As per a B&M post Matt Savage will be running a tourney series at the Hard Rock, he says he will post the proposed schedule.

I was called last month by Hard Rock Poker Room Manager Troy Evans to put together a tournament series during the WSOP but I decided that competing with 7 other tournament series including the WSOP is a bad idea.

I have done about 100 one offs in Las Vegas since the 2004 WSOP but I am very happy to be running another series where I live.

I put together dates (August 13-22nd) one month after the WSOP the locals will be ready to play again and the proposed schedule has a something for everyone. My goal is to have a professionally run series with great room rates, player friendly deep structures, and extras that I think players will enjoy.

Here is the schedule

Las Vegas Poker Series at Hard Rock Las Vegas
In conjunction with Savage Tournaments
These tournaments feature DEEP STRUCTURES
August 13-22nd, 2010


1 Friday 8/13 1pm No Limit Day 1A $350 $100,000 Guaranteed If you bust on Day 1A you may re-enter on Day 1B
2 Friday 8/13 5pm Omaha 8 or Better $350
Saturday 8/14 1pm No Limit Day 1B $350
3 Saturday 8/14 5pm H.O.R.S.E. $350
4 Sunday 8/15 1pm Bounty No Limit $350 $100 for each player you eliminate
5 Sunday 8/15 5pm 8 Game Mix $350
6 Monday 8/16 1pm No Limit $350
7 Monday 8/16 5pm PLO 8 or Better $350
8 Tuesday 8/17 1pm No Limit 6 Max $350
9 Tuesday 8/17 5pm No Limit Shootout $350 One Day Tournament
10 Wednesday 8/18 1pm No Limit with 1/ $200 RB $230 $50,000 Guaranteed
11 Wednesday 8/18 5pm PLO with 1/ $200 RB $230
12 Thursday 8/19 1pm No Limit $350
Thursday 8/19 5/9pm 1 in 5 Mega Satellites $140 5 Seat added 1 Main Event seat awarded for every 5 players
15 Friday 8/20 1pm NL Main Event Day 1A $550 $200,000 Guaranteed If you bust on Day 1A you may re-enter on Day 1B
Saturday 8/21 1pm NL Main Event Day 1B $550
Sunday 8/22 1pm NL Main Event Day 2
16 Sunday 8/22 5pm Player Appreciation NL Free $50 Rebuys $5,000 Added Show 3 reciepts and receive free entry

Events with over 100 players will be played in 2 days
No Limit tournaments will be played 6 handed at 36 players
All Tournaments qualify for Card Player POY

We are working on a sponsored best all around that will be based on money won in the 16 events.

Wow Matt i'm really glad to see this. The Hard Rock is great and i would love to see more poker tournys here in the future. Good Luck!!!

Matt,

I really like that schedule, but I'm strongly against playing all the NL events 6-handed from 36 players. Not that I'm against short-handed play, which I enjoy, I just think that a tournament should be as homogeneous as possible. Having a sudden and dramatic change 2/3rds of the way through the tournament makes no sense to me.

Perhaps have 1 NL event play that way? Or compromise and play them 8-handed, a la the Stars tournaments (NAPT, PCA etc).

In, good move for HR, bringing Matt in to run a series

The reason I do I wanted to do it is that it makes the structure even deeper late and at the final table like Bay 101, Aruba, and Aussie Millions (other tournaments I have run). I also think it does change the dynamic of the game as well.

Interested to see what more of you think and I can still make changes. Troy and the Hard Rock have been real supportive so far and left it up to me.

6 handed is boss, I might play these seeing as how we rented our house through august. maybe I wont hate live poker by this time

This is so exciting. Matt runs the best tournaments. The positive feedback from the poker community and pro players is impressive. So good to have you back home Matt and Maryann. SAVAGE ROCKS!!!

looking forward to this

playing a lot of the commerce tourneys, i can assure you Matt will do a awesome job

Matt,

Are the guarantees "true" guarantees this time? I recall a fair amount of flack when Hard Rock canceled one of its $20k "guarantee" tourneys because the player min wasn't reached.

Looking forward to another Savage-run tourney!

Nice Matt, long live O8, but is the Hard Rock still a haze of cigarette smoke?

The cigarette smoke is really only an issue in the first couple of tables due to the bar right next door.

Tournaments are NEVER held on those tables. Those tables are used for cash games only.

I assume that this tournament will be held in the back of the room, where it is completely smoke free.

I look forward to playing at least one event.

CK's concern is a VERY valid one.

Hard Rock is well known for cancelling guarantee tournaments when there are not enough players to "qualify" for the guarantee.

I can only assume that with Matt at the helm that this issue will be moot, but it is definately worth asking about.

I will do what I can to either eliminate the smoke or reduce the exposure of the tournament players have to face. Big fan of non smoking tournaments.

Thanks CK, I am told that the canceled guarantees had posted minimum player amounts. I have also stressed to HR management that an event I am involved will not have minimums and that the guarantees are to be kept 100%. They have complies with my wishes so I am certain that they will honor them.

This is huge (especially considering Hard Rock's previous history).

GL Turning the HR's chop suey rep around Matt, if anyone can do it, it's you !

There is a lot of pressure to perform here and their advertising campaign adds even more pressure. I am happy that they are giving me the support and hoping that it translates into a great series that it will lead to more.

Matt, how come no studs for Hard Rock??

The series, like at the Commerce and Bay 101, will offer streaming at feature/final tables at www.detoxpoker.com

Thanks Kevmath, Veerob, Sam, and I are thinking of more player friendly things to do.

Being the "player" of the three of us, I've been leaning heavily on Matt for some friendly things we don't get around town in other series. Matt's going to do his best to make as many of my ideas happen as he can. We've cooked up one that involves me heading into the lab. Will unveil if it works out.

Any reason why this event isn't even mentioned on the Hard Rock's web site?

Seems strange that it isn't these, especially with all the print ads I've seen recently.

It was supposed to be on the website last week, but there were some "technical issues"[1] that are being worked on. Hopefully it will be up this week.

[1] I have not been told what they are