This WSOP (Las Vegas) guide is strictly for beginners or first timers. Without wasting too much time talking about history or tournament rules, there are basic things you must know and do before to increase your chance of winning.

1. Watch Rounders. Teddy KGB will teach you everything you need to know.
2. You must work out. You have to increase your strength on your back and ass muscles. You don’t want your back and ass pain to influence your decisions.
3. Get a good sleep or rest. It is going to be a long day.
4. Make sure you eat well before the tournament. Don’t let your hunger influence your decisions.

Salute to Warriors Tournament

This tournament was my second WSOP tournament in my life and sixth time playing Texas Hold’em in maybe 15 years except for a short period of playing online to refresh right before my first WSOP tournament. I know that the money doesn’t matter in the end, but I was there for the money. What a predicament I was in! Unfortunately, I finished at 924 out of 4478 participants. I wasn’t able to cash out, but it was fun while it lasted. I also learned what is new in the poker world.

I had a few experienced players on my table who was somewhat mocking the way I played my hands at times. Nevetheless, I think I didn’t do too bad in my opinion considering my years of missing in action. I was cool as long as I didn’t look like a bum in the place because I saw way too many poker players who look and dress like bums. They must be way too busy winning all that money from poker that they don’t even have time to shower. What are they doing with all that poker money they’ve been winning? They can’t even afford a WSOP merch like a hat or t shirt? And what is up with this fashion trend of poker players dressing and looking like bums? Some of them even look like those serial killers from parks. You don’t need a stylist. Just look at my man from Atlanta at my table who was a part of the Alligator Blood crew. He had nothing fancy. He had a plain clean t shirt, pants, kicks and a WSOP hat, and he didn’t look like a bum. So why is it so difficult for many young cats to not look like bums when playing poker?

If some of these cats from backpack mafia are so confident about their poker skills, then they wouldn’t have any issue accepting my challenge. And that challenge is heads up no limit hold’em under one condition – the loser has to die after losing all their chips. Would they accept the challenge? Most likely not. But why not? If they are that great of poker players, it shouldn’t be an issue to put their lives on the line. I must warn these backpack mafia cats though. If I end up winning, I will go Zero Dark Thirty on these cats. They will be tortured for days or weeks. I will make sure to keep them alive as long as possible. LMAO. This is the difference between these bum looking young computer nerds and real OG poker players and gamblers.

WSOP is an extension of the gambling world. It provides a safe and fun environment where anyone could participate without having to worry about cheating and getting beaten up while playing cards. Unfortunately, there are many white kids or poker players who got this all twisted and they have no respect at all. I can’t really blame these numbnuts since nobody gave them any proper training and education. This gambling world or club is one of the most inclusive club in the world. Anybody who watched Bruce Lee’s Enter The Dragon would know this. There is no such thing as racial, age, gender or language barrier. Many of these numbnuts will never be able to reach the levels or get the respect of well known public poker figures just by how they are conducting themselves at the tables. I wouldn’t say that there are unwritten rules, but there are some things you just don’t do as poker players and gamblers. All the OGs know and they respect the code. I could easily tell that these new numbnuts never gambled or played cards on the street, hidden backrooms and etc. If

One thing that caught my attention was somebody complaining about a dealer being slow and WSOP not training the dealers. That had to be one of the dumbest thing I’ve heard from a poker player. Why would WSOP train the dealers? I think some of these guys need to understand the basics of business and logistics of WSOP. With the amount of events going on in WSOP, do you really think WSOP will employ all these dealers full time and train them? OGs know this and they will never put dealers on blast or disrespect them. If there is an issue, you find the proper channel or way to address your gripe. WSOP has to call upon those who already retired from dealing every year, so numbnuts can participate and play in these events. Being a poker dealer is not a prestige career option. Be respectful to the dealers and leave them alone.

I made mistakes for sure throughout the tournament, but those miscalculations I made with some of those hands and calls were nothing. I realized I made the biggest miscalculation when the organizer talked about veterans and asked all the veterans to stand up. When I looked around the room, there weren’t many veterans playing in the tournament. I honestly thought this tournament was going to be full of veterans and retirees playing cards and shooting the sh!t. That was definitely not the case. It was full of sharks, pros, solver heads and etc from all over the world. Even just at my table, there were many multiple cash out winners.

If I played this tournament like I was playing with a bunch of friends in high school, I probably wouldn’t even be able to make it to level 5. Once I realized this was going to be a hard fought battle from the start to the end, I had no other choices but to adapt to the situation. These players on my table were pretty much pros with heavy years of experiences. Some of them probably eat, piss, shit, sleep and play poker. Even ladies, old and young, were sharp and they were not playing around. And there I was, someone who pretty much stopped playing cards for a long time.

Lady luck was not with me all throughout the tournament. She left me without saying goodbye. Here is one tip that I will share regarding how I was able to last that long among poker pros and etc. Truthfully, on the paper, I had no chance of making the top 3000 against these players. Some of them probably thought it was all pure luck that I was able to get that far. When I was playing against these pro players, I acted like I was making mistakes on purpose at times and also I played my hands like how poker beginners would play in order to throw them off. You can only bluff so much against pros especially when you don’t have much chip stacks to play with. If you dont’t hit your flops, turns and rivers often, you’ll be packing your sh!t and going home quick. This is why you have to throw them off and make them somewhat confused, so it is not way too easy for them to figure out that you are bluffing to highjack the pot or blinds to live and die another day.

I think WSOP should create 4 more events in the future,

1. OG No Limit: Absolutely no phone or any device allowed including backpacks. If you want to listen to music, bring a Walkman or CD player. You are not allowed to look at your phone or anything at all.
2. Solvers Only No Limit: Every participant must have a laptop and use solver softwares.
3. Trash Talkers No Limit: Every participant is allowed to use whatever language including vulgar profanities and insults. Basically, foul language is encouraged to the maximum.
4. No Shower No Limit: Every participant must not shower for a week before they enter the event. Participants are not allowed to use deodorant, perfume, gas mask and etc. Only dealers and masseuses are allowed to wear gas masks and they have to be paid triple.