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The Official Viva Las Vegas Thread
i can see sky taking nearer the 10 person mark this year to vegas, the traffic must have doubled since last year and with more players playing bigger stakes everyone will be eager to get in.
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So far, three players are in tonight's Quarter Final.
They are trying, on a 1 entrant in 10 basis, to qualify for Sunday's Semi-Final, from which they go through to the Monthly Final on April 4th, where 1 in 10 will win th £10,000 Viva Las Vegas package.
I'll try to keep a list of the qualifiers on this Thread, as it develops.
Tonight's Quarter-Final, so far.
Sharky
goodylad
BIGDINGA
1 more for tonight's Quarter-Final.
Sharky
goodylad
BIGDINGA
staford03
Each place in the final effectively contributed £1,000 to the prize pool and the first place was worth £10,000.
There were 19 runners and hence £9,000 for 2nd place.
If there had been 10 runners, 2nd place would have got nothing.
They now have NINE already for tonight's Quarter Final, with players sat at various Satellites which feed into that, so there will certainly be 10 or more in tonight's Quarter Final.
The Nifty Nine are.....
BIGD1NGA2500DAVEYZZ2500goodylad212500mabsue2500sara36dd082500Sharksbite2500smudger1722500staford032500twiggy0882500
Note that DaveyZZ is up & running already, as is Mabby.
We have ELEVEN for tonight's Quarter Final now.
Wow, they are flying in - 15 now for tonight!
Well done dazler.
Amazingly, there are now TWENTY-SEVEN runners in tonight's 9pm Quarter-Final! This will mke 3 seats for sure, maybe 4 or even 5, into Sunday's Semi. Excellent!
But whoever goes to look after our Team, they'll be well looked after, I do know that.
I hope to do Updates of some of the Qualifiers when I'm around - might even do one tonight, if time permits, there are 31 runners already!
An hour to go, & 56 runners!
Looks like it should make SIX seats for Sunday's Semi.
Make that 60, with an hour to go!
theres a buzz about the place already and its only the first day. Got a love it
64, with half-hour to go. Can it make 70, & 7 seats for Sunday?
78 now, with 10 minutes to Register!
Can we make EIGHTY?
A terrific Semi-Final last night, I got Online to Rail when there were 15 left, that was the first of the 2010 Viva Las Vegas Semis, & it got an amazing 65 runners.
So, 7th place got £550 I think, & the following players are all in The First of this year's Finals, on Sunday April 4th;
Many congrats to them all. Now they just have to get through on Sunday 4th - it looks like it might make 2 seats, but deffo 1 with a big lump of cash for 2nd - & then they will get on one of these......
...to here......
....with a suite (not a room, a suite) here......
....with Entry to the WSOP Main Event, which costs just over......
There are feeder satellites all day, every day, leading to Quarter Finals every night. You can satellite into the quarters from as little as £1.45, (1 in 10 qualify), or £2.80 (1 in 5 qualify), or even buy-in direct for £13.
These, based on 1 in 10, feed into the second Sunday Semi, which will be this Sunday. Again, qualifiers from that go through to the Sunday 4th Final, to join last night's bunch.
The really balla boys can buy in direct to Sunday's Semi-Final for £120.
Viva Las Vegas "Finals".
There will be three - April 4th, for March, & an "April" Final & a "May" Final, dates to be announced.
The March Final will have TWO more qualifying weeks - this week, & next week.
This week's Semi will be on Sunday, at 9pm.
The Semi the week after - Sunday April 4th - will be earlier in the Evening, followed by the Final.
Times, details, da de da, will all follow as & when.
Any questions, or Viva Las Vegas stuff you are not clear about - ask away please.
Good luck.
Temperature in Vegas in July, when the Main Event begins?
43c.
Thats "warm".
And....
If you played a Viva Las Vegas Final, & got heads up, you would just "fold out"?
I don't think that circumvents any Rules, to be honest, but it's a bit of an odd one, playing for 2nd place!
Having said that, Sharksbite came 2nd in a Viva Las Vegas Final & copped for £9,000! (The "left-over" money for 2nd place varies between Nil & £9,000, depending on how many runners).
Actually, Flush, you'd be better checking that out with Customer Care, as the T & C's say......
"....This Promotion is open to all UK, Isle of Man, Channel Island and Republic of Ireland residents, aged 21 years or over. PROOF OF ID WILL BE REQUIRED by the WSOP and also by Sky Poker before flights and accommodation will be confirmed......"
Now, the purpopse of that Rule is because Nevada Gaming Law prohibits players under 21, so the Winner could not take their seat in the WSOP, rather than any Sky Poker "internal rule", but if I were you, I'd check it out first.