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Originally Posted by michelle227
Although that begs the question of WHY noon? Why couldn't it be earlier for Circuit events. My guess is that many who are there actually have real jobs and are certainly accustomed to being up early. The same structures could be used by starting at 10A and bagging at midnight...
While I know I am not the norm, I have to say that it sucks to be rolling over without an alarm clock at 5AM and have to kill seven hours before cards go in the air. Even in Las Vegas for the Series (where it was worse and my body was thinking 3AM was 5AM), cash games were not exactly rocking in the early hours...and for Circuit events, it is less so. As such, there is a decided DISadvantage for some of us who are accustomed to conventional sleeping schedules during the week...
Choctaw falls into a group of casinos such as Cherokee NC, Foxwoods, Hammond and Horseshoe Southern Indiana where many if not most players drive to the casino daily rather than stay on property. Having a 10AM start time would require those who commute to leave around 8AM in order to get to casino on time incase of traffic problems etc. this would require them waking up at 5AM-6AM something many aren't used to. 10AM start times have been tried at several events around the country and have received more complaints than approvals. But Jimmy Sommerfeld has always been known as a player friendly TD so I would suggest that you approach him with your request and he will consider it and maybe try it for a couple of tourneys and judge players reactions.