They are giving away four seats a day completely free to the $1600 main? That is sick.

i was there yesterday , drawing did happen 9pm3am9am3pm

Open to just poker players or any idiot with a rewards card??

There is going to be a ton of dead money if that many non-poker people are getting seats.

its not like the majority of the players in hammond are any good anyways.

I'm coming up for at least a weekend hopefully do better than I did last year.

only poker players, they choose a cash table randomly and then at that table they deal out , high card win seat

looking at the WSOP site and the hammond event #7 (limit omaha 8) has an asterick on that event but no explanation.

Anyone know??

http://www.wsop.com/tourney/tourneyd...sp?groupID=776

The pdf is now uploaded here

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/schedules/schedule_776.pdf

There's a key on the bottom but it looks like someone forgot to actually put in all the */**/***/etc.. to the events.

To whoever has control of the pdf, there are some events that have rake included and other events that don't not matching the website. Kinda sloppy on Harrah's part.

* The ring events and $1100 NL/PLO event winners get a 10k and 1600 seat
** The top two in the $150 nightly tournaments each get a 1600 seat
*** Winner of the $1600 event gets a 10k seat
**** Winner of ring event #10 ($350 NL) gets a 2011 WSOP ME seat

Just noticed another thing while talking to friends about events

On website: Event #3 1000+100 NLHE
On PDF: Event #3: 300 NLHE

I'm assuming an error on the PDF part.

i can't find any information about the events on their official website... am i missing something? can i register online/by calling with a debit card, or do we have to do it in person?

Thanks!

http://www.wsop.com/tourney/tourneyd...sp?groupID=776

WSOP website not the Horseshoe Hammond website

I'm not positive, but I think you need to reg in person

I'm wondering if there are going to be caps on events. Seems like this is going to draw a lot of people and I'm worried about showing up a few days after it all starts. Though I'm playing the mixed events so I should be ok.

There's no cap on events, they usually go to alternates if they fill up.

I called and you are correct. You need to register in person, starting October 8th.

anyone know what time they stop for day 2 events. I thought when i made day 2 last year it was around midnight but not sure. The last shuttle from the casino to Chicago is 11 PM so need to figure out how to get back in the city if it goes late.

My wife was definitely saddened by the removal of the ladies tournament. She was looking forward to it when I told her it'd be one of the events. I'm not going to turn this into a "should we have ladies events" debate, but my wife definitely falls into the "entirely nervous about playing and felt much more comfortable with her first real tournament being a ladies only tournament" category.

The tournament is at the Horseshoe Southern Indiana event, so it's not something about the law or the state...and I believe it existed last year...what gives?

Hopefully I can get her to relax and just play in a normal event, but this would have been nice.

Normally for wsopc events is 1:30 AM.

You are off your rocker, man. These are pretty standard tournament fees, then they take 4% of the price pool, again pretty standard. Adding 11.6k back into these tournaments is a great deal.

It might depend on number of runners in the actual even and in the NEXT Days event. For the CPC, they played us until 3am on the first event because there were so many players left and they were having a big turnout for the next days event. Although, this was also with the CPC ridiculously slow (awesome) structure. Personally, I'm more pumped for the CPC than for the upcoming WSOPC. Both will be stellar events though, the venue, staff and added cash is unbeatable.

Anyone looking to share a room for the duration?

The three Marriott hotels on Corrine Drive in Hammond (which appear to be next to each other): Courtyard, Residence Inn and Fairfield -- does anyone have any experience staying there and/or relevant knowledge about the neighborhood?

What is the winner approx gonna get in the 1k and 10k?

1.1k last year - http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/resu...=9375&grid=729

That should be pretty accurate with maybe a little more action.

The 1.6k and the 10k are anyone's guess. They had a 2k last year (with a little over 100 players) but that was a mid-week event and I don't think there were many, if any, entries given out. The 1.6k this year is on a Friday and there will be a ton of free seats given away (I think the estimate is over 100), so there should be some good action, but hard to put a number to. I wouldn't be surprised if it were as low as 250 or as high as 600.

The 10k is even harder to predict because it really is unprecedented. I am hoping it will be a huge draw, and it brings in a significant number of "name" players, but I don't think anyone really knows. Hammond isn't exactly a tourist destination which might hurt. Really makes me sad that they didn't build the casino on the lake in Chicago when they were talking about it a few years back. That place would have been a huge draw for any major tournament.

The 1.6k should be pretty huge. In the cash giveaways alone, they're giving out about 180 seats (~45 days * 4 per day). The tournaments have 20 seats to the 1600 being given away. Should add up to a very juicy main event.


10k will have 42 seats being given away through the added money.

I stayed in the Marriott's courtyard last year and the neighborhood was fine. But if you ask me , I liked the Ramada inn where I stayed the year befor since it is much closer and a little cheaper.