You're welcome. Indeed it is. The guys at our table who were in the 2 and 3 seat were the ones who did not want to chop initially, serves em right.

General question. In regards to hourly comps from poker, how do i use this money and what can I use it for? Thanks

You ask at the poker desk for a voucher for the amount you want to use. You can then use that voucher to make a purchase at the many restaurants or stores in the Hard Rock.

Occasionally, the vouchers can also be used for special event tournament buy-ins. They have done that for any of the tournaments in the last two regional WPT events, including the SNG and MTT satellites.

Agreed... However since he was the one who asked to see, if it was the winner, and you misread your hand, it would be live. I like how most rooms are using IWTSTH now, the player that wants to use it has to have a valid reason to request.

congrats!

out of curiosity, what were the pay-outs for 7th and 9th?

Thanks. 9th was approx 5k and 7th was approx 9.5k.

Congrats again Provolone. Damn, those 7th and 9th place pay outs definitely leave much to be desired. I Busted out of last night's final $290 WPT tourney on about the 4th hand lol when I made a horrid call with AA. I planned on only firing one bullet and just leaving if I busted and would watch Boardwalk Empire- but I couldn't handle the fact that I had only played 3 hands so I re-bought and ended up chopping the 99 person tourney 10 handed for $2,367 Makes me feel a little better about firing 3 bullets in one of the $200 turbos last week and not cashing...

Cashed with you. Were you seat 7 at the FT?

Hey man good stuff, I was in seat 7 I think - although it could have been seat 8 - black T shirt, or a brown sweater. What seat were you in at final table?

I was in seat 1 in the black hoodie. Before the last 2 tables broke were you at the FT? It took forever it seemed like to get rid of those last 2 or 3 to get to the money.

Cool, yeah I was sitting next to you on your left when we were 11 handed for a while. How about that guy running like God playing his first tourney lol. GG man, I'm sure I'll see you again at some point.

thanks eddie. Yeh I passed on those turbos, I get tilted too quickly as is. Nice cash though

Thanks. Yeah, after playing the turbo I basically realized that it's a huge crap shoot - with ridiculous rake - and you probably should be rebuying if you're going to enter it at all - but then if you rebuy you nd up paying so much money to the house that I almost can't stomach it. For my 3rd rebuy there were like 65 people out of 98 remaining or something like that. So, essentially you're able to enter a turbo tourney, with a ton of dead money added - and everyone is pretty much short stacked - which of course adds to the luck factor - but it can also add to the skill factor in how poorly people at THR play a short stack.

An example of how herrendous players' thought processes can be - last night's tourney:
A guy shoved K5ss on the button with 12k chips at 600-1200 and some ante - i woke up with 77 in the sb and called him for 1/6 my stack and my hand held. After the guy left my whole side of the table was critiquing his 10bb shove on the button with a suited King as horrible and they could not understand how he just gave away his stack lol. Even when I pointed out that the guy's move wasn't that bad he had 10bbs and was on the button - they couldn't fathom where I was coming from.

If you have a lot of comp dollars, make sure to check the menus and prices of where you want to eat so you can pay all or most of the bill with a voucher, but without going over (once a physical voucher is created, the voucher dollars are not refundable and can only be used on one restaurant check).

Also, if you are at a sit-down restaurant, be sure to tip on the full amount of the check before the voucher is applied. Vouchers cannot be used for tips.

He really was hitting everything, beginners luck haha. Good playing with you though man, i'll see you around.

Hey Everyone,
I'm looking for some advice on a place to stay for three weeks in December to January. Coming in from NY to grind full time during my college break. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

OP has good advice on where to stay...

I can't find anywhere on the hard rock site what the max buy ins for cash games are since the removal of the cap. Could anyone direct me to where it says, or know off the top of their head? Thanks

First post in this thread.

Thanks, I didn't even think to check there. Much Appreciated.

1/2 $40-$100 --- 2/5 $200-$600 --- 5/10 $500-$5000?

1/3 100-300 as well. I thought 5-10 was 2k, but I have no idea.

5/10 is $500-$5000.
10/20 I think is $1000-$10000 but it rarely runs.
10/25 is $2500-unlimited.

Which game is the softest? Is it worth playing 1/3 or just going straight to 2/5?

1/3 plays super nitty and is 75% regs. 2/5 is way better..fri/sat night is the nuts