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Originally Posted by CrazyLond
Yeah, Maricopa is a dump of a town and it smells like manure. The bingo room at Ak-Chin is one of the more depressing places I have ever stepped into. I tend to think not too many poker players will travel out for these tournaments. There are a lot of regular daily/weekly/monthly tournaments in town with pretty decent fields. I guess part of it depends on how well they advertise. Many players might never even hear they are having an event.
Makes you wonder why they thought to build it way out there in the first place.
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I guess the one thing it has going for it is it will be the only event in Arizona outside of the AZ State Poker Championship that can get you listed on the various poker result websites. Maybe that will draw some players.
Yeah, but it's not like AZ is an island in the middle of the ocean. It's pretty easy to get to Vegas from Phoenix or Tucson. I can see the reasoning though. I proudly tell anyone that will listen that my sole Hendon Mob mention is a small cash at a Circuit prelim, lol.
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I will probably be able to play just one tournament since it's my busy season at work. Hopefully they have something good scheduled on a Saturday or Sunday.
Usually even the prelims are 2 days, FT on the 2nd day. And weekends are usually NLHE to appeal to the masses.