A different Main Event experience

Please go read the two-part blog post from my friend Dominic about his first WSOP Main Event. The combination of his skill as a tournament player and good first table draw enabled him to acquire and then maintain a big chip stack through the first three days--quite a contrast to my experience being handcuffed and surrounded by talent. It all came crashing down for him--as it eventually does for all but one player--but not until he had made it into the money on day 4. He writes poignantly about how it all felt.

http://nolimitdoc.blogspot.com/2011/07/wsop-2011-main-event-day-1-highlights.html

and

http://nolimitdoc.blogspot.com/2011/07/pain-is-so-close-to-pleasure-wsop-main.html