USPC Taj Main Event - Is Anyone Playing?

[snagglepuss]

admo,

under/over line on number of entries?

[shaniac]

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admo,

under/over line on number of entries?

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My o/u was, like, 81, before I heard what Stephen said Maria said.

Edit: And to aanswer OP, I'd say any field size is worth playing, really.

Also, are they going to adjust the schedule based on the number of entrants?

[stephenNUTS]

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admo,

under/over line on number of entries?

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My o/u was, like, 81, before I heard what Stephen said Marcia said.

Edit: And to aanswer OP, I'd say any field size is worth playing, really.

Also, are they going to adjust the schedule based on the number of entrants?

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Hey Shane,

I havnt been to the TAJ for any of the pre-lims,but I know they ran a ton of SAT's today,and she couldnt give me a specific # of entrants.

A guess of at LEAST 125+ IMO if they got word out down there about the TV coverage ASAP...which would be a two table pay out which aint so bad [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Kinda' silly The Donald waits till the 11th hour to make a deal that was paramount to the already dismal turnouts in the past as it was!

You gonna' be in town to play?

~stephen

[FatalError]

i would have played this event if i was given maybe 3 days notice, buy this is ridiculous

tstone just got back to vegas and seemingly won't be defending his FT finish or redeam himself at real money monopoly

[stephenNUTS]

If anyone wants to see the M/E structure,here is the updated version:

Texas Hold'em (No Limit) Championship Event
Schedule of Play Level Ante Blinds
1st - $25-$50
2nd - $50-$100
3rd - $100-$200
4th $25 $100-$200
5th $50 $150-$300
6th $75 $200-$400
7th $100 $300-$600
8th $100 $400-$800
9th $200 $600-$1,200
10th $200 $800-$1,600
11th $300 $1,000-$2,000
12th $500 $1,500-$3,000
13th $500 $2,000-$4,000
14th $1,000 $3,000-$6,000
15th $1,000 $4,000-$8,000
16th $2,000 $6,000-$12,000
17th $2,000 $8,000-$16,000
18th $3,000 $10,000-$20,000
19th $5,000 $15,000-$30,000
20th $5,000 $20,000-$40,000
21st $10,000 $30,000-$60,000
22nd $10,000 $40,000-$80,000
23rd $20,000 $60,000-$120,000



Blinds will be raised at sheduled intervals until completion of the tournament.

Seating assignments for any additional days will be drawn at the conclusion of the current day.

Additional days- play will continue until the final nine (9) players.

FINAL DAY- PLAY RESUMES WITH NINE (9) PLAYERS.

1ST DAY 5 LEVELS ,DINNER BREAK AFTER LEVEL 2
2ND DAY 6 LEVELS,DINNER BREAK AFTER LEVEL 8
90 MIN/LEVEL 30K STARTING CHIPS

[shaniac]

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got word out down there about the TV coverage ASAP...which would be a two table pay out which aint so bad [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Kinda' silly The Donald waits till the 11th hour to make a deal that was paramount to the already dismal turnouts in the past as it was!

You gonna' be in town to play?

~stephen

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So they did make a deal for tv coverage? Was that mentioned somewhere in the thread?

[stephenNUTS]

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got word out down there about the TV coverage ASAP...which would be a two table pay out which aint so bad [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Kinda' silly The Donald waits till the 11th hour to make a deal that was paramount to the already dismal turnouts in the past as it was!

You gonna' be in town to play?

~stephen

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So they did make a deal for tv coverage? Was that mentioned somewhere in the thread?

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Rivr Media is producing/filming the show as I said.The TV deal is in the works at this time,and will be finalized soon.

They actually told me CBS is interesed as well. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Maybe some PAD competition?

SF

[TStoneMBD]

i called taj on multiple occassions within the past couple days and got the same exact response from 2 different staff members. they said that a film crew from california will be filming the event, but they will only be filming the final table. they have no tv contract but they expect a small network on nationally covered extended cable to pick up the tournament.

i decided that this was not enough tv promise to make traveling to the east coast worth it for me so i wont be playing. i also assume that because no tv deal has been finalized that getting poker site sponsoring at tv tables would be especially difficult, which was a further deterrent. i would be extremely pissed off if they ended up filming day 1-5 like they did last year and a non-espn network dedicated 12 hours of tv for this event. im assuming that the taj wouldnt give me misinformation like that, but then again i know better.

[stephenNUTS]

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i called taj on multiple occassions within the past couple days and got the same exact response from 2 different staff members. they said that a film crew from california will be filming the event, but they will only be filming the final table. they have no tv contract but they expect a small network on nationally covered extended cable to pick up the tournament.

i decided that this was not enough tv promise to make traveling to the east coast worth it for me so i wont be playing. i also assume that because no tv deal has been finalized that getting poker site sponsoring at tv tables would be especially difficult, which was a further deterrent. i would be extremely pissed off if they ended up filming day 1-5 like they did last year and a non-espn network dedicated 12 hours of tv for this event. im assuming that the taj wouldnt give me misinformation like that, but then again i know better.

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You got more TV time the last few years at the USPC,due to the fact they filmed the ENTIRE event from start to finish compared to any WPT event(which final tables 6 players only)or WSOP Events as well as any WSOP Circuit events that were televised?

With the basically small USPC fields ,any final tablist got more airtime over 12 episodes ,than any WSOP M/E champion did in recent years

So whats the diff. if ESPN,GSN,or as I was told maybe CBS airs the entire event?

As far as sponsership,that was dead at the USPC last year after the UGIEA was passed just prior anyways

[MrTimCaum]

nothing like zero notice on the TV coverage. if i could have gotten an extra 48 hours or so i would have made the trip to play. way to go Taj.