WSOP Day 1b Disappoints with only 873
July 5, 2009 by Kris Jones
Filed under Sports
Independence Day wasn’t a great one for the WSOP as Main Event attendance dropped to 873 registers for day 1b from 1,116 on day 1a. This is also down from recent years of Main Event play. After 1a, Redmond Lee was the cheap leader with nearly 135,000 chips and interestingly Jason Alexander (aka George Castanza) actually ended up 6th.
Alexander also had his voice off the felt, offering a great soundbyte to ESPN360.com on the November final table. “It’s becoming something the game is not meant to be.” In stark contrast, Mike Sexton suggested just to go with the flow and adapt.
I’m with Alexander on this one. It might not change anything, but you can’t just accept every rule or tournament change that comes along. The powers that be will tinker only until they’re stopped (for one reason or another). Look at the NBA as an example. Commissioner David Stern tried to push those spungy rubber basketballs on the players and they hated them and ultimately got them sent back.
Notables already on the rail for this 2009 WSOP include Jerry Yang, Alan Cunningham (a shame – love to watch him play), Andy Block, and Freddy Deeb.
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