The racing at Golden Gate may suffer from micro fields but Matt Savages annual Bay101 tournament has increased its field size by almost 25% this year over last. 415 players entered,or were invited as bounties, to play.The winner will pick up a cheque for $1m. Surinder Sunar ,obviously not a horse racing fan , flew [...]
Bay 101 increases field size
March 17th, 2011No free lunch but a free shuttle to Commerce
March 15th, 2011Both the Commerce casino and Hollywood Park casino have started a free shuttle service from, the Chinese/Vietnamese populated, San Gabriel valley area. In these times of $4 gas the convenient service is a godsend (or Devilsend). The shuttle to the Commerce departs Valley/San Gabriel at 6:30pm and leaves the Commerce at 10:40pm. The shuttle to [...]
Pokerstars NAPT returns to the Bike
March 6th, 2011It is a really beautiful day in L.A. The plan was to attend Big Cap Day at Santa Anita for my free cap. However, I watched the Man City v Wigan game on T.V. and I was hungry. Where better to score a free lunch than the Bike when the Team Pokerstars are footing the [...]
HoHo the end is near
December 12th, 2010First of all “Get well soon” to post op Scott Diamond who has helped keep this blog alive. Happy birthday to Warren Karp, a fellow Sagi.
I decided the Bike would be busier today than tomorrow when just the final four tables of the ME merge.Also they always have FoxSoccer on in the coffee shop,Legends.
Today was [...]
Everyone’s a Nguyener part two
December 6th, 2010I know I have used the headline pun before but once again the Vietnamese have dominated a tournament at the Bike.The tournament had a prize pool of $231830 with 813 entries over three evenings The results as follows:
1) Kevork Kozakjian $87k
2) Ben Nguyen $34k
3) Turbo Nguyen $17k
4) Xuan Nguyen $11k
5) Mak Uskolovsky $8.8k
6) James Pittman [...]
It feels like Wednesday
December 1st, 2010So I made my way down to the Bike expecting the final table of the $50k guarantee only to find the Day1 of the evening tournament.It feels like a Wednesday to me the way my week has unfolded.The week is in Turbo mode.
Only six qualifiers from the Noon part of the guarantee,which had a pool [...]
Live from the cozy Bike
November 29th, 2010A cold wind outside but the heat is on in the Events Center with two final tables in action. First to finish was the NLHE $10k guarantee.A one day tournie with Jacky Lee going for back to back but out in third.
The shoeshiners are out in force tonight.Almost three tables of them. Maybe the end [...]
Bike becomes Mo creative
November 27th, 2010Under the guidance of Mo Fathipour the HoHo tournie schedule is really a groundbreaker. Two examples: Today;s tournament cost $100 to enter at Noon but $160 at 8pm .However, the 8pm players receive 16k in chips compared to 12k at Noon. It might be a major talking point if the Bellagio was trying this.The event [...]
HoHo in Bell Gardens
November 25th, 2010On a chilly day in L.A. Bike staff breathed a sigh of relief as the first of the HoHo tournament guarantees was reached by $2k!
The final day was played out fast. As we reached the final nine blinds were at 40k-80k with average stack 1.1m.673 players entered and first place will be $30k.
Results as follows:
Jacky [...]
Holiday season at the Bike
November 23rd, 2010Not exactly gifts from the Gods but the Bike had two overlay tournaments on Sunday. The smaller one gave a $15k pokerstars package away with an entry pool of $9.5k.The big one was the $545 buy in with an overlay of more than $40k.
The players returned for the final day at 6pm. By the time [...]
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