Despite economic stress, Harrahs isn’t reducing the 2009 WSOP schedule. Apparently, Jeffrey Pollack or someone at Harrahs couldn’t drive 55 so they have put 57 bracelets up for grabs starting May 27th. Not too shabby for Phil Ivey should he go crazy prop betting billions and billions of dollars on whether or not he wins a bracelet. Although, he may want to shake hands after Event 2 since it’s a…. let me take a deep breath before I type this long description… a NL Hold’em 40K buy-in with a one-time commemorative gold bracelet marking the 40th year anniversary of the tournament.
About that economy issue… it’s highly unlikely banks will be lending players money to play poker this year so opening weekend will kick off with a ”stimulus special 1k buy-in NL Hold’em tournament.” Hmmm, my birthday weekend should be busy.
The WSOP Main Event will duplicate last years final table delay with a new November Nine. The final table will resume on November 7 – 10, 2009 with ESPN’s special primetime coverage. So, now what do we call those last nine players?” The Nine in 09? The Nine Behind the Original Nine? The Nine on the 9th in 09? That one meant… The 9 players on the 9th day of November of 2009 (yea, Lance Bradley, I know you understood it the first nine). The WSOP Niners? The WSOP Niners beat all the whiners? Sorry, my meds wore off. I’m going with The WSOP Niners. Anyway, let’s just hope The WSOP Niners aren’t minors because that would be bad. Very bad.
By the way… the WSOP will take place at The Rio. Look out Sao Paulo Cafe… the Entities are coming.
Registration begins next month.
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