Back to the roots, Sin City is calling

Some days a simple email confirmation can cheer you up after the start of 2014 was pretty blurry to say the least:

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Thank you for your 2014 World Series of Poker media credential application.

We have processed your application and have approved your media credential request for this year’s event.

You may pick up your credential in the WSOP Media Center, located in the Palma H ballroom at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino beginning 11:00 am, May 27th or anytime afterward during media center hours of operation, 10:00 am – 4:00 am.

Palma H is located in the WSOP tournament area, across from the Amazon tournament ballroom.

We appreciate your interest in the World Series of Poker and look forward to working with you this summer.

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The last two weeks I first had a trial run with PokerNews at the EPT Sanremo to see if I can fit and do have the writing style and work ethic to maybe get hired for the summer during the WSOP. When I arrived in Madrid for the Mega Poker Series last week Tuesday the email offer was in my inbox and I therefor applied for media credentials immediately as requested.

Three years ago I started doing live reporting for the Pro Team of Poker770 and though not much is going on there anymore, it still gave me the opportunity back in 2011 to work at the Rio's in Las Vegas for about a week. Ironically an unscheduled backup on the WordPress blog page killed all content that I had written back then.

In 2014 this will definitely not be the case as I will be grinding the rails for PokerNews during almost the entire Series. Only the final booking details are missing for now but will be sorted out in the next few days. I may not be the best poker writer out there and can partly blame that on being German and that English is not my native language, but that would be a weak excuse.

However, one thing is for certain: I tend to work my ass off during the events and always try to get back to the tables quickly to get as many information as possible out there to all readers. In Madrid I was the only blogger for the English reporting and did more than 90 posts per day on average including the daily recaps, press text and website updates.

Vegas will be much worse time wise. You probably gonna see me with the usual grumpy face. And I will love the opportunity to once again show what I am capable of under pressure. We all do. Even until the early to late morning hours. Without love for the game of poker itself this is not possible, at least not over such a long time span. But nobody ever said it is gonna be easy.

Still sounds like a dream job? Well the above was my two cents. And the below is from my last trip ;)