Apparently, people like tournaments. I believe the tournament starts tomorrow in Commerce. Tonight, when I left at around 9:00, there were 3 15-30 games, 5 20-40 games, 2 30-60 games, 2 40-80 games, 2 80-160 games, and a pot limit game. The casino was loaded with people from out of town in for the tournament.


I don't play tournaments, so I can't say which, day-to-day games or tournaments, are the backbone of poker. But the fact that all of us started in day-to-day games, rather than tournaments, seems irrelevant to me. I started in draw, a lot of others who play hold 'em in California started in lowball and, I assume, a lot of Nevada players who play hold 'em started in stud. Hold 'em is where the action is now, so that's what we play.


FWIW, I had the biggest day of my poker playing life today, with a lot of weaker out-of-towners in town for the tournament, in the 40-80 game. No question the cards were falling all over me, and I rarely play as high as 40-80, but I got a lot of calls from people in for the tournament that I wouldn't get from the regulars in the game.