WSOP 2016

[Marky147]

I beat them pretty badly iirc, but I'd have to check my excel sheet

They shut me down eventually though, unfortunately.

[tikay]

Poker is an odd little world where lots of people can't take the moral high ground and those of us who think we can decide not to, because you never really know who you're sitting next to.

Tikay, you've missed this advert while you've been away and I wouldn't want to deprive you of it...



I do wonder what happens at the meetings where adverts like this are discussed.

Mr Shoelace, you know media stuff. Do they just draw a load of scribbled slips out of a terrible ideas hat?

Yup, it's about a dreadful as it gets.

Oddly, I was reading a report about adverts such as these only this morning.

And here's the thing - there is a line of thinking which correlates "most annoying adverts" with "most recognizable/most memorable" & which therefore exactly perform what they are designed to do as to Brand recognition & awareness.

I imagine Argue will be giving it plenty of lolzz as to the Marketing Departments, but it's a fairly sophisticated & refined process these days. And it works, God help us. 

[Woodsey]

This chap sent his best regards to Mr Camel.

Looking rather well, don't you think?

Had some hair work done surely? Good on him either way....

[arbboy]

Poker is an odd little world where lots of people can't take the moral high ground and those of us who think we can decide not to, because you never really know who you're sitting next to.

Tikay, you've missed this advert while you've been away and I wouldn't want to deprive you of it...



I do wonder what happens at the meetings where adverts like this are discussed.

Mr Shoelace, you know media stuff. Do they just draw a load of scribbled slips out of a terrible ideas hat?

Yup, it's about a dreadful as it gets.

Oddly, I was reading a report about adverts such as these only this morning.

And here's the thing - there is a line of thinking which correlates "most annoying adverts" with "most recognizable/most memorable" & which therefore exactly perform what they are designed to do as to Brand recognition & awareness.

I imagine Argue will be giving it plenty of lolzz as to the Marketing Departments, but it's a fairly sophisticated & refined process these days. And it works, God help us. 

Not at all.  Go compare is an amazing brand that has worked off this guy in the ad's for over a decade now right?  Meerkat's are the same.  It must work otherwise they would change it.  No lolzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz from me here.  I only comment on areas i know about.  I know feck all about marketing campaigns for non gambling companies.

[Doobs]

Not too much chat in evidence in the late stages of the $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball.

You'll no doubt recognise Mr Lederer, and the young man in the foreground is Folkestone's finest, young Adam Owen.

Adam has just shy of 100,000, with the blinds at 1,500-3,000.

I used to play Adam Owen a lot at plo8/nlo8, but don't see him anymore.  Guess he just plays a lot of the other games these days.  There was a beautiful hand earlier in this where he 3 bet 77772 (no typo) and showed afterwards.   

[TightEnd]

Through 15 events this year, here’s a glimpse at how overall numbers are tracking (NOT apples to apples as events change year to year and order of them change too)
 
2016:     38,933 entries                    $34,119,350 in prize money awarded     

2015:     31,412 entries                    $27,493,490 in prize money awarded

[TightEnd]

Inside the Numbers – Event #14 - $1500 Buy-in ‘Millionaire Maker’ No-Limit Hold’em

Total # of Entries:                              7,190

Total Prize Pool:                                 $9,706,500

Total Places Paid:                                1,079

1st Place Prize:                                     $1,065,403 (710 times the buy-in)

1079th Place:                                        $2,250

Total # of Unique Entries:                  5,479 (76.2% of entries)

Total # of Players Re-Entering:          1,711 (this was single re-entry only, those who played A could play B if eliminated in A)

# of Male Entries:                               5,233

# of Female Entries:                           246 (4.4% of entries)

Average Age of Entrants:                    39.01

Avg. Age of Male Players:                   38.87

Avg. Age of Female Players:               42.13

Oldest Entrant:                                   92 years old

Norman Spivock (Santa Rosa, ) – also played Colossus II and was oldest

Youngest Entrant:                               21 years old, 19 days: Brandon Sheils (Birmingham, England)

# of Countries w/Participants:                       67

Top 10 Countries w/participants:

1.        United States (5,804 entries)

2.         Canada (333 entries)

3.         United Kingdom (237 entries)

4.         Australia (115 entries)

5.         Germany (79 entries)

6.         France (61 entries)

7.         Brazil (48 entries)

8.         Russia (47 entries)

9.         Ireland (40 entries)

10.       Austria (40 entries)

 
of U.S. Players:                    5,804

# of International Players:      1,386

Top 10 States w/participants:

1.  California (1,118 entries)

2.  Nevada (710 entries)

3.  Florida (491 entries)

4.  Texas (422 entries)

5.  New York (387 entries)

6.  Illinois (244 entries)

7.  New Jersey (177 entries)

8.  Colorado (158 entries)

9.  Washington (152 entries)

10. Arizona (149 entries)

Entries by Day:                                   1A:      3,088

1B:       4,102


Total Day 2 Players:                            1,172 players 505 (A) + 667 (B)

Total Day 3 Players:                            TBD

Total Day 4 Players:                            TBD


Total Survivors By Day/Flight:

Day 1A:                                               505 (16.35% of field) (Played 10, 60-minute levels)

Day 1B:                                               667 (16.26% of field) (Played 10, 60-minute levels)

Day 1 Total Survivors:                                    1,172 (16.3%)

Day 2:                                                  1,172 started, TBD survived (9.2%)  (Played 10 60-minute levels)

Day 3:                                                  TBD started, TBD survived (11.5%) (Played 10 60-minute levels)

Day 4:                                                  Played Final Table and reached winner in Level TBD


# of starting chips per player:              7,500

# of chips needed to win event:          53,925,000

# of physical poker chips used:           172,560

# of Dealers Required:                                    798

# of Copag Decks of Cards Used:       3,192

 

[TightEnd]

the latest from event 14 Millionaire Maker

124 of 7190 left after day 2

Mohsin Charania leads

"Other notables making it to Day 3 include Mikhail Semin (973,000), Jason Dewitt (768,000), Sofia Lovgren (707,000), Upeshka De Silva (693,000), Adam Levy (538,000), Max Silver (496,000), Loni Harwood (417,000), Jordan Cristos (359,000), and Alex Jacob (304,000)."


Louis Salter of the UK is 9/127 overnight

Ben Heath 15th

Matthew Moss 28th

Max Silver 41st

Andrew Teng 72nd

Luke Brereton 78th

Simon Deadman 109th


Brit cashers but now out

Tod Wood 128th

Middy 160th

Richard Lord 229th

Ben Murray 277th

pleno 279th

steven morris 263rd

paul newey 385th

neil mcfadyean 399th

tom hall 441st

james rann 484th

fraser macintyre 596th

dan laming 642nd

james walsh 724th

idris drief 747th

grodon huntly 775th

david weeks 842nd

chaz chattha 958th

jason boyd 1010th

[TightEnd]

event 15 $1500 Eight Game Mix (6-Handed) was won by Paul Volpe

his second bracelet

what does the P on his hat represent?

he always wears hats with a P on. its a sports team

Click to see full-size image.

[TightEnd]

11 remain in Event #16: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship (No-Limit)

Two Brits in the final 11

Click to see full-size image.

Southampton's Benny Glaser sits 4th

the other world's Stephen Chidwick is 7th

chip leader? never heard of him, some chap called Jason Mercier

Alex Luneau who lives in London is 2nd

Anthony Zinno is also still in, another deep run

[TightEnd]

Event #17: $1000 No-Limit Hold'em

2242 runners and 240 remain

steve watts is best placed Brit in 56th overnight


jamie burland 67th.

this is not a joke, but this is jamie's first live cash in 2 years. good luck sir. got to pay for that golf betting somehow

He limp shoved QQ on the bubble, as you do

was called by Kings

Made Quads. if thats what it takes to cash, then its a tough game for Jamie



gary blackwood 72nd

roberto romanello 89th

david stones 91st

richard shiels 97th

craig mccorkell 106th

james poulter 158th

[TightEnd]

Event #18: $3000 H .O. R. S. E.

176 of 400 remain

in the top 10 matt glantz and eli elezra

leading brit? go on you'll never guess....

told you you wouldn't guess. Adam Owen, again. In 10th

beneath him the massed ranks assemble

Hellmuth
greenstein
lisandro
volpe
pescatori
leah
hachem
madsen

all among those in

[pleno1]

worth a watch.

[TightEnd]

Okay, this is interesting. Staker In Play. Millionaire Maker Day 3. You know the players, you know their chipstacks, can you pick the players to run deep and cash BIG ?

http://apat.com/forum/index.php/topic,19808.0.html

[TightEnd]

Mercier leads the final 9 of the 10k Lowball overnight

Stephen Chidwick is 3rd

Benny Glaser is 4th......

$273,000 up top