WSOP Final Table Preparation
I just agreed to an interesting offer. A friend of a friend is doing some coaching for one of the November 9. As you probably know, the final table of the WSOP Main Event has been set for some time. The nine guys who are still alive in the event have had almost half a year to anticipate the final table. They will regroup in Las Vegas in time to play out the final table the day before it airs on ESPN, so this year the results will not be known by all us poker players for months in advance.
It presents an interesting question for the players in terms of how they will use the time to prepare. They have already won 900k, but the top prize is $9 million. This obviously leaves a lot of money on the table — probably the most important single table of poker they will ever play in their lives. Obviously, you want to do everthing you can to be as well-prepared as you are able.
In the case of one player, his prep is going to include two days of simulations of the final table. His coach is going to set up situations and have other poker players play the roles of the other final table members. How do I know this? I’m going to be one of the guys who plays the role of one of the villains. I’m not at liberty to name the player or the coach, but I think it should be an interesting couple of days.
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taz115 says:
October 22nd, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Is the simulation it running live or online? Are you using the same starting stacks?
Are you being compensated? Hopefully the FTers are not giving up too much of their action to coaches. I imagine that you could prcure the sevices of a good coach for a reasonable hourly wage rather than giving up a % of your action.
Nsidestrate says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 9:26 am
The simulation is live and will recreate situations as realistically as possible. I’m a bit player in this drama and I don’t know anything about the lead coach’s compensation.
If you are one of the nine and you have the chance to play for $9 million, I guess getting some paid advice is not a bad idea. My guess is that most MTT players don’t have a whole lot of short-handed experience.
I don’t want to say anything that might potentially be a source of information for any of the other players at the final table. I will be more forthcoming once that is no longer a concern.
taz115 says:
October 23rd, 2008 at 10:55 am
Welll have fun and then let us know what happened after the FT