Almost Set to Go

The Whiskey Roadhouse has been emptied of its cold wooden tables and chairs, and in their place now stand about thirty padded poker tables with hundreds of padded poker chairs tucked neatly underneath. The staff is hard at work making final preparations to the tournament area as the start of our main event is less than an hour away.

So far, there are 22 names on the buy-in list, and we expect to have an additional 50 or so that have won their seats in the satellites here over the past two weeks. Once they join in the fun, we anticipate a field of right around 75 runners.

Day 1 kicks off at noon o'clock local time. Everyone gets 20,000 in chips and we're playing 75-minute levels for this event. The structure sets up great for the players, and the slow progression should give a significant edge to the few pros in the room. Seven levels will be dealt today, meaning we should finish up sometime in the 10:00 hour.

Don't go too far; we'll be back shortly with the shuffle up and deal!