What is the WSOP Main Event Atmosphere like??

mayosteve99

Hey guys , im one of prob many people who dream of playing The WSOP Main Event !! so i want to know from the people who have been to it , whats it like fun ?stressful ? anyone get the same table as major pros eg Pil Ivey, Sammy Farah

CaptainNemo

The atmosphere is weird. I went out near the end of day 1 last year so can't attest to the stressfulness of the later stages but there's definitely something weird, exciting and unique about being in a hall full of 2000 people all playing poker. The sound of the chips alone is incredible.

Getting busted from it is a really horrible depressing feeling, probably the worst feeling I've had since starting to play poker.

BigCityBanker

I was there this year as a spectator.

Its a big room, with loads of people playing poker. Some over eager american fools, some random fist pumping and shouts of "yeah baby". As for named pros? I think I would be more concerned with people at my table that I didnt know but who could clearly play. This is the era of d'interweb and the possibility of having a big online winner whose name you have never heard of at your table is likely.

valor

its good craic

Shadowless

valor wrote:

its good craic

classic

pokertroll

niallquinn999 wrote:

Hey guys , im one of prob many people who dream of playing The WSOP Main Event !! so i want to know from the people who have been to it , whats it like fun ?stressful ? anyone get the same table as major pros eg Pil Ivey, Sammy Farah

This photo slideshow actually captures the atmosphere very well.


Listen to the sound of the chips - Its like a swarm of crickets...

kakak1

pokertroll wrote:

This photo slideshow actually captures the atmosphere very well.


Listen to the sound of the chips - Its like a swarm of crickets...

Super footage, I feel like I was there.

(Did your woman with the big pair win )

valor

that photo slideshow thing is mega cool

Jesus Wept

kakak1 wrote:

Super footage, I feel like I was there.

(Did your woman with the big pair win )

Cracked



At the start of the slideshow, you can hear the 'single table satellite woman' who was absolute pure comedy, anyone who was there should know.
She was gas.

zuutroy

Thats fantastic....lol @ the one eyed cowboy

bohsman

Ian Paisley plays poker? The slideshow is topclass alright but I didnt notice any of it while playing the ME.
Day1 is 14 hours long, I blocked everything outside my table out, sound of chips, spectators, other tables etc. I think anyone that looks around them and sees 2000 other players and realises that theres 3 more day1s worth of that amount of players to get through dont have a chance of finishing the day. The last few hours of day one have been some of the most difficult things Ive done, its there in the back of your head that you can just give up, throw your chips in the middle and go get some sleep. The first year I got knocked out near the bubble, horrible horrible feeling, 23 hours or so of 100% concentration, then you have to get up and walk away in a daze. 2nd year was a lot easier, came into day2 shortstacked knowing I needed to double up so just got in and enjoyed it, sort of like when youre left with a chip and a chair and throw it in with any 2 knowing youre probably gone but can have a bit of fun trying to get back into it.

corkie123

was there first time this year playing in the main event it was unreal just playing there and really i found that i was only concerned about my own table and wat i had to do just to make it though the first day then worry about the next day. i found it worring that been short stacked i thought with 15k that i have to double up fast but even the big stack were not going to double up anyone without having a big hd i found out after . it was a great experience to play there and will be going back next year if i can .


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Rb

Slideshow is fantastic.

Lol @ the idiot with the glasses with skulls in the lenses.

Four of a kind

Slideshow was super. Was there myself for the first 2 weeks of the WSOP...as a spectator. Was gona play in a $2k event but ended up not. Atmosphere was amazing. To be in the same room as all the pro's and a few celebrity hotties like Shannon Elizabeth was cool. Got some great photos with them all as well. Umberto Brennes even gave me his Shark after he busted out of a Omaha event...but he was giving them away after every tourney he busted out of...so I did'nt feel that special

Heading back again next June for sure. Just to stand and watch all the action was great this time around, but def gona play in at least one event next year.

MrPillowTalk

Its the best place in the world when you have a lump of money in your pocket and one of the worst when you dont.

ocallagh

MrPillowTalk wrote:

Its the best place in the world when you have a lump of money in your pocket and one of the worst when you dont.

so most of the irish got to experience both this year so!

nicnicnic

I'd say the atmosphere at the Irish open loses it, I found the atmosphere in amazon room, well peculiar