How to get tens of thousands of degenerates together.....

Today is June 1.

It is the first day of the WSOP, and the first of 55 events are kicking off.

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I'm not there....I'm still in Atlanta and have no plans to go anywhere for a while since I haven't qualified for any WSOP events (and probably won't since I don't see myself freerolling in, and I'm not planning to reload, either).

I might play live tonight, but I'm not too sure about it. Tomorrow is an all-day meeting, as well as the final CardPlayer qualifier for the Aruba Poker Classic so I may decide sleep is more important.

I qualified about a month ago for the final on Absolute Poker so that will take place tomorrow at 2:00. The qualifiers for this tournament were limited to just CardPlayer folk, so there's only 53 people in the final tomorrow. Top 9 cash, and 1st gets a nice package for the live tournament in Aruba which is also a WPT event.

Of course, if that were to happen, I'd have to reconsider my plan to not do any travel for a while. With most if not all expenses paid, I could be easily swayed.