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HARVEYS LAKE TAHOE DRAWS BIGGEST TURNOUT IN ITS HISTORY
Nov 10 2012 08:14 PM EST
No tournament ever held anywhere in Northern Nevada topped the record field that turned out for Saturday's World Series of Poker Circuit event, played at Harveys Lake Tahoe.
That's a pretty amazing statistic given the huge numbers from the poker boom days (2004-2007), when sell-outs were the norm just about everywhere. But no single event ever held in either Reno or Lake Tahoe at any casino has ever reached the high plateau set in the latest gold ring event, which was a $365 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em competition (Event 4)
That's a pretty amazing statistic given the huge numbers from the poker boom days (2004-2007), when sell-outs were the norm just about everywhere. But no single event ever held in either Reno or Lake Tahoe at any casino has ever reached the high plateau set in the latest gold ring event, which was a $365 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em competition (Event 4)
Despite heavy snowfall during the opening two days, poker players flooded into Stateline, Nevada in record numbers, smashing the old attendance record by a sizable number.
At the close of registration Event 4 officially had 651 entrants for the two-session field. The previous record was set nearly eight years ago at Harveys Lake Tahoe back in 2005, during the inaugural WSOP Circuit season – which was 542 players. However, a major tournament played at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno a few years ago drew close to 600 players, the most ever for this region.
But the record now belongs to Harveys Lake Tahoe.
Live updates from this tournament as well as all poker action at Lake Tahoe can be followed at the OFFICIAL WSOP CIRCUIT BLOG.
