[CincyLady]

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What's the word on the SnGs? are they soft? weekend play softer than weekday? buy straight into the 340 qualifier?

anyone qualified yet?

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It depends. If you are good at Sit and goes, with fast rising blinds and lower chip starting stacks, then by all means buy into the lower amounts. If you do better with a larger starting stack, and slower blinds, I'd recommend you buy directly into the $340 qualifiers.

For me, I do better in the latter, but I did go up there on Monday Night, and the place was packed.

I had some friends up there as well, who are much better at sit and goes than I am, and are much better at blackhawk (style) of poker, than I am.

They tried both the $40 and $75 sit and goes, and said the $75 was much better, because the players didn't get crazy like they did in the $40 ones.

With the $40 ones (which awards 1 seat), you also only have a 1 in 10 chance of winning, but with the $75 ones (which awards 2 seats), you have a 1 in 5 chance of winning a seat.

You also get more chips in the $75 one, and you save 5 bucks over 2 $40 events.

I found that you can also be a tad more patient in the $75 ones (I tried just one $40 one) over the $40 ones.

As for me, I did okay in the 1st $75 (but still didn't win a seat, finished like 4th or 5th), but for the 2nd one I tried, Donkella showed up instead (not good for me). The $40 one I tried, was an all in fest (by the others at my table) from the get go, and I didn't do well at all in that one because of that.

Overall, being as this is the first time they are running this type of event, I was impressed by the staff of the room, as they seemed to be doing a good job of running the sit and goes.

Average wait for the $75 ones was about 20 to 30 min with the $40 ones, the average wait could be an hour or more.

As for me, any further ones, I plan on buying directly into the $340 Qualifiers.

I've budgeted up to 5 of them (which is a tad more than if I had to buy directly in eleshwere), and if I win more than one seat into the ME, I will sell it since the seats are transferable.

BTW, I was told when I asked, that they tried to add a 3rd flight for the ME, but that the Colorado Gaming commission turned them down, as being too short notice.

As a result, the ME will be 11 handed per table, with 14 tables, and with 2 flights, that will only allow for a total of 308 players (154 each flight) for the ME, because the demand right now, is looking like it's going to be intense for the ME.

The way it looks now, the qualifiers will indeed sell out quickly, so it might behoove you to buy directly into the qualifiers as soon as you can (I already have done so, for at least one of them, on Monday, October 8th, at 6:30 pm).

First $340 Qualifier will be on Sunday, October 7th, at 6:30 pm.

Edit: BTW, I was able to meet one Two Plus Two'r up there on Monday, TDP (nice talking and meeting with you TDP), and man was he stoked for this event to be sure. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]