2 Biggest Tourneys Each Week For $35 or Less Buy-In?

I began learning poker earlier this summer, and have been playing low limit exclusively. However, I just started playing tournaments (limit and no-limit) for fun. I don't want to spend much money on the tourneys, and I don't have a bunch of time to play them (some evenings and some weekend time), but I DO want to play them to take a shot -- really just for fun and not as a +EV play necessarily -- at the largest tournaments.

So, as the title to this post states, what are the two biggest tourneys I can enter each week for $35 or less buy-in.

And I'm not looking for satellite play.

Thanks

[skiier04]

The $11R on Stars has a huge prize pool but you could end up spending more than $35.

You could just limit yourself to one initial rebuy and the AO and possibly spend only $31, but oftentimes you will spend at least $51.

[TomHimself]

30$ deep stack each saturday on stars but it last a lifetime.

[rabman]

I play the $5000 guarantee $25+2 on Empire. They have a couple each night at 20:00 EST and 23:00 EST.

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The $11R on Stars has a huge prize pool but you could end up spending more than $35.

You could just limit yourself to one initial rebuy and the AO and possibly spend only $31, but oftentimes you will spend at least $51.

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Is this the $45k guaranteed tourney at 10:15 est each night?

[Hybrid_11]

the 20/2 40k guaranteed on poker as long as you dont mind the near 2000 participants a good prize pool

[yabastid]

Ultimate Bet's 10.5K guarantee every night at 10 pm is a good one. $33 to enter and usually a field around 350.

I also agree that if you want to treat the Stars 45K guarantee as a freeze out it is also a great one to play.

[IMTheWalrus8]

I've been playing a lot of these in that range, and am starting to memorize them. Sounds like you're a weekend warrior like me. I try to focus on the ones with best potential payoff:

Daily:
Stars $10+1 at 7:45 p.m. - 10K-15K
Party $10+1 at 8:30 p.m. - usually 15K - 20K
Party $20+2 at 10:20 p.m. - $40K guar

Stars $10+1 REBUY at 10:15 p.m. - 40K-45K guar depending on day; I think you're much better off dedicating $51 than $31.

Stars $20+2 at 11:30 p.m. - I think they get @ 800 on weekends, not sure about weekdays.

UB has a lot of $5.5 and $11 buy-in guaranteed tourneys, and the fields are much smaller - 350 or so. Blind structure is slower than Stars.

Bodog has a 4:30 $16+1 7.5K and 8:30 $11+1 7.5K on weekends. Small fields like UB.

Empire doesn't have good tourneys, IMO.

[justT]

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Empire doesn't have good tourneys, IMO

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I'd love to hear what you didn't like about the Empire tourneys? I was thinking about playing some of their guaranteed tourneys in this price range. Seems like they get decent size fields, not huge but not tiny, and their structure is fairly slow given the 20 minute blind levels.

Every tournament on bodog bro

7500$ Guaranteed each afternoon usually at 10:30 EST, some days 8:30EST

2000,2500,3000, 6500, 10000, 12000 guaranteeds for buyins ranging from 5-25 regularly.

Structure sucks, but money is the best.