Through June 30 2009 every Tuesday and Thursday Isleta is hosting Turbo Takedown Tourneys, sponsored by Full Throttle. $100 gets you 10,000 in chips with 30 minute rounds. It's larger than their usual tourneys (with the exception of the WSOP qualifier series Isleta holds annually during May and June).
Isleta adds $1,000 to these twice-weekly tournaments and offers to the winner a $150 buy-in to the “big” tournament on July 2. They offer the winner of the July 2 tournament a choice of a trip to Disneyland, a cruise, or a trip to Vegas, in addition to the cash. Isleta is generously adding $2,000 to that tournament. These tournaments fill up quick so I'd recommend getting to the casino an hour early (at least) and reserving your spot. I had to be a part of this action.
There were five tables last night and many of the regulars were there along with a few faces I hadn't seen before. The usual cash games were on – 2/4 & 2/6 limit Hold Em, but by far the primary interest was in the tournament.
I started out well, boosting my stack of 10,000 up to about 16,000 by the third round. Maintained pretty well, although bounced up and down a bit until I was dealt cowboys in the fourth round. Tripled the bet, everyone folded but one gentleman. He re-raised another 1,500 chips, I called. Flop comes, 8 A 9. First to act and wanting to feel him out, I made a min bet. He pushed all in. I folded and threw my kings down. He showed rockets and complimented me on my fold. Still, my stack was damaged and never made it back. I fought hard and made it to 12th before I busted out with 44.
I'm still pretty new at poker; have only been playing for about a year. I'm constantly learning and want to continue doing so. I love the game, love the fact that it's an equal opportunity game. Gender, sex, ethnicity and age don't matter. It's challenging and it's fun. I've had my share of cashes here in the casinos of New Mexico and hope to expand my success.
*Note from Jacksn8: This post marks the first contribution from my blogmate Gina. Here's to continued posts to make this blog a success. Thank You!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
New Mexico Players at the WSOP
With the WSOP more than half over, here are the stats to the number of known player that have entered a WSOP event, how many cashes have occurred and how much money NM players have earned so far! I have also compared it to our four corners neighbors.
STATS JUNKIE ALERT! TECHNICAL ANALYSIS TO BEGIN!
| Country/State | Players | Bracelets | Cashes | Winnings |
| Arizona | 666 | 0 | 107 | $1,852,716 |
| Colorado | 561 | 0 | 67 | $751,203 |
| New Mexico | 78 | 0 | 11 | $415,632 |
| Utah | 141 | 0 | 19 | $81,200 |
One thing that jumps out is though we have sent the fewest players of any of the 4-corners states, we do not have the lowest cash winnings. Not only that, but see the breakdowns below:
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| $ per entry | $ per cashout | $ per State Pop. |
| Arizona | $2,781.86 | $17,315.10 | $0.29 |
| Colorado | $1,339.04 | $11,211.99 | $0.15 |
| New Mexico | $5,328.62 | $37,784.73 | $0.21 |
| Utah | $575.89 | $4,273.68 | $0.03 |
As shown above, New Mexicans are showing a remarkable efficiency compared to their neighbors. More money per entered player and per average cashout. The reason Arizona wins in dollars earned per person in their state and not in the other categories has to be due to one or two unusually large single payouts.
New Mexican poker players have much to be proud about! Keep up the good work. I will redo a chart after the whole series is complete.
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