Whatever the explanation or the nickname, there's one long-standing poker trope that tends to hold true:
The day a poker player busts from the World Series of Poker Main Event is his or her saddest day of the year.
With three Day 1s and two Day 2s almost in the books for 2012, that means A LOT of poker players have fallen by the wayside already.
Today in Tweet Relief we pay tribute to the dearly departed in self-loathing, post-humous tweet form:
So ends my last tournament as a pro. With grad school on the horizon, I'll see you all next year, but I'll be the guy folding on the bubble.
— Matt Hawrilenko (@hoss_tbf) July 11, 2012And that's that. Button limps, SB limps, I jam 10.4k w/A8hh, BTN has KK and I brick. Strange feeling right now. Colorado is calling me home.
— Bryan Devonshire (@devopoker) July 10, 2012Out of main event...i wanna go deep in that event 1 year
— Justin Charles Smith (@BoostedJ) July 10, 2012For a professional poker player, the day you bust out of the main event is one of the worst of the year. Nothing can explain it.
— David Williams (@dwpoker) July 10, 2012Busted the 2012 #WSOP main event. Walk of shame time. #worstdayoftheyear #thenagainnotsobad
— Shane Schleger (@ShaneSchleger) July 11, 2012Well good game les WSOP, will enjoy Las Vegas for a few days, then back in Montreal
— Jonathan Duhamel (@JonathanDuhamel) July 10, 2012Busted main event. Thought this would be the year I finally make day 2.
— Andrew Robl (@Andrew_Robl) July 10, 2012Food still has no taste the day after busting the main event. #emo
— Xuan Liu (@xxl23) July 10, 2012Amen. Always the sameRT @dwpokerFor a professional poker player, the day you bust out of the main event is one of the worst of the year.
— Doyle Brunson (@TexDolly) July 10, 2012Summer vaca starts. Pretty worn out, need to reboot my brain #busted #dreamdeferred
— Erik Seidel (@Erik_Seidel) July 11, 2012Im the idiot clogging up the flamingo/lvb turn lane. Rear ended a cab after busting in absurd fashion.#whenwillitend
— Christopher DeMaci (@DeMaci_Poker) July 11, 20120-8 in #WSOP main events by the way.
— Shane Schleger (@ShaneSchleger) July 11, 2012being out of main event on day 2 really sucks im sitting here wondering just how things can be different off to a massage then live at aria
— Mike Matusow (@themouthmatusow) July 11, 2012The day a pro busts the main event is the day he starts cheering for all the idiots he stakes. Obviously @Bond_18 is busto too tho. Fuck.
— Mike Watson (@SirWatts) July 10, 2012Super disappointing 2012 @WSOP series... Must be #justbadluck . Time to enjoy some completely undeserved vacation now. #iwillbeback
— Bertrand Grospellier (@elkypoker) July 9, 2012Thought it was honey when people said the day they busted the Main Event was the worst day of the year. Then it happened to me.
— Kevin Mathers (@Kevmath) July 10, 2012Gg #wsop2012 ;(.Really disappointed obviously , but overall happy with the series. Upward and onward .. This is just the beginning
— Jeff Madsen (@JeffMadsenobv) July 11, 2012I'm out. This tournament hurts when your out. #disappointed
— Jennifer Harman (@REALJenHarman) July 12, 2012Really wish I had a way of cheering up, it's just poker but pretty disappointed with how the series went and the end. Need to fade bad luck.
— Jennifer Leigh (@Jennicide) July 12, 2012Visit www.pokerlistings.com