Mountain Region Poker Tournament Activity

Welcome to our summary of tournament poker activity in the Mountain Region. The data in the table below has been gathered from various sources for weekly poker tournaments in Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. We are only including rooms that held tournaments at the time we collected the data (updated January 2023) and feature at least six poker tables. We are also only including regular (daily or weekly) tournaments at this time. If you do not see a room it’s likely because it is either too small or did not have tournaments running at the time of collection.

As our opening caveat: tournaments change all the time AND occasionally the information available online is not always 100% accurate. However, our experience has been that for most rooms the information here will be pretty close.  But we always suggest you double-check with the room about their current schedule, buy-ins, structure etc., if you are visiting a new room. Just because a tournament existed when we collected this information does not mean it still exists three months later. Or has the same structure.

Most rooms do maintain some consistency over time. The table below displays typical buy-in sizes, frequency of tournaments, rake, and, where available, the average number of entries. We have also calculated tournament S points. If you are not familiar with S points, basically the higher the better (i.e., you get more hours of play to final table and more time before the all-in shovefest starts). However, S points will not be your only consideration. For example, you might see a $100 tournament with 34 S points and a $400 for 41 S points. There is more play in the latter, but is it worth it to you for $300 more if your bankroll can’t support a lot of $400 buy-ins? You can go here for an explanation of the S-point calculation and use the calculator yourself if you want. We calculated the below with the information available to us at the time of publication.

Using the filters above the table, you can select the buy-in, tournament sizes, etc. you are interested in.

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Mountain Tournament Activity

wdt_ID Room Day Start Time Average Entries Type Buy-In Rake% Starting Chips Level Times S Points
1 Bally's Black Hawk Saturday 10:00 AM 70 NLH 80 25 10,000 15 6
2 Lone Butte Saturday 11:00 AM 90 NLH Bounty 230 0 12,000 20 0
3 Bally's Black Hawk Saturday 12:00 PM 104 NLH 300 17 30,000 30 70
4 Bally's Black Hawk Saturday 07:00 PM 60 NLH 140 25 15,000 20 31
5 Bally's Black Hawk Sunday 10:00 AM 64 NLH 80 25 10,000 15 6
6 Lone Butte Sunday 11:00 AM 0 NLH 125 16 8,000 20 0
7 Bally's Black Hawk Sunday 12:00 PM 84 NLH 200 20 25,000 30 70
8 Sandia Resort & Casino Sunday 12:00 PM 122 NLH 60 20 6,000 20 0
9 Desert Diamond Casino Tucson Sunday 01:00 PM 51 NLH 65 15 5,000 15 0
10 Bally's Black Hawk Sunday 07:00 PM 12 NLH 140 25 15,000 20 31
11 Bally's Black Hawk Monday 10:00 AM 70 NLH 80 25 10,000 15 6
12 Desert Diamond Casino Tucson Monday 10:00 AM 0 NLH 45 22 5,000 10 0
13 Lone Butte Monday 11:00 AM 248 NLH 40 0 4,000 20 0
14 Talking Stick Monday 11:15 AM 160 NLH 125 20 10,000 20 0
15 Bally's Black Hawk Monday 12:00 PM 29 NLH 100 20 15,000 20 31
16 Bally's Black Hawk Monday 07:00 PM 16 NLH 80 25 10,000 15 6
17 Sandia Resort & Casino Monday 07:00 PM 65 NLH 40 20 4,000 15 0
18 Bally's Black Hawk Tuesday 10:00 AM 25 NLH 80 25 10,000 15 6
19 Lone Butte Tuesday 11:00 AM 126 NLH 60 0 6,000 20 0
20 Talking Stick Tuesday 11:15 AM 105 NLH 125 20 10,000 20 0
21 Bally's Black Hawk Tuesday 12:00 PM 26 NLH 100 20 15,000 20 31
22 Bally's Black Hawk Tuesday 07:00 PM 16 NLH 80 25 10,000 15 6
23 Desert Diamond Casino Tucson Tuesday 07:00 PM 42 NLH 65 15 5,000 15 0
24 Sandia Resort & Casino Tuesday 07:00 PM 53 NLH 50 20 5,000 15 0
25 Talking Stick Tuesday 07:15 PM 60 NLH 200 20 10,000 20 0
26 Bally's Black Hawk Wednesday 10:00 AM 30 NLH 80 25 10,000 15 6
27 Talking Stick Wednesday 11:15 AM 99 NLH 125 20 10,000 20 0
28 Bally's Black Hawk Wednesday 12:00 PM 25 NLH 100 20 15,000 20 31
29 Bally's Black Hawk Wednesday 07:00 PM 12 NLH 140 25 15,000 20 31
30 Desert Diamond Casino Tucson Wednesday 07:00 PM 46 NLH 65 23 5,000 15 0
31 Lone Butte Wednesday 07:00 PM 98 NLH 100 0 8,000 20 0
32 Sandia Resort & Casino Wednesday 07:00 PM 58 NLH Bounty 80 20 8,000 20 0
33 Talking Stick Wednesday 07:15 PM 56 NLH 145 21 10,000 20 0
34 Bally's Black Hawk Thursday 10:00 AM 0 NLH 80 25 10,000 15 6
35 Desert Diamond Casino Tucson Thursday 10:00 AM 0 NLH 45 22 5,000 10 0
36 Lone Butte Thursday 11:00 AM 104 NLH 100 0 8,000 20 0
37 Talking Stick Thursday 11:15 AM 102 NLH 125 20 10,000 20 0
38 Bally's Black Hawk Thursday 12:00 PM 36 NLH 100 20 15,000 20 31
39 Bally's Black Hawk Thursday 07:00 PM 34 NLH 140 25 15,000 20 31
40 Lone Butte Thursday 07:00 PM 68 NLH 100 0 8,000 20 0
41 Sandia Resort & Casino Thursday 07:00 PM 66 NLH 100 10 8,000 15 0
42 Talking Stick Thursday 07:15 PM 64 NLH 145 21 10,000 20 0
43 Bally's Black Hawk Friday 10:00 AM 60 NLH 80 25 10,000 15 6
44 Lone Butte Friday 11:00 AM 86 NLH Survivor 100 14 10,000 20 0
45 Talking Stick Friday 11:15 AM 190 NLH 125 20 10,000 20 0
46 Bally's Black Hawk Friday 12:00 PM 74 NLH 200 20 25,000 30 70
47 Bally's Black Hawk Friday 07:00 PM 50 NLH 140 25 15,000 20 31
48 Talking Stick Friday 07:15 PM 76 NLH 145 21 10,000 20 0
Room Day Average Entries Type Buy-In Starting Chips Level Times S Points
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