I strongly question that. $6 an hour is a lot to overcome at 1/2, and I don't see 2/5 flooded with people looking for the high hand.

Ever play at Derby or Silks during best high hand promos? $6/hr is very easily overcome. Very.

I agree

We have no plans to change it.

Hi Scott-

When the current holdem BBJ gets hit, will it revert to the around 75k already collected in the back up jackpot or will it go down to the seed money amount of 5k?

Thanks.

Thank You

Scott, i will be coming to Tampa for a bachelor party in early march. I'm considering coming a few days to play there. Does the Hard Rock offer any poker rates / discounts on hotel rooms?

Played at a Hard Rock in Biloxi but never Tampa.

Its pretty expensive to stay at the casino any time of year, any day of the week. I recommend using hotwire.com to book a 3.5 star in Brandon. When I did I got a Sheraton hotel that was 1.5 miles from the hotel and it was awesome. Tennis courts, basketball court, gym, pools, and it was pet friendly (I had my dog with me). I got it for 58$ a night after taxes, which was more than reasonable.

5/10 NL and 5/10 PLO are both running right now.
It's been quite awhile since I've since 5/10 NL run..

Running today too

Someone please fix this tournament structure!!!!!!!!!!

Also, I hear the Saturday tourney has been getting nearly 300 players.

If it's not broke, don't fix it, right?

But... Why can't you run two tourneys? Start that one at 11 and start a $400ish with a 10k guarantee at 12. It's like someone's offering you a chance to print money and you're refusing.

ran Thursday and Friday yet no list tonight. it's so hit and miss.

I Cashed out 6500 Friday and got asked for my players card, should I be concerned at all?

Sounds like it, yes. That is, if you don't properly track and pay your taxes on your poker winnings. At least, it's a possibility.

Federal law requires two types of reporting for large cash transactions:
A Currency Transaction Report (CTR) for any cash transaction over $10K.
A Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) for any cash transaction that seems suspicious (connected to a possible violation of law or regulation).

Both types of reports go to Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen), but can make their way from there to the IRS.

There is no IRS requirement that a poker room or casino make any sort of IRS withholding or reporting on poker winnings except for net tournament winnings over $5000.00.

Given all of this, I don't think you were asked for your players card for IRS reporting purposes. It also seems unlikely that it was for SAR reporting, since there isn't anything suspicious about a poker player cashing out poker chips for that amount. So it may have just been an internal THR security measure. OTOH, it's hard to know what is going through the minds of the THR personnel and management. You might want to ask.

I doubt you have anything to worry about. Casinos are required to submit a Currency Transaction Report for cash transactions of over $10k in a 24 hour period by the same person. That includes someone who say cashes out $4k one time, then $3k a couple of hours later, and then 4k a few hours later, all in the same 24 hour period. So someone cashing out 6500 may be close enough that they require them to get ID in case you cash out more later that day.

There's a section on the FinCEN website for casinos, which has some interesting documents. One is the listing of "red flags" for casinos to look for from gaming customers as evidence of possible money laundering. It's here:

http://www.fincen.gov/statutes_regs/...2008-g007.html

The overall casino page for the FinCEN is here:

http://www.fincen.gov/financial_institutions/casinos/

I saw tonight that they added the back up BBJ amounts to the NL holdem primary jackpot, so it's now around 332k instead of the 251k it was stuck at. So when it finally gets hit, it will payout all the BBJ money accumulated under the old system.

Scott,

Good job on the changes for the WPT. 3 flights including a night one for 150k and main,very nice. Main Event satty's the 2 days before the main,very nice. Not having 3 tournaments exactly the same,very nice.

Thank You

Have one Omaha tournament ending a few hours before the next one starts is a bad idea though. And no black chip bounty.

I like the midweek 40k guarantee.

Last time I was there, I heard something about a gas card promotion for the 1st week of December. What are the specifics?

play 20 hours from dec 1 - 5 get a 100.00 gas card

So, a brush told me an inexplicable rule about not being allowed to transfer to a table that's just opening for 30 mins. Please tell me they are insane.

What is their exact stance on the forward motion/betting line rule?

If player A goes all in and B proceeds to move his stack forward but stop right before it crosses the line, is this considered a call? Does it make a difference if it is a cash game or tournament?

Must move in affect there?

No.

New rule. I believe its a rule Borgota uses. Not sure how i feel about it yet, however i started a new table a couple of days ago and 2 players transferred right away. One played just moved himself. New rules are fine, but if half the staff is not going to pay attention to them,what is the point?