Bubbled this tournament

I think next year they can go to 6 starting flights over 3 days with a $15 million guarantee. Or just keep it the same but have a $10 million guarantee.

Either way, I think $1 million for first is a magic number and they should adjust payouts to make that happen (won't need to adjust with 6 starting flights).

All entries have to be paid in cash or wires as paypal and credit cards are reversible and many who bust out would otherwise just say their paypal was hacked to get their money back (maybe not many of current players but many others would try this if that was an option -- the current system is also in place to prevent scams that they have had to deal with in the past). Trust me, they would much prefer to have an online process to automate this whole mess, but is just not a viable option due to degenerates and our laws. They need irreversible cash upfront if you want poker tournaments to even exist.

Also, while I agree things can be improved, how much extra rake are you willing to pay to have some futuristic app on your phone that would have very limited use other than a few times per year, and how much would that actually improve your overall experience? Is it worth an extra $10-$15 per entry for every person in the tournament, lowering the prize pool, most likely more?

There really is no excuse for WSOP not having a website and process for handling these transactions in real time. I have the same bank as WSOP and yet there would have still been a $15 wiring fee. No thanks!

From what i heard not only were the lines for the event crazy as hell but you had hrs upon hrs waiting to play cash games if you busted early and that applied to other casinos in vegas as well. If you have to wait on long lines to gamble your money that is totally absurd . If your thing is being part of a happening event comparable to a sold out Beatles concert . then this crazy nonsense is for you and not for me Blowing $565(not including rebuys) or more in which i can use that money to buy a new computer is stupid

@Shoe: What about buying into the events directly through the WSOP online poker client?

Some might think spending hundreds of dollars (or more) on a piece of machinery which is already a year or more outdated to be "crazy', "absurd", "stupid", etc. In any case, to each their own.

Are you happy in life?

Vegas was *insane* last weekend, but when you did get in a game they were juicy, but most of all they were fun.

the Colossus went very smooth for me. pre-registered. spent 1 1/2 minutes at will call. yeah waited over an hour to get paid, but got to sit down while waiting, talking to people. needed a break from poker anyways.

had no problem getting on cash tables at harrah's, flamingo, and golden nugget.

agree, not sure how ppl couldn't get into games. 100 waitlist at B, just walked to Caesars. next day Flamingo. it was possible.

Trip Report: Colossus experience.

First, I want to thank all the WSOP staff for running what I thought was a smooth event. I can't imagine what it would be like to organize such a large turn out. Yes, there were some glitches and issues, but kudos to all involved in helping fix those issues.

This was my first WSOP event, much like it was for a lot of the Colossus entrants. I arrived at the Rio at 5:30pm on Friday. I head straight to the Will call line to pick up my entry form. I wait maybe 5 minutes to get to the booth. They couldn't find my package, which I knew has happened to others on this thread. About 15 minutes later, they reprinted my ticket and I was on my way. This is one area where they could definitely improve upon, especially having more containers that hold the packages. I often saw the staff having to wait on others to find the package they were looking for.

I'm staying at the Rio, but couldn't sleep at all. I'm playing my first WSOP event!!! I finally mange to get some rest. I head down to the Pavilion around 9:30am on Saturday to scope out my seat. I start taking pictures of the huge room and got my girlfriend to take some of me sitting at my table. Shortly, I hear the famous words....Shuffle up and deal!

I get involved in the first three hands. I lose most of my stack when someone flops a boat....I turned a straight and calls his river bet. Ouch....No worries though....I double up three times during the next 2 levels. Still short stacked, I push with pocket 10's only to be called by AK. King comes on the flop and my day is done.

Leaving the table after busting, I'm all smiles as I had a great time. Do I really care if first prize wasn't a million? Hell no. I would have loved to have cashed, but it wasn't in the cards. This event has already got me thinking about next year and I do hope the tourney folks have this event again. If they do, I have a feeling they will reduce the levels from 40 to 30, but increase stack size. Just a hunch.

By the way, I was watching what looked to be a 20/40 Omaha game Saturday evening. There was a 30+ year old guy playing with a Boston Marathon jacket on. He had maybe 60,000+ in front of him. He was certainly a happy go lucky guy. While claiming that money meant nothing to him, he was often throwing red $5 chips to the security folks and to the rail watching him. (I didn't catch any). He was involved in nearly every pot, and was amazingly winning lots of them. Did anyone catch this guy and if so, what is the history behind him?

Budman

I don't understand. Nothing bad to say about the drink service? Or dealers? Or chips? Or temperature? Or table layout? Or monitor placement? Or payout structure? Or the number of pros who played the tournament? Or the long lines?

What kind of nutty Trip Report is this? Are you feeling ok?

Leaving the table with smiles after busting? I would be stark raving mad and throw a temper tantrum. How could you be happy after blowing $580 just like that Not very practical if you ask me I would have told my GF to go fu herself with all my anger built up inside of me

A few more of those trips and and he will be jaded also.

It's nice to read a trip report without the usual bitching and moaning that most poker players do about every little detail that didn't go their way. Glad you had fun, I love going to the wsop every summer for a few days!

Right. It was so out of character for a poker player that I though he might have been feverish or something.

I also had a great experience at the Colossus. On the whole, considering the 22,000+ entrants, I think they did a great job.

Let's talk about seating.


I pre-registered and mailed payment about a week after the schedule came out.

I expected to have a seat at a table inside the Pavilion Room.

Of course when I arrived late Friday night, they couldn't find my seat card, and had to print up a new one. After 20 minutes of waiting, I ended up with a seat in the Brazilia Room.


Theories:

a) The seat assignments are completely random, I was always Brasilia, and I am just a complainer.

b) I had a seat in the Pavilion Room, but when it got lost, I was reassigned to a new seat in the Brasilia Room.

c) Even though I registered early, the seat assignments are based on when you check in at the will-call. Many players had their seat cards before I did, even though I beat them to the registration.


What says the Colossus crowd?

You're a poker player, so most likely it's "a".

That was probably always your seat. It would've already been assigned in the computer (unless they never entered your registration in the first place).

They knew each main wave was likely to sell out so they probably included all of the seats in the pool, at least those from Amazon, Pavilion, and Brasilia. They probably held back the Buzio's and Poker Room seats for the last batch of registrations, but the main three rooms would've been fair game from the first reg forward.

Seat assignment should be random and no one should get a choice seat because they reg early.

I think B. Have you seen anyone pre-regged that was not in Pavilion, that got through will call without problem? I picked up my seat Saturday morning for the D flight and it was in Pavilion.

I pre-regged for 3 flights all at the same time, did not have will call problems, and I was in brasilla for A and pavillion for both C and D.

Forgot to mention that I pre-regged about 6 weeks in advance and had no issues at Will Call, getting Amazon for one flight and Pavilion for two.

Yeah, otherwise we'd have seen people who pre-reged and their paperwork got lost being dumped into late waves or even shut out of flights.

Why would anyone complain about starting in Brasilia? It's the nicest room to play in.

The only place I wouldn't be keen to play in would be the section by Buzio's or the main poker room tables, as they're way too loud and distracting.