Gulf Coast Poker Championship (WPT)

[Captain Freedom]

Johnny,

You are the best man.

Saw you mention that ME structure is similar to Bellagio 4 day WPT event. Can you give an example? 5 diamond, Bellagio Cup, etc are more than 4 days. I couldn't find a recent example to use.

Do you mind posting the structure here and the anticipated levels played for each day (for example. for a field of 250-300 people - first day is 5 levels, 2nd day is expected to be 6 levels down to 27 players, 3rd day is down to final 6, 4th is final table). Would really appreciate that.

see you there!

[KennyB]

Talked to a buddy of mine at the Beau. They have 800 playing in the first event today.

[TobyG]

There were 758 according to the board. Top 72 places will get paid. 11 handed for the first level or two wasn't as bad as I'd have thought. I managed to outlast only ~450 ish of them. Time to go back downstairs and see if I can get money back in the live games.

[JohnnyGroomsTD]

Hey guys,
Another 16 hour marathon in the books. 758 on day 1, with everything going pretty smooth. 11 handed was aggravating, but we did it, and moved on. 260 for $200 second chance, and a lot of singles and cash games. Overall, I'm very satisfied with the start of the vent, and look forward to a big weekend.

Captain freedom
heres the blind strucutre. I think we add an early level, and omit a 5k 10k level late, but everything else is the same. We estimate 250-300 for the event. It starts at 2PM Sept 6th. We play 6 levels. with breaks, thats 10 hours, plus a 1 hour dinner. around 1 am we will bag chips.

Day 2 we play down to 36
Day 3 down to 6
End day 4

20 k starting chips,
90 minutes levels
$100 / $200

3$100 / $200$25

4$200 / $400$50

5$300 / $600$75

6$400 / $800$100

7$500 / $1,000$100

8$600 / $1,200$200

9$800 / $1,600$200

10$1,000 / $2,000$300

11$1,500 / $3,000$400

12$2,000 / $4,000$500

13$3,000 / $6,000$500

14$4,000 / $8,000$1,000

15$5,000 / $10,000$1,000

16$6,000 / $12,000$2,000

17$8,000 / $16,000$2,000

18$10,000 / $20,000$3,000

19$12,000 / $24,000$3,000

20$15,000 / $30,000$4,000

21$20,000 / $40,000$5,000

22$30,000 / $60,000$5,000

23$40,000 / $80,000$10,000

24$60,000 / $120,000$15,000

25$80,000 / $160,000

[binions]

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Hey guys,
Another 16 hour marathon in the books. 758 on day 1, with everything going pretty smooth. 11 handed was aggravating, but we did it, and moved on. 260 for $200 second chance, and a lot of singles and cash games. Overall, I'm very satisfied with the start of the vent, and look forward to a big weekend.

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Looks good. The weekend events should be larger. Wife and I are flying in tomorrow. See ya then.

[Pooojo33]

What time did the Second Chance end at?
Be there Saturday night. Expect more or less entries in the 2nd chance?
How long did it take to get to the FT?
What did the stack sizes look like?

[jlmcrna]

What is the payout structure for the prelim. events such as the $500 event Sunday?

[Eihli]

If anyone wants some Ms Pacman competition while here, I'll be wearing a red shirt with black sunglasses hanging from my shirt pocket.

[MelloAceCV]

How are the cash games? Pretty busy? Is there a long wait to get into a game? I'm heading down from Atlanta Sat morning, with the intent to play some cash games and the second chances on Sat and Sun. Did they open up a temp cash room, or are the only tables in their main poker room?

Thanks

[Eihli]

They have cash games running in the tourney room. Not much of a wait if you are willing to play any game. You might have a wait if you are looking for a game they only have one table of like 25/50 nl or something