Yes, there is a poker room rate for the remodeled Commerce Crown Plaza hotel. Please call 323-728-3600, ask for the hotel, and book your dates. The rate has to be adjusted on site based on your play with tournament coordinator Jeffrey King or a casino shift manager.

Hey matt some of the dates on the pdf are incorrect I believe. Just a heads up not sure if it was brought to attention by anyone.

What date are you speaking of? Mega Satellites begin Jan 12th.

Nevermind lol.... think my eyes are playing tricks on me

Matt:

Please know that there are lots of players who support the elimination of re-entry tournaments!

I will actually be playing some of the events because they are not re-entry!

Besides forcing all players to go through a field where the highest skill edges often have the greatest # of entries it REALLY hurts the cash games. I have only been a full-time player for 2 years but I have seen the cash games rapidly decline around the tournament series in LA.

I support the long-term view of poker. If everyone takes what they can in this moment then the future for live poker looks bleak; not that the games won't be beatable, but that the $ up top will shrink and the lifestyle of pro players will be forever altered.

Thanks,
-Sam

Thanks Sam, I agree with some of your points and even wrote an OpEd article about it in 2013.

That's a great article Matt. I'm not planning to be a poker 'lifer' but I sure as heck don't want to see poker dry up in my lifetime. Seems insane for casinos to accelerate the timeline of MTTs just to break-even or be a slight 'winner' after a festival.



On a slightly different topic, what type of payout structure is the best for the poker economy in large fields, say 1000-3000? I saw some complaints about the WSOP payouts but don't quite understand the protest. Thanks in advance!

For the LAPC I prefer a little flatter structure with these parameters

12-13% of the field "In the Money"
9th place to receive roughly 10% of 1st

Some things should never be messed with. I believe this is one event that should never be No Limit. Low guarantee but this is one event that will not be played by me.

Interesting John, we will see how it works

Hope to see you in the "limit" HORSE events

Where is the cheapest place to stay within 10-15 min of the casino?

Guest house inn suites Pico Rivera.

Hotel and airfare booked. Last time I was at the LAPC was about 7 years ago. You run an excellent series Matt. Really looking forward to coming out there!

Are they good rooms and do you have a ballpark cost per night? If its not much savings I will just stay at the commerce.

Nice rooms about $50/night. I stay there every year.

I have only stayed at Commerce, Doubletree and Embassy Suites in Downey and suggest checking Yelp and Trip Advisor.

These are in no particular order or quality but are all within 10-15 despite traffic.


Commerce Crowne Plaza
6121 Telegraph Rd
Commerce, CA
(800) 948-0424

Doubletree by Hilton
5757 Telegraph Rd
Commerce, CA
(323) 887-8100

Super 8 City of Commerce
7810 Telegraph Rd
Commerce, CA
(866) 452-6022

Destiny Inn
5161 Triggs St
Los Angeles, CA
(323) 269-6602

Carlo Motel
2324 S Atlantic Blvd
Commerce, CA
(323) 318-2103

Comfort Inn Near Downey
9438 Firestone Blvd
Downey, CA
(562) 803-3555

Guesthouse Intl South Gate
8821 Garfield Ave
South Gate, CA
(562) 927-0212

Ramada Commerce
7272 E Gage Ave
Los Angeles, CA
(800) 252-1709

Bob's Motel
2217 S Atlantic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
(323) 266-6858

Budget Inn & Suites
7701 E Slauson Ave
Commerce, CA
(323) 728-5165

Bamby's Motel
2192 S Atlantic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
(323) 269-8352

Hines Motel
2203 S Atlantic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
(323) 262-1636

Comfort Inn & Suites
7330 Eastern Ave
Bell Gardens, CA
(562) 928-3452

Embassy Suites Hotel Los Angeles-Downey
8425 Firestone Blvd
Downey, CA
562) 861-1900

Miller Hotel
6308 Eastern Ave
Bell Gardens, CA
(323) 562-0091

Pride Hotel
1239 S Atlantic Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
(323) 266-2336

Studio Inn & Suites Downey Hotel
12340 Lakewood Blvd
Downey, CA
(562) 923-5511

Gardens
4541 Whittier Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
(323) 266-4346

Quality Inn & Suites
7709 Telegraph Rd
Montebello, CA
(323) 724-1400

Motel 6 Los Angeles B...
6344 Eastern Ave
Bell Gardens, CA
(323) 560-8221

Best Star Inn
7533 Telegraph Rd
Montebello, CA
(323) 721-3032

Atlantic Bell Hotel
6800 Atlantic Ave
Bell, CA
(323) 771-7456

Days Inn Downey
11102 Lakewood Blvd
Downey, CA(800) 329-1073

Guesthouse Hotel Norwalk
12500 Firestone Blvd
Norwalk, CA
(562) 868-0991

Whittier-Atlantic Hotel
1 on Yahoo
5379 Whittier Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
(323) 721-8277

How have non-CA residents fared with CA taxes (Jock Tax?) on winnings from CA? Is it true that this tax is taken immediately from winnings? Can you offset this with your home State Income taxes? Can any decent accountant handle this?

I've asked this question before, but haven't gotten a completely sufficient answer. I figure plenty of people reading this thread have experience with this issue from the past.

They tax you immediately but can file to get it back.

Any non-CA resident will have 7% deducted from their net winnings(gross minus the buy-in/entry fee) on any amount $1,500 or over. We will issue you a copy of CA 592-B Non-resident Withholding Tax Statement. I am not sure how it is offset by your home state taxes, but I am sure Allen or any other out-of-towner can explain the process. If you are unable to do it through your home state, I know that you can file a 540NR Tax Return with California at the end of the year. I have a link to the instructions for 592-B below. Hope that this info helps.

https://www.ftb.ca.gov/forms/misc/592ins.pdf

Sam, do you (or does anybody) have the schedule in a spreadsheet format? Thanks, Brad

Brad, I sent you a PM

Thanks, Matt, see you there.

Skinny do you have a rough estimate for the amount of runners in the opening event?

Need 667 runners to make $100k Guarantee. I would say 800-850 is a fair estimate. Wouldn't surprise me if it went over that.

Two $75 megas for the $570-$250,000 Guarantee in the books with many more to come. 5 seats guaranteed until the weekend when 10 seats are guaranteed.

Hope to see you at the Commerce soon!