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Last chance to play, boys and girls. Day 1D is the final day one and set to break the all time record for single biggest Day 1 field. After a sluggish first couple days, Saturday began to ramp things up with a field of 2,181 bringing to 4,056 the total entrants so far. 2,647 players have already stamped their ticket to move onto Day 2. WSOP has been excitedly predicting the largest single day field for Sunday as everyone who dreamed of being Main Event champion begins the journey. As the registrations mount, 7,000 players seems reasonable, quite a bit higher than expected and close to the 7,319 that played in 2010.
It is quite remarkable that interest has been this strong in the face of a continued weakened economy, a long series where 10% of players cash, and many players unable to play online or access their bankrolls on sites like Full Tilt and UB. The 2011 WSOP will beat the five year average of 6753 players, so if you want to add your name to history, Sunday is the day. In fact, Ty Stewart, WSOP Vice President, just stopped by press row to crow about the bigger than predicted numbers, giving a proverbial and actual finger to those who said the WSOP was dependent on online sites for satelliting in players for their success.
Now some numbers just in from the 2011 WSOP regarding the first 57 events.
$127,468,010 through 57 events
68,807 participants through 57 events
Average Age of Entrants: 37.33
Average Age of Cashers: 36.31
Average Age of Final Tables: 33.61
Average Age of Winners: 31.10
3,637 of 68,807 entrants have been female – or 5.3% (most of that from the Ladies event)
On a personal note, many of the young poker players that I’ve followed and worked with over the years are playing today. I have enjoyed following their careers and definitely get a rush in seeing them do well after all the hard work they have put in. Poker in the short term doesn’t always reward good play, but determination, patience, resolve and a positive attitude on top of good poker skills will take you far in any endeavor.
The “Shuffle Up and Deal” was just announced by Playmate Holly Madison and Player of the Year leader Phil Hellmuth which was followed up by a notorious player the long haired “devil” who crashed his cymbals somewhere in the crowd.
More later...
Last chance to play, boys and girls. Day 1D is the final day one and set to break the all time record for single biggest Day 1 field. After a sluggish first couple days, Saturday began to ramp things up with a field of 2,181 bringing to 4,056 the total entrants so far. 2,647 players have already stamped their ticket to move onto Day 2. WSOP has been excitedly predicting the largest single day field for Sunday as everyone who dreamed of being Main Event champion begins the journey. As the registrations mount, 7,000 players seems reasonable, quite a bit higher than expected and close to the 7,319 that played in 2010.
It is quite remarkable that interest has been this strong in the face of a continued weakened economy, a long series where 10% of players cash, and many players unable to play online or access their bankrolls on sites like Full Tilt and UB. The 2011 WSOP will beat the five year average of 6753 players, so if you want to add your name to history, Sunday is the day. In fact, Ty Stewart, WSOP Vice President, just stopped by press row to crow about the bigger than predicted numbers, giving a proverbial and actual finger to those who said the WSOP was dependent on online sites for satelliting in players for their success.
Now some numbers just in from the 2011 WSOP regarding the first 57 events.
$127,468,010 through 57 events
68,807 participants through 57 events
Average Age of Entrants: 37.33
Average Age of Cashers: 36.31
Average Age of Final Tables: 33.61
Average Age of Winners: 31.10
3,637 of 68,807 entrants have been female – or 5.3% (most of that from the Ladies event)
On a personal note, many of the young poker players that I’ve followed and worked with over the years are playing today. I have enjoyed following their careers and definitely get a rush in seeing them do well after all the hard work they have put in. Poker in the short term doesn’t always reward good play, but determination, patience, resolve and a positive attitude on top of good poker skills will take you far in any endeavor.
The “Shuffle Up and Deal” was just announced by Playmate Holly Madison and Player of the Year leader Phil Hellmuth which was followed up by a notorious player the long haired “devil” who crashed his cymbals somewhere in the crowd.
More later...
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