WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E Day 1 - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

Those who remember Jason Lee of Nottingham Forest fame will appreciate this photograph.

[neeko]

Those who remember Jason Lee of Nottingham Forest fame will appreciate this photograph.

I bet she plays football better.

[Djinn]

As mentioned by Negreanu (playing this event, of course), the blinds actually start:

Hold'em 600-1200
Omaha HL 600-1200
Razz 800-1600
Stud 800-1600
Stud H/L 800-1600

This being the case, he anticipates a quicker start (well, Day One at least) to the event than last year, more eliminations etc. - I seem to remember that only two people exited on the 2006 first day...  Here's a photo of one of the stacks being counted out pre-start.  It's still going to take quite a lot to get through a whole one.

[Ironside]

thats stupid

why give them 100k then make the starting blinds 600/1200

better off giveing them 10k and blinds at 25/50

[snoopy1239]

As expected, plenty of stars, of which I quickly noted the names of as I endured a quick sprint around the crowd-infested cardroom...

Kirk Morrison
Dewey Tomko
Mike Wattel
Ralph Perry
Gavin Smith
Minh Ly
Mike Matusow
Erik Seidel
Ralph Perry
Captain Tom Franklin
Lyle Berman
Erick Lingren
Daniel Negreanu
Marco Traniello
Josh Arieh
Steve Zolotow
Annie Duke
Bill Gazes
Victor Ramdin
Sam Farha
David Gray
Sam Grizzle
Doyle Brunson
Mickey Appleman
Justin Bonomo
Tony G
Mike Sexton
David Benyamine
Greg Raymer
Jennifer Harman
John Kabbaj
John Duthie
Chris Ferguson
John Juanda
Jani Sointula
Barry Greenstein
Phil Ivey
TJ Cloutier
Alex Kravchenko
Scotty Nguyen
David Singer
David Oppenheim
Patrick Bueno
Jeff Lisandro
Max Pescatori
William Chen
Jason Lester
Jon Hennigan
Noah Jefferson
Andy Bloch
David Chui
Andy Black
Jim Betchel
Chip Reese
Bruno Fitoussi

[Ironside]

are they using blinds or antes for the stud/razz games?

[HornswaggleU]

What did the blinds start out at last year?

Doesn't feel as deep as I thought it would be.

[raab11]

is that a complete list???

if not how many runners??

sorry if has already been mentioned

[snoopy1239]

Disaster strikes. Even though there is more than 15 tables (20 in all I think), they just announced that all media must now stand behind the rail, thereby endering our press passes totally useless. We'll do our best to provide you with updates, all though until the 3 row thick crowd peter out, it's going to be tough going.

Can't believe they have thrown us out, it's outrageous, especially considering that we signed something today agreeing that we'd move to the rail whenever a tournament had 15 tables or less. What's the point in signing a list of terms and conditions if they're going to change them whenever they feel like it?

Angry face 

[snoopy1239]

is that a complete list???

if not how many runners??

sorry if has already been mentioned

That is not a complete list. I seriously doubt that they will even consider providing us with one. At the moment, we're just Joe Public to them.

[snoopy1239]

There as still empty seats, so expect a few names to arrive late. I wonder if Hellmuth is playing?

[raab11]

ok snoops. no worries

gl with the poker police

[Djinn]

We're used to it - the situation remains tolerable until mid Main Event - hence our hedging on whether we will be updating through the last few days when it could be the case that we can only see the back of hundreds of other peoples' heads.  Today seems OK - the H.O.R.S.E. tables are laid out in two long rows of tables, meaning that effectively every table is 'railside' so we can get fairly close to the players - enough to catch a few hands, even.

Time to take the camera and capture some of the starting runners.

[spiny]

hi jen and snoops,

gl updating. the guantanamo effect has kicked in early i see. please say the following in a slow drawl...

"if you cross the yellow line maam, i will be forced to use the tazor. pass right on through mr helmuth sir.."

[richmagpies]

Those who remember Jason Lee of Nottingham Forest fame will appreciate this photograph.

Ahem, he actually plays for Notts County now and was our top scorer last season....looking forward to the updates guys and gals.