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Sun 10th March    8:30 pm    Online Day 1a    £100,000 Guaranteed
Mon 11th March    8:30 pm    Online Day 1b    £100,000 Guaranteed
Tue 12th March    8:30 pm    Online Day 1c    £100,000 Guaranteed
Wed 13th March    8:30 pm    Online Day 1d    £100,000 Guaranteed
Thu 14th March    8:30 pm    Online Day 1e    £100,000 Guaranteed
Fri 15th March            2:00 pm    Day 1f    £100,000 Guaranteed
Sat 16th March    2:00 pm    Day 1g    £100,000 Guaranteed
Sun 17th March    1:00 pm    Day 2    £100,000 Guaranteed

http://www.dusktilldawncasinonottingham.com/news.php?id=2313

like

only 1 re entry :(

like even more

will take a bullet 1f and 1g

Is the Golden Chip for the Caribean Poker Party?

405 cap for live day 1's! Rec's need to dab in quick!

Hi

More details are here http://www.dusktilldawncasinonottingham.com/news.php?id=2313

The Golden Chip will be a £6,000 CPP Package (same as last year), we are currently in very early stage/tentative negotiations with St Kitts, so if we do not do the CPP in 2013, Golden Chip players will receive £6,000 cash instead, so you could say we are hedging our bets!

There is no limit on re-entries into online or live Day 1's

Players come from all over the UK to play the Grand Prix, having reduced the buy-in from £100 to £50 for this event, we felt that the expenses of travelling/staying in hotels at a £50 buy-in were too high in relation to the actual event, so we have replaced the live Day 1's on Sun-Thu will the online option, but still leaving players the option to come and play live on Friday and Saturday.

Should Friday and Saturday sell out and there is demand for an extra live leg, we can put an extra live Day 1 on Thursday (and even Wednesday) if needed, we can do this at very short notice, but let's see what the demand is for Friday and Saturday first. We will do whatever the player demand tells us to do, Grand Prix's are very important to us.

We have reduced this Grand Prix to a 2 day event, we feel at £50 this is better for the players than the 3 day event we did for £100 last time, it also allows us to make Saturday a Day 1, something players have requested who prefer to play their poker on a weekend.

We plan/hope that this Grand Prix can be run entirely in £ currency, avoiding exchange rate € issues, this is one of the reasons the Grand Prix has been delayed.

Any questions, please fire away

Aces

 ;sark;  ;cupcake; ;karabiner;

20k starting stack is more than last two GPs which took 3 days, how many levels on Day 1 and are you leaving all the levels in?

Superb effort again Simon. Could be a record breaker.

That is Cheltenham week and friday is Gold Cup day.

Bad timing for one or two racing enthusiast's and bookies. :(

Love the online qualification , and then coming up for the weekend :)up

Great idea simon, id like to find a fault the changes but i cant :)
is the clock still the same as before?
hope this smashes records :) yeahman!!

Dtd have always had pretty flexible caps! I'm sure if they start hitting caps that's were the extra day 1's will come in!!

Can we forfit a stack if it small on a day one ?

[ ] likely to be answered in the affirmative

With so many day 1's you can work round it though, either online qualification before Cheltenham or live on the Saturday in the club. thats if you have recovered from cheltenham.

so is it re enter back in to same day1 or diffrant day

Hi Brookie,

We are not doing re-entry on the same day, only into following Day 1's. We have also improved the structure - giving players 20,000 chips and the WSOP main event structure, so its very unlikely many players will bust early. We also want to keep the Grand Prix affordable for as many players as possible, we did £100 last time, this event is designed to give everyone with £50 an equal chance each day. 

Cheers Rob

It just keeps getting better. But how are you going to get this finished in two days Rob?

pretty sure everytime Dtd set out to do something they achieve it  99.9% of the time :)

for sure - but with a 15k starting stack last time we were at level 28 when Day 3 started and it was around seven hours after that when it ended. With 20k it must take longer, especially if they get 2000+ runners, which they really should

24 levels per day ??

I too am struggling to see how these stacks/structure/number of players will get done it two days.

Educated guess

Much shorter clock per level....

Advertised on the DTD website as 30/45 which is what it was last time I think. May have been 30/40 though.

Will wait to see the official reply but wouldn't be surprised to see 20+ levels Day One. The UKIPT played 12 x 1hr Day One, which is equive to 24 x 30 mins, but that started at noon.

Tidy

[ ] Thin ;)

hey easy now his Royal Tightness is about as close to being official as it gets. If he does not know the official answer its generally because no decision has been made ;)

Damm Cheltenham may have to be there for two days instead of all week. Ft With Mr Amos

Think I've probably had my share of GP final tables

David,

Changes from last Grand Prix are;

Day 1's 2pm start day 1's instead of 5pm (+ 3 hours saving)
Day 2 - 1pm start instead of 2pm (+ 1 hour saving)
Day 2- 30 minute clock with 45 mins on final (+1 hour saving)

It will finish in 2 days, the finish time will depend on the players that make the final table. Look at yesterdays Deepstack for example. playing styles at final table often dictate the finish time. I think for £50 we should not be asking players to spend 2 nights in hotels, maybe for £100 it can be a 3 day event, but at £50, think we have it about right here.

Cheers Rob

Thanks Rob - you guys do have a pretty good history for getting it right and you know I'm a huge fan.

I take it that the added hours will be used to add levels to Day 1. Which would give us a minimum of 20 on Day 1, back for 30 min levels on Day 2 starting a touch earlier and suddenly it all makes sense.

Can't wait to get started on the satellites.

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It just keeps getting better. But how are you going to get this finished in two days Rob?

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Day 1's we expect to take 17 - 20 levels, Day 2 will be long and rewarding :)

ACES

Hi Guys

Full details on the Grand Prix here - http://www.dusktilldawncasinonottingham.com/news/grand-prix-viii---100000-gtd/2313

Golden Chip satellites will start in the next week or so, and I will announce details on here soon :)

Cheers Nicola

Superb stuff

Looks great - count me in

Not played a GP before so sorry if I should know this.

I am travelling down to play Friday which I will buy in online. I plan to stay till Monday regardless.  if I bust Friday I will wan't to try again Saturday. Do I just buy into both in advance to make sure I get a seat and then if I get through Friday, my Saturday gets refunded?

If you buy in via the online lobby and then bink a satellite seat can you switch it?  Any rough ideas when Fri/Sat would sell out based on previous GP's?

Thanks for your time.

So looking forward to this in for friday with take two on sat if needed

Hi, for the live days can you buy in at the cashdesk? The event info on DTD site suggests it's online buy in only? Cheers

Hi My suggestion will be to buy in to both Friday and Saturday, if you make day 2 you can unregister 1 hour before the event starts on Saturday.

As for the event selling out difficult one these limited day1s do tend to sell out at least a week or 10 days in advance.

good luck

Hi Dwayne

Site is correct its on line buy in and payout only, registration will probably open in the next 2 weeks, more info to follow.

cheers

Cheers Nick, pay day on the 27th so looks like I should be okay

How many levels will be played on day1 live please

It just keeps getting better. But how are you going to get this finished in two days Rob?

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Day 1's we expect to take 17 - 20 levels, Day 2 will be long and rewarding :)

ACES
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Here you go Brookie

17-20 levels

Hopefully in for this

Could everyone other than DTD folks stop posting in here please. I have the thread set to 'notify' and every time I get a ping to say there's a new posting I think the satellites and Golden Chip details are up.

Cutting it fine if there's going to be 1000 Golden Chips again

ok, sorry.

 ;nana;

Ping

(Couldn't resist)

;bump;

(sits and waits for David)

not falling for it

Is there still no rough idea when the online sats will start with it only being three and a half weeks away ?

Also as there is the option to buy in to other day ones if you bust will online sats be open for multiple wins before day 1a, currently if you are registered in the £30 online in to the £300 you are not allowed to register for another sat (so you are unable to get add on or rebuy bullets) for the tight buggers among us

 ;hide;

Ping

Smurf/Mr Amos,

Chill. trust me, there is a VERY good reason why the online Grand Prix and Monte Carlo sats have been getting delayed being set up, when 'this' happens (now 8 weeks past the scheduled date) you will be able to win multiple feeders etc .........1 + 1 = ? . Please keep this to yourself, your patience is appreciated.

Cheers Rob

Glad you're changing the feeders so you can win multiple ones, long over due.

Think this will be first GP I'll miss as I'm in Vegas that week.









[ x ]  thin I know :)

Are we nearly there yet? :)

Not quite David but the more you ask the quicker Nick will work. Please email nwhiten@dusktilldawnpoker.com if you think the golden chip satellites are well over due :)

I think you should move the date of the gp so people can sat in

not sure if this has been covered yet, but I deposited £130 intending to but in direct to the two live day 1's.
Will the balance transfer staright over to the new software allowing me to buy in direct there, or will I need to withdraw / deposit myself?

Not sure if serious? I'd guess nick has a lot on his plate right now.
Poker_Monkey maybe has a point, it's going to take a lot of pushing to shift 1000 Golden Chips between now and the last of the Day Ones.

I <3 DTD and want every promotion you run to succeed. I'm sure the switch to iPoker was meant to be in place weeks ago and the delays must be really frustrating for you.

I'll go back to patiently waiting and put my trust in you and the team

Hi Guys

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Cheers Nicola

Hi Nicola

It doesn't appear to support Mac, any plans going forward?

Unfortunately there isn't anything available at the moment :( Hope to have something in the not too distant future.

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You'll have to withdraw and then deposit on the new site, there isn't a facility to transfer balances over.

Hi Guys

Direct Buy in is now available in the lobby :)

 - Download the software here - http://bit.ly/13lJ7Pc
 - Create a brand new account (if you haven't already since yesterday)
 - Deposit via the cashier
 - Go to the Dusk Till Dawn tab on the left, then click Grand Prix
- Click on the Day 1 of your choice

 Don't forget Grand Prix Golden Chip satellites are running too from £2 :)

Cheers Nicola

are there any plans for freezeout sats in to this at say £5 or £10...i know the golden chips are being promoted as £2 rebuys but they do tend to become shovefests ?????

Hi Smurf

There aren't plans at the moment, we're only 14 days away from the Grand Prix Day 1A now so it will probably be too late to add any.

Cheers Nicola

no played on Ipoker skin yet

if you play a satty, £2 feeder or something, does it auto enter you or do you get tickets/tourny credits type of thing

reason i ask is due to work shift times if i play at night i tend to be late to bed+early start=crappy, or on night shit where nothing finishes before i'm due to start work

cheers for any answers

Mick

Hi Mick

We now issue token so you can spend them on any main event within 30 days for feeders or 60 days for deepstack seats

should suit you perfectly

That is indeed perfect.


Gets the thumbs up from me

In  ;D

Got the famous Golden Chip??? I'll book your flight David ;)

RE-ENTRY: Re-Entry is available into all future Day 1’s (should a player qualify for Day 2 through more than one Day 1, only the players largest stack will go through)

DAY 1's: We will play down to 10% of the field on all Day 1's (All players will be in the money who make Sunday Day 2)
 
DAY 2:  Will start at Level 16 2500-5000 (players will have an average stack of 200,000 chips / 40 BB)


Hi, sorry, just a bit confused re the above - to clarify, does this mean day 1 is a pure satellite & every player would start day 2 with 200,000 chips?

Cheers

NO  - 200K WILL BE THE AVERAGE STACK, STARTING STACK IS 20K, 10% GO THROUGH, THEREFORE WE KNOW THE AVERAGE STACK ON DAY 2 WILL BE 200K

You will start day 2 with however many chips you end day 1 with.

If somebody qualifys twice though aces this will affect the averge chips surely. I would imagine it will b under 200k average?

Ie player 1 plays day 1a and gets through with 150k then plays day 1b and gets 500k chips then his 150k will be removed therefore lowering the average amount of chips as some chips have been removed from the competition.

I <3 DTD with a passion and understand the commercial driver behind this idea but surely it goes against the aim of making the GP an affordable tournament for all?
If re-entry is allowed it should be at the sacrifice of the chips from the first entry, not with the safety net of knowing that you're already in Day2.


With some surrendered stacks the average will be higher than 200k surely. Possibly by a lot if people do opt to have a second attempt when they are close to the average (as I'm sure many will).
If 10% of players get through Day 1a with CL having 400k then the likelihood of players with less than 150k re-entering rises.

Let's say there were 400 entries so there are 8MM chips in play and theoretically these are shared between 40 players at 200k each. But the bottom 8 only have say 500k between them and they all re-enter and abandon their stacks that means there are now 32 players sharing 7.5MM and the average is now 234k

Finally - has this decision been taken recently? If not, why keep it quiet until we've started to spend money on the satellites and make plans?

You're the best, and you listen to what people are saying, but I don't think this decision is what the core of your Grand Prix customers would want.

I agree with David's first point about re-entry, but its kind of whatever to me and wouldnt put me off. The main thing for me is not playing a set amount of levels per day. Playing down to x% of the field meaning each day finishes on different blind levels and different stack depths etc. Dunno just makes it a glorified satellite really and not a true day 1 of 2 tourney

I'll still be giving it a bash though obv :-)

Got to agree with David on this one. Playing more day 1s with a safety net just swings the tournament towards the deeper pockets.

I've always been an advocate of allowing players to abandon a stack and play again but I don't think this freeroll extra chance is a good idea at all.

Just my two cents worth.

David/Matt - these amendments are not meant for a commercial benefit or to significantly change the dynamic of the game, purely for online day 1 players to have the option to in effect "forfeit" their stack (i.e no have any disadvantage to as if they are playing live Day 1), so I have worded it differently so noone can "have a free roll" which was not the intention but thinking about it - I can see some players trying to take advantage of this, I think that's much better - thanks for the feedback.

These decisions were all made at the same time when the date was set for this March Grand Prix, okay playing down to 10% may result in a level or so difference on some Day 1's, but I am sure it's in everyone's best interests for all players to know they get £150 when they make Day 2, people travel from all over the UK for the Grand Prix, many are used to playing in pubs for small stakes, to play the Grand Prix and knowing you have your travel x's covered will appeal I am sure.


Guys, please note these Grand Prix rules

This GP format is different because we play down to 10% so a different number of levels could be played each Day 1 and there are 5 x Online Day 1's, so unlike in the Club, players do not have the option to go all-in and muck their cards on the last hand e.g. if a player has 5 BB and wants to re-enter the next day, rules below;

RE-ENTRY
- Re-Entry is available into all future Day 1’s
- If you qualify on any Day 1 but feel your chip stack is too short, you can choose to forfeit your stack and re-enter into a future Day 1

PLEASE NOTE: If you re-enter into another Day 1 after qualifying in a Day 1, that will forfeit your stack from the previous Day 1

DAY 1's:
- Players will play down to 10% of the field on all Day 1's - this will take at least 15 levels
- Players will take their Day 1 Chip Stack through to Day 2
- All players will be in the money who make Sunday Day 2, the min cash 3 x (3 x £50 = £150)
 
DAY 2:
- We start at Level 16 of the WSOP main event structure 2500-5000
- Since we play down to 10% on Day 1 and start with 20,000 chips, the average stack will for Day 2 will of course be 200,000 chips
- Some players will have higher than 200k and some lower, but this means a decent average of 40 BB going into Day 2, plenty of play

Thank you for all the feedback, we have really tried to listen to everyone's Grand Prix suggestions to make this the best possible experience. I hope you like the option to forfeit your stack and re-enter should you have an accident in the last level or hand and be very short but still qualify, and everyone being in the money who makes Day 2 with higher min cash of 3 x £150 pays the costs of travelling for those living far away.

The one suggestion we have not decided to do is allow + 1 re-loads as we feel we would like to keep the spend per Day 1 at £50 max on this occasion. The structure is great, 20,000 chips and WSOP blinds, and if you bust there are plenty of chances to try again. Had a few people who prefer to play live have ask me what happens if the live Day 1's on Fri and Sat sell out, well we will put another live Day 1 on on Thursday if their is demand.

Aces

<3 DTD

The Midland Bank of the Poker World.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so21dl61rWc

best format Grand Prix we have done IMO

Thanks for the reply Simon, and the clarification/amendments made above - I'm really impressed with the extent to which you guys address customer feedback!

Hard to argue with this. It seems to combine the best features of all the previous events.

Another final table? Well, they say lightning never strikes the same place twice, but then...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sullivan

when you cash will it go directly to your ipoker acc?

also if you win multipul golden chips but get a big stack for day 2 but you still have more re entries do you get the cash equivilent?

looking good to me

will it be just 250 golden chips or will thee be more   ???

garry

could the gp sats run more often seem to be getting plenty of runners every 30 mins in the evenings ?

To be honest H if we ran them more often we would run out before the end of the promo, its only 12 days away, thats the method in the madness

ah ok understood

Not played on line for over two years, Bagged a seat, back to back Ft lets hope, Whats a Golden Chip lol :dontask: can i donate it to Mr Amos?

rickwallerirl?

haha no thats me :)

no paul

Yes and Yes (in online tokens)

Quick query regarding Golden Chips

The rule at the last GP was they had to be on display, I think it became an issue the closer we got to the final table, but they were supposed to be visible throughout.
With 5 online Day1s is this possible? Or will it just be the rule for Day 2, or are we going back to the way it was for previous tourneys where it was at the player's discretion?

Oh, and are they exactly the same design as last years?

Hi David

Yes we will ask players to have them on display, more so on Day 2. As you say we can't do this for online so to make it fair we'll only police this on Day 2.

If you wish to have it on show then that's great :)

Yes same design as last time....we got a lucky batch for you David, why change ;)

Cheers Nicola

Do you get a golden chip if you satelite in to a Day 1? If so how do you know if you have one?

Answer: Just found it on the website, an entry and a golden chip!

Grand Prix starts this Sunday

£50+£10 Buy-In

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Sun 10th March    8:30 pm    Online Day 1a    £100,000 Guaranteed
Mon 11th March    8:30 pm    Online Day 1b    £100,000 Guaranteed
Tue 12th March    8:30 pm    Online Day 1c    £100,000 Guaranteed
Wed 13th March    8:30 pm    Online Day 1d    £100,000 Guaranteed
Thu 14th March    8:30 pm    Online Day 1e    £100,000 Guaranteed
Fri 15th March            2:00 pm    Day 1f    £100,000 Guaranteed
Sat 16th March    2:00 pm    Day 1g    £100,000 Guaranteed
Sun 17th March    1:00 pm    Day 2    £100,000 Guaranteed


Golden Chips http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/golden-chips.php

Satellites all week http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/satellites/grand-prix

Event information http://www.dusktilldawncasinonottingham.com/events/grand-prix

Who is playing Online Day 1s? Live Day 1s? both?


Golden Chips won out there for anyone?

 ;indestructable;

Was thinking of playing an online Day1 but daughter wants to play her Day 1 live so will be there on Saturday regardless.

Are you updating Richard? I was hoping for my lucky updater to be in the role again.

I'll pop up and update Sunday Day 2 and commentate on the Final

had budgeted £120 for the event and bought directly into the two live day 1s.
got nagged by a poker buddy about golden chips.
unregistered from the saturday day 1 to play golden chip satellites.
£40 down and now remember how much I hate £2 bingo chip thrower rebuy sats.
will have a couple more shots with remaining £20, but should have stuck with direct buy in :(

Will you be listing the qualifiers, real names that is, and chip counts, from the online Day Ones each day as they happen?

Hi David

As with the Deepstack online Day 1, we will post the chip stacks that make it through without names.

Cheers Nicola :)

Hi Nicola

I'm puzzled by this. Can someone please explain why this is how it was on this month's DS and why it is to be this way again? For the record, the February DS online qualifiers were fully identified.



thanks

So I assume you do not need to attend day 2 if your stack is small and the winnings will just be paid into your online account?

Cheers

if you win golden chip what's the deal? do you just have to final or win it?

from dtd web site :
If a Golden Chip holder reaches the final table of the Grand Prix VIII on Sunday 17th March they will win a £6,000 *Caribbean Package on top of their winnings.

thanks, i couldnt see anything and lost patience

yeahmans got himself some golden chips ;) but at a price  :( , im thinking a golden chip is worth more than £60 more like £80 i figure with what you could win. each of mine have cost me around that price so im not too concerned.
i know ive rivered a few people on the £2 sats but damm i was rivered twice last night on the final table and they had 5-8% chance of hitting and they did. i should have 6 chips with my luck though i do not.

i think online will be totally nuts especially because i know players have 3+chips so they will be throwing there chips in late on with very little, i prob will do the same if the game goes that way.
i think the golden chip should be on display on day2, it was the rulle at the start and part of the pressure :) role day1 yeahman!!

I might just have to have another go at joining the sat game on 24 mins and adding on with my gung go approach to get a chip then if it looks like some "booooooom" could be needed

Gl

Hi Wilfie

Depending on how small your stack is you have the choice to re-enter and forfeit a smaller stack. If you did want to carry you small stack forward and not attend then yes you will just be blinded away and your min cash would be paid into your account.

The new re-entry rules for this Grand Prix are:-

RE-ENTRY
- Re-Entry is available into all future Day 1’s
- If you qualify on any Day 1 but feel your chip stack is too short, you can choose to forfeit your stackand re-enter into a future Day 1
PLEASE NOTE: If qualify in a Day 1 but then you choose to re-enter into another Day 1, this action will forfeit you previous Day 1's

DAY 1's:
- Players will play down to 10% of the field on all Day 1's - this will take at least 15 levels
- Players will take their Day 1 Chip Stack through to Day 2
- All players will be in the money who make Sunday Day 2, the min cash 3 x (3 x £50 = £150)

DAY 2:
- We start at Level 16 of the WSOP main event structure 2500-5000
- Since we play down to 10% on Day 1 and start with 20,000 chips, the average stack will for Day 2 will of course be 200,000 chips
- Some players will have higher than 200k and some lower, but this means a decent average of 40 BB going into Day 2, plenty of play

Any questions fire away :)

Cheers Nicola

Nicola

Just to clarify

You play the first day 1 and end up with 100k

You decide to have another go on another day 1

Is your 100k forfeited no matter what so if your second day 1 leaves you with 50k you are then on 50k and if you bust out on your second day 1 (as your first 100k has been forfeited) you are out of day 2 completely?

This is how I read it

ty nicola :) good idea with being able to forfeit , smurf!! yeahman you will lose your first day1 if you choose to try again so pressures on, no matter what my stack though im playing day2 if i make it cos straight into the money then chip n a chair ;)

ive stopped playing the satelites now, i went out last night to two river at 6% back to back final tables, anymore spent on this and its not worth it. have you got golden chips yet smurf?

Not yet - I have only played a few times this week as they just become shove fests but I did have a bit of luck on another site and have withdrew the money so I might just buyin direct if my next 2 or 3 attempts fail

Gl

I just spoke to support and they comfirmed that not only do you forfeit your stack for Day 2 upon entering another Day 1, but you also forfeit the min cash too.

So as it stands it will cost you £150 to forfeit the min cash + the extra £60 buy in.  Doesn't really encourage players to take extra shots to build a bigger stack.

Can someone from DTD confirm that my understanding is correct please?

Yes you are understanding this correctly :)

The reason Simon has decided to add this rule is for players who end the day on 10BB and wish they'd had the option to chuck in their stack and try again on another day 1. This is especially relevant for online day 1's playing to 10% as it is not as easy to keep track of the last hand of the day as you would with i.e. playing 16 levels.

If you have built up a stack that is worth playing on day 2 then you would be forfeiting the min cash and the stack so please think carefully before forfeiting a stack.

Cheers Nicola

If you have thought about it carefully, you wouldn't forfeit a stack.

Yes - we do NOT WANT TO encourage players TO take extra shots, I ONLY bought this rule in because players have been busting my balls over and over again about being left with 1BB and qualifying.

Its The Grand Prix, for the recreational £50 player, we have many comps for people that want to spend more money,

Cheers Rob

understandable and fair

what else would you expect?

yeahman


booooooom...i'm in...chip n a dream

 ;yippee;

this

I dont get it either

Hi All,

I want to clear this up as easy as possible, correct we did publish online names and screen names in February, However since then we have had customers express there concern over giving out this information publicly.
We have now decided that online 1A players making day 2 will not be published automatically, all players names will go into the tourney on day 2 and then people interested in who is who will make there own enquiries.
If a player chooses to be anon we have to action that.

Cheers

Understood :) thanks Nick

Cant wait for this. Hope to make full use of my golden chip(s)

ENGAGE

I echo Nick's comments totally. We allow players in our live events to be completely "anon" in the DTD Club, so if players want to keep their identities away from forums and press we have to respect that, both live and online. Online Day 1 players don't know who is going to qualify from the live Day 1's so I don't see any disadvantage to the live Day 1 players - in fact they have the advantage of chip count information over the Online Day 1 players. If you are really interested, just rail the online comp!

Cheers Rob

P.S. - any predictions for Grand Prix numbers?

In with a chip, Rob I reckon 3k

hi Rob,
i predict 2400 runners, smashing gtd by 20k.
someone said 3000, that would be amazing and think with 5 x day 1's being online this is more than possible, even hitting 3500 (maybe ;) ) :) £175000.00.
i agree with all the rules about forfeiting stack and also giving up min cash too, i kinda get the feeling though alot of players will not be aware of this so maybe a pop-up message online on day1 just before the tournement starts explaining these key rules??

online day1's are guna be crazy to play and rail.

oh and glad it was dropped to £50 too rob

Latest update is that there are 65 golden chips remaining, only

Satellites all day every day til the event

http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/news/grand-prix-cpp-golden-chips/2320

Please can someone clarify (again!!) As per the above example, if someone have 100k in 1st Day1 and plays 2nd Day1 and just got 50k - I read somewhere that the LARGEST stack of any of the Day1 gets carried forward to Day2? Am I wrong ???

Yes, the second you register another Day 1 you forfeit your stack AND your min cash.

Hi Vinodh

As soon as you decide to re-enter you totally forfeit your previous attempt so can never get your previous stack back.

The idea of the new rule is solely for players who make it through by the skin of their teeth and only have say 5Big blinds if they play day 2. This gives them the option to try again and build a playable stack. We don't expect a 100K stack to forfeit it and re-enter.

What you have to remember is that you also forfeit the min cash as ALL players on Day 2 get paid. If you forfeit your stack and re-enter you also forfeit the £150 min cash so it's there as a back up rather than a option we think lots of players will take. We are not encouraging it just allowing the option :)

Cheers Nicola

you know I like to track these GP's...gonna be fun setting the ISPT target spreadsheet up

Cheers Rob

I have no idea what any of that means but I'm pretty sure you'll bink the 2000 runners with a decent margin.

Good luck!!

Ah that's cleared it up nicely. Makes sense now. Still think you'll smash it.

think the online option it going to make sure u get way over 2000 people

Seems like an awful amount of Sattelite winners are undecided when to play.

A lot of people have more than one Golden Chip satellite win...

That might be something to look at for the next GP Rob?

Yeah Dave, but if you have 2 Golden Chips donk out on line, and play live on the Friday or Saturday dont u use the right to use the 2nd Golden Chip? confused.com now

Yes if you make Day 2 then you are in the money, so at least £150 :)

ty Nicola

If you win 2 Golden Chips and get through on your 2nd attempt then you still have a Golden Chip. If you were to re-enter a 3rd time then you wouldn't have a Golden Chip.

Is that what you were asking?

Pretty sure that if you have one Golden Chip and re-enter by paying the £60 you lose the Golden Chip value, but if you have two or more and re-enter using the 2nd, 3rd or whatever then that's still a Golden Chip in play
Answered by Tiger :)

Mike, what makes you think the online will be shove-fests? Same stacks, same structure effectively.

im tired and cant take it all in lol, i think the ideal way if your playing online is play for a big stack, then cos i have another Golden Chip in the bank just reclaim the £60.00 back, or play like a lunatic on line then go to the club on Fri/Sat and try and make Sunday for a min cash of £150.00

Will I get a golden chip if I don't make day two?

I won a chip fwiw

Pure genius. You'll go far.

Well Matt, just trying to make it simple lots of confused people. ;ifm;

i can't see why online will be a shove fest any more than live would be...maybe when it gets down to the last few players before the 10% there might be a few small stacks going for it but if you have a playable stack and look certain to make the money in day 2 why throw it all away. with only 10% going through it wont be so easy to make day 2 for 2 or 3 nights in a row even if you have multiple chips.

Sorry if it's already been covered, but I have another question about the forfeit thing.
I have a Golden Chip entry for Friday and another non-Golden Chip entry already bought into Saturday.
I think it was advised earlier in the thread to buy into both live days to avoid disappointment.

Assuming I bag a stack up on Friday that I'm happy with, when do I need to have unregistered for Saturday to avoid accidentally forfeiting the Friday stack?

Thanks

smurf you know its guna be nutts online!!!YEAHMAN
i know a handfull of players that will be shoving very lightly with the safe knowledge that they have 4+ golden chips stacked next to them lol :) i know rogercoll and ajs aka jan have max chips(7) and know they intend on using them.
average stack i read is going to be 200k so if im 100k i will be trying my hardest to get my stack up.
i think we could see a record stack going through to a day2, 1million+?lol
im playing monday night, then go from there :))

read u got a ukipt seats smurf,wd

This was what I was going to ask

Hi Adam/Ben

Definitely register now for both live day 1's if you wish to save them for a re-entry seat.

Basically the online reg for the live day 1's will cut off at 1pm (1 hour before the event starts each day) as long as you have unregistered before 1pm then you will receive a refund and not be entered into the live day 1.

If you don't unreg we will automatically enter you as we won't know any different, players must unregister themselves.

Cheers Nicola

Thats perfect, Thanks Nicola.

is there any golden chips left ?

Hi Hugh

If you play a tournament called DUSK GP GOLDEN CHIP then all winners will win a Golden Chip. As soon as the name changes then players will not win a Golden Chip just the seat :)

Cheers Nicola

Love the grand prix! playin a few GC so hopefully make the Sunday.  Done the last 2 and its a great weekend.  Have reg'd to come up to play live on the Sat and stay over, but if I qualify this week on line, are there any side tourneys later on the Sat or just cash (maybe a bit optimistic but thought i'd ask)?  Seem to remember a £25 tourney last GP on the Sat.

sick to death of the 5% river suckouts online on final tables, bad calls to then its hit for them. its happened 7 times this week
i got 3 chips, should have full 7, awful poker,awful cards,
im scared of playing online day 1s cos its that bad, hope i get i big score so i dont have to touch online anymore, it ruins poker,end of..mini rant done

Hi Ventura

On the Friday and Saturday of the Grand Prix we have Irish Open satellites both with 5 x €2,250 seats guaranteed.

Full details - http://www.dusktilldawncasinonottingham.com/news/irish-open-satellites-live-at-dusk-till-dawn/2324

Cheers Nicola

same here buddy,when they went to ipoker thought it would change but never did.

Variance - a word used to describe the ups and downs of poker
True meaning - an excuse used when your fine play goes tits up thanks to some muppet making a shit call and hitting. Normally resulting in a slam of the keyboard or mouse and a few swear words and thoughts that if you were a millionaire you would have a stack of shiny new laptops to your right and a designated wall with smashed up ones next to it where the frustration was released.

On a brighter note its my birthday so I am off to the pub  ;letsparty; ;mexicanwave;

i know people will be thinking soar loser, blaming the site or 'wait a sec yeahman hit me on river before'lol. but yeah brookie its pretty shocking. id sit and play again today but have no confidence that my cards will hold. to be done 5%/6% chances time after time, either im running so bad its shocking or it just rewards awful poker

Nicola,
ive got to work fri and cant get to dusk til dawn until about 6.30/7. would it be possible to register and get my starting stack held like you guys did on the deepstack? id rather play live if i can :)

Where is the 10% line being drawn?
My recollection is that it was rounded up the last time the GP played to 10%, but I am old and that was two years or so ago...

Will we get a message in the chat box like last time once the entries have closed telling us where the line is?

Hi David it's true you are old! LOL

Last time we rounder .4 down and +5 up now we have the token system we will round all day1s down and pay the remainder in a £60 token. This is how we are going to do the ISPT so best practice we do the same format on both events.

Hi

Email in your details to nicola then we can enter you as a late/reg alternate.

So 109 entries = 10 go through and 11-19 get a £60 token? 110 entries and 11 go through?

Day 1a Online tonight

Sunday 10th March 8.30pm (LR 9.35pm)

BUY-IN: £50 + £10 (online buy only)

GUARANTEE: £100,000

CHIPS: 20,000

CLOCK: Day 1 - 30 mins live / 12 mins online

Day 2 – 30 mins / 45 mins

RE-ENTRY
- Re-Entry is available into all future Day 1’s
- If you qualify on any Day 1 but feel your chip stack is too short, you can choose to forfeit your stack and re-enter into a future Day 1
PLEASE NOTE: If qualify in a Day 1 but then you choose to re-enter into another Day 1, this action will forfeit you previous Day 1's

DAY 1's:
- Players will play down to 10% of the field on all Day 1's - this will take at least 15 levels
- Players will take their Day 1 Chip Stack through to Day 2
- All players will be in the money who make Sunday Day 2, the min cash 3 x (3 x £50 = £150)


Good luck everyone, please let the thread know how you get on....

Just a quick one, is the reg fee going to be £5 for online?

Im sure i heard it was, in line with normal 10% online? Considering the huge savings in overheads?

The post above answers this :)

If I understand this correctly a field of say 68 runners would mean top 6 go through and the tourney ends and the next 8 places (7-14) will get a £60 token to play another day 1???

Should make for some interesting play  ;cupcake;

Iv made a note for you, just register as usuall and il hold your chips out til you arrive :)

Hi Nicola,

great as always ty,
im having 2 attempts prior to fri, so can i let you know by thursday if i need to register for fri ( hopefully i dont and ive made day2 b4 then)

thks,

Ross

i think it means that in your example 7th gets a £60 token.

is this right please  explain or point me in right dirrection

Its baking my head David and Junior asking pointless questions about tokens and bubbles. One of you never gets that far and one of you is always chip leader :)

Yep no worries, let me know Thursday :)

I will be playing one of my golden chips (thin) tonight, can't commit to travelling down anymore unless it is for day 2 purposes, due to technical difficulties (done the lot)

This is correct ^places through the other 8 get £60 token to try again on another flight

so y does this not happen in the live games then

what level does day 2 start on? surely each day could end at a different level based on runners so stacks could be huge some days and tiny others

level 16 2500/5000 i think

Yep that's right, full details here -

http://www.dusktilldawncasinonottingham.com/news/grand-prix-viii---100000-gtd/2313

GFY!

so will it show up after late reg in lobby how many go throu and how many get tokens ?????

Yes we will announce in the chat boxes at around 9.40pm so look out for it :)

Hi Guys

Rob estimated 150 runners in Day 1A, there are 78 already with 30 mins to go...can we beat 150?

I think we should start with 100+

Don't forget if you make the top 10% tonight you are automatically in the money on Sunday!

Good Luck Blondes :)

Nicola x

ty nicola for your quick response as ussaull i in then gl to me

Good Luck :)

woop thought it was a 7.30 start glad its 8.30 now i still have time to set up my account and win this thing!

Been in the pub all afternoon though so this could be fun!

Hi Folks

182 players entered day 1A of the Grand prix a positive start.

Playing for 18 spots into the sunday final + 2 x £60 tokens for 19th & 20th

I will post chip counts up at the end of play.

Good luck to those in the fight

im still alive in tourney, not quite as crazy as i thought it would be :))

enjoying it so far, 27k average, got 50k stack.
keep the hands coming please

YEAHMAN!!!!!

gl all blondes

ok seems it shoving time already at 22.20.
80 left, need some luck plzzz
hate this part

that played fast! (yes i am out)

my table was aggro!

good luck all

snap multi aggro, sat with 40k and shoved a raise with 99, obv AA, got my last 10k in with 9 bb kq va9, see you all Friday and Saturday

out try again tomorrow

gl all left in

yeah its kinda how i thought it would be.....lol
down to 30k now waiting for half a hand, getting absolutly nothing,watching big stacks getting big hands, got another day1 online but yes as above roll on fri/sat live please, this is painful

p.s next time pref more live day1s

as i right im down to 25k, not even suited connectors to shove with,pair or ace :(((

Well that was fun - well as much fun as you can have online!!

AQ v k10 v a10 - flop 69x - turn 7 river 8

But nothing like the (not me)

 Ahrt 9h v  7h 7s on a  8h 6h 5h flop x turn  4h river

#justloveonline

grinded out two double ups short stacked now on 80k 39 left position 20, not even had very good hands AA please

will play just stop or will we go hand for hand on bubble

thinking it will keep playing.
 your doing well newy :)

lol i was till u ;frustrated; jinx me and i turn 10 10 into bluff against chip leader lol

least your still in!!!

biggest stack on table has?! has AA of course lol
i have QQ guy behind me has 88 and its simple as that.

at no point is that going down any other way.


GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR online, waste of my time, roll on live sats.
sit watching luckballs get seats annoy me :((((

UL ...Rigged obv

I jus won biggish pot outplayin someone with K8 sooooted

Yeah, wp  ;)

haha yeah went down kinda like that from the rail lol, nearly there, no pressure....lol glgl

When / where will DTD confirm the stack sizes for the Day 1a satty?

;whistle;

We will post the chip counts up in the morning after we have double checked the report.

Cheers

was funny that when you announced that the 18 had made it and asked players to sit out and stop playing they still played, we saw two all ins and players asking for a good 10minutes 'should we sit out?'lol and 'is that it' lol
and then when one player lost his allin he said in chat box 'does that count?'
a clever bunch made it through lol

WD all blondes who made it

I thought it was a bit of a tilty shove into the BB of the guy who had just spiked the ace against you, so thought my  Ad Jd was in good shape.  Hadn't planned on you turning the flush.

Good luck on Sunday.

WORD TO SELF - don't try a complete over bet shove on the river with a  Ks Qs Qd 2c  Kh board repping the full house when it's obvious he can never fold  Ad Ahrt

Try again tonight then  ;whistle;

tut tut smurf lol,

only reason hes prob made that call is cos he intends on playing another night, thats what ruins poker. cos you have played poker mr smurf ;)

UL, i too will try tonight but failing that im taking my last two chances live. ive asked if i can have my starting stack for friday if i turn up at 6.30 (beacuse of work), Nicola kindly accepted, i dont think i'll be too far behind the average stack and fances my chances alot more live

last nights experience wasnt too bad i suppose considering it was first night.

p.s tighty could we see the 18 who made it through plzzz, ty

Well done to the 18, hoping to join them on Sunday :-)

I think I know the answer to these, but will ask anyway..

a) If you get the consolation prize of a re-entry through being caught in the hinterland of the rounding down to 10%, and were playing with a Golden Chip, does it carry over?

and

b) If you get the consolation prize of a re-entry through being caught in the hinterland of the rounding down to 10% and choose not to use it because the answer to a) was no and you want to play your second attempt live on Saturday with a Golden Chip in play, can you cash in the value of the consolation prize?

Made day 2 with 400k+ Gl to everyone else on their day 1s!!!

WP
Friend of mine (Dingle) also made it with 480+, said he ran like God. :)

If i make it through with 48k i'll be happy..

Story checks out.

Exactly as u said it. was defo tilt. If my 10s held I was sailing thru so I prob dont play another hand. Unfortunate it was u on the end of my rage  ;grr;. I wud of defo called with AJ sooooted in ur spot. Ty for being gud sport about the suckout and GL urself  :cheers:

Have we top 18 chip counts available?  Keen to see what min/max was?

466,756
462,574
451,538
412,905
229,166
163,383
163,380
154,699
151,972
146,522
144,218
118,556
114,570
101,531
96,148
92,158
91,629
78,295

e mail from Nicola

Thanks Dewi

Beat me to it :)

 :)

tin chware dewi?  dipyn o dan dy buy in tro ma?

English only in the chat box please ;)

OK few questions just to save me going back thru thread pls:

Starting stack
Levels played
Last level of day 1
What date and time does it start and finish if you make day 2?

TIA

It continues all week as follows:

Mon 11th March    8:30 pm    Online Day 1b    £100,000 Guaranteed
Tue 12th March    8:30 pm     Online Day 1c    £100,000 Guaranteed
Wed 13th March   8:30 pm    Online Day 1d    £100,000 Guaranteed
Thu 14th March    8:30 pm    Online Day 1e    £100,000 Guaranteed

then: Live

Fri 15th March      2:00 pm    Day 1f    £100,000 Guaranteed
Sat 16th March    2:00 pm    Day 1g    £100,000 Guaranteed
Sun 17th March    1:00 pm    Day 2    £100,000 Guaranteed

BUY-IN: £50 + £10 (online buy only)

GUARANTEE: £100,000

CHIPS: 20,000

CLOCK: Day 1 - 30 mins live / 12 mins online

Day 2 – 30 mins / 45 mins

RE-ENTRY
- Re-Entry is available into all future Day 1’s
- If you qualify on any Day 1 but feel your chip stack is too short, you can choose to forfeit your stack and re-enter into a future Day 1
PLEASE NOTE: If qualify in a Day 1 but then you choose to re-enter into another Day 1, this action will forfeit you previous Day 1's

DAY 2:
- We start at Level 16 of the WSOP main event structure 2500-5000
- Since we play down to 10% on Day 1 and start with 20,000 chips, the average stack will for Day 2 will of course be 200,000 chips
- Some players will have higher than 200k and some lower, but this means a decent average of 40 BB going into Day 2, plenty of play

Thanks tighty. Assume day 2 is played to a conclusion?

Yes

Simon will have a better idea depending on numbers through later in the week, but assume normal early hours finish for now

blonde updating final day, live streamed final table as usual

Mae gen i 2 sgoldyn aur :-)

Hi David

If we issue you a £60 token then no unfortunately it won't be a Golden Chip as technically that attempt uses one of your Golden Chips. If you have additional Golden Chip seats still to use then you will use them first before using the token we have credited.

The rule for the tokens we credit will be the same as the general GP token rules which is basically if you have 3 additional tokens but only choose to play on 1A then 1G for example then you won't be entitled to a refund for those that you didnt use in the mean time. However if you played on 1B for example and made it through then you will receive a refund for all unused tokens.

Cheers Nicola

i used my golden chip on sunday and lost  >:(

looking at the rules i can see there is no way i can get another golden chip for this tournament   :dontask:

can all talk of golden chips now be banned from this forum... i am pretty sure all golden chip questions have been asked and answered 17 times already   ;popcorn;

thanks

No it won't.

It will if there only 100 players for each Day 1
:)

remembering what i can from the old school days i am pretty sure 10% of any number of runners will result in average stack of 10 times the starting stack which is 200,000 (give or take a few K from those that bubble online and get the £60 token)

 ;hide;

How about if there are 200 players with 20k chips

200 x 20000 = 4,000,000

4,000,000 / 10 = 400,00

10% of players go through

if there are 200 players 20 players go through...av 20k

Hi Guys

Day 1B starts in just 1 hour....currently 56 registered! Reckon we should start with similar to last night so 130 to start then we could get it up to 200 in late reg as it's a Monday :)

Good luck to those playing.

Cheers Nicola

P.S 10% go through so the average stack will always be 200K, 10 times the starting stack as only a 10th of the players...what would your Maths teachers say ;)

Average will be a touch over that 200,000

average stack from last night was
(182 x 20,000)/18

which is 202,222.2222

plus the potential impact of a few people surrendering a stack.
If the lowest stack from last night decides that six more goes is worth giving up the stack then last night's average becomes 209512.06
(182 x 20,000 - 78295)/17


pedantry is alive and well

wrong stacks will be rounded no body will have 22.222 chips

Solid understanding of averages

maybe the left over golden chips will be used as 22.222 chips or they might carefully cut some of the 50 chips in half

I give up.

My math teacher said I was awesome :)

174 players in day1B

17 places to the sunday final + 4 token for £60 to take another shot

good luck those left in.

Your maths teacher was right - I'm just being awkward, someone has to while Jason's away




Strictly speaking of course I've calculated the mean.

174 players so 20,000*174 chips=348,000 / 17 (qualifiers) = 204,705 average

I assume thats the point Matt is getting at but for the pragmatist, broadly 200,000 lol

Read somewhere on here that late reg was up to 9.45pm

Put my money in at about 9.38 and thought I'd check the clock to make sure I really did have 7 minutes to go.

Found the clock just as it hit 0.00 and I missed reg :(

Sure was 9.45

who is paulhohoho

348,000. You sure?

lol yeah zero missing, whoopsie #fail

day2 busted in the ballsack by pocket 33, 3 on river. 5% chance. donk was tryin to bet me off pot, i was going nowhere because i knew EXACTLY what he was doing and thats how one gets rewarded online, sick to death of it, sick sloppy river, might delete my account or rename myslef 4353847658634 and have no identity lol, just when i seem to get hands and build a stack and even some of the so called 'luck' i get done over.

always another day, gl all blondes

Hi Matt - its 9.35

5 levels of 12mins 60 mins of play + the 5 min break.

Sorry you missed it, always tomorrow

+1. Defo rename yourself 4353847658634 imo. Then when you hit your hand type in the chat box

"4353847658634!"

i cant help myself from shouting yeahman!!, maybe it doesnt like it :( lol
im having one more attempt 2mo night playing alongside blondepoker league PLO( which i will fail epicly) then just play others live. i would of travelled to club for day 1's this week insted of online. hint hint ;)

260k pot kk vs jj :(

You must be new here

what do you mean sweetman? :)

out dizzy heights of almost average to zero gl all left in

on a brighter note binked a 300 seat no re buy no add on so all good

Sigh... Gogo The one an only Ho.

You make it sound like bad beats are an uncommon thing when playing tournaments online

oh right yeah i see, suppose no-one really wants to hear bad beats, i defo dont really unless its a blonde dishing it out on a random them yeah.
think ive just gotta learn not to take then to the river when i have a big stack and apply pressure on flop or turn.

past the frustrations i can see how i can and need to improve my online game and will :))

though first two nights i did manage a nice double up within first 1hour and built from there just goes tits up when i try to get smart with it i guess

Have you ever bad beat someone online?

Yeahman, correct me If im misinterpreting your post, but youre effectively saying you want to fold your opponent out of a hand before the river, when youre ahead, in fear of a rivered bad beat?? You want your villain with  3c 3d to keep barrelling the 95% of times he misses his rivered set. If u have the mindset online isnt random etc then i wouldnt play! dont instead make incorrect decisions and deny yourself a street of value

fair point dwayne :)
i know its the same old saying and in my head a agree ' you want that guy in the hand' 'you want him to throw his chips in'. i just figure that its not actually 5% more like 10% at times lol.
in the long run good play wins right?
i think there are certain ways to play online poker which is totally different to live

oh and celtic yeah ive bad beated players a couple of times like everyone lol, but honestly only really in mini satelites or feeders, i dont play that kinda poker if that makes sense :)

Tilted and bluffed off all my chips to Smurf last night :-( One more go on Saturday live!!!

UL vinodh,
the smurf didnt get the most out of them, i railed him for abit. he got some big hands :) he did well though.
im defo going saturday but having one more attempt tonight
cya there :)

Thought Smurf would have made good use of them :-( UL Smurf... Yeahman, catch up with you on Saturday!!!! Should be a great day as there are already 160 odd registered online!!!

Saw that - hard to represent the hand your opponent has though ;)

See you Saturday - I'm playing once online with Saturday as my reserve option. Lucy is playing Saturday so I'm there regardless

Yeah got up to 120k then my 44 10 10 and a4 (with ten bb) all got out flopped/drawn/beat

Must admit I said happy Xmas to myself when you shoved 16k in to a 2k pot with the third or fourth pair when (or similiar) I had the nut straight - but I eventually gave them to some one else

One more online go maybe on thurs then I think it's cutting back time again - I still haven't found a money tree you see

see if i can have more luck at cheltenham :)

1.30 river maigue
2.05 simonsig
2.40 loch ba
3.20 zarkandar

are the £2 feeders still running ??

Yes satellites are still running, just no golden chips left!!

Hi Guys

174 in last night, 17 made day 2....here are the chip stacks:-

417,422
305,663
301,158
295,973
290,192
238,354
211,192
210,862
191,020
175,606
159,414
153,872
140,153
109,599
108,352
97,126
74,042

5 of the 17 have Golden Chips....so that's 13 out of the 35 who have made Day 2!

Good Luck to those playing tonight!

Same again....8.30pm late reg 9.35pm!

Cheers Nicola

From Simon

After 2 online Day 1's of the Grand Prix we have 35 players through to Day 2 from a total of 356 entries. All 35 players are in the money with a min cash of £150. There are 13 Golden Chippers through, if 1 of these reach thhe final table they will win a £6,000 CPP package to join us in the Caribbean!

You have 5 more chances to play; 3 online tonight, Wednesday & Thursday, plus 2 live on Friday & Saturday!

You must register in advance via the online lobby - we only have 257 spaces remaining for Saturday's Day 1G so please secure you seat. Late reg and alternates will be available on the day.

http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/news/grand-prix-viii---100000-gtd/2313

Predictions on tuners? My bet was about 2500 last Friday looking well short of that at the minute! Need some serious increase in runners online! What's the max for Friday and Saturday?

yeah ur right its looking more like 1900/2000 now with re-entries not allowed on same day you gotta figure them losing quite a few numbers from that

Yeah I was gonna say around 2200. but looking at the 1a and 1b turnouts, theyre gonna need big big numbers on the live days to hit the 2000 target!

still recon 2500 there be massive turn out fri sat and proberly thu

Hi Guys

With late reg and alternates we can sit around 500 on each live day 1. Would like to get the online day 1's up to 200 a night through.

I except Thursday to be the most popular & fingers crossed 200+ tonight...not looking good at the mo with only 15 in but it's early yet!

Make sure you secure your live day 1 seats if you're planning on coming then even for re-entry, you can always unregister if you make it through before!!!

Good Luck everyone playing tonight!!

Nicola :)

no it does not make sense  
the point is not all bad beats are bad beats could you ? should you ? have played it differently
and there really is no differance to on line sats or main events or live the only differance is the buy in and players willingness to gamble
we get it in good get it in bad lose and win when we are ahead and behind

In

Will play my GP sat tonight too.

Playin tonight glglgl to all playin 

Hi Guys

We started 1C with 94 runners, already up to 109 after 8 mins of late reg so playing for at least 10 spots in Day 2.

Hopefully get 150+ by the end of late reg!

Who's having a go tonight?

Nicola :)

Was having a go, q high flush draw obv a monster with 20k and blinds at 100/200, good enough to get it all in on the flop anyway.  Beat my set anyway.

50p I know ;)

anyone know if the online day 1 goes hand for hand at the end?

ive had a go 2nite and failed with epic greatness, played pretty bad, think three nigth back to back have taken there tole on me lol

role on saturday, think that'll do me


p.s got some nice hate mail and abuse on chat 2nite, including 'fu' i said ul to which i got fu again...lol nice and then little diggs by other players throughout the night, love it how the power of the keyboard comes into play yet live its somewhat different, i wonder why lol

am out played sooo bad
gl any left in

It does not go hand for hand. It just plays thru then DTD person announces in chat box the game is over please sit out whilst they make a note of the chip stacks. Like nothin I ever seen before. . . Gud luck

Sigh three bullets gone down the drain

Dunno if I cope with any more

Well that another night of pokers version of rectal abuse!!!

No more for me :(

haha, read this and it made me smile :)

sigh

guess i now have to play another online day 1 to get the value for the token I got tonight

Haha if we left it u to you lot you'd all play on!! It keeps me up past my bedtime....feel like a poker player now, up all hours ;)

Hi Guys

So I was the DTD person tonight and recorded the chip counts which are:-

385,484
327,386
312,549
276,276
243,166
235,952
227,142
194,559
177,457
166,646
138,240
101,194
93,892
60,057

Will check Golden Chips in the morning...I need my beauty sleep :)

Night all x

Thanks for the forecasts guys, this is where are we so far V our DTD internal target;

Sunday + 32

Monday (1)

Tuesday (53)

To Date : 22 players below target

Cheers Rob

isnt that sunday,monday, tuesday rob?
think last night was dissapointing figures wise, was expecting around 170-180. think dtd needs a massive fri/sat live to meet target but of course more than possible :)

i myself have wasted my golden chips online. many other blondes done same?lol
all i have left is tokens for live  :(

WD to all blondes who have made it through the mine field

LOL at reading some of these comments, especially yeahman - just sounds like the smoking area at DTD, we have just transferred the bad beats online for a few days, but come Friday and Saturday..the beats will happen live in the club just as they do online............. I just sat for 2 days in EPT London, got AA cracked by AJ, got KK cracked by 66 and then finally busted AK v QQ (flop Q x x so didn't even get a sweat and the guy next to me said when i turned over AK 'oh, you have 7 outs because i passed an ace') so I texted about 10 people the same text, it read "poker is just ******* absolutley completley uttlerly pointless'. I know well how the pain of poker feels, Grand Prix or EPT still pain. Cheers Rob

Playing tonight I've got 1 golden disc, let's do this...  ;pokergods;

Any idea if the tokens you get for falling just outside the 10% threshold be used for live also?
Thanks guys.

Any idea of pay structure? obv not expecting confirmed amounts etc jus likely percentages. I wud imagine the £150 payout will be for a significant number of the payouts. What will 1st prize likely be as I starting to make plans already for when I take this bad boy down! Cheers and gud luck to all blondes hope u finish close runners up to me.

I feel your pain Rob. I remember one time when I had AA and lost to QQ really close to the money...
But we all keep coming back for more :)

btw How many Aces and Kings did the guy next to you think there are in a deck? I know people say these EPTs are softer than expected, but... :)

haha rob
funny thing is live i actually dont bother telling my bad beat stories or listen to them, oh wait we all pretend were listening but were not lol.
nice to see my disappointing rants didnt go unnoticed though ;)
and your right come fri/sat the bad beats will be there just the same :) hopefully me and a few other blondes can avoid them or dish them out and make day2

ul on your EPT london rob, sounds like ;grr; session

the yeahman roar will make final table knockouts one day  ;sexybanana; :)

Yes tokens can be used for the live day 1's. You must register online with them though same as you do with the satellite tokens (they're the same tokens ;))

While we are all feeling sorry for ourselves over bad beats my worse ever online (I have bored you all with this before)

I had AA board runs out AKK we end up going all in for massive pot then comes 44 he shows the other 44

Other than that any 2 starting cards can win it just seems there are 12 aces in the pack when your KK is busted by rag ace etc

All part of the game, you smile, wish them luck and think maybe next time.

On a different point one thing I love is to see the online players get the arse when they lose questioning how they can play that etc. so easy to tilt them.

FU - thank you too
FU - you are welcome
Hope you die - I will one day
Fish - glug glug
Donkey - eeeeee-aaaaaw
Donkey - neighhhh I am not
Fish, donkey - cat, mouse

Any of the above tends to tilt some times with a little booooooom added to the chat box -it's what I like to call a bit of fun

What an awesome game.
People go wild in the chat box when you win a race?! How could you call there I always have you beat etc etc. Ok... next time I will fold? Do you not want me to call when I am behind?

Bad beats, smoking areas and life.

I think badbeats and story telling in such an amazing part of the game.
Where else can you speak to a complete random and talk about a badbeat, badluck or bad players? If you were waiting for the bus, and you just turn to some guy and go..
"Hello. How you doing? So sick.. I just lost £300. This customer I deal with was 80% certain to sign contracts with me, but then decided to go with someone else at the last minute?
They would think you are a weird depressive. And just ignore you.

Whilst smoking outside DTD an old guy smoking a rollup with a farmers cap drinking a 4 hour old Guinness, turns to you and says
"Alrite kid, how you getting on? I just lost a £300 pot. Got it in with a regular with Aces vs 44 and the guy rivers a straight! What can you do?"
You reply, you talk, and interact with a person you would possible of never spoken to in your life. A random guy confines in you of there 'BADLUCK'. And you reply, with your own story!

This game is brilliant. However good you play and unlucky you get, there is always someone, somewhere that has a better story.
 

Brilliant

Wait till about 12 tonight I'll tell ya my bad beat story..

You lost with aces v queens? When was this? Don't remember reading about it on here... :)

It was just after I got it in vs flopped trips with an overpair and hit runner runner to make a flush  ;D

and the day before one of the best holiday days of my life

see every story has it's counterpoint

Hi Guys

So only 2 more online Day 1's to go.....

We've had 503 runners over 1A, 1B and 1C....would be nice to get 250 Tonight & Thursday and bring the online total to 1,000!

If you still have multiple tokens to use and intend on playing on 1F and/or 1G please register these tokens now to secure your seats as you can always unregister but if 1G sells out you won't be able to get in from the start! Also this will help bring some urgency to the live registrations for direct buy in's if there are less spaces available :)

Good Luck to those playing tonight.

£2 satellites are still running so you can grab a last minute token or 2 ;)

Cheers Nicola

another stab tonight...satted in for a cool £6.20...feeling good about it as i wasn't planning on trying again...then immediately after it was my turn on the dishwasher so i turn to my 21 year old son "if i hit a bullseye with 1 dart will you do the dishwasher"     "if you hit a bullseye with one dart i will do it for a week"   booooooooooooom   hahahahahahahahahahaha...he is currently doing it   rotflmfao

Curious...

Should I win a seat in one of the sattys later I will then have 1 golden chip seat and 1 non-golden chip seat. Say I then want to play the last online day tomorrow, how do I know which 'type' of seat I'm using? Do I get the choice? Can I keep the golden chip one back for the live day for example?

lasted 5 mins sigh ak < at

The first day 1 you play will be the Golden Chip attempt. This keeps things easier and also saves any confusion as to when players are playing their Golden Chip :)

Thanks Nicola

you got 200BB in with AK ?

Late regged at 150 300

Plus played bad

can i just reconfirm that this isn't a satellite, you carry your chips forward to sunday if you make the top 10%?

Correct Alex 10% carry chips to Sundays final min cash for ALL players is £150

thanks nick

i think i need to write "don't bluff the station" on my keyboard.

good luck all, i am sure it will be great value for those that get through

Woop made day 2! Its my first grand prix and only in for 2 bullets well chuffed! I now have a weekend of drinking to celebrate turning 22! Tighty please no photos on sunday!

Good luck everyone still to play and well done all blondes that are through so far! Im probably going to run up a hefty bar tab over the weekend so im shooting for the 1st prize to cover it!

No good for me tonight, no bad beats of such but I failed to give any out also which was shit..

Did manage to bink a £60 token tho which is nice, so I'll try again tomoz..

Well Done to them that made it tonight ya jammie sods..

hey dtd mods, is it possible to get golden chip numbers through so far and also number of blondes through plzz
oh and also how come there online names are not next to chip counts when i saw previous results?

Nicola is giving out how many Golden Chips through, and daily chip counts/numbers. I doubt she'll know how many are members on here

Online names aren't being released next to chip counts. This is because a number of players prefer to keep their online names private.

Come Sunday and the live update, I will put the seat draw up and go from there

oh i see the anonymous clan lol, ok tighty thks for reply :)
be nice to see the online names though, i mean they have to play them online,we rail and watch them play so i dont see what the problem is knowing there 'online name' i can understand there 'real names'. when they play live they should wear those anonymous hacker masks, that would be funny  rotflmfao
 

its not the same as live anon

if you are Joe Smith and you play as Smithy123 in a Grand Prix One, but also play a lot of cash games on DTD, then some people prefer not to have Smithy123 outed, reckoning to do might disadvantage them

DTD agree with this, so no online and real names next to chip counts for Grand Prix, Deepstack Onine Day Ones etc

Downside is less info for forums etc, upside is the players concerned play on in anonymity

Of course other players are perfectly happy to have their online names discussed on here, and many post them

ok tighty thks for explaining cos wondered why no names were next to chip stacks :))

How many runners/qualifiers  last night?

162 runners so 16 got through Friday and Saturday are going to be the testing days im sure

Hi Guys

Day 1D chip counts....

387,072
288,979
288,820
278,290
273,154
267,806
234,256
206,538
161,578
156,295
142,890
138,662
133,503
123,090
119,499
39,568

Cheers Nicola

How many players have forfeited a stack so far? What is the biggest someone has forfeited?

Interesting question would like the answer also?

:-)

Hi Guys

This is a big reminder that if you are playing either of our LIVE Day 1's (1F tomorrow or 1G Saturday) then you MUST register online via the new software. The cut off is 1pm each day before the doors open so only late reg & alternates will be taken after this time and we can't guarantee seats if we get a huge number of walk in's!

 Please secure your seat :)

 If you need any help at all give me a buzz on here and I will sort for you :)

 Download the software and create a new account here - http://bit.ly/13lJ7Pc

Cheers Nicola

No-one as far as I know, but will be double checking today. Will let you know :)

what time is ko tomorrow please Nicola?

Not a very interesting answer unfortunately  ;) Not ur fault tho nicola so ty for trying

In tonight, GOOD LUCK everybody, one time and all that ha!!

They do go mental tho, it's crazy!, right up my street LOL

Gone to nandos instead


Gl guys and dreenie

Ty, never been to Nandos b4, any good?

you will either be in the love it or the what a pile of shit wish i had gone to frankie and bennies camp.

i favour the latter.

It's shit but not as bad as franky and bennies

F n b is by far the worst chain restaurant in uk

Yeah agree, I'm more of a Jamie Italian sort of girl

Thinking of playing the Grand Prix day 1G, I can't download the software as I use a mac, can I walk in on Saturday and Register...?

No mate, u cash voucher or online only.

Pretty sure the girls can reg for u at Dtd
But u might not get a seat straight away

Live Day Ones today

Fri 15th March      2:00 pm    Day 1f    £100,000 Guaranteed
Sat 16th March    2:00 pm    Day 1g    £100,000 Guaranteed
Sun 17th March    1:00 pm    Day 2    £100,000 Guaranteed

http://www.dusktilldawncasinonottingham.com/news.php?id=2313

 

BUY-IN: £50 + £10 (online buy only)

GUARANTEE: £100,000

CHIPS: 20,000

CLOCK: Day 1 - 30 mins live

Day 2 – 30 mins / 45 mins

RE-ENTRY
- Re-Entry is available into all future Day 1’s
- If you qualify on any Day 1 but feel your chip stack is too short, you can choose to forfeit your stack and re-enter into a future Day 1
PLEASE NOTE: If qualify in a Day 1 but then you choose to re-enter into another Day 1, this action will forfeit you previous Day 1's

DAY 1's:
- Players will play down to 10% of the field on all Day 1's - this will take at least 15 levels
- Players will take their Day 1 Chip Stack through to Day 2
- All players will be in the money who make Sunday Day 2, the min cash 3 x (3 x £50 = £150)

DAY 2:
- We start at Level 16 of the WSOP main event structure 2500-5000
- Since we play down to 10% on Day 1 and start with 20,000 chips, the average stack will for Day 2 will of course be 200,000 chips
- Some players will have higher than 200k and some lower, but this means a decent average of 40 BB going into Day 2, plenty of play


who is playing today or tomorrow? Please let us know how you get on

Me playing today

me playing today too brookie though i gotta work so not able to get there til 6. im guna jump in shower do about 120 down the m1! hopefully my stack isnt taken down to much, they can hold your starting stack til about 4.30 so im giving that a go.

GL all Blondes today  ;karabiner; ;mexicanwave; yeahman!!!!

Playing today.
Finish work on Leen Gate, just the other side of the ring road at 1.
Think a quick bag of chippy chips, then straight there :-)

i could be out before u get there lol i will be there around 2ish

Hi Guys

If you still wish to play the Grand Prix today or tomorrow live at the club, if you can register online via the lobby then brilliant :)

If not me and my trusty elf's will be helping you register at the club using the online software, you can bring cash and we will get you registered BUT you must have an online account so we will be setting you up an online account.

Either way please turn up and we will get you in....any which way!

There are plenty of seats today so promise to try our best to get you all in!

Doors open 1.30pm for 2pm start.

Nicola :)

so do we know how many played last nite and made it though

also how manyn have entered so far total and how many total though to day 2

It wouldn't feel right not to have a live crack at this so I will playing today although a bit late

Gl all blondes

Hi

Had a few PM's about this. Here is how to buy-in today or tomorrow:

1. Through the DTD Online Poker Lobby

2. At the Club (in cash) as long as you have an DTD ipoker account

3. Late reg is for 5 levels - 4.50pm - you can late reg in the DTD Online Poker Lobby OR at The Club

So this means that everyone who has already played can pay cash at Club cash desk, and it means new players who want to play cash just need an online account.

With the new ipoker client players can deposit and withdraw online funds over the Club cash desk, so there is no need for ucash vouchers now - saves you a trip to the local shop!

Hope this make things clear.

Cheers Aces

Ill be there, grinding online as I made the mistake of organising a trip to play both live day 1's and making it through on Day 1a online.  My mistake was further compounded when I agreed to drive.

Making the trip up tomorrow. Look forward to seeing a few faces :)

157

15

Do we think they will get there 2000 players

dont think so
depends how many can be squeeezed in today tomorrow

how many was there last night online ??

wonder how many in toatal so far made day 2 from online ??

will be intresting to see stack size diffrence from online to live play i in tommrow ((last chance saloon))

Unfortunately the logistics of this torn have prevented me from having a few pops at it. In previous years I have played each day until I got through. This year I wanted to play poker on the Saturday, and wanted a golden chip. I know of others that wanted to save their chip(s), so perhaps didnt enter as much as they might without them. So I have only had one go for Saturday, couldn't do otherwise. I cant be the only one and the figures may well have been affected as a result. Not a gripe btw. Looking forward to playing Saturday but disappointing numbers so far...

blue ace good point and i agree.
if u wanted a number of pops but but won your golden chip early then you kinda shoot yourself in the foot, because once you use your golden chips you then fall back on tokens or cash buyins, dont think it would effect numbers that much though considering doing online does attract people who wouldnt travel monday/tues/wed to dtd. i didnt really plan it well for myself wasting golden chips early doors, now 2nite/2mo i gotta grind it out live :)

Up to 30k

wat table number u on?lol

We knew this Grand Prix would fall short because we scheduled the date based on the online being launched in January, giving us an 8 week run up, instead we have had only 3 weeks of qualification and obviously everyone has had to set up a brand new account, anything north of 1500 is a success, last time did this we got 2100 with an 8 week satellite program and 30,000 online registered accounts..................this time we had 3 weeks and 0 online accounts before we started so a little harder!

Cheers Aces

37/5

As if the one hour delay on the m1 wasn't bad enough I drive straight in to another 3 mile tailback

2 hours so far on a 55min trip.   ;frustrated;

Abs understandable, Im personally dissapointed that my 3k(!) prediction wont come about, thought with the new software would see some good numbers. It must be a nightmare trying to sort out and predict and accommodate, etc, etc.

I flicked this in and made it through with 15bbs or something. Who's going to be about to comfort me at the bar on Sunday?

29k at first break.
Run into AA three times already.
Lost a small one, chopped a second, cracked the third.

 :hello:

Maybe only 15bb but least 150quid which pays for bar tab for abit lol, but seriously one double up and a steady grind can pull it through.

Brooke ill come wish u luck :)

Smurf!!! I might get ther before you lol Thks for the m1 headsup in taking the scenic route lol

Ok bud

This 2000 people not looking gud

Did I do the right thing blinds 250/500 under gun pushes  for 10200 after losing a bid pot last  hand I look down on bid blind and call with akhh? I think I made the right choise

Ram into AA again ( I think against Brookie)
Pretty card dead but finding spots to stay busy.

30k

Pete Wiggkesworth just moved to my left with 100k+
FML

can any body tell me what  the blinds will start at on the final day of the grand prix

DAY 2:
- We start at Level 16 of the WSOP main event structure 2500-5000

:hello:

8 big blinds here!

3way?

Not tempted to re-enter and give them up Alex?

I just saw 45 smash aces on table 37 Brookie wow he played them bad lol

Hi Guys

Just to give you the numbers for Day 2....someone asked a bit back (sorry been busy registering players at the club...wish I'd been busier though and got more through the door today :( )

Day 1A - 182 - 18 through
Day 1B - 174 - 17 through
Day 1C - 147 - 14 through
Day 1D - 162 - 16 through
Day 1E - 157 - 15 through

So 80 + 25 from 1F

Chips from 1E as I didnt post earlier are:-

430,928
377,138
310,966
289,014
272,169
257,522
217,345
209,492
169,045
167,934
143,121
88,208
75,004
70,482
61,632

Hopefully see you all tomorrow :) :)

Cheers Nicola

How many runners so far today?

Nope, not Brookie.
Weirdly the exact same thing happened on my table at about same time, similar stacks.

The AK called and hit

Dont worry, 25 thru from today must be 250 ish , doh!

Not looking gud lol still in just

Brook u moved? U got beats headphones on? Lol
Got me up too 55k :) I'm table 12

Moved to table 11/9and yes to head phones

Out ak again lol never mind may get down tomoz yet

Giving up £150 guaranteed plus potentially more to re-enter? No thanks. Even if I had one ante I wouldn't do that.

Edit: I'm also good at allins 8)

Indeed you are

140k at the break, double average.
Just got to build now.
46 players to lose.

Oi oi, keep that going Adam.

I'm dying need some cards plzzz lol

nice to meet u buddy told u i was running bad lol

Let us know what blind level u fin on today ?

Finishes when they get down to 25 players however long that takes.
Starts Day 2 at level 16 2500/5000/500

Touch over 150k at the break.
44 left so 19 to shake.

Just moved to table 12, so people have been sat together all tourney.

Nothing crazy now

Yes. I know that bit just curious to know what level they get down to when 25 left

Where can I find the list of players who qualify?

good luck mate - push on for a 250K stack i reckon

Yes!! One session live and made day2
Yeahman!!!!!!
Solid poker with a tough grind folding QQ,88 in tough spots. Couldn't play it any different :)

WD to other blondes that made it

Going through with 110,000
Not what I hoped fur but 22BB Is playable.

Plenty pal, wd

R u in today Paul? Btw Frankie and bennies is very good at what it's supposed to be for....Families. It tilts me a bit when I see couples in family places. FFs go somewhere nice, 'shit' restaurants are for kids to smash up make noise and no one cares! O and btw they do a mean calzone there.

You can't yet. Sunday, when the seat draw comes out, is the first chance

Day 1A - 182 - 18 through
Day 1B - 174 - 17 through
Day 1C - 147 - 14 through
Day 1D - 162 - 16 through
Day 1E - 157 - 15 through
Day 1F -  250 - 25 through

Totals

1072 runners so far

105 through to Day 2 so far with Day 1G, which will be the busiest day, at 2pm today LIVE

Event is £100,000 GTD so its will overlay, which Simon explained a couple of pages ago is expected due to the short timeframe on IPoker, new accounts etc

So if you can get to DTD today, your £50 could lead to a share of that mammoth prize pool for the buy-in

dont think i can get down today to much to do,the intresting thing is that last nite chip leader has got over 880k close to double off the online chip leader i think.

78k at level 3, need to fold  Th 2d, gl all today

Don't care what the restaurant is as long as the food is good but its poo IMO


Nah couldn't make day two online too lazy to drive to play 60£ er

What time did it finish last night please?

Hi Guys

There are still 110 seats available for todays Grand Prix Day 1G via the online lobby. Please buy in before 1pm to guarantee a seat. You will need to Download the new software and create a brand new account - http://bit.ly/VO9xeW
 
Any questions give me a shout!
 
PS Day 1F chips can be found here (we can show names for live day 1s) - http://www.dusktilldawncasinonottingham.com/result-info.php?id=3410

Cheers Nicola

Well done YEAHMAN!!!!!!!!! how much you are carrying tomorrow? What time it finished last night mate?

1f chip counts

Juan Riera Roig    13    3    885500
Rajiv Sakaria    13    5    448000
Liam Batey    12    4    416500
Thomas French    13    1    291000
Stuart Lees    14    9    279000
Kurpal Takhar    13    7    278000
Simon Hyde    12    3    212000
Alistair Carins    12    8    208000
David Oakton    12    9    187000
Ross Patman    12    6    180000
Paul Wood    14    5    154500
Peter Wigglesworth    13    6    153500
Cheryl Simmons    13    8    153000
Paul Moyce    14    2    148000
Gary Wainwright    14    6    121000
Todd Whitley    13    4    118500
Paul Davison    14    8    116000
Adam Mason    12    2    110000
Anthony Pyatt    14    1    89500
Michael Jones    12    5    89500
Gareth Gilson    14    4    88500
Yvonne Sommer    14    7    83000
Philip Warr    13    2    81500
Ricky Farbrother    12    1    69000
Elaine Cockburn    14    3    65500

chip leader from Spain 855,000!

11:30 ish I think, but only 251 runners.
Could be looking at much later tonight if they get the 500 they're hoping for.

1pm start Sunday.
Disadvantage to saturday players?

Thx for that. Tbh anybody playing Saturday should have factored that in IMHO.

11hrs sleep not enough?

Ty Vinod :) it finished about 11.30 but think with more runners today it'll be more like 1am
Gl today bud wana see u Sunday
I got 180k I'm happy with that, I had quite a tough table I thought and a chap called Liam playin most hand sand hitting so was hard to find good spots to increase my stack :(

U could hear the yeahman roar a few times!! Especially wen I hit a set of 10's against Kk and AQ with A on flop!! The guy turn around screamed and kicked the rail a few times, that would be a F U online lol
Yeahman!!! I'm coming down laters Vinod about 5 so I'll come wish u luck

And gl to the blondes :)

Lol, I saw this.  He doesn't hate the player, he hates the game.  (Face put to username).

Hey tomsom u was on ur laptop next too table, I see u made it through to day2 online :)

I folded loads of pairs prior to this hand and felt I had no choice, KK was short stack I think
Ur friend did shake my hand and he didn't go on tilt so fair play :)

Yeh I actually stake him online.  He sees red for a few seconds then instantly calms down.  He wasn't pissed with you or anyone in the hand, he just really didn't to see the T on the river.

Yeh I was on my laptop doing my coursework, like a true balla.

Haha I'm 'the chap called Liam' nice to meet you mate. That was pretty funny when you riveted the Ten against that Irish lad, who went about kicking the furniture hahaha.
I wasn't hitting that much, it was all an illusion :p  just exploited the bubble lots :D
400K+ again wiiiiii

Ah, you were two to my left at the end.
Think I've say with you before too

Where you getting 11 hours from?

If I was playing Saturday, and for instance it finished at 2am, it'd be 3am before I got to my bed.
Then it'd be up Sunday morning, tip run, U8 football match, then 45 mins in the car to DTD.

11 hours? Pfft ;-)

Friday, 1st bullet FTW.

 8d
The number of players in a day 1 is completely irrelevant to when it finishes that day because we are letting a fixed 10%  through

Cheers Aces

Hi guys

Registration is still open for the Irish Open satellite live at the club. Only 16 runners and 5 x €2250 seats guaranteed for £50!!!! Crazy value, get down there now :)

http://www.dusktilldawncasinonottingham.com/news/irish-open-satellites-live-at-dusk-till-dawn/2324

Cheers Nicola

a 493 runner virtual sell out at DTD today

Meaning 49 will join the 105 qualified for 154 back for the £100,000 prize pool tomorrow, all in the money

21 of the 105 have Golden Chips, final table to win a CPP trip....

I will be updating on here, then commentating on the live stream from 1pm

Huh?

Won't it take a lot longer to get down from 500 to 50 players than it will to get from 250 to 25?

The only point I was making was I'm glad I got through on Friday so I can be well rested for Sunday.
I imagine those qualifying today will get less sleep.

Hi Guys - for those who make day 2 good luck

Place      Paid to Each Place
1   1   £20,000
2   1   £13,000
3   1   £8,200
4   1   £6,450
5   1   £4,200
6   1   £3,200
7   1   £2,500
8   1   £1,900
9   1   £1,400
10-12   3   £1,000
13-15   3   £700
16-18   3   £500
19-27   9   £450
28-36   9   £400
37-45   9   £350
46-63   18   £300
64-81   18   £250
82-99   18   £200
100-117   18   £150
118-135   18   £150
136-145   10   £150
146-154   9   £150

Dont think that is directed at you Adam, it was about the finish time compared to Friday, completley different kettle of fish!

The 49 qualifiers from 1f

Adam Phelan    12    4    644000
Sean Randall    14    10    557000
Nectarios Tsolakis    13    9    548500
Luke Masters    14    1    375500
James Rowney    23    4    365500
Matthew Wood    34    7    359000
Paul Stevens    12    10    350500
Simon Eggleton    13    7    344500
Darren Hodson    23    1    333000
James Clarke    12    9    331500
Anonymous    23    10    294500
Jacqueline Cook    12    7    291000
Stephen Beardsmore    14    2    265000
Jay Scott    12    6    256500
Geoffrey Hill    25    9    234000
Simon Webbe    34    3    233000
Greg Mabbett    25    5    224000
Robert Lane    25    1    220500
Chris Coyle    14    9    214500
Jonathan Thomas    13    3    211000
Steven Jackson    12    2    188500
Gary Griffin    14    3    188500
Adam Jowett    13    2    187500
Tibor Kover    13    1    165500
Mark Mccluskey    25    10    165000
Mariela Elena Serrano Dalmas    25    6    160000
Glyn Cooke    14    7    157000
Ian Fieldhouse    34    2    151000
Andrew Law    23    8    142000
Paris D'arcy    34    9    141500
Paul Porter    14    8    130000
Barry Earnshaw    25    7    119000
Anonymous    23    9    117500
Dominic Owen    34    10    115000
Mark Hoodless    13    10    113500
Rafat Athnasious    23    2    112000
Justin Davies    12    8    99500
Alex Heffron    34    4    90500
Liam Thorpe    25    8    89000
Gareth Price    23    3    85500
Peter Thomas    14    4    82500
Kevin Machin    34    6    75500
Ian Gell    25    3    65000
Adrian Wallace    34    1    61000
Minesh Karsanji    34    5    55000
Gary Duckers    23    7    45000
James Robert Turner    13    6    43000
Gea Wune Yik    25    4    39500
Anonymous    13    5    31500

Live Update thread for later at: http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=60620.0

Good luck to Senior Junior Senior - my old man sat snuggly on 234k

hey liam, u played really well m8, i knew what you was doing and it was frustrating i didnt have a hand to call with i spoke to one of your friends yesterday and i told him you must have got 150k plus just from making those 12.5k raises pre flop nearly every hand, i think because you was hitting it kinda put me off wanting to try anything crazy, now ive seen the money tier which is so tinyi think my strat will change, cya there later no doubt, WD

GL to all blondes today :)
tighty, can we have list of blondes left plzzz

When I get the seat draw, on the update thread

gl_today y'all.

I didn't know lady gaga played poker but she's sitting next to me!!! Table 31
I'm star struck!

Any chance of a photo of Ross Patman & "lady gaga" on table 31..cheers in advance for updates Tighty

If I can get her to sign it that would be great lol

YEAHMAM...Concentrate on the "POKER FACE" good luck buddy..AJSDTD(janstar,Allan)

I'm getting bullied struggling :(
Lol
Ty m8

480k :) got lucky once ;)

How many made the final with those little golden chippies?

non my friend

why has dtd not posted results of this comp on its site. It has finishing positions but no prizes next to names etc?

because the prizes were manually calculated, and not worked out according to the payout structure on their cardroom system

The prizes were

The 154 have all cashed for making Day 2, as follows

Place      Paid to Each Place
1   1   £20,000
2   1   £13,000
3   1   £8,200
4   1   £6,450
5   1   £4,200
6   1   £3,200
7   1   £2,500
8   1   £1,900
9   1   £1,400
10-12   3   £1,000
13-15   3   £700
16-18   3   £500
19-27   9   £450
28-36   9   £400
37-45   9   £350
46-63   18   £300
64-81   18   £250
82-99   18   £200
100-117   18   £150
118-135   18   £150
136-145   10   £150
146-154   9   £150

That is easily the best payout structure yet with each pay-jump gradually increasing.

Please DTD adopt this as standard.

TY tighty.