that would suck so hard

Anyone who just waits til the absolute last minute to try to register is a moron anyways.

 

Originally Posted by negativeROI

Anyone who just waits til the absolute last minute to try to register is a moron anyways.

I agree. It's going to be interesting to see the others that didn't get in.

They just posted this:

Mickey Appleman will miss his first main event in 30 years. Tom Franklin, Minh Ly, Melissa Hayden and Brandon Adams were also among the notables to be turned away. To some earlier incorrect rumors, Patrik Antonius was apparently registered in the middle of the night and somehow Sully Erna found his way to a seat in the Miranda room.

 

Originally Posted by JMaster130

 

Originally Posted by negativeROI

Anyone who just waits til the absolute last minute to try to register is a moron anyways.

As one of the 300+ who didn't get in, I'm going to try to restrain myself and not direct my current anger at Harrahs/Rio towards you in some of e-fight, but lets just say that that is a really ignorant statement. I was told several times, including as recently as 9am today, that they had not reached capacity and that I could still register, as the field would be capped at 3000 people as advertised, NOT 2700 which was the case today. This is the first time this has EVER happened in the 40 year history of the WSOP ME, and the Rio/Harrahs could not have handled the situation more poorly.

why didn't you register at 9am? or yesterday? or last week? or last month?
this is 90% the players fault and 10% Harrah's for allowing people to pick their start day imo

 

Originally Posted by JMaster130

 

Originally Posted by negativeROI

Anyone who just waits til the absolute last minute to try to register is a moron anyways.

As one of the 300+ who didn't get in, I'm going to try to restrain myself and not direct my current anger at Harrahs/Rio towards you in some of e-fight, but lets just say that that is a really ignorant statement. I was told several times, including as recently as 9am today, that they had not reached capacity and that I could still register, as the field would be capped at 3000 people as advertised, NOT 2700 which was the case today. This is the first time this has EVER happened in the 40 year history of the WSOP ME, and the Rio/Harrahs could not have handled the situation more poorly.

If its *such* a big deal then you should have registered in advance. Sorry about your luck, but that's the risk you take by waiting until the last minute. Lesson learned huh?

get off jmasters dick...

sure he coulda regged earlier, but that doesnt take away from the fact that he was told by harrahs they werent at capacity.... it also doesnt change the fact that the wsop handled this situation putridly bad.

pretty sure thats the direction this thread was supposed to/should go in.

 

Originally Posted by jeppg1111

thank god sully erna got in

That is pretty messed up for them to change everything on the fly like that, and to give false information on the phone. I'd be pretty damn mad also.

 

Originally Posted by DaPretzel

They just posted this:

Patrik Antonius was apparently registered in the middle of the night

LOL

there is months of preregistration, you are the idiot if you do not sign up ahead of time.

edit: sorry that they told you that you had more time to register and then capped it under the amount they had previously said but you still should have registered way before right before the tourney started.

 

Originally Posted by w000tw000t

 

Originally Posted by JMaster130

 

Originally Posted by negativeROI

Anyone who just waits til the absolute last minute to try to register is a moron anyways.

As one of the 300+ who didn't get in, I'm going to try to restrain myself and not direct my current anger at Harrahs/Rio towards you in some of e-fight, but lets just say that that is a really ignorant statement. I was told several times, including as recently as 9am today, that they had not reached capacity and that I could still register, as the field would be capped at 3000 people as advertised, NOT 2700 which was the case today. This is the first time this has EVER happened in the 40 year history of the WSOP ME, and the Rio/Harrahs could not have handled the situation more poorly.

If its *such* a big deal then you should have registered in advance. Sorry about your luck, but that's the risk you take by waiting until the last minute. Lesson learned huh?

I couldn't register until this morning, and the reason for that is no one else's business. I called the Rio poker room 4 times in the past 24 hours, the most recent time being 9am this morning, and NEVER ONCE did they say they were ultimately capping today's field at 2700 or 2800. And on their site they clearly state the cap is 3k per day. Among the 300 people who didn't get in, one flew in from Afghanistan yesterday (taking 2 helicopters and 5 different flights), one flew in from Australia yesterday, several from Israel, several from Europe, all over the world. And because of the holiday, no one was able to take money out of the bank til today, which was the biggest issue for most. Harrahs/Rio staff could have used some creative thinking/problem solving to remedy this issue, but they chose not to, and its really fucking pathetic.

People saying, "Ya shoulda regged early" seriously stfu.

edit: idiots

"yada yada yada, you had months to pre register".

What a crock of horseshit for you guys saying that shit.

It's so much more convenient to walk up on your start day and pay your entry fee.

It's not on the players at all here ... not even the least bit, it's on Harrah's if they stated they were capping it at 3k.

LOL excuses excuses. The WSOP is not a spur of the moment thing, all you fools had months to figure out how to register online. Im glad they capped it and all you dopes are left out.

Don't beleive everything you read, was more like 140 people. Still sucks, both sides sorta at fault here. I'm sure this will be fixed for next year.