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06-15-2010 , 02:28 PM
So I was playing yesterday's event: $125 buy in w/ 10k starting stack. According to their website the levels are:

25/50
50/100
75/150
100/200
100/200/25
150/300/50
200/400/50
300/600/75
400/800/100
500/1000/100
600/1200/100
800/1600/300
1000/2000/4000

Well..Last minute (before the tourney started) the tournament staff decided to take out 75/150; 150/300/25; 500/1000/100..

I came to play because of what was advertised (their structure), but was very disappointed that they changed it without letting everyone knows. More than half of the players were not happy with the tournament staff's decision..but hey..what can we do right??
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06-15-2010 , 02:58 PM
I would have asked for my money back!
The old bait and switch huh?
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06-16-2010 , 04:05 AM
lol why am i not surprised.

Every tournament series every run in LA that is not run my Matt Savage is full of BS. Bike may have a new tournament room, but their series still suck more than ever.
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06-16-2010 , 12:18 PM
they need to hire Matt for the NAPT @ the Bike later this year.
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06-16-2010 , 02:40 PM
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Originally Posted by TrickyShlt
they need to hire Matt for the NAPT @ the Bike later this year.
I will be at the Commerce at the same time (November 3-21st) for the LA Poker Open, come over and play the NAPT Main and our preliminary events at the Commerce. I promise not to take out any levels if you do
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06-16-2010 , 02:45 PM
Matt needs to clone himself so we can get more well-run tournaments around the country.
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06-16-2010 , 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by pig4bill
Matt needs to clone himself so we can get more well-run tournaments around the country.
Don't forget Jimmy Sommerfield, Steve Frezer and Johnny Grooms their events are usually just as good as Matt's. But I wish "Chainsaw" ran tourneys, a $300 event would last 4 days.
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06-17-2010 , 12:36 AM
The L.A. POKER SERIES @ the Bike on Thursday June 17, 2010 , $1050 MEGA SATELLITE
for the WSOP 2010 Main Event: 5 seats GUARANTEED + $1000 cash for expenses
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06-17-2010 , 11:52 PM
Wow, lots of commentary on the new structure. Trying some new ideas and streamlining structures, thanks to feedback from Bike players. Okay, a few disgruntled players here, I hear you, though not the consensus.

Bike’s new TD MO is all about a lot of chips and time well spent. The old way: $100 buy-in, 16-18 hours of play. I’m first out and walk away with $100 in my pocket. Or a new idea: 11 hours total play, a lot more chips, payout structure is the same and I make it home a few hours earlier. Live to play another day. It’s an experiment that seems to have a few fans, but we’ll take detractors too. Not a bad thing to maybe minimize some player burn out. Might even add more players to the event (and the prize pool money!)

Don't sell TD MO short yet - these players think he's on to something.
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06-18-2010 , 12:18 AM
Feedback is good and I hear you. We changed the one-day tournament structures because of the vast complaints that tournaments were just taking too long to finish. Players tell me every night, "Love to play but I can't stay 16-18 hours tonight. If it were 10, 11, 12 hours, great, but I have to work tomorrow".

Also, I give players far more chips here than any casino - On a $100 buy-in, 6000 starting chips and 2,000 bonus. For $200 buy-in or more, 8,000 in starting chips and 2,000 bonus. Seems to be popular. Structures are always available at registration windows and posted on our website. Time will tell if this remains popular but we're listening to our players, and we retain the privilege to change things in the best interest of the game and the players.
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06-18-2010 , 11:20 AM
I assume TD Mo isn't Live at the Bike Mo?
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06-18-2010 , 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by TD MO
Feedback is good and I hear you. We changed the one-day tournament structures because of the vast complaints that tournaments were just taking too long to finish. Players tell me every night, "Love to play but I can't stay 16-18 hours tonight. If it were 10, 11, 12 hours, great, but I have to work tomorrow".

Also, I give players far more chips here than any casino - On a $100 buy-in, 6000 starting chips and 2,000 bonus. For $200 buy-in or more, 8,000 in starting chips and 2,000 bonus. Seems to be popular. Structures are always available at registration windows and posted on our website. Time will tell if this remains popular but we're listening to our players, and we retain the privilege to change things in the best interest of the game and the players.
If the structure posted on your website is the same with the actual structure of the tournament, then there wouldn't be any complaints. As your website clearly states the 75/150; 150/300; 500/1000 levels, many of us were expecting those levels and played differently in our game. Now all of a sudden you decided to change last minute, because you have the power to do so, and not informing us, it is only fair to see the whole room yelled and ranted about it right? I saw a lot of players stood up and what "hey, what happened to 500/1000 ?" etc..

I totally understand your point of view how it takes 15-20 hrs to finish a tournament if you follow this structure. However, if you look through out this series, there are only a few "deep stack" tournaments with this structure. The rest are usually turbos. I and about 4 of my friends came to this specific tournament is because of the chips amount/buy in/structure. I thought it is the best bang for my buck to play in this tournament and so is everyone else. A lot of players came because of the structure and THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE MORE THAN 350 PLAYERS registered. Some rumors said that because the casino didn't expect a large crowd, that's why they cut the levels...just disappointed.

What I can guarantee you is that you won't see me there anymore. At least Matt @ Commerce is much better at these things.
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06-18-2010 , 02:35 PM
just copy the commerce structures and chips stacks. please.
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06-18-2010 , 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by tournamentGREG
The L.A. POKER SERIES @ the Bike on Thursday June 17, 2010 , $1050 MEGA SATELLITE
for the WSOP 2010 Main Event: 5 seats GUARANTEED + $1000 cash for expenses
lol, this may not be the glowing review thread that you want to advertise in.
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06-21-2010 , 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Kevmath
I assume TD Mo isn't Live at the Bike Mo?
The one and only Mo, he has taken on more duties to help The Bike.
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06-22-2010 , 02:21 PM
I personally liked the structures and I think he is doing the best tournament in southern Cal. I am as a tournament player I will support his tournament
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06-22-2010 , 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by ferri
I personally liked the structures and I think he is doing the best tournament in southern Cal. I am as a tournament player I will support his tournament
Did someone paid you to sign up to 2+2 and post make 1 post? lol
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06-26-2010 , 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Matt Savage
I will be at the Commerce at the same time (November 3-21st) for the LA Poker Open, come over and play the NAPT Main and our preliminary events at the Commerce. I promise not to take out any levels if you do
When do the schedules for the LA Poker Open and Commerce Holdem Series come out? I have a plane voucher that expires soon so i need to get the ball rolling and start booking flights! lol
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06-26-2010 , 03:53 PM
I noticed some weird things in the LHE that I played...

For example...

300/500 and we still had 25 chips infront of us...

then again, 3000/5000 and we still had 500 chips infront of us...

why??? yes I understand you did not want to race off chips until the break... but why not adjust the blinds to reflect the chips you had infront of you?
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06-27-2010 , 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by TrickyShlt
Did someone paid you to sign up to 2+2 and post make 1 post? lol
You know Cmmerce has 4 more levels with $3000 tournament chips and Bike has 4 levels less with $10,000 chips which structure you play dummy!!!!

Last edited by ferri; 06-27-2010 at 02:52 AM. Reason: put more :):):)
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06-28-2010 , 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by SuitedJunk
I noticed some weird things in the LHE that I played...

For example...

300/500 and we still had 25 chips infront of us...

then again, 3000/5000 and we still had 500 chips infront of us...

why??? yes I understand you did not want to race off chips until the break... but why not adjust the blinds to reflect the chips you had infront of you?
Allen Kessler?
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06-28-2010 , 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ferri
You know Cmmerce has 4 more levels with $3000 tournament chips and Bike has 4 levels less with $10,000 chips which structure you play dummy!!!!
$3000 of course. Their blinds starts at 25/25, Bike starts at 25/50
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07-02-2010 , 12:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Jack of Folds
Allen Kessler?
???
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