2007 WSOP Main Event

[hi_im_god]

i think the ppv audience for 3000 entrants is the same as 15,000 entrants. i don't think anyone is going to think "not enough amateurs, i'm not buying the package".

my question is why anyone wants to buy a live broadcast of paint drying. it's not like they'll be showing hole cards on a live broadcast.

he raised. everyone folded. next hand. he raised. one guy called. there was a flop. he bet. the other guy folded. i'm so glad i got to see that live.

the tv popularity of hold'em exploded with the innovation of the "peek" mini cams. all the shows you watch are heavily edited and broadcast weeks or months after the actual event.

i'll be mowing my lawn next week. anyone interested in watching that on my webcam send me $1 and a pm. who knows? i could hit a rock.

[Charismatic1]

Most sites, even the ones servicing American customers like PStars and Full Tilt, are still offering tons and tons of satellites into the Main Event of this WSOP. However, unlike the past years in the online era, the sites are not directly entering the players into the Main Event. Harrah's has stated they are not taking any entries from third parties. Rather, the sites are simply giving the players who win a "seat" in the satellites $11k or $12k into their money accounts. The number of online "qualifiers" will be the same as last year most likely. However, because people have to actually pay the $10k that they received, many will choose to just keep the money. With that in mind, the field should be around the figures of Hachem's 2005 tourney. The satellite system at The Rio is going to be so much better than it was last year when I was there, so the prelim tourneys might actually have more players.

[ALostTexan]

Probably around 3,000 entrants is a perfect guess. I think that the WSOP is yet another victim of this legislation...