Subject: World Poker Open - Day 4 From: lvdlrs Newsgroups: rec.gambling.poker Date: Tue, Jan 8, 2002 10:26 PM Message-ID: <3C3C0130.D0B125EA@midsouth.rr.com> Today was crunch time. No other tournament during the World Poker Open will have the sheer numbers we had today. In case one wonders what is the most popular form of poker that tournament enthusiasts prefer, it is without question limit holdem. Today we drew 463 participants each paying $540. The 45 tables upstairs and 2 tables downstairs in our regular poker room kept the staff extremely focused. In fact I'm sure that almost everyone was soaking their feet in espom salts or going for a foot massage this evening. That is those who aren't working overtime. Tho I'm not sure the final table, to be concluded tomorrow at 4 pm, has been reached at the time of this report, I am sure the eventual winner will receive $83,085. Not too shabby. Today's conclusion of yesterday's Omaha Pot Limit with rebuys started at 4 pm. The winner was Jeremy Tinsley of Beaumont Texas who pocketed a cool $60,528. Yesterday Terry Vanderlip held 51 single table satellites on her shift only to be outdone by Mark Whetstone's 54 on swing. On the board we have 29 people who have either won a satellite or paid the $10,000 for our final event, the No Limit Holdem starting on Wednesday Jan 23 and progressing through Saturday Jan 26. Still plenty of time left in case you're thinking about coming. That's it for now. Thanks for listening. Now where the heck did I put that extra carton of Epsom Salts... Gary (...) Philips