Jeremy,
What games were going Friday and Sat,, Were they higher limit than normal?

Does anyone know where on Diversey the Diversey shuttle leaves from?

heck, can someone pre-register me for the monday NLHE tourney? I don't wanna be shut out or have to wait in a silly line.

Any regular 5-10 NL player know who I am?

4612 W. Diversey

Pretty much the standard high limit games but started them earlier in the day. 40-80 HORSE, 25-50 PLO/nlhe and 100-200 NL

jeremy any info on the 1st tournament results posted anywhere.

You have to register yourself. You can't register friends. You need to present your Harrah's card and a pic ID when registering.

it's in the Hall Plaza on Diversey. it didnt take long to get to the casino however they give you a ticket with an exact time you're supposed to get back on the shuttle which is like 4 hours later. i've had to find rides home the last few nights

Just got done playing tonight at the horseshoe

My first time ever playing at a casino and i must admit that i loved everything about it. All the dealers and staff were very friendly and i didnt have to wait long to get seated. Great experience and ended up going way way positive for the night.

I will be returning very soon!!

Anybody have an idea as to how many people registered in the PLO tourney today and have any guesses as to how many will play the HORSE tourney tomorrow?

first place was 19,500 plus main event seat...players in event? not sure

Left Horseshoe at 1 a.m.ish and I believe the tournament was still going on.

Thanks for posting. This does not benefit the poker room having only a four hour stay. I can see Chicago Entertainment Tour’s point that they don’t want all their customers waiting until the last shuttle. Maybe some kind of special poker players pass for 8-12 hours that must be validated by the poker room can be worked out. If I see Jeremy this weekend I will ask him about this.

There was 100-200 NL running when?

they have a high stakes backroom. it could happen there.

1187 players paid $345.00. That's $409,515.00. First place paid $70,000.

Does anyone know how many places they paid?

99 I believe

That is actually an incorrect number. The tourney was really a $300+45. $45 went to the house. The total prize pool was $356,100 and then you had to take out 3% for the dealers and the staff, so the real prize pool was $345,417. 99 places paid with 99th place receiving $612 and the winner $70,500 or so.

any one have the number of entrants from the satellites today? i might go play the 7pm. but not too interested if theres under 100. :[

Thanks for that answer. Though I would have thought that the $45.00 x 1187 People which comes to $53,415 should have been for the dealers and the staff. Don't understand why the 3% was taken off the $356,100. Hmmm!

The $50k went to casino as revenue, the 3% goes directly to the staff (like a tip).

The $25/50 nlhe/plo mix runs in the back. Also the other table is typically used to play heads up/freezeouts.

I understand that it is for a tip, but it should be taken out of the $45 not out of the $300.

They still got 1187people x $45fee for entering = $53,415. They surely could have taken a 10% tip money out of that and still made a handsome profit. Instead 1187 people x $300 prize pool money=$356,100 in the prize pool and they took the 3% out of the prize pool making the prize pool $345,417 $53,415 is a very nice profit for the wsop in one tournament. And another $10,000 for tips out of the prize pool is even better!

In my world when I am paying that fee of $45 I understand it is going to the staff for tips and the people running the game.

In reality they should say that the entry is $290 plus a $55 fee. I'm just saying......

[ ] Realizes the Harrah's is a heartless whore.

When they comp you 75 cents an hour and then raise the price of a chicken salad sandwich to $7.25, what else really needs to be said?