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Congrats on the cash & thanks for posting the info! Sounds like pretty good structures to me... Between this & the upcoming "poker classic" at DE Park, we've got some good tourneys coming up! I just wish I could sneak away for more of them....

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Originally Posted by DailyGrinder

I played (and cashed in) the morning tourney today, and picked up the sheets. As I promised, I'll try to summarize here.

NLH Events 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 (6 is 6-handed, 7 has a $25 bounty):
(there was no sheet for Event 9, but it looks the same as Event 3)
$20,000 chips, $5,000 chip add-on for $5
30 minute levels through level 10, then 45 minute levels
Antes begin at level 6
10 minute break after each 3 levels, dinner breaks after levels 12 and 30
Late/Re-entry permitted until start of level 4
Tournament will end at 3AM and resume play at 2PM if necessary

NLH Event 2:
$20,000 chips, $5,000 chip add-on for $5
45 minute levels through level 10, then 60 minute levels
Antes begin at level 6
10 minute break after each 3 levels, dinner breaks after levels 10 and 30
Late/Re-entry permitted until start of level 4
Tournament will end at 3AM and resume play at 2PM if necessary

PLO Event 4:
$20,000 chips, $5,000 chip add-on for $5
30 minute levels through level 10, then 45 minute levels
There are no antes in this structure
10 minute break after each 3 levels, dinner breaks after levels 12 and 30
Late/Re-entry permitted until start of level 4
Tournament will end at 3AM and resume play at 2PM if necessary

NLH Main Event:
$30,000 chips, $5,000 chip add-on for $5
45 minute levels through level 10, then 60 minutes, then final table 75 minutes
Antes begin at level 6
10 minute break after each 3 levels, dinner breaks after levels 10 and 30
Late/Re-entry permitted until start of level 4
Day 1 ends at 2AM and resumes Day 2 at 2PM
Day 2 ends at 2AM and resumes for final table at 2PM if necessary

I'm not listing the satellite, second chance or survivor tourneys; call the poker room for those if you're interested.

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02-01-2012 , 10:04 PM

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Pippen33

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Originally Posted by DailyGrinder

I played (and cashed in) the morning tourney today, and picked up the sheets. As I promised, I'll try to summarize here.

PLO Event 4:
$20,000 chips, $5,000 chip add-on for $5
30 minute levels through level 10, then 45 minute levels
There are no antes in this structure
10 minute break after each 3 levels, dinner breaks after levels 12 and 30
Late/Re-entry permitted until start of level 4
Tournament will end at 3AM and resume play at 2PM if necessary

I'm not listing the satellite, second chance or survivor tourneys; call the poker room for those if you're interested.

Might just have to take a half day and play that. No marketing though...be lucky if it gets 50 runners

Does this mean 15K chips + 5K add on.....or 20K + 5K for a total of 25K chips?

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02-02-2012 , 09:52 AM

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DailyGrinder

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Originally Posted by Pippen33

Does this mean 15K chips + 5K add on.....or 20K + 5K for a total of 25K chips?

The latter: your buy-in gets you $20,000 chips, you can buy $5,000 more for a $5 add on, giving you $25,000 total chips.

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02-02-2012 , 11:03 AM

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ReyzorXxX

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Originally Posted by Pippen33

No marketing though...be lucky if it gets 50 runners

Harrah's Chester does a very poor job of marketing their tournaments.... when WSOPC was there the turnouts were terrible. At least a Billboard on I-95 would work.

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02-02-2012 , 11:08 AM

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CSFurious

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what are the buy-ins for the tourneys thst you listed?

thanks for the info

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Originally Posted by DailyGrinder

The latter: your buy-in gets you $20,000 chips, you can buy $5,000 more for a $5 add on, giving you $25,000 total chips.

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02-02-2012 , 11:14 AM

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1ns71nct

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Found you a pdf...http://www.harrahschester.com/images...ship_Flyer.pdf

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02-02-2012 , 11:15 AM

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1ns71nct

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How do the sattys work. Do you need to win to gain a seat? or top 2?

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02-02-2012 , 11:59 AM

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CSFurious

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this is beyond terrible

worst that i have ever seen

does anyone think 200 players will show up with such short notice for Saturday's tourney?

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Originally Posted by ReyzorXxX

Harrah's Chester does a very poor job of marketing their tournaments.... when WSOPC was there the turnouts were terrible. At least a Billboard on I-95 would work.

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02-02-2012 , 01:40 PM

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mxp2004

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I heard that some floor staff got fired recently, but I didn't hear why. Does anyone know?

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02-02-2012 , 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Pippen33

Might just have to take a half day and play that. No marketing though...be lucky if it gets 50 runners

Does this mean 15K chips + 5K add on.....or 20K + 5K for a total of 25K chips?

That is a fantastic structure for the PLO tourney.

My main concern is the quality of the dealers. Last time I played in this tourney, the dealer were terrible. I hope they are better this year.

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02-02-2012 , 03:28 PM

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Pippen33

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Originally Posted by dean327

That is a fantastic structure for the PLO tourney.

My main concern is the quality of the dealers. Last time I played in this tourney, the dealer were terrible. I hope they are better this year.

I played the last "Philly Champ" PLO which was Sund July 31st

It had a decent turnout of like 140 runners. This one is a Monday so it'll draw far less.

Maybe I just got lucky but I didn't have much of a problem with the dealers. I had tables where the players weren't overbearing and helped (respectfully) with the pot. Should the dealers have a full grasp on the deal, the pot etc? Of course. But with some patience and helpful input, the table will be fine.

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02-02-2012 , 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by ReyzorXxX

Harrah's Chester does a very poor job of marketing their tournaments.... when WSOPC was there the turnouts were terrible. At least a Billboard on I-95 would work.

u gotta understand something, harrahs chester doesnt care about poker, and never will. they give everything to the state, and hardly make a profit. they dont have money to market the room or tournaments. the dude who runs the room was hired for crunching numbers, not for poker. he doesnt have any experience in running a poker room. im surprised he still has a job after that atrocity last summer.

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02-02-2012 , 06:41 PM

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Pippen33

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Originally Posted by jguerra338

Looks like Harrah's Chester Poker Room has a blog now:
http://www.pokerforums.org/blogs/dsl...oker-room.html

and a facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Harrah...37104492987103

Haha I guess you work there?

Nothing wrong with that though.

If you do, or if they read this...please take pics (or scan) of the structure sheets and post them on that blog or FB page (as you did the tourney list)

I'm referencing the upcoming Philly Poker Champ tourney.

Thanks

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02-02-2012 , 09:24 PM

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These structures are insanely good. Almost too good. If they had actually bothered to advertise, some of these tournaments could last a very long time. Since they didn't, they might finish at a reasonable time.

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02-03-2012 , 11:35 AM

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1ns71nct

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http://harrahschesterpokerroom.blogspot.com/

Please get in there and let them know that the rake sucks balls.

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02-03-2012 , 12:45 PM

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CSFurious

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saw a billboard this morning on PA TPKE going west between Routes 1 & 611

anyway, any word/guess on how amy runners will show up for Sat. noon tourney?

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02-03-2012 , 03:17 PM

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AlwayShort

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After everyone shakes off the Wing Bowl hangover....250 runners seems reasonable

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02-03-2012 , 03:35 PM

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1ns71nct

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102 entrants in event #1

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02-04-2012 , 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by 1ns71nct

102 entrants in event #1

That was a real nice & slow structure. I caught a bunch of hands back to back to back and chipped up massively for the chip lead with 36 left but couldn't hang on unfortunately, out in 12th for a min cash at 1:30am... So lame.... Anybody know if they came back for day 2 or chopped it up before the end of the night?

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02-05-2012 , 08:26 AM

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CommanderNChief

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Chester should do $4 max rake Mondays(6am-6am), the room would be packed. Think about it. Maybe Wednesdays too.

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02-05-2012 , 10:52 AM

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DailyGrinder

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Does anyone know how many runners were in Event 2 on Saturday?

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02-05-2012 , 11:41 AM

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dnb128

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Originally Posted by DailyGrinder

Does anyone know how many runners were in Event 2 on Saturday?

I believe there were only 78, not 100% sure but thought I saw that.

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02-07-2012 , 10:48 AM

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ReyzorXxX

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How many runners were in the PLO Event?

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02-07-2012 , 04:50 PM

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ray419

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Originally Posted by ReyzorXxX

How many runners were in the PLO Event?

53 for PLO...

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02-08-2012 , 06:25 AM

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ferVance

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Originally Posted by Conor S

... I typically play 1-2 but have begun taking shots at 2-5. How are the games there? Any comparison to Sands or Parx action would be appreciated. Also how many tables of 2-5 do they run on a saturday? Any description on their 1-2 games vs. 2-5?

Im sure this has been asked a hundred times but any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

this post didn't garner a response, and tho i'm sure there's info sprinkled throughout thread, i'm interested in current state of 2-5nl there. specifically, how many games can you find prime time midweek and weekend. are there even guaranteed to be games midweek? thx.

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