Rake-free satellites to $4 Million+ WPT Fallsview

With the announcement of the long awaited return of the World Poker Tour back to Ontario after more than five years, every poker playa and their brotha will be headed to Fallsview. Fallsview expects that the prize pool for the $1,100, $2,500 and $5,000 events on February 18-24 will total over $4 million! Some of the WPT/PartyPoker bigwigs will be there, maybe even a Royal Flush Girl or two. >:D

Forumer PIRANHA is willing to host legal rake-free satellites (RFS) in Georgetown (Ontario). There are five players interested so far, so we need at least five more.

Here is ONE option for the first RFS on Sunday, December 22, ~2 PM.

- $125 buy-in for the first ten players willing to commit to showing up.
- First place wins $1,125 (includes $25 for driving expenses); second gets their $125 buy-in back.
- If you can't make it on December 22, PM me the specific dates that you can commit to showing up. Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and possibly Monday and Thursday nights may be available.
- Blind structure and rules will simulate that of the WPT $1,100 event. The "Skill Level" will be the highest level of 6, but the blind length will be reduced to make the RFS finish at a reasonable time.
- Equity percentage of ~15%. If you will only play with a certain equity % range, let me know what it is and the dates you can commit to.
- Self-dealt to avoid paying rake for a dealer; I'll be willing to deal for those who prefer not to deal when it's their turn.

If this first RFS gets enough support, then we can have more RFS for the $2,500 and $5,000 events. Let me know if you have any questions, but please no trolling in this poker thread.

Serious Interest List
1-5) Reserved
6) Shifty
7) MadMax
8) djgolfcan
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Alternates / waiting list: Animaux.

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Comments

  • In. I'm fine with date and equity. Would time be noon-1pm ish? I would also be interested in a future 2.5k satellites. I'm not ok with dealing for others tho. lol
  • Shifty wrote: »
    Would time be noon-1pm ish?
    Maybe ~2 PM, but as always, host is willing to be flexible for the committed participants.
    I'm not ok with dealing for others tho. lol
    Do you mean that you want to force everybody to shuffle and deal at their turn? Some players hate taking a turn as the dealer.
  • Can't make it on the weekends

    Otherwise I should be good for a Monday or Thursday if you decide too run a weekday one.

    I'll keep checking back.

    Congrats on your win's and call me Tommorrow want to talk fallsview satellite's trips.


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  • Would an RFS in Mississauga make a difference for anybody? Looks like there may not be enough forumers interested in a rake-free game as usual, so just like I had to at the last WPT NAPC five years ago, I will be grinding the raked satellites starting tonight. See you all at Fallsview!
  • Interested and would play them, prefer it non-equity but either way is fine.
  • BlondeFish wrote: »
    Looks like there may not be enough forumers interested in a rake-free game as usual

    why do you think that is, any theories? You seem generally disgruntled by it in some of your postings. Maybe the majority here are just casual home gamers with the occasional casino cash game thrown in? Curious on your thoughts..
  • There were over 1,000 players during WPT Montreal and my friends kept asking me "How do you know so many people here?" but I only recognized one forumer. Even the local tourneys I play regularly sell out at Casino Rama, Brantford, Mohawk & Point Edward, and I've gotten to know a lot of the players but almost nobody from "Canada's Poker Forum" is there. With all the :fish: that I see in these games, I thought the many decent players I know here would be taking advantage of the excellent low-rake and beatable tourneys or at least be taking a shot at a satellite to major events such as the WPT and WSOP-C. I even see the terrible players I remember from various poker circles such as bar leagues, but they're able to win some money.

    There will be 650 entrants in the $970+$330 WPT Fallsview event, so unless I didn't think I was among the top 650 players in the Ontario area, I would at least take shot at a RFS. Anyway, the reasons you're asking for were probably discussed in Wetts1012's Why this Site Will Eventually Shut Down. I learned a lot from many forumers when I first joined here as a :fish: so maybe I'm disappointed that from the MANY people I have been reconnecting with since I've gone back to playing live, almost none of them are from the forum where I learned how to become a winning player.
    Muddguts wrote: »
    why do you think that is, any theories? You seem generally disgruntled by it in some of your postings. Maybe the majority here are just casual home gamers with the occasional casino cash game thrown in? Curious on your thoughts..
  • Winning player or not, most of us can make way more money per hour at our regular occupations... What's a long term winning player making anyways, a dollar or two per hour, $10, $20. I would bet very few can really make that especially including expenses so therefore we are recreational, we do it as a hobby or entertainment not as an income source even if we do make a few bucks.. The only ones making real money are the casinos...:(
  • I think his point is, of all the poker players on this forum, nobody wants to play WPT Fallsview?

    Of all the people saying "I cant wait until the satellites start!", theyd rather pay rake than not?

    And of all the people that are actually going to buy in, theyd rather pay full price than try to get in for 1/10th of the cost?
  • Depending on the day and time, I'd be in for a satellite into the $1k at least and probably one for the $2.5k
  • djgolfcan wrote: »
    probably one for the $2.5k

    damn, that $25 to $100 project must be going well! ^-^
  • Would play a satty with you pro's but the dates suggested thus far don't work for me. Also not interested in an equity situation.

    Will be at fallsview fri dec 20 for sattys and or cash game.
  • djgolfcan wrote: »
    Depending on the day and time, I'd be in for a satellite into the $1k at least and probably one for the $2.5k
    Which dates can you commit to showing up, e.g., December 22 or 15 ~2 PM, or Dec. 21, etc?
    Would play a satty with you pro's but the dates suggested thus far don't work for me.
    There are no pros left in this forum, but there are a bunch of pros I keep seeing at Fallsview.
  • I can make Sunday December 22 at 2pm.
  • Updated OP. Need at least two more players who can commit to December 22.
    djgolfcan wrote: »
    I can make Sunday December 22 at 2pm.
  • BlondeFish wrote: »
    Would an RFS in Mississauga make a difference for anybody? Looks like there may not be enough forumers interested in a rake-free game as usual, so just like I had to at the last WPT NAPC five years ago, I will be grinding the raked satellites starting tonight. See you all at Fallsview!

    in this case, the problem for me is the date. 3 days before Christmas is not the opprtune time to be taking a Sunday afternoon away from the family to play poker.

    Generally, as Comp said, poker is a hobby for most people on this site. Not many of us can afford the money or time these larger buy-in tourneys consume. Many of us balance work, family, and other interests, leaving maybe a couple hours a week for poker. The RFS are a great way to "dream" about playing a big tourney, and maybe luck into one, without laying out the cash. But it still has to fit into our "spare time".

    To expect any more than that from the members of this site will surely lead to increased blood pressure on your end.

    Just sayin'.
  • Hope this goes, good luck.

    Any interest in doing a Stars MTT like this? IE. Play a $5+0.50 Home game tourney, but have the actual buy-in EMT'd in to one person. Probly the only way I'd be able to get involved in these.
  • Card Dead wrote: »
    in this case, the problem for me is the date.
    Please post the dates that you're willing to show up, and I'll see if there are enough people for a different date.
    To expect any more than that from the members of this site will surely lead to increased blood pressure on your end.
    No blood pressure issues. I'm able to look on the positive side that it is easier for me to keep taking down first place at sold-out Casino Brantford, Rama and Woodbine by not having to play against any forumers.
    T8urmoney wrote: »
    Any interest in doing a Stars MTT like this?
    I think we're both better off just playing the upcoming PartyPoker qualifiers. If either of us wins the package but our better half can't come as the guest, then one of us can be the guest! :D
  • Who are players 1-5? ^-^
  • Personally, the $125 is more than my bankroll can afford . . . and, if I DID luckbox my way into winning the satty, it would be a waste of equity for the remaining players.

    A man has to know his limitations.
  • philliivey wrote: »
    ^-^
    Are you considering playing? Would you or anybody else here be interested if the location was moved closer to Toronto than Georgetown?
  • BlondeFish wrote: »
    Please post the dates that you're willing to show up, and I'll see if there are enough people for a different date.

    As implied by my original post when I used the phrase "spare time", my availability is unknown and fluid. If you keep posting RFS that you are planning, one may eventually fit into my schedule, but certainly not until after the new year. Also, I may even be able to host one, which I will post on here if it arises.

    Generally, I am available most Friday or Saturday evenings.
  • I'm interested in playing but 22nd doesn't work for me. I sent you a PM with my availability.

    I'd also be interested in playing an online satellite like the one T8 mentioned. Sounds like a good idea to me.
  • Unfortunately, there seems to be even less interest in the online forum games than in this RFS in Georgetown. I think there were only three players in the last online forum game.

    Fortunately, a couple of friends in Mississauga have found enough poker players and are willing to host near Square One shopping mall, so hopefully I can post a definitive RFS Mississauga thread soon.
    I'd also be interested in playing an online satellite like the one T8 mentioned. Sounds like a good idea to me.
  • BlondeFish wrote: »
    Unfortunately, there seems to be even less interest in the online forum games than in this RFS in Georgetown. I think there were only three players in the last online forum game.

    Fortunately, a couple of friends in Mississauga have found enough poker players and are willing to host near Square One shopping mall, so hopefully I can post a definitive RFS Mississauga thread soon.

    Are you talking about the $5 games on Sundays and Thursdays? I don't think there's much overlap in the player pool that play those games vs those that'd be interested in a $100-$300 satellite.

    I don't know what the interest in an online satellite would be but just throwing out that I'd personally be interested in something like what T8 mentioned and could more easily fit something like that in my schedule.
  • I'm interested in any satellite that is better than Fallsview's crapshoots with only 1,500 chips, 15-minute blinds and rake as high as 12%. You should go ahead & organize the online sateliite, along with T8yourmoney or Buzzzardd.
    I don't know what the interest in an online satellite would be but just throwing out that I'd personally be interested in something like what T8 mentioned and could more easily fit something like that in my schedule.
  • I'm in for any Monday evening satellite in or around the Mississauga area.
  • BlondeFish wrote: »
    Unfortunately, there seems to be even less interest in the online forum games than in this RFS in Georgetown. I think there were only three players in the last online forum game

    You're welcome to sign up for the online forum games. Have you ever been out? Sundays and Thursdays.
  • Wish I lived closer....Looks like I will have to stick to playing the super satellites.
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