We start in the Maranda room table 4 seat seven. This is interesting because we have never heard of the Maranda room before. It turns out that they have converted the "poker kitchen", normally a dining area, into a room of poker tables to fit all of the players. They are truly in overflow. In addition to the approximately 4600 players I'm starting with, there will be multiple ways including players to replace those who gets knocked out.
There should be a lot of those open seats, because we expect to see a lot of people get knocked out with loose play.We expect to see some very loose play for two reasons. First, and most important, there will be a lot of fish who do not know how to throw away an ace, no matter what their other card is or what the board looks like.The more seasoned players will stick around a little longer in order to take advantage of these fish, resulting in even more money in the pots. Second,we are starting with relatively deep Stack's, playing 25–50 with 5000 in chips. This will promote a lot more action and a lot more players in each pot.
Each round is only 40 minutes, so this will be a fast-moving tournament. The stack size will not remain so deep unless we see a lot of people get knocked out quickly. We fully expect to see exactly that.The over under for the first two hours is that 3.5 players will get knocked out of our table. In most tournaments, the over under would be closer to one.
I'm about to sit down, but just had a man brush past me to spit into the trashcan I'm standing by. Welcome to the classy world of poker. Let the cards fly!
All the best,
Eric Kurtzman
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