The room was packed with players, who gathered on short notice to find out what Harrah\’s would do with the hundreds (conservative number) of irate/disappointed/confused players who were denied entry to the 2009 WSOP Main Event because of their late […]
Day 1D Will Take No More Registrants, Commissioner Apologizes Read More »
Ahh, should be a fun test to see how this plays out. Jeffrey Pollack is to address the mob shortly. From @TaoPauly: Commissioner Pollack will address the disgruntled players at the Poker Palooza at 2:30pm. Correction… Antonius is in the
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We could see a change on the fly … according to hubbub I\’m picking up on Pokerati\’s Live Source feed, about 500 players have been shut out of the main event — which interestingly enough makes the semi-arbitrary difference between
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As a few people have noticed, the water in the Amazon room has changed. No longer is it All In … Johnny Chan\’s \”energy water\” … it\’s just the generic Rio bottled stuff. Clearly something has gone awry between All
All In All Out: No Love Between Johnny Chan, the WSOP Read More »
The final Day 1, as Dan noted is already over 2,500 entrants with players now being registered into Buzio\’s. The first three days had players seated at nine-handed tables, but is it possible they\’ll have to start today ten-handed to
(Way) Outside the WSOP – Main Event Day 1d Read More »
Just got word from very reliable sources … 2,400 people are already registered for Day 1d. Main event sign-ups have been coming in today at a rate of nearly 100 an hour. Satellites are still running. A sell-out tomorrow looks
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The Day 1c field has returned from its dinner break a few minutes ago, with two more levels to play today. The difference between this field and the first two Day 1\’s is that the field as well as tomorrow\’s
(Way) Outside the WSOP – Day 1c Evening Update Read More »
A wise underground poker room operator once advised me (shortly before his room got raided) that every economic bubble burstage in history (or fall from grace) is predicated by luxe so redick, displays so over-the-top … well you can\’t really
Totally unrelated … Read More »
A quick summary of how Day 1c took shape and has progressed, from Katkin, who\’s digging up interesting hands and player reports you can read at WSOP.com: In the red quadrant of the Amazon Room — about 30 tables —
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It was no secret. It has been public information since mid-June, and the PPA announced it days ago that House Financial Services Committee Chairman Rep. Barney Frank made plans to visit the WSOP today. First, he took to the floor
