days so that when I arrive back in Melbourne I can catch a connecting flight to Queenstown, New Zealand for the next stop on the ANZPT.
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Like I mentioned earlier the Melbourne Poker Championships will be underway in a few days, and due to the value in tournaments in Las Vegas I'm consequently going to play a limited schedule of events to keep my bankroll in check (well hopefully it gets boosted quite significantly).
My plan is to play two of the Morning Series events; $120 Mixed Stud and $120 Crazy Pineapple along with the $230 Bounty Event and the $1,100 Main Event after winning a seat online at Full Tilt Poker.
Wish me luck, and I'll keep you all updated about my progress through the Melbourne Champs and then in Las Vegas!
