The buzz inside the walls of the Rio extends beyond just the tournaments on the 2013 World Series of Poker schedule. Online poker in Nevada is a very, very hot topic right now, and WSOP.com is making a lot of noise.
While the site has yet to launch, you can head to the Lambada Room of the Rio or look for one of the beautiful and friendly WSOP.com ladies walking the hallways to sign up for a free, personal WSOP.com online poker account. This is a great way to get a jump on the site's registration, and plenty of people have already taken this opportunity.
What's more is that the WSOP will be hosting daily raffles for everyone that has taken the time to register for WSOP.com at the Rio. What can you win? Plenty of fantastic prizes including 36 WSOP seats!
Players 21 years of age and older who sign up for a WSOP.com account will automatically be entered into the “36-Seat Giveaway” where a randomly-selected winner will win a seat into the next day’s first WSOP gold bracelet event. One of the events eligible in this promotion is the $111,111 One Drop High Roller No-Limit Hold’em tournament that is expected to feature a $10,000,000 prize pool and allow you to play poker with the biggest names in the game. In total, $182,333 in WSOP seats, including a seat to the WSOP Main Event, are being given away during this one-of-a-kind WSOP.com promotion.
In addition to the 36-Seat Giveaway, a “Hot Seat” promotion will allow any player who signs up for a WSOP.com online account and wears their WSOP.com patch on their chest at the table while playing an event to be randomly selected to receive 500 bonus dollars deposited directly into their WSOP.com online account once the site has received all regulatory approvals and launches.
With 62 WSOP gold bracelet events and three winners promised for the Main Event, this promotion includes $32,000 worth of value to those participating.
Dominik Nitsche raised preflop to 5,000. His opponent called out of the big blind. They both checked the flop of . The turn came the and Nitsche's opponent bet 6,500. Nitsche looked like he wanted to fold but instead raised it up to 13,000. His opponent folded and Nitsche is up to 130,000.
A preflop raising war found all the chips in the middle between Kyle Cartwright with and Daniel Brickwell's .
The flop of gave Cartwright the lead with a pair of aces. Brickwell took back the lead with the turn however Cartwright picked up the flush draw. The river completed Cartwright's flush and a huge pot. Brickwell was stunned as he left the tournament area in 55th place.
We just saw the board | | and Hui was about to receive 77,700 more from one of his opponents. That unlucky soul had while Hui had shown . Hui is now racking up lots of black chips which we'll get rid of this upcoming break. We suspect he has about 180,000 now, but will confirm after the break.
A middle position player raised to 5,800 and was reraised all in by the player in the hijack. Samer Al-Shurieki, the cutoff, also went all in for slightly more. This caused the middle position player to think and eventually fold showing the .
Al-Shurieki:
Hijack:
It was all but over on the flop and the turn and river did not help the hijack. Al-Shurieki's kings win the pot and added some much needed chips to his stack.
Ryan Austin tried to bully his opponent and it did not work out. He raised in late position with . His opponent three bet to 15,000 from the blinds with . Austin tries to get his opponent off his jacks by pushing him all in. His opponent called and Austin was in trouble. gave only a small sweat and Austin lost a few. He is still a big stack and a threat with less than 60 players to go.
Casey Long had been moving in the wrong direction for the last few levels. So it was a welcomed surprise when he woke up holding against his opponent's . The board ran out and Long's aces hold, eliminating his opponent.
Chad Eveslage is gone and nowhere to be found anymore. He started the day as the chip leader with 134,000 in chips, but he's out of here now. He lost some chips early on and never got things going today it looked like. Eveslage finished 61st for $4,734.
Matt Affleck pushed all in after the button raised to 5,000. Affleck only had 25,000. His opponent called and the cards were flipped.
Affleck:
Opponent:
Affleck was flipping but the flop really hurt him when it came the . The was no help on the turn and the on the river did it for Affleck. He was sent to the payout desk to collect his earnings.