tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post298829583412831308..comments2024-01-31T14:12:23.950-08:00Comments on Rob's Vegas and Poker Blog: The Last Binion's Tournament (Part 1)Robhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-84847166094773878112017-11-10T11:13:27.341-08:002017-11-10T11:13:27.341-08:00Could be...or Bejeweled?Could be...or Bejeweled?Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-3100815137977453552017-11-10T09:27:17.478-08:002017-11-10T09:27:17.478-08:00Maybe Gem Tiles or Dealer's Angel????Maybe Gem Tiles or Dealer's Angel????Lesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221409127717174351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-19109270794614276872017-11-10T07:28:07.053-08:002017-11-10T07:28:07.053-08:00Yeah. You know another thing I didn't think a...Yeah. You know another thing I didn't think about when writing the post, one of the things they changed (in fact, it changed since the last time I played there before this) was the time. They moved the time back from 2pm to 1pm. I wonder if that had anything to do with decreasing attendance?<br /><br />Honestly, they should be doing better now. The most comparable competition they had was the Aria $125 at 1pm. But for over a year that is gone....on Saturday they run a $240 which starts at the ungodly hour of 11AM. I can tell you for a fact that that $240 on Saturday gets less people than they used to get for the $125 when they ran it on Saturday (which is actually what the Aria wanted). So they should have picked up some of those people. I dunno where they went.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-59431288449315095982017-11-10T06:40:04.130-08:002017-11-10T06:40:04.130-08:00I think it was 2009 to 2011 that my flights into V...I think it was 2009 to 2011 that my flights into Vegas arrived about 10am and at that time it was a complete no-brainer that my first poker action was at the Binion's Saturday deepstack $10K especially since I almost always stayed at the Four Queens. I agree, dropping the guarantee is going to kill attendance.Lesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01221409127717174351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-65124646294066089182017-11-10T00:13:36.712-08:002017-11-10T00:13:36.712-08:00Well, the schedule for this past summer was affect...Well, the schedule for this past summer was affected by being in the process of relocating the room. Management didn't give them enough tables to run a series the size that they've run in the past.<br /><br />So to manage, they had higher-buy-in amounts purposely to keep the number of entrants down. But they also filled up the schedule with a lot of non-hold'em tourneys. I think most of the events were Omaha, Stud, Horse, games like that. Those were big draws (relatively speaking) because they were filling the niche for that. The NLH games were not as well attended. They had a profitable summer, but now that it's back to business as usual, it's going to be rough going for them.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-11571504902883755322017-11-09T19:00:40.577-08:002017-11-09T19:00:40.577-08:00In 2016, I played at several tournaments at Binion...In 2016, I played at several tournaments at Binion's while I was out west for the WSOP. This year, the schedule just didn't appeal, and I didn't play there at all.Memphis MOJOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653631347560307425noreply@blogger.com