Just Announced: Main event day one now extended

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The ME day one has extended from 3 days to 4. July 9th will now be another main event day, allowing the WSOP to accommodate a total of 11,000 players. Nobody is predicting this will occur, but they are prepared in the event it does.

[TimTimSalabim]

Perhaps they're also trying to avoid a 'tent' situation.

[CincyLady]

Your kidding! It was ALREADY a crap shoot, and now they are predicting 1,100 players??

Geez, if I win the River of dreams package on Monday from the Rio (see other thread in this forum), I'm for sure taking the cash now!

As much as I hate for it to happen, I think for next year, the WSOP should be taking 'Cap' on number of players.

They could cap the number for advanced registration, and then have a set number to allow satellites to win their way ine.

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My understanding is that the annex was always intended to be used.

[Todd Terry]

Just went down to the registration area to switch from Day 1C to Day 1D now that there are 4 starting days. No one there had any clue, insisted there were only 3, and when I finally convinced them I wasn't making it up, said they couldn't do anything until the computer was changed, which it hadn't been. GG Bellagio Cup III Main Event, by the way.

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Thanks mate

Do you know for sure if they will spread the field evenly over the 4 days. I may find it better to play Monday (1d) but would hate to get stuck in a WSOP FU

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I don't have a clue. Check pokernews.com for mere details, or the WSOP press releases, they may provide may provide more info over time.

[binions]

Here's a news release. Effel says the change is for the "comfort" of the players. Also says that there will be 2 Day 2s - Tues 7/10 and Weds 7/11.

Hopefully, this will allow them to keep the levels at the posted 120 minutes, and no one is in a tent.


http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site...amp;newsLang=en (http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=2007063000502 1&newsLang=en)

[recipro]

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Your kidding! It was ALREADY a crap shoot, and now they are predicting 1,100 players??

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Nobody is predicting this will occur...

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[kutuz_off]

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Here's a news release. Effel says the change is for the "comfort" of the players. Also says that there will be 2 Day 2s - Tues 7/10 and Weds 7/11.

Hopefully, this will allow them to keep the levels at the posted 120 minutes, and no one is in a tent.


http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site...amp;newsLang=en (http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=2007063000502 1&newsLang=en)

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This is quite discomforting for me. I scheduled my time off work so that I would have to extend vacation only if I made it past day 3. Now I may have to do it if I get past day 1.

[binions]

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Here's a news release. Effel says the change is for the "comfort" of the players. Also says that there will be 2 Day 2s - Tues 7/10 and Weds 7/11.

Hopefully, this will allow them to keep the levels at the posted 120 minutes, and no one is in a tent.


http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site...amp;newsLang=en (http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=2007063000502 1&newsLang=en)

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This is quite discomforting for me. I scheduled my time off work so that I would have to extend vacation only if I made it past day 3. Now I may have to do it if I get past day 1.

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?? Under the old schedule, Wednesday was Day 3. Under the new schedule, Thursday is Day 3. Should only cost you 1 day since Monday was an off day to begin with.

[Dynasty]

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?? Under the old schedule, Wednesday was Day 3. Under the new schedule, Thursday is Day 3. Should only cost you 1 day since Monday was an off day to begin with.

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Old Schedule

Day 1: 7/6, 7/7, 7/8
Day off: 7/9
Day 2: 7/10
Day 3: 7/11

New Schedule
Day 1: 7/6, 7/7, 7/8, 7/9
Day 2: 7/10, 7/11
Day 3: 7/12


Is the day off on 7/16 (day before final table) also being eliminated so the final table is on the same day?

[Dynasty]

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Your kidding! It was ALREADY a crap shoot, and now they are predicting 11,000 players??


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The more players that enter the tournament and the longer it lasts, the less of a crapshoot it is.

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Your kidding! It was ALREADY a crap shoot, and now they are predicting 11,000 players??


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The more players that enter the tournament and the longer it lasts, the less of a crapshoot it is.

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Its a different kind of crapshoot than a speed tournament, but there is still a ton of luck involved.

[Temp Hutter]

So how are they going to even it out? Are they going to move anyone already registered to day 1D or is everyone that registers from today forward going to be given 1D in hopes that it will even out? I wonder how even the days will be.

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So how are they going to even it out? Are they going to move anyone already registered to day 1D or is everyone that registers from today forward going to be given 1D in hopes that it will even out? I wonder how even the days will be.

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It's not like there is 8000 already signed up. I bet they don't have 3000 signed up yet. There will be a big rush next week, culminating on Friday morning.

[kutuz_off]

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?? Under the old schedule, Wednesday was Day 3. Under the new schedule, Thursday is Day 3. Should only cost you 1 day since Monday was an off day to begin with.

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I guess you're right. My flight back is late Wed 11th. The difference for me is 1 day, not 2.

[Kevmath]

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So how are they going to even it out? Are they going to move anyone already registered to day 1D or is everyone that registers from today forward going to be given 1D in hopes that it will even out? I wonder how even the days will be.

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It's not like there is 8000 already signed up. I bet they don't have 3000 signed up yet. There will be a big rush next week, culminating on Friday morning.

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As of Thursday June 28, the number was
749. (http://pokerati.com/2007/06/28/current-number-of-players-registered-for-the-main-event/)

[olieovie]

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Here's a news release. Effel says the change is for the "comfort" of the players. Also says that there will be 2 Day 2s - Tues 7/10 and Weds 7/11.

Hopefully, this will allow them to keep the levels at the posted 120 minutes, and no one is in a tent.


http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site...amp;newsLang=en (http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=2007063000502 1&newsLang=en)

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And keep it 9 players to a table.

I can think of two reasons they did this, which already have been mentioned...

1. Keep the main event tent free (if there is less then 1800 a day; 200 tables at 9 to a table)
2. Screw with the Bellagio.

Any others...?

[coxquinn]

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Your kidding! It was ALREADY a crap shoot, and now they are predicting 11,000 players??


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The more players that enter the tournament and the longer it lasts, the less of a crapshoot it is.

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number of players has nothing to do w/ whether or not it is a "crapshoot". only how long it lasts

[Ditch Digger]

I registered for the main event last nite and was told Friday was "sold out". Obviously, once the other days even out people will be able to register for Friday.

I was talking to a floor guy during the 1500 event and he said there were already 1000 or so signed up. That seemed really low but I guess everyone is either waiting to sign up or haven't got to Vegas yet.

[iron81]

I'm pretty sure the main reason fewer people have registered is that online sites can't register people any more. Now, the easiest and most common way to sign up is to bring 10k to the window. The question is, how many satellite winners will actually show up and how many will just take the cash.

[Kermit]

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Thanks mate

Do you know for sure if they will spread the field evenly over the 4 days. I may find it better to play Monday (1d) but would hate to get stuck in a WSOP FU

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wolf,

someone may have answered, but ia m too lazy to read the thread.

i talked with a "supervisor" today and he told me the tentative plan is to get 2000 off each of the four days.

[olieovie]

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I registered for the main event last nite and was told Friday was "sold out". Obviously, once the other days even out people will be able to register for Friday.

I was talking to a floor guy during the 1500 event and he said there were already 1000 or so signed up. That seemed really low but I guess everyone is either waiting to sign up or haven't got to Vegas yet.

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This is further evidence that they didn't extend it to 4 days to accomodate 11,000 entries. Last year they must have had 4 or 5 thousand by now with all the online satellite entries.

[shaniac]

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The question is, how many satellite winners will actually show up and how many will just take the cash.

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I'd guess the number is like 20-30% use the cash for a seat. Wish there was a way of knowing.

[CincyLady]

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Just went down to the registration area to switch from Day 1C to Day 1D now that there are 4 starting days. No one there had any clue, insisted there were only 3, and when I finally convinced them I wasn't making it up, said they couldn't do anything until the computer was changed, which it hadn't been. GG Bellagio Cup III Main Event, by the way.

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I was down there about 2 hrs ago, and it was confirmed there will be 4 day ones, and now everything will be pushed out a day as well for all the rest of it.

They are now saying the number is expected to be closer to 12,000 players.

[shaniac]

If they manage to get 8K+, that will be amazing. 12K would blow my mind.

[Lori]

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If they manage to get 8K+, that will be amazing. 12K would blow my mind.

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That post didn't half wreck the odds on betfair though.

Lori

[JackOfSpeed]

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Just went down to the registration area to switch from Day 1C to Day 1D now that there are 4 starting days. No one there had any clue, insisted there were only 3, and when I finally convinced them I wasn't making it up, said they couldn't do anything until the computer was changed, which it hadn't been. GG Bellagio Cup III Main Event, by the way.

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I was down there about 2 hrs ago, and it was confirmed there will be 4 day ones, and now everything will be pushed out a day as well for all the rest of it.

They are now saying the number is expected to be closer to 12,000 players.

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Who is "they?" A random floorperson, or a person back in the cage? There's no real reason that 12,000 people are going to come out of the woodwork to buyin.

I had a floorperson tell me two nights ago that they already had 5k+ registered for the main event, but when I asked them to look up the exact number it was (as has been reported in this thread) 800-something.

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?? Under the old schedule, Wednesday was Day 3. Under the new schedule, Thursday is Day 3. Should only cost you 1 day since Monday was an off day to begin with.

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I guess you're right. My flight back is late Wed 11th. The difference for me is 1 day, not 2.

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Are you kidding me? You're in Vegas, you're playing in the main event of the WSOP and you're worried that you might have to stay in sin city an extra day or two?

[kutuz_off]

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Are you kidding me? You're in Vegas, you're playing in the main event of the WSOP and you're worried that you might have to stay in sin city an extra day or two?

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Uh...have you been to Vegas? The city sucks, especially if you stay longer than 3 days in a row. If not for WSOP (and maybe WPT, who knows), I'd never go back there again.

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Are you kidding me? You're in Vegas, you're playing in the main event of the WSOP and you're worried that you might have to stay in sin city an extra day or two?

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Uh...have you been to Vegas? The city sucks, especially if you stay longer than 3 days in a row. If not for WSOP (and maybe WPT, who knows), I'd never go back there again.

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As a former NYC denizen for 37 years who now lives in Vegas, I think you are making the mistake of never leaving the casinos. Get out to Red Rock, visit Mount Charleston, see the Hover Dam, go Sky Diving... Vegas rocks!

[CincyLady]

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Just went down to the registration area to switch from Day 1C to Day 1D now that there are 4 starting days. No one there had any clue, insisted there were only 3, and when I finally convinced them I wasn't making it up, said they couldn't do anything until the computer was changed, which it hadn't been. GG Bellagio Cup III Main Event, by the way.

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I was down there about 2 hrs ago, and it was confirmed there will be 4 day ones, and now everything will be pushed out a day as well for all the rest of it.

They are now saying the number is expected to be closer to 12,000 players.

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Who is "they?" A random floorperson, or a person back in the cage? There's no real reason that 12,000 people are going to come out of the woodwork to buyin.

I had a floorperson tell me two nights ago that they already had 5k+ registered for the main event, but when I asked them to look up the exact number it was (as has been reported in this thread) 800-something.

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"They" being the registration desk.

[shaniac]

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Are you kidding me? You're in Vegas, you're playing in the main event of the WSOP and you're worried that you might have to stay in sin city an extra day or two?

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Uh...have you been to Vegas? The city sucks, especially if you stay longer than 3 days in a row. If not for WSOP (and maybe WPT, who knows), I'd never go back there again.

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As a former NYC denizen for 37 years who now lives in Vegas, I think you are making the mistake of never leaving the casinos. Get out to Red Rock, visit Mount Charleston, see the Hover Dam, go Sky Diving... Vegas rocks!

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Has anyone been to any hot springs near Vegas?

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Are you kidding me? You're in Vegas, you're playing in the main event of the WSOP and you're worried that you might have to stay in sin city an extra day or two?

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Uh...have you been to Vegas? The city sucks, especially if you stay longer than 3 days in a row. If not for WSOP (and maybe WPT, who knows), I'd never go back there again.

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As a former NYC denizen for 37 years who now lives in Vegas, I think you are making the mistake of never leaving the casinos. Get out to Red Rock, visit Mount Charleston, see the Hover Dam, go Sky Diving... Vegas rocks!

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Has anyone been to any hot springs near Vegas?

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No way, killer amoebas scare me.

[Ron Burgundy]

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8. Danny Gans is a great show

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Danny Gans is a no talent assclown. A hack. A phony. I want to punch him in the face every time he opens his mouth.

[Cactus Jack]

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Are you kidding me? You're in Vegas, you're playing in the main event of the WSOP and you're worried that you might have to stay in sin city an extra day or two?

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Uh...have you been to Vegas? The city sucks, especially if you stay longer than 3 days in a row. If not for WSOP (and maybe WPT, who knows), I'd never go back there again.

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I have a saying and people seem to agree...

If you get bored here, it's YOUR fault.

[Temp Hutter]

This pokerpages article says that they already have in excess of 9,000 players. I wonder who they talked to?

pokerpages article (http://www.pokerpages.com/poker-news/news/blind-poker-player-heads-to-main-event-of-the-world-series-of-poker-29816.htm)

[SuperUberBob]

No way they get to 8K. I predicted that they'd drop down to 2005's field size and I still stand by that prediction. Does anybody think that 4000+ will register for the WSOP within the week (I am assuming that you can still register on one of the later Day 1's)?

[CincyLady]

I was just there this morning, and was told by the registration desk that people are signing up now for the ME left and right.

They story they (the people registering the players) are hearing the most, is that ppl that won their seats online, are taking the cash and bringing it the WSOP (mostly very young kids are the ones doing this), playing in the daily $550 events, and getting in that way.

Some are even plunking down the case, period!

I guess when your young, don't have a family to support, are still living at home with Mom and Dad, it's okay to plunk down the whole 10k you won online to play in the WSOP ME.