I just monied in a WSOP event

Big huge asterisk.

Albert and Derek busted out of Event #2 in fairly short order. I don't think either of them saw Level 4. After a sweet session of $4/8 limit at the Bellagio, Albert and I played in the $225 Second Chance tourney that started at 11pm.

My ticket says that it was WSOP Event #53. June 27, 198 players, $38412 in the prize pool. Twelve and a half grand to first, and top 18 paid.

I finished 17th, just inside the money. It was my first ever casino tourney money finish - I've only played in about a half dozen of them. 17th paid $384.

I just shared a sixer of Heineken Light with the guys to celebrate. I know I feel way too happy about my money finish... that people wipe their ass with four hundred bucks around here. But for a guy that doesn't have an online MTT win, or a prior casino money finish, it feels really nice. The question during the tourney wasn't "Did you play in Event #2?" but "When did you bust out of Event #2?" I'm pretty sure it's a big tell when you announce to the table that you're in this tourney because you had a very good session of $4/8 limit earlier that day.

And I played pretty damn well too. I think I busted out at 5am.

So I'm not lying, only stretching the truth to the breaking point, when I tell people that I monied in a WSOP event.

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