Its WSOP time

So what happens when you are sent to Vegas to work behind the scenes?

It’s a great question, especially when you ask it of yourself! Alongside the day to day grind that players face during summer in the desert, life goes on for those who work in event a player support.

As well as my normal duties, this year I am making sure that playing in the WSOP is a straight forward experience for pro team players and qualifiers who can be playing anything from their first event ever to a full schedule of events. Simple it may seem, but don’t forget that some people don’t turn up on the right day, some don’t turn up at all, some people want to change events and some even don’t want to play and would like cold hard currency instead.

At Living it Loving it we are pretty much on for a record World Series. We have over 1000 entries over the 61 events and in excess of 3600 hotel room nights booked. On top of that we have various receptions, parties and activities for clients that means there is not much time to take a breath until the Main event starts un July.

What never ceases to amaze me about this time of year is the sheer volume of games that are available for all levels of players and levels of buy in. Obviously the WSOP is the daddy of them all, but if you did not fancy the $10k Heads Up or the $1.5k Limit Hold ‘Em yesterday, then a quick taxi to the Venetian/Palazzo gets you back to No Limit land with a $2.5k buy in at the Deepstacks Extravaganza. Want something smaller and more quirky then there was a $500 4-Max at the Binion's Poker Classic, across the street at the Golden Nugget, their Grand Series of Poker had NLH for $125 or PLO8 for $230. If downtown is not you thing and $2.5k for the Venetian Deepstacks makes you nervous then you could just settle for a $300 buy in at the Caesar’s Palace Megastacks (No, the real Caesar didn’t live there), or wait until the evening time and you can play the best value weekly H.O.R.S.E. tournament in town for $120 at the MGM Grand.

Daunting can be the buzzword for anyone coming here to play for the first time, even if you are a cash player, the Rio had over 70 tables running last night. If you are form the UK then think of that if you will as 50% bigger than Dusk to Dawn’s entire table capacity. Even someone like me who has been here over a dozen times still smiles when you here, “table opening 100/200 stud”, and yes that is dollars, not cents my friends.

As usual there has been a number of changes since my last visit, but more on that next time, and who knows I might even get time to play…………..