NLHE Tournaments in Milwaukee

[lawpoker]

i probably shouldn't be posting this, as my chances of success will likely decrease. but, if you're in/around milwaukee, you probably want to check out www.badgerpoker.com and register for the tournaments. these are free entry tournaments, with 10 weeks of prelims. in october there will be a championship.

just thought people might be interested in this.

good luck.

[BradleyT]

Wooo, thank you!

[Cleveland Guy]

Just be warned- live or online, when you enter a FREE tournament - you get exactly what you pay for. lots of bad poker and people who care less if they bust out on an inside straight draw- then hit 2 pair.

[lawpoker]

agreed. but unfortunatly, there are no buy-in tournaments that i am aware of. so we take what we can get up here. the play i experienced in the first freeroll i played in live was not all that bad. some very new and inexperienced players, but you do what you can with that.

[lawpoker]

you're very welcome. enjoy.

[BradleyT]

2. Each player will start with 10,000 in chips.

Good - I hate those 300 chip tournaments...


6. There will be no checking allowed in this first round of betting. Minimum bet is equal to the Ante in the first round of betting only.
13. Ante will start out at 200 and will raise according to the following schedule:
7:00 – 7:45 - 200 5 minute break
7:50 – 8:30 - 500
8:30 – 8:55 - 1,000 5 minute break
9:00 – 9:30 - 2,500
9:30 – 9:55 - 5,000 5 minute break
10:00 – 10:20 - 10,000
10:20 – 10:40 - 20,000
10:40 – End - 50,000 We will play out until a champion is crowned!

Hmm, if everyone has to ante then you're getting 10-1 if you bet the ante amount. I.E. 10 players ante 200 in round 1, the pot is 2000 pre-flop. That is freaking huge implied odds.


10. After the flop, another round of betting will commence. In this round and all future rounds of betting, players are allowed to check. There is no minimum bet. Players may raise any amount up to the amount of chips they have left.

No minimum bet?? With the pot so freaking huge pre-flop you'll be committing almost half your stack on a pot size flop bet lol.

3. Players will deal themselves. First hand will be determined by drawing high card.
4. Deal will rotate clockwise around the table. There will be two decks going aroud to keep play going. The person before the dealer will get another deck ready for there turn to deal.
12. If a player does not have enough chips to match the other players during a hand, a side pot will be formed. Additional chips bet during the hand will be awarded to the player with the best 5 card poker hand that contributed to the additional pot.

Yeah that's going to be fun when you get 4 players going all in and 3 side pots some dealer who has never even played hold em has to figure out.


This thing is going to be one big gamblefest with mistakes galore. Players acting out of turn, being skipped over, short-betting the pot, etc..

[lawpoker]

did you play in any of the Rock 102.1 tournaments they sponsored a few months ago? they at least had correct blind structure...but a ton of newbies who didn't understand the game.

yes, this whole ante thing is bothering me. i guess i don't really like it. maybe it's a good thing and i'm missing something. help? i also can't understand why the minimum bet on the subsequent rounds would not have to equal the ante in the PF round. answers? and it also seems that the minimum reraise would not have to be the amount of the raise. correct? i can imagine this "i'll raise t800, total of t1000". next guy "i'll call and raise t75." i know it'll happen. wtf. anyway, am i missing anything here?

[BradleyT]

Missed the rock 102.1 tournaments but did hear about them on the radio. Never got a chance to head out to Silk and the other places to play in them.

I signed up for the Wednesday night one. It will be pushing it though - I usually don't get home from work until about 5:45.

But yeah this sounds like it's going to be a big mess with the current betting structure.

[lawpoker]

got an email last night from the badgerpoker guy. apparently there was some major confusion at the first event concerning the antes. thankfully, he's decided to eliminate the ante and move to the regular 100/200 blind structure to start. whoohoo! real poker!

[nuclear500]

Confusion? How can there be confusion?

Everyone is required to put in an ante to get cards, and if you want to see the flop, you are required to at least call the ante again, plus whatever raising occurs.

How hard can it be? By moving to a blind structure instead of ante, your blinds are going to be moving VERY fast. At least with the ante you're forced to put money in every hand, thus accelerating the course of play.

In Madison its been running great since its inception, no problems whatsoever.

There are fish, big fish and extremely lucky fish (big stack called all in with his Q4o vs AA and scored flush with the 4c). Mostly have to worry about people who don't understand that A4o is NOT a good hand, so play your premium hands wisely and smart.