Day 1(s) Breakdown
That hedline makes me giggle, because really, there\’s a lot to these numbers: Day 1a – 1,116 Day 1b – 873 Day 1c -1,696 Day 1d – 2,809
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Official Main Event Payouts
63rd place is the six-figure line. Beyond that: 1st $8,546,435 2nd $5,182,601 3rd $3,479,485 4th $2,502,787 5th $1,953,395 6th $1,587,133 7th $1,404,002 8th $1,300,228 9th $1,263,602
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RE: Ugly Late Entry
Some people you may recognize not playing in the main event, much to their own surprise after showing up in some cases a good 15 minutes before cards went in the air! (mostly from Feldman at ESPN.com): Tom Franklin (head
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Ugly Late Entry?
I\’m not saying this is an example of favoritism … though as a former tourney director, I absolutely used to do favors for regulars and VIPs, and saw it as an important part of customer service … for all the
RE: RE: Day 1d Sells Out, Big Names Shut Out
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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RE: Day 1d Sells Out, Big Names Shut Out
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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All In All Out: No Love Between Johnny Chan, the WSOP
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
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Main Event Numbers Game
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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Totally unrelated …
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
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Main Event Field Report
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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