Tao of Poker

Another Run to Foxwoods!

Derek and I are driving up to Foxwoods later tonight. Our plan is to get there around 11pm and play low limit until 7am. At that point, registration for the Sunday morning NO LIMIT tournament takes place... and we'll be ready to play! Sunday's No Limit event cost $65 ($50 to the pool, $15 entry fee) with no rebuys. On Tuesdays, the entry fee for the No Limit event is $80 with unlimited rebuys in the first two levels, plus add-ons! I don't like the Tuesday torneys, that's why I haven't been playing them. Alas, Derek is ready for his first No Limit tournament (his previous two expereinces were limit events) and I'm all pumped up for myt first No Limit event of 2004. If I want to consider the oustide chance of winning a seat at the 2004 WSoP... then I have to at least make the final table at a Foxwoods weekly tournament. I decided that 50% of the money that I win in No Limit/Limit tourneys this year will go into a separate bankroll: my WSoP bankroll. Whatever I have rolled up in my sock drawer by the time the month of May saunters around... I'll take it to Vegas to parlay that into a seat via a satellite. So far... I have: $0.

Here is the schedule for Foxwoods Sunday's 9:00 am No Limit tournament:

(all levels are 20 minutes long)

Level 1: Blinds: $25-25 (little blind-big blind)
Level 2: Blinds: $25-50
Level 3: Blinds: $50-100
Break (10 minutes) -- Color-up and race for $25 chips
Level 4: Blinds: $100-200
Level 5: Blinds: $100-300
Level 6: Blinds: $200-400
Break (10 minutes)
Level 7: Blinds: $300-600
Level 8: Blinds: $400-800, Ante: $100
Level 9: Blinds: $600-1,200, Ante: $200
Level 10: Blinds: $800-1,600, Ante: $300
Break (10 minutes) -- Color-up and race for $100 chips
Level 11: Blinds: $1,000-2,000, Ante: $500
Level 12: Blinds: $2,000-4,000, Ante: $1,000
Level 13: Blinds: $3,000-6,000, Ante: $1,500
Color-up and race for $500 chips
Level 14: Blinds: $4,000-8,000, Ante: $2,000
Level 15: Blinds: $6,000-12,000, Ante: $3,000
Level 16: Blinds: $8,000-16,000, Ante: $4,000
Level 17: Blinds: $10,000-20,000, Ante: $5,000
Level 18: Blinds: $15,000-30,000, Ante: $6,000
Level 19 +: Limits will be raised every 20 mins. until a winner is declared

If there are 200 or more entrants, here is the payout structure:
1: 34%
2: 18%
3: 9%
4: 7.25%
5: 5.25%
6: 3.75%
7: 3%
8: 2.25%
9: 1.75%
10th thru 18th: 1% each
19th thru 27th: 0.75% each

Here's the payouts for 100-199 entrants:
1: 37%
2: 19%
3: 9%
4: 7.25%
5: 5.25%
6: 3.75%
7: 3%
8: 2.5%
9: 2%
10th thru 18th: 1.25% each