After 5.5 hours of play, we were down to 44 players at the HPT event in Mille Lacs.  Blinds were 2500 and 5000 with a 400 ante.  The average chip stack was 60,700 and the median chip stack was around 50,000.  I am in the big blind with approximately 52,000 in chips.  We are nine [...]

Saturday, my wife and I went up to play in the Shooting Star HPT Jet Away Tournament. First prize is a all expense paid trip to the HPT kick off in Vegas, entry into 2 events down there and a whole lot of fun and excitement. (see the Shooting Star link for all the details [...]

It looks like a big poker weekend for the NLP crew. Steve is going to hit the Shooting Star $60 fly-away HPT qualifier on Saturday, Rich is going to buy in direct to the HPT at Mille Lacs, I think Gina is going down to play a qualifier, and I am HOPING to play a [...]

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Well another WFHA tournament in the books and I survived. If you have never played at the M&J Saloon, it is about the worst area to run a tournament. For large tournaments we take up to four rooms, which means I walk a constant circle to make sure each room is running smooth.  It doesn’t [...]