I have only been there once to play the tournament. The first hour of the tournament players get unlimited rebuys which builds a big pot for this who cash out. However it really isn't poker since you can push people out of the pot. At the end of the hour players are allowed to rebuy and add on enough chips so they're not low stack. The tournament really starts after the add on are done.

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I was move to a different table right before I would have been big blind. They located me next to the dealer giving me six hands before having to post a blind. I've seen other card rooms move the players so they end up in the same position as the table they were move from. This helped me, however the blinds were about 1/4 of the average stack and would have taken 1/2 my chip if I had to post blinds back to back.

Once I was at the final table the game kept getting interrupted by players wanting to make a chop deal. The dealer and manager did not keep the cards flying. The chop was over 500 however it wasn't really poker.

The Poker Room has 6 tables. Mon thru Thus they run a morning and evening tourney that is a $35+$10 with unlimited rebuys 3,000 in chips for $20 (if below the 3,000 starting stack) up until the end of level 3 (15 minute levels). They also have an add-on $20 for 4,000 chips) and a rebuy that anyone can get no matter your chip count, $20 for another 3,000. You can get felted on the last hand of level three and for $80 get a fresh stack of 13,000 chips. I would guess that that average amount spent on the tourney is $100. I have only played the nightly, but it usually gets 30-40 players. They post the numbers from the morning tourney and they are in the same ballpark.

It is a common player pool and with so much variance and short blind levels, it can become a shovefest at the final table. Because of that I usually see that a deal is made to pay the final table $40 or $50. I have seen it as high as $80 per player.

It is a fun, no pressure event. Friendly atmosphere, most of the players no each other and how they play.

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While the tourney is running the three tables left are usually split between $4-$8 LHO, $6-$12 LO8 and $1-$3NL.

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The food is good and the waitstaff are always around.