lakeoffire says

Good luck and keep us posted. Focus.

10/29/07

Baker19 (Anonymous) says

Thanks for the update. Were there any interesting hands worth reporting?

10/29/07

tateissy says

Please keep us informed. Good luck.

10/29/07

harlem says

Dealing with long days doing the same tedious stuff can be taxing. I would recommend other tools than music
to increase the focus level. Perhaps a mental exercise like finding a spot in the room and focusing on it till you know every detail about it. All details big or small.

10/29/07

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Not exactly in the blogging mood, but feel obligated to let everyone know how I’m doing here in Niagara.

I made my 3rd straight Day 2, ending up with 33,100 at the end of the day. The starting stacks were 20,000 and blinds started at 25/50 with 90min levels. We played from noon - 12:30am or so, it was a very long day. Day 1C was today, so I had the day off. Tomorrow is Day 2 and blinds will start at 300/600/100, so I still have a playable stack.

The rest of the tournament runs on 9 hour days (including breaks) 12pm - 9pm. As I said during WSOPE, I really love shorter days. I end up getting a bit tired near the end of a 12 hour day. It’s extremely difficult to play great and stay focused for 12 hours, but 9 hours isn’t so bad.

One gripe I do have about this venue is that they don’t allow the use of mp3 players during play. Although I don’t always listen to music while I play, I still use an iPod around half the time. They can definitely be useful. Listening to music helps cure inevitable boredom while playing, helps to maintain focus, and they’re very useful when you run into annoying players that don’t know when to shut up.

That’s basically it for now, here’s to hoping Day 2 goes better than Day 1.