WSOP Turns Away 500 Players
I've heard this a few places, but don't have any solid numbers from the WSOP.
The rumor is that since there are only 2,800 seats for each of the Day 1s, and around 500 people were turned away on Day 1D. Among those that were turned away were reported to be T.J. Cloutier and Patrik Antonius.
There were officially 6,494 players in this year tournament. If the 500 or so players were allowed to join, that would have put the total number of players at about 7,000, or about 150 more than last year (2008).
No idea why so many people waited to get in on Day 1D. If I had to guess, it's that they didn't want to have to wait several days to play again on Day 2A or 2B. If you're in a good rhythm on Day 1A, there would be three days of sitting around doing nothing until Day 2A, when you would play again. Where as if you play on Day 1D, you only have to wait a day to play in Day 2B.
I really think the WSOP should do something about that, but I don't see anything changing anytime soon. The Rio just can't hold any more people, and I doubt they would let it be held someplace else, as I'm sure it pulls in huge crowds.
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