Rudy Edwards

It looks like five of us are making the five week trip to the WSOP this year. I know a bunch of people are going to be dropping by for a few days at a time, so we'll likely have six in the house at any given time. After staying in an extended stay hotel 12 miles from the Rio last year, we're looking to get closer and more comfy, and that means we'll probably rent a house for the duration. I've done a lot of research, and I think we're going to take a ballerin' 5 Bedroom place with an indoor pool... assuming it's available.

I've never been much of a NL player, but i'm about to put a lot of work in over the next few months so that I don't have as hard a time finding good games. Last year, when I couldn't find a reasonable limit game, which was often, I ended up playing 1-2 NL, and that's not really a big enough game to have hope of making enough money to compensate for my costs this trip.

Last year, I put in a lot of time playing online when I was in Vegas. I'm hoping that being closer to the strip will prevent that from being the case this time. The fact is, i'm unsure enough about the future of the online game that the Vegas trip is going to play a big part in helping to determine what my backup plans are. Making a living in Brick & Mortar Casinos is not really the kind of thing I had in mind when I decided to make my living playing poker, but I want it to be an option at least. I'm sure I have a long way to go before I'll be that comfortable with it.

I doubt I'll play in many tournaments this year. I found the single table satellites to be profitable, but the side games at the Rio were fantastic, and once I really got into them, I never went back to the satellites.