vegasdriver

Went at the World Series of Poker 06 yesterday at the Hotel Casino Rio.
Wow, lots of people and hot girls. Got my free hat and t-shirt.
This year there were about 9000 contestants from all over the world. Next year is expected to be much bigger. They will have to play somewhere else because the game just got too big for their convention room.
Though, I purposely have not learned the game, because if I did I know I would like it and play it, I found the whole Poker Tournanment awesome! Just the girls at the booths alone, OH man!

Any of you follow it?

vegasdriver

World Series of Poker: Inside the Quest for $12-Million
by Robin Leach and Michael Craig

http://vegas.aol.com/luxe-life-celeb...eries-of-poker



Editor's Note: At this stage of the Main Event, action is so fast that players listed in this article may bust out at any time.

A total of 8,773 poker players anted up $10,000 each starting last Friday to play in the World Series of Poker Main Event. The prize pool totaled more than $82 million and the last player standing on Thursday, August 10, will receive $12 million, the richest prize in sporting history. After six, 12-15 hour days of action, the 1,200 survivors got a day of rest yesterday. But today, the players are back to fill the cavernous Amazon Room at the Rio Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, only 600 will remain and each will receive at least $20,000 for their effort. By the end of Saturday, there will be just 300 left, each guaranteed nearly $40,000. Sunday’s session will reduce the field to 150, and then it gets really interesting. The 60 who survive Monday will earn more than $120,000. They play until only 27 players remain on Tuesday and each of those will receive nearly $500,000.



The final two days are some of the most grueling with play often lasting into the wee hours of Thursday morning, but they will play until a final table of 9 players prevails. The last 12 will be millionaires, and the last nine will earn escalating prizes from $1.5-million for ninth, to $6-million for second, to the gaudiest bracelet ever designed and a $12-million payout for the Champion. This last week will be a war -- a war of luck and skill, a war against frayed nerves and fatigue, a war of mathematical memories. There will be only one winner.

JaN_MiChAeL_07

i was just in vegas last week and stayed at Ceasars Palace but went to Rio and i saw all the signs and stuff for the tourny ... wish i couldve watched it in person but oh well .. oh yeah i ate at the Buffet!! SO MUCH FOOD haha Everyone should eat there ...