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.
The official numbers are in. Today's tournament has draw 1,014 players and created a prize pool of $1,368,900. That will be distributed to the top 117 finishers with $277,274 reserved for the winner.
Compared to last year's event, 47 more players entered in 2013 accounting for $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low 8-or-Better attendance increase of nearly 5%.
We only caught a bit of information regarding the eliminations of Cory Zeidman and Matt Glantz, and that's why we've decided to combine them into one post.
In the first, the board read when Cory Zeidman got it all in against Danny Adelson. The former held the and the latter the . The river wasn't the low card Zeidman was looking for and he was bounced from the tournament.
Likewise, Matt Glantz was already all in against three players when we arrived. The board read and William Annes tabled the for an ace-high flush and nut low. All three of his opponents mucked and Glantz collected his things before exiting the Brasilia Room.
We are at a turning point in today's tournament, and tables are breaking fast. The remaining four tables in the Amazon Room are currently breaking to join the rest of us in Brasilia. Notable players among those heading over include David Sklansky and 2013 Stud Hi-Low Champion Mike Matusow.
Look out O8 players--we've spotted Phil Hellmuth making his usual late registration. In this tournament, late entrants start with a full 4,500 chip stack, so Phil and the other tardy players will be looking to scoop some pots and join our leader board.