Haven't played live in a while mainly due to having other plans on the weekend and working some long hours and not really wanting to go play during the week. However a couple weeks ago I played the 35k gtd on Full Tilt with about 2100 players I managed to finish 32nd. Don't remember to many details and not like it would be all that interesting. I attempted to play some FTOPS satellites and didn't do to well in any of those.
The Beau is fast approaching and I'm ready to play a live tourney considering I haven't played a live tournament since Vegas back in June. Although I'm ready to play I'm a little bummed since I've seen the structure. The "Deep Stack" tourney sounds good and looks intriguing when you see the words "deep stack" next to the tourney info but then looking at the structure is kind of a downer. Not sure why they went to 30 minutes levels, that's just not a good thing. I would prefer to have 5k in chips and 50 minutes levels rather than 10k and 30 minutes. On top of such short levels it's not like they have automatic shufflers, so barring the competence level of the dealer it could make for some even quicker levels as far as hands dealt.
It just seems like every time a tournament director does something right they find a way to make me scratch my head. The Venetian without a doubt puts the best product out there as far as value for the money BUT the payout structure is horrible...I'm just not sure how they could look at that and say "yea bottom money is a $40 profit, that's sounds good." For the longest Harrah's found ways to screw up tournaments and this past May I think they finally got everything right...but who knows if that will be the same in 2010. And the Beau, they are so close. They treat the players great, the room is nice, the casino itself is just pleasant to walk in to. They make a "deep stack" event and everyone is hoping it will be like the Venetian and they go and cut a bunch of levels and make them 30 minutes. They do have something that looks really interesting and something I have never heard of. Event #2 is a very creative tournament idea. Day one is Saturday and Sunday is also a day one, so if ppl bust on Saturday they can show back up on Sunday and play then and day two is Monday. This should create a nice prize pool. I'm definitely playing on the Sunday b/c my Fantasy Football draft is on the Saturday. Not sure if I'm gonna play the Friday event #1 event.
Watching ESPN right now and Plexico Burress got two years for being a dumb ass and shooting himself. That's kinda retarded considering that he could have gotten off with like 2 months, community service and a couple years probation. Guess it's just the whole celebrity athlete thing where they're told they never do anything wrong their entire life and then the real world happens. Also a bad week b/c Brett Favre is back, I really don't like that guy and I hope he has the worst year of his career. I long for the day when he is forgotten and I don't have to watch sportscenter and here his name. Oh well, I'm ready for football season and the Beau.
Till Next Time.
Keep It Real Homies.
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in a time of political correctness you don't have to worry about getting a whole lot of that here...this will basically be my way of venting and analzying my play and thoughts at the table while being brutally honest with myself and others that i sit down at the table with...so "get your popcorn ready" and u might just learn something (i'm only about 63% as arrogant as i sound, haha)
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Hey Man.
Better be careful, criticizing THe Beau's structure at this upcoming event. That is pretty much exactly what I did, and gee, next thing I knew, I was getting 86'd when the phone call from their T.D. told me "I read your blog and I've decided to trespass you."
Its pretty bad when you can't 'express your opinion' about things without getting blacklisted, but hey! This is 2009 baby...Freedom of Speech is dead and buried! Hey, BTW...the Venetian knows their payout structure was shit. They really WANTED to change it midstream this summer but due to having advertised it as that payout structure, and gaming rules, they couldn't. They WILL be changing it for this next event, which has everyone pretty happy, myself included....cuz you are correct...cashing for $620 in a $550 buy in event after 12 hours of play was a joke.
Good luck at the Beau. BTW, I believe they may have added a level or two (100/200 w-25 for sure I think) and increased the levels from 30 mins to 40 mins. At least thats what I was TOLD.
MONKEY
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