derby lane

[MeanGreenTT]

Enjoy 4-2 but I wouldn't recommend the tourney at Derby due to the discussed structue, just my opinion but it sucked before and now it's simply unplayable!

Silks at Tampa Downs has tourneys at 6:30 when the horses run, they also spread 1/2 like Derby and like Hard Rock.

Enjoy with the rest of the snowbirds!

And unfortunately Silks was closed yesterday but open today, trip report to follow...lol

[Etaipo]

FYI: An email conversation I had with Downs card room.

ME
>I live in Venice, and I am planning on heading to your area on
>>Wednesday. I've been to Derby Lane a couple of times for tournaments,
>>but some acquaintances let me know of your card room, and told me that
>>your tournament structure is much better. I would love to give it a
>>try! So I have some questions for you.
>>
>>1) In your tournaments, how many starting chips, what do the blinds
>>start at, and how often do they go up?
>>
>>2) Do you have a tournament schedule available? Or is it simply NL
>>Hold 'Em tournaments at noon and 6:30 every day?
>>
>>3) What is the max # of entrants per tournament? Or is there no max?
>>
>>4) On a typical weekday, what time do I need to be at the track in
>>order to secure a seat in the noon tournament? Do they usually sell
>>out? It's a long drive, and I don't want to get there only to find out


>>that I can't play (happened several times at Derby)
>>
>>5) During the week, do the single table tournaments run frequently?
>>
>>6) Do you have internet access available at your facility?
>>
>>Thanks a bunch, and I hope to see you next week!

REPLY

You start out with 2500
>Blinds start at 25-50
>First 3 levels are 15 min then 20 min levels after that
>Multi's are every live racing day at noon and 6:30 pm
>No max on the number of entries
>We start registration at 11am and 3pm
>Singles run continuosly starting at noon we run 30 to 40 a day
>No internet access

Also, I was going to go up on Wednesday, but I got this reply:

We are not open Wednesday
We are open Sunday Tuesday and Friday this week

[MeanGreenTT]

Yup, they've changed their structure too and of course it's bad for the players! [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

And yes, they're only open when they run the horses, odd but that's the scoop.

Got a couple of good hands paid off early and played great poker overall but down to 30 people, top 9 paid out of 118 runners, with 259k chips in play, the average stack was 10k, 5xbbs....WTF???

The best Florida tournaments are here. Online. Thats the fact jack.