WSOP 2008 has started!

Exciting times if you are in Vegas right now. The 2008 World Series of Poker event has started at the Rio.

Yes, I know, a few years old, but hey…..good Aussie memories.

The first event is the $10,000 Pot Limit Holdem Event, which emphasises one of the changes for this year; an increase in $10,000 events meaning less number of players but higher quality and less likelihood that Phil Hellmuth will win!

For those of us who have a real job and grind out at 5c/10c a few nights a week, and are not in Vegas, there are plenty of resources online to monitor what is happening.

Firstly, there is the official WSOP site at www.wsop.com. This site so far seems to be having a daily video update, but it looks like some of the tournaments (starting with event #7) will be able to be viewed live (at least the TV table maybe).

Pokernews.com again has exclusive onsite reporting rights and I am just hoping that Tiffany Michelle is again the video host.

Edit: I am very excited…..Michelle Tiffany is back!!!!!!!!!

Pokerroad continue to enhance their offerings, the highlight being the regular Poker Road Radio shows with Joe Sebok, Ali Nejad and Gavin Smith. Just as a quick aside, Pokerroad, your homepage is getting way too cluttered! Keep it simple.

As a Negreanu fan ( he is already out of event #1!), I will be following his blog, video blog and forum where he posts live updates from his phone.

Of the other major online sites there is cardplayer.com and bluffmagazine.com but it is not yet clear to me what additional goodies they are going to offer. I guess the former will have a few videos like the Matusow regulars plus interviews with players offsite.

I am sure that as time goes on I will find other online resources and the plan is to add them here.

If you are lucky enough to be playing an event or events, good luck!

I will make it there one day!