Comments on: Winstar: Thursday, Last Day 1

By: David

David — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:44:38 +0000

John Niccoli’s chair did good and took 83rd…for a 5k cash…good work…

By: Woody

Woody — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:54:49 +0000

Tap the brakes, Jonny. See Alicia’s “LOL” comment for the proper context of my quote about Niccoli. Indeed, a super-nice guy. But if you put he and Whit at the same table, it’d be a toss up as to who’d shut up first!

By: Byron

Byron — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 01:11:10 +0000

I heard that the worst we would start at is 3000/6000 with a 500 ante, but who the hell really knows. Since I only have 41K going into tomorrow, I’m hoping for 2000/4000 myself

By: ItsOverJonny

ItsOverJonny — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:17:43 +0000

WTF Woody? Niccoli is chatty sometimes, but he is one of the genuinely nicest guys you’ll ever meet. I don’t mind “pleasant chatty”, it’s the “douchebag chatty” that makes me nuts. Congrats John! Does anyone know what level they are starting on tomorrow? Maybe if the short-stack action is crazy enough he’ll still have a few chips left when they get a money bump at 120 players.

By: David

David — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:02:39 +0000

John Niccoli did make the money but is not going to go back to play on saturday…they are going to just blind him off.. he had a trip planned long ago and paid for to go to Vegas this week..I spoke to him today and he just took down a Tourney at harrahs….he is at peace with just making the money at winstar….

By: DanM

DanM — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:11:37 +0000

alicia, sadly our Pokerati World Headquarters Las Vegas Campus doesn’t yet have a fax machine. can you scan and email? dan m at pokerati dot com.

you are of course welcome to deliver it in person, too … if so, email me your residence address so we can send the private plane to pick you up.

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:02:27 +0000

He would prob love for you to fly out to LV and deliver it in person. I know I would if I were him.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:43:32 +0000

LOL… I like Niccoli and his little boy haircut. I hope he can get a double ups quickly and make a run for some of the big money.

BTW, Dan… found it. How do you prefer for me to get it to you?

By: Woody

Woody — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:10:51 +0000

The thought of sitting at a tournament table with Niccoli for several hours is almost enough to make one consider forfeiting the $2k entry fee.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:07:01 +0000

I saw it at the event yesterday. I think I might have it in my purse or I might have left it there. After running into those quads, i didn’t care anymore about who was moving on. I’ll look for it in a bit and email them to you if I have them.

By: DanM

DanM — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 20:45:57 +0000

Where are you guys seeing this stuff? is it posted anywhere? I have reached out to Winstar seeking whatever sheets they are handing out at the tourney, but they have not replied with any info.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 18:02:43 +0000

I saw that another Plat room ex-regular, John Niccoli made the money on his day. He had 36k going into Saturday

By: Byron

Byron — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:19:23 +0000

Oh hey, Karridy… its Byron that played on the winning team in your team event last year.
I heard about the zero chip guy… crazy. Guess I might need to take a copy of that payout structure with me afterall.

By: Karridy

Karridy — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:09:04 +0000

One guy made it in with a single chip, and another with 0. A double all-in advanced him sans clay. No word on whether or not he actually has to drive back to get his money. I’m guessing yes.

By: Byron

Byron — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:51:44 +0000

Good to know BigDog — I was hoping there were a lot of shortstacks besides myself.

By: BigDogWoody

BigDogWoody — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:37:17 +0000

hey Byron I had 56k on Monday with 6-8 stacks less than me.

By: Byron

Byron — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:01:11 +0000

Hey, any chance of seeing how many shortstacks will be going into Saturday? I was a Wednesday survivor (was sold out by the way) but with only $41K headed into Saturday, I’m just curious how many (if any) have fewer chips.

Anyone got a rough idea?

By: ItsOverJonny

ItsOverJonny — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:33:03 +0000

Sunday was sold out AND not a work day, and I did not see or hear of any chips selling for a premium. Prior to Sunday, the asking prices on Craig’s List were as high as $4,000. Some people were even kind enough to trade your weekday chip for their Sunday chip if you were willing to kick in $1k cash.

By: DanM

DanM — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:41:38 +0000

One of these days, poker room operators will figure out that most of their tournament fields work during the week.

By: Woody

Woody — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:45:37 +0000

Haven’t been up there, but reports were that Mon-Wed seats were actually going for around half-price because those days weren’t sold out. Thursday seats may be a different story since I’ve heard that there are no more available for sale from the Winstar cashier.