that would be so exciting. you'd be INFAMOUS. Maybe you could even be a UB pro.

I'm sure you'd have no problem selling action if there are a lot of Stars pros in the field.

ill take 10 pct

lol, isn't it an invitational anyway?

there seems to be a bit of confusion as to that, ike and mastr just said they were planning on playing but i said it was an invitational...

maybe it's just a bad use of the term? it does seem pretty unlikely they could get more than 10 of their pros to play without without freerolling them

edit: my read is anyone who doesn't have a patch deal with another site can get an invitation if they want

Second pays the same as 10th? There might be so much action that it won't fill a half-hour show.

The Venetian has an enormous amount of space available if they really need it. I think if the field gets really large in the days leading up to it, they can add enough tables on short notice. Besides, a 30k starting stack doesn't keep WSOP ME players from busting in the first few hours, so it's not like alternates will be waiting all day.

RE: satellites, they have their standard sng's that would have a 1k-ish buy-in. Those run on demand all the time. They would probably run 1-winner $500 buy-in sng's if there was interest too.

Venetian is small for a main event.

that's true, they could easily move all of those slots and double their tournament area

so i decided to make a pretty bad river bet-call w/ top two in the 1k and eliminate myself in the 2nd level... how many officially entered & what was first? anyone still in? there was like 60 in when i sat down and then ~105 or so were registered the last time i looked at the board.

locked in!

I think driving in tmr, or maybe greyhound. What's the cheapest place to stay near the venetian?

Hi all,

Wow, take a day off from posting and you can get really backed up (in response to ?'s, that is...)

First off, let me just reassure everyone that this event will run smoothly. No matter what we have to do, even if it means we put in 100+ tables.

We have been faced with many obstacles as we have grown over the years and we have always ironed them out so that you, the player, were able to have to most enjoyable tournament experience possible. This event will be no exception. We expect that problems will arise and we are committed to solving them as seamlessly as we have in the past.

In regards to live satellites...

This, I believe, will be our 12th DSE and in the past, the supers were never very well attended. Thus, our hesitation to have too many of them. Granted, this is our first major televised event and it is entirely possible the we have underestimated the amount of players who will be wishing to satellite in. I guarantee that if our supers on the 19th are well attended, in the future we will take your advice and run them for a week, or so, leading up to the ME.

The good news is, if there really are as many players wishing to satellite in as stated in this thread, the supers on the 19th should give away tons of seats!

dcarp

ty dcarp!

Anyone know of the cheapest hotel with solid internet in the Venetian area? I think the venetian, sorry dcarp, may be too expensive. If there is or are any fellow MTTcers who has a place in Vegas with an empty closet sized space for me to rent out, and would be so kind to do so until the 20th, or for any length of time before the 20th, it would enable me to drive out there or greyhound out there tomorrow, and not have to go through the process of debating finding the cheapest hotel available with solid internet versus the idea of just spending nights in my car.

How bad is staying in the car?

imperial palace and harrah's are both cheap and relatively close. harrah's is a little more and is a little nicer. no clue about the internet in either though.

lol don't stay in ur car dude at least go to the wild wild west for $40 a night or some bull**** place like that. and don't quote me on $40.

I'll give a recommendation to Bill's - it's not the Bellagio, but it's clean & cheap, and the location can't be beat...

OT

that seems pretty high given that the bellagio is like 99..

sketchy don't you guys have (legal?) bananas delivery services? IRC a bond18 TR involving one. I have never been to vegas. So F. Excited.

Casino royale right next door and ridiculously cheap. ...

Skater are you ******ed or something?

asdlpfkas;ldifjafijasdofi Can I get in on the video poker action with you chainsaw? how's the internet at Casino Royale?

LOLOL

legal banana delivery wtf LOL

Staff were told today that PS is adding events to play for the duration of NAPT Main Event. I see the $25k is one of them. There was something said about a $10k event, but nothing concrete. The finalized schedule is supposed to be hammered out within a day or two.

prob. a stupid question, but where do you enter the group code when booking online? or do you have to book on the 'phone?

Thanks

i dnt usually read threads to tournametns im not going to, but for some reason am loving this one. kinda wish i could go, first time life sucks to be euro