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Saturday, May 22, 2004
Posted by Dr Fro 1:06 PM
Random updates on the WSOP
First of all, most of this is from the internet, so take it with a grain of salt:
1. Binion's will cap the entries at 2,600 this year. Last year there were app 800 players.
2. Thus, whoever wins the main event will immediately become that all-time cash winner for the WS. Even though some guys have 9 bracelets and Chan won it twice for over a mil each.
3. There is a rumor that C Moneymaker is not playing becuase they got to the max 2,600 before he signed up.
4. Binion's is taking app 7% of the prize pool in juice. So 2,600 * 10,000 * 7% = $1.8M.
5. Chris Moneymaker placed in the money in the Pot Limit Omaha event. I think PL Omaha is verrrry difficult. I think this shows that CM is not some lucky idiot, but that he actually has some card sense.
6. The 2005 WSOP will be partially moved to the Rio.
7. Has anybody seen any futures odds on pros in this year's WSOP? I would imagine that with 2,600, even a pro like Ivey would be a massive long-shot.
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