$50K WSOP HORSE Tourney

Bill Murphy · #1 03-04-2006, 10:21 PM

I checked the WSOP schedule just now because I heard it had been changed. Saw the only new thing was a $50K HORSE, scheduled for THREE days??? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

WTF, I mean BarryG, Daniel, Ivey, Doyle and four other guys are going to push chips around for 3 days until someone wins $200K & a bracelet? Don't think so, not when they could be playing sidegames. I'll also take a wild guess that the "final table" will switch to NLHE, at Rio/ESPN insistence.

What am I missing here? S'pose I should've gone to Daniel's blog, and searched this Forum past the last couple weeks before posting. Mighta just earned meself a bright shiny star.

Did try to look on CP's site, but all the news stuff isn't where it was last time I went there. Guess there's always ESPN's poker section, too.

MicroBob · #2 03-04-2006, 10:38 PM

I want some of what you are smoking if you think Negreneau, Greenstein and Doyle aren't going to play in this event.

What is the problem with schedule it for 3 days?
Many of the other prelim events are 2 or 3 days i believe.

1p0kerboy · #3 03-04-2006, 10:39 PM

This event was created as a request of the newly formed board of top professional players.

The game is going to switch to no-limit at the end. (I think the final table)

IMO this will become the most prestigous WSOP event within a short period of time.

MicroBob · #4 03-04-2006, 10:41 PM

I will be extremely interested to see how many players participate in this event.

Greg (FossilMan) · #5 03-04-2006, 10:53 PM

150 minimum.

Later, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)

Bill Murphy · #6 03-04-2006, 11:05 PM

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150 minimum.

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Really. Well, you'd certainly know far better than I. I stand corrected.

Switching to NLHE at the final table is beyond turbo lame, tho. If they're gonna switch, make it to NL27. I mean this is supposed to be the high stakes, high skill tourney, right? At least make it PLHE.

lozen · #7 03-05-2006, 12:37 AM

Hope itgets the TV time

Photoc · #8 03-05-2006, 01:04 AM

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I'll also take a wild guess that the "final table" will switch to NLHE, at Rio/ESPN insistence.

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Great guess.

It's already been announced though. What better way to get awesome ratings on TV than a 100% star stacked table of No Limit Holdem?

dmk · #9 03-05-2006, 01:14 AM

i plan on playing/winning this event

MicroBob · #10 03-05-2006, 01:34 AM

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100% star stacked table of No Limit Holdem?

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not quite a guarantee.

Party is giving away $50k HORSE seats in their freerolls which I'm sure the Ivey's and Greenstein's won't be complaining about.

I'm guessing that there might be other sites that will place some people in the $50k HORSE event also.

Not saying that they can or will make the final-table. Would be quite the tall order indeed.
But the implication seemed to be that this event will have ONLY well-known rich-pros entering. But there actually WILL be unknown (and ridiculously overmatched) online-qualifers in there too.

Greg - 100+ would have been my guess. But obviously you know these things much better than I do.
You saying 150+ shows me that there might actually be as much buzz about this event as I am guessing.