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Bay 101 is running satellites every Saturday, at 9:45 am (spread limit, which is basically no limit as the spread extend to just about everyone's stack ... something about a San Jose law that limits the number of NL tournaments per year). They are getting 30-40 people each Saturday, last I looked, and it'll cost 300-500 to get to the final table to get a shot at a $10K entry. For what it's worth, I've played comparable tournaments at other Bay Area card clubs and in Vegas, and I find the skill level at Bay 101 to be the toughest. There are some *very* good players at the week-end tourname

Yep. That's the one. I expect on day 1 everyone will be gunning for the pro at their table. I'm more interested in picking off everyone else. The bounty's will take care of themselves. I just want to stick to my game and try to not let the stakes and the event change how I play.I'd imagine having a target on your back makes it harder for the pros (interestingly, there are other pros like Dewey Tomko, signed up without the bounty on their head. Historically, I think they do better. Last year, Phil Gordon won, but he had no bounty. Moneymaker was the only bounty target to make it to the

Great site and forums. I've been playing for about 2 years, mostly low-limit (2/4, 3/6) where I've floated. About a year ago I started playing live limit and NL tournaments (typically $120 entries, 100 entrants, and $3-5K for a win) with some decent success (at least it pays for the hobby): 7 final tables and 2 outright wins out of probably 30 played.Well, a (good) friend owed me a favor and offered to stake me to the WSOP main event and, after pondering it for awhile, I suggested that my local WPT tour stop event in San Jose at my home club would probably be more fun, and that he'd have