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Originally Posted by walnuts
Why was the poker room closed down right before noon Friday, to accomodate the tournament? I understand the turnout was much higher than anticipated (all good), and the Venue couldn't handle it (not too good), but to give the daily morning players a "two-hand" warning before abruptly shutting down their tables, to make way for a bunch of invaders that the Shoe isn't likely to see often after this tournament is over, seemed a slap in the face to those regular patrons.
Is it customary for the casino hosting a tournament to bend over backward for every wannabe entrant, even those dumb enough to arrive 15-30 minutes before a tournament that had had an abundance of publicity AND pre-registration? Wouldn't adhering to some sort of cutoff point have made more sense than shooing away players who support you year-round? Would it not have been better to simply use the EMPTY tables that were still available, and make THAT the cutoff point?
It's hard to tell if the Shoe was just trying it's best to be an accomdating host (although it wasn't too accomodating to it's regular clientele), or if this was a decision born of pure greed. As my hero Bill O'reilly would say..."what say ye, Jeremy?"
Standard, cash players always get the short end of the deal during WSOP Circuit events but there is a lot more action and the room is full of tourneyDonks from the Donkament. I am speaking from experiences at HCSI, I haven't been to Hammond.
At HCSI, they compeltely shut down all cash games for the large tourneys and only start cash games as tourney tables break.
The WSOP Circuit event is a mixed blessing for me, it sucks but it is the only time we can get an O/8 game.