La Casa Nostra Inaugural Tournament

The time has come, are you ready?? The "La Casa Nostra" (translated: Our House) Inaugural Tournament will be this Saturday, March 3, 2007. This will be an all day event with the "doors" opening at 10 AM. We will have single table satellites all day, starting as soon as they fill up. The main event will begin at 7:30 PM. Satellites will be fast and furious, while the Main Event will be slow and steady. Below are the blind schedules and payouts.

Satellite Blind Schedule: 10 players
Starting chip count 1,000
SMALL BIG ANTE TIME
25 25 - 10 hands
25 50 - 10 hands
50 100 - 10 hands
100 200 - 10 hands
200 400 - 10 hands
400 800 25 10 hands
800 1600 50 10 hands
1600 3200 100 10 hands
Payout: 1st Entry to Main Event

Main Event Blind Schedule: 20 players max
Starting chip count 3,000

SMALL BIG ANTE TIME

5 10 - 20 minutes
10 15 - 20 minutes
15 20 - 20 minutes
BREAK RACE OFF RED
25 50 - 15 minutes
50 100 - 15 minutes
75 150 - 15 minutes
100 200 - 15 minutes
BREAK
200 400 25 15 minutes
300 600 25 15 minutes
400 800 50 15 minutes
500 1000 50 15 minutes
BREAK RACE OFF GREEN
1000 2000 100 15 minutes
2000 4000 200 15 minutes
4000 8000 300 15 minutes
5000 10000 400 15 minutes
Payout: 1st 50% + trophy; 2nd 25%; 3rd 15%; 4th 10%

We will be using TDA rules, I will be the Tournament Director and Mike will be the other "floor" person. Any discrepancy that I am involved with he will resolve and visa-versa. A note about the "trophy", it is a 1-troy ounce silver card guard. It will have the winner’s name and the winning hand. Since it will be customized it will not be available on the night of the tournament—it will take about two weeks to arrive.

I will have beer on tap. I will also have "grill-it-yourself" burgers, brats, sausage and hotdogs along with chips. If you want something else, or would like to bring something for the group please feel free to bring it. Feel free to bring family.

Cash game will follow the main event (it will likely begin before the main event closes out). Cash game stakes and game will be decided by consensus (however, no wild card games are allowed). If a second cash game starts the higher stakes game will be played on the main table. Email me if you have questions or need directions to the house!!

Good day, but still not happy...

Today I played my 2nd tournament here in Biloxi... I won 2.3K, but I'm not happy. I finished second and was one bad beat from a 5K pay-day. I was heads up each of us about even with a little over 100K in chips each. I caught AKs flopped an inside straight draw and a flush draw. He pushed. I was sure he got a piece of the flop but felt my A and K were clean outs, plus my flush (royal possible), and my inside straight for a total of 17. If I had all 17 I was the favorite so I called. Sure enough he was sitting on J-T and had paired his tens. He had the J of spades so it turns out I had 16 outs--still the favorite. The turn was sweet--a J. Sadly he caught one of his four outs on the river when the Jack filled him up. I was left with a measly 5K in chips. I made a valiant effort, I doubled up twice, but the third time was the charm and I busted out.

This week I lost 600 in a 2/5 NL game (My opponent was All-in for 400 on the flop--J,8,5 w/ 2 clubs. I called with my AA, he had T-T with a club... runner runner clubs), so all in all I am up almost 5K. I'm taking tomorrow off for the Superbowl, then will probably play cash games until next weekend... stay tuned.