How It Worked For Paul?
In August of 2006, Paul Wasicka won second place in the World Series of Poker.
World Series of Poker is a poker tournament held yearly in Las Vegas. The event first started in the 1970 and up until now, it is held annually. The game of poker is indeed a very competitive game and Paul Wasicka managed to win second place in this prestigious event by avoiding being part of showdowns between dominant cheap leaders. From the massive field of 8,700 or more people, Paul Wasicka manages to get to the final table and have the final match with Jamie Gold. In the final table, Paul played with much focus with the aim of winning.
This works well for Paul Wasicka since he was able to reach the final showdown by allowing those with the cheap leads battle and kill each other. However, since Paul did not do much action in the early parts of the game, Jamie Gold, the winner World Poker Series of 2006, is leading by 8 to 1 chips from Paul. A lead of 8 to 1 is naturally hard to overcome so Paul only got the second place. A second place is not bad especially if you get to take home $ 6 million. Paul Wasicka is indeed good in this game because he managed to reach the final showdown and win 6 million dollars with calm and correct decisions. In the final showdown with Jamie Gold, Paul almost made the cheap lead to maybe 2 to 1. This just shows have good Paul Wasicka is indeed good in the game of poker.
Because of this, many people became a fan of Paul. These people are usually the ones that liked the way this great player manages his hand. However, some people who are not even into poker but want to win $ 6 million dollars want to follow Paul's footstep. Paul is a college dropout, which allowed him to have the time to focus on poker. It may also be possible that Paul dropped out from college to play professional poker. This may be a good decision for him since it paid through. However, this may not be the case for everyone who wants to dive in the poker world. Dropping out of college for poker has a lot of risks. Therefore, if you want to start playing professional poker while still studying or have other obligations, better think twice. Things may not go as well for you and you may end up deep in debt and trouble. Playing poker would involve making the right decisions and before you drop anything to focus on poker, you should think if it is really the right move to do.
Paul Wasicka is now one of the word-class instructors of World Series of Poker Academy because of his unique playing style in poker. Everything is working well for Paul Wasicka. This only means that he made the right move in his life.
