They just announced on PokerGo that due to the record 4,571 players in flight 1C today that they ran out of starting stack chips and were forced give out stacks with $25,000 chips. Amazing!
WSOP ran out of normal starting stack chips for day 1C (1 Viewer)
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Seeking Alpha Social Club
4 of a Kind
My buddy is playing today. It was weird having light green ($25) and dark green ($25k) chips in play at the same time. I didn't know why they did it, but that makes sense now.
Mr Tree
Straight Flush
Need to get GPI on the phone for an add on...
200 Motels
Flush
This graphic makes it look like there's some weird red 5k chip.
200 Motels
Flush
I think they just labeled some Nexgen Las Vegas 
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
I heard from a buddy of mine that more people were entering the Main Event because the chips were not compromised by the boat chip venture.
I just figured all the extra entrants this year were people who had an extra ten grand in their pocket after raffling a couple racks of boat chips.I heard from a buddy of mine that more people were entering the Main Event because the chips were not compromised by the boat chip venture.
FYP.
superchromix
Full House
SixSpeedFury
Full House
I could've sworn I saw The Kid and Mr. Cheese at one of the featured tables...
pokerplayingpisces
Full House
Looks like they are still running low on some denoms. This was posted 3 hours ago.
Excuse my ignorance, but what are the starting stacks, and opening blinds for the WSOP?
RichMahogany
Straight Flush
8/8/2/8/8 starting stacks usually. Don’t know if it changed this year
Basically not enough chips to work with. Much prefer a 12/12 minimum for this reason especially when you kick in antes.
^^ FYP. T50k, 333bb.
Pretty hard to play with T400 antes when there less than 20 T100 chips on the table. Sigh, rookie TD mistakes.....
Frogzilla
4 of a Kind
Do they need a 5M chip? A record 393M in play
FDLmold
Royal Flush
Those damn boat chips strike again!
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
I've said it before...
The WSOP doesn't care about an optimal playing experience. They are selling you a dream.
For the accountants out there...
The WSOP pulled 3.3 million in rake from the Main Event alone. This does not count 1.4 million in additional rake from the Main Event for dealers and staff.
At what point does someone spin-off the WSOP into it's own profitable entity? There is no way that they are burning through 3.3 million in the 7 days of the main event when the staff is already being covered.
The WSOP doesn't care about an optimal playing experience. They are selling you a dream.
For the accountants out there...
The WSOP pulled 3.3 million in rake from the Main Event alone. This does not count 1.4 million in additional rake from the Main Event for dealers and staff.
At what point does someone spin-off the WSOP into it's own profitable entity? There is no way that they are burning through 3.3 million in the 7 days of the main event when the staff is already being covered.
WedgeRock
Royal Flush
And that doesn't even take in to account the ESPN and PokerGo money...
Poker Zombie
Royal Flush
...or Dollar Shave Club
...or Copag
...or DXR Acer
...or Blue Shark Optics
...or Poker Tax Specialists
...or RockStar energy drinks
...or Razer
...or 888 poker
...or Credit Karma
...or any of the dozens of booths in the hallways
...or kickback/fees from food vendors
...or secondary profits from rooms, restaurants, etc.
By my calculations, the total rake was 6%.
I'd be thrilled to play in any tournment where the rake was only 6% - that's less than half of what I'm used to.
You think this should be a not-for-profit event?
Frogzilla
4 of a Kind
Caesars is running ads during wsop to support help for gambling addiction...Gotta give them a little credit
No, but fixed-rake events (vs a percentage rake) are much more equitable for players (regardless of game -- poker, backgammon, bridge, whatever) when the entry fees starting getting so large that 'standard' rake percentages generate numbers that are totally out of whack with actual expenses plus a reasonable profit.
It's not uncommon for high-roller backgammon events to have a minuscule rake (percentage-wise) compared to events with smaller entry fees, although the actual rake dollars generated by each is relatively similar.
Even at 6%, one could argue that it's not a very good deal for players if they aren't getting $600 worth of value out of the withheld amount.
If the beers are comped, I could beat that with a deep run.
WedgeRock
Royal Flush
Fify.
That would seem to be enough to cover the purchase of a few more chips to adequately handle the needs of the actual field size, just sayin'.....
.... even at the current market prices for mint Paulson chips.
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