Turning Stone Super Stacks Nov 28 - Dec 2
Now these are some nice deep stack tournaments coming up in a couple of weeks. Buyins range from $200 to $1,000 with minimum of 10,000 in starting chips and min 40 blinds. The main event has 15,000 in starting chips and 60 minute blinds. Only five hours from GTA. Here are the details:
http://www.turningstone.com/gaming/poker/2007superstacks.php
http://www.turningstone.com/gaming/poker/2007superstacks.php
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What cash games do they normally spread?
Also - where is the best hotels to stay at?
As for cash games, I usually play the $50/$100 LHE game when I'm there. They also have $30/$60 (or was it $20/$40) and $15/$30. As Wes mentioned, it is bizarre that they have nothing between $4/$8 and $15/$30 when it comes to LHE.
The hotel rooms at the casino are nice enough, and as you found out, cheap enough. The cash game room is huge and the tournaments are well-organized. If you don't like hanging around a poker room waiting for your seat in a cash game, they will call your hotel room and give you time to get down there to claim it. Between this and River Rock in a couple of weeks, I think I'm in for some great poker tournament action!
A reminder that it's a "dry" casino. Last time I was there you weren't even allowed to bring your own booze onto the premises (ie: the hotel), but the time before that it was fine. Here's how the conversation went this time when I was on the phone with the hotel lady:
Me: Are you guys still an alcohol-free casino?
Her: Yes we are.
Me: So, you don't sell booze, or I'm not allowed to bring booze, or both?
Her: We definitely don't sell it.
Me: Can I bring it?
Her: Umm... we have no official policy on that right now.
Me: So can I bring my own booze?
Her: We have no official policy. We're not going to tell you that you can, but we're not going to tell you that you can't.
Me: Great! So I'm allowed to bring it.
Her: (...)
Sounds to me like Turning Stone is in the middle of some sort of licensing application, and they've instructed their staff to be as vague and non-committal about this as possible. An entertaining conversation to be sure, but I think the bottom line is that you can bring a few good old-fashioned Canadian beers onto the premises and they won't care. Mmm mmm good.
All pokerforum.ca members who are going should definitely get together for some drinks at their bar. Wait, that won't work. Well, we should get together for something, somewhere.
120ish or 70mph
D, I am going to buy a motherload of booze at the border and my room will be well-stocked. When I was in the States last month, I could not believe how cheap the high-end scotch, rum and cognac was. I bought a bottle of Courvoisier VSOP and a big bottle of The Balvenie Doublewood for freakin' US$75!!!
In that case, we might have to have a pokerforum cash-game piss-up in my room.
I could also be convinced to host a satellite at my place in the next few weeks. I live on the east side of downtown Toronto, and if there's enough interest, I'll hold a rake-free sat ($100) and then cash game afterwards.
It won't be one of those trading percentages dealios, just a $100 SNG or a couple of them, and then cash game.
Lets see if there are any other guys interested. Obviously getting 8 other guys to play winner-take-all sats could be tough. Cash games no problem...
5-6 hours.
if someone is hosting a satellite, i'm interested!
Welcome back...
If we can get enough guys to do the satellite, I'll host it. If not, I am still hoping to have a game that night, and fourm members are still welcome. Just let me know...
Expect huge lines, crossing into the states... cross border traffic is up exponentally as the dollar soars... o/u for wait during peak times 1.5hrs
For those of you interested here is a real time (supposedly) weblink of current Canada/US border wait times...
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/general/times/menu-e.html
Not the most accurate IMO.
That is realistic. I usually go via lewiston and take the NY thruway there. I know others who prefer 401 to Gan then south through watertown. They are both the same time but check to see the border crossing times before leaving.
Devin: I understand they have an alcohol license application in the works. That is why the non commitalness of it all. I know they won't allow BYO alcohol anymore.
I cant make it for the weekend, christmas parties...
But would be interested in during the wednesday and thursday head back for the Friday.