Well, I’ve had to update the schedule. See below and email me if you want to play.

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Good Afternoon Players -

It seems that a lot of you are good sons and daughters and don’t want to play poker on Mothers Day! Good for you.

After having half of the field quit the May 8 game and having no new signups for that date in my inbox all day, I have decided to cancel the May 8 table and to reschedule the game to a different date.

I would like to play this Thursday night, May 5, and am soliciting interest from players to see if there is sufficient demand. If you want to play on that day, please send me an email ASAP. If there is not enough interest by this coming Monday afternoon, then I’ll cancel again and we’ll just try and find another day.

Also, with the exodus from Mothers Day, the May 18 game is now completely filled and a waitlist has begun. If you want to get onto the waitlist, please email me to discuss your chances of getting a seat and your last-minute availability on that date.

There are still plenty of seats available for June 1st and for the second table on June 4th, in addition to the new game that has just been announced.

For more information about the tournament, go to http://itaintgambling.com.

good luck!

johnnymac
itaintgambling.com

As I suspected, Mothers Day has taken its toll and I’ve already lost two players from next Sunday’s games and we’re back down to only 5 guys confirmed. If I get any more cancellations I am probably going to consider cancelling and rescheduling for a different weekend date – maybe the Sunday two weeks later. I am definitely going to cancel if the table isn’t filled by this time next week.

Poor planning on my part in picking that date last month when we were putting it together. Ask my mom – Mothers Day always sneaks up on me every year!

This week’s update went out this morning. I had a couple of guys have to cancel and/or reschedule because of Mothers Day, so we have gained a couple of empty spots relative to my update from a few days ago that’s posted below. Remember that the final day will be run sequentially, so you can play both tables if you want.

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—–Original Message—–
From: Johnnymac
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 5:44 AM
To: Johnnymac@itaintgambling.com
Subject: April 29, 2005 – It aint gambling – WSOP Super Satellite weekly update

Good Morning Players –

Just a quick note to remind you that the Tournament will resume next Sunday, May 8. There are currently three empty seats for that day, but before you sign up let me be a good son and point out that next Sunday is Mothers Day, in case you may have more pressing obligations than playing poker.

Avalable seats remaining in the tournament are as follows:

Sun May 8: 3
Wed May 18: 6
Wed June 1: 6
Sat June 4 (Table #1): 2
Sat June 4 (Table #2): 4

Please visit the website for more details: http://www.itaintgambling.com (click on the blinking WSOP banner). Each entry costs $120 and you may enter as many times as you care to play.

Note that next week we will be announcing the blind structure for the final table and releasing a couple more changes to the rules in light of some questions and situations that have arisen since the tournament started.

Email me if you have any questions or if you want to sign up.

Good Luck!

Johnnymac
itaintgambling.com

“Gambling impresario Steve Wynn has finally delivered. “

Perhaps most striking about Wynn Las Vegas is that the traditional casino layout has been scuttled. The casino is no longer centerstage, dominating a visitor’s attention and wallet. Many of the high-end restaurants and upscale shops such as Louis Vuitton and a Ferrari-Maserati dealership can be reached without traversing the casino floor.

The most notable change in Vegas lately is how casinos no longer view rooms, restaurants, and other entertainment as loss leaders to get people in the casino. Rather, they are now very profitable (maybe similiarly profitable per square foot) as the casino itself. Rooms go for >$250, restaurants will get > $100 per couple and shows like the Blue Man Group will take $100 per person for a quick 1.5 hour show.

I think there are a few factors leading to this. First, for a while there, Vegas was considered a cheap vacation due to all the free and discounted stuff. If you had the discipline to avoid the tables and machines, Vegas lost money on you. It is kinda like when I go to EatZi’s, load up on freebies and leave without buying anything. The other factor is the step changes in information technology that allow the casinos to track a wealth of information on players, which in turn allows them to only comp the players that earn it rather than effectively comping everyone through free/cheap stuff.

I like the new Vegas better.

So Mrs Johnnymac is out of town on business until late tomorrow night and I have not just one, but two free nights to play poker. Having just one is rare these days for me, two in a row is the equivalent of flopping quad Aces in my life. Whoo-hoo!

The biggest game in town is on. I am curious if Vegas will offer odds on the winner. I’d take Beal if I could get 2:1.