Details for WSOP Circuit Event August 29, 2007 thru September 13, 2007

[CincyLady]

Okay, the lazy b*stards posted it over in their news section over here (instead of creating a new tab on the main page for the 2007/2008 season announcing it there):

http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/news/article.asp?newsID=1717

WSOP Circuit Event August 29, 2007 through September 13, 2007


AUGUST 3,2007 - 6:48:37 PM PST
by: WSOP Staff


Date Time Event Buy-In
Wednesday August 29 3 pm Mega Satellite $300+$30
Wednesday August 29 5pm Second Chance Tournament $175+$25
Wednesday August 29 7pm Mega Satellite $500+$50
Thursday August 30 12 noon Texas Hold’em No limit $300+$30
Friday August 31 12 noon Texas Hold’em No limit $500+$50
Saturday September 1 12 noon Texas Hold’em No limit $500+$50
Sunday September 2 12 noon Texas Hold’em Limit $300+$30
Sunday September 2 4pm Pot Limit Omaha $500+$50
Monday September 3 12 noon Texas Hold’em Limit $500+$50
Tuesday September 4 12 noon Texas Hold’em No limit $300+$30
Wednesday September 5 12 noon Texas Hold’em No limit $500+$50
Thursday September 6 12 noon Texas Hold’em No Limit $500+$50
Thursday September 6 4pm HORSE $1000+$60
Friday September 7 12 noon Texas Hold’em No Limit $500+$50
Saturday September 8 12 noon Texas Hold’em No limit $1000+$60
Sunday September 9 12 noon Ladies Event No Limit Hold’em $200+$30
Monday September 10 12 noon Mega Satellite $500+$50
Monday September 10 3pm Mega Satellite $300+$30
Monday September 10 6pm Mega Satellite $500+$50
Tuesday September 11 12 noon Main Event No Limit Hold’em $5000+$150
Wednesday September 12 12 noon Main Event Day Two
Thursday September 13 12 noon Final Table

Second Chance Tournaments are daily at 5pm beginning Wednesday August 29, 2007 through Thursday September 13, 2007

Mega Satellites daily $300+$30 at 3pm and $500+50 at 7pm daily beginning Wednesday August 29, 2007 through Monday September 10, 2007.

Ladies Event is a one day event

Registration hours of operation: 9am-8pm daily begins Wednesday August 29, 2007 through Thursday September 13, 2007.

For Room Reservations call: 1 800 39 GRAND GROUP CODE # CO9WORL

[CincyLady]

I just called the reservations number, and they tell me they can't give that rate, you have to call the casino and ask for the poker room.

Casino's phone number direct is: 800-946-4946, ask for the poker room.

I just booked my room and was told that rooms are going fast already.

Room rates during labor day weekend will be Sunday - Thur $65, and on the weekend, it will range from $105- $115 a night.

Only the poker room can book you at the special rates, and be sure to guard your confirmation number with your life I was told, because they are expecting on selling out at that special rate very quickly.

[Robert Karl]

CincyLady,

Permit me one corrective comment.

The group code, second digit is a zero, not an oh.

And, reservations have to be made through Joe Mendoza in the poker room, as reservation agents are not able to access group code at this time.

Hope that helps.

[CincyLady]

I just copied and pasted it from the Press Release from the WSOP website (for the work based people since this website is accessable to most ppl from work, where as the WSOP webstite gets blocked). It's good information to have however, in case Joe isn't around when you call in.

FYI, in my 2nd post in the thread, I mentioned how I had to call the poker room direct.

That's who booked it for me too, and I warned him he was about to get slammed since this (information) was just released).

Another word of warning if you are going to be arriving after 6pm, one thing Joe didn't ask me is what time I'll be there, and he used the default of a 6pm hold.

Best now that you have your confirmation number, if you're arriving after 6pm, to call the reservation number after you book your room with Joe, and make sure they notate your late arrival status, and what time you'll be there.

Otherwise you might show up to find your reservation canceled and no other rooms open.

One other option is to make sure you tell Joe or whomever in the poker room books it for you, what time you'll be in there, so he can use the drop down box to indicate that and put it in the notes when he books it in their systems.

Interesting, about the group code, perhaps that was why the agents can't access it (because it was misprinted in the press release)?

Corrected code: CO9WORL (second one is a zero - think like this Co9WORL)

Next person to book a room, might try to call the reservation number, try with that corrected group code, and report back if the agents were able to book it that way or not.

[RealMcCoy]

I just called and booked a room from 8/29 thru 9/8 (sort of) via the central harrah's confirmation center out of Texas. I was quoted a room rate for Single King or Double Queen of
Mon - Thur $49
Fri $85
Sat - Sun $112

I also had them send me an email confirmation - BUT.....
they messed up and had me checking out on Saturday so they only booked me for 10 nights and NOT the Sat 9/8 and the total from the confirmation which should have been $688 + 10% tax or roughly $757 was show as $910 on the email confirmation.

I called again and while this person was ALSO very courteous and friendly could NOT explain the confirmed charge but DID confirm the nightly rates I posted.

I was given the 1-800-946-4946 (Grand Tunica) and the name of Karen Kaegin (poker room) to contact to try and straighten it out.

Next problem is that the SATURDAY 9/8 is NOT available at least through the Central Harrah's reservations so there does seem to already be some initial problems.

Best of luck to all and I hope this info helps.

[RealMcCoy]

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I just called and booked a room from 8/29 thru 9/8 (sort of) via the central harrah's confirmation center out of Texas. I was quoted a room rate for Single King or Double Queen of
Mon - Thur $49
Fri $85
Sat - Sun $112

I also had them send me an email confirmation - BUT.....
they messed up and had me checking out on Saturday so they only booked me for 10 nights and NOT the Sat 9/8 and the total from the confirmation which should have been $688 + 10% tax or roughly $757 was show as $910 on the email confirmation.

I called again and while this person was ALSO very courteous and friendly could NOT explain the confirmed charge but DID confirm the nightly rates I posted.

I was given the 1-800-946-4946 (Grand Tunica) and the name of Karen Kaegin (poker room) to contact to try and straighten it out.

Next problem is that the SATURDAY 9/8 is NOT available at least through the Central Harrah's reservations so there does seem to already be some initial problems.

Best of luck to all and I hope this info helps.

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Geez: Classic Harrah's Karen K was the OLD poker room Mgr and has been gone for over a month.

Try asking for Robert Mcgevern (?) the current Mgr. - He does not work Monday but the staff was very helpful without him.

[CincyLady]

I would suggest you call the Grand Casino (at the number I posted earlier for them) and ask for Joe Mendoza in the Poker room as he was the fellow who helped me out.

Also, one reason why your pricing might be higher, is if you are staying Labor day weekend.

I was told by Joe that the weekend rate applied for all 3 days for that weekend (Friday, Sat, Sun), since it was a holiday weekend.

[RealMcCoy]

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I would suggest you call the Grand Casino (at the number I posted earlier for them) and ask for Joe Mendoza in the Poker room as he was the fellow who helped me out.

Also, one reason why your pricing might be higher, is if you are staying Labor day weekend.

I was told by Joe that the weekend rate applied for all 3 days for that weekend (Friday, Sat, Sun), since it was a holiday weekend.

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TY - I contacted them earlier today spoke with Wendy she confirmed all the pricing and faxed me the actual daily rates. The only Sat/Sun upcharge is Labor day weekend at the $112.74. 8/31 Friday is definitely $85.46 which is the normal weekend rate and the rate charged for Fri/Sat 9/7 and 9/8 which she was able to add.

The poker room is also providing food comps in addition to the room rates shown. Food comps Buffet etc have always been quite liberal in Tunica (whether the Horseshoe, Goldstrike or Grand) and they this is just an extention of that basic policy.

Poker room staff is a bit haggard and semi frustrated at the moment because of the poor communications within Harrah's (bad code, wrong information provided, no details as to structure, ETC) but as has always been my experience are basically good "southern" folks and if you are patient and decent with them they will do everything they can for you.

Been to Tunica often and for multiweeks at a time for the early WPO days and regardless of who is running the various poker rooms they do their best to treat you well.

[CincyLady]

To that I can attest firmly to myself. When I was living in Cincinnati, I found on ever trip I took down to Tunica, that I was treated first rate by all the casino poker rooms that I visited.

I forgot about the food comps being included in the rate as well (a free buffet at the very least, each day), and I seem to remember now, all you had to do is walk up to the desk of any poker room there, and they'd write you up a comp for at least the buffett there.

Too bad about how Harrahs is giving the staff such short notice there.

Bad for them, but good for us, because not many knew about the special rates until now, so the rate is still open for the time being for the Labor day weekend.

[whymelord]

I got a $49 room for 8\29 and 8\30, but they quoted me a $200+ room rate for the Friday and Saturday on Labor Day weekend. So going off site for those days. I booked my room about 3 weeks ago.

Do anyone know if they award a ring for the $300 event? I want one of those. lol

Are they still going to give 1099Gs for barley getting in the money? Really iratated me last year when I cashed $700 on a $330 buy in as was taxed on $700.

Also, they do not seem to be advertising it near as much as last year. Hope the turn out is as good.

[NickMPK]

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I got a $49 room for 8\29 and 8\30, but they quoted me a $200+ room rate for the Friday and Saturday on Labor Day weekend. So going off site for those days. I booked my room about 3 weeks ago.

Do anyone know if they award a ring for the $300 event? I want one of those. lol

Are they still going to give 1099Gs for barley getting in the money? Really iratated me last year when I cashed $700 on a $330 buy in as was taxed on $700.

Also, they do not seem to be advertising it near as much as last year. Hope the turn out is as good.

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They don't withhold money for taxes, do they? Don't they just give you a form stating how much you won? No matter what the form says, you are only legally responsible for your actual winnings (in this case $370). You might want to save your entry receipt as evidence of the buy-in amount if the 1099 doesn't say so.

[whymelord]

Yes, they withheld some for MS income tax (which I could have gotten back if I tried since I don't live in MS) which was only about $20 or so, but then of course I lost my tournement recipt so winding up paying taxes on the whole whopping $721. Good thing I s&^k a poker and didn't make any other taxable cashes.

[RR]

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Yes, they withheld some for MS income tax (which I could have gotten back if I tried since I don't live in MS) which was only about $20 or so, but then of course I lost my tournement recipt so winding up paying taxes on the whole whopping $721. Good thing I s&^k a poker and didn't make any other taxable cashes.

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I left MS in 2005 so they mighit have changed it, but the MS tax is nonrefundable. It used to be 5% and you could get it back and they changed it to a 3% "fee" (non-refundable).

[whymelord]

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I left MS in 2005 so they mighit have changed it, but the MS tax is nonrefundable. It used to be 5% and you could get it back and they changed it to a 3% "fee" (non-refundable).

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Humm, I suspect you are correct since it was 3%.....good thing I didn't waste my time trying to get it back. I had the impression I could, maybe he wanted me to think that since he could tell I was P0'd about the "fee", the 1099G, and the bad beat I had just taken /images/graemlins/tongue.gif .

[CincyLady]

Wow, they (Tunica casinos)tax you for state taxes? They used to do that in Indiana, until some players filed a lawsuit against the casinos. Now they don't take any taxes out.

[tippy]

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Wow, they (Tunica casinos)tax you for state taxes? They used to do that in Indiana, until some players filed a lawsuit against the casinos. Now they don't take any taxes out.

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The 3% you are talking about is Mississippi State Tax. The way you do it is you can write it off against your home states income tax when you compute your refund in your home state. My home state was Alabama, which had a section on the back of the form 10-40 to apply tax paid to other states toward what you owed Alabama. Other states may differ on how they handle it. Of course it isn't really a refund of the money, just an offset. Every little bit helps though.

[whymelord]

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Wow, they (Tunica casinos)tax you for state taxes? They used to do that in Indiana, until some players filed a lawsuit against the casinos. Now they don't take any taxes out.

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The 3% you are talking about is Mississippi State Tax. The way you do it is you can write it off against your home states income tax when you compute your refund in your home state. My home state was Alabama, which had a section on the back of the form 10-40 to apply tax paid to other states toward what you owed Alabama. Other states may differ on how they handle it. Of course it isn't really a refund of the money, just an offset. Every little bit helps though.

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Makes sense, maybe I can use that info next time /images/graemlins/smile.gif , I just know that I had to pay that last year at the WSOP $330 game with a $720 win at the Grand in 2006. A few months after that at the Gold Strike a $800 win on a $100 entry fee and I paid nothing. Hope someone will explain.

[JohnnyGroomsTD]

The difference is the interpretation of tax code. MGM/Mirage legal has a different interpretation of tax code than Harrah's corporate legal.

[whymelord]

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The difference is the interpretation of tax code. MGM/Mirage legal has a different interpretation of tax code than Harrah's corporate legal.

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I think what you are saying is that Harrah's interpets it as any $600 or more win regardless of amount wagered and MGM/Mirage interpets it as ($600 * bet amount) as the threshold for reporting/collecting taxes?

If so, no wonder everyone on this list seems down on Harrah's managment. That would seem to put the WSOP at a disadvantage to WPT when the events are held in the same area at the same time. (like in January in Tunica?)

[JohnnyGroomsTD]

No, The interpretation by MGM is that winnings are not taxed unless the player wins $5,000 over the initial buy-in. At that point, the 3% MS tax comes into effect. the 300-1 rule applies as well...

[tippy]

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No, The interpretation by MGM is that winnings are not taxed unless the player wins $5,000 over the initial buy-in. At that point, the 3% MS tax comes into effect. the 300-1 rule applies as well...

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Actually the 3% applies across the board to everything. I hit a $50,000 bad beat jackpot and got hit with the 3%. Not sure the 3% is dependant in any way to the size of a tourney buyin. You win money, you get taxed. My win was at the Grand

[JohnnyGroomsTD]

The 3% does not apply to poker prize pool monies, unless the net winnings are $5,000.

[iron81]

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Does Johnny's use of this term amuse anyone else?

[CincyLady]

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Does Johnny's use of this term amuse anyone else?

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Actually, I've been guilty of using that myself. Must be a generational thing. I wonder if Johnny is in his late 40's like I am?

[CincyLady]

FYI, Link to the special rate in Tunica for the upcoming WSOP event there:

https://www.harrahs.com/MakeReservation.do?propCode=GTU&packageCode=WSOP7

[NicksDad1970]

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Does Johnny's use of this term amuse anyone else?

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Actually, I've been guilty of using that myself. Must be a generational thing. I wonder if Johnny is in his late 40's like I am?

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looks more like mid 30's to me

[tribet]

Where are the tournament structures to this event? I see the schedule but no details?

[GaryTheGoat]

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Does Johnny's use of this term amuse anyone else?

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Actually, I've been guilty of using that myself. Must be a generational thing. I wonder if Johnny is in his late 40's like I am?

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Seems like you should know that he doesn't LOOK like he's in his late 40's, because here (http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=WSOP&Number=11500473&Sear chpage=4&Main=11195953&Words=CincyLady&topic=&Sear ch=true#Post11500473) you said:


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I still wonder if you are the real Johnny Grooms here, since your first post was a racial slur (and the Johnny I met and spoke with face to face a few times seemed to have way more class than that).

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gg

[CincyLady]

The thing is, he doesn't look like he is, and I didn't ask him at the time just how old he was.

[CincyLady]

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Where are the tournament structures to this event? I see the schedule but no details?

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I would suspect it would be simular to last year's structure.

[Salmo Trutta]

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Where are the tournament structures to this event? I see the schedule but no details?

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I would suspect it would be simular to last year's structure.

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What were last year's structures?

[CincyLady]

I've sent an e-mail to try to get the structures and I did get a reply back to e-mail an individual for them. I've e-mailed them back to get the details and will post them, once I get them.

[wakanohana]

Great information, thank you so much.

[CincyLady]

I got a reply back, and the person in question promised to stop by here and try to post the info later (I'm thinking links perhaps??), and answer questions.

In the meantime, was trying to figure out how to attach a file in this message, but I couldn't, so this is going to be rather crude here (no formatting). If you'd like a copy in word.doc format, PM me with an e-mail addy, and I can e-mail it to you.

If someone comes up with a way I can host it someplace, I could do it that way too.

This is for the $500 +50 event, which is what I was interested in.

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Grand Tunica Presents
A World Series of Poker Circuit
No-Limit Hold’em
August 31st, 2007
September 1st, 5th, 6th, and 7th, 2007
12:00 P.M.
$500 Buy-In + $50 Entry Fee

Schedule of Play

Level Ante Small Blind Big Blind
1 $25 $25
2 $25 $50
Break 10 Min.
3 $50 $100
4 $100 $200
Break 10 Min.
5 $25 $100 $200
6 $50 $200 $400
Break 10 Min.
7 $75 $300 $600
Break Race off $25 Chips 10 Min.
8 $100 $400 $800
9 $200 $600 $1200
Break 10 Min.
10 $200 $800 $1600
11 $300 $1000 $2000
Break 10 Min.
12 $400 $1500 $3000
Break Race off $100 Chips 10 Min.
13 $500 $2000 $4000
14 $500 $3000 $6000
Break Race off $500 Chips 10 Min.
15 $1000 $4000 $8000
16 $2000 $6000 $12000
Break 10 Min.
17 $2000 $8000 $16000
18 $3000 $10000 $20000
Break 10 Min.
19 $4000 $15000 $30000
20 $5000 $20000 $40000

Tournament Rules

 Tournament is open to all Total Rewards Card holders.
 A five hundred ($500) dollar Buy-In and fifty ($50) dollar Entry Fee is required.
 Tournament Chips will be used in play. Tournament chips have no cash value.
 Participants will start with two thousand ($2,000) in tournament chips.
 Each level will last fifty (50) minutes. Breaks will last ten (10) minutes.
 Dinner breaks will be added at the discretion of the tournament director.
 3% of the total prize pool is withheld from all events for tournament staff.
 By participating in this tournament, participants agree to these tournament rules, the circuit event official rules, and payout structure attached hereto.


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FWIW, I think the 50 minute blinds are awsome! /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[PujolsOfPokr]

For a $500 tourney, the structure is pretty good.

The Harrah's here in STL offers same structure with 40 minute blind levels and 5,000 in starting chips for every tournament over $100 buy-in.

The WSOP structure looks sound, though I sure wish you'd start off with more than 80 big blinds (or small blinds, for that matter).

[CincyLady]

I'm actually happy with this amount of chips. This because I learned how to play (tournament) poker playing with far less chips, and far shorter (rising time for the) blinds.

I still have not gotten a good handle on deep stack poker, so this (amount of chips) is perfect for me.

I find my evil twin sister donkella shows up to play (instead of me) when I get more than say 3k in starting chips. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Don't laugh, we all have that evil twin inside of us, for guys, his name is Donkzilla.

It's when we know we should fold our two hole cards, and we hear a voice (strangely coming out of our own mouths) say, I call, I raise, or the worst, I go all in.

[PujolsOfPokr]

The nice thing about the structure, Cincy, is that if you do catch a hot run early on and are able to multiply your stack by 3x or 4x, you will be playing with comfortable blinds and a healthy stack while almost all of the players around you will be shortstacked.

You will have your full arsenal of moves, a nice stack, and blinds that move up SLOWLY. In most slow-blind tourneys, you get more of a starting stack, and even if you double/triple up early, you do not neccessarily get to exert any more pressure on your opponents in the first 5 or 6 levels since they are generally NOT going to be shortstacked.

[CincyLady]

Yep, my feelings exactly, and I actually do quite well in these type of events.

In fact, last March, I finished 13th out of a field of 713 at the Ceasars Indiana WSOPCE (Event #1) (My pocket queens did me in at the end, where I had to go all in because I was then short stacked, and the BB ended up with A/J o/s and called me. Yep ... you guessed it, he spiked an Ace on the flop, and I was done for).

This because I find that most of the other players don't know what I know, or don't have experience with this type of structure (which is):

1) These type of structures reward the good player who is patient.

2) Most players are used to playing events where the rounds at best raise every 20 min, so they think they are short stacked far sooner than they really are.

3) Many players are used to playing in deep stack poker events (IE; Your mention of where you play, they give you 5k in starting chips), and combined with what I mentioned in #2 above, think 2k just isn't enough chips to start with, so they donk off their chips with their (over) agressive play, instead of realizing they can afford to be patient and wait for a hand to come to them.

Now, that all said and done, I am working on playing better myself in deep stack poker events, without the 'weath factor' doing me in.

The Wealth factor is where because you have more chips than you are used to playing with normally, you call hands you have no business being in the first place with (simply because you are thinking that you have 'extra' chips in your stack).

Thus for right now, 2k in starting chips, with these blinds (and how slow they rise), is perfect for me and my style of play.

[RealMcCoy]

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For a $500 tourney, the structure is pretty good.

The Harrah's here in STL offers same structure with 40 minute blind levels and 5,000 in starting chips for every tournament over $100 buy-in.

The WSOP structure looks sound, though I sure wish you'd start off with more than 80 big blinds (or small blinds, for that matter).

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Not meaning to be a total nit to you PuJols but the structures are only similiar to those in St Louis.

First with the $5000 chip start St louis begins at 25/50 not 25/25 and probably most importantly Level 7 is skipped (at least in the $300 buy ins). The Jump from 200/400 to 400/800 WITHOUT the 300/600 is the key pain point in St Louis for players having to Push due to short stacks.

Good Luck in Tunica

[CincyLady]

McCoy, so you are saying in St. Louis, they have less levels than what they are going to have in Tunica?

[RealMcCoy]

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McCoy, so you are saying in St. Louis, they have less levels than what they are going to have in Tunica?

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Cindy - Effectively yes - NOW I should be very clear that the tourney's that Pujos and were discussing are the normal $100 to $500 buy in's that are ran here weekly. Actually they stopped holding $500 buy ins do to lack of interest and the problem Missouri has with chip purchases ($500 max every two hours is the state law). St Louis Harrah's holds a $300 on the first Saturday of each month and $150 buyin each Thursday and $125 on the other Saturday's.

For sure in the $300 they start at 25/50 and SKIP the $300/600 level going directly from 200/400 to 400/800.

I am NOT positive on the $125 because I simply do not play them enough to be SURE if they have 300/600 or not as a level anymore. At one time they did but the last time I played it was skipped.

St Louis room isn't bad and some of the floor staff is competent but sadly most are mediocre at best. They definitely do NOT follow (or know) TDA rules in all cases so you can't be sure of some rulings.

[PujolsOfPokr]

McCoy is pretty spot on with his desription of the tourneys here in STL, though I do want to say that the 300-600 level WAS there when I played the $125 two Saturdays ago (in fact I ran quite lucky in that tourney and finished 2nd out of 70 for a nice $1.6K payout).

My issue with the Harrah's tourneys is the rake. The $125 is a $100+25. That's just absurd to me, when I can play a $100+9 on Stars all day. Though the tournament of champions they run here does use some of that absurd rake, so it does make it a bit more bearable.

[whymelord]

Does anyone know what the structure will be for the $175+25 2nd chance will be?

[CincyLady]

Just curious, but which two plus two'rs are going to this one? I was going, but had something come up, so I had to cancel. (bummer /images/graemlins/frown.gif for me)

[RealMcCoy]

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Just curious, but which two plus two'rs are going to this one? I was going, but had something come up, so I had to cancel. (bummer /images/graemlins/frown.gif for me)

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I will be there tomorrow evening. Set up to stay through the 8th depending on the action and how the cards fall.

Don't sweat missing it - anymore there is always another Tourney around the corner. Build your BR for January and hit them a lick then.

[RacersEdge]

Never been to one of these circuit events - I live in Memphis - can I just show up to play in these things a couple hours in advance? Are there any kind of charges/fees besides the basic tournament buy-ins I should know about?

[RealMcCoy]

Show up pay the entry fee and the house juice (300+30 500+50 1000+60 depending on the event) get your seat assignment and play.

[Lucere]

What's the latest you can register for events? Pretty much right up to it? I was originally going just for cash games and the Missouri/Ole Miss game on the 8th, but if I can win the buy in for the $1000 event on the 8th, I'm skipping the game. The thing is, I won't know pretty much until late Friday night/Saturday morning if I can accomplish that.

[CincyLady]

Actually, you can register normally in most WSOPCE events, as long as there are open seats, up to when the first raising of the blinds takes place (in this case, I think that's 50 minutes into the event).

[CincyLady]

Has anyone played in any of the events yet, and if so, do you have a trip report on it?

[RacersEdge]

I played in the 300/30 yesterday. There was about 340 entries and controversy right away - apparently a flyer was printed that had starting chips at 3000 instead of 2000, so they had to go with 3000 - but they started the blinds at 25/50 instead of 25/25. So overall, starting with fewer BBs. Hard to beleive they could have this big of a screw-up.

The thing seemed pretty well run overall IMO (except for above). Dealers were all competent - pleanty of flat screens to see info. Persoanlly, I didn't win any big pots - just kind of grinded up to about 5500 , but got into the danger zone and went out with my AT vs. JJ.

Oh yeah - the palce was freezing cold - supposedly so the WSOP could sell more jackets. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[whymelord]

Well I wouldn't call it a trip report but I was there Thur, Fri, Sat.

Attendance was down from last year. Not sure if it was the Labor Day weekend or the WPT competition in Biloxi or what.

Played the $330 event on Thursday. 401 entries. 1st place 35K. Only paid $589 to 3rd table where I got knocked out. Last year it had 556 entries and paid $720 to the 5th table (I remember cause that is where I busted last year). So it appears the payout structure was steeper. This one started with $3000 chips, 40 min level and the 25/50 starting blinds so not sure what the confusion was on the Tuesday $330.

The $550 event I played in on Sat only had like 250 entries, $2000 starting chips, 50 minute levels, started at 25/25. I only recognized one "pro". Busted out of the $ around 70th.

Dealers were defiantly better this year than last. But again attendance seemed to be way down. I hope they come back next year.

[MicroBob]

racers - it was freezing in there during their first WSOPC event a couple trs ago. Not exactly sure why they do this.
It isn't like that all the time I don't think.
It might just be that the section where they hold the event is colder for some reason. Vents are stronger there or whatever.

I usually like to have the A/C cranked up so if even my hands are shaking just trying to handle the chips then you KNOW it's really freaking cold.

[RacersEdge]

Any way to find out if any big names will be in this ME?

[MicroBob]

Probably some of the same cast that played in the main-event at WPT-Biloxi I guess.
Probably not many of the biggest of the big names though as I assume many of those players will be at the WSOP-Europe which runs from Sept 6-16.

Some that were at WPT-Biloxi who might be hiking up the road to Tunica for the WSOP-C main-event there include:
Bill Gazes, Shannon Shorr, TJ Cloutier, Nam Le, Vanessa Rousso, Bernard Lee, Capt Tom Franklin, Mark Seif, JC Tran, Haralabos who were all mentioned on the update page on pokerpages.com

http://news.pokerpages.com/index.php?option=com_simpleblog&task=view&id=2558

Even some of those players might opt to head up to the WPT-Borgata events instead.