The WSOP 2016 Thread

FCHD

Welcome to the 2016 WSOP thread here on Sky. The schedule has now been announced with a few twists

01/06/16 Event  1 - $565 Casino Employees NLH, 2 Day Event, single re-entry
02/06/16 Event  2 - $565 Colossus II NLH, 6 Day Event, including 6 starting flights over 3 days
04/06/16 Event  3 - $10K 7 Card Stud Championship, 3 Day Event
05/06/16 Event  4 - $1K Top Up Turbo NLH, 1 Day Event
05/06/16 Event  5 - $1500 Dealers Choice 6 Handed, 3 Day Event
06/06/16 Event  6 - $1500 NLH, 3 Day Event
06/06/16 Event  7 - $1500 2-7 Draw Lowball No Limit, 3 Day Event, single re-entry
07/06/16 Event  8 - $1500 HORSE, 3 Day Event
07/06/16 Event  9 - $10K Heads Up NLH Championship, 3 Day Event
08/06/16 Event 10 - $1500 NLH 6-Max, 3 Day Event
08/06/16 Event 11 - $10K Dealers Choice 6-Max Championship
09/06/16 Event 12 - $565 PLO, 3 Day Event, unlimited re-entry
09/06/16 Event 13 - $1500 Seven Card Razz, 3 Day Event
10/06/16 Event 14 - $1500 Millionaire Maker, NLH, 5 Day Event (including 2 Day 1s)
10/06/16 Event 15 - $1500 Eight Game Mix 6-Max, 3 Day Event
11/06/16 Event 16 - $10K 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship No Limit, 3 Day Event, single re-entry
12/06/16 Event 17 - $1K NLH, 3 Day Event
12/06/16 Event 18 - $3K HORSE, 3 Day Event
13/06/16 Event 19 - $1K PLO, 3 Day Event
13/06/16 Event 20 - $10K 7 Card Razz Championship, 3 Day Event
14/06/16 Event 21 - $3K NLH 6-Max, 3 Day Event
14/06/16 Event 22 - $1500 NLH, 3 Day Event
15/06/16 Event 23 - $2K NLH, 3 Day Event
15/06/16 Event 24 - $10K HORSE Championship, 3 Day Event
16/06/16 Event 25 - $2500 NLH, 3 Day Event
16/06/16 Event 26 - $1500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or better, 3 Day Event
17/06/16 Event 27 - $1K Seniors NLH, 3 Day Event
17/06/16 Event 28 - $10K Limit Hold'em Championship, 3 Day Event
18/06/16 Event 29 - $1500 NLH, 3 Day Event
18/06/16 Event 30 - $3K 6-Max PLO, 3 Day Event
19/06/16 Event 31 - $1K Super Seniors NLH, 3 Day Event
19/06/16 Event 32 - $10K Omaha Hi-Low Split 8 or better, 3 Day Event
20/06/16 Event 33 - $1500 Summer Solstice NLH, 3 Day Event
20/06/16 Event 34 - $1500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit), 3 Day Event
21/06/16 Event 35 - $5K 6-Max NLH, 3 Day Event
21/06/16 Event 36 - $2500 Mixed Omaha/7 Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or better, 3 Day Event
22/06/16 Event 37 - $1500 PLO, 3 Day Event
22/06/16 Event 38 - $3K 6-Max Limit Hold'em, 3 Day Event
23/06/16 Event 39 - $10K 6 Max NLH Championship, 3 Day Event
23/06/16 Event 40 - $2500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball (Limit), 3 Day Event
24/06/16 Event 41 - $1500 Monster Stack NLH, 5 Day Event (including 2 Day 1s)
24/06/16 Event 42 - $3K Shootout NL, 3 Day Event
25/06/16 Event 43 - $10K 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo Split 8 or Better Championship, 3 Day Event
26/06/16 Event 44 - $1K NLH, 3 Day Event
26/06/16 Event 45 - $1500 Mixed NLH/PLO 3 Day Event
27/06/16 Event 46 - $1500 Bounty NLH, 3 Day Event
27/06/16 Event 47 - $10K 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) Championship, 3 Day Event
28/06/16 Event 48 - $5K NLH 30-minute levels, 3 Day Event
28/06/16 Event 49 - $1500 7 Card Stud, 3 Day Event
29/06/16 Event 50 - $1500 Shootout NLH, 3 Day Event
29/06/16 Event 51 - $10K 8-Max PLO Championship, 3 Day Event
30/06/16 Event 52 - $3K NLH, 3 Day Event
30/06/16 Event 53 - $1500 Mixed PLO 8 or Better & Big O, 3 Day Event
01/07/16 Event 54 - $888 Crazy Eights 8 Max NLH re-entry, 4 Day Event including 4 starting flights over 2 Days
02/07/16 Event 55 - $50K Poker Players Championship 6 Max, 5 Day Event
03/07/16 Event 56 - $1500 NLH, 3 Day Event
03/07/16 Event 57 - $1500 PLO Hi-LO Split 8 or better, 3 Day Event
04/07/16 Event 58 - $1K NLH 30-minute levels, 2 Day Event
05/07/16 Event 59 - $5K NLH, 4 Day Event
05/07/16 Event 60 - $1500 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better, 3 Day Event
06/07/16 Event 61 - $1K Tag Team NLH (2-4 players per team), 3 Day Event
06/07/16 Event 62 - $25K High Roller PLO 8-Max, 4 Day Event
07/07/16 Event 63 - $1K NLH, 3 Day Event
07/07/16 Event 64 - $3K PLO Hi-Lo Split 8 or better, 3 Day Event
08/07/17 Event 65 - $10K Ladies NLH Championship, 90% discount for ladies, 3 Day Event
08/07/16 Event 66 - $1K WSOP.com Online NLH, re-entry, 1 Day Event
08/07/16 Event 67 - $111,111 High Roller for One Drop NLH, single re-entry, 3 Day Event
09/07/16 Event 68 - $10K Main Event NLH Championship, multi-day event with 3 Day 1s
12/07/16 Event 69 - $1111 Little One for One Drop NLH, 5 day Event including 3 Day 1s


I've left Tikay's VLV thread to talk about the Sky qualfying process so we can discuss all and sundry happenings in Vegas itself in this thread.

Full updates on each and every event (unless I manage to somehow win a seat!) should follow daily from the start of June until mid-July and then will resume for the OCTOBER 9 (as 2012, changed from the November 9 so as to not clash with the American Presidential election)

Tikay10

Ooh, well done Barny. In case you don't have it, I'll forward you the WSOP Press Release & Schedule in the next 10 seconds.

TENTENTEN

ty sir & wd in advance for all your good work tyty

FCHD

So, we're a couple of days away from the 2016 WSOP. The first updates will be from the Casino Employees' Event (WSOP 1 in my terminology) from Wednesday evening our time, and will be followed a day later by the chaos that is the Colossus (WSOP 2). It's then full on every day until the October 9 is settled in mid-July.

Good luck to all Sky players who have qualified, and we'll see if we can get another couple of British bracelets this year.

aussie09

great.  good luck again this year, fchd.

looking forwad to reading your posts.

unknown_username

played Barney wiil read with intrest, thank you

weecheez1

Can't wait sir

Brrrrrrr

This is always a fascinsating read - thanks for all the hard work you will be putting into it!!

Maggiesdad

If Sky Poker ever produce some form of honours system, I propose you, Aussie and GaryQQQ are the first recipients......

ynwa197525

congrats to all the winners

i hope you all run golden,looking forward to all the updates from vegas

gl to all

markycash

Looking forward to the updates!

IrishRose

Thank you Thank you Thank you for the great thread you always run.  It's the highlight of the forum for me!!

Hope to see a lot of Sky regs going deep in the WSOP this year - we'll be railing you all xx

Sir-Gary

Looking forward to the thread and seeing how are sky regs are doing. Good luck to all who are going

FCHD

And they're off. Cards are in the air in Event 1 of the 47th WSOP, the $565 Casino Employees' No Limit hold'em. A single re-entry will be allowed up to the end of Level 6, and the aim is to play 20 30-minute levels today. Early entries already top the 500 mark.

Browsing through the early named entrants, one name leaps out, Ty Stewart, the Executive Director of the WSOP (or at least he was last year, can't find out it he still is but I would have thought that would be a conflict of interest if he is still a head honcho of the WSOP).

Also involved is at least one former winner, 2013 champion Chad Holloway

WSOP presence on Twitter should be worthwhile keeping an eye on this time around, as it is in the hands of respected all-round good egg Kevin Mathers.

FCHD

The field for Event 1 is now nearly 700, beating last year's total but still some way down on the record which is in the low four-figure range.

Last year's winner Brandon Barnette is also in the field, as is one of the female players to win an Open event in recent years, Dana Castaneda, plus well known poker commentator David Tuchman.

The early chip leader is a player who finshed 3rd in this same event way back in 2002, and then won a bracelet event in a $2k limit poker event the very next day, Mike Majerus.

Lambert180

Always a fantastic thread, looking forward to it again, and wp in advance for the huge amount of work you're gonna put in to it.

StayOrGo

Look forward to this thread.

Good luck to all the Sky players and anyone I know who is out there!

All the best!

G

Nannypat66

Probably a stupid question lol. Is there any live streaming of any of
the events this year please? I don't seem to be able to find the one I used last
year.
Cheers
Nannypat66

FCHD

WSOP 1 - $565 Casino Employee's NLH, Day 1 of 2, 688 entrants
The traditional curtain raiser was changed to a single rebuy, and a faster structure (20 levels on Day 1 rather than 15)

And we have some good news, with the first event seeing the first UK cash. Kerryjane Craigie, who is Head of Poker at the Hippodrome Casino in London, is among the last 30 players with 2 levels left to play on Day 1

She has so far locked up $1728, with the top prize of $75K still a possibility. In fact it seems to have been a good event for women, with Tanja Vujanic, Alison Arvey and Amanda Wheeler all still showing with chips.


To Start Today
WSOP 2 - $565 Colossus II NLH, Day 1 of many

FCHD

In Response to Re: The WSOP 2016 Thread:

Probably a stupid question lol. Is there any live streaming of any of the events this year please? I don't seem to be able to find the one I used last year. Cheers Nannypat66
Posted by Nannypat66

Last year they only streamed final tables, and it looks like that's what they're doing again this time around. If you go the main WSOP site (not allowed to put a link), to the 2016 WSOP section and click on the "Live" tab you will see the proposed streaming schedule.

The FT of the Casino Employees is shown as "Staff Dry Run" so presumably won't be available publically so the first full stream will be on Monday 6th for Event 3 ($10K Stud) or Event 4 ($1K NLH Top Up), My guess is that they will virtually always stream the NLH with commentary and graphics, and only if there is a pressing story defer to the non Hold'em for the commentary but with no graphics. You might get lucky and get a secondary stream with no commentary or graphics but then you will have very little idea of bet sizes and the cards.

Tikay10

Good start, Barny, & I'm pleased for Kerryjane, who I have met many times.

You mentioned David Tuchman yesterday, as he was playing the Casino Employees Event, too.

David, as you probably know, worked on Sky Poker TV 8 or 9 years ago, during the Team Sky Poker Promotion. These days he is a very polished & competent Sports Commentator, especially for NFL & NBA.
 
He commentates on a Live Stream from "The Bike", in Los Angeles, but during the WSOP, I assume he is employed by the WSOP, as he presents & commentates on most of the WSOP Live Streams & Final tables, or he has for the last few years.

I keep in touch with David, & will no doubt see a lot of him during the Series. Good guy, works very hard, but he's a fashion disaster & wears white socks.

PS - Was great to see you back amongst us on the PLO8 Tables last night. 
 

FCHD

Brief update before leaving for work:

Kerryjane looks like she has had a treble-up and now sits in 2nd place (depending on how much you believe the WSOP chip counts). There's also been a ladder (cue Tikay with a picture of a ladder) and has ensured herself picking up another $250 or so.

Still all to play for with 23 left, in the middle of the last level of the day.

Tikay10

 

Tikay10

In Response to Re: The WSOP 2016 Thread:

WSOP 1 - $565 Casino Employee's NLH, Day 1 of 2, 688 entrants The traditional curtain raiser was changed to a single rebuy, and a faster structure (20 levels on Day 1 rather than 15) And we have some good news, with the first event seeing the first UK cash. Kerryjane Craigie, who is Head of Poker at the Hippodrome Casino in London, is among the last 30 players with 2 levels left to play on Day 1 She has so far locked up $1728, with the top prize of $75K still a possibility. In fact it seems to have been a good event for women, with Tanja Vujanic, Alison Arvey and Amanda Wheeler all still showing with chips. To Start Today WSOP 2 - $565 Colossus II NLH, Day 1 of many
Posted by FCHD

Unless I'm mistaken, Barny, 688 is EXACTLY the same number as last year? If so, quite a coincidence.

I may be wrong, of course - I saw that figure quoted in an article about the WSOP penned by some random author on the Sky Sports website recently, HERE

It also shows the length some sorts will go to to spam their articles. Shocking.  

FCHD

Whoops! that was copy & pasted from last year. Should have read 731 entries (not entrants as it was a single re-entry jobby!)

Anyway, KJC is 2nd overnight out of 23, with 3 three other female players I mentioned above all inside the Top 7. $2066 locked up so far, next pay jump at the switch to 2 tables (18 players) and will be for $2517. Chip leader is Spencer Bennett from Sacramento who has a total of 1 career cash recorded on Hendon Mob, 3rd place in a WSOP Circuit event at Tahoe seven months ago which earned him $6636.

Nice article by the way, and safe journey to the land of Neon Lights tomorrow and exepct to read tales of Omaha Hi-Low cashes fairly soon...

VespaPX

In Response to Re: The WSOP 2016 Thread:

Good start, Barny, & I'm pleased for Kerryjane, who I have met many times. You mentioned David Tuchman yesterday, as he was playing the Casino Employees Event, too. David, as you probably know, worked on Sky Poker TV 8 or 9 years ago, during the Team Sky Poker Promotion. These days he is a very polished & competent Sports Commentator, especially for NFL & NBA.   He commentates on a Live Stream from "The Bike", in Los Angeles, but during the WSOP, I assume he is employed by the WSOP, as he presents & commentates on most of the WSOP Live Streams & Final tables, or he has for the last few years. I keep in touch with David, & will no doubt see a lot of him during the Series. Good guy, works very hard, but he's a fashion disaster & wears white socks. PS - Was great to see you back amongst us on the PLO8 Tables last night.   
Posted by Tikay10

Pot....Kettle.....

markycash

Looking forward to things really kicking off in 45 minutes when event 2 the Colossus starts.

Should be the biggest live tourney field ever, will probably be carnage.

FCHD

Early names to be playing the first flight of Colossus II include Brits David Vamplew & Chris Moorman, former bracelet winner Noah Schwartz and ex-November Niner Joseph Cheong.

FCHD

First ladder of the day for Kerryjane Craigie, 18 left in Event 1. $2517 locked up. Ladders coming every 3 places now until they hit the final table.

Action thick and fast in Colossus II, four levels down already and a recent departure was former ME winner Carlos Mortensen.

Maria Ho & Phil Laak have had decent starts, but among those out are a number of Brits - Simon Deadman, Shola Akindele, Barny Boatman & Chris Moorman. Most will try again in at least one later flight.

Tikay10

Good stuff Barny.

Do you know if a Brit named "Keith Hawkins" is playing Colossus?

FCHD

Unless the WSOP mention him, I don't know, sorry. He doesn't mention yeah or nay on his twitter, which is very sweary! At this rate the bubble will soon burst on Flight 2A of the Colossus, expectation is that only about 2 or 3 percent of each flight will make it to Day 2.

In other news, 12 left in the Casino Employees', and yes Craigie is still there. She's taken a little hit to her stack and is now in 5th spot but she still has /> 15 BB and by my reckoning, that's loads! $3942 locked up.