在拉斯维加斯的内华达州，世界扑克系列继续推出玩家山区和移动芯片等为生存而战的阵地。

　　一个庞大的玩家队伍，在比赛开始之前，玩家人数已经有6865名。

　　最初担心该比赛事件可能会引起黑色星期五的副作用，但拉斯维加斯的在线游戏年比以往任何时候都强。

　　主角之一是卡特吉尔，一个处在好位置的玩家。

　　卡特吉尔参与在酒店房间事件，此事后来被禁止。他的的帐户源于一名女性。

　　他走时他的筹码已经下降到5,000美元，后来他缺席了整整90分钟之久。

　　很显然，他得到了的日期是错误的，他以为是第二天。酒店的保安拍着他的门上叫醒他，才救回的一个灾难性的混淆。

　　许多观察员注意到另外一个有趣的方面是演奏组衬衫颜色单调。

　　这不是2011年一些新的趋势，扑克补丁已经消失在一个“黑色星期五”，所有美国扑克网站的消亡，抹去了一些最好的代表主机。

　　迄今为止最大的伤亡是完全倾斜在某一阶段的某个位置上。

　　现在，你很难找到一个有标志的地方。

　　这是一个类似的扑克之星的故事，尽管它已经注意到他们的存在。

　　欧洲的扑克网站大多开始进行大整顿。

　　如果你有自己的扑克室，为什么不出来大发扑克，它是最大的，最安全的最好的和最重要的！

　　很多人一直密切关注事件的发展，看看它是如何衡量黑色星期五给扑克领域带来的影响。

　　一些地方甚至引述说，他们预期看到流行的扑克在2000年初上到来从未有过的水平。

　　可能是十分错误的，其实统计显示，扑克比以往任何时候都更受欢迎。

　　虽然黑色星期五的长期影响仍然可以在在线扑克和现场扑克看到，事实是，现在的人都感到很高兴，回来他们喜欢做什么，打扑克。

　　译文：

　　The World Series of Poker in Las Vegas Nevada continues to roll on with a mountain of players and a mountain of chips moving positions in the battle for survival.

　　A combined total of a massive 6,865 players were on hand at the beginning of the tournament but more than 2000 have been shed, the number still in the running now 4,521.

　　There were initially concerns that the event might feel the side effects of black Friday however it appears the live game is stronger than ever for 2011 at least.

　　While the action on the tables has been red hot there’s been nearly as much interest in what’s going on away from the cards, in fact there’s been a series of bizarre events more befitting of a day time TV script.

　　Carter Gill was one of the main characters, a player who at the end of Day 1C was in a good position with a healthy looking stack.

　　He was to return for Day 2A however he failed to even get inside the building.

　　In the time between playing Gill was involved in a hotel room incident and was subsequently banned from all of Caesar’s properties.

　　According to his Twitter account it stemmed from a disagreement with a female in which he ended up throwing her clothes out of the hotel window.

　　He wasn’t the only player to struggle to get to his seat either, in fact it went all the way to the top with the Poker Brat Phil Hellmuth having an absolute shocker.

　　Also on Day 2A, Hellmuth was a no show early on, his seat conspicuously empty in the sea of people.

　　While he was gone his chip stack fell to just $5,000, his absence lasting for a full 90 minutes.

　　Apparently he got his dates wrong and thought he was due to play the next day, a disastrous mix up which was only saved when hotel security banged on his door to wake him up.

　　Another interesting aspect noted by a lot of observers is the lack of colour on the shirts of the playing group.

　　It’s not some new 2011 trend, poker patches have disappeared in a big way with black Friday and the demise of USA poker websites all but wiping out some of the best represented hosts.

　　By far the biggest casualty is Full Tilt  which at one stage was seen somewhere on just about every single table.

　　Now you’d be hard pressed finding a logo anywhere.

　　It’s a similar story for PokerStars although it has been noticed that their presence is still a fair bit stronger.

　　The big improvers are the European poker websites.

　　Plenty of people were on hand with lesser known website affiliations, rooms with domains ending in .fr （France） or .it （Italy）。

　　If you’re looking for your own poker room why not check out  Titan Poker, they’re still one of the biggest, one of the best and most importantly one of the safest!

　　Overall though the early signs are all good out of the World Series of Poker event in Las Vegas.

　　Plenty of people are keeping a close eye on the event to see how it goes and are using it to gauge the effect of black Friday on the poker realm.

　　Some where even quoted as saying they expected to see attendance drop to levels not seen since the popular rise of poker during the early 2000′s.

　　Well that couldn’t be more wrong, in fact poker is more popular than ever, WSOP stats show participation up a massive 8.5%.

　　This is the third largest field for this event in its history.

　　While the long term effects of black Friday still remain to be seen on both online and live poker, the fact is that right now people are happy just to be back doing what they love, playing poker.