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Hi all,

I'm gonna try and play these events http://www.d4events.com/europeanshorthandedpokertour/index.html

If I do, then I need to sell 50% at face value.

The 6 max is £550, I'm guessing that the £300 is £330, and the £200 is £220, therefore the total is £1100.

Therefore 10% is £110, 5% is £55 etc.

Here is my all important hendon mob profile http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=58821

and here is my special 6 max Hendon mob database http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=206250

Obviously, If I make day 2 in the first two events, then I will not be playing the next event later that day, Money will be returned for any unplayed comps.

Any questions/abuse, feel free to post here or PM.

Cheers.

10%

20% please fish.....I sort of thought about going "rest" as I am unlikely to make it.  Talk to me as discussed if we don't hot 50%

cheers jim

cheers shaun, nice text. Bastard :)

drainy has text to book 5%

5 but only stars available to send. (or moneybooker) i.e can not send to bank (online banking doesnt work for moi)

I can obv help on stars if needed Pleno and it becomes "real" and not "interest" - thanks for message earlier on facebbok ;-)

cheers pleno.

10% left.

Me please! (10% if still available).

Send me Bank Deets & I'll sort it immediately.

I'm assuming we get the right to abuse you if - when - you don't win, yeah?

Booked sir.

No need to send ££ for the moment. Will be in touch with everyone early next week.

ty all.

TY TY TY.

Just seen your ninja edit. Yes, you do get to abuse me. Let's face it, it's prob the only thing you are gonna get for your £110 :)

We are of one mind on that. Superb value, I'd pay 1.5 for that right.

FFS....too late again ::).....gl gl Vinny......hope to see you there for the £300 if not the £550.

Nick - want 50% of mine? Am trying to lay off this bloody liability.......

Seriously, if you want 5%, it's fine by me, just decide who pays who, I can sort the 10% with Vinny, and you bank tx your 5% to me, that sound ok?

sick beat nick. your 'oh I really wanted some' bluff has been called and you now own a piece of vinny's action

Very kind of you :)up.......I can rest easy I haven't missed out on the great Celtic bink.

I'll bank transfer you the 5%.

 ;whistle;

Chompy taught me that one, he'll be so proud of me.

Might even sell it to Nick @ 0.8, just to violate vin's ego.

sent.....gl in Vegas!

Booked, Nick, let's hope we lose the lot. Proper anti- staking one, this.

wishing you all the very worst of luck :P

hehehe

Receipt confirmed, thank you.

Let's hope we don't cash.

None for me thx

can i have 0% pls

cheers mate, ship it from your full tilt acct please. Heard you got few quid on there? :)

BAMMMMMMMM feeel dat burnnnnnnnnn

ouch low blow :'(

sent.

reeived Pleno - I'll obv grim Vinny, but from your perspective you are on  ;)

Paid, by Bank TX, for Nick & myself.

Received, sort of ;)

Received from drainy too. Meeting claypole at the vic tonight for his and pleno's. 77dave sorting at luton

Ty all, got us. Will update.

Can't escape today, but going to play tomorrow.....so see you on day 2 ;)

Can u confirm u received my tilt $$ ?

Ty homeister

Disappointing 36 runners at the first break.

Got 19000.

are there updates anywherE? got 25% of couple people

Updates on d4 website, can't link from phone.

Good start to level 3. Up to 28k and have met stato1. Incred.

wiiii ...win it all tonight :)

Can see you behind the TV table.....give us a wave.

Gave you a wave nick.. ish ;)

30k at 100/200/25. 29 left, 5 paid. 2 levels left tonight.

Gonna be a vote to drop the clock to 40 mins tomorrow. Doubt its gonna get through tho.

Sigh, I'm gone. Had a horrible 150/300 level. QQ>J7 then rivered a j high flush v a rivered house, maybe could have played it different, started the hand with 15k and folding would have left me 7k.

Not sure about the sides, doubt there are gonna be many runners, less than 50 doesnt really work imo. Thoughts?

Give up ur rubbish :)

Just keep the staking money and say you played them. Write a few updates. Got chips, run out of chips.. that sort of thing.

Come play the blackbelt thing instead. Shocking standard of play but the donkies have managed to take out all the pro bounties in day 1a..... They are also paying 20 % of the field so if you get here late enough you should have scraped into the money before you get anted away ;)

Up to you Mr C, I'll go with the flow.

Sorry, should really explain, there was a fair bit of history between me and the guy that knocked me out, also, I said I had a j high flush, but the ace and queen were on the board, so had 2nd nut flush. StIll loses to a house though obv. Sigh.

Not looking good, if it was to start now, it would be a heads up comp v handsome Paul :(

Just crush him imo

Has the normal 40 pounder been scrapped ?

How many runners did the main get?

Some people have turned up for the 40, talk that it might run.

37

Dont want to hj this thread but just wanna say this was the worst run, worst organised, worst advertised tournament i've ever been a part of. Kthxbye

They're keen ! Good luck in the STT

Being at DtD yesterday, after a while away from there, reminded me of just how well run things can be if you care about it

And cancelled. Well done all, you get a return. ;)

Info on what was done wrong? Am sure they will keep an eye on the forums so might be worth saying for future events?

That was my nap bet, the only way we'd ever get anything back.

Payment IN FULL, please. I'll take care of grimming Nick.

Yeah perhaps shouldve posted this all at once but I was on my iPad at the time so couldn't really be bothered to write a really long post, was annoyed enough to have to post something though, always intended to elaborate a little bit so here goes:

1) Advertising - I've played a lot of events on the circuit and spend no end of time on blonde etc. So the fact that the first I heard about this event was through a leaflet on my table in Blackpool one week prior to the start is pretty unforgivable imo. I am the absolute stereotype of their target market (young, no commitments, likes playing shorthanded) and it's not like I'm not looking in the places where they cuold be advertising, this in part leads to...

2) Lack of runners - After reserving my flight 1a seat in advance and being told that my seat would only be held until 12.45 I made the 100 mile trip to Luton in good time and was there in time for 12pm so bought in and hung around. At 13.05 (start time 1pm) I still had no idea what was going on (although it didn't seem very busy) until i was told that due to the lack of runners for flight 1a, they would now be merging with flight 1b which started at 6pm. Marvellous. I understand that things sometimes don't go to plan, but due to the online reservation system they must've had some idea that this was going to happen and could have at least contacted players in advance and made this decision or something.
To be fair they did hold a freeroll with a package to another D4 event for the people who had turned up at 1, but after this experience I'm not sure whether that prize is a good thing or not.

When I did arrive for flight 1b there were only 38 runners, a number which went down when 4 german guys, who had travelled specifically for this tournament, decided that there was no point in playing, unregistered and didnt even bother. I think that's saying something.

3) Running of the actual tournament - Only six levels were played on day 1, finishing at 150/300/25 for the last level of the day. With a 20k starting stack this is always going to result in the majority of players coming back for day 2 and doesn't seem very attractive to players when they will potentially half to book hotels etc when the tournament has basically progressed nowhere. There was plenty of time to play more on day 1.

I was in this tournament for about 6.5 hours in total, including a change of day, and still have no idea who was in charge, bags were given out at the end of the day, but no one was told what to do, or what time the restart was etc.

At the start of day 2, we still hadn't started at 13.15 (1pm start) as one of the tables had only 2 players that had turned up so far and apparently there is a rule where a table can't play with < 3 players , so all the people who had bothered to turn up on time had to just sit and wait until the people who came in late showed up.

4) Staff - I reckon there were probably more staff in total than players. Some were d4 "event"s live streaming staff which I think most people in the room found cringeworthy for an event of such apparent insignificance.

The dealing staff were ok in general, but 3/4 of the dealers were actually being trained on the job I think, with more senior dealers watching, couldn't do some very basic (give change, know the very basic rules of the game) and took absolutely ages to shuffle etc. Which became tedious in a event that by now I'd already lost any enthusiasm for. I know that it's not the dealers fault that they are inexperienced, and that they all have to start somewhere, a tournament where people are putting up £550 of their money is not that place, especially unforgivable as there were loads of more senior dealers just sat around in the vain hope that someone was going to turn up to fill a space at one of the many empty tables.

Also the Casino staff seemed totally apathetic the entire time, not at all helpful or proactive in letting people know what was going on. I don't know if they were just embarrassed at the whole affair to be honest.


Think that's it for now, If I remember anything else I'll add it

Hi,

I run the Poker room at Luton. I can respond to point 4, though I won't comment on the rest or on behalf of D4 as I know that Mike frequents the forum himself.

What with the projected size of the field, we needed all hands on deck for this event; including a number of freelance dealers drafted in. Obviously, as it panned out, we didn't need any and so for my part at least, I had to deal with the administrative aspect to that not just for the now but for the rest of the weekend.

We do have some new dealers, though none that should require the kind of training that you wrote of. I wholeheartedly agree with you that in a £500 event, you expect a level of quality and I like to think that on the whole, we provide that as a club. If there were dealers struggling that much and the senior staff were stood watching rather than addressing the situation and getting them changed, then I will investigate further as I am hardly pleased to hear this myself. With everything being as it is, the last thing that ought to be happening is a staff issue. We had plenty of dealers.

Obviously as far as you are concerned, it's worthless that I say this now but none the less, I am sorry that your experience was disappointing. Unfortunately the team  all felt exactly the same way, too, and obviously that has bled over into some of their performances.

Getting the thread back to Vinny's stake.....obv happy with the refund, however I wouldnt be adverse to you playing the £350 10 seat guaranteed sat at the Vic on Monday to the GUKPT Main - its an absolute spin up but the sats were so soft for the EPT and after playing the £300 Thursday think it could be a good opportunity....anu views?

You're right.

Sorry, Vin.

200 was cancelled too. Can people let me have payment details please. Will be playing something else soon, you can all have first refusal on that, you lucky people.

OK Mr C, will do.

I'll credit Nick myself, & you can then pay me the total for him & I.

Firsr refusal next time, yes please.

Good point, do you know any names of the people in the minority ?

Payment received in the sum of £55.10, thanks Vinny.

I will send Nick (ripple) £27.54, being 50% (almost....) immediately.

These 1p's add up, you know......

I'd check your bank before you send 27.54 to Nick...

Bastard! I thought you had sent me £55.10, in fact it was £55.01.

I've already paid Nick, as it happens. Another 4p down the swanee......

 :D

GRIMMER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!