Missing Vegas

I really don't understand how some of the pros can keep buying into so many WSOP events and not cashing. At all. I saw that Gavin Smith busted from Day 1-A of the Main Event. He said on the most recent episode of PokerRoad Radio that he has not cashed in a single event, and he's played in many of the 51 events. Financially and psychologically, how does someone accomplish this?

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I got away to Harrahs last night. I called in and got on the $2-5 NLHE list at 8:15pm, and I was #8. By 10:30pm I had moved up to #2 on the list, so I said "fuck it" and went home.

I was prepared to declare that poker was in a serious decline in the KC area, but the game lists were close to 20-deep last night.

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I've been sticking to a very strict on-line bankroll management plan. No more than than 5% of my total account for any single site on any table. I'm playing a very steady pace and things are starting to build back up. I'm keeping the bluffs and loose calls to a minimum, and it helps ease the variance. ABC poker can be somewhat boring, but its more profitable for me. Usually, I'm just happy to be playing, consideraing how busy life and work have been for me.

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I am currently reading Every Hand Revealed by Gus Hansen and Bigger Deal by Anthony Holden. I like Gus's post-flop thinking process. I like Holden's writing style, and I think this book is better than Big Deal. The problem that I had with Big Deal is that it was seriously dated by the modern poker boom. Reading about the world travels of a tournament player in the late 80's was just not exciting compared to the cash in play during the modern tournament era.

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I am seriously disappointed about not being able to take a Vegas trip during the WSOP this year. I have been following the WSOP news on a daily basis, and it makes me miss live play that much more. Even if I could not play in a tournament, I would love to teleport to the Rio and play in the cash games for two days. My goal is to make it to Vegas in June/July 2009, and possibly a trip early Winter this year if life will allow.