Event 3 - $1,500 No Limit Holdem Day 1 | 2007 World Series of Poker

06-02-2007 12:25 UTC-7

First BIG Field

[user22113]

The lines are still down the hall for today's $1,500 NLHE Event #3.

Chips are in the air at noon.

06-02-2007 13:03 UTC-7

12:01

[user22113]

The doors to the Amazon have just opened, there are 3,000 players to seat and a rumored 800 alternates.

We will not be starting on time.

06-02-2007 13:27 UTC-7

It's Official

[user22113]

Event #3 will start at 1 PM.

06-02-2007 13:45 UTC-7

Tables, Tables, Tables

[user22113]

The Amazon Room is full, the outside tent is full, and they are even using the nine tables in the regular Poker Room!

06-02-2007 13:54 UTC-7

A sea of humanity, a mob scene, the masses...any way you want to describe it, there are a whole lotta people milling around the Amazon Room right now. Shawn Sheikhan and Chris Moneymaker just wandered through the tables before escaping into the relative calm of the hallway. As 1 PM approaches we'll see more backsides on seats and that should help with the congestion.

06-02-2007 13:57 UTC-7

Frustration Building

[user22113]

Players are edgy as they wait for the action to start. There are murmurs of pre-registered players being alternates.

06-02-2007 14:07 UTC-7

The Cavalry To The Rescue

[user22113]

During his opening remarks WSOP Commissioner Jeffrey Pollack said that there are trucks, laden with old-style playing cards, en route from Cincinnati and Los Angeles. Godspeed, you 18-wheelers.

06-02-2007 14:08 UTC-7