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Title: Leeds Post by: QuagmireAA on November 24, 2009, 10:36:52 AM Hey peeps, first post :)
Many people on here from Leeds, ive seen that quite a few people go to Alea. Just wondering, as ive just moved to Clarence Dock. Quagmire Title: Re: Leeds Post by: matt674 on November 24, 2009, 10:38:18 AM welcome to blonde :)
might help people to tell them what you are wondering ;) Title: Re: Leeds Post by: marcin123 on November 24, 2009, 10:41:08 AM LEEDS!!! LEEDS!!! LEEDS!!! Welcome to blonde mate... ;applause;
Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Acidmouse on November 24, 2009, 10:41:40 AM Off the top of my head..
LeKnave, Horneris, ChipRich, Linux, Acidmouse, Marcin, Wardonky, Girgy, Cf, LeedsRhodsey, yorky34, Bulldozer + 4-5 that live closeish to Leeds. Welcome. Title: Re: Leeds Post by: BulldozerD on November 24, 2009, 10:42:02 AM I'm from Wakefield but play in Leeds
Clarence Dock - nice - Alea is a pretty cool place imo Title: Re: Leeds Post by: marcin123 on November 24, 2009, 10:42:54 AM LEEDS!!! LEEDS!!! LEEDS!!! Welcome to blonde mate... ;applause; <<<<<<<<<<<<<< Isnt that a Chelsea badge?? lol yes... but im still proud of living in leeds... doesn't mean i have to support the football team... Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Girgy85 on November 24, 2009, 10:43:58 AM LEEDS!!! LEEDS!!! LEEDS!!! Welcome to blonde mate... ;applause; <<<<<<<<<<<<<< Isnt that a Chelsea badge?? lol yes... but im still proud of living in leeds... doesn't mean i have to support the football team... LOL deleted as it was pointing to Chris Griffin! BTW Welcome to Blonde! Title: Re: Leeds Post by: QuagmireAA on November 24, 2009, 10:58:47 AM welcome to blonde :) might help people to tell them what you are wondering ;) lol, prob should have added bit more detail. Was just wondering who plays poker in Leeds and the best places etc. Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Acidmouse on November 24, 2009, 11:05:08 AM http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?board=5.0
look down there, a few threads on the cardrooms in Leeds and who goes etc. Title: Re: Leeds Post by: marcin123 on November 24, 2009, 11:09:37 AM welcome to blonde :) might help people to tell them what you are wondering ;) lol, prob should have added bit more detail. Was just wondering who plays poker in Leeds and the best places etc. Best place for value to play in Leeds is Gala as it is guaranteed every night,,, quite often with overlay... However it is a really fast structure and play towards the end is shocking with everyone nursing 5bb stacks... However the good part about gala is the cash games... usually 2/3 tables every night,,, 0.50/1 blinds and sometimes a dealers choice game Merrion is ok if you are learning to play the game and is affordable as most competition's there are 10DC's... One good point is that they run a decent £50 deepstack comp every month which allows more play... Napoleons is a rebuy fest with players starting with 1000 chips and blinds at 100 100... These are either 10 or 20 rebuys... Good prizes but can get expensive... They also run a decent freezeout every month,,, I think it is a £200 comp with 30 min blinds throughout... Very juicy cash games with very loose players but with blinds 2/2 or 2/5 this can become really expensive... Alea is probably the easiest for you to get to and has £15 and £20 comps most night which don't last too long as they only get 20-30 runners but with cash games every night it too is work checking out... Hope that helps... Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Beaver808 on November 24, 2009, 11:30:34 AM Off the top of my head.. LeKnave, Horneris, ChipRich, Linux, Acidmouse, Marcin, Wardonky, Girgy, Cf, LeedsRhodsey, yorky34, Bulldozer, Beaver808 + 4-5 that live closeish to Leeds. Welcome. FYP... ;D Title: Re: Leeds Post by: outragous76 on November 24, 2009, 11:57:53 AM Off the top of my head.. LeKnave, Horneris, ChipRich, Linux, Acidmouse, Marcin, Wardonky, Girgy, Cf, LeedsRhodsey, yorky34, Bulldozer, Beaver808 + 4-5 that live closeish to Leeds. Welcome. FYP... ;D & me! But dont really play in leeds anymore Leeds Leeds Leeds..................... so good they named it thrice! Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Shawrie85 on November 24, 2009, 01:35:28 PM :hello: Probs bump into you at gala sometime!
Title: Re: Leeds Post by: QuagmireAA on November 24, 2009, 03:15:28 PM Cheers for all the info guys.
I've registered with Gala to play the £20 end of the month tournament on Saturday :) Title: Re: Leeds Post by: QuagmireAA on November 24, 2009, 03:21:03 PM :hello: Probs bump into you at gala sometime! :)up Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Cf on November 24, 2009, 04:03:08 PM Come along to the Alea £15 f/o next Monday. Nice cheap tournament, a good fast paced structure, and just on your doorstep :)
I'm the guy with long hair who'll no doubt be dealing and drinking a girly cocktail. Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Beaver808 on November 24, 2009, 04:16:24 PM Hi Cf, how many runners do you usually get for the Monday comp??
Title: Re: Leeds Post by: marcin123 on November 24, 2009, 04:19:43 PM Hi Cf, how many runners do you usually get for the Monday comp?? over 50 most mondays,,, running antes and a 25 min clock... Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Beaver808 on November 24, 2009, 04:23:32 PM Oh my, better than the Merrion then? :D
Title: Re: Leeds Post by: QuagmireAA on November 24, 2009, 05:12:14 PM Come along to the Alea £15 f/o next Monday. Nice cheap tournament, a good fast paced structure, and just on your doorstep :) I'm the guy with long hair who'll no doubt be dealing and drinking a girly cocktail. Lol Yeah I reckon I will be playing the Monday tournament at some point. What times it normally run till? Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Horneris on November 24, 2009, 05:17:00 PM Excellent thread.
Leeds ftw. Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Girgy85 on November 24, 2009, 05:20:31 PM Cheers for all the info guys. I've registered with Gala to play the £20 end of the month tournament on Saturday :) I will be there! Come and say hi! I'm the chris griffin lookalike! (Big guy, blonde hair) Title: Re: Leeds Post by: maldini32 on November 24, 2009, 05:34:16 PM welcome to blonde :) might help people to tell them what you are wondering ;) lol, prob should have added bit more detail. Was just wondering who plays poker in Leeds and the best places etc. Best place for value to play in Leeds is Gala as it is guaranteed every night,,, quite often with overlay... However it is a really fast structure and play towards the end is shocking with everyone nursing 5bb stacks... However the good part about gala is the cash games... usually 2/3 tables every night,,, 0.50/1 blinds and sometimes a dealers choice game Merrion is ok if you are learning to play the game and is affordable as most competition's there are 10DC's... One good point is that they run a decent £50 deepstack comp every month which allows more play... Napoleons is a rebuy fest with players starting with 1000 chips and blinds at 100 100... These are either 10 or 20 rebuys... Good prizes but can get expensive... They also run a decent freezeout every month,,, I think it is a £200 comp with 30 min blinds throughout... Very juicy cash games with very loose players but with blinds 2/2 or 2/5 this can become really expensive... Alea is probably the easiest for you to get to and has £15 and £20 comps most night which don't last too long as they only get 20-30 runners but with cash games every night it too is work checking out... Hope that helps... It helped me! Title: Re: Leeds Post by: QuagmireAA on November 24, 2009, 06:11:36 PM Cheers for all the info guys. I've registered with Gala to play the £20 end of the month tournament on Saturday :) I will be there! Come and say hi! I'm the chris griffin lookalike! (Big guy, blonde hair) lol should be easy to recognise you played the end of the month saturday tournament before? Title: Re: Leeds Post by: sovietsong on November 24, 2009, 06:17:14 PM Off the top of my head.. LeKnave, Horneris, ChipRich, Linux, Acidmouse, Marcin, Wardonky, Girgy, Cf, LeedsRhodsey, yorky34, Bulldozer + 4-5 that live closeish to Leeds. Welcome. this cuts deep acid... Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Acidmouse on November 24, 2009, 06:20:05 PM lol....my bad, it was early and the coffee was only just kicking in.
Title: Re: Leeds Post by: sovietsong on November 24, 2009, 06:26:32 PM lol....my bad, it was early and the coffee was only just kicking in. pls modify your post. we even took part in a team challenge together in a blonde league!! sigh... Title: Re: Leeds Post by: yorky34 on November 24, 2009, 07:13:43 PM Welcom to blonde and leeds enjoy the ride , as for place to play gala is the best value , although alea is very nice place just not enough numbers but its on your door step
Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Girgy85 on November 24, 2009, 09:11:57 PM Cheers for all the info guys. I've registered with Gala to play the £20 end of the month tournament on Saturday :) I will be there! Come and say hi! I'm the chris griffin lookalike! (Big guy, blonde hair) lol should be easy to recognise you played the end of the month saturday tournament before? Yea mate came 5th last month :) Title: Re: Leeds Post by: QuagmireAA on November 24, 2009, 09:44:38 PM Cheers for all the info guys. I've registered with Gala to play the £20 end of the month tournament on Saturday :) I will be there! Come and say hi! I'm the chris griffin lookalike! (Big guy, blonde hair) lol should be easy to recognise you played the end of the month saturday tournament before? Yea mate came 5th last month :) Nice one! Title: Re: Leeds Post by: mondatoo on November 24, 2009, 11:09:49 PM Not be long before we have the full family guy clan
Title: Re: Leeds Post by: yorky34 on November 25, 2009, 06:29:06 PM :-)
Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Girgy85 on November 29, 2009, 03:30:01 PM Nice to meet u last night quagmire!! How did you get on?
Title: Re: Leeds Post by: SirPerceval on November 29, 2009, 05:02:31 PM From Scotland, live in Wakefield, play in Leeds (but not often).
Title: Re: Leeds Post by: BulldozerD on March 04, 2013, 01:44:18 PM Alea Leeds have announced today that they will be closing down and pulling out of the running for a Leeds super casino licence.
Restaurants and everything closing with 99 jobs lost. Hardly surprising as Clarence Dock seems like a ghost town at the moment Title: Re: Leeds Post by: outragous76 on March 04, 2013, 01:59:32 PM Alea Leeds have announced today that they will be closing down and pulling out of the running for a Leeds super casino licence. Restaurants and everything closing with 99 jobs lost. Hardly surprising as Clarence Dock seems like a ghost town at the moment oh dear! That is gg clarence dock for sure! Hope nobody owns a flat down there! Its never great when Starbucks leaves an area, but Alea are a key operator down there and thats going to be an awful lot of unlettable space! One for Genting maybe? Quite possibly the most stupid decission made down there (as an area), was to charge for parking, let alone ask what they do for parking. Who would pay £7 to park for 2 hours in the middle of nowhere? Real shame! Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Acidmouse on March 04, 2013, 02:02:35 PM Most plush Casino in Leeds shame they were clueless and it was not helped with the location although parking was not a problem past 6 as you could use the car park for free there then.
I wish we still had Moortown ffs.. Title: Re: Leeds Post by: outragous76 on March 04, 2013, 02:22:42 PM Most plush Casino in Leeds shame they were clueless and it was not helped with the location although parking was not a problem past 6 as you could use the car park for free there then. I wish we still had Moortown ffs.. Oh of course, it was free for any casino user too, I meant generally as an area. It had so much potential, but some very silly things killed it! Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Acidmouse on March 04, 2013, 02:42:26 PM Yep, they have built too much around there, way too many flats and roads. Not enough stuff to create a community out of. It really does not help that its right next to a shithole (all those flats next to my old school Mount St Marys), a community of druggies and homeless right next to it too wont help, the odd time I went there to the Royal Armories there was nothing else to do, much prefer crown point.
Title: Re: Leeds Post by: Cf on March 04, 2013, 07:08:13 PM A real shame. I don't really play at Alea (or anywhere) anymore but we still went every month or so for The Bird.
But yeah, not really a surprise. If anything I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did. The casino itself was fine. Few things I thought were a bit silly but nothing major. It's just Clarence Dock as an area never took off. Half the flats were always empty. Was looking there myself but the prices were just daft. There's much cheaper elsewhere. And the problem Alea had was that apart from itself there was nothing else around there in terms of night life. It might have fared better if there were a few bars and pubs to attract people there for nights out. |