A month ago, this conversation happened
Kirsty Thompson (Head of UK Gaming for PokerStars) "you can GTE £1M if you want - haha"
Rob Yong "would you really let us GTE one of your UKIPT events?"
Kirsty "why not, it's been done before in Spain, where a venue GTE'd a tour event for so and so, if you're serious, I can speak to head office"
Rob (turning to Nick and Simon) "What do you reckon"
Nick (puts head in hands) "aghhhhh"
Simon "lets do it"
Rob (turn to Nick) "only if Nick says its okay"
Nick "jesus (pause).... okay"
Rob "Fine, lets do it, please call your head office Kirsty"
5 minutes later...........
Kirsty "they said it's fine"
Rob "Cool, we just need to find 830 players, Jamie, you will definitely generate 600 right?"
Jamie (Pokerstars Marketing) "erm, well, at least 500"
Rob "Great, so maybe we need 930 then, you're on, 100%"
Nick (head in hands) " "
and you can see the whole story behind what should be a remarkable event at
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=57089.0
Today that conversation becomes a reality with Day1a of the £1m Guaranteed PokerStars UKIPT Nottingham, 2012
It looks like being a sell out for all three starting days, 450 plus alternates per day. A few seats remain on the door for today
As Rob says "PokerStars are used to achieving multi-million pounds prizepools in their Sunday Million and EPT's, but a £1 million pound event at Dusk Till Dawn, even though its not our event, would mean a lot to the all of the DTD Team and staff"
Alongside this update, please take a look at www.pokerstarsblog.com. Excellent writing, great pictures.
Right then, so who amongst the blondes can we expect to see playing today?
Well here's an idea of the names in the field today
http://www.dusktilldawnpokerclub.com/result-info.php?id=2644
Play begins at 12pm with 15,000 chips and a 60 minute clock
Six levels for late reg and alternates to 7.40pm
See you then.