RRR-WinStar
THACKERVILLE, Okla.–No internet north of the Red River, or at least not at WinStar, where the first of three Day 1s in the $1 million NLH tourney concluded shortly before midnight yesterday. We’ll try to keep you posted from now through the final table, but can only promise so much with two-thumb typing.
Red River Roundup, Day 1 report:
– Event is sold out. 1,000 players. Double last year’s field.
– 333 played yesterday, of which 33 remain and will convene on the other side of the bubble on Sunday.
– Josh Evans and TJ Cloutier both advanced.
– So did Troy “Darling” Phillips. (Go Batfaces!)
– Marco Palacios went out near thw bubble.
– Avg. stack is 50k. Chip leader has about 150k.
– Media coverage is kinda new to WinStar. They haven’t figured out yet whether or not to allow photos.
– New poker room here is very nice.
Day 2-Day 1 has gotten underway. Favorites include Kido Pham and Randy “The Big Randy” Brown. Greg Raymer supposedly plays tomorrow.
Mark says:
August 24th, 2007 at 2:30pm
How are the cash games? I wonder if the high limit cash games are more packed than usual. I love the 2/5 NL at WinStar. They love to fold.
pisswilley says:
August 24th, 2007 at 2:53pm
any one got the blind structure on this gig
DanM says:
August 24th, 2007 at 2:55pm
they seemed pretty good to me. i won 1400 playing 2/5. and i didnt even have to get lucky. biggest game i saw was 10/20 nl. about 30 tables running at midnight last night.
DanM says:
August 24th, 2007 at 3:54pm
haven’t seen an official blind sked yet. but TBR tells me it’s climbing slowly. they started at 25/25. and when they reconvene on sunday … they will roll back the blinds to whatever the earliest finising day ended at.
donkey says:
August 24th, 2007 at 4:24pm
Level Time Blinds Ante
1 30 Minutes $25 – $25
2 30 Minutes $25 – $50 3 30 Minutes $50 – $100
4 30 Minutes $75 – $150
20 Minute Break
5 30 Minutes $100 – $200
6 30 Minutes $200 – $400 $25 7 30 Minutes $300 – $600 $50
8 30 Minutes $400 – $800 $75
20 Minute Break
9 30 Minutes $600 – $1,200 $100
10 30 Minutes $800 – $1,600 $100
11 30 Minutes $1,000 – $2,000 $200
12 30 Minutes $1,500 – $3,000 $300
60 Minute Break
13 30 Minutes $1,500 – $3,000 $400
14 30 Minutes $2,000 – $4,000 $500
15 30 Minutes $3,000 – $6,000 $600
16 30 Minutes $4,000 – $8,000 $800
20 Minute Break
17 30 Minutes $5,000 – $10,000 $1,000
18 30 Minutes $8,000 – $16,000 $1,500
19 30 Minutes $10,000 – $20,000 $2,000
20 30 Minutes $15,000 – $30,000 $3,000
20 Minute Break
21 30 Minutes $20,000 – $40,000 $4,000
22 30 Minutes $25,000 – $50,000 $5,000
23 30 Minutes $30,000 – $60,000 $6,000
24 30 Minutes $40,000 – $80,000 $8,000
48 20 Minute Break
25 30 Minutes $50,000 – $100,000 $10,000
26 30 Minutes $60,000 – $120,000 $12,000
27 30 Minutes $75,000 – $150,000 $15,000
28 30 Minutes $100,000 – $200,000 $20,000
DanM says:
August 24th, 2007 at 4:37pm
am pretty sure the levels are 40 min, no? will check … am on the other side of the casino right now. are you here playing, donk?
Dealer Guy says:
August 24th, 2007 at 11:58pm
Levels are 40 minutes long, for sure.
There are a couple of problems dealer have to well…deal with.
The tables are too high making rreaching the cards and chips difficult to impossible for some of the smaller dealers. These are rental tables with Winstar felt on them, they have never been used before, hopefully not again.
Some dealers chairs are not adjustsble for height making the overly high tables even worse.
What this means is the game is slower becasue some dealers have to stand up to reach the chips and cards to pull them in.
It might be nice and speed up the game if players would push the chips/cards a little closer to the dealers.
Over all, the players have been pretty good about following rules. No cell phone use, No electronic devices on the tables, no F bombs, etc.
Some plays have been very well done, others you wonder who let these players have $1100 to spend as they wish????
Greg Raymer and Kido Pham scheduled for Saturday.
Rumor running that Daniel Negranu was coming but could’t find his name on the list of players for Saturday but then it’s not alphabeteical, it’s the order the seats were sold or won in sat’s.
Bill Thompson says:
August 25th, 2007 at 4:57am
One of this year’s favorite’s to win went out in 103rd. Steve “Texas” Justice floped aces up and was taking out on the river by a set of fives. He was second in chips last year going into final round. I was hoping to see him advance again.