Arizona State Poker Championship begins later today 9am PST

3 day 1s Fri-Sun and then Day 2 Mon and Final Table on Tuesday. Slated Guarantee is over 1Mil this time. The Following pros are confirmed to be be playing (meaning the Casino free rolled them and probably comped their stay as well). Tournament will be right down the road from me here in Scottsdale at Talking Stick Resort which has the biggest Poker room in AZ. PokerBrat is the highlight again this year (it was reported the Indians paid him 25k to appear apparent unknown of any specific deal this year yet). Chainsaw Kessler normally plays but appears he's in Chicago for an HPT event this weekend instead.



WHAT: Arizona State Poker Championship

WHEN: Friday, Aug. 15 – Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014

· Friday, Aug 15, 9 a.m. - Tournament begins

· Saturday, Aug. 16, 9 a.m. - Play continues

· Sunday, Aug. 17, 9 a.m. - Play continues

· Monday, Aug. 18, 9 a.m. - Semi-finals

· Tuesday, Aug. 19, 10 a.m. - Final table (10 players)

WHERE: The ARENA Poker Room at Talking Stick Resort

9800 E. Indian Bend Road Scottsdale, Ariz.

VISUAL: Friday

· Poker pros, Dennis Phillips, Karina Jett and Chip Jett slated to play

Saturday

· Poker pros, David Williams and Joe Cada slated to play

Sunday

· 11 a.m. Phil Hellmuth arrives. Poker pros Phil, Hellmuth and Tiffany Michelle slated to play in tournament

Im assuming that there are 3 day ones? Where it says "play continues" that is kind of inaccurate if there are actually just three different day ones.

Is this the same casino that took money out of the prizepool to pay for Hellmuth's appearance fee last year?

FTP, you playing?

TR?

FYI, Talking Stick has some of the softest 8/16 and 20/40 limit hold'em games in the West. Don't know about the quality of the tourney or no limit play however.

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Originally Posted by SrslySirius

Is this the same casino that took money out of the prizepool to pay for Hellmuth's appearance fee last year?

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Indeed it is.. No word if that's happening again this year..

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Originally Posted by Prodigal son

FTP, you playing?

TR?

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I cant due to schedule issues with real world work situation.. I have no time to take off from work due to vacation I took in July. Normally work Sun-Tues now.

I will however be playing February at Ak-Chin at the WSOP Circuit Event.

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Originally Posted by Jayjami

FYI, Talking Stick has some of the softest 8/16 and 20/40 limit hold'em games in the West. Don't know about the quality of the tourney or no limit play however.

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NLHE is pretty soft technically its not No Limit its Spread Limit but the Top is 100bbs (IE 1/3 is $300) it basically plays as No Limit and yes its pretty loose. Things get better between Sept-Mar/April as the snowbirds come in from Canada and such.. :)

The bigger tourneys are still a fair amount of dead money. The daily tourney that's 11am is a bit of a donkfest/shovefest because it plays like an online turbo blinds double pretty much every 20mins, you pretty much have to take the deal appreciation for extra chips to have a shot.

They have an intriguing new Thurs night tourney its $200 BI however if you finish in the top 10% to cash you're guaranteed $1600 with the remaining becomes winner take all for 1st.

Final Table set for this morning at 10am. Some well known names in the mix.

Seat 1: Jerry "Wolf" Somechi: 1,905,000
Seat 2: Brayden Quackentush (???): 5,145,000
Seat 3: David Williams (Yes that David Williams): 4,835,000
Seat 4: Spike (thats all this guy has revealed): 2,800,000
Seat 5: Robert Taudy: 2,965,000
Seat 6: Steve Buell: 7,545,000
Seat 7: Kenna James: 1,085,000
Seat 8: Matt Affleck: 6,615,000
Seat 9: Pierre Mckellar: 2,010,000
Seat 10: Mark Atanovich: 3,060,000

Notable Cashs:

Leif Force 22nd $4745, Jimmy Fricke 35th $4380, Karina Jett 41st $4015