Heartland Poker Tour Upcoming Events & they're coming 2 Denver area 2!

[CincyLady]

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The higher vig is because the tournaments take a long time to play (you get more chips, longer levels etc). If there was a demand for a lower vig shorter tournament I am pretty sure it would be spread.

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That's a good point, but I probably used a bad example. That was for a 9pm tourney last Wednesday that only had fifteen minute blinds. They only allow so many rounds before they cut it off (eight maybe?) and award first place to the person with the most chips. Doh! I didn't realize it was a turbo format, but it worked out okay. If I remember right, the starting chip amount was $9,000.

I will have to check and see if the breakdown is the same for the 7pm Sunday night one. It usually has 4-8 tables and 20-minute rounds.

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The niner is a bad example. It is a speed tournament. It starts at 9 you get 9k in chips and play for 9 levels.

edit: For full disclosure I do have some input into the Gilpin structures and would be interested in hearing if people are interested in different structures.


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RR, I for one would LOVE to see some events where we have longer blinds raise, and where you add in Antes into the mix.

You'll get the same results time wise (or at least it should) in regards to how long the events last, and it will give the locals practice on how to play with Antes.

Also, for the Record, I think the Gilpin has the best Tournaments in the Area, and I had suggested a number of times that you guys try to pull in the HPT, but was told they would never come to the Area, because the Gilpin felt that the HPT would think we were to small fry for them to come.

So, I guess the Golden Gates must of been more willing to take the chance.

I do love all the events you guys run, they are awsome, and not to run down the Golden Gates, but I wish you guys had been the ones to get the HPT there.

[CincyLady]

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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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The reason that the 7pm is sold out, is because they (the Gilpin) are currently running their Fan Radio Promo, which they are now running on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursdays.

Top 10 percent advance to another event the End of August, and the winner of that one wins a seat to the WPT event in December.

You really have to get there NLT 5:30pm (when they open up the 7pm for selling seats) standing in line when it opens, in order to get your seat when the Gilpin is running their Fan promo:

http://thegilpincasino.com/index.php...amp;Itemid=228

The Promo:

http://thegilpincasino.com/index.php...2&Itemid=0

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They are quite generous with your starting chippies too.

If I remember correctly the 60 buck event you get 6k in chips, and the 80 buck event you get 8k in chips (not so sure on the last one though, but you do get at least 6k in starting chips).

Link to their schedule here:

http://thegilpincasino.com/images/pd...hure8.5x11.pdf

which tells what tournaments that the Gilpin runs.

Be aware as well, that The Golden Gates also run events as well (though I've never played there before).

[RR]

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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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www.gilpinpoker.com The vig might be a little higher, but they are willing to go out and get the best floorstaff around.

[BigAlK]

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When does it usually start snowing in the Rockies/Utah/Wyoming?

I've been pining to go back to Deadwood and that HPT stop looks like a good time, but the drive from Vegas (I'm a sicko) looks like it'd be rife with problems.

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I'm a sicko too (drove from Minneapolis to South-East Idaho every two weeks for seven months - October to June). While it is possible to get snow in mountainous areas in all but the 3 or 4 hottest months of the year the risk of bigger storms in the areas you'd be driving through would be relatively low in mid-October, but no impossible. Do you have any experience driving in snow? If so, you're probably okay. I'm giving serious consideration to playing the Colorado event and if I do I'll probably drive. Potential weather will be low on my list of considerations although it will be a consideration. But like I said, I'm a sicko too. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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The Denver area had some decent snow right around the first or second week of October in both 2005 and 2006. It usually melts within a day or two, but the day we get dumped on can be a little hairy.

But, like everyone says in Colorado, "If you don't like the weather, just wait a day." If the weather does turn snowy, I think the most it would delay you is a few hours or maybe one day.

The Central City Parkway is an awesome altrnate route, but as I discovered last April or May, not so much in a white out! [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[52s]

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When does it usually start snowing in the Rockies/Utah/Wyoming?

I've been pining to go back to Deadwood and that HPT stop looks like a good time, but the drive from Vegas (I'm a sicko) looks like it'd be rife with problems.

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I'm a sicko too (drove from Minneapolis to South-East Idaho every two weeks for seven months - October to June). While it is possible to get snow in mountainous areas in all but the 3 or 4 hottest months of the year the risk of bigger storms in the areas you'd be driving through would be relatively low in mid-October, but no impossible. Do you have any experience driving in snow? If so, you're probably okay. I'm giving serious consideration to playing the Colorado event and if I do I'll probably drive. Potential weather will be low on my list of considerations although it will be a consideration. But like I said, I'm a sicko too. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I grew up in the Northeast. Driving during snowstorms is nothing new.

I just don't want to have to bother with it if I do get the chance to go, especially since I'd be taking a different (new) route than the one I took to get from Deadwood to Vegas.

Then, I went from the Black Hills down back-road-highways to 25 to get to Cheyenne then went around Denver through Colorado to Utah and Nevada (and hated it, the Colorado air pressure damn near killed me).

Now, I'd be going up to Salt Lake City, from there heading east then north to Casper, then take 25 and 90 to Deadwood. Basically, the route mapquest gives if you do a straight "Las Vegas, NV" to "Deadwood, SD" search.

[BigAlK]

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I grew up in the Northeast. Driving during snowstorms is nothing new.

I just don't want to have to bother with it if I do get the chance to go, especially since I'd be taking a different (new) route than the one I took to get from Deadwood to Vegas.

Then, I went from the Black Hills down back-road-highways to 25 to get to Cheyenne then went around Denver through Colorado to Utah and Nevada (and hated it, the Colorado air pressure damn near killed me).

Now, I'd be going up to Salt Lake City, from there heading east then north to Casper, then take 25 and 90 to Deadwood. Basically, the route mapquest gives if you do a straight "Las Vegas, NV" to "Deadwood, SD" search.

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Like I said, snow is almost always a possibility. A few years ago was traveling through Wyoming the first week in June and I-80 was closed between Laramie and Cheyene due to snow. But mid-October the risk of anything significant is low. Since your route is on interstate except for Rawlins to Casper (and that is a major highway in the area) even if there is snow it should get cleared quickly.

[Ultra Violet]

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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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Thanks for the cool link. I'd still advise people to check with each casino on the schedule before heading up, though. (Fortune Valley does not have a Friday night tourney, but I think they have a Thursday night one.)

I checked out Golden Gates last night and played in the 7pm Friday. There were 5 tables, but the fifteen-minute rounds are kind of a killer.

The room is okay, but there is a smoking area right next to several of the tables. (Cough, couch.) I think it wil be fine for the HPT, but I think I will wait to go back there until after the smoking ban takes effect on January 1.

[CincyLady]

Personally, I like the Gilpin the best when it comes to playing poker in Blackhawk.

[kenny7]

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Personally, I like the Gilpin the best when it comes to playing poker in Blackhawk.

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Agree