Brantford Winter Classic
Brantford Charity Casino is going to hosting a series of 3 tournaments in January. Similiar to the Ultimate Poker Challenge, it is going to be series of 3 events. First one is the $500 held on Jan 22, with the $1000 event being held on Jan 23, and finally the $1500 event being played from Jan 24-27 (Day 1s from Jan 24-26, final table Jan 27).
They are running satellites almost daily. Super Satellites are held 5-6 times a week starting at 10am. With single table satellites running for the $1000 and $1500 event.
Satellites are $110 + $10 and $165 + $15 rrespectively. Winner of the $110 gets a seat in the $1000 and second place gets $100. Winner of the $165 gets a seat in the $1500 with second place getting $150. Blinds start at 25/25, proceed to 50/100, 100/200 with each level being 15 minutes and starting stack of 1000.
They are running satellites almost daily. Super Satellites are held 5-6 times a week starting at 10am. With single table satellites running for the $1000 and $1500 event.
Satellites are $110 + $10 and $165 + $15 rrespectively. Winner of the $110 gets a seat in the $1000 and second place gets $100. Winner of the $165 gets a seat in the $1500 with second place getting $150. Blinds start at 25/25, proceed to 50/100, 100/200 with each level being 15 minutes and starting stack of 1000.
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The single table satellites are crapshoots with a Skill Level of 0,
Anybody interested in running or participating in our own satellite for the $500/1000/1500 tournaments?
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They have a little pocket schedule, similar to a sports team's schedule, with the info. No blind info, but I understand the structure for the tourney and super stats is the same as the last tournament.
macbb
Are you talking about the sats, or the tourneys themselves?
The $500 tournament is 100 players max, as is the $1,000 tournament. The $1,500 tournament is 300 max (100 per day for 3 days).
The super-sats, which the run each day, award entries to the $1,500 event, and are 50 people max.
Also, you can register for the main tournaments by phone, but have to register in person for the satellites.
Hope that helps.
macbb
I'll definitely try my luck at some sat's for the $1,500, and might just buy in for the $500.
I was told that the starting stack (5,000), blind/ante schedule and duration (30 minutes for ALL levels) are the same for all three tournaments. If you have a Winners Circle card, you can get a discount on the administration fees.
Aside from participating in rake-free home game satellites, I plan to go to BCC to play in their multi-table satellite with rebuys and add-on.
BCC55
The blind schedule looks like its the same one that was used for the Ultimate Poker Challenge. Quite a bit of play before the first break, but average stack will be around 10xBB once you get to the second or third level after the first break.
Yep, they are freezeouts. I think GBH is the only that hosts rebuy tournaments. (I am not too sure about Point Edward, so if they run rebuy, I apologize for my lack of knowledge)
I really hope I lost your sarcasm over the internet. I'm so disgusted with the charity casino tournaments - after the 4th or 5th level there is barely any 'above-the-rim' play. I've played in quite a few and haven't seen any changes. I chose not to play in BCC's ultimate this past September after reviewing the tourny structure. It was nice they incorporated antes into their tournament but it doesn't do any good with short levels and a small starting stack.
Does anyone know of any other tournaments that have skill-demanding structures that don't end up being a crap shoot after the 10th level?
I've never tried the monday tournies at rama or windsor's weekly's...plz let me know!
Thanks,
And has anyone played in the winter classic before? What time does it usually end at, and how many people will they play down till for the $1500 one?
The weekday (err, weeknight) tourneys do start at 6:00.
The $500 and $1,000 tourneys, where they play to a winner, go pretty late (early). The last $500 tourney, I finished 17th, and I busted out around 1:00, iirc. I heard the winner wasn't declared until very late.
I suspect the $1,500 tourney would end much earlier, since they only play to the final 10 for each of the 3 days, with the remaining 30 going to the final day.
Hope that helps.
macbb
Ooops, sorry, should have mentioned ...
The $500 and $1,000 tourneys are sold out. They're accepting names for a waiting list.
macbb
Any way have a good one and good luck..... BBC is my home base.
Crazy Fri
And Crazy Fri, damn I wish I knew you were selling seats, I forked over the $1600 for the tournament already. If you still got seats for sale for the $1000 I'd be interested.
Jan 18 $200+$30
Jan 19 $300+$40
Jan 20 $500+$50
Jan 21 $200+$30
Blinds are as follows 25/50 50/75 50/100 75/150 100/200 100/200/25 150/300/50 200/400/50 300/600/75 400/800/100 500/1000/100 600/1200/200 800/1600/200 1K/2K/300 1.5K/3K/500 2K/4K/500 3K/6K/1K 4K/8K/1K 6K/12K/2K 8K/16K/2K with limits being raised after that at the discretion of the TD until the conclusion.
I have played there and they run great tourneys. These are all one day. You need a diamond card to play (available free). But for those who are disappointed that the earlier tourneys are sold out at BCC these might interest you.
It's approximately 5 hours (It's about 34 miles east of Syracuse). Of course boarder crossings, no of stops for gas, coffee etc factor into this.
The hotel offers discounts for tournament players usually $75/night. One word of warning is they promised me this last time I went then ended up fighting for it. Get a confirmation #, name of the person spoken too etc. They eventually comprimised but only after 3 days of bitching by me.
He was one of the last registrants before the 50-player MTT filled up by 9:30 on a weekday, so there continues to be many people who are turned away disappointed after making the drive to Brantford (including myself). Due to the demand, there will be an additional MTT this afternoon at 4 PM.
The multi-day tournament starting on Wednesday, January 24 is around 2/3 sold so far. Which forum members are playing?
1) BlondeFish
2) muffinnuts
3) Popkorn
4) Crazy Fri
5) Voodoo
- macbb?
- magithighs?
- all_aces?
- Dead Money?
- westside8?
On a side note:
Nice meeting Crazy Fri there last Saturday... him and I took turns knocking each other out in the 180 satellites..lol..
Best of luck to all...