Entrants in the 2006 Planet Sequence of Poker will be “relieved” to learn prolonged lines outside the men’s washrooms throughout breaks are historical past, as is the cardboard and plastic food items sold in the lobby following to the card place.

So are the smoke-loaded hallways and all those 18-hour times at the tables that taxed the endurance of players, personnel and media alike.

These are just a handful of of the significant changes the Rio options for this year’s celebration, which is slated to run June 25 via Aug. 10 at the Harrah’s-owned assets situated on Flamingo Street a number of blocks west of the Strip.

“We are finding prepared,” said Tournament Director Robert Each day, who by now is in daylong conferences pretty much day to day.

“There are so many items to take into account … surveillance, safety, crowd command, restroom targeted traffic, the dealers’ place … that we very significantly have to have meetings every day to be all set.

“This has turn out to be a year-very long exertion.

“What we did appropriate in ’05 we are heading to maintain and what we did mistaken we’re likely to take care of.”

A single point players will not have to come upon in 2006 is block-extended strains exterior men’s rooms at break situations, which will be staggered.

Moveable potties will be set up outside the card space for when character phone calls.

“You are not able to even simply call them porta-potties,” Day by day noticed. “They’re air-conditioned and carpeted.”

Rather of a food concessions stand established up in a hallway outside the house the playing place, the Rio will have an genuine cafe in an adjacent area the place people can sit, be waited on and purchase off a menu.

Cigarette smoking will not be allowed in hallways and a unique region will be designated for cigarette puffers.

Media services also are getting moved.

The big No-Limit Texas Hold’Em competitiveness, the primary occasion, will take area July 28 via Aug. 10.

The WSOP will present 44 independent events at which players have the possibility to gain coveted gold bracelets obtain-ins array from $1,500 to $10,000, with functions staying unfold over quite a few times.

“We are going to convey the players in at midday and allow them perform right up until about midnight, then bring them again the upcoming working day,” Everyday explained, noting the transform will help staffers as well as participants.

Also, the quantity of tables has been enhanced from 200 to 208.

Very last year’s WSOP attracted a file 32,341 contestants who competed for $106 million in prize cash.

The massive winner was Australian Joseph Hachem, who took to start with put in the No-Restrict Texas Hold’Em, earning a record $7.5 million.

That event attracted 5,619 entrants previous yr, quickly a different typical.

This calendar year, the Rio is getting ready for 8,000 expected entrants and will be well prepared to accommodate as several as 9,000.

“We’re continue to performing to set up a prize framework, which relies upon, of program, on the actual variety of entrants, but we will be capturing for a 1st prize of close to $10 million,” Everyday mentioned.

“Very last 12 months we built millionaires of everyone at the Final Table.

“Our intention is to make as many millionaires as achievable.

“This calendar year probably it will be 12, or even even further down the line.”

Las Vegan Jennifer Harman and five other individuals are customers of an advisory committee that presently has achieved with Everyday numerous occasions.

“A lot of first things was the obvious, like the restrooms and meals, the matters we understood about and suspected,” Day by day famous.

“But these are respectable, top experts who have other suggestions.”

Each day was the tournament’s supervisor in 2005 he has the exact position, but now it arrives with a bigger paycheck, new title and more time several hours.

“I am a tricky male to get ahold of since, well, I’m a hard gentleman to get ahold of,” the amicable Day by day stated.

The Poker Lifestyle Show will return to the Rio in 2006 from July 27 via 30.