WSOP Day 1b Disappoints with only 873

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 …read more