Day 1A of the 2010 Main Event is set to start in under an hour, and I'll be blogging some of the stories that the mainstream sites might have missed.
My good friend Phill Huxley who was with me at UKIPT Nottingham qualified through Full Tilt and will be playing Day 1B tomorrow.
Some things to look out for -
How will the defending champ Joe Cada and the rest of last years November Nine fare? The 2008 vintage were represented strongly the following year with top 100 finishes for Dennis Phillips and the defending champ Peter Eastgate.
What will the field size be? There was a lot of controversy last year when people were locked out of Day 1D, which was the main reason that registration numbers dipped from the previous Main Event. In 2010 Harrah's have made sure registration is spread more evenly across the Days, and I think it's reasonable to expect that this year will top 7k entrants, making it the second biggest of all time after 2006.
How will the big names do? Last year we had Ivey make it to November, and there's no doubt that big-name inclusion ups the interest significantly for everyone involved.
Will Frank Kessela win Player of the Year? The likelihood is that the double bracelet winning Kessela will take home the POTY prize.
The points model is as follows:
Cash - 5pts
27-19th - 10pts
18th-10th - 20pts
9th 25pts, each position increases by 5pts to 3rd - 55pts.
2nd - 75pts
1st 100pts
Here are the players that could still catch Kessela, along with which position they need assuming Kessela does NOT cash:
Kessela - 285
John Juanda - 225 (Needs 2nd place or above).
Vladimir Schemelev - 210(Needs 2nd to tie, 1st to win).
Dan Heimiller - 205
Michael Mizrachi - 190 (Both need 1st place).
James Dempsey - 185 (Needs 1st to tie).
As you can see, it's incredibly unlikely that Kessela won't win, but stranger things have happened.
I'll be back tomorrow with the Day 1A recap.....SHUFFLE UP, AND DEAL!
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