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

[CincyLady]

Found this on their website here (I think some of the locations have yet to be confirmed, as this was their carpool link on their website):

http://www.newsite.heartlandpokertour.net/carpool.php

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Grand Series at Grand Casino Mille Lacs (Aug 20, 2007 - Aug 27, 2007)


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Northern Lights Casino (Sep 12, 2007 - Sep 16, 2007)


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Golden Gates Casino (Oct 8, 2007 - Oct 14, 2007)


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Lucky Nugget Card Club (Oct 15, 2007 - Oct 21, 2007)


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Casino Del Sol (Nov 11, 2007 - Nov 18, 2007)


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The HPT Championship Open at Majestic Star (Dec 1, 2007 - Dec 9, 2007)



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Add to this their confirmed schedule here:

http://www.newsite.heartlandpokertour.net/events.php

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Upcoming Heartland Poker Tour Events - 2007
Grand Series at Grand Casino Mille Lacs
08-20-2007 - 08-27-2007
Join us in the Heart of Minnesota Lakes country!

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Northern Lights Casino
09-12-2007 - 09-16-2007
Join the HPT in Walker, Minnesota. You could win $150 in our Bounty Tourney on the 13th!

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Golden Gates Casino
10-08-2007 - 10-14-2007
Colorado, we heard you loud and clear! We are coming!

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Lucky Nugget Card Club
10-15-2007 - 10-21-2007
The HPT returns to Deadwood and the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota.

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Meskwaki Casino
10-31-2007 - 11-03-2007
The HPT heads back to the state of Iowa for a big fall event.

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Casino Del Sol
11-11-2007 - 11-18-2007
Details to Follow / Event is Subject to Change

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The HPT Championship Open at Majestic Star
12-01-2007 - 12-09-2007
This is an OPEN registration event and will feature all 2007 HPT Champions



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The Golden Gates Casino BTW, is in Blackhawk, Colorado, about 40 miles from Denver. I don't think this one has been confirmed yet, but I sure hope it is, because I for one would love to play in such an event.

Has anyone ever played in an HPT event, and if so, what is normally the field like (soft, experience, or otherwise)??

Does anyone plan on attending any of the above events if they come off?

[Grasshopp3r]

It is wonderful that they are coming to Colorado. They picked the start of hunting season, though.

From what I have heard, the fields are incredibly soft. I may go to the Colordao event, but the limit is $5 for poker, so don't count on any side cash games. Perhaps I can host some cash games in Denver if there is demand.

[sopoRific]

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?

[Grasshopp3r]

Who knows what the gaming law is in Colorado as it is a crazy mess. There are larger buy ins, up to $450, that I have seen.

[CincyLady]

Yeah it can be weird here. The first hand of every no limit Tournament is played as limit to get around the gaming laws here, so that no one goes bust on the first hand and loses their entire bet. After the first hand though, it's back to NL for the rest of the event.

Grasshopper,

If you come, I suggest you check out these sites:

http://thegilpincasino.com/index.php...amp;Itemid=227

and

http://www.ameristar.com/blackhawk/bh_ca_tablegames.asp


The Gilpin offers tournaments 4 times a day, so that might be one way to make some money.

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

If you are a low limit specialist, you'll love our 'bingo' poker here (called that because the players here play just about any two cards in the hopes they'll 'bingo' on the river), because the top game that's spread, is 5/5 Limit, Dealers choice.

As for Hunting season, the people here are so hungry for a chance to be on TV, I think it'll hardly make a dent here, as most will flock to Blackhawk from the Denver area where the Bar Tours (the Denver Poker Tour and the Amature Poker Tour) are quite popular here.

[idrinkcoors]

Yes!! I'm going to play Golden Gates. Hope they go through with this.

[zaxx19]

Majestic Star is my home casino...my boy got like fifth in the tourney kid is an awesome player...I swear we have the hardest 2-5 lineup on earth out there...like 5 guys who have been playng poker 30+ years, and 3 guys like me or this kid who can comfortably play 5-10 and crush it in Vegas...and like 1 or 2 fish...

Makes it less odd that I barely play live anymore.

[CincyLady]

For those of you who might be coming to the Golden Gates event from outside the area, there are only 2 hotels that I know of in Blackhawk (well actually 3, as one of them is linked with the Isle of Capris).

This because the Gates Casino's (there are 3 of them) do not have a hotel, not even one between them.

Those are the Lodge Casino which is right across the street from The Golden Gates (that casino only has 50 rooms, so it fills up fast):

http://www.thelodgecasino.com/

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Accomodations
Stay the Night

The Lodge Casino at Black Hawk offers 50 newly remodeled, comfortable rooms available for your enjoyment. All of our guest rooms are located on the 3rd floor with lovely Colorado mountain views. Plan your getaway today!

For rates and reservations, please call 303-582-6500.

Check-in time: 3:00 pm
Check-out time: 11:00 am

Sorry, we have a few restrictions:


No one under 21
No pets
No senior or military discounts



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and The Isle of Capris:

http://www.isleofcapricasinos.com/Black_Hawk/hotel.php

Which you can book online (they have a lot more rooms)

There is also the Colorado Central Station Casino Hotel, which is part of the Isle of Capris Casinos as well, that has a small hotel as well.

http://www.coloradocentralstation.com/

The rooms are a tad on the pricy side (for all 3 hotels), because they know that they don't have much in the way of competition.

For both the Isle and Colorado Station hotels, you can also call 1-800-THE-ISLE for more information.

BTW, it looks like it is going to happen, the only thing that could stop it now, is if the Colorado Gaming commision fudges it up or something.

I am also thinking that perhaps the reason why you can't buy in direct, is that (mabye) they (the HPT) want for the Main event to run as a No Limit from the get go, and they can't do that if it's a direct buy in (due to Colorado gaming laws).

It that's is it's only sticking point, I say they should allow that first hand to be limit, and then switch to NL (like they do for all tourneys here in Colorado that are played for money in Casinos) for the rest so ppl could buy directly in if they so choose to.

I also highly recommend that if you are coming for the cash games, that unless you are a low limit specialist in the game of "No Fold 'em hold 'em" then you might as well not come, because that's how they play up there (any two cards to the river).

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.

[52s]

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.

[BigBuffet]

Are the poker rooms non-smoking in CO?