Good structured local tournament

16. August 2006 | Category: 50outs

PokerStars has finally found the time to update their website. Now Katja got her picture and bio online on the Team PokerStars webpage. There will be special page on the german website very soon also. That was about time as we already received a lot of disbelieving/doubting/questioning mails why she wasn’t listed there. Thats a problem when you write an up-to-date blog; you’re sometimes so ahead on publishing things that some people won’t believe you. Also it was high-time for the whole PokerStars team during the WSOP, like christmas for Santa Clause… how in the world came this comparision into my mind now? LOL. All jokes aside, now that I have an even better inside view on how things are handled inside PokerStars let me state that I am sill impressed by how professional they are and how much focus they put on the customer. JaJa I am now somewhat belonging to them and stuff but still – that is simply the truth.

I got a lot of questions regarding the upcoming tournament in Casino Schenefeld so I simply publish all the details that I know here:

– Tournament will be on September 8th and 9th in Casino Schenefeld.
– Buyin will be €700+50 fee (including a buffet and soft drinks), no rebuys
– Format is Texas Hold’em, No Limit Holdem, freezeout
– Check-in starts at 19:00h, play beginns at 20:30h (18:00h on day 2)
– There will be 7.000 starting chips (!)
– Levels will be 45 minutes (!)
– Reservations needed until September 4th including payment (!)
– There will be 70 seats. Reservation is strongly suggested
– ~15% of the field will be ITM (in-the-money)
– Media attandence: WDR will be filming there
– Here is the timetable:

Level	Time	SB	BB	Ante
1	45	20	20	–
2	45	20	40	–
3	45	40	80	–
4	45	60	120	–
Pause (20 minuten)
5	45	100	200	20
2. Tag, Beginn 18:00h !!!
6	45	140	280	40
7	45	200	400	40
8	45	300	600	60
Pause (45 minuten)
9	45	500	1000	100
10	45	700	1400	100
11	45	1000	2000	200
Pause (10 minuten)
12	30	1500	3000	200
13	30	2000	4000	400

There is a difference in the time table and the letter I received from the Casion. In the letter they wrote blinds will start at 20/40, not 20/20. What’s really true? I don’t know (yet).

Katja and I will be playing there. Directly after that we will travel to the UK for a meetng and from there to Barcelona’s EPT.