I do, I just get the error message every time I try and look at HSI on facebook.

Check your PM's and see if the links I send work

It worked, thank you.

And lol at the stud event structure. You start with 20BB's not including the antes and the blinds double after the first level. Also they take $1500 from the top of each numbered event? I know its put to use later for the players but that seems like a lot given the buy ins.

Called them today, you get the usual amazing room rates of 79.99 and 199.99 during this special poker event!

Haha, that's funny! I actually had a room booked at $149...but it was for Saturday night and not Friday. By the time I realized it, cancelled and went to re-book this Friday and Saturday were both up to $199. Probably will stay elsewhere.

Motel 6 1079 North Luther Road, Georgetown, IN - (812) 923-0441

relatively new and I haven't heard anyone complain about it at the poker table. It is about 20 minutes away from the Horseshoe.

Hey there, old friend, I actually introduced myself to you several years ago down at the shoe....I don't expect you to remember me. Anyway, I've been reading decent things about the Holiday Inn Express over in New Albany and am considering staying there. Have you heard anything of late about it? I believe it has been remodeled within the last year.

I recognized you immediately. The downside of being a local, unless your wife lets you date, you don't have any personal experience with local hotels.

A friend stayed there recently and he didn't complain about it.

Made my reservations today for thurs-sunday. See you at the tables... hopefully, especially considering that the forecasts are calling for rain >.<

When is the day two of the first event. I belive day one is 5/12 5/13.

may 14th @ 5pm

Thanks.

$50,000 GUARANTEED PRIZE POOL!! $200 Buy In for $8,000 in chips. Day 2 kicks off tomorrow at Noon and registration is open for the first 2 levels. We are expecting a HUGE turnout tomorrw, so you might want to get here early to avoid lines at the registration window.

I'll be there Friday. How many players were there for today?

You only need 250 players to cover the 50k which is not that big of a deal.

Players see the word guarantee and go crazy and don't take the time to do the math, add-on is a much better word but casinos don't like to give anything away even when it comes from the players fund and isn't even their money.

I was told 92.

287 actually because they are taking 13% out of the $200 for fees.

And, their facebook page reported 92 today.

Oh well... the word guarantee got me. Figured I would head here since all the sharks are down in NOLA

i'll be there for the omaha tournament and the 20k one

That sounds about right. There was about 120 players today for 1B for a total of 212 players for both days. I busted out 15 players away from the money. First prize of $16,000 with nearly $13,000 added to the prize pool.

Overall a well managed tourney.

There wasn't money added to the prize pool, they just fell short of the number of entrants to cover the 50K guarantee. Today's event (Saturday, $220 buy-in, 20K guaranteed) had 169 runners, I believe, for a prize pool around 33K.

One thing a lot of folks commented on was that the 50K guarantee for event 1 was not mentioned on the flyers that are mailed out and the only way a lot of people know of the events and information is via the flyers that are mailed out....

I really don't feel bad for you Horseshoe.....Hollywood had a 2 day deep stack in March that costs $345 to enter and has a 250K guarantee with Days 1 and 2 on Thursdays and Fridays and they pulled over 1800 entrants. Granted, that tourney allowed re-entry on each day as well, but still only about 10% typically re-enter. For them to get over 1500 entrants and yours to pull a tad shy over 200 is ridiculous when you're buy-in is $200 and theirs was $345 in similar markets (Cincy and Louisville close in size, similar proximty to Indy, Lexington.....sure Hollywood is fairly close to Columbus, but Horseshoe isn't that far from Nashville or St. Louis).

let me tell you on the Hollywood event there first tournament had over 30% reentries. Many players reentered at least 4 or 5 times. I condemn casinos today for the reentry over re buys. But if the player is gonna prove the casino right by allowing reentries over re buys then the casino operator is the smart one by doing this. Some players reentered 4 times one day and 4 more the next. Players are sick and casinos know this. The change in practice did not start at Hollywood. Rebuys were invented to keep the player around to play more. Then the casino realized that many players would rentry and pay the juice again. Much better to have 100 players reentry than 250 players rebuy.

Yes, that is another way to look at it. Difference of terminology I guess.

Amount Guaranteed: $48,500.0
Prize Pool from Buy-in: $35,515.2
Money added to prize Pool: $12,984.8

Player Prize Pool: $48,500.00

This is an excellent point, and if anyone is re-entering that many times....well LOL, I would never do that.

As far as the tourney being well run, it was indeed fairly well run. I have no major complaints other than the clock went on the fritz a few times during Day B of event 1, but there really isn't much management can do about that. I did notice they were using different software for Event 2 for the clock.

The one thing I did have issue with is I was involved in a hand where I had two pair on the end and called a pretty big bet early from a player I read as having a busted flush draw with possibly a pair and when I called he said, "Good call, it's yours" and slowly tabled his hand, face up. I flipped over my hand and glanced and saw an ACE clubs, didn't see his other card....dealer pushed the pot to me and as I was organizing my chips, a player two to the righto of me (in the 1 seat) said, "He had a straight" and the player to my immediate left said that's what I thought (He's also a two plus twoer and had been in the hand apparently folding a set on the end). Nevertheless, dealer called the floor, floor asked if I had seen the other players hand when he tabled it and I said I only saw an ACE and then asked how much pot was and I said I don't know for sure, I've mixed in the chips....the other players said they saw the 9 of clubs also (which gave other player a straight as board was 2,8,10,J,Q)...so floor said they'd call upstairs to have the tape looked at.

While all this is going on, we restructured the pot at the table...but the clock kept going and other tables were playing hands while we waited on the result from upstiars, this lasted at least five maybe six minutes. Of course floor came over and declared opponent had a straight...I'd already counted out the pot and sent those chips on over.

I have no issue with the ruling here, in fact, I was ready to send the pot over to the other player without the floor going upstairs. The issue is I think the clock and play at all tables should have been stopped while they were reviewing the tape as our table sat there and was unable to play hands for 5 or 6 minutes and that isn't fair to our table.

The other player profusely apologized and I said no big deal, at least I read you right (busted flush draw), but the end result was the right outcome and I think the floor needed to rule on this and should have reviewed the tape as I didn't see the 9....but I wasn't too happy (nor were the other players at our table) that the clock kept running and play continued at the other tables. Granted this was early on maybe level 4-5-6, but still the clock should stop and play suspended when the video tape needs to be consulted at any tape during a tourney.