Wow - 6 seats, that's ~125 people, good turnout IMO. Do you know about how long it took to finish?

no clue

The nightly 7pm 2nd chance tournies have been getting 200-300 ppl.

The WSOP STT's are 15 min this year, were 15 min last year, and iirc 15 min the year before that.

The $325's are 20 minutes.

What are the STT Buy In's?
What is the cheapest one you can do?
Are all of the STT one winner only or can you play some where 2 or 3 people cash?
Are deals common at the end 2 or 3 way?

$125
$175
$225
$325
$525
$1040

All are one winners but deals 2 and 3 ways at the end are common.

If you say so, but I could have sworn the one I played was 15.

The STTs are much softer than the bracelet events at the WSOP. I have never failed to come out ahead at these events (knock on wood). And you can definitely sell the lammers at face value (and you should buy them for FV as well for the reasons stated above). Was even able to sell them for face on Father's Day last year when the Amazon room was pretty quiet - only took about 30 minutes to cobble together enough deals.

Heading to LV tonite and plan to play them. I like the 525s, they play a bit longer. But they are all good for anyone with a decent grasp of STT play and basic pushbot. What happens is that people chop a smaller one, get a $500 lammer that starts burning a hole in their hand and before you know it, they're over their head and handing money to you in a 525 STT.

Note: Have observed the play at the 1000 STTs and believe they are much tougher.

However, on the whole, these are definitely +EV. Honestly, I think a solid way to win an ME seat is to play these for a few days. Probably less overall variance than the MTT sats and chances are greater that you'll be +cash at the end of it. Just my opinion.

Cheers

Anyone know how often these will run on the days leading up to the ME and even on Day 1 A/B/C of the ME? I'm not getting in until July 1st and I'm assuming they will be in full swing just with people trying to qualify at the last minute, but what about the days when the ME is going on?

In past years dealers have been rather casual about matching the buyin to the starting chips to the # of minutes per level. Double-check if it matters to you. I didn't say anything when a $125 started with more chips and longer levels that it should have, since I considered that an advantage for me.

Maybe a dealer erred somewhere.

Certainly the 325 I played was 20 minutes anyways.

I absolutely 100% agree with you. I'll be there myself this evening, playing the $175's though (small BR right now, but after playing a few of these, should be fine...LOL)

Let's not play against each other, or lets play against each other and we'll chop.

T

There might be some $1060's running, but otherwise it will probably be dead. Other than the employee event, the ME is the last one. In prior years they ran $1500's to keep the ME bustouts around. That was a good idea, so of course they had to change it.

The buy-in lammers say 2008 on them, so after the WSOP they might be worthless. You might check to see if they can be used in Circuit events, but that's not going to bring people in to play sats even if they are allowed.

Hi. Does anyone know how often satellites are being run at the Rio? Can I just show up and expect to play, or are they only at certain times? Thanks for the help

Single table sats run pretty much all the time, the exception being when one of the large field events is starting and the need the space.

MTT sats run at 3PM and 9PM, 3PM is $340 Mon-Thur, $550 Fri-Sun. 9PM is $1060.

For those who have been around the Single Table Sats both last year and this one, are they getting off the ground about as often, more often, or less often than last year? Wondering how this new location and new setup has changed how often they run.

Last year, during non-peak times you'd often have to be waiting for a long time to get a sat started if you were looking for a particular one or range of ones (e.g. 175-325). During peak-times, you often had to wait in line for a long time. Any better this year?

I think its better as it's way more organized this year. I waited in line yesterday for about 30 mins, but it was very busy, very long line.

T

Looks like the $325 and $525s are 20 min on this site....

http://www.tworags.com/index.php?ACTION=blind&todo=viewContent&ID=1682

http://www.tworags.com/index.php?PHP...ontent&ID=1683

I think they are probably better organized in getting them going, in that they are not as dependent on the incompetent floor, since they seem to have less to do. On the other hand, the incompetent cage can really bring things to a grinding halt.

But the bad part is there seems to be a lot fewer tables than last year. I also don't like being in a separate room, because you miss a lot of the "buzz" that is the WSOP because the cash and tournament games are going on in a different room.

Overall, I liked it better last year.

How much do Live Satellites in Vegas cost to events that have buyins of $2500, $2000 & $1500?

How often do the satellites run and any information about the structure of them would be really helpful..thank you!!

This.

Thanx...I see that people in that thread are mentioning satellites that cost 175 and 225 but there aren't either of those prices in the list in that thread..also the prices of those satellites dont say which tournaments they're satellites for...arent there satellites cheaper than $330? and how do i find out specifically which tournaments those satellites are for?

The only satellites that are for a specific event are the 1,060.00 evening ones for the main event as well as a 530.00 one.

All the other satellites which range in price from $125.00 to 525.00 you receive chips and a little cash inorder to buy into any event of your choice.

Foe example a $175.00 satellite gives you (3) $500.00 tournament entry chips and $140.00 cash. If you win it out right.

Hope this helps.

$175 satellite is for a $1500 event
$225 satellite is for a $2000 event

Those are winner take all, giving you $500 lammers good for tournament entry + cash