Venue Source Registry

Purpose

This skill provides the authoritative source of truth for all 777 poker venue scraping operations.

🚨 IMPORTANT: Source Hierarchy

For each venue, use sources in this priority order:

1. •PokerAtlas - Preferred for ~400 major venues (standardized format)
2. •Venue Official Website - For venues not on PokerAtlas
3. •Card Player / Hendon Mob - For verification and tournament series
4. •Web Search Discovery - Last resort for unlisted venues
5. •Manual Entry - Queue for human review

📍 VERIFIED VENUE SOURCES BY STATE

Nevada (Las Vegas) - ~50 venues

California - ~80 venues

Texas - ~60 venues (Mostly Poker Clubs)

⚠️ TEXAS SPECIAL CASE: Most Texas poker clubs are NOT on PokerAtlas. Use venue official websites as primary source.

Florida - ~40 venues

New Jersey / Pennsylvania / Maryland - ~30 venues

Connecticut / New York - ~15 venues

Arizona / Colorado - ~20 venues

Oklahoma / Louisiana / Mississippi - ~30 venues

Michigan / Minnesota / Midwest - ~40 venues

📊 SOURCE COVERAGE SUMMARY

🔧 SCRAPER PATTERNS

PokerAtlas HTML Structure

<table class="tournament-schedule">
  <tr class="tournament-row">
    <td class="day">Monday</td>
    <td class="time">7:00 PM</td>
    <td class="buyin">$125</td>
    <td class="name">NLH Deep Stack</td>
    <td class="gtd">$5,000 GTD</td>
  </tr>
</table>

Venue Website Patterns

Most venue websites use one of these formats:

1. •HTML Table - Similar to PokerAtlas
2. •Card Grid - CSS cards with tournament info
3. •Calendar View - Event calendar with modals
4. •PDF Schedule - Downloadable PDF (requires OCR)

Search Query Templates

"{Venue Name}" "{City}" poker tournament schedule site:{domain}
"{Venue Name}" daily poker tournaments
"{Venue Name}" poker room schedule 2026

📝 MANUAL ENTRY TEMPLATE

For venues requiring manual data entry:

INSERT INTO venue_daily_tournaments (
  venue_id, venue_name, day_of_week, start_time,
  buy_in, game_type, tournament_name, guaranteed,
  source_url, last_scraped
) VALUES (
  'uuid-here',
  'Venue Name',
  'Monday',
  '7:00 PM',
  125,
  'NLH',
  'Monday Night Special',
  5000,
  'https://venue-website.com/tournaments',
  NOW()
);

🔄 UPDATE FREQUENCY

⚠️ VENUES REQUIRING SPECIAL HANDLING

PDF Schedules Only

• •Some smaller venues only publish PDF schedules
• •Require manual extraction or OCR
• •Flag in database: schedule_format = 'pdf'

No Online Presence

• •~27 venues have minimal/no online schedule
• •Call venue directly for schedule
• •Flag in database: schedule_format = 'call_venue'

Seasonal/Temporary Closures

• •Track is_active status
• •Check quarterly for reopenings