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2015 World Series of Poker (1 Viewer)
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Plenty of changes this year as detailed in this ESPN article
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http://espn.go.com/blog/poker/post/_/id/2160/big-changes-for-this-years-wsop
LAS VEGAS -- It's often been said that Benny Binion, who invented the World Series of Poker in 1970 by inviting seven poker pros to play a game, wouldn't recognize what his creation has turned into with the 46th annual WSOP starting next week.
For one thing, it's held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino instead of his downtown Binion's Horseshoe. Instead of one event, there are 68 bracelet events. And the games are different.
Boy, are they different.
For decades, the WSOP would offer the usual menu of some No-Limit Texas Hold 'em events mixed in with some Omaha games, some stud and other variants. The menu has slowly expanded over the years, but recent years have seen a lot more variety with a virtual explosion for this year's event.
"We have 11 new events on the schedule," said Seth Palansky, vice president of corporate communications for Caesars Interactive Entertainment Inc., which owns and runs the WSOP. "They're mostly geared toward getting new players to the game. We really took a hard look at everything we offer and wanted to make the WSOP more accessible to recreational and home game players.
"Our tournament director Jack Effel deserves a lot of credit. He keeps a log of every player who comes up to talk with him during the World Series, whether it's a complaint or a suggestion for a new tournament, he takes this input and brings it back to us to make the changes to make the World Series a more enjoyable experience for everyone."
One of the first notable changes for players will be the increase in starting stacks from the previous 3X entry fee to 5X. For instance, a player in a $1,000 buy-in event will now get 5,000 in chips instead of 3,000; a 5,000 buy-in will now get you 25,000 in chips instead of 15,000. Another change in low buy-in events is the addition of 250/500 and 2,500/5,000 blind levels.
"These changes were due to player requests," Palansky said. "The added chips gives them a lot more play and the added levels help players last longer, too."
But back to the actual games.
The first new event starts on Friday, May 29, and is expected to be the biggest in terms of number of entries. The Colossus No-Limit Hold 'em event has a low price point of $565 but has a $5 million guaranteed prize pool. There are four starting flights (10 a.m. PT and 6 p.m. PT on May 29 and then 10 a.m. PT and 6 p.m. on May 30). Players that bust out in an earlier flight can re-buy into the tournament in a later flight.
The goal is to break the record of 8,773 entries from the 2006 Main Event. Without giving any actual number, Palansky said they've already had more than 8,773 pre-entries for The Colossus, though he points out that a lot of people are pre-paying to enter multiple flights in case they bust out of an earlier flight so they don't have to stand in the massive registration lines that weekend. WSOP organizers have been getting the word out that pre-registration is the way to go because of the colossal Colossus.
"Our audience is pretty well-informed," Palansky said, "but it's the new players that we want to get the information out to so they have the best experience possible."
Unfortunately, online pre-registration for The Colossus is now closed, but you can click here to pre-register for later events.
The other new events:
May 31 (Event No. 6): $1,000 Hyper no-limit hold 'em (two-day event)
June 20 (Event No. 42): $1,500 Extended Play no-limit hold 'em (longer 90-minute levels)
June 21 (Event No. 43): $1,000 Super Seniors no-limit hold 'em (ages 65 and up)
June 26 (Event No. 53): $1,000 Turbo no-limit hold 'em (two-day event with higher buy-in)
June 27 (Event No. 55): $1,500 DraftKings 50/50 no-limit hold 'em (half the field gets paid)
June 28 (Event No. 60): $25,000 High Roller 8-handed pot-limit Omaha
July 1 (Event No. 62): $1,500 Bounty no-limit hold 'em (every player has a bounty on them worth $500)
July 2 (Event No. 64): $1,000 WSOP.com Online no-limit hold 'em (final 6 will play live at Rio)
July 3 (Event No. 65): $777 Lucky 7's no-limit hold 'em (treated like $1,000 event with 5,000 starting stack)
July 3 (Event No. 67): $10,000 Dealers Choice (features 19 variants of poker)
As you can see, it's an eclectic list.
Of note, the DraftKings event is interesting as it combines the WSOP with one of its sponsors in DraftKings (a daily fantasy site) with a poker tourney that has a payout structure like one of the DFS' popular games. It's obviously another change toward the future. Another modern innovation (and, again, it's fun to think of what Binion would think of this) is people playing poker on their smartphones and tablets. In response, the WSOP (which also has legal online poker games in Nevada through its WSOP.com website and app) is holding its first online bracelet event on July 2.
"We have a generation of players who have grown up playing online," Palansky said, "so it's time to reward that type of skill. It's truly its own variant. And I'm sure there will be more online events in the future."
Last year's most popular new offerings are back: the Millionaire Maker (Friday, June 5, Event No. 16) and the Monster Stack (Friday, June 12, Event No. 28). The Millionaire Maker has a $1,500 buy-in and a guaranteed $1 million first-place prize while the Monster Stack gives players 10X their $1,500 buy-in and was expected to draw about 4,500-5,000 players but ended up having 7,862 (further anecdotal proof that players like to get more bang for the buck).
The $10,000 Dealer's Choice is a spin-off of last year's $1,500 Dealer's Choice (which returns this year as Event No. 52) and is clearly aimed toward the pros, as is the $25,000 High Roller 8-handed Pot-Limit Omaha offering. "We still have a tract for the pros," Palansky said.
Right. Lest anyone think that the World Series of Poker has turned into amateur hour, the pros still have plenty of options and certainly more than back in the old days.
Of course, there's the $10,000 buy-in Main Event with four starting days starting on Sunday, July 5. The Poker Players Championship/Six Handed starts on Sunday, June 21, and has a $50,000 entry fee and includes a dozen poker variants. The High Roller for One Drop starts Tuesday, June 30, and costs $111,111.
So, the WSOP has something for every poker player of every level. Follow along here at ESPN Chalk through the events starting next week and running through the November Nine being set on July 14 and then for the final table on Nov. 8-10.
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http://espn.go.com/blog/poker/post/_/id/2160/big-changes-for-this-years-wsop
LAS VEGAS -- It's often been said that Benny Binion, who invented the World Series of Poker in 1970 by inviting seven poker pros to play a game, wouldn't recognize what his creation has turned into with the 46th annual WSOP starting next week.
For one thing, it's held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino instead of his downtown Binion's Horseshoe. Instead of one event, there are 68 bracelet events. And the games are different.
Boy, are they different.
For decades, the WSOP would offer the usual menu of some No-Limit Texas Hold 'em events mixed in with some Omaha games, some stud and other variants. The menu has slowly expanded over the years, but recent years have seen a lot more variety with a virtual explosion for this year's event.
"We have 11 new events on the schedule," said Seth Palansky, vice president of corporate communications for Caesars Interactive Entertainment Inc., which owns and runs the WSOP. "They're mostly geared toward getting new players to the game. We really took a hard look at everything we offer and wanted to make the WSOP more accessible to recreational and home game players.
"Our tournament director Jack Effel deserves a lot of credit. He keeps a log of every player who comes up to talk with him during the World Series, whether it's a complaint or a suggestion for a new tournament, he takes this input and brings it back to us to make the changes to make the World Series a more enjoyable experience for everyone."
One of the first notable changes for players will be the increase in starting stacks from the previous 3X entry fee to 5X. For instance, a player in a $1,000 buy-in event will now get 5,000 in chips instead of 3,000; a 5,000 buy-in will now get you 25,000 in chips instead of 15,000. Another change in low buy-in events is the addition of 250/500 and 2,500/5,000 blind levels.
"These changes were due to player requests," Palansky said. "The added chips gives them a lot more play and the added levels help players last longer, too."
But back to the actual games.
The first new event starts on Friday, May 29, and is expected to be the biggest in terms of number of entries. The Colossus No-Limit Hold 'em event has a low price point of $565 but has a $5 million guaranteed prize pool. There are four starting flights (10 a.m. PT and 6 p.m. PT on May 29 and then 10 a.m. PT and 6 p.m. on May 30). Players that bust out in an earlier flight can re-buy into the tournament in a later flight.
The goal is to break the record of 8,773 entries from the 2006 Main Event. Without giving any actual number, Palansky said they've already had more than 8,773 pre-entries for The Colossus, though he points out that a lot of people are pre-paying to enter multiple flights in case they bust out of an earlier flight so they don't have to stand in the massive registration lines that weekend. WSOP organizers have been getting the word out that pre-registration is the way to go because of the colossal Colossus.
"Our audience is pretty well-informed," Palansky said, "but it's the new players that we want to get the information out to so they have the best experience possible."
Unfortunately, online pre-registration for The Colossus is now closed, but you can click here to pre-register for later events.
The other new events:
May 31 (Event No. 6): $1,000 Hyper no-limit hold 'em (two-day event)
June 20 (Event No. 42): $1,500 Extended Play no-limit hold 'em (longer 90-minute levels)
June 21 (Event No. 43): $1,000 Super Seniors no-limit hold 'em (ages 65 and up)
June 26 (Event No. 53): $1,000 Turbo no-limit hold 'em (two-day event with higher buy-in)
June 27 (Event No. 55): $1,500 DraftKings 50/50 no-limit hold 'em (half the field gets paid)
June 28 (Event No. 60): $25,000 High Roller 8-handed pot-limit Omaha
July 1 (Event No. 62): $1,500 Bounty no-limit hold 'em (every player has a bounty on them worth $500)
July 2 (Event No. 64): $1,000 WSOP.com Online no-limit hold 'em (final 6 will play live at Rio)
July 3 (Event No. 65): $777 Lucky 7's no-limit hold 'em (treated like $1,000 event with 5,000 starting stack)
July 3 (Event No. 67): $10,000 Dealers Choice (features 19 variants of poker)
As you can see, it's an eclectic list.
Of note, the DraftKings event is interesting as it combines the WSOP with one of its sponsors in DraftKings (a daily fantasy site) with a poker tourney that has a payout structure like one of the DFS' popular games. It's obviously another change toward the future. Another modern innovation (and, again, it's fun to think of what Binion would think of this) is people playing poker on their smartphones and tablets. In response, the WSOP (which also has legal online poker games in Nevada through its WSOP.com website and app) is holding its first online bracelet event on July 2.
"We have a generation of players who have grown up playing online," Palansky said, "so it's time to reward that type of skill. It's truly its own variant. And I'm sure there will be more online events in the future."
Last year's most popular new offerings are back: the Millionaire Maker (Friday, June 5, Event No. 16) and the Monster Stack (Friday, June 12, Event No. 28). The Millionaire Maker has a $1,500 buy-in and a guaranteed $1 million first-place prize while the Monster Stack gives players 10X their $1,500 buy-in and was expected to draw about 4,500-5,000 players but ended up having 7,862 (further anecdotal proof that players like to get more bang for the buck).
The $10,000 Dealer's Choice is a spin-off of last year's $1,500 Dealer's Choice (which returns this year as Event No. 52) and is clearly aimed toward the pros, as is the $25,000 High Roller 8-handed Pot-Limit Omaha offering. "We still have a tract for the pros," Palansky said.
Right. Lest anyone think that the World Series of Poker has turned into amateur hour, the pros still have plenty of options and certainly more than back in the old days.
Of course, there's the $10,000 buy-in Main Event with four starting days starting on Sunday, July 5. The Poker Players Championship/Six Handed starts on Sunday, June 21, and has a $50,000 entry fee and includes a dozen poker variants. The High Roller for One Drop starts Tuesday, June 30, and costs $111,111.
So, the WSOP has something for every poker player of every level. Follow along here at ESPN Chalk through the events starting next week and running through the November Nine being set on July 14 and then for the final table on Nov. 8-10.
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NewlyRetired
Footballguy
NewlyRetired
Footballguy
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
D'oh!
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
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Footballguy
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
I <3 PLHE. I cut my teeth on it on Party back in the olden days.
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Footballguy
Don't Noonan
Footballguy
Free root canal with every bad beat
grateful zed
Footballguy
got a friend going down to vegas for a month. not sure what he is signed up for. he is >$5000 ahead in online play so far this year.
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
I have cashed in 100% of the WSOP Bracelet events I have entered*.
-QG
* - I am 1 for 1. 245th place in an event in '10.
John Bender
Footballguy
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Ref posted a bad beat in the wagering thread that literally might stop me from going out to play tonight.
Zegras11
Footballguy
The Ref
Footballguy
Yeah it was so comical. That was by far the worst I've ever experienced. That said if it came down prefect perfect st8 or perfect perfect two pair/set it wouldn't have been so bad. The fact that I turned the set in diamonds is what made beat.
The Ref
Footballguy
As good a place as any to post this. Took one of the worst beats I've ever been apart of last night. I'm sitting on $1400, tight player on the button has $2,000. Tight player is buy the book, can make a move from time to time but isn't going in to anything lightly. I wake up to Q-Q under the gun make it $45. got three callers to the button who makes it $220. I elect to flat because I dont want to get it in with him pre, hes just not that guy, Worst he has is A-K here. What I can't believe it we get three more callers $1100 pot pre.
Flop is 10d-6x-2x. I check to see what big stack is going to do. I'm not worried because this isn't going to get checked around. player two shoves for $400. Two guys fold behind and thankfully big stack folds I snap call and the caller is pissed. Says good call I got nothing and tables 7d-5d. $1900 in the middle.
Turn Qd, I now have top set.
River Jd....... runner runner flush. $1900 swing. Good times.
Flop is 10d-6x-2x. I check to see what big stack is going to do. I'm not worried because this isn't going to get checked around. player two shoves for $400. Two guys fold behind and thankfully big stack folds I snap call and the caller is pissed. Says good call I got nothing and tables 7d-5d. $1900 in the middle.
Turn Qd, I now have top set.
River Jd....... runner runner flush. $1900 swing. Good times.
Don't Noonan
Footballguy
My worst bad beat ever was at the Venetian this year in March. 1-2 no limit table and I had built $300 up to $550. It was getting late and I was close to heading up to the room. A very aggressive player on the the button makes it $8 and as the big blind I look down at QQ. I make it $25 and he calls. Flop is Q, J, 9 rainbow. I bet $35 and he calls. Turn is a 2. I bet $60, he calls. River is a J. I bet $100, he goes all in and has me covered. I instant call and he turns over pocket jacks. Horrid.
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bryhamm
Footballguy
chet
Footballguy
This is a bad beat. I flop a flush and am raised. Get all in and turn over the cards. He had a pair and hit runner runner for a boat. ooof
Don't Noonan
Footballguy
Look, I understand what you are saying, the money wasn't all in first, but he wasn't going anywhere no matter what and hit his one out on the river
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
Just booked. I am going to be out there from 7/1 to 7/6 the ME starts 7/5, if I can satellite in I will play it. Going out for the 1500 Stud 8 on 7/2 and will play the 777 if I bust out of that and then hit the sats for the ME.
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Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
Stud 8 would be super-fun. Gllllll.
IC FBGCav
Footballguy
Thanks, they don't have it much at the circuit events except getting to play it in the HORSE tourney, so I am pumped to play it.
lod01
Footballguy
The Ref
Footballguy
Min cashed or did you make some scratch? Either way nice job!
All I'm reading is Vegas has roughly a billion people in it right now.
The Ref
Footballguy
Good Posting Judge
Footballguy
I can. I mean he's gotta be close anyway.The Ref said:
Zegras11
Footballguy
Zegras11
Footballguy
Went 10 levels deep in Colossus. Have a friend starting day 2 in 15 minutes. Played event 6 turbo this morning. Level 3. 100 200. joe Cada raises to 450. A call. I call with 88. Flop is 832 rainbow. Cada bets 900. I raise to 2500 Cada all in with qq. I call. Cada rivers Q. ####.
QuizGuy66
Footballguy
Don't Noonan
Footballguy
Ouch, that sucks.
