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Heheheheh. Yeah, I agree. Bad example. But, I do like the Gilpin for tourneys. For me, it's definitely worth the extra few bucks.

I would probaly also mention to plan ahead and arrive early - sometimes they sell out faster than you'd expect. I wound up playing the 9er that night because the 7pm was huge and sold out before I got there. That's never happened to me before.

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Heheheheh. Yeah, I agree. Bad example. But, I do like the Gilpin for tourneys. For me, it's definitely worth the extra few bucks.

I would probaly also mention to plan ahead and arrive early - sometimes they sell out faster than you'd expect. I wound up playing the 9er that night because the 7pm was huge and sold out before I got there. That's never happened to me before.

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See my edit in the post above. The wed 7pm always sless out at 80 before 6pm.

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http://www.pokertournamentformula.co...ournaments.htm

here is a list of tournys in colorado that compares the blind structures

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Yeah, I usually get up there a lot earlier and hang out in a cash game, but last week I cut it too close. Darn day jobs!

The Sunday night $100 tourney is my favorite. I like the ratio of starting chips to blinds and people are more serious, but not too serious.

My vote would be for thirty-minute rounds, but I can see how that format would tie up more tables and dealers. In later rounds, when people take longer to make decisions the twenty-minute rounds can be a killer. Most of the dealers keep things moving along, but some hands just seem to take forever when the clock is ticking and the blinds are going to make a big jump.

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http://www.pokertournamentformula.co...ournaments.htm

here is a list of tournys in colorado that compares the blind structures

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The best tournament in Colorado I don't see listed. It is the Sunday 2PM tournament at Colorado Central Station.

It is a $100 + $15 tournament with two rebuys at $100 each. The initial buy-in gives you 2,000 tournament chips. If you re-buy at the end of the second level, you will get 3,000 chips for each rebuy. Blinds start at 25/50 and rounds are 30 minutes long. So if you hold on to your starting stack of 2,000 and do the re-buys at the optimal time, you will have 8,000 chips going into the 3rd level which is 75/150. If you re-buy during the first or second level, you only get 2,000 chips instead of 3,000 chips.

Most tournaments in CO suck but this one is not bad; it usually lasts about 7-8 hours and has 66-80 participants.

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I will definately be at Golden Gates for this.Live in Denver at the moment,so looking forward to giving the HPT as shot.

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http://www.pokertournamentformula.co...ournaments.htm

here is a list of tournys in colorado that compares the blind structures

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The best tournament in Colorado I don't see listed. It is the Sunday 2PM tournament at Colorado Central Station.

It is a $100 + $15 tournament with two rebuys at $100 each. The initial buy-in gives you 2,000 tournament chips. If you re-buy at the end of the second level, you will get 3,000 chips for each rebuy. Blinds start at 25/50 and rounds are 30 minutes long. So if you hold on to your starting stack of 2,000 and do the re-buys at the optimal time, you will have 8,000 chips going into the 3rd level which is 75/150. If you re-buy during the first or second level, you only get 2,000 chips instead of 3,000 chips.

Most tournaments in CO suck but this one is not bad; it usually lasts about 7-8 hours and has 66-80 participants.

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You think that is better than the 300 at 3pm on Sundays at the Gilpin? It is $100 with 2 $100 rebuys. For each $100 buy in you get $3k in chips, but you get $6k bonus chips if you take both rebuys up front to start with 15k in chips. The blind levels are 30 minutes each starting at 25-50.

edit to add: If you really think that one is better please let me know what makes it better to you.

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My vote would be for thirty-minute rounds, but I can see how that format would tie up more tables and dealers. In later rounds, when people take longer to make decisions the twenty-minute rounds can be a killer. Most of the dealers keep things moving along, but some hands just seem to take forever when the clock is ticking and the blinds are going to make a big jump.

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The 300 on Sundays has 30 minute levels. I don't think 30 minute levels are practical in a smaller buy-in event. The other problem in Colorado is these things have to end by closing time.

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http://www.pokertournamentformula.co...ournaments.htm

here is a list of tournys in colorado that compares the blind structures

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The best tournament in Colorado I don't see listed. It is the Sunday 2PM tournament at Colorado Central Station.

It is a $100 + $15 tournament with two rebuys at $100 each. The initial buy-in gives you 2,000 tournament chips. If you re-buy at the end of the second level, you will get 3,000 chips for each rebuy. Blinds start at 25/50 and rounds are 30 minutes long. So if you hold on to your starting stack of 2,000 and do the re-buys at the optimal time, you will have 8,000 chips going into the 3rd level which is 75/150. If you re-buy during the first or second level, you only get 2,000 chips instead of 3,000 chips.

Most tournaments in CO suck but this one is not bad; it usually lasts about 7-8 hours and has 66-80 participants.

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You think that is better than the 300 at 3pm on Sundays at the Gilpin? It is $100 with 2 $100 rebuys. For each $100 buy in you get $3k in chips, but you get $6k bonus chips if you take both rebuys up front to start with 15k in chips. The blind levels are 30 minutes each starting at 25-50.

edit to add: If you really think that one is better please let me know what makes it better to you.


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I haven't played the Gilpin so I can't really comment on their Sunday 300. I saw a tournament sheet on Gilpin tournaments about a year ago and I was turned off by the extremely high vig - if I recall, they were charging $15 vig on buy-ins as low as $50. Perhaps they have changed this??

Is the Gilpin 300 structure and vig posted somewhere? Too lazy to look at the moment.

thanks

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I like the Gilpin. They have some great $100 tournaments. Some of the lower buy-ins can get a little crazy.

Their vig is a little steep, though. For a $100 tourney, $10 goes to the house and $1 to the bad beat jack pot, so only $89 of each entry goes in the prize pool. Plus, none of the house rake goes to the dealers, so you have to factor your tip in on top of that.

Other casinos do have tourneys with a lower vig, but for me, it's worth paying a little extra for the Gilpin. It's a nice room with comfortable seating and most of the dealers are pretty decent. A few lame newbies, but you get that almost anywhere up there.

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Ah yes, but they are the ONLY Casino I know of that have a bad beat jackpot for TOURNAMENTS (aces full of Kings need to be beat to activate the Jackpot, and the hand has to be played all the way through to showdown).