2009 World Series of Poker Day 1 – Soft Opening

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The empty Amazon Room at the Rio, waiting for the crowds
Photo credit: Flipchip at LasVegasVegas.com

Today is the first of the 2009 World Series of Poker and they’re starting off with an easy one. Event #1 brings the yearly $500 Casino Employees Event which will pack a good number of tables with local dealers, TD’s, etc from around Las Vegas. It doesn’t have the impact of the rest of the open events but the room will be buzzing as the first time the cards go in the air.

While Event #1 gets going, the rest of the room will be concentrating on the newly opened cash games and the many satellites going on. Many of your favorite pros began taking shots at winning their way in cheaply to the $40,000 40th Annual Event #2 which will draw a crowd of who’s who in the poker world. Event #4 on Saturday will also be sure to be historic with the first $1,000 Stimulus Tournament, numbers being thrown around are predicting it to be the largest non-Main Event field in the history of poker.