2024 WSOP!

Anyone know link to the Mega satty $1100 for the $10k events? They usually ran the Mega satty on a wednesday night the day before the 10k event.

Satellite info is in the bottom of the downloadable PDF schedule on WSOP.com.

If you pre register the night before, do they start blinding your stack right at the start?

Can I register night before, then sit down at level 3 with a full stack?

No, you will be blinded off. They used to do it that way where you could show up until like level 8 and get your full stack, but they stopped doing it last year.

Typically they will deal about 20-25 hands in the first 2 levels, but the tables are often shorthanded, so you may lose blinds for 3-4 rounds.

Link? I canÂ’t find it.

https://www.wsop.com/2024/2024-WSOP-Sche...

How bad are the late reg. lines this year, after printing ticket at the bravo kiosk? lets say for big field events, enter at level 3-4?

Don’t see a lot of coverage about the player who passed away at the start of the gladiators event yesterday. Tragic as it is, I understand this is bound to happen with such a large gathering of people every year. But still. Not a word about it as far as I’ve seen.

I followed DogFace's advice about registering for events after 10 PM. I got there around 11.30 (about two hours ago). Waiting time:

First I've heard about it.

It’s not just Vegas, all tourist vacation type areas do it. It would ruin the vibe if they announced them.

I used to work on a cruise ship doing weeklong trips and we would average about one death each week. You don’t see that advertised in many cruise brochures.

There are two issues here which are likely related, but not the same. The first is how the WSOP handled the situation. I’ve seen/heard of gamblers dying in casinos before. That is certainly not something new. And of course, when you have large gatherings of people, chances are, some of them die from time to time. But I think there’s something a little crass about the ways this was handled. This was not just some business that has a lot of customers. It was an event where a participant was fighting for his life.

If something like this happened to a participant of a golf tournament I doubt they’d continue teeing off right next to the guy as EMTs tried to save his life.

The WSOP could have delayed the start of the event for an hour while the situation was being handled. Delays happen all the time for much less serious circumstances. They literally stop events to have interviews and play national anthems where 99% of the people in the room could not care less. I think this was handled poorly by the WSOP, irrespective of the actual attention the guy got. There was probably nothing which could have saved his life.

The second issue is the fact that there has been scant coverage about this. I think an acknowledgment from Jack Efffel at the start of yesterday would have been nice. He didn’t have to go into any great details in order to protect the privacy of the guy’s family. But at least something. We hear flowery speeches from WSOP reps all the time. At least acknowledge what happened and remind people that we are there to play a game and real life does still happen. Even at the WSOP.

And even irrespective of that, and the WSOP’s desire not to hurt the “vibe”, there are both regulars and poker-specific “news” agents all over the place. The fact that I cannot find a report from one of them is staggering. Just goes to show the power of the gaming industry in protecting itself. Again, this is not a good look for anybody. The second something controversial happens between players, Poker News would be all over it. But someone keeling over and dying while play goes on and nothing?

I agree it seems insensitive. Even after the shooting scare a couple years ago, I don’t think they made a big enough issue of it. They couldn’t sweep that under the rug completely but the WSOP PR team was out in force trying to mitigate any damage it could have done to brand image and, consequently, there weren’t many news stories about it other than the immediate ones that broke.

On the ship, we had a guy have a heart attack on the dance floor. We cleared everyone out as we tried CPR. Closed the bar/club area for the night but were right back to it the next day.

I think a temporary pause in play throughout the tournament was warranted in this case. At least while medics were working to save a man’s life.

You mentioning it is the first I’ve heard about it and I guarantee that’s because the WSOP PR team has deep roots with PokerNews and any other poker media outlets so WSOP has control of the narrative.

Poker News isn't going to bite the hand that feeds it. They get special access and they don't want to piss off the entity that gives it to them.

I’m not looking for the poker media to criticize the WSOP for its response, though they probably do deserve some criticism. I’m just looking for an acknowledgment that something very much out of the ordinary happened. It’s called news.

It may not be as out of the ordinary as some think. On the strip alone, there are serious medical emergencies everyday. Thankfully, many survive (yay, modern medicine!) but some do not.

I dont necessarily disagree with your sentiments, but from the casino (tourism) perspective, nothing good comes from publicizing or even acknowledging the tragic event.

The majority of people are unaware it happened. Informing them, while also reminding those that are aware, doesn't go with the "lets have fun" atmosphere they need to promote. Death doesn't make people want to gamble. It's not personal, it's just business.

Have heard multiple stories of people dropping dead in poker rooms.

Unfortunately, I don't think it's anything too unusual for the big operators.

What it is is incredibly insensitive to the guy’s family, as well as the many players who were in the vicinity. This wasn’t just a medical emergency in a hotel or casino or giant cruise ship. It was in the midst of a competitive event.

Just went on to Bravo to register for Collossus on Sunday the 30th. There is no registration button like all the others. Do they sell out?

Highly unlikely. I'd just check again tomorrow.

I can't see the event selling out, especially with an extra starting flight added this year.

A little off topic here but I’m vegas and damn there are a lot of euro players (have played Venetian mtts so far). Wonder if folks here think the euros are better than American players? I feel they are better as a general guideline but still some really bad euros also- I mean there are good/ bad American players also but I feel mtts with mainly American players only during non wsop times are much softer.

Euros will always think they’re better than Americans because they continued to play online while we didn’t. We just like to let them believe they’re better to keep them coming back year after year.

Stands to reason that if you're willing to fly halfway around the world to play some poker tournaments, you're probably better than the average local/native. You'd see the inverse in Europe. Any American traveling for WSOPE or EPT is probably a pretty strong player or they wouldn't bother.

What others said, theres way more american recs in las vegas than euros. Any euros traveling here are more pro heavy/here for the summer, etc.