Bernard Lee at the 2009 WSOP

The 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is underway. Already, most of this year’s 57 WSOP bracelets have been awarded. If you have never been to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino during the summer, you owe it to yourself to attend one year to witness the spectacle that is the WSOP. Table after table jam-packed with poker players. A symphony of shuffling chips permeates through air. A room overflowing with hopes and dreams of becoming the next WSOP bracelet winner. Does it get any better than this? On any given day, up to six different bracelet events were played. Each day started off with a new WSOP bracelet event at Noon, while another often commenced at 5:00pm. Meanwhile, the other WSOP bracelet events reassembled for Day 2 and final tables kicked off at 2:00pm and 4:00pm. Additionally, two multi-table non-bracelet tournaments were played (7:00pm and 11:00pm), while two multi-table WSOP Main Event satellites were offered daily (3:00pm and 8:00pm). All the while, there were single table satellites that occurred all day ranging from $65 to $1,030 down the hallway in the Brasilia Room. This year, the WSOP started off with a bang, as 201 players registered for the first major event ...

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Carl July 20th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Sorry your events did not go well, Bernard.
Hope the rest of the WSOP was good.