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expecting near the 100 runner mark in walsall  on wednesday 12th and near the same on thursday.sure to be close to 200 runners on the finals  day.
what do you think about every one getting min 100pound back on the day for those who don.t get lucky .some think it they should make a bigger prize with the 20.000thousand they are paying out.
i thinks its an ok idea. i know    2 people who played who would not normally play in these bigger comps on the basis that they might get a draw what do you think.

Not quite sure what you mean, sorry, can you run that by me again slowly?

red dog every finalist on 15th will recieve min 100pound i was wondering if people thought it was a goog idea or not.

I think you might have quite a few returning for the second day

How many do you think there will be, what clock are we on, and how many starting chips?

What is the prize structure at the moment, how many does it pay?

I think its a good idea in principle to give all those returning for day two something, but it can cause a lot of short stacks to try to hang on and run the clock down, you have to be careful what you promise

red dog all qualifiers will recieve min 100 pound who make it to saturday.if theres 200 runners thats what i am saying 20.000payout before the finals.

From what I can gather from the website, it appears that the prize pool is a guaranteed

£250,000 minimum, with !st prize £100,000.

Personally I don't see anything wrong with paying everyone £100, after all some are coming from as far away as Scotland

£20,000 is not a big chunk of the prize pool.

how many qualifiers are left?
i know walsall on weds..........any more?

There are TEN Qualifiers left, as of today (Saturday).

Sunday - Salford, & The Vic

Monday - Luton & Blackpool

Tuesday - Liverpool & Southampton

Wednesday - Walsall

Thursday - Walsall, The Vic, & Cardiff.

Fields this week are likely to be massive, based on previous year's patterns, so PLENTY of seats on offer.

Lots of blondeites have qualified already - we need MORE.

If ifm, or someone local to Walsall, knows somewhere where the blondeites can all hook up for some pre-comp dinner on Saturday, I'm up for it, & it's on me, outa my Gutshot winnings. But you need to let me know who's up for it, so we have an idea of numbers, if any......

i am 90% to try wednesday, my first attempt......most likely only attempt cuz of work commitments. i had to leave it to this late stage unfortunately for reasons out of my control.
What is it like in the late qualifiers?
i assume a lot of pro's will be travelling for these, would thursday be better as there is 3 on this day?
Dreading sitting down with folks carrying 4 or 5 rebuys, just not worth it as it's a percentage of entrants rather than prize pool.
As for a meal beforehand, i don't know walsall at all (M6 route only) but there is a little estate thingy over the road with an italian i think??
Also i'm not sure if Ash's restaurant is still open, i know it was close to grosvenor.

Tikay, everyone has to be there for the draw just before 3pm Saturday.

Even if there are 200+ runners and it goes to two "flights".

This is due apparantly to Gaming Board regulation #3 which states that all participants must be present at the start.

But if we are drawn in flight #2 which will run from 9pm until 3am, dinner sounds fine.

Correct Karabiner - hence my suggestion we could hook up locally at maybe 1pm for a bit of nosh. I don't think Ash's place is still open.

Okay Tikay, I'm with you now.

Sounds good.

Resist Kev ... RESIST !!!!

lads you can get a  meal in the village hotel on the doorstep 2 for 7pound at present and and its nice.
don.t forget the free  buffet that will laid on for you later though which is quite enjoyable.

I've booked into the Village hotel..that seems a decent enough place for a pre comp meal at 1pm. After that becomes difficult because some of us will be playing at 3pm, some at 9pm


If tikay's offering nosh on him, unsurprisingly, I'll be there.

Having not eaten the day before!

As they are not yet sure whether they will have to run the tourney as one "flight" or two.

Does this mean that the allotted time for play will in fact be halved if there are over 200 runners ?

Does this therefore suggest a far faster clock and structure than had been planned ?

What sort of clock/structure should a major tournament with a minimum £250.000 prize fund have ?

I would have thought a 45 minute clock would be the minimum for this event, but how can they do that ?

Lots of question, but I hope it's not going to be a "crapshoot"

What he said

karabiner.
how do you know about flight 1, 2 etc? - all i have had through the post is my invite and confirmation of entry.

Junior, I qualified live at Walsall on Wednesday and was chatting with

Danny V and one of the "suits" just before I left.

They were saying that they could fit in extra tables on the gaming floor if they roped them off.

But if there were more than 200(I think that was the figure) then there would be two sittings.

not sure i like the idea of two sittings unless i knew in advance when my sitting was.  I really dont want to be hanging around waiting to play.
p.s. 1pm for dinner sounds good to me!

its allmost a  cert there will be 2 sitting . going into today there were 155 seats  with 10 chances left. including walsalls wed and thurs which will definately get min 25 seats if not more.that leaves 8 venues left just to get 20seats. so it does look a formallity that there are two seating.
i do know that it is 10.000 starting chips .
i am going this evening so i will let you know tomorrow if there is anymore info, good luck.. :)up

PLEEEEEEEEESE!!!

No short clock or missed levels, this is not the EPT you know  ::)

any clock shortening should be done in levels 1-4 and not late on!!!!!!

its not good for the game and the players will form a deep resentment for the organisers! - maybe thats going a bit far but i wont like it

Since everyone has to turn up before 3pm on Saturday for the draw.

When we will find out if we are first or second sitting, why not make the second sitting Sunday ?

Play down to one table each day, then play the last two tables to a conclusion on Monday ?

lads how can they tell you about the draw when the runners has not be finalised.i think its a formality over 200  runners but if not everyone  looks like playing at 3pm.

some people will have work monday

Stop pretending not to be posh.

We both know that dinner is the evening meal  ;)

Wish I could be down there for the Event. Will be the first one I've missed but unfortunately with a Mumps epidemic at work someone has to stay behind and look after the ship.

Yogi

it is a 1 hour clock 10k startin chips.there willl be no levels missed or shortining of the clock.afternoon an night sittings is correct if there is ofa 200 players.if my maths r correct groves will have 2 add some cash prob bout 15k.ne way i am 21 on sat so hope ime included in ur offer tikay.lol cu all there sat.p.s ashes restraunt is  closed.nice food aswell :-[

If there's separate afternoon and evening sessions, how will this work...?

Split into 100(ish) per sitting and play down to a specified number in each session. Then come back on Sunday (all in the money) and play out the remainder...?

Sorry, but this will be my biggest tourney to date, so I'm not sure how it all works...

If what hotdog says is correct, and I have no reason to doubt him.

I would guess that each sitting will play their first six x 1 hour levels, and whoever is still left in will return for day two.

The original sturture for the GP was an hour clock, the stucture will be closely looked at due to the amount of players, Richard, zak and myself along with other supervisors will have a meeting to outline the structure and other key points to how the tourniment is run. as soon as this i hav a definate answer ill let you guys know as soon as possible, the levels will NOT be shorter than 45 mins.

as its going it very much looks like it will be over 2 sittings, (sorry guys but guildline 3 stat u all hav to be there when the competition commences) a pain i know. the pit will be open and there will be cash games avalible from 3 o'clock aswell

the starting chips are going to be 10000

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

danni, please take heed of what a few blondeites have said already - any clock shortening, please dont take the decision lightly and please, if you are to shorten the clock do it early on (e.g. 30 minute levels for the first 3-4 levels then back to an hour thereafter). - it would be appreciated,
thanks
Greg

junior, im not in favour of shortening clocks and take all comments from blondites seriously good or bad, and ill gladly put your point across during the  meeting, 

the monthly £300 freezeout. regarded as structally one of the best tourniments around by many, giving you plenty of time to play, so following on from that i dont see the Grand Prix being any differant.

thanks for listening dani, its appreciated.  We're a tetchy lot you know if we dont get our own way.  ;D

The original sturture for the GP was a 1 hour clock, So what's changed?

You expected to get this many qualifiers, if not more, so the circumstances were forseeable

Bring the players in early, start them at midday, same with the second day

This is a flagship tournament for Grosvenor, it's a lot of money, give us a proper shot at it

 

good points well made. - i guess 230+ players was definitely forseeable so the players shouldnt have to suffer as a result of the comps popularity.

Mr Versace, your comments are appreciated

As the others say, surely it can be no surprise that 200+ runners will qualify

and yet the blurb on the blue sq site says that day 1 will be in two flights if necessary (fine) and the final nine will return for a final table on Sunday. How on earth was this ever going to be feasible with 10k chips and a 1 hour clock?

Please if necessary start the thing earlier or at an absolute last resort cut the time of the first few levels, but don't muck around wqith it beyond that

If 50 come back for day 2 so be it.

Finally, and a cheap point, whilst it is to be welcomed that cash games will be available for those who turn up for 3pm on saturday and get told they are in the second flight (9pm? 10pm?) it is not that attractive to be told the pit will be open!!!

I for one would disappear back to the hotel for rest and relaxation

Why are you thinking of POKER on the 15th its the Rugby League Grand Final u all mad  >:?.

Hehe
Come on your BULLS

BA

Oooops
Come on you BULLS ;)

BA

ROFL, good job you spelt BULLS properly

Just to be clear, we have to be at Grosvenor Walsall at 3pm for the draw on Saturday?

Wanna make sure I'm there on time...!

yes Pete, draw for two flights 3pm Saturday

I hope, for your sake, you draw Flight one, otherwise it's Selfridges in the bullring for you with Mrs Winkie!

There's no way I'm venturing out to go shopping with Mrs Winkie...! Don't think my credit card would survive...

Please god... let my draw session one...!

Feeling kind of glad I'll be stuck in Blackpool.

Trouble is brewing and after seeing the screaming and shouting about paying everyone £100 at the first Grand Prix, I'll miss the shenanigans this time around. Hope everything sorts itself out ok.

Good Luck to all you Blondites/ Blondeites who have qualified. Make it a Final 9 of us.

Yogi

i spoke to richard when i qualified and he told me that they hoped for 250 runners with a hour clock so why wth only 210 ish runners has it changed lol

Maybe I heard wrong, but I thought that Flight One STARTED at 3pm. Meaning the draw would be a good bit earlier.

That is the impression that I am under too.

Tikay ur quite right. the competition starts at 3 so you have to be there before

Whst time Dani?

And what time does the Casino open this Saturday Dani?

Casino opens at 2 o'clock tikay

Calm down dear, it's just a commercial  ::)

 ;D ;D

seems like you are allready screaming, funny that you need to shout at me when i am only trying to help people, does not take alot to put you on tilt my dear,,which one  of these  suits you today :) :( >:( ;)