2024 WSOP!
03-01-2024
, 02:05 AM
03-01-2024
, 07:36 AM
Yeah, the diamond line benefit (like so many other things at CET) isn’t what it used to be. There are, of course, many more diamond holders now than there used to be. But the main reason is because there are just more ways to register now. I highly recommend folks set up a TBIC account when they arrive at the WSOP. The process is fairly painless. Then you can use those funds to register for any even using the Bravo Poker app/website. You post a $3 fee by this is well worth it IMO.
Be aware you can deposit as many times as you want to the TBIC account, but may only withdraw once. At least this was the case last year. This is kinda annoying, but makes some sense from a logistical standpoint for the WSOP.
And if registering the old-fashioned way, the old advice about going later at night (after 7 or 8 pm), or really early in the AM still holds. Of course, some of these events get into alternates well before play even starts so plan accordingly. And there will be massive registration lines the week of the 24th during those lower buy-in events, so plan accordingly.
Someone may have stolen the clock in your case, but HS got rid of clocks in all rooms a couple years ago. Beats me why they felt the need to do this, but it certainly wasn’t because they were too busy in the past setting the accurate time on them 
This is heavily dependent on where your room is. Overall, things seem to be quieter since after Covid. But I imagine there are still some bad spots. I remember years ago getting a room facing Paris. Absolutely beautiful view. But man, the Chateau or whatever that club is was so bad till 4:00am 4 nights a week. There is also a night club (Drais) on the roof of The Cromwell which could be pretty loud at times.
Yeah, I’m sure this is their excuse. But it’s crazy how many problems it causes. Not to mention fire and congestion hazards. Just run all the dang elevators during the busiest times. It shouldn’t be that difficult a task.
I don’t recall if it was strictly a dealer shortage, but maybe I am mixing up events. There was one event where the HS elevators stopped working altogether about 30 minutes before the start of an event. That event was delayed by an hour or so.
As an anecdote, I was staying on floor 22 once when the elevators went out. There was no indication how long they would be out and I had someplace to be so I decided to go down the stairs. I descended about as fast as humanly possible without hurting myself, but it still took a surprisingly long time (like at least 5 minutes). And I paid for it with really sore hamstrings for a few days. As much as I complain about the elevator situation at HS, I don’t think complete outages like this are common. But who knows. The “C” is CET probably refers to the increasing number of corners they cut.
Be aware you can deposit as many times as you want to the TBIC account, but may only withdraw once. At least this was the case last year. This is kinda annoying, but makes some sense from a logistical standpoint for the WSOP.
And if registering the old-fashioned way, the old advice about going later at night (after 7 or 8 pm), or really early in the AM still holds. Of course, some of these events get into alternates well before play even starts so plan accordingly. And there will be massive registration lines the week of the 24th during those lower buy-in events, so plan accordingly.
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I'm remembering one large field tournament last year where they had some issues (dealer shortage I think it was) and one room ended up behind the other by something like an hour. Can't remember which event it was since I wasn't playing it myself, but I heard the stories about what a cluster it was.
As an anecdote, I was staying on floor 22 once when the elevators went out. There was no indication how long they would be out and I had someplace to be so I decided to go down the stairs. I descended about as fast as humanly possible without hurting myself, but it still took a surprisingly long time (like at least 5 minutes). And I paid for it with really sore hamstrings for a few days. As much as I complain about the elevator situation at HS, I don’t think complete outages like this are common. But who knows. The “C” is CET probably refers to the increasing number of corners they cut.
03-01-2024
, 12:30 PM
03-01-2024
, 02:20 PM
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Yeah, the diamond line benefit (like so many other things at CET) isn’t what it used to be. There are, of course, many more diamond holders now than there used to be. But the main reason is because there are just more ways to register now. I highly recommend folks set up a TBIC account when they arrive at the WSOP. The process is fairly painless. Then you can use those funds to register for any even using the Bravo Poker app/website. You post a $3 fee by this is well worth it IMO.
Be aware you can deposit as many times as you want to the TBIC account, but may only withdraw once. At least this was the case last year. This is kinda annoying, but makes some sense from a logistical standpoint for the WSOP.
And if registering the old-fashioned way, the old advice about going later at night (after 7 or 8 pm), or really early in the AM still holds. Of course, some of these events get into alternates well before play even starts so plan accordingly. And there will be massive registration lines the week of the 24th during those lower buy-in events, so plan accordingly.
Someone may have stolen the clock in your case, but HS got rid of clocks in all rooms a couple years ago. Beats me why they felt the need to do this, but it certainly wasn’t because they were too busy in the past setting the accurate time on them
This is heavily dependent on where your room is. Overall, things seem to be quieter since after Covid. But I imagine there are still some bad spots. I remember years ago getting a room facing Paris. Absolutely beautiful view. But man, the Chateau or whatever that club is was so bad till 4:00am 4 nights a week. There is also a night club (Drais) on the roof of The Cromwell which could be pretty loud at times.
Yeah, I’m sure this is their excuse. But it’s crazy how many problems it causes. Not to mention fire and congestion hazards. Just run all the dang elevators during the busiest times. It shouldn’t be that difficult a task.
I don’t recall if it was strictly a dealer shortage, but maybe I am mixing up events. There was one event where the HS elevators stopped working altogether about 30 minutes before the start of an event. That event was delayed by an hour or so.
As an anecdote, I was staying on floor 22 once when the elevators went out. There was no indication how long they would be out and I had someplace to be so I decided to go down the stairs. I descended about as fast as humanly possible without hurting myself, but it still took a surprisingly long time (like at least 5 minutes). And I paid for it with really sore hamstrings for a few days. As much as I complain about the elevator situation at HS, I don’t think complete outages like this are common. But who knows. The “C” is CET probably refers to the increasing number of corners they cut.
Be aware you can deposit as many times as you want to the TBIC account, but may only withdraw once. At least this was the case last year. This is kinda annoying, but makes some sense from a logistical standpoint for the WSOP.
And if registering the old-fashioned way, the old advice about going later at night (after 7 or 8 pm), or really early in the AM still holds. Of course, some of these events get into alternates well before play even starts so plan accordingly. And there will be massive registration lines the week of the 24th during those lower buy-in events, so plan accordingly.
Someone may have stolen the clock in your case, but HS got rid of clocks in all rooms a couple years ago. Beats me why they felt the need to do this, but it certainly wasn’t because they were too busy in the past setting the accurate time on them
This is heavily dependent on where your room is. Overall, things seem to be quieter since after Covid. But I imagine there are still some bad spots. I remember years ago getting a room facing Paris. Absolutely beautiful view. But man, the Chateau or whatever that club is was so bad till 4:00am 4 nights a week. There is also a night club (Drais) on the roof of The Cromwell which could be pretty loud at times.
Yeah, I’m sure this is their excuse. But it’s crazy how many problems it causes. Not to mention fire and congestion hazards. Just run all the dang elevators during the busiest times. It shouldn’t be that difficult a task.
I don’t recall if it was strictly a dealer shortage, but maybe I am mixing up events. There was one event where the HS elevators stopped working altogether about 30 minutes before the start of an event. That event was delayed by an hour or so.
As an anecdote, I was staying on floor 22 once when the elevators went out. There was no indication how long they would be out and I had someplace to be so I decided to go down the stairs. I descended about as fast as humanly possible without hurting myself, but it still took a surprisingly long time (like at least 5 minutes). And I paid for it with really sore hamstrings for a few days. As much as I complain about the elevator situation at HS, I don’t think complete outages like this are common. But who knows. The “C” is CET probably refers to the increasing number of corners they cut.
The FC thing just happened, though, so I’m not sure if that will translate to better Diamond lines this year or if it won’t be noticeable until next year.
03-01-2024
, 03:01 PM
03-02-2024
, 05:23 AM
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Yeah, the diamond line benefit (like so many other things at CET) isn’t what it used to be. There are, of course, many more diamond holders now than there used to be. But the main reason is because there are just more ways to register now. I highly recommend folks set up a TBIC account when they arrive at the WSOP. The process is fairly painless. Then you can use those funds to register for any even using the Bravo Poker app/website. You post a $3 fee by this is well worth it IMO.
Be aware you can deposit as many times as you want to the TBIC account, but may only withdraw once. At least this was the case last year. This is kinda annoying, but makes some sense from a logistical standpoint for the WSOP.
And if registering the old-fashioned way, the old advice about going later at night (after 7 or 8 pm), or really early in the AM still holds. Of course, some of these events get into alternates well before play even starts so plan accordingly. And there will be massive registration lines the week of the 24th during those lower buy-in events, so plan accordingly.
Be aware you can deposit as many times as you want to the TBIC account, but may only withdraw once. At least this was the case last year. This is kinda annoying, but makes some sense from a logistical standpoint for the WSOP.
And if registering the old-fashioned way, the old advice about going later at night (after 7 or 8 pm), or really early in the AM still holds. Of course, some of these events get into alternates well before play even starts so plan accordingly. And there will be massive registration lines the week of the 24th during those lower buy-in events, so plan accordingly.
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Someone may have stolen the clock in your case, but HS got rid of clocks in all rooms a couple years ago. Beats me why they felt the need to do this, but it certainly wasn’t because they were too busy in the past setting the accurate time on them
03-03-2024
, 09:11 AM
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I’m not going to tell you what you should do as interactions with Caesar’s booking system and reservation personnel is not a consistent thing. And the rates are constantly changing. Maybe it would be better to just keep things as they are and try a different way next time. But if I were trying to book 24 nights (or thereabouts) and maximize my comps, I would book 11 nights using my CR account and whatever discount promo there is (usually WSOP). Then skip 2 nights. And then book the remaining nights using the CR account and discount code. Lastly I would book the two nights in between without using my CR account.
There is a price to pay for this in that those two nights may be more expensive than they would otherwise be and you’ll pay about $100 more total for resort fees. So you have to figure out if the comps you get in that second leg are worth the extra cost. But if they are, and you make all three reservations at the same property, it should be seamless when you check in and can stay in the same room for the entire trip. Just make sure the counter agent knows you have three contiguous reservations. There was a time during Covid where they had this stupid policy of you having to go to the front desk to “check in” three separate times. But that is no longer the case, at least when I was there last summer.
Lastly, just to point out how CET has gotten demonstrably worse in recent years… this whole comp reset process is not as beneficial as it once was. Everybody’s comps and rates are customized based on their gaming rating, so I am only speaking from personal experience. But I have found the difference between comped nights and non comped nights to have really dwindled (typically as little as $15-25). So if you’re only saving the small amount, you have to have a lot of comps to make up for the increased rate and resort fees for those two “reset” nights. Also resort fees have nearly doubled in the last 5 years or so. So again, this “trick” is not nearly as useful as it once was. As an example, two years ago I booked 28 nights and there was no benefit to using the trick.
There is a price to pay for this in that those two nights may be more expensive than they would otherwise be and you’ll pay about $100 more total for resort fees. So you have to figure out if the comps you get in that second leg are worth the extra cost. But if they are, and you make all three reservations at the same property, it should be seamless when you check in and can stay in the same room for the entire trip. Just make sure the counter agent knows you have three contiguous reservations. There was a time during Covid where they had this stupid policy of you having to go to the front desk to “check in” three separate times. But that is no longer the case, at least when I was there last summer.
Lastly, just to point out how CET has gotten demonstrably worse in recent years… this whole comp reset process is not as beneficial as it once was. Everybody’s comps and rates are customized based on their gaming rating, so I am only speaking from personal experience. But I have found the difference between comped nights and non comped nights to have really dwindled (typically as little as $15-25). So if you’re only saving the small amount, you have to have a lot of comps to make up for the increased rate and resort fees for those two “reset” nights. Also resort fees have nearly doubled in the last 5 years or so. So again, this “trick” is not nearly as useful as it once was. As an example, two years ago I booked 28 nights and there was no benefit to using the trick.
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Stringer - Akashenk has laid it out very well. I will add that calling direct to the Horseshoe can also at times give you the best deal. I personally have ran into the 48 hour issues when booking online and opt for 72 hours. Checking often can be key to getting the best deal as Asashenk notes as rates are constantly changing and whether it is accurate or not I have read several accounts that this partially can be a browser cache issue on your own computer so clearing it MAY be an option. Always try online AND direct call. Anecdotally as an example I recently ADDED June 17th to my existing 18th -28th online reservation by calling the Horseshoe and they LOWERED my Grand total cost from $315 to $259 but my costs from July 1-11th remained unchanged at $274. Some consider it to be a frustrating process but I just treat it as a game giving me that much more funds to lose gaming 
Good luck
Good luck
Akashenk and Real McCoy - many thanks for your thorough and super helpful replies. I thought I would update on the outcome so far in case it helps others.
I cancelled my second Paris reservation and then have tries several times to book 2 additional reservations (on top of my part comped first reservation). No joy as prices a fair bit higher and no comps. So have currently booked Vdara for second half and will keep an eye on Paris prices. Thanks again guys for the advice.