08 Casino Arizona State Poker Championship and Qualifying Shootouts:

[Admin]

Congratulations to Conrad David Granath
2008 Arizona State Poker Champion !


Prize: $217,000, trophy and ring




Casino Arizona presents the 4th Annual
Arizona State Poker Championship
No Limit Texas Hold-EM Tournament
9:00 AM Saturday - August 16th , 17th, 18th, 2008
$50,000.00 Added
$650,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool (based on 600 entries)
Sign-Ups and satellites begin May 1st 2008 at 12 P.M
$1000.00 Buy-in + $50.00 Fee
Players can sign -up at the box office by calling 480-850-7734

300 players 9:00.am. August 16th play down to 30
300 players 9:00.am. August 17th play down to 30
60 Players 11:00a.m. August 18th for Championship
Tournament Prize Money ( based on sellout of 600 entries)

1ST 193,500.00 +Championship Ring & Trophy

2nd - $96,000 & Trophy

3rd - $54,000 & Trophy

4th $42,000
5th $31,000
6th $22,000
7th $16,000
8th $12,000
9th $9,000
10th $8,000
     
11th thru 75th $6,000.00
16th thru 20th $4500.00   
21st thru 30th $3500.00
31st thru 40th $3000.00
41st thru 50th $2600.00
51st thru 60th $2300.00



$10,000 Tournament chips
No-Limit Tournament structure as listed below:
ANTE   BLINDS   TIME
       25-50      30 MINS
       50-100     30 MINS
       100-200    30 MINS
25     100-200       30 MINS

BREAK          15 MINS
      
25   200-400        45 MINS
25   300 -600      45 MINS
50   400 -800      45 MINS

BREAK      15 MINS

50   600-1200   45 MINS
75   800-1500   45 MINS
75   1000-2000   45 MINS

BREAK            15 MINS

100   1500-3000   45 MINS
100   2000-4000   45 MINS
200   3000-6000   45 MINS

BREAK        15mins
   
200   4000 - 8000   45 MINS
300   5000-10,000   45 MINS



WIN a $1,050 seat to the 2008 Casino Arizona State Championship
Play the following No-Limit Hold-E/M Tournaments. (Limited 100 entries)

March 2,16
April 6, 20
May 4,18, 25
June 8, 22
July 6
10:00 A.M.

Entry $105 - Service Fee $20

Sign ups start Monday 12:00 P.M. Prior to each tournament.

Prizes: For every 10 paid entrys, one $1050 entry to the State Championship Will be awarded (NO CASH). A maximum of 10 per tournament.
If an odd number of players sign up, we will award the most seats possible, With the remainder of the money awarded to the players who reach the final table and do not receive a seat.

$4000.00 Tournament Chips
No-Limit
 
20 mins    25/50                                                     
20 mins    50/100
20 mins    100/200
20 mins    150/300
20 mins    200/400
Break 12 minutes

30 mins    300/600
30 mins    500/1000
30 mins    700/1500
break 12 minutes

30 mins    1000/2000
30 mins    1500/3000
break 10 minutes
30 mins    2000/4000
30 mins    3000/6000
30 mins    5000/10000   
Blinds Double

[that_pope]

Yes yes yes!!!! A much better prize distribution, much better then the top heavy prize they had last year just so they could advertise a quarter of a million to first place.  I will be in it for sure!

[that_pope]

Ugh, but I just looked at how they are handling having two starting days, and I think I will have to talk to them about it, because that is just wrong.  They can't play exactly to the money bubble, because what if day 1 lasts an hour longer than day 2.  Theoretically the player who got 31st on day 1 actually outlasted everyone on day 2 because they still have an hour to make up. 

And also what happens if Day 1 gets 250 people but Day 2 gets 300 people...totally not fair to people on Day 2 with that example. 

They need to play down to about 50 people on Day 1 and then mark that time on the tourney clock and play the exact same amount of time on Day 2, YOU CANT REACH THE MONEY BUBBLE IN A TOURNEY WHEN EVERYONE ISN"T IN THE SAME BUILDING YET....I will be having a word with Kent on this (probably this weekend).

[that_pope]

I spoke with Kent a week ago, and he said only Dave could change it, he had no say in it, and he said he agreed with me, for whatever that is worth, probably said that so I would go back to my seat and continue playing and stop bothering him...

[CrazyLond]

There certainly is a much better payout structure than last year.  I agree with your point about ending day 1s at the same time.  Anyway, I haven't decided whether I will play in some satellites or just buy-in this year.

[CrazyLond]

Man, I just did one of the $110 satellites for this.  I got lucky a couple times and managed to get down to heads up.  She had me covered about 2-1 when it started.  Honestly, I've probably played over 1000 heads up matches (most online) and I think she might be the worst player I've played against.  With huge blinds (700/1500) she seemed to be waiting for a monster before committing any chips.  I managed to get up to about a 2-1 advantage and eventually she got a couple monsters to double up then put me out.  Very frustrating but judging from the general caliber of player I might try another next weekend.

She was such a bad player in general...earlier I had gone all-in UTG for 950.  She was on the BB(600) and folded to my raise after everyone else folded.  How can you fold any hand in that spot getting 6-1?  It's not like my all-in means I've got anything since I'm committed to play one of the next 2 hands...ah, whatever, I'm going to sleep...

[trussdude]

Are entries to the championship transferable?

[clarkstar]

Are entries to the championship transferable?

i'm pretty sure they are. i played in 2006 and my entry had someone else's name. they did not care.

[CrazyLond]

Does anyone know if there are still seats available?  Last year they sold out pretty early.  Also, are there still satellites going on?  I definitely want to play again this year.  I thought the blind structure was really good last year (far better than the WSOP and caesar's megastack debacles I recently experienced).  Now that the payout is flatter, it seems like a great value.

[CrazyLond]

Well, I'm in.  I hope they stop the clock at the same point for the first two days.  I guess it doesn't matter since I'll probably win it either way.

[that_pope]

Well, I'm in.  I hope they stop the clock at the same point for the first two days.  I guess it doesn't matter since I'll probably win it either way.

That was my major quibble with the way it is laid out.  If they play down to exactly 30 each day, there is no way they will be on the same level.  You can't bust a bubble in a multi starting day tournament when the whole tourney isn't playing at the same time, that is just theoretically horrible.  I spoke with both people who would have control over this, and they said, too bad. 

The best solution is: You can play down to 50ish on Day 1a, and barring some unforseen catastrophe where all of Day 1b wants to go all in every hand, you will play the same amount of time on Day 1b, and rejoin the fields on Day 2 and burst the bubble then.

[that_pope]

I mean, how fair is it that the bubble bursts instantly in one day, and then I, on a semi-short stack, get blinded to the ground while trying to squeek into the money, and we end up playing for 50 extra minutes.  Now they all saved all those blinds that I unfairly had to play, and vice versa, if I was a big stack in Day 1a, and all of a sudden my stack is smaller because Day 1b big stacks got more time to abuse the bubble, and at a higher blind level. 

Nothing good can come from ending it this way, makes it almost like a shoot-out.  The only way they could make ending at 30 people each day fair is if all 60 people come back the next day and start with equal stakes, making day 1 basically a shoot-out/satellite. 

As you can see, I have very strong feelings on this, that no one else (specifically Dave and Kent) seem to care about.

[CrazyLond]

I completely agree with you.  By playing down to the same number of players each day, you avoid the problem of bursting the bubble that day but give a major advantage to one of the days.  I definitely think that playing down to some set number on day 1A and then having day 1B play to whatever that point is on the clock makes sense.  I'll also complain to Dave and some of the other tournament players.  Hopefully if enough people bring it up they'll change it.  If not, hopefully enough people complain the actual day of the tournament that they will when people realize the problem.

[DGK1186]

Has anyone played the $125 satellites?  If so what was it like?  I'm most likely playing the last one on Sunday.

[DGK1186]

Well I played the satellite yesterday.  153 people entered, 15 got tickets, 16-18 got their money back.  I was able to squeeze in to the top 15!   Pretty excited.  I thought I played quite well and then when blinds were getting big with 40 people left, I was forced to go all in when I was BB.  I got ridiculously lucky and tripled up.  Went on a rush of cards and got enough chips to basically sit around waiting for all short-stacks to bust.  Overall the play was pretty bad - definitely some good players but wow there were some terrible plays.  For ex:

Guy is on the button with about 6,300 in chips.  Blinds are at 500-1000 and he raises to 4000.  BB pushes, Button folds.  There are about 30 people left I think.

Blinds go up to 700-1500 and the same guy is in the BB. Someone raises to 4500 and the BB FOLDS!!!  He leaves himself 800 in chips.  I was surprised he called the extra 100 from the SB

Really looking forward to August 16th!