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Tournament Structure Improves at WPT LA Poker Classic Ladies Event
By , WPN Staff Writer
Monday, February 5, 2007
How many tournaments have you played, where you said it turned out to be a “crap shoot” because of the poor structure? Unfortunately, I’ve heard it and said it myself too many times. I finally learned to check the tournament structures before making up my mind if I really wanted to play. Playing poorly and playing a fast structure can be harmful to your game, why would you want to put yourself through such a fate? The answer is simple. What choice do you have?
One popular explanation to this dilemma is that many times the hosting casino is looking for a fast way to make the tournament escalate at the end to finish the tournament by a certain hour. The structure fits perfectly into the hosting room’s dealer schedules, floor schedules and allows busted players to move to the cash tables where the poker room makes even more money. Many of the current ongoing events are created and executed with the hosting casino’s best fit in mind, not the players.
This brings to mind the current and on going law suit against the World Poker Tour brought by 6 name pro’s. One major problem outlined in the lawsuit is the fact that the structure jumps too much, often doubling 4 levels in a row in order to make the final 6 players for the televised table. This also accomplishes another element television producers are looking for, large chip stacks for the table setting appearances. With higher beginning chip stacks, more chips in play make the final table look bigger and better. But what does it do to the “quality of play”?
Just this past weekend, at the LA Poker Classic Ladies Event, I attempted something I’ve never done before. And no, it was leaping off the top of the Commerce Casino to see if I could fly!! I rounded up a few of my good poker playing lady friends, discussed this very topic of structures and how they could be improved upon for the benefit of the players and the hosting poker rooms. We came up with some great suggestions and took the next step. Everyone who wanted to get involved whether or not they were playing this event, sent e-mails to the tournament director, Cheri Dokken at the Commerce Casino. She listened! With our suggestions, she increased the starting chip counts, with an expanded round time of 60 minutes for more play, and a second day for the money to be reached and final table play. Let me tell you, it was a fantastic event, and a huge success! If more tournament directors with guts like Cheri Dokken would step up and make the necessary changes to accommodate players, we would see a greater turn out for the higher buy in ladies events.
The Commerce hosted the WPT LA Poker Classic Ladies Event, with a buy-in of $1060. 110 players battled for two days with the top 18 finishers listed here.
1 Euna Jee (California, CA, USA) $15,045 and + $25,000 WPT Championship Seat
2 Denise Brody (Castro Valley, CA, USA) $20,275
3 Chellie Campbell (Los Angeles, CA, USA) $10,030
4 Hyun Kim (Lawndale, CA, USA) $6,400
5 Roni Taylor (La Palma, CA, USA) $4,270
6 Michelle Law (San Marino, CA, USA) $3,735
7 Nancy Tyner (Las Vegas, NV, USA) $3,200
8 Espy Enriquez (Oceanside, CA, USA) $2,670
9 Cameron McMullen (Camarillo, CA, USA) $2,135
10 Dee Dee Cole (Mission Viego, CA, USA) $1,705
11 Jana DeLa Cerra (Northridge, CA, USA) $1,705
12 Kelli Griggs (Folsom, CA, USA) $1,705
13 Angie Duby (San Juan Capistrano, CA, USA) $1,495
14 Emily Olmstead (Carlsbad, CA, USA) $1,495
15 Marla Schwartz (West Lake Village, CA, USA) $1,398
16 Pei Fang Zhou (Alhambra, CA, USA) $1,398
17 Liz Heim (Diamond Bar, CA, USA) $1,280
18 Allyn Jaffrey Shulman (Las Vegas, CA, USA) $1,280
The TDA, Tournament Directors Association is meeting soon, and I know Cheri Dokken is attending. I encourage her to share her success at this past event with the deciding panel at the conference and begin the steps to create a more permanent TDA event structure. If the hosting poker rooms had something more desirable to work from, we would all be seeing more skillful play and successes from talented players instead of winners from a lottery of players.
View for yourself the structure provided at the Commerce Casino. As always, your input as a player is always appreciated. You may summit any comments to the writer at [email protected]
Commerce WPT LA Poker Classic Ladies Event Structure
60 minute rounds with 6000 starting chips
SCHEDULE OF PLAY
ANTE BLINDS
1ST LEVEL -- 25-25
2ND LEVEL -- 25-50
3RD LEVEL -- 50-100
4TH LEVEL -- 75-150
5TH LEVEL -- 100-200
6TH LEVEL 25 100-200
7TH LEVEL 50 200-400
8TH LEVEL 75 300-600
9TH LEVEL 100 400-800
9TH LEVEL 100 500-1000
9TH LEVEL 200 600-1200
10TH LEVEL 200 800-1600
11TH LEVEL 300 1000-2000
12TH LEVEL 500 1500-3000
13TH LEVEL 500 2000-4000
14TH LEVEL 1000 3000-6000
15TH LEVEL 1000 4000-8000
16TH LEVEL 1000 5000-10000
17TH LEVEL 2000 6000-12000
18TH LEVEL 2000 8000-16000
19TH LEVEL 3000 10000-20000
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