CardsChat WSOP Team Event 2023 - Outlast our Pros in the Colossus!

zingbust said:

Hi. I am Paul S, better known as zingbust all over the online world (that is when I used to play a lot of online.) I played from roughly 2005 - 2018 and then gave it a 5 year break, resuming only 3 weeks or so ago. I have a very tiny win rate overall, though I lost most of my online winnings due to poker rooms closing down.

I live in Las Vegas near D.I. and Decatur, 10 minutes from the strip.

I have 2 poker highlights 1) I placed very high in 2 freerolls in a row at Mansion Poker winning a seat at a TV event they called a speed poker thing. I finished 5th out of 6 players in my flight, going out when my opponent bluffed, I had to go all in shortstacked and he caught his card but what an experience! 2) 1st place in a field of 242 players at Caesars when they had a huge poker room separated off on its own by the sportsbook, It was a $200 buyin and they paid me $9K+. 3-handed at the final table lasted forever as both my opponents kept giving me a hard time for raising so much but in position and with the cards hitting me pretty well, I think I played it right. Heads up, my opponent was just a grouch, thinking he was so much better than me and I had no business making it that far. Perhaps he's right, I don't know.

Other than that, I've been up and down in tournaments having had very little cash game experience. Now, I like to go to MGM and play $1-$2 NL in the wee hours from about 3am to 6 or 7 am and I'm almost break even there after about 12 sessions. Learning as I go and now studying using youtube videos for now.

I'm 72 now. Twitter account is @paulowens782 but I haven't tweeted about poker in years.

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Debi said:

Nice - I won't be the oldest person on the team now

Welcome to the team. Check this forum for updates before the event.

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zingbust said:

Wow, thanks! Yesterday you said there COULD be a spot on the team and today, suddenly, I'm on the team! I will register well ahead of time. And I can't wait to meet you all here in this wonderful city, wear a cardschat hat and protect my cards with a cardschat card protector.

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mrflip09 said:

i used my other account on here "NORTHWICK"...........i didnt realize that until now......but still same twitter acount,,,,,,,,i used this account on here the most...sorry about that

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ChrisFoxWallace said:

I'm so looking forward to this and will be there with camera in hand as well, so wave at me if you see me and I'll get a photo of as many of you as I can.

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Debi said:

I didn't realize you have 2 accounts - I have merged them into a single mrflip09 account. You will no longer be able to access the NORTHWICK account.

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mrflip09 said:

thanks.....i didnt realize i did either until i went and looked at my account history and nothing was there from years ago.....

will there be a meet up the night before?

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Debi said:

No - we have tried to do that in the past and it just doesn't work with everyone's schedules. Most are either not there yet, are playing Sat instead of Friday or are in another event the day before. That is the case for me and a few others who are playing the WSOP Ladies event on Thursday.

However we will meet 30 minutes early before the tournament starts both Friday and Sat so I can give you guys your money and take some pics with you.

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Mortis said:

I won't be able to make it this year, but throwing this out there if any of you are looking to share a room. They have bunkbeds at the Flamingo!!

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Debi said:

I am leaving tomorrow! Very excited to get 5 days of games under my belt before we get started. I look forward to seeing all of you Friday and/or Saturday. We will likely meet each morning at 9:30 am by the WSOP sign in Paris - but that is assuming the Colossus will be played in Paris. I won't know until I arrive and can find out so check here later.

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Debi said:

I am leaving tomorrow! Very excited to get 5 days of games under my belt before we get started. I look forward to seeing all of you Friday and/or Saturday. We will likely meet each morning at 9:30 am by the WSOP sign in Paris - but that is assuming the Colossus will be played in Paris. I won't know until I arrive and can find out so check here later.

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Tammy said:

Here's our Twitter list! Subscribe to follow the team! >>

https://twitter.com/i/lists/1673824492156751872

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akhilbansal said:

Hi @Tammy ... my twitter id is @Akhil__Bansal. There are 2 '_' between Akhil and Bansal. Can you please update the list accordingly.

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