Subject: World Poker Open - Day 1
From: lvdlrs <lvdlrs@midsouth.rr.com>
Newsgroups: rec.gambling.poker
Date: Sat, Jan 5, 2002 10:52 PM
Message-ID: <3C3812AF.620508E@midsouth.rr.com>

It was a great start.  Better than last year's.  Doors opened
at 2:00 PM and by 3:00 there were TEN single table satellites
going and TEN live action games.  A few hours later the $110
buyin super satellite started.  It had to be at least sixteen tables.
In fact at one time I counted only five unused tables out of 41
that are located inside the non smoking area.
Talk about a who's who of poker in attendance.  Just to name
drop a few:  John Bonetti, David (devilfish) Ulliott, John Juanda,
Alan Cunningham, Daniel Negreanu, Mark Napolitano, Nolan
Dalla, Hershel, Ali, Freddy Deeb, Huck Seed, Gentleman Ben Roberts,
Jack Keller, Casey Castle, Howard Schwartz and on and on it goes.

Tomorrow it will be the Ladies $220 buy in limit holdem event
at 12 noon.  At 4pm will be the $540 Triple Draw A-5 Lowball
with rebuys.  Finally but certainly not least with be the Press/
Celebrity Holdem Invitational at 6:00pm.  Don't forget the 8:00pm
super satellite and the 20 hours of single table satellites.  You
have to love it.  It's the World Poker Open at the Gold Strike,
already on it's way to being the best ever.

Gary (...) Philips