Hi There;
Long time reader, first time I've posted.
I live in the Albuquerque area and can give everyone a little more info.
getting there; I was at the event last week and from abq (without weather to contend with,) it is a 31/2 to 4 hour drive. I would suggest the Hwy 550 from Bernalillo hwy 64 thru Bloomfield-Farmington-Shiprock and north to the casino route. Almost all is 4 lane.
If there is weather, you may not get there from abq. At one point you have to cross the continental divide (7,300 elevation). Standing snow and ice or a storm itself, they just shut down the hwy. We've had a very dry winter so far....no standing snow the entire route as of today. The last storm that dumped on denver stayed north and east of abq-cez.
Flying in. abq-dro the only commercial flight is a single engine plane that carries about 6 people.
abq-farmington. the only commercial flights are in a Beech1900 carries about 20 people.
Don't know about out of denver, but again if the weather is bad, they cancel the flights.
I don't mean to scare anyone away..watch the weather. There aren't that many storms and they are usually here one day and gone the next. We get lots of sunshine in NM and the snow melts quickly. Bring lots of warm clothes in case you have car trouble in the middle of nowhere. You may be there awhile!
tournament results...The phillyplash and I were both at the final table but a local from the Farmington area (the wild card) won.
The Ute Casino was very accomodating, but not very experienced in tournaments. Instead of keeping the players at the casino both days, they started the 1st round at noon Friday and the money round at 4pm friday...so the entire thing was over by 5pm Friday.
note to Ken..I would be willing to drive if you want to pay the gas from abq...except I have to leave Sat when it is over. (work Sunday morning)
The money round is scheduled for 2pm Sat.
Watch for change of days......As i was buying in for the jan event Ron (I think was his name) who ran the event told me they were considering changing from Fri-Sat to Sat-Sun to see if more people showed up. He mentioned they had already sent out fliers for the 1st Jan event and it was still up in the air on what they would do. He suggested I call later this month. not sure what they will do for the jan 20 21 event.
Hope this helps Randy
Long time reader, first time I've posted.
I live in the Albuquerque area and can give everyone a little more info.
getting there; I was at the event last week and from abq (without weather to contend with,) it is a 31/2 to 4 hour drive. I would suggest the Hwy 550 from Bernalillo hwy 64 thru Bloomfield-Farmington-Shiprock and north to the casino route. Almost all is 4 lane.
If there is weather, you may not get there from abq. At one point you have to cross the continental divide (7,300 elevation). Standing snow and ice or a storm itself, they just shut down the hwy. We've had a very dry winter so far....no standing snow the entire route as of today. The last storm that dumped on denver stayed north and east of abq-cez.
Flying in. abq-dro the only commercial flight is a single engine plane that carries about 6 people.
abq-farmington. the only commercial flights are in a Beech1900 carries about 20 people.
Don't know about out of denver, but again if the weather is bad, they cancel the flights.
I don't mean to scare anyone away..watch the weather. There aren't that many storms and they are usually here one day and gone the next. We get lots of sunshine in NM and the snow melts quickly. Bring lots of warm clothes in case you have car trouble in the middle of nowhere. You may be there awhile!
tournament results...The phillyplash and I were both at the final table but a local from the Farmington area (the wild card) won.
The Ute Casino was very accomodating, but not very experienced in tournaments. Instead of keeping the players at the casino both days, they started the 1st round at noon Friday and the money round at 4pm friday...so the entire thing was over by 5pm Friday.
note to Ken..I would be willing to drive if you want to pay the gas from abq...except I have to leave Sat when it is over. (work Sunday morning)
The money round is scheduled for 2pm Sat.
Watch for change of days......As i was buying in for the jan event Ron (I think was his name) who ran the event told me they were considering changing from Fri-Sat to Sat-Sun to see if more people showed up. He mentioned they had already sent out fliers for the 1st Jan event and it was still up in the air on what they would do. He suggested I call later this month. not sure what they will do for the jan 20 21 event.
Hope this helps Randy
Hope you will post some more about conditions and tournaments in your area.