Comments on: Time to Start Planning for the 2019 WSOP

By: Heather Allen

Heather Allen — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 19:12:33 +0000

In reply to john. We went with an AirBnB for the first time for our trip out in June. Just can't stomach the resort fees any more and want to be close to the Rio. We got really nailed with Uber recently when we got into Boston on a late flight and the "surge pricing" kicked our $50 trip home up to $122. Think we'll probably stick with renting a car in Vegas.

By: john

john — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 02:28:18 +0000

FWIW I stayed at the Fortune Hotel when I was in LV a few weeks ago. Old but adequate. Listed rates are cheap and the “Resort Fee” was only $10 as opposed to the $40 or $50 per night some of the others charge. I also used Uber all by myself for the first time! (My wife or daughter usually do it for me.) So cool watching the car approaching like a video game! This was the first time I’ve flown to LV and NOT rented a car.

By: Heather Allen

Heather Allen — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 13:11:18 +0000

In reply to Roy. Us too!

By: Roy

Roy — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 10:34:40 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up, Heather. So looking forward to this event!!

By: Paul Gearan

Paul Gearan — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 22:45:11 +0000

In reply to john Rowan. Absolutely need to review structure sheets to really assess how deep any tournament is. If it's a single day WSOP event that will last 12 hours, well that is not much different than your long format daily tournament that takes about the same time to wrap up. May start with smaller stacks, but you point out smaller initial blinds. Good structure but not quite main event good!

By: john Rowan

john Rowan — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:56:56 +0000

I will be there July 3 for at least a week. I think I also will go for the opening Big 50. Don’t see how I can pass that up.
One thing about BB ante and larger starting stacks. Yes the starting stacks are bigger, But level 1 starts at 200-100-200, so there is a HUGH jump in how much money you are putting in at the beginning of the tournament. $500 per orbit level 1 as opposed to $75 in a more “normal” tournament. I haven’t done all the math but it appears that these tournaments are not nearly as “deep” as they are promoted to be.

By: Heather Allen

Heather Allen — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 18:35:57 +0000

In reply to Linda Swears. Thanks to you Linda! Paul and I are thinking about playing one when we are there.

By: Linda Swears

Linda Swears — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 17:36:58 +0000

cool about the weekly seniors deepstack events! thanks Heather!