You by chance didn't run into a gentleman who "had a plan" with K6 and later 4Bet shoved with Q3 did you?

q3 of spades?

Man I hope the main event gets over 200 runners..

Keep dreaming! I'm dreaming. Won a seat in step 1. 9 seats given out.

I'm predicting 120 runners.

Donk, did you win it tonight? I flamed out around 25-30th, as I was completely card-dead. Had AJo as a short-stack in SB, raised, and BB shoved, so I re-shoved given my M of 5. Ran into AQo...it happens .

But the 1/2 games were juicy, a LOT of action and short-handed tables.

Yeah I TID. My M was like 3. Then I went on a little heater to become CL. At a good table now with effectives > 150 bb. My 5 high bluff worked @ this table!

Good luck next 1 Jerseys.

BTW. 10 1-2 TABLES now

I got tired of 1-2 and noticed short handed 2-5 must move. So much more fun! 2 tables of 2-5 right now. The table was very juicy.

Chopped the $60 dollar midnight tournament...big stack had like 30bb, middle stack had 15bb after winning a flip and i was the shorty with 5bb left

big stack says he'll take 750 if me and the middle stack chop the rest and i snap accept, made out with 543 which was 2nd place money, which i would of had to rungood with my stack size to obtain obviously. 3rd was 300 so I'm +240 in ev

I should play tournaments when I have a hunch too more...feeling good about friday/sunday events.

(poker room content: i was surprised the midnight got 45 runners but then someone at my final table said that they got 65 for one last week. whats up with these declining #s im worried about this weekend)

I could be wrong, but I do believe that the Stud table was open, & there was only less than 6 players that opened the table, true we did get up to 9, & had some players waiting, it stayed fairly full as I left.
1bigAzz, did you even play @ the table? It was an $1/$2 Omaha P/L, & it just happened to open on table #9, as I posted, which was a stud table, & if the game had got more players on the list woulda been moved & turned into the must move...........

I'm guessing 110 but hoping 330...

No chance. Most likely less then 100 runners. That's why they didn't put any
guaranties. Let's see they got 6 seat distributed via 2 Sat2's and will run 2 more. So max outcome from sats will be 20 seat's.
It's completely unknown how many players will buy upfront in MS and on PTseats. But I guess total number could be : min ~90 and max 200.
We'll see.

I am contemplating just doing the Event #1 $250 NL, or should I just suck it up and invest in a Step 2 ticket? Tourneys are such a crapshoot anyway, but will the Event #1 even get 100 runners?

Also, Donk, did you ever make it to Table #2 at the Step 1? If so, we likely shared a few rounds.

PORK: There is also a $550 NL event which seems intriguing, although it could just be a glorified flameout if it lacks runners.

I played poker at Mohegan Sun for the first time over the weekend.

I really liked the place. The place was busy enough to have some good games going, but not so busy that there was any sort of wait. My friend and I literally sat down at a 1-2 NL table in about 30 seconds.

Conversely, I have experienced some brutal waits to play poker at Foxwoods.

I definitely think I will bet headed to Mohegan again in the near future.

Yea I am wondering about the turnout for the $550 event. I can't play the main cause I have a wedding Saturday to attend so was planning on getting in this one.

Thing is, if they are going to have <100 runners for the $550, why not try to get it done in one day? I also could have sworn when they announced it that they had it as a one day event then changed it to a 2 day.

I'm also interested in potential turnout #'s for the $550 and the $1100. Debating whether or not to head south to AC or north to Mohegan this weekend....

IMHO, Event 1 will get a big turnout and likely the most runners of all the events. It should be WAY more than 100. Recent Foxwoods & Mohegan tournaments at this price point usually generate a huge field of several hundred+. The problem is that the late announcement of this series didn't put it on player's radar early enough. The low buy-in mega stacks get like 700 runners. NAPT event 1 got like 300+.

The structure for Event 1 is OK. The step 2 structure is bad. You'll get more value out of playing Event 1. I think you said you haven't played too many tournaments. So it might be good to play Event 1 as its slightly better than the typical daily tournaments.

The main event is definitely a much better structure. Since you are primarily a cash game player, you have a huge edge vs the field when deep stacked. I think Event 1 will be easier for a solid player as the field will be weaker and you can find a lot of spots to dominate your opponents. The main event has the better structure so your cash game skills help for a longer part of the tournament. This still might only be a couple of levels however. Tournaments really frustrate me at times compared to cash. I guess its a coin flip between a step 2 and playing event 1. Maybe try another step 1 and play event 1???

You could always wait and see. Evaluate the size of the field of Event 1 the morning of the event. If its a nice sized field, then play it. If not, play a step 2 later on.

I think I did make it to table 2 but only when 1/2 the field was gone.

Good luck whatever event you pick!

How many runners should I expect in the Step One tourney either tonight or tomorrow afternoon?

Also, how long do they typically last?

49 last night step 1 @ 6pm. 9 seats 10th paid $200. Everyone chipped in $5 to give 10th $245.

I'd expect about the same.

I think it was 3 hours.

Nice of you guys to chip in for 10th. I was there for a while, but busted out something like 17th or 18th.

amazing foxwoods can get almost 1000 people in a 340......mohegan is doing something wrong.

I think it is nothing more than a smaller client base--Foxwoods has dominated the poker scene in the Northeast for years, and it is very difficult to take market share all at once--it has to happen piece by piece, and although MS may have a smaller base of regs, they tend to be more loyal (and in my opinion, better players, but that is purely subjective and largely a product of a higher offering of game selection and stakes at the Woods)

I think while that is true it can be more than that. The napt was a huge series and their prelim events with awful 10k/30 min structures got around 100 people.


If the 250 on friday gets 400+ i would be pleased. I don't think it should be that hard either.

Its simple....if you go to fw and ask about the tourney this weekend no one knows about it.

Second. Fw has their tourneys listed wayyyyyyyy beyond a month in advance.

If you look in every major poker magazine or. Com site its also not listed...or atleast everyone I've seen.

It comes down to no one ever knows about it....and if when they do they just find out a month in advance. Their marketing is horrendous for the tournaments. Only successful was napt and that's because pokerstars did it for them.

The 340 mega stack coming up in August has a guarantee, more starting chips, longer levels. That makes for a more successful tournament. Also Foxwoods has an abundance of cheaper rooms.

The guarantee is SUPER important. People will commit to the travel if the guarantee insures a good turnout. Otherwise, people don't want to travel for light turnout. The guarantee does not have to be that much. Perhaps even $150,000 for the $1100 would suffice. F/W struggles to fill out the mega stack main events and meet the guarantee but usually easily exceeds the 340 and 560 guarantee.

I understand last year's Summer Showdown problem with the guarantee where the casino had to shell out > $200,000 to the prize pool. So they might be gunshy or figure that July right after the WSOP is not a great time to run a series.

Please, for the Fall Showdown or whatever the next tourney series is, have some kind of guarantee and announce the event well in advance. In fact, probably best to ride on top of the Foxwoods World Poker Finals either just before or start it up during the WPT main event. That way, players already in town for that series could also play the Mohegan events.

Agree. Foxwoods announced entire schedule for the whole year at the beginning of the year.

Mohegan should wait and see what Foxwoods and Borgata schedule and then fit in. There should be plenty of room and enough player base in the northeast for all 3 to thrive as tournament venues.