WCOOP

So I got the newsletter from Poker Stars regarding their WCOOP series of tournaments. WCOOP = World Championship Of Online Poker. They will be running a $300+20 PLO8 tourney and my interest was immediately piqued! Then I went and looked at the date/time and last year's running time, and things don't look so good anymore.

First, Wednesday September 16th at 4:30PM EST is when I'm actually supposed to be working. While I have no problem playing poker during the day instead of working, my wife would. She would worry that I'd like to make a habit out of it, and wouldn't like the fact I'd force her to have to feed the kids supper and bathe them by herself (which is completely understandable).

Secondly, we could be in baseball playoffs at that time, so there may be a game scheduled that night. Even if I could get around those two issues (wife ok's the playing, no game that night), the third is a pretty big obstacle: Last year's tourney played for 18 hours! Holy fuck...

It started at 2:30 PM and ran until almost 8 AM the next morning. I have serious doubts that I'll be able to play online poker, starting at 4:30 in the afternoon and playing straight until the next day. I've had sessions where I played from 10PM through to 4AM. Unfortunately, those are usually some really bad sessions, where the only reason I'm playing is because I've tilted and can't leave. That's still only 1/3 of the amount of time I'd be playing poker for. Now, I could work around some of those issues, like going over to a friend's house to play, so that I have someone to talk with and keep me focused, but even still...

So right now, I'm on the fence. I'm not even going to broach the subject with my wife until I feel comfortable playing it. Tonight, after baseball, I'll look at the registration for the tourney and see what the blind levels are, and the general schedule, and let it sink in this week-end while I'm at my sister's place, and re-visit the idea next week.