Raymer in 2007!!

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In lieu of this garbage from Harrahs not allowing ANY third party sattelite including those non US residents who may have qualified online and the field probably being quite a bit smaller this year than last, I'm going with Mr Raymer for at least a final table appearance in the main event 2007.

[govman6767]

Would not mind seeing "Action Dan" back at a final table.
Just wish he had a cooler hat /images/graemlins/smile.gif

Actually even better would be seeing some OLD SCHOOL players getting through the field.

[JoseGonzlez]

the field size is still going to be 6000 - 7000. so its pretty unlikely. people will still be winning the cash to enter online. since they cant get bought in directly some might not go but your still going to have a huge field. only chance of raymer and harrington making the final table is for it to be moved to LOndon.

[alphatmw]

or CHINA!

[Dan.]

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Just wish he had a cooler hat /images/graemlins/smile.gif

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Are you kidding? That hat is the most balla hat in existence.

[GTL]

A lot more people will be playing live sattelites as well.

[Bullet_Dodger]

4,750 is my prediction.

[ed8383]

I said it like 2 weeks ago and I will say it again

Once the WSOP main event attendance level decreases to where it is nolonger a lottery, Phill Hellmuth will once again with the main event to the delight of 2+2ers everywhere!

Phill Hellmuth: WSOP champ in 3 years

[RobTheDuck]

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Just wish he had a cooler hat /images/graemlins/smile.gif

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Are you kidding? That hat is the most balla hat in existence.

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ROFL

[siwicki]

go raymer

[MafiaPrince]

Surprised we havent heard from Olivert in this thread yet...

[MafiaPrince]

The major problem with this tho is that people will be facing a very difficult decision of whether or not to keep the money or take the seat...$12,000 cash is alot for some people especially the younger players like myself for a chance to enter "a lottery"

[kleath]

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The major problem with this tho is that people will be facing a very difficult decision of whether or not to keep the money or take the seat...$12,000 cash is alot for some people especially the younger players like myself for a chance to enter "a lottery"

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Im pretty sure there's a large set of people who will use every flimsly pretext they can think of to play in the WSOP, it's the "anyone can play in the biggest event" mentality.

Is there a link to the satellite restriction bit? And what prevents previous places from having satellites that effectively sign you up with the cash equivalent?

[MafiaPrince]

Nothing is definate yet but Harrah's released a statement that can be read here:

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_news/article/3326

[DayTripping]

I think a lot fewer people will be playing online sattelites. How is Full Tilt going to market these? People are attracted by the idea of investing $1 to win a seat to the biggest tournament in the world. There isn't as much allure to winning $12,000 which you COULD (if you wanted to) use to enter the WSOP.

For people who will never play in the WSOP like me, I'm happy about it. The fewer internet qualifiers there are, the more enjoyable it is to watch on TV.

[coxquinn]

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Phill Hellmuth: Youngest WSOPME champ EVAR and WSOP 2006 champ

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[SuperUberBob]

4K at next year's Main Event.

[grdred944]

Lets say 1 out of 10 people who receive the cash equivalent of a WSOP ME buy-in decide to take the money and do something else with it besides use it to play in the ME. That still leaves the '07 ME with nearly 8000 players.

Make it 20% -- which I think is highly unlikely -- and you still have in the neighborhood of 7,000 players.

The ME will be fine and the field sizes will still be north of 5,000 for many years to come.

[kassdog]

My predicition would be around 3000. And Hellmuth is going to place around 12 and matasow is going to win.

[MafiaPrince]

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My predicition would be around 3000. And Hellmuth is going to place around 12 and matasow is going to win.

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This is such a stupid thing to say...What basis do you have to think that even players as good as Hellmuth and Matusow can go that deep in a tournament as big as 3,000.. Sure they are great players but they both played in the WPT this week along with tons of other big pros in a field of 400 (nevermind 3,000) and came nowhere close to the final table which features 6 players you have probably never even heard of..Posts and threads like this are pretty pointless its like me saying oh less people are gonna play in the WSOP next year so I think Ivey,Brunson,Hellmuth,Raymer,Hachem etc. will all make the final table...

[gdaily]

Just to giove you an idea: In Sweden, the government runs the casino, and it also runs a online poker room.

The online poker room runs satellites to the casinos major tournament. However, due some law, they can not regstre the players direct, they must give the players the money and the players must pay themselves, or keep the money and not play.

During the lsat major tournament, a $3000 buy-in, only 2 out of 15 players who qualified online did play the main event, the rest kept the cash.

[pyedog]

I know that if I won cash in lieu of a seat to the WSOP I would be too chicken to buy in for the event. I have about a $30K poker bankroll and it wouldn't seem prudent to me to put a quarter of my bankroll into one tournament.

It seems reckless to put more than 5% of your bankroll into a single tournament. So for a 10K event that would mean having a $200K poker bankroll. Granted most people aren't cautious with their poker bankrolls but I don't think too many of the past internet qualifiers have had bankrolls so large that they could buy in comfortably instead of pocketing the 10K win.

[SavageMiser]

Buying in to the main event is different from other tournaments, just because it's the main event. Plenty of people are willing to spend the money just to experience it, at least once.

[Jerry D]

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the field size is still going to be 6000 - 7000. so its pretty unlikely. people will still be winning the cash to enter online. since they cant get bought in directly some might not go but your still going to have a huge field. only chance of raymer and harrington making the final table is for it to be moved to LOndon.

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They will be lucky to get 2500 at the main event.

[mhcmarty]

There's a very good chance that nothing will change as far as winning a ME seat online (accept not on Party ect...). Last year I filled out all of the registration forms myself. Bodog provided the forms but I completed the paper work myself (including providing a Harrah's players card #). Bodog then forwarded the registration to Harrah's and wired the entry fee to Harrah's.

Published 10/18 on pokerlistings.com

Thompson said that the registration policy for the WSOP wasn't changed by the enactment of the UIGEA.

"There has been no change in our registration policy," he said. "We do not accept third-party registrations from online pay-to-play poker sites that do business with U.S. residents. We didn't do that in 2005 or 2006 either."

http://www.pokerlistings.com/tentative-dates-set-for-2007-wsop

[bluesbassman]

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Buying in to the main event is different from other tournaments, just because it's the main event. Plenty of people are willing to spend the money just to experience it, at least once.

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That's true for me at least. I suck at poker (and life), but I luckboxed my way to take down the Stars $162 donkament 2 weeks ago for $17K. I've already decided to set aside $12K of that win to play the 2007 WSOP ME and possibly one of the smaller buy-in NL events.

I don't care that I'm dead money, nor do I care that the $10K represents many times my total poker bankroll. I just want the experience at least once. I have a good day job and poker is just a hobby. Spending that tournament score to participate in the WSOP is +EV for me in ways other than merely monetarily.