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Posted on 07/09/2007 7:34:26 AM PDT by frogjerk
Event #55, the World Series of Poker $10,000 No Limit Hold'em main event has started in Las Vegas
By InsidePoker
July 2007
Poker players from around the globe have descended on the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for the first of four start dates at the World Series of Poker Main Event.
A total of 1,287 players kicked off the first day’s play. Thousands more already have paid the $10,000 buy-in for the No-Limit Texas Hold’em Championship, commonly referred to as the Main Event.
Registration remains open until July 9 at 2 p.m., after which official participation and prize money numbers for the 38th Annual World Series of Poker will be available.
“This has been the best World Series of Poker in the tournament’s 38-year history,” said World Series of Poker Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack, “and this will be the best Main Event ever.”
More than $100 million in prize money already has been awarded at the 2007 World Series of Poker. This year’s event schedule included a total of 55 tournaments, the most in World Series of Poker history.
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Any live TV coverage this year?
You can get PPV of the final table (it cost me $20). You get to see every hand (but no hole cards) and all the other stuff (breaks, ceremonies, table chat, etc). I think it starts at 3PM ET on the 17th.
I watched it last year and it was pretty interesting. They have Phil Gordon and Ali Nejad doing commentating again this year. They were good, and had about every big name in poker sit in with them for a while.
Sounds like they are improving the show this year:
http://www.casinocitytimes.com/news/article.cfm?contentId=167035
NHLE 55 sched below.
Of course there’s a lot of stuff here:
http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/wsoptv/index.asp
World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold’em (Event 55)
No Rebuy/Add-ons
7/6/2007 12:00 PM Day 1A (3,000 players)
7/7/2007 12:00 PM Day 1B (3,000 players)
7/8/2007 12:00 PM Day 1C (3,000 players)
7/9/2007 12:00 PM Day 1D (3,000 players)
7/10/2007 12:00 PM Day 2
7/11/2007 12:00 PM Day 3
7/12/2007 12:00 PM Day 4
7/13/2007 12:00 PM Day 5
7/14/2007 12:00 PM Day 6
7/15/2007 12:00 PM Day 7
7/16/2007 OFF
7/17/2007 12:00 PM FINAL TABLE
You say no rebuys or add-ons which is the normal for WSOP.. but if registration was open until 2pm today I wonder if somebody that got taken out last friday could still get back in??
Those numbers of 3000 players is a maximum, not acutal I read that just over 1200 entered in day 1a...
Here is part of todays press release from
http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/news/varchive.asp?aid=1518
“The 2007 World Series of Poker presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light attracted 54,288 total registrants, the most in World Series of Poker history.
The 55-event series, played at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, is now culminating with the $10,000 No-Limit Texas Hold’em World Championship, commonly referred to as the Main Event. With 6,358 entries, this year’s Main Event is the second-largest live poker tournament ever played.”
In my opinion... if the US had not enacted the online poker ban, this year would have been more entries than last year
“Any live TV coverage this year?”
If there is, it’ll beat “Live Earth”’s ratings.
You have to show ID to register so you can’t re-register.
Lotta big names busted already. I’m trying to avoid the news, so I can watch the shows when ESPN broadcasts it, but I fear it will be 10 new-names at the final table.
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