So many players entered the $1000 No Limit Hold'em tournament that two days were needed to hold a "Day One". By the end of day 1b something like 6012 players had entered the tournament. That means that the prize pool was $5.4 million and the winner got some $770,000.
Despite the seemingly easy pickings with so many amateurs in the field, not many recognizable names were in the field. It seems that the big name pros prefer the higher buy-in events because the starting chip stacks are so much larger. This provides a lot more "play" and postpones the "All In before the flop" races to much later in the proceedings. The larger chip stacks mean that decisions will need to be made on every betting round and the more decisions that are forced, the more the results are dependant on skill rather than luck. Obviously, that will favor the pros over the weekend players.
Although not many pros were in this event, they can be seen all around and in other events such as the special 40th Anniversary tournament that had a $40,000 buy-in and the Champions Invitational that provided a restored classic 1970 Corvette to the winner.
Mike Matusow wrote a book and set up a booth to sell autograph copies. I couldn't resist.
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