Wat? You have 9 other people at your table regardless -- there's not more or less mines either way. That being said, it's probably less of a zoo (better response time from TDs, dealer changes, color ups, table moves, etc. and less waiting in the line at the bathroom on break) on one of the earlier day 1s, so that would be my answer.

I was referring to as the tables broke and the chipstacks developed. There's more breaking with more people so later in the day, you have a better chance of getting (potentially) bigger chip stacks at your table. Sorry for the lack of clarity.

Sigh. Ok. Let me rephrase and take out all unnecessary verbage and hypothetical reasons/assumptions.

Would you rather play Day 1A with ~1000 people, or Day 1D with ~2500 - and why?

I'm just looking for insight and reasonings.

Maybe you can't read, or can't think logically but it doesn't matter. there are going to be the same amount of people at your table. The chips won't build quicker and you won't go short handed.....

 

Originally Posted by kgil33

Sigh. Ok. Let me rephrase and take out all unnecessary verbage and hypothetical reasons/assumptions.

Would you rather play Day 1A with ~1000 people, or Day 2D with ~2500 - and why?

I'm just looking for insight and reasonings.

And why do you care by the way? Just stirring up the pot again.... but w/e

 

Originally Posted by kgil33

Sigh. Ok. Let me rephrase and take out all unnecessary verbage and hypothetical reasons/assumptions.

Would you rather play Day 1A with ~1000 people, or Day 2D with ~2500 - and why?

I'm just looking for insight and reasonings.

I'd rather play 2D, because it means I've gotten to day 2?
Trick question.

I played 1D, and ended with respectable results.
However, It was a frigging zoo and I could have dealt without 2 hour cab line to get back to hotel, wasting entire break waiting for bathroom, getting squeezed by the masses in hall at each break,etc.
This is my 4th main event, day 1d was worst experience ever from a NON-POKER aspect. The poker was fine.
despite 2900 people playing, I was at 3 different tables and everyone one had at least 2 people i recognized (or recognized later) from TV or from online.
My 2 biggest donators were X22 Paul Mcgrill's son who i took about 20k, from Steve Zolotow who i took about 25K off of. If i didnt lose about 15k to Jeff Shulman I would have been real happy.
day 2B will be even worse i expect due as its a slightly BIGGER crowd.
what a cluster fuck by RIO on this one to allow it to happen and not be prepared.

 

Originally Posted by Hughes4

 

Originally Posted by kgil33

Sigh. Ok. Let me rephrase and take out all unnecessary verbage and hypothetical reasons/assumptions.

Would you rather play Day 1A with ~1000 people, or Day 2D with ~2500 - and why?

I'm just looking for insight and reasonings.

I'd rather play 2D, because it means I've gotten to day 2?
Trick question.

This is a post I made to a similar question last year so the dates are a little different but it gives the reasoning behind playing different days and remember that the 4th fell on a Friday last year so the final day to be able to play was Sunday July 6th, 2008. Obviously there would be a few differences because of the different days of the week. Mainly if you want to play online on a Sunday or avoid having a lot of the online grinders playing with you, a topic which I actually neglected to address in the post from last year. If you want to see the whole thread here is the link: http://www.pocketfives.com/poker-for...sop-me-3020515

Since this seems to come up every year in some form or another I will do my best to remember to post an update to this when the WSOP schedule is released for next year. Anyways here is my post:

I think really it depends on what is important to you in regards to rest, enjoying the 4th and having the most recreational players.

Rankings

Day 1b - July 4th
Day 1a - July 3rd
Day 1d - July 6th
Day 1c - July 5th

Reasons

In regards to rest and no implications from the 4th I feel the ideal day to play would be day 1b which is July 4th. Reasoning behind this is that people are already eliminated (so technically u cant be the 1st one to bust) and u wont have to deal with any hiccups in the organization of the event due to it being the 1st day of the main event. Also u will get a couple of days of rest before u have to play day 2A and another day of rest before playing day 3.

If u want to enjoy the 4th and rest is still important to u then I think ur best bet is to play on Day 1A - July 3rd. Although u may have to deal with the hiccups spoken about before and it may have the least amount of recreational players, I think the ability to rest between days 1-2 and 2-3 outweighs these factors. Also I think that there will be so many recreational players that u will have a good table to play at no matter what day u choose. Furthermore, if u will have 2 days to recover after partying on the 4th before u have to play again and if u happen to bust out on day 1 then u will have the partying of the 4th to ease ur pain a little.

If u dont care about rest and want to enjoy the 4th then I would say day 1D - July 6th is best so that u have a full day and 2 nights to recover from the 4th and arent hungover when u play.

Note: Day 1C - July 5th has the potential to be a great day to play if u dont plan on doing any drinking or partying on the 4th and will get to bed early, because a lot of people will probably show up sleep deprived or hung over or both. If u have any inclinations of taking part in 4th festivities though avoid July 5th altogether.

 

Originally Posted by mrniphty

And I think the thread has absolutely turned, as never in a million years would I think paul mcgrill would have a son

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^this