Dozens Gamble On $1,000 Flips For World Series Of Poker Main Event SeatWSOP Hosting Single-Table Qualifiers In Which Luck Reigns King |
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Once in awhile, poker is 100 percent luck.
Dozens of gamblers were desperately searching for a last-minute ticket into poker’s big dance on Monday at the Rio in Las Vegas. It was the third and final starting flight for the 2014 World Series of Poker $10,000 buy-in main event. More than 6,000 players had so far entered the most prestigious poker tournament in the world. A $10 million top prize is up for grabs.
In order to get in before registration closed, some degens players were willing to put $1,030 on the line for flips. Like it has in the past, the WSOP was running single-table qualifiers in which all participants agreed to have a single hand dealt, with the dealer running out the flop, turn and river without any betting whatsoever. There were no chips involved.
It’s a simple process, and it’s known as a flip.
If you were the lucky winner out the table of 10, you apparently weren’t forced to play the main event. You could sell your seat for any price you wanted. That’s why during a break in playing during the main event, some well-known poker pros who were already in the main event, decided to stop by and try to play some flips. One remarked, “playing the main event isn’t enough.”
According to a floor person at the Rio, nine or 10 flips have run so far, and there’s no sign that they will stop before registration for the main event closes for good.
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