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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(Way) Outside the WSOP – Main Event Day 1d Evening Update
An eventful Day 1d field is off to their dinner break with a record field of 2,808 for a starting day of the Main Event (with several hundred left out) starting around 12 this afternoon. About 2350 returned from dinner
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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
Day 1D Will Take No More Registrants, Commissioner Apologizes
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
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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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(Way) Outside the WSOP – Main Event Day 1d
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
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