Canterbury offering “high stakes” poker, beginning Thursday

 By Phil Mackey August 5th, 2010 2 Comments »


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Canterbury Park launched “Survival” tournaments earlier this year in an effort to simulate a no-limit cash game without breaking any state laws, and now they have upped the ante, so to speak, with a series of $1,000 buy-in Survival tournaments.

The first one begins tonight — Thursday, August 5 — at 5:00 p.m., and players must RSVP to Canterbury Park prior to playing.

The Details: $1,000 Survival Tournament Night
First Week: Thursday, August 5th.  RSVP Required
Tournament: 5 PM
BUY-IN: $1000 + $45 ~ RE-BUYS:  $1000 + $10
DURATION: 3 hours
BLINDS: $2-$5 for the first half, $3-$5 for second half

As you can see with the blind structure, this game plays almost like a double-stack cash game. Certainly revolutionary.

Phil Mackey is a sports radio personality at 1500 ESPN Twin Cities. He's also the editor and publisher of Minnesota Poker Magazine, and the co-founder of the Minnesota State Poker Tour. Contact Phil at phil@mnpokermag.com

2 Responses to “Canterbury offering “high stakes” poker, beginning Thursday”

  1. Brian Ward Says:
    August 6th, 2010 at 1:59 am

    3 hours is just not enough time in a NL session! I do not see why Canterbury does not just run a spread game? I know when I play a higher stake NL game I am playing for 5-12 hours!!! Maybe they can extend the time to a 6 hour game?

  2. Brian B Says:
    August 6th, 2010 at 3:03 pm

    How many people ended up playing? How many rebuys? If it started later I would have been in for sure!

    Any big pots? Any big winners? When is the next game?

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