The following casinos are hosting satellite qualifiers for the WSOB III. I tried to list as much location information as possible. Go to each site directly for more info. *NOTE: Cherokee Casino in OK, actually has 3 different casinos hosting qualifiers not just the Tulsa location. 1) Cherokee Casino Resort - Tulsa (giving 2 seats away) 777 West Cherokee Street Catoosa, OK 74015 (800) 760-6700 www.cherokeecasino.com holding on-going events every Friday and Sunday till January 29, finals Feb. 3 and finals Feb. 5th. 2) Cherokee Casino - Roland Interstate 40 & State Hwy 64 Roland, OK 74954 (800) 256-2338 holding on-going events every Friday and Sunday till January 29, semifinals Feb. 3, finals Feb. 5th. 3) Cherokee Casino - West Siloam Springs U.S. Highway 412 and State Highway 59 West Siloam Springs, OK 74438 (800) 754-4111 holding on-going events every Friday and Sunday till January 29, semifinals Feb. 3, finals Feb. 5th. 4) Ho-Chunk Casino - (giving away 3 seats) S3214 Hwy 12 Baraboo, WI 53913 Phone: 800-746-2486. www.ho-chunk.com is awarding seats on Jan 7, 21, and Feb 4 5) Seneca Niagara Casino Niagara Falls, NY 1-877-873-6322 has tournaments every Thursday 6) Ute Mountain Casino (giving 2 seats away) 3 Weeminuche Drive Towaoc, CO 81334 Phone: 800-258-8007. www.utemountaincasino.com awards seats on Jan 7 and Jan 21 7) Foxwoods Casino 39 Norwich Westerly Rd Mashantucket, CT 06338 Phone: 800-309-9663. www.foxwoods.com is holding an invitation only event on December 16 8) Barona Casino 1932 Wildcat Canyon Rd Lakeside, CA 92040 (map) Phone: 888-722-7662. www.barona.com is holding an invitation only event on Jan 24 9) Casino del Sol 5655 W. Valencia Road Tucson, AZ www.casinodelsol.com has a series of qualifiers starting on December 15 10) Lucky Eagle Casino 12888 188th Ave SW Rochester, WA 98579 Phone: 800-720-1788. www.luckyeagle.com has started a number of events which end on Jan 14 11) Mystic Lake Casino 2400 Mystic Lake Blvd Prior Lake, MN 55372 Phone: 800-262-7799 www.mysticlake.com starts events on Jan 10 and awards their seat on Jan 31 12) Pearl River Casino Resort Hwy 16 West Philadelphia, MS 39350 Phone: 800-557-0711 www.pearlriverresort.com holds events every Thursday through Dec 29 13) Thunder Valley Casino 1200 Athens Avenue Lincoln, CA 95648 (877) 468-8777 www.thundervalleyresort.com qualifiers on Wednesday nights, awards their seat Feb 11. Again, this is the latest information I have, but players need to contact the casinos directly for the most up-to-date information.
24 seats unaccounted for This accounts for 16 seats if my simple arithmetic is right. I also noted that all 16 seats will be finalized before the end of Feb.. Does anyone know about the other 24 seats? Will there be satellites beyond February? Could it be GSN's plan to have 24 (a nice even 2 dozen by the way) invited players and 16 "rank amateurs" for the show? After I just typed the last paragraph, I had an thought. Maybe GSN is planning a David vs. Goliath type of contest. Some known seasoned BJ players, blend in some known poker players, then mix in 16 satellite winners (the amateurs). Could make for some interesting TV. I wonder?????
Wsob Just watched a promo for the 2006 WSOB while watching GSN. They were advertising how to locate casinos with qualifing tournaments for the WSOB at their website, maybe too little too late. Although I admire GSN for finally sharing with the world this "Open Event", BJT.com is at least 2 months ahead of GSN's announcement, thanks Ken.
40 seats for WSOB III GSN will have 40 seats for the WSOB III. They tried to sell all of them to casinos around the country, however the ones listed were the only ones interested in hosting the satellites. As far as the other 23-24 players needed to fill the spots I guess they will be selected by GSN. I don't know if that is good for me or not, but I am still trying to qualifiy (like last week in Tulsa). I am sure I will be going to some other qualifiers as well. The Tulsa casino had speical GSN WSOB layouts made up for all their tables and play the show on two big screen TV's at one of the BJ pits. Do all the qualifiying locations have these custom WSOB logo layouts? They really look nice, I sent pictures of them to Ken if he wants to post some of them. Cherokee said it was okay with them as long as their casino is also posted.
Here's the table logo Rick mentioned... These satellites are being held at Cherokee Casinos in 3 locations in Oklahoma.
WSOB Qualifiers a success? The GSN WSOB qualifiers are the biggest mess I've seen since my dog pooped on the floor. I called UTE Mt. today to try to coordinate flights to play there and Lucky Eagle the following day. UTE Mt. according to the 3 people I spoke to had no idea if it would be a 1 or 2 day event or even what time the tournament would start or end if it was a 2 day event but they were very clear in stating entry fees are non refundable for any reason unless they cancel the tournament which they feel entitled to do up to and including the qualifing tournament date. They only have 24 entrants as of today so it may be a sweet deal but not for me that would have to pay $500 air fare with no tournament entry refund if the Durango airport is closed due to weather conditions.
WSOB or typical casino It sounds more like typical casino BS and not the WSOB. It doesn't matter what event a casino is hosting most of the time when you talk to someone at one of them they don't have a clue what is going on. Any other business then gambling and they would be out of business...LOL. All the money they make and they don't put out for a good marketing department and staff to make sure their promotions are advertised correctly or at least the staff knows what is going on. How hard would it be to write the information down and print copies for everyone at the BJ pit's, VIP, front desk, and any other location that may be asked about the WSOB events.
I believe the 'confusion' may be planned. How hard would it be to write the information down and print copies for everyone at the BJ pit's, VIP, front desk, and any other location that may be asked about the WSOB events. I believe some (or all) of this confusion is planned. I believe these smaller venue tournaments are geared to primarily benefit their repeat local players. Outsiders are welcome if they can figure out the system -but the locals have a leg up because they are actually in the casino, every day or so, losing their money on a regular basis, and the tournaments are a kind of bone the casino throws the locals to keep their good will. While Tulsa is a nice enough facility, I'm sure Tulsa would not be sorry if only it's locals were participating .. even in the WSOB qualifiers. Rick -you said they were charging a rake in the high-limit room. Is that to say they are NOT charging a rake elsewhere? I thought Indian BJ in Oklahoma was charging a rake on any hand played, no matter the bet size. Thanks.
The rake (ante) is... On the regular pits the games have a .50 ante for $10 - $49 and $1.00 for $50 and higher and you pay for your drinks. In the high-limit room you have a $1.00 ante all the time and drinks are free. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun Runner I disagree, I think Tulsa want to start hosting bigger BJ tournaments and they know to do so they need more players and to get more they need to draw from out of state. I am sure they would want a local to win the event, but I really believe they want to build up their future events.
