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  1. Hawkhill7 Hawkhill7 is offline

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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 1:26pm)

    Any1 heading out in the snow for the Borgata 75k GTD tomorrow?? I know that last time we had bad weather there was an overlay, so I'm hoping that we get dumped on tonight/tomorrow.

    Borgata website reads <span>"Borgata reserves the right to alter, change, or cancel tournament. Borgata will not be held responsible in the event of typographical errors or misinformation on the website or printed material pertaining to this event, and players will not have claim in these matters. </span>

    It may take me 6 hours to get there, but I have no problem leaving the house at 6am for the chance at a decent overlay. Any chance they would really cancel/alter the tourney to remove the overlay if the turnout is light because of snow?? I really don't believe the Borgata would do that, but I may go postal if I get there and they tell me its now a normal $340 w/ 55 runners. Thoughts???
     
  2. Grave Danger Grave Danger is offline

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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 1:39pm) in reply to Hawkhill7

    what time is this and whats the buyin?
     
  3. Hawkhill7 Hawkhill7 is offline

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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 1:42pm) in reply to Grave Danger

    Noon start - $300+40

    10k chips / 30 min. levels. Best tourney in AC imo. Potential overlay makes it that much better.

    Its gonna be a blizzard. Buy your bread and milk now and stay home!
     
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  4. jpapola jpapola is offline

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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 1:50pm) in reply to Hawkhill7

    borgata may cancel it if there is an overlay, in fact they probably will. call before you leave
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  5. Hawkhill7 Hawkhill7 is offline

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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 1:55pm) in reply to jpapola

    Someone just sent me this. This is the answer i was looking for. It wouldn't be good pr, to say the least, if they changed their stance now...

    <H1>Borgata Forced to Provide Overlay in Poker Tournament</H1>
    <H2>PUBLISHED: Wednesday Feb 06, 2008 01:41 PM</H2>
    It Missed its Entrant Mark by Five Last Friday

    On Friday, for the first time in the history of the Borgata poker room, an overlay was needed to match a prize-pool guarantee for its $330 buy-in, $75,000-guaranteed hold’em event. The casino blamed horrible weather in the Atlantic City area for barely not attracting enough players to cover the guarantee. The city experienced a rainstorm with 20 mph gusting winds that day, and the tournament was short the number of entrants it needed to match the guarantee by five players.

    As it was, 245 players played in the event, and the Boragta covered the remaining $1,500 that was needed to reach the $75,000-guaranteed prize pool.

    <SPAN>“We will continue to cover all overlays for all guaranteed events as we have promised from the beginning,” said Ray Stefanelli, director of poker marketing. “Borgata will always guarantee the money will be there for customers when they show up to play in our tournaments. Adding $1,500 to [Friday's] prize pool is just one of the steps Borgata is willing to take to fulfill our promise and keep our customers satisfied.”</SPAN>
     
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  6. Grave Danger Grave Danger is offline

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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 2:08pm) in reply to Hawkhill7

    sounds good doubt theyll cancel it sure most of locals make up entrants anyways
     
  7. MarlonMotors MarlonMotors is offline

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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 3:00pm) in reply to Hawkhill7

    they changed this huh? it used to be a 230 tournament with like 6K chips right?
  8. tiltyjoker tiltyjoker is offline

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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 9:46pm) in reply to MarlonMotors

    yeah i may try and make the trip......
     
  9. msteitz12 msteitz12 is offline

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    Feb 21st, 2008 (2/21/2008 10:27pm) in reply to Hawkhill7

    Even if there is an overlay, it will only be a small one. expectsat least 200 even in the event of a state of emergency
     
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