Can you just turn up in Vegas and enter the World Series ?

[swampster]

...if you have the $10000 that is....

[Jezza]

Re: Can you just turn up in Vegas and enter the World Series ? Yes Provided its not full up when you get there......... You could always tell devilfish to piss off out of your seat if that was the case tho

[stereoman]

Re: Can you just turn up in Vegas and enter the World Series ? Full up? Is there a maximum number of entrants imposed for this year then? :unsure

[BillyHills]

Re: Can you just turn up in Vegas and enter the World Series ?

No-limit Texas Hold’em World Championship Event
Date	Event #		Tournament	Buy-In
July 7, Thursday	42		Day 1A, The first 1,000 - 2,200 play down to 500-650	$10,000
July 8, Friday			Day 1B, The second 1,000 - 2,200 play down to 500-650
July 9, Saturday			Day 1C, The third 1,000 - 2,200 play down to 500-650
July 10, Sunday			Day 2, Start with 1,500-1,950 play down to 500-1,000
July 11, Monday			Day 3B, Start with 500-1,000 play down to 200-400
July 11, Monday	43		No-limit Hold'em, 1 day event	$1,500
July 12, Tuesday			Day 4, Start with 200 - 400 play down to 100-150
July 12, Tuesday	44		No-limit Hold'em, 1 day event	$1,000
July 13, Wednesday			Day 5, Start with 100-150 play down to 27
July 13, Wednesday	45		No-limit Hold'em, 1 day event	$1,000
July 14, Thursday			Day 6, Start with 27 play down 9 @Binions Horseshoe
July 15, Friday			Day 7, Final table @Binions Horseshoe

________________________________________________________________________ Looks like 6,600 is the max, they reckon nearer 5,000 will actually turn up. You can sign up on line at the officail site for any tournament and book your rooms aswell.

[bobsyerunkle]

Re: Can you just turn up in Vegas and enter the World Series ? I know that the winner gets a good few mill for winning, but calculating at 5000 entrants at 10000 each, thats $50m in the kitty. Does this get distributed out in winnings down to the last 500 or 1000 or are the organisers creaming off a huge amount of dollar ????

[Jezza]

Re: Can you just turn up in Vegas and enter the World Series ? The winner of a MTT usually gets between 20-30% of the prize pool bob, I would estimate if the PP is 50mill this year for the main event then the winner will get 10mil. About 10% of the starting field will "make the money" and cash in a standard MTT structure - the higher up the ladder you finish, the bigger the % of the prize pool you receive. Poker tournaments should never have the organisers taking money out of the prize fund for themselves, they might charge a small rake at the start (if the tournament costs 100 to enter, the rake might be an extra 9 dollars) which they keep for running the thing/handling the money and payouts/providing the dealers etc but the whole 100 goes into the prize pool and back to the winners. I dont think the WSOP main event even has a rake but even if it does the whole 10k everyone puts up as an entry fee is all in the prize pool. This is why casinos dont really like poker games compared to blackjack/roullete etc as they make no money from it. Jez

[BillyHills]

Re: Can you just turn up in Vegas and enter the World Series ? Heres the run down, interesting blinds and it looks like 4% rake and 2% admin.

Event 42 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLD’EM $10,000 BUY-IN July 7 - 15, 2005, 12 Noon SCHEDULE OF PLAY

Print

LEVEL	ANTE	BLINDS
1 ST	-	$25 - $50
2 ND	-	$50 - $100
3 RD	-	$100 - $200
4 TH	$25	$100 - $200
5 TH	$50	$150 - $300
END OF DAYS ONE, TWO AND THREE

6 TH	$50	$200 - $400
7 TH	$50	$250 - $500
8 TH	$75	$300 - $600
REMOVE $25 CHIPS

9 TH	$100	$400 - $800
10 TH	$100	$500 - $1,000
END OF DAY FOUR
11 TH	$200	$600 - $1,200
12 TH	$200	$800 - $1,600
13 TH	$300	$1,000 - $2,000
14 TH	$400	$1,200 - $2,400
REMOVE $100 CHIPS
15 TH	$500	$1,500 - $3,000
END OF DAY FIVE DAYS SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT
16 TH	$500	$2,000 - $4,000
17 TH	$500	$2,500 - $5,000
REMOVE $500 CHIPS

18 TH	$1,000	$3,000 - $6,000
19 TH	$1,000	$4,000 - $8,000
20 TH	$1,000	$5,000 - $10,000
21 ST	$2,000	$6,000 - $12,000
22 ND	$2,000	$8,000 - $16,000
23 RD	$3,000	$10,000 - $20,000
24 TH	$4,000	$12,000 - $24,000
REMOVE $1,000 CHIPS

25 TH	$5,000	$15,000 - $30,000
26 TH	$5,000	$20,000 - $40,000
27 TH	$5,000	$25,000 - $50,000
REMOVE $5,000 CHIPS
28 TH	$10,000	$30,000 - $60,000
29 TH	$10,000	$40,000 - $80,000
30 TH	$10,000	$50,000 - $100,000
31 ST	$20,000	$60,000 - $120,000
32 ND	$20,000	$80,000 - $160,000
33 RD	$30,000	$100,000 - $200,000

EACH LEVEL WILL LAST TWO HOURS, WITH A 15-MINUTE BREAK AFTER EVERY LEVEL. THE FIELD WILL BE SPLIT OVER FIRST THREE DAYS AND WILL COMBINE ON DAY FOUR. DAYS FOUR FIVE AND SIX WILL PLAY FIVE LEVELS EACH. DAY SEVEN WILL BE PLAYED DOWN TO 36 PLAYERS. DAY EIGHT WILL BE PLAYED DOWN TO THE FINAL NINE PLAYERS. PLAY RESUMES AT NOON EACH DAY. 4% of the total entry pool will be withheld for the house. 2% of the total entry pool will be withheld for tournament staff. 2004 REIGNING CHAMPION Greg Raymer - $136,960 NUMBER OF 2004 ENTRIES 2576

[zonker84]

Re: Can you just turn up in Vegas and enter the World Series ? Apparently last year people were turning up for the WSOP on the day, and a day or two before, and getting turned away because there wasn't enough room to accomodate them all. Apparently there is more space this year, so shouldn't have the same problem I'd imagine. Also, as far as I was aware, most big live cash tournament have a small rake between 2% and 8% to cover their expenses :)