Mini Series of Poker At the Bike
 

I have been interested in this tournament for a while now because I do not have a big enough roll for the actually WSOP but the Mini series seems awesome with the smaller buy-ins. Can any give me any info like how the tournaments are? Are they good tournaments or just a waste of time? Also the room must be packed with people so the cash games must be full of action

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Do it (you plan ahead don't you) [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I played in the Stud H/L event this year and it was great IMO. It was run well and there was a good turnout for Stud H/L. The only drawback was that it was during a heat spell and the AC was barely working.

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I have been interested in this tournament for a while now because I do not have a big enough roll for the actually WSOP but the Mini series seems awesome with the smaller buy-ins. Can any give me any info like how the tournaments are? Are they good tournaments or just a waste of time? Also the room must be packed with people so the cash games must be full of action

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The Bike holds a lot of two to four week tournaments with moderate buy-ins, check
this page from their web site for info. They are generally well run and attended and help the action on the floor.

~ Rick

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To get more specific, when they are running their tournaments, how long are the levels and do you start with a good amount of chips? I am just looking for anyone who has played in their events and hope to learn some insight. It is so far away, but for the past two years I have wanted to play in it.

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Take a look at the page Rick linked above and you will see when they are running their tourneys. The ones' in the $100 - $500 buy in levels are not deep stacked and fairly quickly they become 50/50 props.

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And then realize that you're getting a better deal than their daily tourneaments. (30+10?!)

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Those daily tourneys (they are held at 12:15) are just donkaments and the people that play them understand that. You're just killing a few hours and hoping to get lucky and in the money. By the time you are down to 4 tables it's an all in fest.

I've done OK at some of the larger special tourneys there but they are still chancy propositions fairly soon after the first break. I realized that I could be making a lot more money playing the ring games.