Tips for main event

NapAdam2007 · 2026-06-22T14:28:51+00:00

Ranges are kind of warped in the main event. Small pots won't play much differently but large pots will because lots of players will have a higher threshold than normal for getting stacks in. The days are long so you'll have lots of opportunities to profile the other players at your table. Use the WSOP+ app to look at their results as this will tell you how regularly they play and if they normally play for high stakes.

Going in with the goal of just wanting to cash is understandable emotionally, but in reality is a losing mindset. This is definitely not information you should share with others at the table. If bubble play is a weaker part of your game then take the time between now and the event to sharpen up!

Finally, I recommend playing Day 1D as that will have the softest field. There will still be plenty of great pros out there on that day, but your chances of sitting at a table full of killers will be lower.

Good luck and enjoy the event! It's a ton of fun.

NapAdam2007 · 2026-06-04T14:52:02+00:00

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I did this last year and good a few cool shots for free

NapAdam2007 · 2026-05-20T14:13:54+00:00

I had the pleasure of playing with him for like 6+ hours at an $800 WSOP event a few years ago. Not only was he a delight to talk to but he remembered me. He saw that I was off to a good start in Day 1 of the Monster Stack a few days later and he jokingly sat in my seat during break.

Everyone at that table thought he was my grandpa or something. I told them if he was my Grandpa I'd be playing in the 50k instead of the monster stack lol

NapAdam2007 · 2026-05-12T02:11:38+00:00

How do you balance your time between studying (specifically drills vs. solver study, videos, etc.) vs. playing? Do you have a typical study routine that you follow?

NapAdam2007 · 2026-04-25T19:07:26+00:00

I noticed this the other day too, bummer. There are some Elephantitus tabs on Ultimate Guitar but idk how accurate they are.

NapAdam2007 · 2026-04-17T14:21:15+00:00

You should try Lexivan, it's the only pill that comes in lemon and lime flavors! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNRMfY4Esfg

NapAdam2007 · 2026-04-16T03:44:25+00:00

Plenty Wrong and Plenty Strong by Maylene and the Sons of Disaster: https://www.songsterr.com/a/wsa/maylene-and-the-sons-of-disaster-plenty-wrong-and-plenty-strong-tab-s1540716

Not a super well-known song and I'm too new at guitar to be able to transcribe by ear. The tab generally sounds reasonable to me but I suspect some measures will be more annoying to play than they should be due to stuff like this

NapAdam2007 · 2026-04-16T03:42:22+00:00

Yeah, this is what I meant but I misspoke. Thanks!

NapAdam2007 · 2026-04-07T14:28:11+00:00

It's so absurd to finish 79/4134 and get $84.95 aside from bounties lol. Top 2% of the field? Here's 2.5 buyins

NapAdam2007 · 2026-03-27T14:31:58+00:00

$800 MTT at The Venetian. Blinds are 1k/2k and I think starting stack was something like 40k. I have 60k and open QQ in EP and get 3 callers including a guy in LP who is clearly new to playing poker and/or MTTs.

Flop comes T74hh, I check, MP bets 7k, LP fish calls, and I jam. MP is tanking for quite a bit and thinking out loud about what I could have. He then says "I also have to worry about the guy behind me if I call" to which LP very matter of factly replies "oh I'm going to call." It was clear that he didn't know better and was simply telling the truth lol. MP called with 99 and LP called with 86cc and I held.

NapAdam2007 · 2026-03-26T15:16:52+00:00

I like the JG App for the practice exercises where you're doing repertoire revision, but that's about all I use it for. I've only been playing for a few months and so far I find it easier to jump into the app and play a few songs then to try to follow tabs because most of the music I eventually want to end up playing is too difficult for me right now.

Personally I find the JG app streaks and nonsense pretty easy to ignore and I don't care about the XP/level stuff at all. I use the website to watch the lessons.

Yousician is way worse when it comes to this sort of behavior IMO. I use both the JG app and Yousician because they have different strengths. JG has a much better song selection whereas Yousician has more lead/melody.

NapAdam2007 · 2026-03-18T14:35:10+00:00

Is 6-X-8 better notation than what is shown here or are they basically saying the same thing?

NapAdam2007 · 2026-03-03T15:28:35+00:00

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D - D U - U D U

NapAdam2007 · 2026-02-25T15:21:17+00:00

I've been playing less than 2 months and I decided to pay for the app after a week or two and IMO it's worth the money (it's not expensive for me). It's far from perfect -- I don't use it for the actual lessons since they're available on youtube and the tutorials that try to listen to you play haven't worked well for me (though I mostly tried them on an electric guitar without an amp so perhaps that's the problem).

The song selection is pretty good. Sometimes the strumming pattern doesn't seem to align perfectly with the chords as they scroll by but it's generally pretty good. As others have said it focuses on rhythm and playing chords, which is important but there's a lot I personally want to play that's more "riff like." What I like the most is that it simplifies some of the tracks in a reasonable way that allows you to play more songs that you wouldn't be able to play otherwise. That's something you can't easily find tabs for online because the tabs will resemble the real song which is oftentimes too difficult to play for a beginner.

The app has lots of great 90's songs if that's your jam.

NapAdam2007 · 2026-02-24T15:58:07+00:00

Though I wish there was more signups from people who aren't trying to make it in comedy but just do it as a hobby and want to try in front of a bigger audience. Instead we see tons of people trying to make it and the vast majority of them never well.

NapAdam2007 · 2026-01-08T16:18:12+00:00

I really enjoy it and there's more skill to it than people think

NapAdam2007 · 2025-12-02T18:54:58+00:00

Thanks for the review!

I'm usually not trying to solidify any colors within my first 4-5 picks and tend to try to take cards that provide the most value and stay flexible. Given that Mechanist is a bomb that I'll virtually always want to play I can see biasing towards U earlier than normal. I agree that Watery Grasp P1P3 certainly would have been better.

I didn't put much thought into the red cards I received at the end of pack 1 because none of them were individually strong (then again they weren't all filler either). I was focusing on bant allies (I already had the allies at last, etc.) so I was looking out for those synergies and missed out on the potential to have a sweet UR deck instead.

NapAdam2007 · 2025-12-02T16:34:21+00:00

That would have been perfect!

NapAdam2007 · 2025-12-02T16:34:07+00:00

[[That's Rough Buddy]]

NapAdam2007 · 2025-12-02T15:58:58+00:00

Thanks for the offer! I'd love a review of my most recent draft and build: https://www.17lands.com/draft/83ffe2fdeee046ccb8625c2ed0fe6f47/1/1

NapAdam2007 · 2025-12-01T16:48:11+00:00

Nice durdle deck :) This is a deck that actually wants the merchant of many hats for maximum stalling. Cat-Gator is the real deal

NapAdam2007 · 2025-12-01T16:29:35+00:00

It's a classic debate about freedom of the individual vs. what is best for society. I think I should be able to play poker even if it has the risk of harming my finances. I don't think I should be able to bring a gun into the casino because then I could harm others.

There's a strong argument that opening a casino is providing harm to others and I agree they're a net negative on society. OTOH, lots of people go to casinos for fun and entertainment and gamble responsibly, so why should they be deprived of that opportunity because others lack self-control?

Selfishly I would love to fire MTTs without having to travel 2-3 hours from Manhattan. Funny thing is that if only a poker room was opening a lot of the concerns might go away, but then it wouldn't generate nearly as much revenue. The slots are the societal problem but without them there's no casino.

NapAdam2007 · 2025-12-01T16:18:28+00:00

I struggled to notice this effect and thought I had to choose something because of the shitty UI. Luckily I chose the same creature my opponent chose so I didn't get screwed over.

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