Jeff Platt Finishes 203rd in the World Series of Poker Main Event: A View From the Rail

By , September 28, 2014

(Editor/Writer’s Note: Well, this one sort of got away from me in length. I considered making massive cuts and edits to make it more “readable”, but figured I’d leave it as is. Considering that only the most loyal of Jeff Platt and/or Dave Consolazio fans will make it all the way to the end, just had two quick things to get in: 1) Skip ahead to “Day 4” if you are the type of reader that likes to get straight to the “action”; that and the sections following it are the “meat” of this article. 2) If you found this article via an internet search of Jeff Platt, welcome! Make sure to follow him on Twitter at @jeffplatt before you go. Without further ado, here goes!)

The Redemption Trip

We were calling it our “redemption trip”.

The first Las Vegas poker trip of the summer did not go according to plan as we met up for the weekend of May 30th and couldn’t find a single tournament cash between us. We’d had a blast that weekend, as Jeff and I always do in Vegas, but our good times were found in the sportsbook and on the blackjack and craps tables, not on the poker tables we’d centered the trip around.

So why not return for the week of the $1500 WSOP Monster Stack on June 26? It was a brilliantly structured tournament offering hour-long levels and an unprecedented 15,000 chip starting stack. Short of the Main Event (which had a $10,000 buy-in far above our bankroll), this looked to be the crown jewel of poker tournaments.

We would set out to find redemption for our poor performance last time around. We set the game plan to avoid non-poker gambling and alcohol and focus all of our energy on poker, most specifically this tournament. This was our shot.

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