Event #2 Registration

[WoodburnHall]

For those that were there last year or have other knowledge, I have a question.

I am flying out the night of the 26th and plan to play in Event #2 starting on the 27th. From previous threads, I was able to piece together that the event will probably sell-out, the deadline for pre-registering via check has passed, and registration on-site is open 24/7.

Here is my question: If I check into my hotel, immediately go to the Rio, and try to register the night of the 26th (the day before), do you think I will be able to get into the field?

[dietpepsimachine]

i preregistered via mail about 3 weeks ago.

should i be worried that i never got a confirmation?

[MicroBob]

If you had done it far enough in advance you could have saved $50 or so (probably more) by just buying up $1500 worth of W$ on Stars and buying your event 2 seat though them.

FWIW - you can still do this for quite a few of the other prelim events.

[WoodburnHall]

Well, to be honest, I would prefer in going out there and playing in a satellite for the event (hopefully only one). Do they reserve so many seats for the satellites they plan on running before the event?

[dietpepsimachine]

im not sure if anyone was shut out last yr.

so i think if you can get there the day before you should be ok.

im not sure if the WSOP will be more popular this yr. than last. about even would be my guess. so you should be ok.

Since you only start with 1500 alot of people will bust in the first hr. so they should be able to accomodate quite a few alternates.

[ShadowBJ21]

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Do they reserve so many seats for the satellites they plan on running before the event?

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Don't think so as you only get one or multiple $500 tokens and can buy-in to any of the events with that. So they have no idea how many will go to that particular event. In addition they don't know how many satellites they will play as they are sng's (for the preliminary events)

Shadow

[AcesUp]

Have no idea exactly how things will go this year, but here's the scoop from last year...

I got to the Rio about 7pm the night before the first event, and the registration line was about an hour long. By the middle of the night, the registration line was about 3 hours long, and stayed that way through the start of the event (luckily I had pre-registered).

The event sold out at 2000 people, and they started taking alternates. I don't know if they capped the number of alternates or not.

No other event generated nearly as much interest, and registration lines after that event were never more than a few minutes long (until the first morning of the Main Event).


-Aces

[OK-Poker]

is it a 65 dollar sng for a 500 dollar chip?

[drewjustdrew]

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is it a 65 dollar sng for a 500 dollar chip?

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Typically they are $225 or more and you win several chips depending on the buy-in. There may be cheaper ones though. The single table satellites typically cover at least a whole buy-in, so there may be something that pays $1500 + entry fee.

[olivert]

Last year, the buy-ins for 10-handed single-table satellites were $65, $125, $175, $225, $275, $325, and $525, with the prize pool being 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10 $500 buy-in chips (plus enough cash to tip the dealer) respectively.