TXtourplayer
Executive Member
Selected players for the 2006 WSOB should be called by this Friday.
So far the only players on the show (that I heard about) are those who won their seat at one of the WSOB qualifiers and the two seats given away from AOL.
I am guessing from earlier posts that around 25 or so seats were awarded through those qualifiers and AOL.
If this is correct then there should be 15 seats to be filled almost double the chances as I first though (only 8 seats is what I first heard).
I am hoping like hell to be one of the lucky few contacted by GSN, but even if I'm not I appreciate (we all should) what GSN has done for blackjack.
They brought tournament BJ to TV and offering big cash prizes. This year they will be filming the WSOB at the Las Vegas Hilton where Jimmy Wike (another one I appreciate, now with Caesars LV) first started the million BJ tournaments.
This year GSN offered open qualifiers for any and all to win a seat. Which is what everybody has been asking for.
There were problems at a few casinos and the information on the qualifiers were not the best, but at least they were willing to put out $50,000 per seat putting on these tournaments for us.
Remember this is just the first year for them to try this. Hopefully the tournaments grow bigger and are run better next year. The WSOB has doubled in prize money every year from $250,000 to $1,000,000 this year.
So even if I (or any of us) don't make it on the show we all had a chance to win a seat this year and I just hope that more places will start hosting open BJ tournaments with chances at large cash prizes because of the WSOB.
So far the only players on the show (that I heard about) are those who won their seat at one of the WSOB qualifiers and the two seats given away from AOL.
I am guessing from earlier posts that around 25 or so seats were awarded through those qualifiers and AOL.
If this is correct then there should be 15 seats to be filled almost double the chances as I first though (only 8 seats is what I first heard).
I am hoping like hell to be one of the lucky few contacted by GSN, but even if I'm not I appreciate (we all should) what GSN has done for blackjack.
They brought tournament BJ to TV and offering big cash prizes. This year they will be filming the WSOB at the Las Vegas Hilton where Jimmy Wike (another one I appreciate, now with Caesars LV) first started the million BJ tournaments.
This year GSN offered open qualifiers for any and all to win a seat. Which is what everybody has been asking for.
There were problems at a few casinos and the information on the qualifiers were not the best, but at least they were willing to put out $50,000 per seat putting on these tournaments for us.
Remember this is just the first year for them to try this. Hopefully the tournaments grow bigger and are run better next year. The WSOB has doubled in prize money every year from $250,000 to $1,000,000 this year.
So even if I (or any of us) don't make it on the show we all had a chance to win a seat this year and I just hope that more places will start hosting open BJ tournaments with chances at large cash prizes because of the WSOB.
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