Anyone interested in a fun-game night anytime soon?

What is Congress that I keep seeing on Bravo?

5 card plo8

I searched for this thread because I've been watching Bravo and lately Choctaw has had more tables running - in some cases a LOT more tables running - than Winstar and I was curious if something was going on, and it appears there's a WSOP event going on there.

Are there big names there playing? Is it worth it for a poker fan to come check it out even though it's another half an hour further away than Winstar?

I will be going up this Saturday (5-23) and starting a 1-2-5 PLO8 list if anyone is interested in playing that. The floor says that people often request it but very rarely are there enough people at the same time to get the game going.

Who plans on playing in the wpt while it's at choctaw ?

I'll be there

I'll be looking for that hat and headphones lol

Guess I'll look for someone with a "baby face". Lol

I'll be playing in a couple. Maybe a satellite or two and the $200k guaranteed.

Will be out at Choctaw playing 2-5 NL tomorrow. Been a while since i played live

Might wait til late afternoon for 2/5

Will be there for the 200K GTD WPT event this weekend and will return for the 2 mill GTD 3500 Buyin. Should be a solid non-WSOP Series...

I'll be there from July 16 thru the main Aug 4 and your right it should be a very busy event.

I'm going to register for the 12pm or 5pm day 1 start for the $200k GTD on July 18th. From what I read there are two additional day 1 starts on the 17th and that they will run the tournament until about level 16. I'm a noob to this kind of thing so what does it mean when it says a "5% payout scale will be used. 3% of prize pool will be withheld for staffing"? I assume there would be no real way to calculate the prize-pool until we know how many entrants but surely we can ballpark it? I don't understand what the 5% payout scale means.

EDIT:

I figured it out for the most part. It just took more googling. The payout structure makes sense but it totally dependent upon the entrants, I guess. Also, I'm cloudy on the $100 voucher being removed from the prize pool. So....like $8,000 removed from the $200k?

Everyone that cashes receives a $100 voucher for a $100 satellite Tourney on July 29 or July 30 your choice, these tourneys guarantees 10 seats into the main event. They are transferable (so you can sell it) incase you can not or don't want to play in that tourney.

Does cash play at the bigger games at Choctaw?

2/5 and up

I'm planning on heading up tomorrow for the $200k guaranteed...was curious if anyone knew the blind structure for these trnys? Can't seem to find anything online.

Poker executives.com and there's a whole thread for the series

Thank you!

Don't forget the Wsopc tourneys start Jan 1st and the daily tourneys will be suspended until after Jan 17.

Daily tourneys and promotions resume after the WSOPC.
January Promotions (Starting Jan 18th: Football Squares Cash Payout Thursday game @ 7pm, Sunday game @ 12pm & 7pm, and Monday game @ 7pm. Players that qualify will pick a square and write their name and players card number on the football square board provided for each game. Players must be actively playing in a live cash game or a tournament to claim prize money. Players may qualify for up to three squares per game. Players may not qualify for a square after a game has already started. 1st – 3rd quarter squares are worth $100 and 4th quarter square is worth $200 for each game. Every quarter is progressive, if there is no winner for a quarter the money will be added to the next quarter. This will be for every quarter and every game from the days and times listed above. Early Bird Special: Monday - Friday 6am - 9am, Buy in or $90 in poker chips and receive a bonus up to $20 in free chips.(Limited to the first 30 Players). High Limit: Monday - Thursday 12am - 12:59pm, Play 3 Hours of 2/5 NO Limit Hold'em or any High Stakes game and receive $99. (Can only be redeemed once per day) Tournament Receipt Hotel Room: Play a tournament during the WSOP and receive one comp room night. Subject to availability. Poker Night in America Cash Game Promotion: Ways to win: Play 20 Hours of $2-$5 Blind game or Higher to enter a drawing on February 6th for a $10,000 seat in the Poker Night in America cash game or Play 20 Hours of $1-$2 or $1-$3 Blind game to enter in a drawing on February 13th for a $10,000 seat in the Poker Night in America cash game

So this past Friday Choctaw had a promotion for that day only where quad 2s would win $5000. This was apparently in honor of Kiss being in concert that night. They have a popular song named Deuce. Playing a loose easy 1/2 game all day, up $500, decide to rack up when big blind comes around. Head to cashier, hear a commotion, come back to table I just left, guy to my left who took my bb had A2 with 3 deuces on the board, wins the 5k. I know him so I rag him around pretty hard, saying he owes me half as he never would have hit it unless I stepped out. He threw me 5 bucks which I quickly pocketed, now up $505 for the session. Good thing is he'll give most of it back in no time so it's all +EV.

Heading up there tomorrow and staying until Sunday. Do they still offer the poker hotel room rate there? I heard if you played at least 5 hours, they give you a reduced hotel rate.