BJ at Sea?????'s......

[phantom007]

Most recent free "teaser" edition of BJ Insider that I receive on the e-mail service had lots of interesting info. Article there by the Mayor (Published AGAIN I see!), as well as more info., including a piece on CC paranoia at the same Strip store I was "exited" from last month...have to buy membership to read the rest of it...it is on my "to do" list.

Anyhow, there was an announcement in there about a "BJ Tourney Cruise" departing San Diego circa. 10/31/05, and lasting 8 calendar days. The cruise line is Carnival, the tourney sponsor is "Texas Tournaments", and there are chances to win "free trips" via satellite tourney(s) at "Global Casino".

Basics are something like:

---$619 per person, presuming double occupancy.
---Several "free" cocktail parties.
---Several stops at various "ports of call", such as Alcupulco (sp?).
---Complimentary 24 Hour Room service.
---Planned attendance of many BJ "NAMES"....some guy named Wong, Ken Smith (well known at least in MS Tourney circles), plus several unnamed MIT Team Players.
---$300. Buy-in with #2 $150 Re-buys, Elimination Format...top $ winner of each 6 players at a table advances.
---1st Prize $50k (presuming #300 participants), and less amounts in a graduated fashion for about the top 10.

QUESTIONS???

1. Hoping anyone having participated in same in past will share experience, EV, etc.???

2. Certainly, comp's for RFBA +/- "Sea-fare" is highly unlikely, but is the Tourney itself at least 100% return??? (Most Land-based Tourney's in which I have played have included RFB...i.e., Room, some Food, and Beverage, AND 100+% return of Prize $ as related to Buy-in AND Re-Buys).

3. Legit/Honest/Fair???

4. How many Tourneys, and therefore, most likely, how many Re-Buys during this 8-day stretch???

5. Do these Carnival Cruises have "regular Casino's", and if "yes", anything worth playing??? If "no", what in the hell does one do when not playing in the Tourney???

6. Will they let one fish off of the boat???

7. Do they have "Donkey Shows" in the various "Ports of call"???

8. Are the "Big Names" alluded to above comp'd, or paying like the rest of us???

9. What is the EV on the Global Casino Satellite.....are we talking a $20. Buy-in for a 1/25 chance for a "free" $619. trip.....or literally several hundred idiots betting hundreds each for same???

10. Should I win $50K, or whatever, do I have to "claim it" upon return to San Diego??? Will it be paid in CASH or CHECK??? Do they do "Cavity Searches" there???

GRIN!

Thank you in advance for your responses.

phantom007.

 

[MrPill]

Tourney Cruise *LINK*

Phantom,

I have not been on one of these cruises before and thought about going on this one but due to the fact that it is sailing out of San Diego it would add a lot of cost for me and my wife to get there.

"Texas Tournaments" is run by Rick Jensen and he seems to be a very up and up guy. My understanding is that he runs BJ tournaments at various locations throughout Texas and some in Vegas as "warmups" for some of the big tourneys like the LV Hilton million Dollar Tourney.

I would suggest going to the link below and ask questions to Rick directly, he can give you all the details. His handle there is TxTourplayer.

I have competed in several tourney's locally and they are a lot of fun and my biggest win to date has been 15K. It does take a diffecrent style of play to be successful and a good amount of luck.

Ken Smith who runs the board at the link below has some good tourney articles there. Also if you look around Ken's board you can find other threads that talk about this cruise, just do a list threads by TxTourplayer.

Good Luck,
Pill

 

[phantom007]

Thanks!

 

[zengrifter]

The problem with Princess Cruise casinos...

... is that it is very easy to be immediately escorted off the property while at sea. zg