blonde poker forum

cant decide:
 was thisnking of playing the £400 genting in stoke
100k gurentee
25kstarting
25-50 ALL THE LEVELS!!!!!
2 or 3 day event.

or:

£200 at DTD
100k guentee
50k starting
BLINDS START 50-100
30min clock untill level 14 or 15 the goes to 40min clock

thinkg the genting is better value.

any thoughts?

Obviously both will be great comps, both good structures

blonde is sponsored by DTD so best to bear that in mind when posting!

DTD is same guarantee, half the buy in though...it runs to WSOP Main event blind levels so loses nothing in comparison to the other structure

good luck whichever you play

 

Having updated the DTD comp and seen how slow it is, there's definitely value there.

I would play the DTD but then again, I am biased.

these gentings games have been smashing the gts, you also allowed 1 re entry which is good for those of us going to travel 400 miles for the game!

i didnt relise there is a re entry.

as to DTD. i am also biased after my sick result in the UKIPT

thats another reason im swinging toward DTD.
plus i think it will also smash the guerentee

If there is a choice and assuming all things are equal, (travel time and costs) then its always DTD.

Genting are serious competition to Dtd by running their events at The same time as Dtd deepstacksThey are doing everything perfectly except clashing with Dtd's deepstacks. I would play their events if they did not clash with Dtd.

Loyalty is a key factor for me so I will be sticking with Dtd as they have put so much effort into improving uk poker over the last 5 years. Genting are making it hard tho.

DTD for me ainec

NOTTINGHAM

ainec? and it's not even close?

Nottingham... The stoke event does look interesting though..

Have you not played a Genting leg George? I know of a few Dtd regs who have seats for Stoke and will only be at Dtd if they bust Stoke.

The thing stopping me doing this is that in one of Robs blogs he made note of the Dtd regulars who played Edinburgh and told the valets to pee in their tea

I dont want to be seen as stiring it up, however you guys have to seriously consider the genting tournament.  It is SUPER slow with a horribly soft field and it has been smashing the gtd.

I played Leg2 in London and did well but couldn't go too deep due to raise/ folding <77 all day 2.

I know dtd is solid and I play there as much as possible, however with the loss of the regular 500 (our fault, not enough runners) it gets closer imo.

Im unable to play the genting day 1 so I will be at dtd, but for those of you with a choice DO NOT underestimate how good those gentig comps are.

must be two start days for genting tho as they are filling the venues and then some. Please reconsider the Genting tour, I reckon I could have a wip round from Dtd regs and get you 2 bullets on a free roll from all the Dtd players that would rather you were in stoke :)

No, he didn't.

Play both? Plenty of people are already planning if they bust Stoke to then head to DTD.

Both great comps and a shame they clash. Would have to agree with a previous comment: the GPS comp is incredibly soft, would love to play them myself.

Bloody Internet police :) was it in a thread on here I read it then ?

He might have had a look to see how many regs he lost to Edinburgh, I'd expect any business to do that, but just in case anyone takes your last comment seriously, no instructions would have been given to his staff!

Internet policed.

Jason   :redcard:

That would be a little bit of a defeatist attitude...? Wouldn't you rather pick one tournament and concentrate on winning...?

This would be similar to the whole rebuy scenario, people with deeper pockets taking more risks, with the "I could always buy back in if I bust attitude"

Things to bear in mind is the quality of the field, the structure amount of players value expected, ambiance etc etc...

  

Wait a minute do you think anyone is actually stupid enough to think that the valets would pee in the tea. Everyone knows that's Simons job

aaahhhh.
i still havnt decided.

i have never been to stoke and the cardroom was ment to be voted 2nd best in europe by WPT

nottingham is closer but the 1hour clock is really apealing to me

ouch/ serious? :P

Lol. Not for me mate. Having you on my table verbally and physically abusing players would be the nuts. Much prefer your company than the strong silent types

;envious;

I just hate it when people kept saying the comp there is soft ,
the comp over there r softer but they never win f**koff !!! There's never
a soft comp anywhere in this country or around the world. They may b s
few bad players but defo no soft comp. Trust me, if there's soft comp everyone
will b there but there's never one. All poker pros will never go broke!
#WhatALotsOfRubishTalk

It's a tough one.

I didn't have any plans to play at Stoke until Ken (TopTen) mentioned he has won a seat and will be playing it, so I will be having a one or two pops at the sats as I know I will have some company and a lift up there. I won't be breaking the bank to play this as for £100 more you can play the £500k GTD later in month, so I know where the value is.

If I satty in and bust Stoke, I will go to Nottingham to player later on or next day.

If I don't satty in at all, I might just not bother playing at all or if I do, it will be Nottingham. I won't be buying in at Stoke for £430.

I can't see Stoke making much more than the guarantee after what DTD have done, at the end of the day you're saving £200 and playing for same amount.

Also, not sure why DTD have decided to match the guarantee with lower buy in if I am honest. Not sure why they would want to compete, but *shrug* it's upto them.

I Genting that good to make this a question? I will have to check that card room out.

If it is a question of wanting to play at that card room to see what it is like play Stoke.

For every other imaginable reason play at DTD

Ha ha ha.... My brother from another mother you are dead right as usual. On Sunday I must have heard people's play get slagged off half a dozen times by these so called experts who said the comp was soft. Every man and his dog knows you can't bluff idiots and these experts still try. Sunday super 50 was a perfect example of the cream rising to the top and 3 awesome players doing what they do. :)

Whilst you are here can you give me your thoughts on Triple range merging Frankie

Just gotta say f@@k Ken's poor life.

One's in Nottingham, One's in Stoke...

Which one you playing. Your answer will determine massive overlay at either place :)

There's more D**ks than fishes nowadays in poker . Defo theres no more soft comp!
I will defo b there if the comp r soft ( says who ) . I will b always make the comp a value
one whilst I am playing it. I am the value for the comp.  Come snd get md fig the easy
money ..... Every comp in Dtd £100 and overs , I will b donating, trust me.

Along with other fish like Wadey Rastafish and Cambridgealex. You and All these lads keep getting the cake.

:D :D :D :D :D

Played 2 gps and the last 500 at dtd personally dtd much better comp . Got our football family day 2 Chester races that weekend so not playing any . Spoke to a lot of northwest players and are agree that the dtd 500 is a no brainer see you all end of august

I thought most casinos had a policy of showing ID when cashing out over a certain amount?

With regards to the overspill, 580 players turned up to play at the Fox, which was much more than ever expected.  To accomodate them all,players were put in taxis that Genting paid for, and taken to play at the Palm Beach.

It was very hot on day one A but that was sorted out for the remainder of the week. I can't work out why you would have had to wait 4 hours for your seat though, or do you mean you were an alternate and you had to wait four hours for A seat?

Caroline, why do you think they put so many legs on the first weekend of the month when this has been dtd's deepstack event for years. Have you been at Bolton this week? Numbers there have been massive compared to other summer series venues. Gonna pop up to Bolton Saturday night ( gotta fetch someone from the airport at 3am Sunday ) if you fancy a drink or something to eat. Hoping to fetch Ravi too :)

 DTD start days:

 Day 1a – Friday 5pm (last reg 7pm)
Day 1b – Saturday 5pm (last reg 7pm)

Stoke ; Thursday/|Friday start days at 1pm


....so at just £200 at DTD, players will be keen , if busting Stoke.

Stoke is looking like 150k+ (375+ players)

I didn't relies that was the starting times of the comps.

How far is the drive from stoke to DTD..

I'm tempted to do the D-GEN thing and go stoke first.....

Play like a loony and if I bust go to DTD.



The clock and structure is the only thing making me swing towards Stoke first.

Otherwise every over reason I should go to DTD

Are any of you lot playing?

I love playing playing at DTD. It has great atmosphere and is is just great for serious poker tournaments.

Up until recent months though their blind levels and payouts structures were inferior to most other poker tours in the UK.

However, recent tweaks are addressing this and the increase in starting chips and the WSOP blind structure are huge steps forward. My main concern is that they may disappear as quickly as They came but I hope not.

The GPS is a great tour and I am sure that most serious players in the UK are faced with the same delima  as the OP When the GPS clashes with DTD deep stacks. It's a real pity for the sake of the players and no doubt both organisations that the schedules were not planned better. As DTD have had their deep stacks on first weekend of month for years I guess that  GPS could have been better scheduled.

However GPS seems to be selling out so clashing is not effecting their business.

More and more players want deep starting stacks, lots of blind levels and a long clock, and I am definitely one of them.

I played the two previous GPS events because of their structures which were better than the DTD deep stacks, especially when DTD were 15k stacks 40 min clocks and big jumps in blind levels.

If DTD added the 1 hour clock to a monthly £500 or £400 or whatever, I think they would clean up and totally dominate.

In the London leg I was lucky enough to win a seat into a GPS event under their flopped Aces promotion. If the dealer deals a flop of AAA then all players seated at that table win a seat. Nice surprise to most of us at the table.

So I will be free rolling at stoke and if I bust I will have a tough decision. re enter this very good event or hot foot it over to DTD.

All said I am now a DTD reg so it won't be long before I'll be soaking up the best atmosphere in UK poker and their end of August £500 is a definite.

this is exactly the subject I bought up not too long ago in a seperate thread. I will be playing Stoke as the structure is much better imo. Also DTD have the £500 500k gtd at the end of the month whereas the GPS's are 2 months+ apart.

50 miles. An hour

Definitely very possible to get to DTD.

The A50 Uttoxeter/Derby bypass takes you straight to the M1 and on to Nottingham, or vice versa

Any idea of the date for the Sheffield leg of gps.

21-25 Nov

Geo

Ty. Brand new venue could be massive success there with Manchester and Sheffield players. I predict a sell out

I played Stoke Genting once the dealing was substandard(to put it politely). I know where i would be no brainer.

I'm playing Stoke and if i bust may go play at DTD. Obv DTD will be better in terms of dealers and organisation. But the GPS has a great structure, smaller field, loads of sat qualifiers and a trophy possibly? If u are under it then DTD is half the buy in so makes a lot more sense.

Have to say I'm a little bit disappointed that a Genting rep was not allowed to reply to Fraser's post and address his concerns regarding the GPS. I do understand the political situation and respect that the forum and its owners/sponsors can allow what they want on their own site, but surely a right to reply is still allowed if done in a professional and "non-spammy" way?

These type of situations throw out some tough calls. It's tricky for replies not to be in part commercial.

The agreement with DTD is that representatives of other tours don't post on here (except in a non professional capacity I suppose as you do Karl, you don't post about Encore on here). I know the Genting representative meant well, but we were being consistent with that.

frasers post should prob be deleted i guess then? or at least something done

fair point, thanks

Understand Rich, thanks for the reply

Not sure why my initial post was deleted or why Gentings were not allowed to answer as my comments were purely based on my experience in London .

I did say things could be different at other Genting venues and this proved to be the case yesterday. Having won a seat through a prop bet , I duly took my place in Stoke and found the event to be well run, in a spacious setting with very attentive valets and good access to information.

Dusk till Dawn will always be my spiritual home, but I wanted to give a balanced view and offer credit to Gentings for a well organised Stoke leg .

Played stoke yesterday on my free entry due to the flopped aces promotion in London leg.

In my first two levels got AA, QQ, JJ  set of 9's, quad kings, yet had less than half my starting stack by the time I flopped nut straight in level 3. All in on flop v bottom two pair and out when he improves to house on river.

Re entered. Had Pocket aces twice only got blinds and antes. Had P Kings twice and lost both hands.

How to run good with starting hands and bad with results. Not my day.

DTD here I come Saturday!

Looks like both events are going to be happy with numbers, which is great to see.

The dates/times have worked out well, so many players can play both if they want.

Annual Midlands festival FTW.  :)