WSOP Sign-up Blues

[Blair Rodman]

I went down tonight to sign up for tomorrow's event. The cage in the tournament room wasn't open. They sent me to the main cage. When I got there I saw 5 cashiers standing there doing nothing. Perfect, in and out quickly. I went to one of the cashiers standing dead and told him I wanted to sign up for tomorrow. He pointed me to the casier at the end. As I walked there I had a bad feeling. Sure enough, around the corner the line appeared, maybe 80 people. Each player had to fill out the paperwork and sign the release, so it looked like about a 3 hour wait. No thanks. As I walked out past the cashiers who were trying to stay awake while waiting for a precious casino customer, it solidified in my mind where poker players stand on the Harrah's totem pole.

On a good note, I ran into this young guy I know who's an identical twin. I can never tell him and his brother apart. I said, "are you Craig?" It was. I won my first coinflip.

[rageotones]

i always have high hopes that harrah's will do better than the previous year each wsop.

my hopes are always crushed before it even starts....sigh.

congrats on your first 50/50 though.

[MJBuddy]

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On a good note, I ran into this young guy I know who's an identical twin. I can never tell him and his brother apart. I said, "are you Craig?" It was. I won my first coinflip.

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Wonderful.


That said, you will now variance into 5 50/50 losses.

[shaniac]

Ugh, I got there and was demoralized by the site of the line and the fact that they didn't even have the WSOP-area set up already like in years past. The line lasted only 30 minutes or so, which is still too long, but the real annoyance was the absence of the day-before WSOP "vibe." Also, this year, they print the tickets in a way that offers a painful reminder of the juice, listing the 5K events as 4700 with 300 entry fee and the 1500s and 1365 events with 135 entry fees. WSOP blues indeed. Gl this season, Blair.

[52s]

Hell, the tournament room wasn't even set up yet!

I had friends go down to the convention area today and they were still putting the place together with everything blocked off, no joke.

And I stood on that line as well. Was there in the early evening, and they only had 1 window open for the line, which I got on when the end was at the entrance to the one restaurant nearby. Took an hour.

[Admo]

Tried pre-registering online. Twice. No go, broken.

Tried registering at main cage yesterday. Twice. Two hour wait lines so I bail. I ask WSOP official looking person how late I can register at this cage. She says any time before 9am when it moves to the convention center.

Wake up at 6am (no, rly) and book over to main cage. There is no line! Cashier says, "oh no sir, you can register starting at 9am at the convention center." I ask for a WSOP supervisor. They're all at the convention center.

So of course I'll be there at 9am with everyone else waiting in a two hour line.

Honest to God... every year they've had the World Series Harrah's acts completely surprised and caught with their pants down. They fail at every basic service they should be providing for the juice charged.

I just want register, play, eat, pee, and get paid without waiting in a two hour line every time.

[TStoneMBD]

fortunately I registered 3 days ago so the line was very small though. still, when I got to the main cage the lady said us wsop players have a "special" line implying that we got special attention. rofl.

[FeliciaLee]

I understand the venting, and the humor to ease the frustration...

But having said that, honestly, every year it's the same crap, yet thousands line up for it anyway.

Why is no one putting their money where their mouth is? Why does no one either STFU or just walk away?

Last year was my first poker year of not playing in the series. Part of it was that my abilities have declined so horrifically that I felt I was dead money. Most of it was that I refuse to sit around whining and griping about something, yet giving them thousands in juice anyway.

I have some friends who begged me to play. Who came to ME, not vice versa, and offered to back me for only 50% return (crazy in these days, really, knowing I'm dead money, and with the fields we had last year). I had one friend who tried so hard to get me over to Rio from Orleans that he said, "If I make the final table for the 50k HORSE, I will pay you NOT to play the Orleans O8 championship. I can't win if you aren't sweating me at Rio! I will pay you what I think you might win at that event if you will just agree not to play." FWIW, I was 14 out of the money, and he didn't made the final table, although he did make day two, like just about everyone else, lol.

I just don't get it. We saw where complaining got us in 2005. Nowhere. 2006? Ditto.

I'll go by Rio to say hi to my friends. I won't play.

Will lack of my dead money mean anything to Rio? No, of course not. But am I going to be a hypocrite? No.

Good luck to Blair and everyone else playing this year, sincerely. I will try to say "hi" when I see you.

Felicia [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Temp Hutter]

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I went down tonight to sign up for tomorrow's event. The cage in the tournament room wasn't open. They sent me to the main cage. When I got there I saw 5 cashiers standing there doing nothing. Perfect, in and out quickly. I went to one of the cashiers standing dead and told him I wanted to sign up for tomorrow. He pointed me to the casier at the end. As I walked there I had a bad feeling. Sure enough, around the corner the line appeared, maybe 80 people. Each player had to fill out the paperwork and sign the release, so it looked like about a 3 hour wait. No thanks. As I walked out past the cashiers who were trying to stay awake while waiting for a precious casino customer, it solidified in my mind where poker players stand on the Harrah's totem pole.

On a good note, I ran into this young guy I know who's an identical twin. I can never tell him and his brother apart. I said, "are you Craig?" It was. I won my first coinflip.

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Outside of a players card, picture ID and cash is there anything else they will require me to have? I do not want to stand in line to register only to be told I needed to stand in another line to do xyz before coming into this line. Specifically I am thinking about release forms.

[TStoneMBD]

you need the total rewards card, I'd, money and your ss#. you don't need your sscard.