GBH 2013 Schedule Out

Gottaget

Great Blue Heron Charity Casino - Poker Tournaments

Comparison of the structures between GBH & Brantford for those interested:

Brantford: $1090 (1000 +90) NLH Deepstack - 15k starting stack - 40 min blinds - Patience Factor: 30.34
GBH: $1100 (1000 + 100) - NLH Freeze Out - 10k starting stack - 45 min blinds - Patience Factor: 37.58

Brantford: $550 (500+50) NLH Deepstack - 15k starting stack - 30 min blinds - Patience Factor: 21.58
Brantford: $550 (500+50) NLH Deepstack - 15k starting stack - 40 min blinds - Patience Factor: 30.34
Brantford: $550 (400+50+100) NLH Deepstack $100 Bounty - 15k starting stack - 30 min blinds - Patience Factor: 21.58
GBH: $550 (500+50) NLH Freeze Out - 8k starting stack - 30 min blinds - Patience Factor: 18.91

Brantford: $230 (200+30) NLH Deepstack - 15k starting stack - 30 min blinds - Patience Factor: 18.43
Brantford: $200 (125+25+50) NLH Deepstack $50 Bounty - 15k starting stack - 20 min blinds - Patience Factor: 10.62
Brantford: $200 (125+25+50) NLH $50 Bounty - 10k starting stack - 20 min blinds - Patience Factor: 8.19
GBH:$220 (200+20) Man Overboard/Freeze Out - 8k starting stack - 30 min blinds - PF: 18.91
GBH:$220 (200+20) Deepstack Turbo Freeze Out - 8k starting stack - 20 min blinds - PF: 11.01

JimmyHo

What is man overboard?

cardsrusa

Hello guys

The man overboard tournament is just a name given to this tournament in memory of the poker players that have passed away and were friends to the staff and players at the GBH. Not trying to develope a new style of tournament.

A lot of you know the player that called out "Man overboard" each time a player was eliminated from the tournaments.

Popkorn

Any chance you can change the date on the January tournament? It's conflicting with the Fallsview $1000 tournament

Gottaget

Since I noticed Blondefish created a link to this page I thought I should add a disclaimer that the Brantford patience factors were calculated using last years starting stacks and structures as posted on olgpoker.com. However the 2013 rules and regs do not mention the starting stacks anywhere...I'm am unsure if all the different tournaments still have the same starting stacks as 2012.

BlondeFish

Your Brantford numbers were close to the calculations I did when I started playing live again. I was thinking of posting all the up-to-date numbers before, but I think very few of the local casino players are in this forum. I haven't seen a single forumer I know at Brantford or Western Fair, and the only forumer I recognized at Casino Rama, Fallsview or Georgian Downs were the ones I phoned about going together.

Gottaget;356102 wroteSince I noticed Blondefish created a link to this page I thought I should add a disclaimer that the Brantford patience factors were calculated using last years starting stacks and structures as posted on olgpoker.com. However the 2013 rules and regs do not mention the starting stacks anywhere...I'm am unsure if all the different tournaments still have the same starting stacks as 2012.

compuease

BlondeFish;356117 wrote, but I think very few of the local casino players are in this forum.

I would bet that very few casino players are on ANY poker forum, never mind this just one.. and certainly not regularly..

BlondeFish

Hmmm, no more $1100 tournaments and only two $550 in the 2014 schedule! :-\ Did SteveKerr, Popkorn, crazykoby & Peter D hog the prize money from the GBH tournament poker community? ;)

The King of the Cards needs to have more than five places paid, so that more of the 50 "VIPs" that have to make a special trip during winter will walk away with some Christmas cash instead of a wasted day.

The tourneys of Rama & OLG Slots are more +EV than GBH's 9.1%-raked tourneys, but GBH is still much better than the -EV tourneys at Seneca/Vegas. I guess I'll be making good use of my new winter tires for the almost 3 1/2 drive on January 15, February 5 & 19, March 5 & 19, and April.

Gottaget;340885 wroteGBH: $1100 (1000 + 100) - NLH Freeze Out - 10k starting stack - 45 min blinds - Patience Factor: 37.58
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GBH: $550 (500+50) NLH Freeze Out - 8k starting stack - 30 min blinds - Patience Factor: 18.91

SteveKerr

I think there is 3 $550's
Winter, Summer, and Spring classics

Also starting stacks have have changed

$220 = 8k chips
Most $330 = 12k chips
$550 = 15k chips

The_Game

What time these tournaments start???

SteveKerr

I believe 10:30am

Popkorn

In terms of patience factor calculations, would dealer speed affect it, because you will definitely get more hands/hour playing at Brantford, so a 40minute structure there is actually better than a 45 minute structure at gbh

The_Game

SteveKerr;364211 wroteI believe 10:30am

I wish it was later, so I could play these tournaments.

BlondeFish

Is this because GBH dealers are even slower than Brantford dealers? Patience Factor is just a general measurement of how much play you get as there are many factors that could affect it, but you don't want to pay for a high buy-in tourney that doesn't have a high Patience Factor.

The more hands per hour, the better for a good player, so that is the advantage of tournaments at Casino Rama (auto shufflers) and the electronic tourneys at Woodbine, Mohawk & Western Fair. :cool:

Popkorn;364245 wroteIn terms of patience factor calculations, would dealer speed affect it, because you will definitely get more hands/hour playing at Brantford, so a 40minute structure there is actually better than a 45 minute structure at gbh

Popkorn

BlondeFish;364347 wroteIs this because GBH dealers are even slower than Brantford dealers?

On average, Brantford will deal 25-30% more hands than GBH dealers. The is based on dealer work ethic (laziness), competence level (a lot of times they are not aware of what is happening at the table), and knowledge of the rules (causes for many delays if they are always calling for a supervisor ruling).

Biggest issue I find is that GBH has never trained their poker dealers on tournament rules. Last tournament I played their, the dealer stopped the game for 5 minutes to ask a supervisor what he should do with a player that just got moved to their table but is sitting between the small blind and the button. This is an obvious problem with competence, since the same rules apply in a cash game where they cannot be dealt in, unless they have option to buy the button, which they should know does not apply since this is a tournament.

BlondeFish

I was about to buy for the GBH Deep Stack this week, but it's sold out! :'( Does anybody know when it sold out, or if anybody wants to sell their seat?

actyper

Why are they capped at 90 now as well?

BlondeFish

Hasn't GBH been capped at 90 players for over a year? Rama has a limit of 80 tournament seats, while Brantford can have up to 100.

actyper;367287 wroteWhy are they capped at 90 now as well?

Popkorn

actyper;367287 wroteWhy are they capped at 90 now as well?

They used to have 12 tables, but they removed 2 to have extra baccarat tables. And they always leave 1 table for cash games for the degens that play overnight.

actyper

Yeah I didn't play at all there in 2013, last time I went it was 110 cap. Going the wrong way ever since they refused to listen to players regarding their island tourney disaster!