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Originally Posted by compuease  Typically if you are getting 20K to start it would be 100/200 for the 1st blind level so it's equivalent. I went looking for the Edmonton structures but they don't seem to be posted. I just noted that you seem to slam Ontario every chance you get since leaving.. Not that I am defending Ontario casinos mind you but do want a fair comparison.. |
Well, the poker here is simply better. Ontario casinos are probably the worst I've seen for poker anywhere that I've lived or played a a regular basis.
Cash here 1/2 $500 max, 2/5 $1k max, 5/5 $2k max or uncapped. Regular tournies with acceptable or good structures (again, ask Wetts or T8) and it seems like frequent tournament series or deepstack tournaments.
The only thing better in Ontario is that you can depend on 5/5 and 5/10 action on a regular basis at one casino (Fallsview) but everyone knows the drawbacks of playing there unless things have changed a lot in the past 3 years, whereas here it is really hit and miss. Often times with good table selection you can find a 1/2 that plays close to 2/5 or better here.
Of course, I would rather have access to the games in LA, The Bay Area or Vegas on a nightly basis than either of the above locales. It's all relative.
One only has to play poker in Ontario casinos (again, circa 2008) to understand how terrible the rooms are by any reasonable standard.
I can't see how a 5k starting stack is ever a decent structure with typical 25/25 or 25/50 starting blind structures. I recall Wetts playing a 500 or 1k event at Fallsview and it having a horrid structure.
Below is the weekly/monthly schedule where I play. I'm fairly confident that all MTTs start at 25/25 or 25/50, but could be wrong. I also think that structures tend to be 20min for the low, 30min for the mid and 40 min for the higher BIs.
Personally, I don't care much at all...but if you don't make the idiots running the Ontario rooms realize how much better things are elsewhere they certainly will never, ever change. It's not like most of the donkament players will ever sit in a deep cash game anyhow.
Next monthly deepstack tournament:
Friday, November 11th, starts @ 6:00pm
Buy-in $300 (18,000 chips)
Admin fee $30
Optional bonus chips $10 (2,000 chips)
Mondays
No Limit Hold'em
$100 + $10 + *$5
7:00 pm Start Time
$9,000 in chips + *$1,000 Bonus
Re-entrys until first break
Wednesdays
No Limit Hold'em
$50 + $5 + *$5
7:00 pm Start Time
$5,000 in chips + *$1,000 Bonus
Re-entrys until first break
Fridays
No Limit Hold'em
$100 + $10 + *$5
7:00 pm Start Time
$9,000 in chips + *$1,000 Bonus
Re-entrys until first break
Saturdays
No Limit Hold'em
$50 + $5 + *$5
7:00 pm Start Time
$5,000 in chips + *$1,000 Bonus
Re-entrys until first break
Sundays
No Limit Hold'em
$220 + $20 + $10
4:00 pm Start Time
$13,000 in chips + $2,000 Bonus
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