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  1. UNeed2Learn UNeed2Learn is offline

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    Dec 28th, 2010 (12/28/2010 4:26pm)

    does this series usually sell out pretty good? Im Livin in Dallas and usually travel to Winstar. Wondering if this would be worth the drive? Anyone Been ? Here's a link to their schedule :

    http://choctawcasino.localplacement....f%20Events.pdf
  2. lockdownpokah lockdownpokah is offline

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    Dec 28th, 2010 (12/28/2010 5:18pm) in reply to UNeed2Learn

    its the first one they have tried in oklahoma, but it will be full of the same mopes as winstar. play a couple and figure out for yourself, it's like 10-15 min farther than winstar for me from mesquite
     
  3. big4390 big4390 is offline

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    Dec 28th, 2010 (12/28/2010 9:32pm) in reply to lockdownpokah

    I am hoping to make it to a couple of those first events, but have not set any plans in stone yet... GL if you do go though.
     
  4. UNeed2Learn UNeed2Learn is offline

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    Dec 28th, 2010 (12/28/2010 9:56pm) in reply to big4390

    im def going to a couple of them since they are in my price range. Thanks guys...
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    Dec 28th, 2010 (12/28/2010 10:10pm) in reply to UNeed2Learn

     
    Originally Posted by UNeed2Learn View Post

    im def going to a couple of them since they are in my price range. Thanks guys...

    As someone else eluded to, most likely will be the same crowd as Winstar casino... mostly old people and locals from Dallas, Mckinney, Allen, etc coming into town to play... fields should be pretty good (i would expect about 350-ish for the $330 buy ins, and at least 245 runners for the $550s ) but this is just my guess... I played in the TJ Cloutier classic main event there and there was about 196 runners at the $1650 buy in....

    Choctaw (and winstar both) are TERRIBLE at marketing and advertising to poker community, but they do put alot of billboards up so that helps a little...

    I would say it is definitely worth paying as the fields are mostly old people (retired) that can play during the weeks etc, and some regular/grinders as well, (but few heavy hitters).... Expect the fields to be bigger on Friday ($330's) and Saturdays ($550s) as people are off work.... but if you want easier field take the week off and play the ring events tue,wed,thur, etc....

    Just my 2 cents... I live in Allen, which is close to Dallas and know alot of online players in the vacinity.
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    Dec 28th, 2010 (12/28/2010 11:19pm) in reply to Darksypher

    I'm planning on playing in a few events this Jan, I've played cash games there in the past. The poker room is pretty nice, and the tables were pretty soft. Like someone else mentioned it's mostly older people just playiing for fun.
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    Dec 28th, 2010 (12/28/2010 11:55pm) in reply to TXpoker30

    The real site for this casino doesnt seem to be working, anyone know the age restrictions there? I can see it's an indian casino. If it's 18+ there is a decent chance ill go.
     
  8. dank773 dank773 is offline

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    Dec 28th, 2010 (12/28/2010 11:55pm) in reply to MattElsarelli

    They have a retarded 50 cent per 10 dollars bet "ante" at their blackjack tables.
  9. UNeed2Learn UNeed2Learn is offline

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    Dec 28th, 2010 (12/28/2010 11:58pm) in reply to MattElsarelli

     
    Originally Posted by MattElsarelli View Post

    The real site for this casino doesnt seem to be working, anyone know the age restrictions there? I can see it's an indian casino. If it's 18+ there is a decent chance ill go.

    it is 18+
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    Dec 29th, 2010 (12/29/2010 12:13am) in reply to UNeed2Learn

     
    Originally Posted by UNeed2Learn View Post

    it is 18+



    Ahhh cool thank you.

    You have any idea if their is an airport anywhere close? It looks like there isn't one in Durant...I could be wrong tho
     
  11. TXpoker30 TXpoker30 is offline

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    Dec 29th, 2010 (12/29/2010 2:46am) in reply to MattElsarelli

     
    Originally Posted by MattElsarelli View Post

    Ahhh cool thank you.

    You have any idea if their is an airport anywhere close? It looks like there isn't one in Durant...I could be wrong tho

    It's about 80 miles North of Dallas, you could fly in to DFW and rent a car, the hotel is offering rooms for players at 69.00 a night.
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    Dec 29th, 2010 (12/29/2010 3:15am) in reply to TXpoker30

    Gonna be playing the NL events on the 13th, 14th, and 16th wanted to play more but gotta work for da man.

    Hope to bump into some P5ers, should be a pretty good turnout.
    Edited By: JayAces Dec 29th, 2010 at 03:36 AM
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    Dec 29th, 2010 (12/29/2010 3:25am) in reply to JayAces

    Probably making the drive down, dunno what day though. Pretty long series no way I want to stay for full thing. Will there be good cash game action and how will this series compare to belloxi?
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    Dec 29th, 2010 (12/29/2010 4:11am) in reply to Duffy08

    Going to make at least a couple of events. I think you'll see a bit more than usual compared to Winstar and Cloutier event.
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    Dec 29th, 2010 (12/29/2010 4:14am) in reply to Gatto

    Ya, nothing around here as ever been tagged with the WSOP name, I wish they would get the word out more, I think it could draw huge...
     
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    Dec 29th, 2010 (12/29/2010 4:19am) in reply to big4390

    final tabled an event in ac (brag) ill be there for atleast two weeks and probably gonna play most events
  17. UNeed2Learn UNeed2Learn is offline

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    Dec 29th, 2010 (12/29/2010 4:21am) in reply to dmanpoker12

    well if i run any worse tonight i might not be able to play any !!!! Just venting im pissed...
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    Dec 29th, 2010 (12/29/2010 5:10am) in reply to UNeed2Learn

    Well after looking into it more there is about a 80% chance I make a trip out to this. Really just not into getting a room all by myself for $70 a night, so it will come down to if i find a a m8 or 2 who are interested in making the trip. gl to everyone going!
     
  19. thefuture021 thefuture021 is offline

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    Dec 29th, 2010 (12/29/2010 5:29am) in reply to MattElsarelli

    Will be going the first and second weekends, tentatively.
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    Dec 31st, 2010 (12/31/2010 12:50am) in reply to JayAces

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    Edited By: bucketorocks Jan 1st, 2011 at 09:06 PM
  21. Gatto Gatto is offline

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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 5:25am) in reply to bucketorocks

    Talking to some locals, it sounds like this will be well attended for certain events.

    Ready for some fun.
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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 5:40am) in reply to Gatto

     
    Originally Posted by Gatto View Post

    Talking to some locals, it sounds like this will be well attended for certain events.

    Ready for some fun.

    Me and my friends are heading out there for the weekend, did they say what events are expected to be packed ?
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    Jan 6th, 2011 (1/6/2011 5:56am) in reply to TXpoker30

     
    Originally Posted by TXpoker30 View Post

    Me and my friends are heading out there for the weekend, did they say what events are expected to be packed ?

    Not really. Just seems like more people are aware of it than I thought. As you and your friends are playing, it seems that the weekend play will be good.....I'm doing the same, along with a few others i know.
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    Jan 7th, 2011 (1/7/2011 4:27pm) in reply to Gatto

    Anyone know if there's late registration for today's ring event?
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    Jan 7th, 2011 (1/7/2011 5:10pm) in reply to UNeed2Learn

    Was there last weekend, sattys looking juicy. I imagine this will be a very good event overall. Little late on the TV coverage tho. Choctaw has shaped up to be a "wow" nice casino.

    ***DO NOT SPEED NEAR EVENT PERIOD! WATCH FOR TRICKY SPEED DROPS, NO 5mph BUFFER.
    ****Reg online imo...

    Rumors...
    500+ pre regs
    Hotels are booked for opening weekend.
    Lines with up too 35 min wait times

    *****late reg is 2 levels, online reg cutoff was 10:30
    Edited By: just-jOHnny Jan 8th, 2011 at 12:50 AM
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    Jan 7th, 2011 (1/7/2011 10:03pm) in reply to just-jOHnny

    933 runners in the first 345$ ring event. that should pay around 45-50k to winner...
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    Jan 7th, 2011 (1/7/2011 11:50pm) in reply to bucketorocks

    935 entries to event number 2 today, 51k to first.

    Going on Sunday, I would expect it to be 1200+.
    Edited By: JayAces Jan 7th, 2011 at 11:50 PM
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    Jan 8th, 2011 (1/8/2011 10:12am) in reply to JayAces

    I'll be there. There's gonna be alot of good cash games going on and the events shouldnt be too bad at all. Deff worth going up there. I know most of the winstar players i see weekly will be up there all month. Should be a busy month for sure up there.
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    Jan 8th, 2011 (1/8/2011 10:16am) in reply to austin held

    I'm just going hoping to barrell roulette with MattElsarelli
     
  30. thefuture021 thefuture021 is offline

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    Jan 8th, 2011 (1/8/2011 10:35am) in reply to TommyGunn34

    Played today's event and there were some pretty annoying issues. Got there before the event started and finally began play at the beginning of level 3 as an alternate because of how long the lines were to sign up. There was one person dealing with walk-up sign-ups. Some people who registered online were pretty upset, too, because the will call line was very long as well. People who signed up weeks in advance ended up being alternates because it took them so long to get processed. Pretty inadequate staffing throughout the day.

    They started us off in the actual poker room (majority of tables were in a convention room). Nice room and comfortable seats, but not ideal for tournament. Their tournament clock wasn't working in the room for about 90% of the time and it was kind of annoying being sandwiched in between cash tables.

    Biggest issue was their chips. Players at my table were given orange 5,000 chips. When my table first broke, I moved to a table where the 5,000 chip was silver. If this isn't bad enough, I realized after another table break later in the day that the black 100 chips weren't the same for everyone. One table had SILVER 100 chips, that were very, very close to what the 5,000 chips looked like. Two players made mistakes with them during today, one busted because of it. And on top of honest mistakes, it opens up the door to shooting angles as well. Just pretty ridiculous in general.

    When cashing out after cashing in the tourney (brag obv) they had one person manning the tourney payout line. Between the registration line and payout line I did two hours of standing on top of 14 hours of playing. And the last thing you want to do after playing poker all day is wait an hour to get paid while listening to annoying people recount how they busted out to every single person without earshot.

    This isn't me trying to completely bash them. Their floor guys seemed relatively competent and some dealers were very apologetic about the chip situations. They just clearly weren't expecting this big of a tournament and hopefully most of the problems can be chalked up to that and typical first weekend jitters. I really hope they work these things out and the rest of the series runs a little smoother. It's a nice casino and good facility to host something like this.

    Good luck to everyone playing tomorrow. There's no way I can play another 15 hours so I'm taking it off.
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