river rock madness
at 3;45 i came out of the elevator and it was packed
i would have had 2 b a bulldozer 2 get through 2 the desk
they could have doubled-up the limit and still sold out
in other words, if u were not playing 2 get in on the early bird sing up deal, u did not have a chance at getting in
oh well
i would have had 2 b a bulldozer 2 get through 2 the desk
they could have doubled-up the limit and still sold out
in other words, if u were not playing 2 get in on the early bird sing up deal, u did not have a chance at getting in
oh well
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i looked 4 peeps i might recognize
yes
we could have chatted
i know what u mean bout the sign up fiasco
what a waste of a trip, eh
Thats all fine and good but when I called an noon to find out what time Registration was this wasn't mentioned to me. I don't have a problem with them opening it early and it filling, my problems with them telling me Registration starts at 4:00 (4 hours before the fact) when it was starting earlier. All it would have taken was telling me it was opening earlier and showing up before 4:00 won't neccesarily get you a spot and I'd have nothing to bitch about. I heard about the tounrey through a friend this is why I called to confirm what time registration started, I knew nothing of a 3:30 registration.
What is insulting to me is how the mngment proceeded to make everyone line up like a bunch of dumb lemmings in 2 lines that ultimatly served 0 purpose, as one fella got a ticket.
management should have told everyone to go home, as they had no chance to play. It was also lame how the floor manager doesnt have the balls or authority to add a few tables and make it 11 handed.
Oh well, it was the first time, hopefully they only get better. The amount of hopelessly dead money i saw was truly astounding. How good could someone be that sees 150 people in front of him/her in a line for a 110 person tourney, and still lines up?
hg :canada:
and if its any consolation to quasi, even if 0 live players had signed up, there were enough people in line by 2:15 to prevent you from getting in anyways...
it was the first time they ran a tourney, i don't think the casino expected nearly so many live players to sign up (i still cant believe only one person in line got a ticket)....i think a lot of people bought in just to try it out....if the casino had known, they woulda told people to leave earlier.......but its a first come, first serve tournament, you take what you get
It is likely that this is out of their hands. The license was almost certainly very specific.
The good news (I hope) is that tournament poker is off the ground in BC. It didn't come without come hiccups, but at least the road is now being travelled. And that is thanks to River Rock's efforts.
i heard 1 a month
now 4 suggestions
b ready 4 next madness
make sure all who want...can enter
fill that floor up with tables
even that entrance
get rid of the machines and make ev'ry 1 happy
have lots of room 4 the mania
My point is not that a poker tourny is bad, nor did staff to a horrendous job organizing it.
Im not out to say river rock people are idiots and subvert the work they have done...
My main problem is the communication between the room and its players, and the room and its staff.
There are already players and therefore will be tables and dealers and a rake, those are the motions... but what makes a great room is so much more.
I think it is awesome that bc has finally kicked something off.
I just wish it was me the gov't issued tourney licenses too.
I support the Rock 100%, and hope it blossoms into something kick ass.
See you guys in Edmonton
did better than me
i did not even get 2 enter because of the small time thinking
how can they not think big
there is mania full-bore 4 hold'em
but noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
not in small time thinking vancouver
let us do a small limit tourney
that just shut-out a hell-of-a-lot of players
pissed-off many 1st time visitors
but.......oh well
what do u expect from a city that has a 3 lane bridge