Details of starting of the 39th WSOP Event
As the 39th annual even of World Series of Poker is going to be presented on Friday by Best Light of Milwaukee, some more details in concern with the upcoming gathering of the world’s best poker tournament has been released by the Harrah’s Entertainment. The leading among all those is the planning of ESPN to broadcast the highly discussed final poker table of the main event that has been suspended for 117 days prior to rearrangement on November 9th at the Rio.
On November 9th, the winner will be determined after the game of two sessions in Las Vegas, heading up with the sessions on November 19th that are anticipated to be extending into the hours of early morning of November 11th. Now, the broadcasting of the event of same day has been confirmed to start at 9:00 PM ET.
Another reminder has also been issued by the Harrah’s to inform the prospective players regarding the revised rules for the conduct of games for this year’s World Series of Poker event that is also available to be found at worldseriesofpoker.com. A record list that has been set during the event of 2007 is also assembled by the Harrah’s and also overviewed some important changes that can be expected by the players.
The records at WSOP set in 2007 follows:
• The total combined entrants in all the events are 54,288.
• The largest prize pool in overall championship is $159,796,918.
• Largest world championship of ladies with 1,286 players.
• Largest world championship of seniors with 1,882 players.
• Largest world championship of $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. with 148 players.
• Largest prize pool of preliminary event is $7.1 million.
• Largest top prize of preliminary event is $2.2 million.
• In non-main event, the largest field of players for $1,500 at no-limit holdem game is 2,998. This record probably will stand with the new rule as ‘no alternates’ in stead of WSOP of this year.
• Oldest player for competing in an event of WSOP i.e. in main event, Jack Ury, 94 years old.
• The youngest player who won the gold bracelet of WSOP in the US Steve Billirakis of around 21 years in the World Championship event of mixed holdem limit or no-limit of around $5,000.
As mentioned above, a number of changes including both cosmetic and structural have been instituted at WSOP, for the series of 2008. Additionally, the highlights as per the updated code of conduct of the player are:
• There would be separated from the game of the tournament for the purpose of accommodating more guests including the windows for the special members of Seven Star and Total Rewards Diamond.
• There will be the combination of the cage area with payout area for allowing accelerating the process of paperwork of the player.
• There is separate way of entering for the spectators as well as the players.
• Services related to concierge for the players, assisting them in making hotel, restaurant, spa, show and the arrangements of transportation to other properties of Vegas Harrah’s.
• All the events of WSOP will be going to conduct within the Rio Convention Center, either in the nearby ballrooms or in the Amazon Room. There is no ‘Poker Pavilion’.
• The opportunity to get expended and much improved options of foodstuffs.
• Expended facilities of restrooms will be made available all through the Rio Convention Center.
• Electronically, the information of the players will be stored for ensuring the quicker payouts for the repetition of the winners.
Now, the registrations at the Rio have started, along with the starting of the first cash-game and satellite play.
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