Poker Tournament For NFBC Members In Las Vegas

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 2:18 am

Not sure where all the poker posters have gone - look you are already in Vegas, draft is over and you have had a drink (or two) and dinner - now you could hang out with other drafters and play some cards and have fun for a few hours.

WHAT are you waiting for?

sandckaye · Post by **sandckaye** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 7:54 am

Cap how many players do we have so far?

Stan

newkidintown · Post by **newkidintown** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 5:31 pm

I am interested in the poker game and I have a friend who is coming with me. Would he be able to get in?

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Tue Mar 08, 2005 9:21 pm

If he is your co-manager yes, otherwise the definition of friend gets loose and this is strictly for NFBC entrants, staff and spouses. We don't want anything like the Kahuna tournament last year, even if your friend isn't Phil Helmuth.

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:40 am

There are 10 players who have paid and signed up - we don't need a huge turnout, but we should be able to get three tables - 30 players !

sandckaye · Post by **sandckaye** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:45 am

Captain I think if you just make a anouncement on fri and sat you will get a lot of people to play. I think a lot of people are to lazy or didnt feel good about sending the 35. I sure hope I am right.

Stan

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:04 am

Stan, I think Greg is sending out an email to all the Vegas signups to help us recruit.

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:13 am

Our problem with everyone signing up next weekend is that Tom can't reserve 3 or 4 tables at Union Plaza on Saturday night if people don't give us a commitment beforehand. Tom can pull a lot of strings, but it's going to be so crazy that night in Las Vegas that having extra tables waiting for "potential" players makes it incredibly tough on Tom Elias. So at the very least, if you're at all interested in playing on Saturday on a night where you won't get a table anywhere in the city (most likely), just say so here and we'll get the payment later. We need names, not down payments right now to make this happen.

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:40 pm

Greg, maybe you took all their money with entries and they don't have any left for poker?

Walla Walla · Post by **Walla Walla** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:56 pm

Hook, maybe what you don't understand is this a higher class of fantasy players. They don't want to go downtown to a clap trap hotel. The Union Plaza is a dive! Thier claim to fame was a train that hasn't run there in 40 or 50 years.

Captain Hook · Post by **Captain Hook** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:32 pm

Wallowing, what does that have to do with where we hold a poker tournament. Talk to some of the guys who played in the WCOFF poker tournament - we were sold out at 120. The baseball players are just tighter and we are drafting in three cities and not all in Vegas.

KJ Duke · Post by **KJ Duke** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:06 pm

Originally posted by Walla Walla:

Hook, maybe what you don't understand is this a higher class of fantasy players. They don't want to go downtown to a clap trap hotel. The Union Plaza is a dive! Thier claim to fame was a train that hasn't run there in 40 or 50 years. Are you serious ? Poker is meant to be played in a dive.

Where would you hold it, Disneyland?

Greg Ambrosius · Post by **Greg Ambrosius** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 12:31 pm

Okay, last night I sent out an e-mail to the Las Vegas folks about poker and everything else and we got 4-5 guys who e-mailed and said they'd play poker on Saturday night. That puts us at 15 for sure and likely more. Everyone plan on playing and Tom will try to get tables for 30. We'll take care of payment at the event, but just e-mail me at [email protected] to let me know you'll play. It's for NFBC owners and co-managers only, so baseball will be the talk of the day (I mean night). Should be good fun at the Union Plaza. As with everything else, I'm sure we'll get it done with late signups, so prepare for a good night of poker.

Perry, keep the momentum going. We'll get there.