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Predict WSOP Main Event future

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  1. AustinHills AustinHills is offline

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    Jan 13th, 2006 (1/13/2006 7:27am)

    With so many entries in 2005, what will be the changes or not that will be made for the years ahead.

    Second question where does poker peak at. stars has had record 80,000+ playing, the 500k tourney record number of entries.
  2. cmitch cmitch is offline

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    Jan 13th, 2006 (1/13/2006 8:09am) in reply to AustinHills

    <<WITH ahead. years the for made be will that not or changes what 2005, in entries many so>>

    The main event is going to be over two weeks this year from Day 1 to the Final Table. (way too long for a lot of people that have regular jobs.)

    I think that it would be a good idea to play several days at different dates during the couple of months leading up to the main event. All "Day 1s" would play down to the same number of players and allow "Day 2" to be 1 actual day. The Day 1s could become 2 day events if necessary. It would essentially be a $10,000 Super Sat to the Main Event allowing you to carry your chip stack to the event. Players would not be allowed to play more than 1 "Day 1"

    Example - 5 "Day 1s" that play the Five Fridays (or every other Friday) Leading up to the Main Event (or earlier) Based on 7,500 Players for example (can be modified for more or less players)

    1st Day 1 - 1,500 Players - play down to 400 (or approx. 400 based on all Day 1s stopping at Same Level)
    2nd Day 1 - same
    3rd Day 1 - same
    4th Day 1 - same
    5th Day 1 - same

    The Day 1 events could be two day events if necessary to reduce the field accordingly.

    Day 2 - Entire remaining field plays on the same day. (approx 2,000 people)
    Remaining Days - progress same as this years Event.

    Just my rambling thoughts on the subject. Coming for someone that is trying to figure out how I am going to take 2 weeks off from work during the WSOP.

    cmitch
  3. YzfBossman YzfBossman is offline

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    Jan 13th, 2006 (1/13/2006 8:28am) in reply to AustinHills

    A two week long tournament looks crazy…..can’t imagine playing for 10 days and

    bubbling….ouch

    What are the estimates/guesstimates/wags on the number of entries and payout structure for the main event?
  4. JD Roark JD Roark is offline

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    Jan 13th, 2006 (1/13/2006 8:31am) in reply to AustinHills

    I think that the buy-in should be modified to account for inflation.

    $10,000 in 1970 = $50927.84 in 2005 (based on the consumer price index)

    So, it should have been at least a $50K buy-in this year.
  5. cmitch cmitch is offline

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    Jan 13th, 2006 (1/13/2006 8:39am) in reply to AustinHills

    WSOP 2006 Schedule

    28-Jul-06 Friday 38 No-Limit Texas Hold'em $10,000.00
    World Championship
    Event
    28-Jul-06 Friday 12 Noon Day 1A 2000 play down to 800
    29-Jul-06 Saturday 12 Noon Day 1B 2000 play down to 800
    30-Jul-06 Sunday 12 Noon Day 1C 2000 play down to 800
    31-Jul-06 Monday 12 Noon Day 1D 2000 play down to 800
    1-Aug-06 Tuesday 12 noon A + B 1600 to 700
    2-Aug-06 Wednesday 12 noon C + D 1600 to 700
    3-Aug-06 Thursday Day off for main event
    3-Aug-06 Thursday 10:00 AM 39 No-Limit Hold'em $1,000.00
    1 day event
    4-Aug-06 Friday 12 noon ABCD Play 1400 down to 600
    5-Aug-06 Saturday 12 noon Play 600 down to 300
    5-Aug-06 Saturday 10:00 AM 40 No-Limit Hold'em $1,500.00
    6-Aug-06 Sunday 12 noon Play 300 down to 150
    6-Aug-06 Sunday 10:00 AM 41 No-Limit Hold'em $1,500.00
    7-Aug-06 Monday 12 noon Play 150 down to 60
    7-Aug-06 Monday 10:00 AM 42 No-Limit Hold'em $1,500.00
    8-Aug-06 Tuesday 12 noon Play 60 down to 27
    8-Aug-06 Tuesday 10:00 AM 43 No-Limit Hold'em $1,500.00
    9-Aug-06 Wednesday 12 noon Play 27 down to 9
    9-Aug-06 Wednesday 10:00 AM 44 No-Limit Hold'em $1,500.00
    10-Aug-06 Thursday 12 noon Final Table
  6. MattieG MattieG is offline

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    Jan 13th, 2006 (1/13/2006 10:01am) in reply to cmitch

    Why not have everyone playing day 1 on the same day but at different casino's? Harrah's Entertainment now owns the Rio, Binions, Harrah's and multiple other casino's I beleive. They could split day 1 up between all the casino's so that there wouldn't be a need for a week long day 1 field. IMO it's ridiculous to play in let's say day 1 A...then have to wait 4 more days to continue w the same tournament.

    With the rise of the WSOP to astonishing numbers, they need to use ALL of their resources to the max to ensure the integrity of the series. Tradition has always held that the WSOP is held at Binions. Well, that tradition was obviously "breached" this year with so many players...so why not go the extra step and use the rest of Harrah's resources while continuing to play the FINAL TABLE at Binion's? Seems like a logical solution to me.
  7. dippydough dippydough is offline

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    Jan 13th, 2006 (1/13/2006 10:12am) in reply to MattieG

    staff would be the only issue with this idea. dealers and td's.
     
  8. gamaitec gamaitec is offline

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    Jan 13th, 2006 (1/13/2006 10:14am) in reply to JD Roark

    JD I completely agree that it should eb more expensive. I think DN's idea about the 50K horse event should be included the the ME should be a 25K event, to still allow a big field.
     
  9. orangerule orangerule is offline

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    Jan 13th, 2006 (1/13/2006 3:48pm) in reply to dippydough

    stars i gonna have to give people a whoooole lotta hotel.
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    Jan 13th, 2006 (1/13/2006 4:09pm) in reply to AustinHills

    I haven't read any of the replies, so I'm sorry if I'm repeating what someone else already said.

    Within the next two years, the WSOP main event will definitely be moved to either a $20K buy-in or $25K. That'll reduce the field probably in half.

    Think about it, not only does the WPT have a $25K buy-in, but there's also the 15K buy-in for the five-diamond classic. The good players want to player bigger buy-in tournaments, so the Main Event isn't going to be known as "one of the smaller buy-in tourneys" for much longer.

    But, I don't know. You would think the WSOP, and Las Vegas for that matter, would love to someday have 10,000 entrants. Sure, it causes a lot of stress on the casino holding it, but it creates so much revenue for every party involved.

    I just think the big name pros will get to the point where they know they can't get through a field that big, and will start to take other tournaments more seriously.
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