I just did a search to see how many runners there were down at Cannon Street for last week’s UK Open. I haven’t found information for the first event, but there were only 29 players for the second event, 12 for the third event and 15 for the fourth.

I guess there will be a few more players for the WSOPE events in September, but the buy-ins are too big: £2500 HORSE (what where they thinking?), £5000 Pot-Limit Omaha and a £10 000 for the No-Limit Hold’em main event.