WCOAP 2014 Discussion Thread

[whiskeyjack58]

As advised in the WCOAP 2014 Player Briefing HERE, the stacks/clock for each event can be found HERE

I have bought into 3 events through coral, now that the events have been removed from the site I have no confirmation I have entered for them. Are you planning to post the names on entrants ?

[IrishTom]

As advised in the WCOAP 2014 Player Briefing HERE, the stacks/clock for each event can be found HERE

I have bought into 3 events through coral, now that the events have been removed from the site I have no confirmation I have entered for them. Are you planning to post the names on entrants ?

Yes mate, working on it right now.

[Chris_Austin]

Having not played a live shootout before but knowing how they work, it could take some time to play out? Possibility/risk of some tables not filling up and therefore not starting if you"re a late entrant?

[IrishTom]

Having not played a live shootout before but knowing how they work, it could take some time to play out? Possibility/risk of some tables not filling up and therefore not starting if you"re a late entrant?

Chris that"s a good point - in discussions with Aspers they would play "short-handed" over 10 tables no matter how many turned up at the start - ideally we"ll have 10 tables 10-handed - but if we only get 50 players then we will be 10 tables 5-handed - and the winner of each table will progress through to the Final Table which will be 10-handed.

However, this structure doesn"t lend itself to a "late entry" period which I"ll have to re-consider.

[Dawnie]

I assume there will be no late entry for the heads up as again this would be a advantage potentially or hold up the second round

[Dawnie]

Great to have the structures already, many thanks

[Jon MW]

Does someone have to be a member of Aspers to get in and rail?

It doesn"t make much of a difference obviously, but I just thought I remembered that it had an open policy for walk ins

[MintTrav]

Stud and Razz have identical structures, but very different starting stacks.

[redsimon]

Stud and Razz have identical structures, but very different starting stacks.

Yes big thumbs up for 10K stack in Stud, slightly disappointed only 6k chips in Razz

[AceOnTheRiver]

Guys, as the orginal response was amended. Can I get absolute clarity that the "seat exchange only" rule does not apply to the scenario of sill being in the earlier tourney and that players will get a refund in these scenarios?

Tom- I see you have now answered this in the player briefing section so thanks very much.

[IrishTom]

I assume there will be no late entry for the heads up as again this would be a advantage potentially or hold up the second round

That"s correct - no late entry planned for Shootout or Heads Up (although of course if we don"t max out at 64 for Heads Up we"d still let people sign up if play was still ongoing in round 1 - to try to get to 64)

[Sugar_Free]

Stud and Razz have identical structures, but very different starting stacks.

Yes big thumbs up for 10K stack in Stud, slightly disappointed only 6k chips in Razz

Agree with the thumbs up bit, but more than slightly disappointed with the Razz stack. It"s the same game, same structure, same buy in, but why is Razz the poor relation?

[AceOnTheRiver]

....or put another way on the Razz stack-size issue...

Guys it is fantastic that we have increased starting stacks for so many of the side events including most of the Stud Based Fixed Limit events as the most we have ever had is 6k as far as I can recall.

What are your thoughts on increasing the starting stack in the Razz event to match the other stud based events?

Keep up the good work  

[IrishTom]

Does someone have to be a member of Aspers to get in and rail?

It doesn"t make much of a difference obviously, but I just thought I remembered that it had an open policy for walk ins

Yep open policy for walk in - only need to join as a member to play poker.

[IrishTom]

....or put another way on the Razz stack-size issue...

Guys it is fantastic that we have increased starting stacks for so many of the side events including most of the Stud Based Fixed Limit events as the most we have ever had is 6k as far as I can recall.

What are your thoughts on increasing the starting stack in the Razz event to match the other stud based events?

Keep up the good work  

I spoke with Aspers about the 6k yesterday and for some reason they wanted to stick with 6k - I"ll discuss again tonight.