I'll be playing in Grand Rapids

In my previous post, I talked about the need that poker players, especially tournament specialists, have for more and more information on what's going on in the poker world.  We want to know where and when the tournaments are running, how much they cost, what the structure is, how long it usually takes to finish, how deep the structure is, etc.  I found a room, near the city of Grand Rapids, that looks like it will be a good fit for me.

The room has just about everything that I'm looking for, and I'm reasonably certain that I can do well enough there to make up for the travel expense for playing a little farther from home.  I sent an E-mail to the folks that run a room in Walker (a Grand Rapids suburb) and they agreed, at my request, to put a schedule of blinds and antes for each tournament on their web site.

They run a tournament every night from Wednesday through Sunday.  The buy-ins are in a range that is reasonably OK considering my growing, but still inadaquate, bankroll.  Sunday is way too big for me at $125 and Wednesday is questionable--it's only a $20 tournament, but with unlimited $10 rebuys, so I'll wait on that until I find out how many times you have to buy in to stay competitive.  If that number is 3 or less, then it's an option.  That still leaves Friday and Saturday nights, and it looks like the tournaments are fairly deepstacked. I'll know for sure when the blinds and antes are posted on their web site.  I'm usually not on duty with my mother-in-law on either of those days.