PartyPoker Weekly: Preparing for the WSOP and Tony G Meets His Hero

Barry Carter

May 16, 2011 3 min read

This week on the PartyPoker Weekly: how to prepare for the WSOP, the best bonus in poker, and Tony G meets his hero.

Even More WSOP Fever

With someone winning a WSOP Main Event Package every day at PartyPoker, there has been a real buzz lately over at the PartyPoker Blog.

Long-time PartyPoker player ThunderXpress of Sweden recently won a $14,000 WSOP Main Event prize package. The player who describes himself as the biggest luckbox on the site is excited about going to the WSOP for the first time ever.

��I��m obviously very excited to finally go to Vegas! I��ve never been there and as a poker player it feels like something you have to do at least once!

��I just base my whole preconception of the city on the movie ��The Hangover�� and assume it��s an awesome place to spend some summer weeks, guess it will be hot as hell there though. Some friends were there last year and after having listened to their stories I cant wait to go there and see for myself!��

Elsewhere, mental game coach Jared Tendler has been sharing his advice on how to prepare mentally in the build up to the main event.

��Of the thousands of players who compete in the WSOP Main Event, just a very small percentage of them are physically and mentally prepared for the grueling task ahead of them. If things go well, you will be playing consecutive 16-hour days with little time to rest and reset your mind. How you prepare before, during, and after each day is key to maintaining focus while you are playing through the marathon that is the WSOP.��

Find out how to increase your mental endurance for the Main Event over at the PartyPoker Blog.

You still have time to qualify for the Main Event on PartyPoker with daily tournaments starting as little as $2.

Tony G Meets the Justin Bieber of Poker

Tony G was at the World Poker Tour Vienna recently where he bumped into a hero of his, none other than Justin Bieber - the Justin Bieber of poker, that is.

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