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I could be imagining it, but I thought I read or heard somewhere that they will be implementing staggered breaks during the mega field events to try and avoid the clogged hallways. If it is in my imagination, it would be a good idea.

As for the elevators at HS. It’s definitely one my few issues with the property as the host of the WSOP, and in general. I have been staying there for years. Each side of the resort tower has 8 elevators and I don’t think I have ever seen more than 4 working at a time. I don’t know if it’s done on purpose for some reason, or is just an example of poor maintenance. But if the former, I really wish they would use all the elevators during the WSOP when there are predictable periods of really high demand throughout the day.

Excellent Akashenk !!

I always had the same question but never bothered to ask or find the answer.

Very helpful information for many players.

Who gets "sponsored"? Must be CET because nobody ever does anything for the players.

WTF are "Landmark satellites"?

I think they have/had smaller showrooms up there with various attractions.

That's a huge exaggeration.

It's gone downhill since the Eldorado takeover. Last time I stayed there apparently someone had stolen the clock and it wasn't replaced. The bench for the end of the bed was also missing.

I would say that's dependent on how many elevators are running that day. If it' 1 or 2, you aren't making it in 20 min. You'll have a long wait for the elevator and the crowd grows the longer it takes, until not everyone can get on, and you have to wait for the next one. Same story to get back down. If you plan to go to your room during breaks, ask for a low floor when you check in.

One thing for sure is much better than Rio. You don't have the thumpa thumpa from da club all night long.

I think it's on purpose because CET is so cheap. They're saving money on electricity, plus wear and tear on the mechanicals.

That would be great! I imagine this is possible. In scenario 1, see below, all levels would be synchronized with indicators to show when tables that are on break. Breaks would occur mid-level, though.

Note: every box is 20 minutes, and the number indicates the level.

Or, implement this scenario with breaks between levels, and 20 min gap between breaks. However, this will require different clocks for each table, as different tables may have different levels at the same time. May use three differnt sub-flights within the same day: Day 1A1, Day 1A2, and Day 1A3, etc.

Of course this can be done only while reasonably far from ITM.

I defeintly dont plan to do this on every break, but in selected situations, positions, and stack size as well, as seipping a few hands with small stack is obviously bad.

Yikes. That would be extremely complex to implement, and becomes a problem when you factor in breaking tables and moving players. There have been times where the clocks for the same tournament were different between Horseshoe and Paris, and they wouldn't move players from one room to the other until after a break where they could get them back in synch. That was complex enough. The crammed hallways and bathroom lines during breaks aren't something they're going to be able to fix easily.

I had little trouble with the Horseshoe elevators last year during breaks, but I also walk pretty fast and was quick to leave my seat at the start of a break whenever I could. The one time I was in the corner of the Horseshoe ballroom, I also followed another player out a side door into the service hallway and right out into the corridor. Great shortcut if your table is on the West side of the ballroom.

Paris and Horseshoe clocks are purposefully offset by 5-7 minutes to account for the walk.

E.g. breaking into Paris
Horseshoe starts at 10AM
Paris starts at 10:05AM

When horseshoe breaks a table into Paris. Paris is 5 minutes behind so with the walking, by the time you get to paris, you don't lose any tournament time. (Might lose or gain a minute or two depending how long it takes floor to gather up all the tables and your groups to walk)

So the two rooms by default are staggered.

Landmark satellites are just WSOP name for milestone satellites that other venues have been runningnfor the past year+

https://www.pokernews.com/tours/wsop/202...

"Landmark satellites are new for 2024, and they will award players a seat once they reach a predetermined amount of chips.".
So rather than surviving to say the top 10% of the starting field, you are awarded a seat as soon as you build your stack to a certain level. 10x the starting stack for a 10% satellite? This is new to me. I wonder about the strategy ramifications.

https://jakacoaching.com/programs/milest...

I'm remembering one large field tournament last year where they had some issues (dealer shortage I think it was) and one room ended up behind the other by something like an hour. Can't remember which event it was since I wasn't playing it myself, but I heard the stories about what a cluster it was.

It was Colossus 1B. I busted quickly in Paris, went to Horseshoe, waited in line, rebought, and was seated without losing much time off the play clock.

Structures are up!!

Yeah there was one event that this happened because they didnt have enough dealers at the start so one room got started while the other waited. They got it even by extending breaks/dinner break.

Yeah, the diamond line benefit (like so many other things at CET) isn’t what it used to be. There are, of course, many more diamond holders now than there used to be. But the main reason is because there are just more ways to register now. I highly recommend folks set up a TBIC account when they arrive at the WSOP. The process is fairly painless. Then you can use those funds to register for any even using the Bravo Poker app/website. You post a $3 fee by this is well worth it IMO.

Be aware you can deposit as many times as you want to the TBIC account, but may only withdraw once. At least this was the case last year. This is kinda annoying, but makes some sense from a logistical standpoint for the WSOP.

And if registering the old-fashioned way, the old advice about going later at night (after 7 or 8 pm), or really early in the AM still holds. Of course, some of these events get into alternates well before play even starts so plan accordingly. And there will be massive registration lines the week of the 24th during those lower buy-in events, so plan accordingly.

Someone may have stolen the clock in your case, but HS got rid of clocks in all rooms a couple years ago. Beats me why they felt the need to do this, but it certainly wasn’t because they were too busy in the past setting the accurate time on them 😆

This is heavily dependent on where your room is. Overall, things seem to be quieter since after Covid. But I imagine there are still some bad spots. I remember years ago getting a room facing Paris. Absolutely beautiful view. But man, the Chateau or whatever that club is was so bad till 4:00am 4 nights a week. There is also a night club (Drais) on the roof of The Cromwell which could be pretty loud at times.

Yeah, I’m sure this is their excuse. But it’s crazy how many problems it causes. Not to mention fire and congestion hazards. Just run all the dang elevators during the busiest times. It shouldn’t be that difficult a task.

I don’t recall if it was strictly a dealer shortage, but maybe I am mixing up events. There was one event where the HS elevators stopped working altogether about 30 minutes before the start of an event. That event was delayed by an hour or so.

As an anecdote, I was staying on floor 22 once when the elevators went out. There was no indication how long they would be out and I had someplace to be so I decided to go down the stairs. I descended about as fast as humanly possible without hurting myself, but it still took a surprisingly long time (like at least 5 minutes). And I paid for it with really sore hamstrings for a few days. As much as I complain about the elevator situation at HS, I don’t think complete outages like this are common. But who knows. The “C” is CET probably refers to the increasing number of corners they cut.

Strangely they currently are only showing the structures thru June 11th events at least on the full schedule link https://www.wsop.com/tournaments/

Did you see the entire WSOP structures elsewhere ?

I didn’t realize only half of the structures were up. At least we have something.

Hopefully the other properties release their schedules and structures soon.

Does anyone has some experience staying at Harrah’s during WSOP? They gave me a very good deal for 2 weeks. How do I get to the Paris/HS walking, uber or monorail? Any other Problems at Harrah’s? thx

Same here, only the first 30 events of the 99 events have the structure available now. I don't think the rest are posted anywhere else publicly as of now.

Leave Harrahs through the southern-most doors on the strip, walk ~30 ft. of sidewalk and enter Linq. Repeat for leaving Linq, entering Flamingo.

While in Flamingo, locate check-in desk/valet area and exit those doors. Walk the short distance behind Cromwell and you'll be at a crosswalk for Flamingo Rd.

Wait for the light...don't jaywalk! Cars come through there deceptively fast.

After crossing street walk up to front doors of Horseshoe and enter.

Will take ~15 minutes with casual pace, minimal exposure to summer heat.

Seems they’ve closed a bunch of the loopholes to getting Diamond status, including no longer working with Founder’s Card. That alone should drastically reduce the number of Diamond members and will, hopefully, make the benefits for the remaining Diamond people increase to what they once were.

The FC thing just happened, though, so I’m not sure if that will translate to better Diamond lines this year or if it won’t be noticeable until next year.