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LINE #1: OCEANSIDE
Departure Times
9:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. 9:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m. 9:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m. 9:45 a.m., 1:45 p.m.
Depart Harrah‘s 3 P.M./7 P.M.* Final Departure for the Day
Pick Up/Drop Off Sites
Mission Plaza by the Post Office (Los Arbolitos Blvd) Mission Square behind Goodwill (West Mission & I-5) Plaza Camino Real Mall (By old Coco’s Family Restaurant) Food 4 Less on Melrose (By Islands Restaurant)
City
Oceanside Oceanside Carlsbad Vista
LINE #2: SAN DIEGO
Departure Times
9:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. 9:10 a.m., 1:10 p.m. 9:40 a.m., 1:40 p.m. 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m.
Depart Harrah‘s 3 P.M./7 P.M.* Final Departure for the Day
Pick Up/Drop Off Sites
H Street Trolley
Kimball Towers at 1317 D Avenue
Mira Mesa Mall by Mervyn’s (New Salem & Reagan) Westfield Shoppingtown North County (P-9 & P-10)
City
Chula Vista National City Mira Mesa Escondido
LINE #3: SAN DIEGO EARLY BIRD Depart Harrah‘s 2 P.M./6 P.M.* Final Departure
Departure Times
7:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. 7:45 a.m., 11:15 a.m. 8:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m. 8:20 a.m., 11:40 a.m.
Pick Up/Drop Off Sites
Grossmont Trolley Station (Grossmont Ctr. Dr & Fletcher) Park Blvd & University Ave
Old Town Trolley Station (Pacific Hwy & Taylor, West Lot) 2875 Cowley Way (Across from Sorrento Towers)
City
La Mesa Hillcrest Old Town Clairemont
LINE #4: NE LOS ANGELES Depart Harrah‘s 2:45 P.M.* Final Departure for the Day
Departure Times
7:15 a.m. 7:25 a.m. 7:45 a.m.
Pick Up/Drop Off Sites
Liz Restaurant (205 Garvey @ Lincoln) Kee Wah Bakery (Valley Blvd. & Del Mar) Hong Kong Market
City
Monterey Park San Gabriel Rowland Hts.
LINE #5: ORANGE COUNTY Depart Harrah‘s 2:30 P.M.* Final Departure for the Day
Departure Times
7:00 a.m. 7:30 a.m.
Pick Up/Drop Off Sites
9300 Bishop & Moran Street (South of Boisa) California Market (Garden Grove Blvd & Magnolia)
City
Westminster Garden Grove
LINE #6: CARD CLUB RUN Depart Harrah‘s 3:30 P.M./10:00 P.M.* Final Departure
Departure Times
8:00 a.m., 2:30 p.m. 8:15 a.m., 2:45 p.m. 8:30 a.m., 3:00 p.m.
Pick Up/Drop Off Sites
Jilson and Commerce Way
Rite Aide Shopping Center (Eastern & Florence)
Vons & Sav-On Shopping Center (Paramount & Florence)
City
Commerce Bell Gardens Downey
LINE #7: SW LOS ANGELES Depart Harrah‘s 3:30 P.M./10 P.M.* Final Departure
Departure Times
8:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. 8:20 a.m., 3:20 p.m. 8:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m.
Pick Up/Drop Off Sites
20403 Avalon (Across from Jack in the Box) Gardena Valley Center (Pick up on the street) Strawberry Plaza Mall (Rosecrans Ave. & Berendo)
City
Carson Gardena Gardena
LINE #8: LEISURE WORLD SENIOR COMMUNITY Depart Harrah‘s 3:30 P.M.* Final Departure
Departure Times
8:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m.
Pick Up/Drop Off Sites
Gate #3 Leisure World (Moulton Pkwy & Calle Aragon) Marguerite Pkwy & Felipe (Park & Ride)
City
Laguna Woods Mission Viejo
LINE #9: SAN BERNARDINO/RIVERSIDE Depart Harrah‘s 3:15 P.M.* Final Departure
Departure Times
8:00 a.m. 8:15 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m.
Pick Up/Drop Off Sites
Denny’s/K-Mart Parking Lot (Sierra Blvd. & Valley Blvd.) Wal*Mart Parking Lot (Riverside Ave. & Valley Blvd.)
Jack in the Box/Miller’s Outpost (Highland Ave & Del Rosa Dr.) Target @ Arlington Square (South of 91 Fwy, by car wash)
City
Fontana
Rialto
San Bernardino Riverside
LINE #10: SEAL BEACH/HUNTINGTON BEACH Depart Harrah‘s 3:15 P.M.* Final Departure
Departure Times
7:30 a.m.
7:45 a.m. 8:00 a.m.
Pick Up/Drop Off Sites City
Rossmoor Shopping Center (Seal Beach Blvd & Center Dr.) Seal Beach [Please park on the street]
Leisure World (St. Andrews Drive/Amphitheatre) Seal Beach
Pacific Community Hospital Parking Lot (Florida St.) Huntington Beach
LINE #11: WEST COVINA NIGHT (FRI/SAT NIGHTS ONLY)
3:30 A.M.* Final Departure
City
Gardena Carson Bellflower West Covina
Departure Times
7:15 p.m. 7:45 p.m. 8:00 p.m. 8:30 p.m.
Pick Up/Drop Off Sites
Discount Swap Meet (139th & Western)
Winchell’s Donut Shop (Carson & Main)
Granny’s Donut Shop (91 Fwy @ Lakewood & Artesia) Covina Bowl (Badillo & Rimsdale)
LINE #12: TEMECULA (TUES/THURS ONLY) Depart Harrah‘s 2:15 P.M.* Final Departure
Departure Times
7:30 a.m. 7:45 a.m. 8:15 a.m.
Pick Up/Drop Off Sites
Sun City Civic Ctr (Sun City Blvd. & Cherry Hills Blvd.) Town Center—Target Parking Lot (Newport & 215 Fwy) Sam Hicks Monument Park (Curbside)
City
Sun City Menifee Temecula
LINE #13: RANCHO CUCAMONGA
THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA LINE HAS BEEN CANCELLED, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 1, 2006
LINE #14: HEMET (TUESDAYS ONLY) Depart Harrah‘s 3 P.M.* Final Departure
Departure Times Pick Up/Drop Off Sites City
8:00 a.m. Old Wal*Mart Shopping Center (Florida & Kirby, by Theatre) Hemet
*NOTE: Neither Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort nor the bus company will be held responsible for any passenger that misses the last shuttle bus.
World Series of Poker on $240 a Day
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with some of the players all day and know their and 3 hours, respectively. So at the lowest level,
lower levels. Whether you play conservatively or fast and loose, somewhere along the way you are going to have to gamble. You might not risk your entire stack in a middle of a 10-hour tournament on a 2:1 pocket tens versus one overcard situation, but in satellites, you are looking for these situations all of the time. If you’re playing in fear over busting out of a $100- $200 satellite, you shouldn’t be taking your shot at $1000 tournaments in the rst place.
In my next column, I will look at the pros and cons of the two common approaches to satellites: 1) Risk going broke to get chips fast. 2) Survive until near the money/deal and then shift gears.
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tendencies, sometimes just surviving until it’s 3-handed can guarantee
“Whether you play conservatively or fast and loose, somewhere
half an hour in at the start of the third level, half of the people left are on the verge of being short-stacked. You nd yourself playing a lot of “all-in poker” at this point. Go back and check out my column on
you a pro t. Conversely,
if you see that others are
playing in this “survival”
mode, you can attack
their blinds when the going to have to gamble.” AK (November 2005) if you
blind levels become substantial (big blind
equals 1/10th of the average stack).
2) Speed. Because satellites are mini-tournaments, they are designed to be over relatively quickly. At Commerce Casino last month, $120, $180 and $1000 satellites were designed to last around 1, 2
want to study some of the math for showdown poker.
3) Willingnesstogamble.Unliketournamentwith a slow structure, which is designed for skill to ride out unlucky swings, there is a huge amount of luck involved in satellites, especially at the
along the way you are
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