The Easiest Path to a WSOP Bracelet

The World Series of Poker has events every year in all the various disciplines of poker.  Regardless of your game, you have a chance to win a bracelet.  However, there are clearly some events that are easier to win a bracelet in than others.  People will typically ask me what is the best game to play in winning a bracelet.  Today, I am going to tell you about the easiest path to a WSOP bracelet. 

Shootouts in theory can be the easiest path to a WSOP bracelet.

Shootout events at the World Series of Poker are, at least in theory, the easiest path to a WSOP bracelet.  In a shootout event, you start out at a full ten handed table and play down until there is a winner at the table.  The winners at each table then advance to the next round where the process begins again.  Usually, after the second round the field has been reduced to a final table of ten, and those players play it out to a bracelet.

There has been some modifications over the years.  The main difference occurs in odds sized fields.  Sometimes, after the second round there are around two tables left.  In this case, the tournament is played just like a 2 table Sit-N-Go, with the winner taking the bracelet.

Granted, I said that in theory that shootout events are the easiest path.  The $1,500 Shootout at the 2011 WSOP is probably one of the softer shootout events that you will encounter, while the $5,000 Shootout will be riddled with pros.

If you are fortunate to get a good table draw, this can allow you to pass through to the following round with ease.  However, be prepared at some point to have to really step up your game for the pros.  You will face them at some point. 

Ultimately, it boils down to this.  In a shootout event, you have to beat 40 players max as opposed to outlasting the entire field.  Win the first table and you cash. Win the second and in most cases you are at the final table.  Win that final table and you are a WSOP champion.

If you are Sit-N-Go wiz, then this type of event is right up your alley.  If Sit-N-Go’s are not your thing, I would suggest working on your game in this area.  You never know when the opportunity will be right to take your own bracelet in this format.  Good luck at the tables.

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