Arizona State Poker Championship - Satellites are running - Page 5

Howard Beale · #41 07-22-2007, 12:23 PM

Popped back in to mention:

Casino Arizona should get some props for running this tourney. It is going to cost them a lot of money and that makes it a very nice promotion. The entries are $1,050.00 limited to 450 w/ a prize pool of $500,000 so $50,000 is going to be added. That $50,000 is almost certainly coming out of the jackpot funded promotion money but CAZ is only getting $22,500 from the $50 fee. They 'make' $5/sat (110 each player. $1,050 ticket and $45 to the dealer). They are going to have to devote the entire poker room to the tourney. That means they've got to break all games by ~8am and won't be able to start live games until tables break. True, it's a Saturday morning but they're still losing all the rake/time charges from the games that would normally be going for quite a few hours (and pay the dealers and staff). Whatever that comes out to has got to be way more than the $22,500.

So, tyvm, CAZ!

Phntm · #42 07-22-2007, 01:10 PM

How is the structure? What are starting chips? Is it too late to satellite (i know they have been going non stop and it is a capped number of runners)?

Nate. · #43 07-22-2007, 01:17 PM

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Popped back in to mention:

Casino Arizona should get some props for running this tourney. It is going to cost them a lot of money and that makes it a very nice promotion. The entries are $1,050.00 limited to 450 w/ a prize pool of $500,000 so $50,000 is going to be added. That $50,000 is almost certainly coming out of the jackpot funded promotion money but CAZ is only getting $22,500 from the $50 fee. They 'make' $5/sat (110 each player. $1,050 ticket and $45 to the dealer). They are going to have to devote the entire poker room to the tourney. That means they've got to break all games by ~8am and won't be able to start live games until tables break. True, it's a Saturday morning but they're still losing all the rake/time charges from the games that would normally be going for quite a few hours (and pay the dealers and staff). Whatever that comes out to has got to be way more than the $22,500.

So, tyvm, CAZ!

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HB--

Although neither of us is naive enough to think that CAZ is doing this philanthropically, I agree with you. CAZ, better than most places, serves casual and serious, frequent and infrequent, and winning and losing players. One element of that is having a few tournaments a year they hype and promote and make sure get big.

--Nate

that_pope · #44 07-22-2007, 01:38 PM

But outside of their ads in magazines, this tourney is getting no hype from the poker magazines. It isn't even listed in pokerplayer newspaper in their tourney section, which lists little $200 tourney series...

I need to get in, because $250,000 would look good in my cloth bags with dollar signs on them.

CrazyLond · #45 07-22-2007, 02:21 PM

It seems like a pretty good deal. The only problem is that it starts at 9am. No idea how I'm going to pull that one off.

They've got this one and the ladies championship. I think it would be cool if they added maybe an O8 tournament and a mix game tournament or something next year.

Howard Beale · #46 07-22-2007, 02:28 PM

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It seems like a pretty good deal. The only problem is that it starts at 9am. No idea how I'm going to pull that one off.

They've got this one and the ladies championship. I think it would be cool if they added maybe an O8 tournament and a mix game tournament or something next year.

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They used to have 08 tourneys semi-regularly. Then along came TV poker w/ everybody wanting to go allllll-innnnnnnn!!!!!!

Tuesday used to be LHE tourney and Wednesday was NLHE but the TEE VEE killed that off.

CAZ does run an occasional (maybe twice yearly) 08 tourney because there is a very steady, loyal player pool for the 3-6 and 6-12 08 games.

that_pope · #47 07-23-2007, 02:47 AM

I am now 0-2. One or two more tries, and then no Pope in the State Championship.

DesertCat · #48 07-23-2007, 12:22 PM

you can do it. Be aggro.

that_pope · #49 07-23-2007, 12:33 PM

I was. At 50/100, guy open raised to 400 UTG+1, we were 6 handed, and he had the chip lead, and I had 2200 in the BB, and it was folded to me, and I pushed with TT and he insta called with AQ. I may be results oriented, but maybe a stop and go would have worked better (especially since the A came on the turn).

At least I can't lose at cash games.

DeMaci · #50 07-23-2007, 03:08 PM

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I was. At 50/100, guy open raised to 400 UTG+1, we were 6 handed, and he had the chip lead, and I had 2200 in the BB, and it was folded to me, and I pushed with TT and he insta called with AQ. I may be results oriented, but maybe a stop and go would have worked better (especially since the A came on the turn).

At least I can't lose at cash games.

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Stop and gos are only implemented when you have no fold equity, and with 2200 chips, depending on his stack sizes, it appears you had fold equity.

Can someone keep the thread updated on how many seats are left or how many players are registered? It seems my plan to show up a week before the event to play isnt so hot.