08 Casino Arizona State Poker Championship and Qualifying Shootouts:

[Aack Thbbbt]

They announced there were 50 seats left at 7 pm on Tuesday...

[Aack Thbbbt]

Most likely sold out soon...  3 entries left at 2:30 a.m. Thursday and they were putting together a list for a shootout.

[that_pope]

I am off to Vegas tonight, won't be back until Sunday afternoon.

Good luck to anyone who is playing!!! I will try to stop in Monday night after work to catch the end of it.

[CrazyLond]

I'm playing on Saturday, table 26, seat 4.  Hopefully I'll still be around so you can sweat me on Monday 

[Bearkat21]

Any updates? How long it may  take to play down to 30 today?

[CrazyLond]

Well, I made it through day 1.  We played down to 45; tomorrow they will play to the same point on the clock which is about halfway through level 12, 2000/4000/100.  I'm below average in chips with about 47K but at least I have enough to give me a fighting chance.  GL to whoever's playing tomorrow.  I'll be there for day 2 at 11am Monday.  They actually sold extra seats so that we started with 320 players or something today and probably the same tomorrow.  Now they are saying 70 places will be paid.

[CrazyLond]

Oh, and they gave $500 to the first person eliminated and something like $250 to the 2nd person.  WTH is that all about?  If anything, they could give something to the bubble or next to bubble.  There are going to be 20 or so players who made it through day 1 and still lose a buy-in while the guy who lasted 10 mins only loses half a buyin...something seems screwy here.

[clarkstar]

yeah that $500 to first bust out doenst make sense. good luck on monday!

[DGK1186]

Got knocked out around level 7.  Just couldn't get anything going. 

[CrazyLond]

I really hope I am able to cash tomorrow.  I am going through a heck of a drought in tourneys and cashing in this would surely help.  I haven't cashed in about my last 20 tournaments going back to the WSOP event in June.  I've bubbled and 2nd to bubbled 2 of the last 3.  I went through a streak last year where I got within 5 spots of the bubble in 4 out of 5 tournaments and am posting because hopefully by naming my fear, I can defeat it.  I think I am going to tighten up my play compared to how it usually is near the bubble since a 2K difference is more significant to me than a usual bubble.  Getting over the psychological hump I'm experiencing at the moment would be very beneficial for me.  Obv the 200k+ first place would be beneficial also but I'm willing to give up some equity in that to give myself a better chance of at least making the money.

[Aack Thbbbt]

Hey I heard a player got ejected for getting caught playing again on Sunday after getting knocked out on Saturday...
Any details?

[CrazyLond]

Haha, that's pretty funny.  We were specifically told about that rule at the beginning of play on Saturday.  Does anyone know how many players from Sunday's group were still in it at the end of the day?

[Aack Thbbbt]

I wonder who it was...Its amazing what people think they should be able to get away with.
Not sure how many players were left, i heard a starting figure of 92 or 94 players for Monday, they stopped at the same level as when they stopped on Saturday.

[that_pope]

I am really happy to see they changed the way the tournament played.  Don't know how it happened, but I would like to think some of my posts and complaining at the casino had something to do with it.  That is the proper way to run the tournament.  Good luck everyone who is in it tonight!

[CrazyLond]

I'm out.  I got AA and QQ early, raised and got no callers.  This just kept me even with the blinds for a couple orbits but then as we approached the bubble I didn't get any hand better than K8 and got blinded out for a while.  I ended up finishing 64th, good for $2254.  Funny to think that's better than 11th place got last year.