Our main gathering is a $40 No-Limit Hold 'Em tournament every Saturday at 7:00 p.m. It is a pure deep-stack structure starting with 10,000 chips with 20 minute blinds. In the fifth blind level, we start a light ante to build the action slightly. Unlike most structures, which speed up late creating "shove fests", we pride our structure for providing a lot of "playability" in the later stages. Tournament concludes anywhere from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. My house has three tables set up, 4 sets of KEM cards, and plenty of chips (not the "dice" brand).

I also host a cash game every so often during the week. These games are not weekly staples and rarely planned more than two days in advance. If enough demand, the game does become regular. The typical cash game is 0.25/0.50 NLHE, but we also have played 0.50/1.00 and mixed games, usually Pot-limit Omaha and PL Omaha hi-lo. Other members in the group host games on occasion to which everyone is invited.

I do not take any rake or fee for the tournaments or cash games. I only ask that you RSVP asap on Saturdays (please try no later than 6:30 p.m.) and bring a two-liter (or 6- or 12-pack) of soda/other beverage OR a bag of a snack every 4-6 weeks.

We take the game seriously, try our best, and yearn to learn and improve from each other. Don't mistake us as uber hardcore, though. More than anything, we talk sports and life, and joke and rib each other.

You can reply to this, email pokerleague.tucson@gmail.com, call me, or text me. My number is (520)-248-9138. We'll have a website soon, hopefully. My name is Ryan, and I hope to face you on the felt soon!