thanks, it seems that I won tned to technically register for a new card then. DID NOT KNOW you coudl get a small discount, will know that for next year, how small was it? 5%?






ALso I love where linq/ballys/harrahs is situated, middle of strip and prices re cheaper than the higher end ones. I dont like how the strip, prices comapred to 3 years ago have really rocketed, just look at excal, used to be legit 60-65 a night for rooms during wsop and now its usually 75-80+ with resort fees being a bit more than it was as well.

while linq certianly is younger crowd, i think its fantastic for staying during the WHOLE wsop or however long youre there due to its location to all the casinos and food

I've now heard it two different ways. Initially Negreanu on the DAT podcast said day ones would be at Bally's and day two+ would be at Paris.

I think more recently he reversed that, so what I've heard is day ones in Paris and day two+ in Bally's.

I took a stroll through the convention spaces in both venues in November and there's a HUGE amount of square footage.

How exactly they're going to allocate that remains to be seen.

I think it's official that registration will be in the champagne ballroom at Paris, which seems to jive with day ones also being in Paris.

So most likely Paris will be the main hub, with Bally's as the "premium" space once you get deeper in tourneys.

i wasnt sure if ballys hasd a poker room but harrahs was small. now that wsop is on the strip, if wait times were already bad enough when it was at rio, its going to be jut as long if not LONGER with the 3-4 rooms being closed meaning excal, flamingo, mirage etc.

i hope harrahs/ballys makes a spare room their new poker room

Ballys used to have a small poker room, but I don't think it reopened after covid. Same goes for Harrahs and PH.

In any case, I believe Ballys will be beginning renovation on their casino floor in the next few months, so I kinda doubt there will be a poker room there.

People looking to play cash outside the WSOP would likely want to go to Venetian, Bellagio or Aria.... perhaps Encore, if they still have cash during their tourney series.

For people who have stayed at the Rio in years past during the WSOP, what was the elevator situation like? I never stayed there so I don't know if getting on an elevator is a chore during the WSOP.

I have stayed at Ballys many times and it always seems like they only have 3 or 4 out of their 8 main elevators on the north tower working at any time. Maybe they'll have them all working during the WSOP, but I shudder to think what the lines might be like just to get to your room during dinner breaks or other times of heavy traffic.

Wasn't an issue for me in 2019 staying in the masquerade tower mid-week. Could be a bigger issue during the huge weekend events, but ultimately poker players are still just a drop in the bucket and the town is built to accommodate big crowds.

The Ballys (soon to be Horseshoe), poker room is alive and well.

Flamingo, Harrahs and Planet Hollywood poker rooms are gone.

Post Flamingo closing theirs (around the lead up to the wsop last fall), the number of tables at Ballys has picked up.

This includes several daily tournaments as well.

The $3-$6 limit players which used to be at Flamingo are now at Ballys.
Plenty of $1-$3 NL daily/nightly too.

LOL I wish I could - I would do just that.

Staying so many times at Ballys/Paris/Harrahs/Caesars has paid off now that the series will finally be ‘so much closer’.

Cromwell might have an exit on Flamingo Road. Then you just cross Flamingo and go in through Bally's side door. The bad part is waiting for the light instead of using the escalator on the Strip.

Luckily that part of Vegas is easy to navigate, all straight lines and corners. Basically you try to duck into a/c'd buildings as much as possible.

It's probably going to be similar, you'll have to wait a few minutes.

The bad part is going to be the parking. Rio has that sea of pavement by the convention center. I have no idea what Bally's overflow parking is.

Yeah, parking was always going to be an issue for locals or people staying off strip. Paris and Ballys share a garage and it’s not so easy to get in and out of. I think the only entrances are narrow driveways off of the Ballys and Paris entrance areas, or one just off the strip next to CVS. Either way you have to navigate one of the most congested parts of the strip. Given the cost, it might even make more sense for people to park for free at Rio and taxi/Uber it over to Ballys for the day.

Anyhow, this is another reason why the Caesar’s Forum convention center would be so much better for the WSOP. They have a garage plus a 300 spot surface lot pretty much dedicated to the convention center. Not sure how this compares to the Rio, but I have a hard time imagining it wouldn’t be significantly better than the parking at Ballys/Paris.

I guess we can dare to dream. But I am glad the WSOP is on the strip now. Significantly more convenient for me since I always stay in that area. And I think it will also be a boon for the other events going on at the Venetian, Wynn, etc.

I can assert the Ballys elevators are not equipped to handle crowds (or have not been historically). Back when there were occupancy limits during COVID it was a real ***** show.

And I feel like the WSOP is bigger than any convention Ballys/Paris have ever held during the summer…. But I guess we’ll have to wait and see how it all shakes out.

Can’t imagine the usual events that were held there are gonna still go off… like the Teamsters, or the insurance convention. I will miss the tattoo/piercing folks if they got the boot in lieu of the WSOP. Those were some interesting elevator rides. As they were when the Adult Video Awards were there.

how fun does the 3/6 limit table look? also flamingo used to have 2/4 limit iirc, good to know it got moved.


How many tables did ballys have? could you guesstimate

It was news to me that they reopened but they used to have about 6 I think.

Definitely more than six. I’d guesstimate 12-18 tables.

The $3-$6 Limit is loose, fun like the Limit tables used to be at Flamingo.

Daily tournaments full of some awful players. Avoiding some suck outs and it’s free money. A lot of $500 guarantee prize pools for $75. Awful structures of course, but if you are looking for a quicker/cheap daily, these are okay.

thanks. I plan on hitting limit and seeing what limit is about.


I hope they move their poker room to a convention room or hall like rio did so we can ee 20+ cash tables. def gonna need more tables and rooms if possible firing up cash. waits were 1-2hrs in peak times last time I was there, i would go to excal, flamingo etc for shorter times but now that they're gone, i assume times will be worse esc with wsop on strip

This is the corner by the jubilee tower elevators, right? Did they expand?

Yes that’s the location. Casino bar across from it. The Keno and Knosh food joint nearby.

Not sure when they may have expanded, but definitely more than the six tables they may have had at one time.

Question for WSOP rule knowledgeable people like, RealMcCoy, Greg (Fossilman), and Akashenk

I am in a little confusion. As I am thinking of playing Housewarming on June 4th. My flight lands around 9:25am. The tournament starts at 10am . I am sure i will be late for atleast 3 to 4 levels before I can be seated.
My question is if I preregistered online in advance ,will my stack be out and will it be blinded out for 3-4 level?

Almost sure that's true. Played in last year's Seniors, there was a stack being blinded out. Later on, someone came to the table and got a whole stack, so I asked about that. The answer was that player #1 was registered, but #2 was a new entry. IIRC, so we should get confirmation.

I don't know for sure as it seems this has changed over the years. However, if you look at their online rules...

https://www.wsop.com/2022/2022%20WSO...an_2-21-22.pdf

#36 seems to indicate purchased stacks will be blinded off.

Of course, rule #16 seems to indicate anyone not in their seat by the start of level 3 will have their stack removed and entry marked for refund. I kinda find this hard to believe, but I usually show up on time and have never really paid attention to this.

Anyhow, if you're still confused (and I would not blame you for being so), you might want to check directly with the WSOP, unless someone else has a firm grasp.

Sorry, don't know. I've never used online registration. I suggest sending a tweet to @KevMath and asking him. I think it depends upon whether your online registration assigns you a seat. If it does, probably getting blinded off. If not, then you don't get a seat to you show up and use one of the machines, which will assign you a seat and spit out your seating card. But really, just ask KevMath.

Cheers, Greg Raymer (FossilMan)

but to register in person that line is going to be 4 hours long so you wont play until prolly around 3-4pm realistically?

Thx all . I get it . Now my question is , say I am going to miss first 4 levels of
30 minutes .
Blinds:
1. 200-100-200.
2. 300-200-300.
3. 400-200-400.
4. 600-300-600.

How much I will loose out of my $50000 starting stack ?

Or would you advise me to register directly for last flight on June 5th .Because if I play June 4th flight and knocked out on late levels , I don’t think I will be able to register for June 5th as it may be sold out by the time .

Thx

I’m not sure how many stacks will be in play or how many players will be seated at the start, but you can probably make a rough guess that you will pay blinds about twice per level. So, through 4 levels thats 7600 chips.

So anything between about 5k and 10k will probably end up being the amount of chips blinded off. So you’ll come in with about 50BB. Still plenty to play with, but honestly, one of the reasons for playing these lower buy in events is trying to build a stack by taking advantage of worse play from the start. You’re kinda giving that up by essentially late reg’ng.