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

[CincyLady]

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Are the poker rooms non-smoking in CO?

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Yes and no.

You can't not smoke at the table, but for right now, you can smoke in the (slot machine) gaming areas, and for The Golden Gates Casino, that area is only a few steps away from the poker tables.

I say for right now, because there is a law that recently passed that will extend the no smoking in Public places (IE: Resturants and Bars and such) to the Casinos as of January 1st, 2008.

[CincyLady]

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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've only lived here a year and a half now (in the Denver area), but last year it snowed for the first time the end of September, first part of October.

Since Deadwood is further north, I would assume that it would be about the same thing.

[CincyLady]

BTW, as currently the only way to get into the Main Event (and thus the money/prize pool) is via a qualifier satallite, I will also say that I'm very used to this concept of the Qualifier satallite to get into a Main Event, as they did this all the time in Ohio when I lived there at the Reeses Charity events in Dayton, Ohio (which is about 50 miles north of Cincinnati where I lived).

I'm also thinking as well, that it might be that if you win multiple seats, and seats they just might be transferable, then you can play in the qualifier, win multiple seats, sell any extra seats to someone else, which might be a round about way someone else can buy directly in (by buying the ME seat from another person who won it).

It would also allow for someone who wants to make some money (by selling seats into the HPT ME) to do so in this mannor.


I'm not for sure about that aspect, though, but that is how they did it in Ohio, and in this event listed here below, that they are currently running in another city/state/location, they say the seats are transferable for that event:

http://www.newsite.heartlandpokertou...007&eid=10

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Late registrations into Flight A will be allowed until the end of the second level.
Win as many seats into the main event as you wish. They are transferable.
Please review Rules tab for more detailed information on Seat transfers.
If you advance into day 2 of the main event, these seats are NOT transferable and must be played by the person that advanced from day 1.
Each individual player will only be allowed to play one flight. (ie: If you bust out of flight “A”, you can not buy into flight “B” even if there are seats available)
Please review structure link for more detailed information.


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I will also point out that playing in such an (satallite) event, is a whole different animal.

The goal towards the end isn't to win the event, but to simply qualify.

Thus if you have a lot of chips, or even a lot more than most of the short stacks, when it's getting close to the bubble people, the best way to win your seat, is to not even LOOK at your cards, but to fold them, sight unseen, since there is no cash involved and everyone who qualifies will win the same prize, a seat into the main event.

I learned this the HARD way when there were 30 seats in an Charity event in Ohio, a bunch of ppl with a ton less chips than me, I look at my cards in the small blind after the Button (the chip leader) raised (he was making a button move), and I looked down and saw pocket aces. Button had 7 duce o/s, and had raised it to 5k, when I went all in, it was only 7k more to him, he called and the flop was 7, 7, duce. I got no help on the turn or river, and I was the bubble girl out in 31st place with no seat. The Main Event BTW, for this qualifier I played in, was where the GP was 10k.

I don't know a player alive that will fold pocket aces before the flop, and that includes me, so I learned that day, that it's best just not to look, if you have enough to last the blinds and antes for 5 or more rounds when it gets close.

Also, last but not least, the tournaments they run locally here in the casinos, they don't do antes, but I'm pretty sure this one will.

As a result, I think the field will be even softer, because the majority of the locals won't know how to play with Antes involved.

[RR]

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This seems odd:

http://www.newsite.heartlandpokertou...007&eid=31
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This event will feature several $300+40 qualifiers throughout the week.
Due to Colorado gaming law, there will be NO direct buy in option to the Main event. You must qualify to play the Main event.

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I'm unfamiliar with the law around poker tournaments and the $5 limit (my only live CO tournament experience are the 55+5s at Golden Gates), but I'm not sure how a 300+40 is okay but a 1500+200 or so isn't.

Has HPT done other satellites-only tournaments elsewhere?

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The max you can buy into a poker tournament in CO is $500

[RR]

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That's not to say you can't come and take advantage of the Tourney's at the Gilpin (they run really good NL events as well), but unless you are really really good at low limit, they'll pretty much kick your buns here.

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These are the best tournaments in Colorado. The dealer's choice game there is very good also (but it is a $5 limit).

[sopoRific]

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The max you can buy into a poker tournament in CO is $500

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Ah. It all makes sense now. 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.

[RR]

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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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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.

[Ultra Violet]

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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.

[RR]

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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.