I was unable to make the donuts.  This was a vexing, unpleasant Day 2.  And it’s probably the last time I’ll use “make the donuts.”   I hope you enjoyed it; it’s now retired.
As in past years, I will provide a full writeup of the Main Event, so stay tuned.  
 

I finished Day 1 of the 2008 Main Event with 37,150 chips.  This is a decent stack but nothing special.  We’re still nowhere near the money, but at least I’m still in there.  I play Day 2b on Wednesday.
I guess I didn’t exactly make the donuts.  More like a couple of delicious donut hole munchkins.  [...]

I’m back in Vegas for the biggest day on the tounament poker calendar.  Time to play the Main Event.
This will be my fourth time in “the big one,” and many of my wide-eyed observations from my 2005 debut remain the same three years later.  My flight out here was once again filled with hopeful rounders.  Much of [...]