Does every player have to play an orbit by the end of registration in the tag team? Or just one orbit at some point in the tournament? What if the team registers ten minutes before registration closes?

I think you've just answered your own question. Not entirely sure how they will police it though, especially with table changes.

They answered this on twitter. Everyone has to play an orbit before registration closes.

So at say 20 mins per orbit, registration really closes 40-80 minutes before registration closes?

11am start times suck. Which means no free time and getting up earlier to eat, exercise and drive to Rio.

I would like to see 1pm or 2pm start times, and ending at midnight. Now we lose our mornings and have to do recreation after tourney it will be past midnight no daylight no pool and alot of things closed.

Should have satellites @11:00 for fish to fill events. Rake on satellites is ridiculous for every mega main seat they award they rake $900 then another $600 for so if you satellite in you are paying 15%. @ $1500.

Satellites should have minimal rake since they will be filling events that collect rake. But of course they take the most rake from the ignorant costing us all money.

Payouts good at 15%. 20% better to keep money circulating I don't care for tourneys being so top heavy like 600x-1000x is crazy.

should work out the same time wise, just shifted an hour earlier

Awwww... Poor wittle baby has to get up early... You know most people in the real world start their working days between 8 and 9?

Then you'd have to extend each event by a day or significantly compromise structure.

Or... You could start events at 9am and it's win-win... Either you go deep and make some money, or you get to have recreation time later in the day... This would probably get more of your beloved fish directly into the tourney...

If I had to guess, I'd say in the 500/2500/5000 level (last level of day 3).

I think satellites should only run between 3-5 am. That way they start filling events with the chronically under-represented "zombie" fish demographic.

I think payouts should be in the 85% level. That way I can play many more tournaments and cash more.

Lastly, for those tournaments that last longer than 5 hours, there should be a compulsory "nap" time somewhere around hour 4. For those players that don't bring their own sleeping bags and/or attire, the WSOP could rent/sell them. Just think of the additional revenue stream!

Could anyone expand on this from the wsop schedule with reference to event #4, "Qualify for higher starting stack by playing online poker on WSOP.com in Nevada prior to event start"?

I tried looking around a bit, with no luck.

If you play and win specific tournaments on WSOP.com, you can have a bigger starting stack for event 4. Details are not finalized.

They've said there will be $55 STTs both live and online that pay $500 in cash AND where top 3 receive extra chips if they buy in to the top up.

So the extra chips are essentially an overlay.

I'm surprised there isn't more uproar about this. I think its a pretty awful idea, but if it actually stays the way it is obviously I'll be playing $55 SNGs on WSOP.com as soon as I land in Vegas.

Essentially the WSOP is stealing equity from every person who enters the tournament without the free chips.

They are stealing money from WSOP patrons to promote WSOP.com. If venetian, commerce, borgata, etc did this I'd say "Well thats stupid. Don't play that event if you don't have the chips", but this is a bracelet event and people are going to play.

you can still not play or sat in

Oh I will. I like free money. I just think this is a bad business practice.

Call it crazy, but I think if you are giving equity in any form(a seat, extra chips, whatever) to another tournament that there should be money going into that prizepool.

Also, I think they need to make it abundantly clear to every person entering exactly what is happening and so far they haven't done that. Its not even remotely clear from the structure sheet that these "satellites" generate no money for the prizepool.

My point was I think if anywhere else tried this very few people would play without the chips. The WSOP can get away with this because of their brand and the fact it is colussus weekend. Keep in mind, the chips lose their value as the % of people satelliting in increases. The promotional value for WSOP.com comes from them assuming they can steal value from players at the WSOP.

It is undoubtedly wack. I really feel the days of coin flip "flights" are near.

What a dumb post.

How are you going to know at hour 4 if it's going to be longer than 5 hours?

Geez they are going to need a lot more satellite space before event 4.

Easy. At the 4 hour mark, you stop and have a 1 hour nap period. Now its lasted 5 hours. Presto.

Anyone played the heads up satellite? Wondering how it's paid out if after three matches they would be down to 12.5% of field. Would third round bust outs split that 2.5% of prize pool?

*fourth match bust outs

im on east coast time, so im playing at 2pm.. umad?

I'm curious if the live satellites were a regulatory requirement and they won't have space.

Can't imagine they will be running $55 satellites during the colussus.

They will have plenty of free tables/dealers free by the first break of a Colossus flight starting, the structure is ridiculously fast.

The taxi line leaving the Rio will be longer than the re-reg line!

Satellite day is Friday the 8th correct? Do they mostly just have a **** ton of 1k SNG's running or do they have different buy in amounts?

I personally would much rather play a a 3k SNG that awards 3 seats..

Satellite day was 4 multi table satellites last year iirc. Two $500s a 1k and a 2k. Single table satellites run the whole summer, biggest that go consistently are 1ks.