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hi all i am thinking on playing this

Fri 9 - Sun 11 Nov at 2.00 pm
 £ 1,000 + 70 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event

have a few questions about it
dose anybody have a clue on how many runners will get?
best hotles for sleep near to it ?
best places near it for food not junk?
any good or bad ponts about the venue??

thanks

Quite busy last year
Stayed in big blue hotel
Fkin freezing there Blackpool that is
Caroline may be available for a warm up cuddle tho

Ukipt Bristol gonna effect numbers I think

thanks for replys im 50/50 as to whitch to play?

may need somebody to keep me warm thou lol

Craic is always excellent in Blackpool. Best atmosphere of all the Gukpt legs.

i'm gonna guess 180 runners

venue is fine

craic is good

Hotels straight across the road.

Big Blue 600 yards away - pricey
Travel Lodge 100 yards away
B and Bs across the road from £20  (most will do a late bfast if you tell em you are at the poker)

Probably be a thread on Aworldofpoker

ty lee

Hi

Andy Peters won £72K at main event in 2011 so I'm guessing around 200 runners.

Bristol won't affect numbers at Blackpool in any way.

Blackpool has a great atmosphere and is a firm favourite here in the NW. It is always well attended.

There was a post recently on AWOP about a nearby BnB run by 2 poker players. Apparently they do a poker players' breakfast between 12 noon and 1pm. How civilised is that?

Think it will effect numbers ESP with stars putting a gte on their comp and this comp having no gte

Thanks tony but I pay good money already to a pimp.

Just kidding Hun xx

I'm not ;)

See the problem with that sentence is it means the rest of your post carries no credibility

Why does saying that Bristol won't affect the numbers in Blackpool make my post non credible. Blackpool will be 95% full of players from the NW and Ireland. That's just a fact. Can't see anybody from here making the journey to Bristol. I don't have anything against Bristol or the UKIPT. Hope they have a great tournament.

Fab to have unexplained derisory comments sent to me on my first day here, especially from a "hero" member. Thanks for your encouragement and positive input.

Theres a report to moderator button mate. They are pretty fair on here, click that and report him

the reason your post lacks creditabilty is players like myself and royal flush and many others would travel hours to get to blackpool to play in there fesitvals infact when i used to travel a large number of the players came from birmingham luton and the south of england these players will travel to bristol for the ukipt espically with the stars gtd

ps welcome to blonde

People travel to poker events. They're not just made up of locals. Most people will choose Bristol over Blackpool. Think it's annoying there's a clash but again stars have put a gte on their tourney whereas Blackpool haven't. Only saving grace got Blackpool might be those who bust Bristol may travel to play both

Obviously theres a crossover between players based anywhere in the UK that play £500-£1000 tournaments. So if there are 2 options in this range anywhere in the UK they will obviously have an affect on the numbers attending each. The player pool just isnt big enough to sustain multiple tournaments at the 1k level in different locations on the same day

I am a mod.

Does that help you understand the levels of fairness and empathy in this forum?

Don't take it to heart mate ,I've been asking daft questions on here and posting stuff I prolly shouldn't plenty of times ,not that your post was either of the afore mentioned points

There's always Luton, hint hint.

I don't get why people would definitely choose Bristol over Blackpool.  Stars puts a guarantee on, but they charge a higher percentage in rake.  Blackpool has also been close to the most popular of the GUKPT legs, and I know a few people who say it is their favourite.  The numbers are bound to be affected for both obviously.

I won't be going to either, the journey is too far to both. 

i realy not sure whitch to play guess i will decide 2-3 days before as i recon neither will fill up ?

caroline i knew tony was only joking dont let it get to you xx

What's the cap in Bristol and how many on each starting day?

anyway getting back to the OP

Is Blackpool known for that sort of thing? 

blackpool is so dire these days but the GUKPT is worthwhile - slight doubt it will have as many runners this year with the Bristol event

I stayed at the big blue hotel can't remember how much it was ,it was v nice half a mile up the road from the venue ,warm room ,nice bathroom ,tv , kettle n shortbread biscuits comped ,made breakfast once it was v good too a lot of choice ,well worth the money IMO

Maybe not, but the whole tour has £200k added, which I'm sure the UKIPT doesn't

I'd be happy to wager a high amount of £'s Blackpools numbers will be down from 2011, however I still think it'll be a great tournament, it's a great place to play poker up there.

UK players are pretty value savvy don't forget, £700 comp £250,000 gte...

which one are you off to Dave?

Neither obv, I can lose £700-£1000 in the comfort of my own home no need to travel anywhere

lol. You being in attendance could tip the balance in favour of either venue. My personal pref would be to have the ukipt in Blackpool.  Stars crush Gukpt but Blackpool crushes Bristol.

Take it as a friendly welcome to the forum!

Any else tempted by the challenge of playing UKIPT Bristol Thursday, GUKPT Blackpool Friday, and high roller in Bristol on Saturday? Could do a night out on Saturday to celebrate our achievement?

We gonna use your chopper or mine?

I was thinking my old Ford Focus, that's part of the challenge

lildave has his license back now. Get him to drive

I played Blackpool last year, and schedule permitting I will be going to Bristol this year.  Only reason is travel time....love the GUKPT and the casino there but it was like 4/5 hours last year for me and just can't stand it.

In all likelihood I will play Bristol, bust that and then drive up anyway #lovethegame

Can't see that being any help whatsoever!

@Stu - Can't think of anything I'd rather do less, but you could stop off for night out in Leeds en route :D

The largest (in participation terms) poker tour in the world is having an event 200 miles away. How can it not have an effect? You seem pretty sure though so lets have a wager, you name the amount but i would like to bet that more than 5% of the blackpool field is made up of players from outside the NW or Ireland and also at least 1 player in the UKIPT Bristol is from the Blackpool area.

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i like going to blackpool gukpt, even though the place is a shithole, it still has some weird romance about it, and its always fun catching up with the lads up there. Ukipt will be full of 20 year old virgins devoid of personality or charisma.

Already booked a flight with middy to amsterdam for the masterclassics but i think moorman is making me go to bristol ffs

Jeez its like he owns the place.

My preference would be Blackpool too- but I just don't think it'll get the runners

At least 15 coming from North East, mainly for cash and not the main itself, but i imagine people will play sides too

you are charismatic with a great personality and a tad over 20 but if you qualify for Bristol then you qualify.

Still undecided where to play think it will be ukipt simply because the size price pool

ukipt it is seat booked day 1b hotle booked train booked roll on next week lots of  Aspades Ahrt Ac Ad Ac Ad Ahrt Aspades

220 runners for the £100 last night, won by Martin Holmes, at GUKPT Blackpool

Last year the Monday £100 got 237 runners.

GL Mate!

Numbers don't look too badly affected do they? Seen quite a few status from knob jockeys who don't usually play Blackpool saying off to Bristol and then maybe Blackpool so Stars may have done the Gukpt a bit of a favour

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#UKIPTBristol numbers over both starting days is 550. 315 runners today, plus the 235 from Day 1A means (unconfirmed) prize pool of £373,450


146 so far at GUKPT Blackpool

Reg still open


Pretty impressive numbers, combined

Blackpool last year had 250 over 2 starting days, but I reckon 146 maybe 170 by the time it closes is excellent given the different circumstances this year

Wonder what thedevastater would say the reason is in the drop in numbers considering Bristol was going to have 0 effect.

so now that everyone has got their poxy $ and points back you've taken to playing I told you so :)

173 played GUKPT Blackpool, about 80 less than last year, but a comparable number to other GUKPT legs this year and a decent figure in the circumstances I thi nk

70 made it through to today

Source: GUKPT Facebook

Stuart Rutter – 164,975

Susan Cheetham – 159,150

Chris Para – 125,250

Trevor Reardon – 123,675

Damian Hitchin – 102,550

Maurice Samuels – 100,050

Lucas Reeves – 96,900

James McLean – 95,350

Jack Sandford – 92,400

Kev Steele – 91,150

Wahid Patel – 90,200

Graham Peckover – 89,150

Lewis Hunter – 79,375

Stephen Johns – 72,000

Harry Zammit – 71,375

Dominic Mulhall – 70,975

Justin Sevilla – 69,000

Nadim Sarwar – 66,675

John Bousfield – 65,950

Mark Livesey – 62,950

Steve Diamond – 56,975

Charlie Denton – 56,875

Andy Cowl – 56,550

Andrew Holt – 56,550

Simon Zach – 54,275

Simon Deadman – 49,550

Nicholas Crisp – 48,250

Athir Ali – 48,025

Sebastian Ionita – 47,300

Martin Holmes – 46,725

Chris Wood – 45,925

Yucel Eminoglu – 42,675

Tony Cowell – 42,350

Gary Whipp – 41,925

Tim Blake – 40,850

Jose Torralba – 40,050

Greg Hunt – 40,000

Stephen Teatum – 38,800

Dean Swift – 38,400

Paul Marple – 37,100

Allan Barnacle – 37,00

Nathan Lee – 34,925

Rob Bright – 34,800

Richard Robinson – 33,825

Petar Popov – 33,100

Adam Wilkinson – 32,200

Andrew Sherwood – 30,150

Paul Jackson – 29,250

Igors Puskarskis – 27,975

Andrew Peters – 27,575

Gareth Edwards – 27,075

Reyaaz Mulla – 23,400

Julian Lefevre – 23,325

Adam Piotrowski – 23,250

Jeff Hemmerman – 21,975

Mitchell Johnson – 21,625

Ian Gascoigne – 21,375

Nigel Dempsey – 21,000

Thomas Myland – 20,825

Edward Macleod – 20,700

Mark James – 17,025

John Barker – 16,700

Richard Whitmore – 15,575

John Kalmar – 13,325

Mark Wycherley – 12,250

Kevin Parkes – 11,375

Richard Wong – 8,950

Thomas Treacy – 5,475

Katie Swift – 4,900

Assumed a new thread would be frowned upon by the powers that be.

But new GUKPT schedule has been released:

http://www.bluffeurope.com/poker-news/en/GUKPT-unveils-1-75m-2013-schedule_12656.aspx