You can always unregister up to the start of the event even if you've picked up your ticket and get a refund.

If you no-show without unregistering, previous policy was they will give you one refund, but after that, you're out of luck. I can't verify that is this year's policy.

Skydiver8 has it right. Rules say stacks go out if you register before start, but in big tournaments it doesn't always happen. If you know you'll be late, don't register early.

Rule 36: "If an event participant is not present at the start of a Tournament event, all forced antes and blind bets will be removed from an absent participant’s stack accordingly."

In small-medium tournaments the floors are able to keep track of which seats are sold and inform the dealers which stacks to put out. They release seats in a predetermined order to facilitate this - they might sell 40 tables worth of 1,2,4,6,8,9 seats, then the 7, then 3, etc. Just before the start if they made it all the way through the 7 seats they'll tell dealers that 3,5,10 is in the well meaning everything else it put out to be blinded off. If some tables are different they'll come around to instruct those dealers.

In big tournaments spanning multiple rooms where they had to schedule lots of new dealers to come in they will sometimes skip this process. There's too much chance of dealer error, floors being too busy to inform all of the dealers, announcements not being heard in a loud room, etc.

Milly maker is likely to be one where stacks aren't put out, but there is a risk. Definitely do not pre-reg if there is a chance you won't make it there until level 3+, you could be prohibited from playing.

You have some green stuff in your teeth.

Haha! Travel Waterpik definitely handy

If I show up at noon to late reg a 1500 during a weekday, any rough estimate on how long I might be waiting in line? Thanks in advance.

Thanx, that's what I'd hoped for.

Lots of inaccuracy in other posts [Like the people saying you won't be blinded off until you check in at the table] so people should probably refer to the above post for the correct details.


Pre-reg entrants in a 10-handed tournament will usually get seats a pre-determined selection of seats with 2-3 seats reserved for late reg. Typically, some combination of 3/5/8/10 are for late reg [For the six max today, 3/6 were usually the unsold seats at the beginning].


The exception so far has been the Colossus where registration is going so fast and so many tables are set up and may not fill with those seats right away that they tell the dealers to pass the stacks out as they come to the table. So yes, if you pre-reg, you will likely be having your stack blinded down some if you are late to the table. If you register late, you will either get an unsold seat at a table or you will get a seat card for a seat where a player has already busted.

What's the comp situation like in the cash game area this year? Are floormen pretty good about putting the $10 comp on your card even if you haven't played eight hours, or is there an entirely new system in 2017?

so, I land at 2:37PM and I plan on going straight to the RIO to play the 2PM Daily Deep Stack

I should get there by 3-3:30 roughly (if cab line isn't too crazy) but I've never played at RIO before.

Anything that I need to do to get registered ASAP? (IE, get players card etc?

You'll need a Total Rewards card to register. You can get one at the RIO just turn right after entering the main lobby and stop by the total rewards desk. Since it's your first time ask them to point you in the direction of the convention center. You'll go down the long hallway to the back of the Rio where all the magic happens. Continue through the double doors of the Pavillon room straight ahead, marvel at the sight of that beautful chaos for a few moments then head over to the cage on the left side of the room to register for the Daily.

Pretty sure there is a Total Rewards table down by registration. By the main cage in the hallway, not in the Pavilion. Tell the cab driver to go straight to the convention center for the WSOP. This is assuming your luggage is small enough to schlep around the tournament.

If you have a crapload of luggage, ask the cabbie if you can drop off your crap with a bellman (right outside the main door if you're lucky) and then he give you a ride back to the WSOP. If you get regged by the third level it's still only 50/100 and you get 15k chips. People always reg late, plus bustouts re-entering, so don't be surprised if the line is 20 or 30 deep (possibly more) when you get there. I played Monday and there were over 100 in line at 2 pm.

Is there Rio/Harrah's shuttle info posted somewhere?

I found some generic stuff

I am sure not sure if it is altered during the WSOP.

It isn't altered. The generic stuff is basically anything and everything you need.

Bally's shuttle is gone this year #riP Not sure if another Harrah's bus was added or not

Thanks

Never seen them check for a Total Rewards card though, other than to ask if anyone is Diamond/Seven Star, who get on the bus first.

The death of the Bally's shuttle just shows more how CET has cheaped out this year. The cool canopy, red carpet, and misters at the Convention Center entrance are all gone now. The plus of getting rid of the valet parking is there are now more parking spaces closer to the door.

They got rid of the misters??? God, for those looking to get some fresh air during the tourney breaks, we're now gonna have to stand out in the brutal heat with all the cigarette smoke, and no misters to cool us down a bit? How expensive can those things possibly be?

1629 entries for the first flight. They might get 10000+ total.

Yeah, when they had the canopy and misters they also had a sign that said smokers that way. Now you have to run the gauntlet.

I guess they were renting that equipment. Some pencil-neck in accounting probably said "So we're making millions off the WSOP. I got an idea to make a few thousand more...".

Conspiracy theory, but Legionnaires' disease is contracted by inhaling water vapor with legionella bacteria in it. I wonder if they knew this was a issue before it hit the press and thought it would be wise to not spew water vapor into the air.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/06/10/health...ase/index.html

Care to change your number now?

This

My millionaire maker stack was in play at start of day 1a I was only five or ten minutes late so no big deal but it was definitely NOT in the well

5-10 min

Did you register before the event started?

Yeah night before... hate lines

Brag: bagged 76000 for day 2