Hard Rock poker room carries on with boxing theme
Keeping a boxing theme, the Hard Rock poker room is holding tournaments from Friday through Sept. 14 called "the Main Event."
There are three levels: middleweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight.
It starts Friday with a $120 super satellite for the Heavyweight tournament. Players start with 4,000 in chips and one of every 10 win seats. Super satellites are also Sept. 10, twice on Sept. 11 and once on Sept. 12.
Two satellites for the middleweight event are Sunday. Each is $40, with 3,000 in chips. One in nine win seats. The middleweight event on Monday is $300 with 8,000 in chips. Top five finishers also win an entry into the cruiserweight event.
Three satellites for the cruiserweight event are planned: one on Sept. 8 and twice on Sept. 9. Each is $60, with 3,000 in chips and 15-minute levels. One in 10 win seats.
The cruiserweight tournament is Sept. 10. Buy-in is $500, with 10,000 in chips. The top five also make the heavyweight event.
The heavyweight tournament is a $1,000 buy-in event with 20,000 in chips. Players can play on one of two days, Sept. 12 or 13. Players eliminated on Sept. 12 can re-enter on Sept. 13.
The final day is Sept. 14.
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
