It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
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Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
First player out is Matt Jansen. He had pocket aces with the ace of hearts.
Flop comes JH 10H 5H
Both players bet it until all in and the other guy turns over KH QH.
That cuts the nine of hearts out of the winning hands for Jansen and he is eliminated when no more hearts show up
First player out is Matt Jansen. He had pocket aces with the ace of hearts.
Flop comes JH 10H 5H
Both players bet it until all in and the other guy turns over KH QH.
That cuts the nine of hearts out of the winning hands for Jansen and he is eliminated when no more hearts show up
Reload
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Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
Gees, that's a heck of a first showdown!
Gees, that's a heck of a first showdown!
marlboro8425
EOG Senior Member
Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
no, its a sign of people having 10k in their hands and not having someone pre register for them. obviously the numbers are not going to climb every year at a never ending pace, but i dont think this shows a decline in poker by any means.
gl PO if u decide to play
no, its a sign of people having 10k in their hands and not having someone pre register for them. obviously the numbers are not going to climb every year at a never ending pace, but i dont think this shows a decline in poker by any means.
gl PO if u decide to play
Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
Thanks Marlboro! I won first prize in a $1000 buy in tournament in December that paid $134,000 for first and I have saved some of that money for this purpose. I did have a nice downpayment on our new house from that tournament as well.
If I cant make it tomorrow or Sunday, then I will try and make it for the Bellagio cup tournaments later this month.
Also, if I can find a way to get money into prima poker again, then I will start playing again over there
Thanks Marlboro! I won first prize in a $1000 buy in tournament in December that paid $134,000 for first and I have saved some of that money for this purpose. I did have a nice downpayment on our new house from that tournament as well.
If I cant make it tomorrow or Sunday, then I will try and make it for the Bellagio cup tournaments later this month.
Also, if I can find a way to get money into prima poker again, then I will start playing again over there
marlboro8425
EOG Senior Member
Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
intertops...........bank transfers both ways.....i havent been there much of late, took some time off, but i will be back grinding it away soon.:smokesmal
intertops...........bank transfers both ways.....i havent been there much of late, took some time off, but i will be back grinding it away soon.:smokesmal
Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
Reload, approximately the same number of online qualifiers this year, but with one BIGGG change. Last year, if you won a $10,000 seat, then they put $1000 in your account and you had to go Vegas and meet pokerstars for instance at a hotel and they would give you the $10000 cash for you to go pay for your seat. Now a few guys DID NOT actually play last year, but kept the cash. But I heard that at least 90% of the players last year went ahead and played with the cash.
This year, at pokerstars, $11000 was just put into your account for you to use. NOW, you do get an extra $1000 IN VEGAS by wearing pokerstars gear and you get 7 nights hotel. I would estimate that maybe 2500 players will be online qualifiers.
Reload, approximately the same number of online qualifiers this year, but with one BIGGG change. Last year, if you won a $10,000 seat, then they put $1000 in your account and you had to go Vegas and meet pokerstars for instance at a hotel and they would give you the $10000 cash for you to go pay for your seat. Now a few guys DID NOT actually play last year, but kept the cash. But I heard that at least 90% of the players last year went ahead and played with the cash.
This year, at pokerstars, $11000 was just put into your account for you to use. NOW, you do get an extra $1000 IN VEGAS by wearing pokerstars gear and you get 7 nights hotel. I would estimate that maybe 2500 players will be online qualifiers.
Reload
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I think if I was in that spot, I'd just take the $10000 and not bother entering the WSOP. It would be a good blackjack bankroll out there to blow through town on for a weekend. And you could save $1 of it and buy a Powerball or Mega Millions lottery ticket - probably better chance winning money with that than the WSOP.
I think if I was in that spot, I'd just take the $10000 and not bother entering the WSOP. It would be a good blackjack bankroll out there to blow through town on for a weekend. And you could save $1 of it and buy a Powerball or Mega Millions lottery ticket - probably better chance winning money with that than the WSOP.
Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
Well Reload, you dont need to actually win the tournament to make money. 9% of the field makes the money. They dont actually say this, but most of those online qualifiers who supposedly qualified for $40 or so, play in tournaments with entries totally $1000 or so PER WEEK!! Even Moneymaker, who did qualify for around $40, spent quite a bit more money before winning that last tournament.
So my point would be that most of the guys who qualified online has quite a bit of money anyway and love to play poker. I would have played the tournaments had I been them. I can play blackjack anyway.
Another example is this year there were at least 7 players at pokerstars who won AT LEAST 6 seats and that is only counting pokerstars and not other sites.
Does anyone play the lottery anymore?? I had to quit playing the lottery because I kept losing. Now I only play poker and bets on sports
Well Reload, you dont need to actually win the tournament to make money. 9% of the field makes the money. They dont actually say this, but most of those online qualifiers who supposedly qualified for $40 or so, play in tournaments with entries totally $1000 or so PER WEEK!! Even Moneymaker, who did qualify for around $40, spent quite a bit more money before winning that last tournament.
So my point would be that most of the guys who qualified online has quite a bit of money anyway and love to play poker. I would have played the tournaments had I been them. I can play blackjack anyway.
Another example is this year there were at least 7 players at pokerstars who won AT LEAST 6 seats and that is only counting pokerstars and not other sites.
Does anyone play the lottery anymore?? I had to quit playing the lottery because I kept losing. Now I only play poker and bets on sports
Reload
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Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
Yeah, I'm sure $10,000 is nothing to everyone who enters the WSOP. No one needs that stack of high society. But I'm sure some guys will be running up to the sportsbook desk chasing some losses on the MLB All Star Game.
Lotteries just become more of a joke every year. I admit I'll buy a $1 ticket if I'm at the grocery store anyway just to see if I even get one number right. The states just take more and more money out for themselves all the time and make the jackpots more difficult to win. People will still be lined up to buy tickets though.
Yeah, I'm sure $10,000 is nothing to everyone who enters the WSOP. No one needs that stack of high society. But I'm sure some guys will be running up to the sportsbook desk chasing some losses on the MLB All Star Game.
Lotteries just become more of a joke every year. I admit I'll buy a $1 ticket if I'm at the grocery store anyway just to see if I even get one number right. The states just take more and more money out for themselves all the time and make the jackpots more difficult to win. People will still be lined up to buy tickets though.
Reload
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I minored in economics in college and wrote a whole paper on how the "lottery is a tax on poor people"! It's all very true!
I minored in economics in college and wrote a whole paper on how the "lottery is a tax on poor people"! It's all very true!
WildBill
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I went down there around 3:30 today. They still had the live games going, Moneymaker was playing in a 10-25 NL game. You could see it was a lot less crowded than it was last year, but I wouldn't put too much stock into how many players they had today. Most players don't want to play the first day and it being a weekday might have held the crowd down a bit too. Working people would have to take more than a week off to play today. The last two days should be the best attended. I would guess we are looking at about 7,000 players total.
One issue I think they need to address is the time commitment. Since these days are like qualifiers they should have them regionally and take them out two rounds. Then people who qualify could be pretty close to the money and only have to commit 4 or 5 days at most. I think it would help the attendance and make things work a lot better. Then again Harrahs seems completely uninterested in making this any better, just care about squeezing out every dime they can from it.
I went down there around 3:30 today. They still had the live games going, Moneymaker was playing in a 10-25 NL game. You could see it was a lot less crowded than it was last year, but I wouldn't put too much stock into how many players they had today. Most players don't want to play the first day and it being a weekday might have held the crowd down a bit too. Working people would have to take more than a week off to play today. The last two days should be the best attended. I would guess we are looking at about 7,000 players total.
One issue I think they need to address is the time commitment. Since these days are like qualifiers they should have them regionally and take them out two rounds. Then people who qualify could be pretty close to the money and only have to commit 4 or 5 days at most. I think it would help the attendance and make things work a lot better. Then again Harrahs seems completely uninterested in making this any better, just care about squeezing out every dime they can from it.
WildBill
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If the sites are to be believe there are still probably 3-4k people winning WSOP entry packages. As pointed out they aren't giving out the money like last year because they won't let any of those sites anywhere near the Rio. In reality for most of these people its smart to just pocket the 10 dimes. Players who haven't played many or any live tourneys before are big favorites to go down day one. For them getting to the 3rd day would be an upset. Those last few days even more so. Online players don't realize how much patience and setting up plays is required in a slowly played live tourney. Its not even close, its night and day.
The ultimate in hypocrisy going on there. The sites who don't take US players are free to advertise and have lounges down there. The US facing sites are not. Its such a frickin joke you can't even put it into words. First thing you see walking in is the Party Poker lounge and the Ladbrokes lounge.
If the sites are to be believe there are still probably 3-4k people winning WSOP entry packages. As pointed out they aren't giving out the money like last year because they won't let any of those sites anywhere near the Rio. In reality for most of these people its smart to just pocket the 10 dimes. Players who haven't played many or any live tourneys before are big favorites to go down day one. For them getting to the 3rd day would be an upset. Those last few days even more so. Online players don't realize how much patience and setting up plays is required in a slowly played live tourney. Its not even close, its night and day.
The ultimate in hypocrisy going on there. The sites who don't take US players are free to advertise and have lounges down there. The US facing sites are not. Its such a frickin joke you can't even put it into words. First thing you see walking in is the Party Poker lounge and the Ladbrokes lounge.
WildBill
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Not sure who to believe, but the RJ reported about 2300 sat for day one. If that is true then this is heading to possibly more entries than last year.
Not sure who to believe, but the RJ reported about 2300 sat for day one. If that is true then this is heading to possibly more entries than last year.
Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
Why is that the "ultimate in hypocrisy"? First of all, the sites which(who is a personal pronoun) don't take US players are NOT free to advertise and have lounges down there, they are free to pay for that privilege. They do that in order to recruit new players and since they made the decision to not accept US players, I would say it's more the "ultimate in stupidity", stupid for them to have stopped taking US players in the first place and stupid again to advertise to a predominantly US audience.
ps. You don't know whom to believe...for heaven's sake, you're a writer, write like one!
Why is that the "ultimate in hypocrisy"? First of all, the sites which(who is a personal pronoun) don't take US players are NOT free to advertise and have lounges down there, they are free to pay for that privilege. They do that in order to recruit new players and since they made the decision to not accept US players, I would say it's more the "ultimate in stupidity", stupid for them to have stopped taking US players in the first place and stupid again to advertise to a predominantly US audience.
ps. You don't know whom to believe...for heaven's sake, you're a writer, write like one!
WildBill
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Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
Damn Pioneer. The reason why I say I don't know who to believe is that someone says they announced 1250 players yet the guy who covers the WSOP at the RJ is a very good friend of mine and has extreme integrity when it comes to getting the facts and double checking them. For one source to say 1250 and another to say 2300 is a huge difference, but didn't want to call the first post a lie because I don't know the real answer first hand.
There that is how a writer addresses these things.
Damn Pioneer. The reason why I say I don't know who to believe is that someone says they announced 1250 players yet the guy who covers the WSOP at the RJ is a very good friend of mine and has extreme integrity when it comes to getting the facts and double checking them. For one source to say 1250 and another to say 2300 is a huge difference, but didn't want to call the first post a lie because I don't know the real answer first hand.
There that is how a writer addresses these things.
The Devil
EOG Master
Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 1a ? Tinten Olivier Leads
July 07, 2007
John 'Falstaff' Hartness
1,287 players started Day 1a in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, less than the 3,000 people tournament officials had allowed for, but still more than entered the Main Event altogether in any pre-Moneymaker year. Among the players starting on Day 1a were former World Champions Amarillo Slim Preston, Bobby Baldwin, Huck Seed and 10-time WSOP bracelet winners Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan, each two-time Main Event champions.
Of those, only Seed and Baldwin remained in the field at the end of the day's play, as approximately 450 players survived Day 1a after nearly 16 hours of action. Play ended for the night at almost 4am after a noon start, making the day an endurance test more than a footrace.
Matt Jansen earned the unfortunate title of first person eliminated in the 2007 Main Event, starting his tale, like so many others, with the words "I had pocket aces?" Jansen held to George Dolorfan's , and all the money went in on the flop of . When the turn and river didn't bring a fourth heart to the board, Jansen was sent to the rail, his bracelet dreams dashed quickly dashed.
Jansen had plenty of company on the Day 1a bustout list, including some of poker's biggest stars. In addition to Preston, Chan and Brunson; Andy Black, Terrence Chan, Dewey Tomko and Marco Traniello were all eliminated on Day 1a. Among the survivors of the first day were Julian Gardner, Barry Greenstein, Tobey Maguire, Billy Baxter and 2007 WOP Player of the Year Tom "Donkey Bomber" Schneider. France's Tinten Olivier ended the first day as the chip leader with over 270,500 in chips.
The World Series Main Event always draws its fair share of celebrities, and this year was no exception, with the return of Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man), Brad Garrett ('Til Death, Ratatouille) and Ray Romano ("Everybody Loves Raymond"). Garrett's big moment came midway through the day when Romano was eliminated, resulting in a win for Garrett in their $2,000 last-longer bet. Garrett will donate his winnings to the Maximum Hope Foundation for families with terminally ill children. Romano was eliminated shortly after midnight when he ran Q-Q into pocket aces and failed to improve.
The Main Event also often features athletes (and their wives), this year including Janet Jones, wife of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky. Pittsburgh Penguins center Maxime Talbot won't be leaving the ice for the felt any time soon, telling reporters "I suck at poker," as he headed to the rail on Day One. The hockey star won his way into the Main Event by winning a tournament that included other hockey stars such as Martin Brodeur, Simon Gagne, and Sheldon Souray.
Phil Hellmuth is guaranteed to hold the record for most WSOP bracelets (11) for at least a year, as Chan and Brunson were both eliminated on Day 1a. Brunson was the first to fall, when he flopped top two pair with A-Q on a flop of and his opponent called his all-in with a set of queens. No ace arrived on the turn or river, and the poker legend was eliminated. Johnny Chan's did not improve against his opponent's trip tens, and he went to the rail midway through the first day as well.
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi will also have to wait at least a year to bring his first bracelet home and catch up to his brother Robert's WSOP victory count. All in pre-flop with J-J, Grinder was in trouble when his opponent flopped middle set on a board of K-8-6. No jack fell on the turn or river, and Mizrachi was eliminated.
Hearkening back to Joe Sebok's Main Event appearance in a bear suit (complete with diaper) for Day 1 of the 2006 tournament, Jeff Madsen lost a bet with Sebok and Gavin Smith and had to play Day 1 dressed as a court jester. Madsen survived Day One, and there's no word yet on if he has to wear a costume for Day Two.
The top ten players after on Day 1a of Event #55, the 2007 Main Event, are as follows:
Tinten Olivier ? 270,500
John Dutchak ? 209,600
Stephen Austin ? 205,000
Michael Tureniec ? 203,900
Aurelio Arcano ? 166,000
Kitai Davidi ? 164,700
Scott Yeates ? 163,200
Dane Lomas ? 161,800
Andrius Tapinas ? 159,100
Alex Michaels ? 155,500
Names of note high on the Day 1a leader board also include Lars Bonding, Julian Gardner, Brock Parker, Conor Tate, Cory Carroll, Billy Baxter and Joe Beever and Barry Greenstein.
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WSOP Updates, $10,000 Main Event, Day 1a ? Tinten Olivier Leads
July 07, 2007
John 'Falstaff' Hartness
1,287 players started Day 1a in the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, less than the 3,000 people tournament officials had allowed for, but still more than entered the Main Event altogether in any pre-Moneymaker year. Among the players starting on Day 1a were former World Champions Amarillo Slim Preston, Bobby Baldwin, Huck Seed and 10-time WSOP bracelet winners Doyle Brunson and Johnny Chan, each two-time Main Event champions.
Of those, only Seed and Baldwin remained in the field at the end of the day's play, as approximately 450 players survived Day 1a after nearly 16 hours of action. Play ended for the night at almost 4am after a noon start, making the day an endurance test more than a footrace.
Matt Jansen earned the unfortunate title of first person eliminated in the 2007 Main Event, starting his tale, like so many others, with the words "I had pocket aces?" Jansen held to George Dolorfan's , and all the money went in on the flop of . When the turn and river didn't bring a fourth heart to the board, Jansen was sent to the rail, his bracelet dreams dashed quickly dashed.
Jansen had plenty of company on the Day 1a bustout list, including some of poker's biggest stars. In addition to Preston, Chan and Brunson; Andy Black, Terrence Chan, Dewey Tomko and Marco Traniello were all eliminated on Day 1a. Among the survivors of the first day were Julian Gardner, Barry Greenstein, Tobey Maguire, Billy Baxter and 2007 WOP Player of the Year Tom "Donkey Bomber" Schneider. France's Tinten Olivier ended the first day as the chip leader with over 270,500 in chips.
The World Series Main Event always draws its fair share of celebrities, and this year was no exception, with the return of Tobey Maguire (Spider-Man), Brad Garrett ('Til Death, Ratatouille) and Ray Romano ("Everybody Loves Raymond"). Garrett's big moment came midway through the day when Romano was eliminated, resulting in a win for Garrett in their $2,000 last-longer bet. Garrett will donate his winnings to the Maximum Hope Foundation for families with terminally ill children. Romano was eliminated shortly after midnight when he ran Q-Q into pocket aces and failed to improve.
The Main Event also often features athletes (and their wives), this year including Janet Jones, wife of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky. Pittsburgh Penguins center Maxime Talbot won't be leaving the ice for the felt any time soon, telling reporters "I suck at poker," as he headed to the rail on Day One. The hockey star won his way into the Main Event by winning a tournament that included other hockey stars such as Martin Brodeur, Simon Gagne, and Sheldon Souray.
Phil Hellmuth is guaranteed to hold the record for most WSOP bracelets (11) for at least a year, as Chan and Brunson were both eliminated on Day 1a. Brunson was the first to fall, when he flopped top two pair with A-Q on a flop of and his opponent called his all-in with a set of queens. No ace arrived on the turn or river, and the poker legend was eliminated. Johnny Chan's did not improve against his opponent's trip tens, and he went to the rail midway through the first day as well.
Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi will also have to wait at least a year to bring his first bracelet home and catch up to his brother Robert's WSOP victory count. All in pre-flop with J-J, Grinder was in trouble when his opponent flopped middle set on a board of K-8-6. No jack fell on the turn or river, and Mizrachi was eliminated.
Hearkening back to Joe Sebok's Main Event appearance in a bear suit (complete with diaper) for Day 1 of the 2006 tournament, Jeff Madsen lost a bet with Sebok and Gavin Smith and had to play Day 1 dressed as a court jester. Madsen survived Day One, and there's no word yet on if he has to wear a costume for Day Two.
The top ten players after on Day 1a of Event #55, the 2007 Main Event, are as follows:
Tinten Olivier ? 270,500
John Dutchak ? 209,600
Stephen Austin ? 205,000
Michael Tureniec ? 203,900
Aurelio Arcano ? 166,000
Kitai Davidi ? 164,700
Scott Yeates ? 163,200
Dane Lomas ? 161,800
Andrius Tapinas ? 159,100
Alex Michaels ? 155,500
Names of note high on the Day 1a leader board also include Lars Bonding, Julian Gardner, Brock Parker, Conor Tate, Cory Carroll, Billy Baxter and Joe Beever and Barry Greenstein.
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Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
Wow....talk about being oblivious...that is NOT how a writer should address these things. At least you used the correct pronoun (...guy who...) this time. I'll try again, I was not disputing your substance but rather your grammar when you said you didn't know who to believe.
Wow....talk about being oblivious...that is NOT how a writer should address these things. At least you used the correct pronoun (...guy who...) this time. I'll try again, I was not disputing your substance but rather your grammar when you said you didn't know who to believe.
The Devil
EOG Master
Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
PIONEER, THIS IS EOG, A GAMING FORUM, NOT AN ONLINE SCHOOL FOR GRAMMAR.
PIONEER, THIS IS EOG, A GAMING FORUM, NOT AN ONLINE SCHOOL FOR GRAMMAR.
DrunkHorseplayer
EOG Addicted
Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
Not true; go to a liquor store in any well-to-do area in CA when the jackpot is nearing 100 million and you'll be waiting behind 10 or 15 people each spending one or two hundred bucks; drives me crazy to have to wait 15 minutes to buy a racing form just because it's "dreamer day". I remember a study done on state lotteries and it found that most of the tickets are bought by, and most jackpots won by, middle to upper income people.
Not true; go to a liquor store in any well-to-do area in CA when the jackpot is nearing 100 million and you'll be waiting behind 10 or 15 people each spending one or two hundred bucks; drives me crazy to have to wait 15 minutes to buy a racing form just because it's "dreamer day". I remember a study done on state lotteries and it found that most of the tickets are bought by, and most jackpots won by, middle to upper income people.
Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
Devil,
And I was addressing a gaming issue, ie. the WSOP, (see post #23), although WB chose to ignore that in his reply.
Instead WB said, "There that is how a writer addresses these things.", at the same time misusing the word who for whom. I can't make WB address the gaming issues any more than I can force him to use proper grammar.
Devil,
And I was addressing a gaming issue, ie. the WSOP, (see post #23), although WB chose to ignore that in his reply.
Instead WB said, "There that is how a writer addresses these things.", at the same time misusing the word who for whom. I can't make WB address the gaming issues any more than I can force him to use proper grammar.
Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
Monday Jul 09, 2007
published: about 4 hours ago
Main Event Day 1C Recap
Day 1D Starts Today
It?s no secret that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has had a major impact on the overall attendance at this year?s main event. However, 1,743 players bought in to play on day 1C, making it the highest Day 1 turnout thus far. Since 1,400 players are already registered to play tomorrow, the main event is guaranteed to attract more than 6,000 players before all is said and done.
Among the larger-than-expected field were a few faces not normally seen in the poker world including boxing?s light heavyweight champion of the world Antonio Tarver, rapper Nelly, actress Shannon Elizabeth and former professional baseball player Jose Canseco, who was greeted with a mixture of boos and applause. One celebrity who survived Day 1 was actor Jason Alexander. Alexander made his presence known throughout the day by battling with Phil Gordon both verbally and on the felt. On one hand, Alexander limped into a pot and Gordon checked his option in the big blind. The flop came 10-3-2, and Gordon bet out. Alexander raised and Gordon made the call. The turn brought another 10 and this time Gordon bet out with Alexander calling. The river brought a 5 and Alexander managed to get the rest of his chips in the pot. Gordon made the call showing trip tens, but Alexander?s pocket fives gave him a full house to double up.
The pros came out in full force, but trying to build their stacks with all the dead money in the room proved to be difficult as many pros were sent to the rail early on in today?s action. The body count was high as professionals Greg Raymer, Vanessa Rousso, T.J. Cloutier, Kenna James, Joe Cassidy, Phil Ivey, Tim Phan, Andy Bloch, Men Nguyen, Phil Laak, Clonie Gowen, Nick Schulman, Rafe Furst, Amir Vahedi, Shannon Shorr, David Sklansky, Chau Giang, Kristy Gazes, Ted Lawson, and Erik Cajelais failed to survive the day. Mike Matusow expressed his displeasure with the tournament directors throughout the day saying: ?I've never played a 16-hour Day One in a tournament ever in my life!?
He still hasn?t as Mike was eliminated well before the dinner break. Matusow got his last $10,000 chips in the pot with pocket threes against pocket jacks but couldn?t get the help he needed.
Earlier in the day, Nolan Dalla took the time to point out the increasing success of female poker players throughout this year?s WSOP. He took the time to point out Katja Thater, specifically, for being the first woman to win a bracelet in an open event since Annie Duke, but Thater was unable to survive the day.
Relatively quiet Daniel Alaei overcame a chaotic first table draw near ESPN and other media outlets to finish the day with $190,000. Alaei spent the evening bullying his table and picking up pots without much trouble.
Other notables to survive the day included Chad Brown, J.C. Tran, Warren Karp, Francois Safieddine, Hasan Habib, Rolf Slotboom, Lee Watkinson, Taylor ?Green Plastic? Caby, Todd Brunson, Chris ?Jesus? Ferguson, Allen Cunningham, Robert Varkonyi, Chris Moneymaker, Bernard Lee, Brad Berman, Rene Angelil, Humberto Brenes, Matt ?SamEnole? Smith, Michael DeMichelle, Phil Gordon, Amnon Filippi, Toto Leonidas, Mark Gregorich and Jon Friedberg.
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Monday Jul 09, 2007
published: about 4 hours ago
Main Event Day 1C Recap
Day 1D Starts Today
It?s no secret that the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act has had a major impact on the overall attendance at this year?s main event. However, 1,743 players bought in to play on day 1C, making it the highest Day 1 turnout thus far. Since 1,400 players are already registered to play tomorrow, the main event is guaranteed to attract more than 6,000 players before all is said and done.
Among the larger-than-expected field were a few faces not normally seen in the poker world including boxing?s light heavyweight champion of the world Antonio Tarver, rapper Nelly, actress Shannon Elizabeth and former professional baseball player Jose Canseco, who was greeted with a mixture of boos and applause. One celebrity who survived Day 1 was actor Jason Alexander. Alexander made his presence known throughout the day by battling with Phil Gordon both verbally and on the felt. On one hand, Alexander limped into a pot and Gordon checked his option in the big blind. The flop came 10-3-2, and Gordon bet out. Alexander raised and Gordon made the call. The turn brought another 10 and this time Gordon bet out with Alexander calling. The river brought a 5 and Alexander managed to get the rest of his chips in the pot. Gordon made the call showing trip tens, but Alexander?s pocket fives gave him a full house to double up.
The pros came out in full force, but trying to build their stacks with all the dead money in the room proved to be difficult as many pros were sent to the rail early on in today?s action. The body count was high as professionals Greg Raymer, Vanessa Rousso, T.J. Cloutier, Kenna James, Joe Cassidy, Phil Ivey, Tim Phan, Andy Bloch, Men Nguyen, Phil Laak, Clonie Gowen, Nick Schulman, Rafe Furst, Amir Vahedi, Shannon Shorr, David Sklansky, Chau Giang, Kristy Gazes, Ted Lawson, and Erik Cajelais failed to survive the day. Mike Matusow expressed his displeasure with the tournament directors throughout the day saying: ?I've never played a 16-hour Day One in a tournament ever in my life!?
He still hasn?t as Mike was eliminated well before the dinner break. Matusow got his last $10,000 chips in the pot with pocket threes against pocket jacks but couldn?t get the help he needed.
Earlier in the day, Nolan Dalla took the time to point out the increasing success of female poker players throughout this year?s WSOP. He took the time to point out Katja Thater, specifically, for being the first woman to win a bracelet in an open event since Annie Duke, but Thater was unable to survive the day.
Relatively quiet Daniel Alaei overcame a chaotic first table draw near ESPN and other media outlets to finish the day with $190,000. Alaei spent the evening bullying his table and picking up pots without much trouble.
Other notables to survive the day included Chad Brown, J.C. Tran, Warren Karp, Francois Safieddine, Hasan Habib, Rolf Slotboom, Lee Watkinson, Taylor ?Green Plastic? Caby, Todd Brunson, Chris ?Jesus? Ferguson, Allen Cunningham, Robert Varkonyi, Chris Moneymaker, Bernard Lee, Brad Berman, Rene Angelil, Humberto Brenes, Matt ?SamEnole? Smith, Michael DeMichelle, Phil Gordon, Amnon Filippi, Toto Leonidas, Mark Gregorich and Jon Friedberg.
Here is how the leader board looked as the day came to a close:<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /><O
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>- <LI class=MsoNormal>Tom Bernard - $220,000 <LI class=MsoNormal>Carl ?Colson10? Olson - $205,000 <LI class=MsoNormal>Philip Hilm - $195,000 <LI class=MsoNormal>Daniel Alaei - $190,000 <LI class=MsoNormal>Chuck Kelly - $170,000 <LI class=MsoNormal>Frank Schram - $161,500 <LI class=MsoNormal>James Sigerson - $160,000 <LI class=MsoNormal>Darrell ?Gigabet? Dicken - $150,000 <LI class=MsoNormal>Kit Manoel - $146,500
- Rodney Knight - $146,000
></O>About 680 players survived to advance to day two. Day 1D will begin Monday at noon. Stay tuned to Cardplayer.com for all of your live coverage from the event.Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
published: 38 minutes ago
WSOP Day 1D: Over 1700 Again
And Over 6,000 Total
With registration still open for the fourth and final Day One of the 2007 WSOP Main Event, the total for Day 1D is already over 1700, which will push the total entrants for the $10,000 Main Event over 6,000. A substantial drop from last year's 8,773 but much better than many in the poker industry were predicting.
The official numbers will be out later this evening, along with the prize pool.
published: 38 minutes ago
WSOP Day 1D: Over 1700 Again
And Over 6,000 Total
With registration still open for the fourth and final Day One of the 2007 WSOP Main Event, the total for Day 1D is already over 1700, which will push the total entrants for the $10,000 Main Event over 6,000. A substantial drop from last year's 8,773 but much better than many in the poker industry were predicting.
The official numbers will be out later this evening, along with the prize pool.
JTGAMBLE
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Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
LAS VEGAS -- Top prize at the 2007 World Series of Poker will be $8.25 million based on the 6,358 players who have entered the no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event over the tournament's four starting days, organizers said Monday.
Organizers revised the payoff up from the previously announced $8.23 million and said about $59.8 million will be paid out of the tournament's pot to players who finish in the money.
The totals are short of last year's record 8,773 participants and $12 million top prize. But it comes nine months after President Bush signed a law cracking down on Internet gambling, which is blamed for shrinking the number of entrants who would have qualified in online tournaments.
The field is still massive, and several pros, including 2004 champion Greg Raymer, Phil Hellmuth, Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson and Phil Ivey, have been bounced already. Of the 4,569 players who participated in the $10,000 buy-in tournament's first three days, 1,698 remain.
For the poker-playing world, the main event at the World Series is the year's pinnacle event, where the cards can be cruel and only the skilled, and the lucky, survive.
"It hurts of course," said Brunson, shortly after busting out on the first day of play Friday, when his two pair of aces and queens was beaten by three queens. "It's the prestige of these tournaments, particularly this one, that everybody's concerned with. Everyone's trying to win bracelets a lot more than money."
The field also is filled with amateur players who took vacations to play against the game's biggest stars for a shot at overcoming staggering odds to win a staggering pot.
"When you play with this many people, you can't realistically think about winning," said Dave Fox of Coram, N.Y. "It's better odds than a lottery. Skill is involved but there still is a tremendous amount of luck."
Officially, 1,789 players began play at noon for the fourth starting day of the tournament Monday.
Survivors from the four opening days will play in two rounds Tuesday and Wednesday before the marathon march to the final table gets under way.
Nine players will sit down at the final table on July 17 to determine a winner.
Shortly after starting Monday, a daily announcement drew a chuckle from the crowd. The recipient of the day's first royal flush, the best hand in poker and a 649,739-to-1 occurrence, would get a free massage.
"When I heard the offer, I was like, 'Yeah right,'" said Fred Hwang, a 42-year-old anesthesiologist from Keller, Texas.
Then he hit it, holding a jack and 10 of diamonds with a flop of ace, king, and queen of diamonds. Hwang actually found action on the hand, as an unfortunate opponent had a lower flush.
"If I win the tournament, I'll buy you dinner," Hwang told his opponent.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
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LAS VEGAS -- Top prize at the 2007 World Series of Poker will be $8.25 million based on the 6,358 players who have entered the no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event over the tournament's four starting days, organizers said Monday.
Organizers revised the payoff up from the previously announced $8.23 million and said about $59.8 million will be paid out of the tournament's pot to players who finish in the money.
The totals are short of last year's record 8,773 participants and $12 million top prize. But it comes nine months after President Bush signed a law cracking down on Internet gambling, which is blamed for shrinking the number of entrants who would have qualified in online tournaments.
The field is still massive, and several pros, including 2004 champion Greg Raymer, Phil Hellmuth, Doyle "Texas Dolly" Brunson and Phil Ivey, have been bounced already. Of the 4,569 players who participated in the $10,000 buy-in tournament's first three days, 1,698 remain.
For the poker-playing world, the main event at the World Series is the year's pinnacle event, where the cards can be cruel and only the skilled, and the lucky, survive.
"It hurts of course," said Brunson, shortly after busting out on the first day of play Friday, when his two pair of aces and queens was beaten by three queens. "It's the prestige of these tournaments, particularly this one, that everybody's concerned with. Everyone's trying to win bracelets a lot more than money."
The field also is filled with amateur players who took vacations to play against the game's biggest stars for a shot at overcoming staggering odds to win a staggering pot.
"When you play with this many people, you can't realistically think about winning," said Dave Fox of Coram, N.Y. "It's better odds than a lottery. Skill is involved but there still is a tremendous amount of luck."
Officially, 1,789 players began play at noon for the fourth starting day of the tournament Monday.
Survivors from the four opening days will play in two rounds Tuesday and Wednesday before the marathon march to the final table gets under way.
Nine players will sit down at the final table on July 17 to determine a winner.
Shortly after starting Monday, a daily announcement drew a chuckle from the crowd. The recipient of the day's first royal flush, the best hand in poker and a 649,739-to-1 occurrence, would get a free massage.
"When I heard the offer, I was like, 'Yeah right,'" said Fred Hwang, a 42-year-old anesthesiologist from Keller, Texas.
Then he hit it, holding a jack and 10 of diamonds with a flop of ace, king, and queen of diamonds. Hwang actually found action on the hand, as an unfortunate opponent had a lower flush.
"If I win the tournament, I'll buy you dinner," Hwang told his opponent.
Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press
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Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
The official end of Day 1-A chip counts show 445 remaining players, as follows:
Day 1-B...At the end of the day, 610 players of the 1,545 that started had survived
Day 1-C...Play has concluded for the day with just over 600 players of the original 1700+ remaining
Day 1-D...There are approximately 650 players remaining
...by my count, that means there are still 2305 players remaining going into Day 2
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by the way, the official count for total entries this year was 6358
The official end of Day 1-A chip counts show 445 remaining players, as follows:
Day 1-B...At the end of the day, 610 players of the 1,545 that started had survived
Day 1-C...Play has concluded for the day with just over 600 players of the original 1700+ remaining
Day 1-D...There are approximately 650 players remaining
...by my count, that means there are still 2305 players remaining going into Day 2
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by the way, the official count for total entries this year was 6358
WildBill
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Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
That is why this event is so difficult. Players have survived a tough first day and now get back into action with even more players in the room than they saw in day 1! Of all those players in the room, only about 1/4 are going to cash. Amazing to think players who have never or rarely played a live tournament before pay 10 dimes to take a shot at this.
That is why this event is so difficult. Players have survived a tough first day and now get back into action with even more players in the room than they saw in day 1! Of all those players in the room, only about 1/4 are going to cash. Amazing to think players who have never or rarely played a live tournament before pay 10 dimes to take a shot at this.
Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
Not so...with 2 days, 2A and 2B, for Day 2, there will not be as many in the room today or tomorrow as there were the 4 days of Day 1A-D.
Not so...with 2 days, 2A and 2B, for Day 2, there will not be as many in the room today or tomorrow as there were the 4 days of Day 1A-D.
Reload
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Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
Has anyone felt they should raise the buyin for the WSOP Main Event? Make it 25k or 50k to buy in. They could still have lots of little satellites for the people that can't afford it. But this way people who seriously think they still have a chance can buy in for the higher price. Might still generate some big prize pools but with less rounds of people to deal with.
Has anyone felt they should raise the buyin for the WSOP Main Event? Make it 25k or 50k to buy in. They could still have lots of little satellites for the people that can't afford it. But this way people who seriously think they still have a chance can buy in for the higher price. Might still generate some big prize pools but with less rounds of people to deal with.
Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:32:11
Play resumes at 12:00 PDT
Play for Day 4 of the 2007 World Series of Poker will resume later today at 12:00PDT. There are 337 players returning to play, all vying for that shot at Poker immortality.
Fri, 13 Jul 2007 03:32:11
Play resumes at 12:00 PDT
Play for Day 4 of the 2007 World Series of Poker will resume later today at 12:00PDT. There are 337 players returning to play, all vying for that shot at Poker immortality.
Reload
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Re: It is looking like around 5500-6000 players at the WSOP this year
Any notable players left at this point?
Any notable players left at this point?