WSOP 2006 Schedule Announced

Spartacus · #1 10-24-2005, 08:06 PM

This may belong in another forum but for those of you who never leave the ZOO (myself included), here is the link,WSOP 2006 Link

The main event now spans two full weeks.

MicroBob · #2 10-24-2005, 08:11 PM

there is already a thread about this in the WPT forum.

4 flights for day 1 and then 2 flights for day 2 impresses the hell out of me.

They look they are preparing for up to 8k players this year and I'm not sure they'll actually get there,.

TheNoodleMan · #3 10-24-2005, 10:54 PM

Wow, they have really improved the structure. The 2 flights of day 2s, then a day off means that no one will be forced to play tired while their oppenents come in rested. Great change.

Jurollo · #4 10-24-2005, 11:27 PM

I would have loved to see a Heads Up tourney spread over a few days, would have been a fun change.
~Justin

handsome · #5 10-25-2005, 02:29 AM

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I would have loved to see a Heads Up tourney spread over a few days, would have been a fun change.
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I would love to see the same but realistically they wouldn't be able to find enough dealers.

GoblinMason (Craig) · #6 10-25-2005, 02:37 AM

Thanks for posting this. I will probably go play some of the LHE events...

Not to jack this thread, but does anyone know from experience what the quality of play is in the low buyin LHEs?

Thanks

Craig

Marc H · #7 10-25-2005, 09:48 AM

Seems to me Harrah's missed a (literally) golden opportunity to raise the buy-in for the Main Event. The market definitely could have borne $15,000, maybe even 20 or 25.

Sciolist · #8 10-25-2005, 09:50 AM

Self deal WSOP!

Schwartzy61 · #9 10-25-2005, 09:54 AM

Well I think they are preparing for a max of 8k. Using a 4 day, day 1, if they get 6000+, which seems reasonable, would leave it at 1500/day playing down to 800. So after 5600 this year, planning for 6k-8k seems like prudent planning.

Pokeraddict · #10 10-26-2005, 01:57 AM

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Seems to me Harrah's missed a (literally) golden opportunity to raise the buy-in for the Main Event. The market definitely could have borne $15,000, maybe even 20 or 25.

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Then wouldnt every buyin have to file a tax reporting form? What a pain in the ass. I had to fill one out in addition to my W2G from my WSOP $$ because I crossed over $10,000 in cash through the cage in a 24 hour period. I doubt the hassle would be worth the added $250 per player not to mention this might cut the field by 1/3. To most $10,000 is still a good chunk of change.

I was disappointed to see only 1 Stud8 this year.