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WSOP 2009 Sees Tournament Oversubscribed - Poker News ��WSOP 2009 Soldout: More than 500 Gamers Turned Away                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     July 7, 2009 seven:00                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Monday saw over 500 irate players informed that they could not enter the WSOP 2009 tournament as its capacity had presently been reached.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Players are given 4 opportunities to enter which is divided into day 1A, 1B, which were down on the preceding 12 months, but day 1C picked up momentum attracting in excess of one,700 gamers and culminating on Monday's 1D acquiring two,089 entries which resulted in the sell out. It was a preference amongst several of the players to enter on 1D which caused the problem.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     The complete of gamers in this years Primary Occasion now stands at six,494.The Principal Occasion had 6,844 last year and 6,358 entrants in 2007.The winner will get roughly $8.5 million and had the late arrivals identified areas this years WSOP would most likely have exceeded last years winner, Peter Eastgate's $9.15 million payout.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Jeffrey Pollack, World Series of Poker commissioner, stated,"We are sorry, and I am sorry.The last factor that we ever want to do is deny men and women entry into our events.We're disappointed about this. I wish that we could accommodate you, but we can't."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Incorporated amid the hundred of poker gamers to miss out on this years competitors were� Patrik Antonius,Ted Forrest and T.J. Cloutier.In spite of this numerous massive names did handle to obtain entry on day 1D including� Erick Lindgren, Vanessa Rousso, Phil Ivey, Dutch Boyd, Kenny Tran, Michael Mizrachi, Jennifer Harman, Marco Traniello, and Cyndy Violette.Bertrand ElkY"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Grospellier also acquired entry on 1D and stated,"I registered earlier so I did not have any dilemma.I do believe it is a shame that they had to flip away gamers for the Principal Occasion. I do consider it's strange that they have this kind of a big difference in the quantity of gamers each day."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Tournament officials had previously announced that Monday was very likely to see an above subscription but this did not deter hundreds of hopefuls producing the journey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Tyler Meierotto, a 39-yr-old jeweler from Kansas City,explained Doyle Brunson often explained the saddest day of the year is getting knocked out of the main event of the planet series.The saddest day of the yr for me is not being ready to perform in the main occasion of the globe series. More Info You seem so forward to it as a player and for them to say that you can't perform is just terrible."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Other information: 2020 WSOP Large 50 sets tournament record                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

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