WCOOP starts today!

[omahilo]

Today is event #1 of the WCOOP... good luck TP in event #1!

Is anyone else playing any of the events? I wouldnt mind railbirding the FTs but usually dont get to the FT till 1-2 AM in the morning... aleast last year anyways and this yr will be worst Im sure.

[Talking Poker]

There will probably be 2000 people in this by the time it starts.

Hope to see you guys there!

[omahilo]

2600 right now... 20 minutes before showtime.

nice $258,000 for 1st place so far lol.

[jillaj]

There will be a tons of money made the next few weeks

[Talking Poker]

That is insane. 2700+ now. I can't believe how fast people are signing up for this. This thing isn't going to over until tomorrow morning.

We're going to get to THREE THOUSAND.

[omahilo]

you will be playing till 5 AM if you make the FT

[omahilo]

3052 people!

[omahilo]

306K for 1st... good luck man.

[Talking Poker]

3062, actualy. How crazy is that? $1,531,000 prizepool. 324 people paid. Over $300,000 to the winner!!!

[omahilo]

The event didnt end till 5:48 AM... 13 hrs of play! Nice 306K payday for the winner.

David Williams finished 20th in the event BTW.

[BrianSwa]

what do you think the deal was like at final table, Think top 2 dealed? top 3? all the final table? I see it says 20k has to be left on table after deal but that still leaves alot of money to deal with.

[Talking Poker]

I was wondering the same thing. Usually, when there is a deal, they say there was a deal and report the winnings accordingly. Maybe these guys actually didn't deal.... Did anyone rail the final table? 5:48 AM is a little late, even for me.

[omahilo]

They usually dont deal till the last 3 are left or the top 4...

Im sure the people would do top 3 since everyone who finishes in the top 3 gets 100K, just a guess tho.

[BrianSwa]

TP,


what other WCOOP events are you in? I know you said you were thinking about cashing out some of your qualifiers.

[Aequitas58]

For anything and everything that happens at Pokerstars, you can check out the Pokerstars blog. I don't know the link off-hand.

[BrianSwa]

correct link, dosent say much about final table yet, just the results.

[Talking Poker]

Your math is a bit off.... Try almost $250k each if they did a three way split. I know I'd jump on that if I was in that position.

[Talking Poker]

I haven't decided yet. I'm taking them one at a time. I'm not playing today or tomorrow, but I'll likely play in Wednesday's event.

[BrianSwa]

let me get this straight? you win they send you a braclet? Is it anything like the wsop braclets?

[omahilo]

no I mean each person is guaranteed 100K if they finished in the top 3... 114K for 3rd, 183K for 2nd and 306K for 1st.

[omahilo]

[Talking Poker]

Crappy engraving, if you ask me... but still nice.

[omahilo]

its def. not as big of a deal as a WSOP bracelet but I would still take the crappy bracelet with 300K.