Day 2A of the WSOP

With Monday seeing the last of Day Ones of the main event at the WSOP, yesterday it was time for the first of the Day Twos.

Confused?

Don't worry, so are we.

With the numbers so high, Day2A was created with the surviving players of Day1A and Day1B. Similarly, today's Day 2B is the total of people from Day1C and Day1D.

Or, if you prefer:

1A + 1B = 2A

and

1C + 1D = 2B

Now, if 1A is a complex, irrational, integer squared, how can be we prove that 2B is the prime requirement for a fulfilling life in a Las Vegas dirt-box?

Advanced pupils are also invited to submit answers to the 4-month popularity conundrum where:

X= $ from the sale of TV rights

Y = estimated devastation to a major tournament; and

Z = satisfied punters.

At this stage, Z can be estimated at 2,852, for that is the number of players still battling away. Of those, <500 can report high satisfaction ratings as they are the people who survived Day2A.

The remainder will have to go cap-to-cap later today for a chance to touch the table on Thursday's Day3.

By then, hopefully the numbers will be trimmed to the relatively manageable mark of 1,600 and then we at Eyebrows will take a well earned lie-down and think about Pythagoras.