WSOP - Event #2

Went to Rio yesterday to check out the scene and to register for event #2, the $1500 NL. Drove up to the convention center, which is huge... roamed around the halls for a few minutes trying to figure out where they were dealing the tournament. Didn't have to look too hard. Just had to go with the tide of poker players all chasing the poker dream.

As I walked into the main hall, my jaw dropped at how many tables were setup. It's going to be a much different WSOP then it was last year at Benny's Bullpen. The room just keeps going and going... a few hundred tables.

All outside the hall there were players waiting in hour long lines to get into the events. Two lines... one to register as a player and one to actually buy-in. Took about an hour for me to wait through the new player registration line... about another hour and a half to wait through the buy-in line. The event sold out at around 7:20pm from what I hear, and I imagine there were quite a few disappointed players. Imagine flying out from the East Coast for the weekend with your heart set on winning the first open event, making sure to get to the casino the night before to avoid the lines...

So it starts in about an hour and a half. I'll let you know how it goes.

And oh yeah... the Rolling Stone article hit their website yesterday. But pick up a hard copy, though, because it'll have pictures.