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Award winning poker operator Dusk Till Dawn (DTD), owner of the largest poker venue in Europe, has agreed a  deal  to  licence, operate, market and guarantee ISPT Wembley. Simon Trumper has been appointed as ISPT Tournament Director and will be assisted by DTD’s card room management. As part of the agreement, DTD is guaranteeing a minimum of €1 million to the winner - regardless of the number of runners, with a maximum of 20% taken out of the prizepool for first place, leaving 80% to the remaining places. The prizepool will need to reach at least €5 million to avoid any overlay which equates to 16,000 x Day 1 online players at €270+€30 plus 250 x Day 2 direct buy-ins at €2700+€300.

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Last year, DTD guaranteed over £5 million in prizepools including £1 million for their leg of the PokerStars UKIPT which attracted 1625 players. The venue was presented with the ‘European Award for Innovation’ and has won ‘UK’s Best Cardroom’ numerous times. Live Poker Director, Simon Trumper was awarded ‘European Poker Staff Person’ at this year’s GPI European Poker Awards and ‘Best Card Room Manager’ at the Bluff British Poker Awards. DTD has organised events on behalf of PokerStars, Partypoker, Paddy Power, Betfair, Ladbrokes, Virgin, Sky, APAT and Poker 770 and recently signed a three year deal with Genting, the UK’s largest land based casino group and provider of DTD’s online poker room on the iPoker network.

DTD owner, Rob Yong explains the background to the deal with ISPT:

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“Organising the Caribbean Poker Party in St Kitts has whet our appetite for more adventures outside of our four walls.  ISPT’s revised format is a lot like a supersized version of our own Grand Prix which is my favourite tournament concept.  If Wembley is a success, I believe ISPT could be replicated in other iconic venues across the world generating huge prizepools and giving poker fantastic mainstream exposure, just look at Wembley’s official web site – ISPT is alongside the FA Cup Final, Champions League Final and Bruce Springsteen’s Concert.

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This event is a ‘win win’ for the UK poker community; it will either be a great success with thousands of players, or there will be a massive overlay. To put this guarantee into perspective, DTD’s monthly £300 Deepstack pays £40,000 to the winner– 120 x the £336 buy-in where as the €1 million first prize at ISPT Wembley will be a staggering 3,333 x the €300 buy-in. ”

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There will be regular updates exclusively on the Blondepoker Forum where Simon Trumper will personally deal with players’ questions on the Official ISPT Wembley thread. The DTD ISPT London launch party will be held on 15th March at The May Fair Hotel, next to Genting’s Palm Beach Casino.

http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/

There is a launch press conference at 2pm at Wembley stadium

Rob and Simon will be on thread from this evening to answer questions and give more details

A comprehensive Q and A will be released shortly, and posted on here above this post

All event information and progress updates will be released on blondepoker exclusively

blondepoker will be the sole UK updaters at ISPT Wembley

Awesome News.

GL all at DTD.

I know DTD love to think big but ISPT's reputation is absolute toilet by this point and not even the wizards in Nottingham can save this poisoned chalice.

Best of luck guys, I really think you'll need it.

WOW

DTD management is exactly what this event needs, it looks a huge gamble regarding the guarantee to me but absolute top marks to Rob and Simon for taking this on, clearly 2 people who like a challenge and are not scared to take on the seemingly impossible.

Good Luck

Dave

If anyone can pull this off it's DTD.  ;hattip;

 ;gobsmacked;

VBOL

I love DTD.

Let me make that clear, DTD are the BEST thing that ever happened to UK poker, hands down.

But never before in the history of the game has there been a poker event people have wanted to fail more than the ISPT. The company involved have lied through their teeth, the poker community don't believe in the concept, they have partnered with Lock Poker, the shadiest site still in existence. If DTD had been involved from the start, I think everyone would have believed in the event, but I fear it's too late.

I hope I'm wrong.

Now a constructive question - are DTD guaranteeing just the first place prize and the ISPT guaranteeing the remaining €4 million proposed?

This is exactly my view on the matter but put much better. Bravo, Sir.

WOW WOO WEE WAH

Never thought this would come off when I first heard about it, looks like a grand prix on roids now

Good luck to DTD with this, hope its a success

Surely people wanted the Epic Poker League to fail more?

Very best of luck, will be genuinely astonishing if this is pulled off.

Perhaps, but only because Daniel Negreanu had enough hate for 1,000 men :D

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Tin hat on......

Over/under on how many thread pages?

The ISPT thread on 2+2 has 1,200 posts, 80 pages and over 120,000 views.

So quite a few I reckon

Obvious questions. How many runners so far in the five online day 1s and how big is the prizepool? Are DTD going to be running live day 1s?

in for the duration

Signed up, just not signed in. (though I am now obv)

I'm only here to rubber neck. The whole thing has been a disaster from the start. I hope they turn it around but it seems they let their ambition cloud their judgement.

I thought today was 1st March not 1st April

Looks like APAT will be firmly joining in the fun too: APAT Forum (http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=13353.0)

this is a very big ask with very little time

hope dtd manage to pull it off will watch this thread closly

Yesterday I wasn't at all interested in this.

Now DTD are involved I will be looking to play and I'm sure that they will do a fantastic job.

Good luck guys.

Have to agree with the negative posts unfortunately. It's during the wsop for one. I assume the dtd people have read the thread on 2p2. Although a lot of other forums don't much like the attitude in nvg on 2p2 it is still very representative of the poker community. It just seems like it is too late and has been represented and promoted too poorly already.
I am unlikely to play this but if the timing was different then I would have. Who knows if there is going to be a 3mil overlay I may well turn up. Really do wish the best of luck for dtd for this but it's looking bad.

Not much surprises me these days, but I have to say this has shocked the sh1t out of me. Ambitious/risky doesn't even begin to describe it.

I hope for DTD's sake this doesn't go pear shaped.

As I understand it, there's no other €4m guarantee - the only guarantee is €1m for first. A standard payout will be used and then, if the first place is under €1m then it will be topped up to that amount.

I want to see Tighty galloping around Wembly trying to take photos on request.

From OP:


EDIT: I see what you're saying actually, nm.

Thanks, makes sense now you've explained it.

Andrew is correct. 1m for first. 20% of prize pool for first, topped up if neceessary

DTD is not on the hook for 5m

If they don't make the guarantee it will be something like a 99.9999999999% chance there will be a deal on the final table.

Tighty - get adsense on this thread, you'll probably cover half the guarantee

I think I will put together an updating team, numbers to be confirmed

Thinking about bikes along the touchline, tbh.

Silly season

Wow...just wow at this!

Imagine they wanna make it £1m for first for big advertising ect so imagine if they said no deals allowed and your heads up playing for £100,000 or £1,000,000 AK v QQ yikes!!!

So the rumours were true! #DTDGOTBALLS

May 31st-June 5th still the dates?

Certainly a good idea to move over to Ipoker to help with sat numbers.


Can't wait to win this. Best get them feeders up and running soon. :)

Use the zip-wire camera ldo!

I'd urge caution please on some of the comments I have seen on twitter etc as to who is on the hook for what of the 1m GTE

Simon and Rob can explain later, as to reassurances to players for the guarantee, what their financial risk is etc

I can't really blame people - one company is massively trustworthy and the other is the complete opposite.

Wowsers hope it works out

Be interesting to see how this pans out gl them

Not blaming anyone

As soon as the Q and A is complete, a lot more will be clear

I wrote the questions, and they are pretty comprehensive I hope

This so so so much.

<3 DTD hope it all goes well.

Wow, really thought we would see nothing like the UKIPT £1mil GTD for a long long time...

Guess that long long time is within a year. Incredible

Hope the valets bring stuff on their back else we will be waiting an age.

Could do with a few guys dashing hotdogs out like in the states. "Hat Dawg"

Bloody hell, hope it works out!

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Wemberley
Rob and the guys from Dusk Til Dawn
Are going to Wemberley


Completely blown away by this announcement. I suddenly now wish the whole project unabated success.

Really hope this works out now DTD are on board (for their sake)...because its been an unmitigated disaster so far.

I bet rob has ordered a new set of pants for that week

wow pretty incred!

It's funny how i can go from having absolute no interest in an event to thinking it's almost certain to be the biggest poker tournament ever held in europe by simply attaching 3 letters to the mix

Gobsmacked to be honest.  My previous default setting before this announcement was ISPT never gonna happen.  Now, just wow.  It's like they had a business meeting with the topic 'What's the hardest thing we can try to do this year?'

The very best of luck to everyone at DTD for this, if anyone can pull this off it'll be them. 

FYP

But +1 as the kids say to the rest of this.

This. Pretty much the only team that can actually pull this off.

WP & GL!

This is probably going to be DTD's biggest ever gamble, not just in terms of money but in reputation.

But like flushy said, now you have our attention.

All the best to DTD very ambitious but they can and will pull it off. If this was DTD's idea from the off it would be dead cert, but the stigma of being attached with ISPT can only impede something that on paper doesn't look possible, so many already broken promises makes this a big hill to climb.

Will there be a freezout sat? lol

Great news.  Good luck  to the DTD team and everyone involved, I hope it's a huge success :)

All I have to say is

OMG

Great news, but are they going to change the dumb dates?

How many chips do u get if u buy into day 2?

I assume this is the only slot available - after the football season finishes and before the summer concerts start

move it to loftus road and do it in august?

very much this.

Would not have even considered it and wanted it to fail to be honest.  But now Rob, Simon, Nick and the boys and girls at DTD are involved, I genuinely wish them all the successes in the world and am very tempted to offer my services to tighty if I cannot play.

The most sincere and heartfelt good luck to you, I fear you may need it.

Brilliant news.

Lets do this.

OK, now I have just got up off the floor I have seen the advert http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ @ 1:02 it says there are 200 land based casinos running satellites to this. Can you expand on this please? Is this for direct day 2 seats or for original day 1 entries? Thank You. Also which land based casinos are running them in the UK please?

I'm guessing you will be one of them Rich.

That's why I am asking lol

Mushroom management, you are one of the mushrooms  ;)

I might already have details but on holiday at mo :)

70 % get paid

pretty redic!

Worst thing ever. DTD was going so well.

this ain't ever happening and giving 1st place a million is it

well it said 70% of the live play will cash

not soo sure how it will work tho. May be it will be like slots when they say 95% pay out but the payout is like 50p

Cheap way to get another flag tho herbie

lol true.
We're on our way to Wembly

Was only announced today at 2 o'clock, so not much time to tell everyone before now really.

Yes but sensible reasons aren't much good for bantering with  :P

If there are 40 day 1's and day 2 is end of May, and they are advertising that 200 B&M cardrooms are running sats, I presume that the B&M operators already know?

I assume the cardroom managers would have found out today.

I look at this and I don't think amazeballs, OMG, I just think - completely purposeless. Unless there's a massive profit to be made

Thinking the same.

I just don't understand what DTD have to gain from this. I can only think that they perhaps want to have their name associated with such an event that may prove to be a history maker, but may also be a failure.

However I had zero interest in this event, but now DTD are involved I may look again.

Hope for the future of DTD that this works out.

So well put. My thoughts exactly after thinking about it

Loads of players signing up to their online cardroom?

This is going to be interesting/amazing.

When I grow up I want to have knackers the size of Rob's.

all the best with it.

+1, can't really understand the view that DTD have nothing to gain.

I wouldn't say nothing, but the event really needs to make the numbers to show off DTD IMO.

I think it's too much of a gamble. But Rob loves a challenge and according to dates, will support if possible, which I had no intention of before DTD got involved.

It just goes to show how much DTD are valued in poker, when people are snap going now, rather than definitely not days ago.

When will more details be released?

Holy Guacomole  ;gobsmacked;  ;boltpp; VBOL

Really hope this works out for dtd's sake as they have spent 5yrs building up a good rep and hope it isn't ruined getting involved with these jokers

That is my worry too

as soon as DTD put their name to anything then their is instant credibility, I am just a little concerned that this is a huge risk

Hi all,

What I would like to know please:

1. Is there 5mill guaranteed, or just the 1m for 1st and is the guarantee going to be escrowed by DTD? I don't trust the ISPT not to renege if entrants are tiny...

2. Are 70% of Day 2 entries still going to be paid? If entrants are low will this be a nominal amount?

Link on the Wembley website takes you to old partners and no mention of DTD.

Just sayinf ;)

only gtd is first place 1millon for first 5 million is needed too insure no overlay as they will only pay a max of 20% to first out of prize pool

Woke up this morning and can't believe this was not a dream. Giving Dtd a pat on the back is all well and good but I am still having reservations about the whole thing.

Why don't Dtd just do it on their own. The ISPT have totally messed this event from the start. They 100% advertised this with a ludicrous €30 million gtd prize pool and claimed they were paying 70% of the field??? They are tied in with Lock Poker whose business practise is shocking and often bordering on negligent. Something likes this often attracts snakes and one or two of the ispt ambassadors are definatly snakes and that's on a good day.

The deal is obv sealed now but I do think Dtd would have done a better job of doing this on their own. Dtd is the nuts and you won't find many that don't back Dtd in this country. However to get the numbers you will need to attract players from all over Europe, and despite Robs little black book, I fear too much damage has already been done by the ISPT.

I know Rob and Simon love doing stuff like this and tbh they don't often get their fingers burnt too badly and there has never been a comp that they have put their name to that has been a flop. I just wish I could have seen the look on Nicks face when they told him. The first time they told him that they were making the Deepstack £40k gtd he almost had kittens.

I would imagine that the majority of Dtd customers are going to have a crack at this or at least play satellites to get into the comp and support Rob and the club. After all its always a regular at the club who wins the major events Dtd run. Who will be the next Wadey or Rastafish?

if prizepool is €3m, first place is the GTD €1m (which would be 33%), where does the other €2m come from to ensure that first is only 20% of the prize pool?

they pay out using a normal structure. Only 20% of prizepool is given to winner so he gets €600k from the prize pool with the €2.4 mill distributed to the field and Rob then opens his wallet and flicks the winner a €400k note..... He has plenty of them

I think Rupert and Jason's accounts have been switched...

Lol

lol. Gtfo

Hi everyone

Thanks for the positive words on this thread.

We are in London, I will put a summary post on here when I get back to DTD this afternoon. Rob is doing a questions and answers with Richard this weekend which will be posted on his blog and on this thread. Please be patient. Blonde poker is the official channel of communication and Rob and me will be releasing all news and updates first and personally. I am now full time on the Wembley project for the next 13 weeks. Our responsibility is to licence, operate, promote and guarantee the event, I would say our remit from here on is no different to the CPP - it's a project outside of the Club. Official payouts and structure will be published next week. What I can say in terms of the payout is that I will be recommending to Rob and ISPT that 50% of Wembley players are in the money instead of their 70%. The job starts today, its a new start for this event. Thanks for your support again

Aces

 Ahrt

Hoping this is a major success

Rob and his team deserve it for what they have given to the UK in regards to poker.

Best of luck to all involved.

Great that Blonde got the updates, I hear Apat and The Hendon Mob have also been included in this - so once again Rob and co are looking out for UK poker in more ways than one.

Ohhhh Blonde and the Hendonmob. My perfect partnership.

God knows how they will pay the winner a million and still hope to pay 50% of the live field. I thought my wife could spend my money but I hadn't seen anything till I saw Simon spending Robs money

I had a bet with the CRM at our local G that this event wouldn't happen.
My forfeit, if it does, may see me being banned from the place.

Damn you DTD.

Desperately seeking a loophole, and with all the changes since it was first advertised I dare say I'll find one.
I certainly wouldn't have made the bet had DTD been involved from Day One.

Best of luck guys, if anyone can, you can.

         Good luck to the DTD management on this. You have to admire their ambition. If anyone can rescue this project.....

lol. I just had the Thunderbirds theme go through my head...... Calling International Rescue

I had the Mission Impossible theme in mine. And before anyone accuses me of negativity, remember that the Impossible Missions Force never failed.

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Nice to see Rana & Roberto but not sure they were listening properly. I was stood with Rob last night and Rana asked if he could buy in at Wembley for £300. No Rana its £3000 to buy in???

Hugues Fournaise took this picture after the press conference and is stunning.

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All hail dave Shoelace

http://www.pokerstrategy.com/news/world-of-poker/Column:-Dusk-Till-Dawn-Rescues-the-International-Stadiums-Poker-Tour_69687/

What a great opportunity guys!!

Thousands of bone idle, unfit poker players given the chance to tell their grandkids about "the day I played at Wembley"

BOL

the Tacchini shell suit will fit right in, Tim

Tap in

When will the details be released ?

next few days I hope. Big Q and A to go up, then further details and answers to questions already on the thread from everyone

Maybe some players/ex players/Wembley hero's to enter?....with bounties on their heads?.....good for national press coverage ??

How much will it cost to hire a venue like wembley? How many players expected to make day 2? Why is wembley needed? Not really great to get to for rest of the country. Expensive travelling expensive digs. dire traffic, parking. I would have thought somewhere more central wud of been better....... maybe Nottingham

i know the answer to this but not sure what i can say. Edit if needed tighty.

hire in the region of a mill ball per week...week needed to set everything up
they need 1800 at E3000 to make £5 milli.... Rob expects 300 direct buy ins so needs 1500 sat qualifiers...thats 15000 E300 sat players
Wembley is an international stadium. SCRMG....Some Comp Round My Gaff does not really fit the bill... But i do take your point why build the greatest club on earth then give yourself a logistical headache by playing at Wembley

Jason, your posts are confusing the fack out of me mate.

From what I have read on here the direct buyin for Day One is about £200+ or something and can apparently direct buyin for Day Two? I have mis-read somehwere?

But as for "Why Wembley" - I think it goes without saying that's it's one or maybe the greatest stadium in the world. I would turn upto to London for a similar event if it was held at Loftus Road/Upton Park/WHL, etc.

I never understand these comments, its got to be the most served destination in the country, there isn't a bad place when it comes to links to London.

Not to mention (and i am guessing here) around 1/3 people must live within 1.5hrs of london

From the press release Aaron

"The prizepool will need to reach at least €5 million to avoid any overlay which equates to 16,000 x Day 1 online players at €270+€30 plus 250 x Day 2 direct buy-ins at €2700+€300."

Day 1, not at Wembley (Online, or Live(?) qualification into Wembley)

Day 2 at Wembley

I think I get it now.

Day 1 is like a sat to get into Day Two or you can of course direct buyin?

think of Day 1 as like a really big DTD Grand Prix with lots of options to qualify to Wembley...only this time you can direct buy in to the Day 2 whereas you can't for the DTD Grand Prix


I am sure it will all be a lot clearer when specific details of qualification routes for Wembley are released

Quite easy to understand really. What about the other 2/3 people and those who live much much more than 1.5hrs from London?

The tourney was booked in at Wembley way before DTD were involved. It's not a UK specific tournament. The plan was for people to qualify from all over the world. London is probably the easiest place to get to from the rest of the world on account of how many flights arrive every day.

They live 2.5hrs away.....

My point is there is no more central place to have any event in the UK than London. Sure some people will have to travel a bit further if they want to come but then you get to buy mansions for £20 so its a trade-off. The median travel time means London is always the nut locale for any UK event

Good point well made. My point initially was elluding to that fact, and why do DTD need to get involved with someone elses comp in someone elses venue, but they are doing, so good luck, hope it is a massive success I jus not sure why they want to take such a big risk when they will only be sharing the congratultions and be helping to promote others if successful but if it flops then they will suffer a big knock to their own brand where as ISPT is not highly thought of anyway.

When it is a success I don't think DTD will be sharing many congratulations, Newy. It can only be a success with DTD.

 

Will you and the rest of the Best of British players be playing this before going off to Vegas James?

Yes I agree It will only be a success with DTD help but if it is u can gaurantee ISPT will be lording it as their successful comp with the help of their partner DTD unless I have mis interpretted the title of this thread. If it fails no 1 will give to hoots bout ISPT cos we all expected it to fail anyway but if it does fail then it will prob tarnish DTDs success. Thats all. Kinda negative free roll. Hope this not the case cos love DTD and all they have done. GL GL GL

Cheers for the spammaments Tighty

Good article.  Hope you're a good boy this year, or no presents for you this xmas ;)

Got to be at Webley on the Monday anyway to watch Brighton go up to the Prem so might as well hang about

If it is a success, everyone will know it was because of DTD, the poker community is small in this respect.

I actually think its a bigger statement for DTD to make a success of what the ISPT started, than to arrange a similar event of their own. If they did this in Nottingham they would be expected to be successful, but if they do the impossible, everyone in the poker world knows who they are. Then they can start to host more events outside the UK, host a WPT/EPT/WSOP major in Nottingham, or even open DTD 2 in Belgium or whatever, and everyone in poker will want to travel to the tournament ran by the guys who fixed the ISPT.  

Ha Ha... sounds like an awesome plan and just adds more credibility to the whole mission

If the tourney is a success Rob buys Wembley, sticks a roof on it and opens DTD London.

If (and when) the tourney is a success Rob is made Prime Minister and SAVES England  :)

this whole thing sounded ludicrous from the get go & coupled with the BTG it was just laughable in the extreme,

fair play to rob, if anyone can turn this around in the smallest of time frames he can...does anything ever phase this guy?

& sigh, sigh, sigh at realising i have a family wedding to attend in ireland on may 31st.

when will satellites take place for this?
will these be at DTD :)
i see some nice side events too 300,400,500,1000, 1800 buyins
satellites for all of them live at the club and on ipoker would be good

satellites now plzzzzzzzzz :)))

Hi Everyone,

Tightend has done a full Q & A with me on ISPT Wembley - we chatted over this Deepstack weekend, apologies if he left his updating duties for a couple of hours - it was good to speak to him actually, he is very pragmatic and I ask his opinion on poker issues regularly. He is going to type it up, put it in some reasonable order and post it on here.

Off to PokerStars party at Hippodrome now, need to try and win the EPT freeroll, Nick has put me on a budget now after this ISPT thing

Cheers Rob

P.S. Thanks for keeping the faith and not slaughtering me on this thread (thus far)

Please tell me DTD are getting paid up front by ISPT.

i think you have the respect of everyone one Rob, i hope this is a huge success. your Ambition and love for poker i think is clear to see with you taking this on knowing the risks. looking forward to hearing more updates :)

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lol. I chased today, no idea what is keeping Rob..... ;-0

A selection of press articles post the DTD announcement

http://pokerfuse.com/news/live-and-online/ispt-gains-credibility-dusk-till-dawn-guarantees-1m-winner-06-03/

http://www.theplayerchannel.com/news/news/dusk-till-dawn-partner-ispt-wembley-e1-million-guaranteed-to-the-winner/

http://www.ruffpoker.com/blog/dusk-till-dawn-looks-to-breathe-new-life-into-ispt/

http://pokerproeurope.co.uk/2013/03/03/dusk-till-dawn-partner-with-ispt-and-guarantee-first-place-at-e1-million/

http://www.wptmag.com/news.php?articleID=920

http://www.4flush.com/online-poker-news/will-the-ispt-be-successful-with-dtd-in-the-mix/12614

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/15099-ispt-sees-1-million-guaranteed-to-winner

and another one

http://calvinayre.com/2013/03/05/poker/stupid-poker-tour-dtd-guarantees-1m-euro-game-on/

Can I spam all my other articles here if I end them with "that ISPT thing looks good"?

BTW when you finally get around to the Q&A, I for one would love to see some example payouts based on say 200/400/600/800/1000 runners etc

There should be an announcement with further detail later today, that answers most of the Q and A

Within it the "ISPT Official Payout and Structure" is contained

Press release

Simon Trumper releases Official ISPT Payout and Structure

Press release PART 2

Simon Trumper releases Official ISPT Payout and Structure

Official Payout

Press release

Simon Trumper releases Official ISPT Payout and Structure

OK, the previous 4 posts contain links to PDFs of the Press release, payout scenarios and Structure

Click, download in Adobe and read

The press release to accompany the Payout and Structure schedules above

 
Simon Trumper releases Official ISPT Payout and Structure

ISPT Wembley Tournament Director, Simon ‘Aces’ Trumper, is a true legend in UK poker. In 2004, he topped the European Rankings amassing over $1 million in tournament winnings and became a household name by winning Channel 4’s Late Night Poker. In 2006, he joined fellow poker players, Rob Yong and Nick Whiten, as the third founding member of Dusk Till Dawn, Europe’s largest live poker venue. Seven years on Simon was awarded European Staff Person at the GPI European Poker Awards and Best UK Card Room Manager at the Bluff UK Poker Awards. Following on from last week’s press conference, Simon has released further details about the format of ISPT Wembley.

 “When the DTD ISPT agreement was reached, I was asked by ISPT to conduct a review of their current format. The addition of the €1 million guarantee to the winner presents a small window of opportunity to make certain refinements but going forward, there will be no changes to the payout, structure, format or concept. After discussions with fellow poker players such as The Hendon Mob and other respected poker people, I am pleased to confirm that ISPT have agreed to the following;

Official ISPT Payout & Structure

The €1 million guarantee to the winner must be concrete but also easily understood; to ensure complete transparency we have published the ISPT Official Payout. The payout needs to be smooth and factor in the new €1 million guarantee; therefore 50% of the players at Wembley will make the money with a min cash of €540, with 85% of the prize money paid to the top 10% of places. I believe this is the most suitable payout to reward Day 1 €270 players for making Day 2 whilst incentivising Day 2 €2700 direct buy ins. The Main Event will use the WSOP main event structure but with a progressive clock, Day’s 2 and 3 will be 60 minute levels, Day’s 4 and 5 will increase to 75 minute levels and Day 6 will be 90 minute levels.  http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/press-release-payout.pdf

Friday Day 2a

Wembley Stadium has been booked from Friday 31st May, so we are able to make Friday Day 2a which gives all players the extra choice of playing Day 2 on Friday or Saturday. Players who are eliminated on Friday Day 2a will have the option to re-enter into Saturday Day 2b for €2700+€300. The number of re-entries will be very low because the vast majority of the field will make it through to Day 3, but this should make the tournament more financially attractive to Day 1 non UK players who face extra travel costs and are short stacked, with this change these players can now choose to play Friday Day 2a leaving themselves the option to re-enter on Saturday should they bust out with a short stack on Friday.

UK Live Day 1’s & Live Satellites

There will be at least 8 Online Day 1’s taking place during May on DTD’s online poker room, www.dusktilldawnpoker.com, however, many poker players do still prefer to play live, especially at buy-ins over £200. Our monthly £300 Deepstack gives players the choice to play Day 1 live or online - 100 players choose online and 400 players choose live. With this in mind, there will be at least 4 Live Day 1’s at the DTD Club, with 10% taking their chips through to Day 2 at Wembley. DTD has capacity for 500 live Day 1 players and players that make Day 2 will have the option to travel on complementary coaches that we will organise from DTD to Wembley on Friday Day 2a and Saturday Day 2b. We will also be rolling out a live satellite program to win Day 2 €2700+€300 seats, these live satellites will be held in casino card rooms across the UK with the successful players receiving 50,000 chips and the choice of playing Day 2a or Day 2b.

The Poker Room at Wembley

ISPT has hired the pitch and all of Wembley’s conference rooms including the Bobby Moore, The Atrium, The Great Hall and The Wembley Suite, all areas have been licensed for the poker tournament. The plan is to have 200 poker tables on the pitch, protected from any rain but in keeping with the ‘wow – are we really playing poker on the pitch at Wembley feeling’, Wembley’s events team are working alongside ISPT and DTD on the best possible solution, there are a number of workable options. The conference rooms will also have 200 poker tables, whilst the weather in June should be suitable to play on the pitch, we cannot be over confident after experiencing the acts of god that have thwarted DTD’s guarantees in the past – snow, floods, earthquakes and hurricanes are regularly sent to Nottingham coincidentally when we have a large guarantee to hit.

Side Events & Cash Games

I prefer not to finalise the side events schedule just yet, I would like to have a better idea on the main event player numbers before we publish the full week’s tournaments. There will be a comprehensive selection of side events and in addition to these, we are also in discussions with EPSTlive.com, Poker.ro, APAT, Sky Poker Tour, Genting Poker Series and Blackbelt Poker Live to have their own branded side event during the ISPT week. In terms of cash games, we are in discussions with casino card rooms in London to provide ISPT players with transport from Wembley and we hope to confirm details as soon.


Simon ‘Aces’ Trumper

Oh shit, this really does sound like a must play!

WEM BUH LEEE, WEM BUH LEEE

It all just sounds so...plausible now.

God bless DTD.

I have been transformed from a "this has absolutely no chance and is the last thing the industry needs" man to a "tell me where to sign up" sort.

Que sera,
Whatever will be, will be,
Playing poker at Wembley,
Que sera, sera.

 ;hattip; ;sark;

 I wish I could fast forward to the middle of June to see how this turns out.

I'm looking forward to this now. At the very least it will be a sick brag on Facebook to non-poker friends :)

Was expecting more online day ones though to meet the lofty ambitions!

Still, like where this is heading :)

this.


so much love for Rob and all the crew   ;tightend;

a little sprinkle of DTD magic dust goes a long way. where do i sign!!!!

Hi, the link to full ISPT payout/structure press release here, it was been sent out today, apologies about the first paragraph http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/press-release-payout.pdf

any questions about ISPT Wembley, feel free to post on here or PM me

Cheers Aces

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c17/JCtheMessiah/ispt-gte.png)

Payout examples make it a lot easier for people to understand.  Simples really.

well i will be in vegas so it no for me

Hi

We have the beginnings of a landing page for ISPT within our DTD own site, information will be added into here regularly, the "format" tab gives a good summary of the event. I am full time of this for the next 12 weeks so PM me, mail me, call me, post on here any questions

Landing page http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ or you can access from the DTD home page

Cheers Aces

Looks very good

for example

(http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ispt-sat-tree2.jpg)

Assuming i am seated on the pitch  within center circle how long will it take me to reach "smoking area" 

We have a site meeting Wednesday to cover off all these items, however I'm pretty sure it's none smoking within the stadium.

I'll let you know the details once I have them.

Are you allowed to qualify more than once for ISPT? If you qualify twice do you get 3000euros in cash? I heard Partouche did that for their qualifiers...

This may be somewhere else in the thread but what is the time difference between the day 1's and day 2.  I am in Jamaica and would have to book a flight if I qualified and dont really fancy last minute prices.

Hi Nico

The same rule will apply as we do with our Grand Prix. If you wish to play an additional Day 1 having finished with a short stack for Day 2 at Wembley you have the option to enter a subsequent Day 1 but in doing so will forfeit your initial stack, this of course will only be used by players who have to travel and have a super short stack eg less than 20bb for Day 2 which starts at 100 200.

Cheers

Aces

What's the clock online?

15 minutes

Aces

Yeah sounds incred now.

Can't wait!

What's the plan for putting 10% through when you've not got a multiple of 10 runners?

If there's 55 runners on a day 1 is it 5 or 6 making day 2?

cash prize for 6th?

Would be 5. Always rounded down with ISPT €300 Day 1 tokens given to places 6-10.

Here is a podcast I did earlier today for a a Romanian poker show, affiliated to Poker.ro, ISPT's Romanian partner...............errrrrm, i need some practice!

http://pesteprajit.ro/pesteprajit/interviu+simon+trumper/

If any media people read this thread, I am available for interviews for the next 12 weeks over email/phone/skype/radio/TV (hint TK)

Aces

Just listened to Simon's podcasrt, must admit that I too was very sceptical od the ISPT event, however I now know that this will be a success, I am therefore taking over this thread as my own. Any questions please send them to Simon kthx.

great thread Dewi

tyty

great interview :)

when will the sats online and at club start? sooner the better :))

Spooky - I contacted Rob yesterday to ask him or you to come on the Show.

This whole thing is just wonderful. And it's only the beginning, there will be more, bigger & better fom DTD in the coming years. Wanna bet?

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!

Dewi is to blonde threads what DTD is to poker tournaments.

Really looking forward to taking a shot at this don't know how many people I've now told there is going to be a poker tournament at wembley. Although was in Manchester playing last night and no body seemed to know anything about it! If you want me to your the uk card rooms promoting let me know I take a flat fee of £100/hour plus nandos expenses

Hi Simon,

Good luck to all of you at DTD on this venture – if anyone can make it work then DTD can – you are the Carlsberg of the poker world……

After reading the thread there seems to be a bit of confusion, just wandered if you could clarify for me.

There will be at least 4 Live Day 1’s at the DTD Club, with 10% taking their chips through to Day 2 at Wembley / live satellites will be held in casino card rooms across the UK with the successful players receiving 50,000 chips and the choice of playing Day 2a or Day 2b.

Why is there a difference in qualifying at dtd or at another uk card room?

What do you anticipate the ave chip stack going through to day 2 from the live 4xday1 at dtd?

The 8 on-line sats you have planned, will they have 10% going through to day2 at Wembley ? will they receive 50k or take their finishing chips through?

Will there be feeder sats into the day 1 sats?

Good luck Stevie. At Wembley twice in 12 months would be a great achievement. This year for poker and next year for the Championship play-offs if you are lucky.

Im 99% sure that you take through your online stack to day 2

Definitely this otherwise it's just a load of satellites.

They aren't sats, they're all classed as day 1. It's a €270 buy in NOT €2700. You just have the option to buy straight in to day 2 with 10x the stack people who bought in to day 1 got.

As it's 10% going through the average is going to be approximately 10x whatever the day 1 people start with.

It won't be exactly 10x because there won't be an exact multiple of 10 playing each day 1. Simon said they're rounding it down so it's going to be slightly over.

Everyone who buys in direct to day though will bring it back towards 10x the day 1 stack.

Hi avillan

the online day1s or live day1s are exactly that the day1 top 10% go to wembley with whatever chips they mass in the day1

We will be doing feeder sats trees from €2 to get a €300 day1 seat this will allow you to use online or live day1s on DTD 

the live satellites are sats these play for a €3k worth ticket that gets you into day 2 with 50k starting chips

hope that helps

Dewi thread + DTD organisation.


FML no turning back now.

I am officicially starting to understand the whole concept now as I was curious to certain things, but the podcast with Simon has cleared things up. However a couple of questions.

1) There are mentions of 10% going through. If there are 100 players and 11 players when the game stops, what happens to 11th? or is that a silly question? Does everyone actually go through who has remaining chips?

2) If you direct buyin for 3k, are you already guaranteed 540 back through min cash or have I mis-read?

3) How on earth do you BAP this up if you have gone through Day 1 and made Day two? A good question for you stake genuises out there ;)

1) with 100 players there will be 10 places into Wembley the 11th spot will get €300 token for another shot
2) No we will be paying 50% of the day2 field so you don't automatically cash in day2
3) leave this one for the stakers to work out..............

Great concept, possibly rescued by DTD. Well done

In for helping on the live updates at Wembley if needed

Hi,

Just had some really good news – I can confirm that Genting UK have now agreed to officially support DTD with ISPT Wembley, this will help us reach out to thousands more poker players uk wide at grass roots level by advertising, promoting and running ISPT live satellites across Genting’s UK casino card rooms directly into Day 2a and Day 2b at Wembley, Simon and myself plan to visit every Genting card room beforehand to answer any questions their card room staff may have. During ISPT week, transport will be provided to Genting’s London based casinos such as The Mint and Palm Beach, who will be hosting cash games at all levels. Genting are working on adding a Genting Poker Series ‘special Wembley event’ to the ISPT side events schedule and also moving June’s Genting Poker Big Game to Wembley. I’d like to thank everyone at Genting for their support on this one.

Cheers Rob

Well done .

 Great news Rob.......a lot of work between now and then , but all very exciting. :)

Hi Everyone

Here is a link to the ISPT 2 + 2 podcast I did at 7am yesterday morning, it starts about 40 minutes through.

http://pokercast.s3.amazonaws.com/twoplustwo_262.mp3

and here is confirmation of Genting's backing in Bluff

http://www.bluffeurope.com/poker-news/en/Genting-backing-for-ISPT_13090.aspx

We expect to announce the €270 + €30 ISPT Live and Online Day 1 dates within the next few days and we are planning to start online feeders and satellites into these ISPT Day 1's on Monday 22nd April. Suffice to say, there will be the biggest satellites that we have every done!

Cheers Aces

We spent the last 2 days at Wembley Simon as always finds the time for the photo opportunity?

Tightys home for the week.

Bagsy the window seat.

That looks quite a way from the pitch - hope you've a good pair of walking boots Tighty.

This looks good, cant wait.

Mobile phones
semaphore
carrier pigeon
two cans on a piece of string

ways and means, ways and means

loads of cameras over the players and tighty can multi-table

(http://img.youtube.com/vi/UOFLcd3sX80/0.jpg)

Zip wire ftw

Needs 2 be a two man team, 1 on the ground with a walkie talkie the other at the laptop typing it up. I could help:

"Millidonk calling big bird, come in big bird, over"
"This is big bird, reading you fives millidonk, go ahead, over"
"We have an all in pre on table 11134, seat 2 rastafish vs seat 8 jason herbert, hands are Ace of clubs, Ace of spades vs 2 of clubs, 2 of spades, rastafish needs a lot of help in this one... Flop HA, Kh, Kd, turn,  2d................ River,  2h, OMG.... the crowd is going crazy, people are running on the pitch, there are high fives everywhere, over"

"Didn't copy, say again, over"
"Fuck you, over and out"

Could work..

Missed a sitter millidonk

Some of the crowd are on the pitch .....they think its all over...2 on the river it is now !!

Aaaany chance I could join you if I'm able to make it there, for old times sake? (i.e. if my mate in london lets me stay at his place for a week)

I would think so JG

I have a proposal into DTD, as its going to take several people to do the event justice

Once that is sorted I will contact people

Ah lovely, would absolute adore to be a part of helping out providing I don't miraculously end up playing it!

UK Gambling Commission issues Dusk Till Dawn with TUN to operate ISPT Wembley

Following a meeting with the UK Gambling Commission at Wembley Stadium, the UK Gambling Commission has issued a TUN (temporary use notice) to Dusk Till Dawn to operate the ISPT poker tournament at Wembley Stadium.

Never mind that....are we allowed a kick about, after getting knocked out.

^^^^^^ this. Do balls get confiscated?

Should all come in football shirts, imo.

First time a wednesday shirt would have been seen in Wembley.... well for 20 years! :D :D

and last

Just downloaded the DTD software but I can't seem to find the ISPT tourneys. Can anyone help? :/

They haven't been announced yet

It was the ISPT Launch party last night at the Mayfair hotel, next to the Palm Beach in London

Armed with camera, I snapped away until the lights were lowered and the dancing started


I, er, enjoyed myself

Some photos follow

About 200 of the biggest names in UK and European poker attended, from poker household name players many of whom are hoped will buy-in direct for the Day Two at Wembley to a variety of Industry representatives.

DTD Girls, and dancers too

I hope I got the right balance. (possibly)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-IeQB8PMcrFI/UUQvaklpwOI/AAAAAAAAewg/rAFwxuGJH7s/s825/DSC01963.JPG)

Simon Trumper and Rob Yong

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YpFlRcSHXpQ/UUQvgaSMGDI/AAAAAAAAexI/kg52Zb8thxA/s825/DSC01968.JPG)

It was a tough gig. However I took one for the team

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Skalie and Kevin O'Connell

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-I3KisOseoAk/UUQvcVQV4aI/AAAAAAAAewo/GcvwpKhITGk/s552/DSC01964.JPG)

Prosper Masquelier, third from left, and friends

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-eYnpswXcwVs/UUQvtb_PsCI/AAAAAAAAey4/wMB2zBqpEy8/s825/DSC01985.JPG)

Fresh from reaching the final of EPT London earlier that day, Chris Moorman on the right talking to Rhys "floppinhell" Jones

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xSxjuTcFX50/UUQv8EqcMBI/AAAAAAAAe0w/OekGQ4ttKzU/s552/DSC02002.JPG)

Rumit Somaiya talking to Simon Trumper

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Flushy with the cardroom manager of the Palm Beach

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ezu3eFQgSuA/UUQv9fSI9TI/AAAAAAAAe04/wXK-rBSEZg0/s552/DSC02003.JPG)

On the left Simon Tomsett of Genting Poker

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-FX1zPulLAlg/UUQv6bghyzI/AAAAAAAAe0g/LI-SmE34eQE/s825/DSC01999.JPG)

If its sunny on the pitch in early June, we are going to be alright then

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-pLw-bRrZrB0/UUQvrCpLJXI/AAAAAAAAeyk/FYRtnCXzGiQ/s825/DSC01981.JPG)

Marina and Alex Ottewell

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Tt_wL-hTGhM/UUQv2bw8Z9I/AAAAAAAAe0E/sWT7DxsaoxM/s552/DSC01995.JPG)

Mr and Mrs Joe Beevers

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NokkGvWmXsQ/UUQv1f8PCGI/AAAAAAAAez4/7FUdM0fMiSs/s552/DSC01994.JPG)

James Mitchell, Toby Lewis, Jake Cody et all

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-sj5cmUkl-BI/UUQvr_NVhMI/AAAAAAAAeys/xWbnbkgBktk/s825/DSC01983.JPG)

Devilfish

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-rZbqYVbiZpA/UUQvn3SuyXI/AAAAAAAAeyI/6vOIMsIjM_c/s552/DSC01978.JPG)

APAT's Des Duffy. APAT are holding the APAT Masters, the first side event of ISPT Wembley

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-JHiXdLkvNmw/UUQvpboRfrI/AAAAAAAAeyQ/t2-aBfVCKYE/s552/DSC01979.JPG)

The band

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Sy0tviC1DIU/UUQveYkSePI/AAAAAAAAew4/zr03usPqG00/s825/DSC01966.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1I3IJy3l0ac/UUQvfqAlYCI/AAAAAAAAexA/VRyaUNMCODs/s825/DSC01967.JPG)

At this stage I wasn't sure who these two ladies were, but I felt compelled to ask for a photo

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-P0-xPaiiKL4/UUQvsi8rVwI/AAAAAAAAey0/12nbYZTDDHE/s552/DSC01984.JPG)


then, a bloke brought a step ladder out, mid party.

I arched an eyebrow

The first girl climbed the step-ladder

The other eyebrow raised

and she climbed into a giant glass bowl on four stilts


What follows is purely to give you an accurate reflection of the event, and in no way reflects that I had an excuse to hang around with a camera

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(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Pvvk5UNz0DE/UUQvwxpoiPI/AAAAAAAAezU/TS4EIc_yJbk/s552/DSC01988.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wTPSEQSBxeA/UUQvyfJVkUI/AAAAAAAAezg/1VOUbX9Kp_E/s825/DSC01990.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ZgeIG_sv7o0/UUQv3YUNc7I/AAAAAAAAe0I/g7D-5FTrSW0/s552/DSC01996.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-NgQ88qhlgtI/UUQv0Y8xCEI/AAAAAAAAezw/0RO-U6Y1alk/s552/DSC01993.JPG)

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Jk44W1dV9u0/UUQv7eLcxoI/AAAAAAAAe0s/kcJeV2ZnYeE/s552/DSC02001.JPG)

This man was getting ready, and the likes of Sam Trickett, Matt Perrins, JP Kelly, Neil Channing, Snoopy1239 and others arrived

I knew my photo opps were coming to an end...

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pLxvFXj02-g/UUQvqOcZZ-I/AAAAAAAAeyY/CnH6JBSZDjg/s825/DSC01980.JPG)

So I decided I had better make the most of it

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(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-eJf69fzrJrA/UUQvm5YXQjI/AAAAAAAAeyA/KeA4aktVaxk/s552/DSC01976.JPG)

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jhaSrJQpeM8/UUQvijqNb6I/AAAAAAAAexY/GRoiW4DgcfQ/s825/DSC01970.JPG)

A good night.

Watch out for news of the ISPT Satellites on DTD Poker, and how you can qualify for Wembley (girls in glass bowls not guaranteed), in the next few days.......

Good going to all at DTD for having the heart to get involved with something like this, where would we be without risk takers.  I heard about DTD's involvement a while back through the grape vine but was told that they were GTD'ing €5 million, which I thought was ludicrous but with the DTD brand very Credible..

Wish all at DTD success on this venture and who knows what the future holds, maybe all card rooms in the UK will be using DTD as a solutions supplier for there large comps, whatever happens I'm sure that Dusk Till Dawn will be positioned as a major worldwide tournament contender...

Hats off to you all again...

will there be direct sats to the 3000E entry?


Also what is the starting stack of the 300E tourney

If the average is going to be about 50k for day two

will that mean that the 300E tourneys starting stack be 5k?

;applause;

But seems bad for 300E

Guys - the structure for the Day 1's is brilliant, blinds start at 10 20 with 15 min clock online, so you start with 250 big blinds. its basically the WSOP main event structure divided by 10  i.e. its exactly same as starting with 50,000 chips at 100-200 and using the WSOP structure.

Here is link

http://www.ispt-poker.co.uk/couk/program/course/


Cheers Aces

Structure looks excellent. Great work.

Just a couple of questions please Simon and apologies if they've already been answered:

When do expect the money bubble to burst? Is there a risk it could be on day 2 with the way the payouts work?

If you get through day 1 ca you select which day 2 you play or is it fixed?

Thanks

Matt

Didn't know it started at 10 20

Very excited now

Hi Matt, no chance of hitting the bubble on a Day 2, it will be on day 3.

You will have the option to choose which day 2 to play unless of course we get to the point we need to cap:)

Ceers

Aces

When will full details be announced?

A few sats have run on various dubious poker skins already

(http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ispt-sat-tree3-top.jpg)

(http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ispt-sat-tree3-bottom.jpg)


The Qualification process in the picture is now up at http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ under Format> Day ones where you can see the above in larger font

Freerolls, Feeders, Mega Sats with Guaranteed Seats and Live and Online Day Ones.......

That's a ridiculous amount of gtd seats in the satellites

Dusk till dawn are literally the nuts...

 :)up  ;hattip; ;slavedriver;

Wow just Wow

If you win more than one ME seat, do you get multiple tickets to use on multiple day 1s?

Time to start grinding the freerolls

Amazing amount of guaranteed seats

The questions on multiple seats are answered at the bottom of the satellite sheet on the previous page

penciled in that facebook freeroll :)
wow these gtd are amazing, just need to make sure every poker player knows about them.

QUESTION SIMON
the £300 day1 live at the club.
would it be possible to have a live satelite into this?

example 10seats GTD
£30 +1reload similar format to XXL in week, run this one night wed or thursday insted of normal tourney or alongside?

i think im come to conclusion that online sats are not for me, putting it politely lol

you could run these very soon and people would def play them :)

Yes, and if you make Day 2, any seats will be refunded in €300 cash. The rules are at the bottom of the schedule if you look at web site.

Cheers Aces

Are the sats all rebuys

Is it totally impossible to change or the date or do you just think you can still make it despite lots of players being in vegas at the time

Simon was saying on the podcast for 2+2 that you have to book Wembley about 2 years in advance, hence they are stuck with these dates.

I think by GTD so many seats with a 300 buy in.... it will attract alot of mid stakes players who don't usually make Vegas.

Whos bothered about Vegas this year, not me it's all about Wemboliiiiiiiiii   ;karabiner;

It was booked 2 years ago when they were odds-on to buy Full Tilt, I think 2 years is pretty much the notice you have to give Wembley speaking to them. Noway the date can be changed, Springsteen is playing a few days later!

We may add some feeder freeze outs, feeder RB's are at least 2x more popular than freeze out feeders (i guess because they 'can' be cheaper although a £2RB feeder averages the same as a £6 feeder), if you can change the poker community to like freeze out feeders we can have 100% freeze outs.

Cheers Aces

Yeahman, of course, there will be some last minute live sats into the Club Day 1's, but not the size of the GTD seats as the ones online. Probably 10-20 seats GTD level same as we do for £300 Deepstack, definitely Friday night before the Day 1 at Club. If there is demand, we can look at Wed and Thu. Cheers Aces

Fellow poker players, please help me spread the word about the ISPT Wembley on facebook and twitter, we only have 1800 unique views so far, we need about 5,000 players in the Day 1's to meet our target of 500 players in Day 1's, I can't see many playing the Day 1's who have not read this web site so clearly we have some awareness to do!

10 SEAT FACEBOOK FREEROLL- 22ND APRIL "post" this link : http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ on your Facebook wall AND "like" the web page and you will be eligible to play the Online Facebook Freeroll with 10 x €300 Day 1 seats being given away on Monday 22nd April

10 SEAT TWITTER FREEROLL- 29TH APRIL "Tweet" this link http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ and you will be eligible to play the Online Twitter Freeroll with 10 x €300 Day 1 seats being given away on Monday 29th April

You must save the post/tweet or take a screenshot as proof to claim your free Day 1 seat should you win one of these freerolls

Cheers Aces

 Done

Me and Alun Bowden were tweeting about this, so might as well talk about it here.

Great idea to guarantee so many seats. It seems likely at some point DTD are going to pay an overlay, so much better to pay some of it in the satellites to ensure a big turnout on the day.

Balls are well and truly tingling. Wembley!  Wembley!

Certainly going to have a go at the FB and Twitter freerolls if nowt else.

What sort of structure would the freerolls have in terms of starting chips/blinds/clock? Unbelievably good offer on the face of it!

unbelievably good offer full stop even if it's 100 chip stacks and blinds at 50/100 on a 2 minute clock

I'd quite enjoy that if it was the actual structure

Lol, starting position would be rather important... there are some really good freerolls on the ipoker network on a weekly/monthly basis, 10 minute levels etc depending on your 'VIP' status. Would it be similar to these? I admit my question isn't too relevant to many as (a) it's free and (b) will therefore be played regardless! It might attract more people to play it if it's a decent structure and seen as less of a lottery?

Only just read up about this event. I am now very excited!! Sick amount of satellite seats gtd. I cant wait till it all gets started!

Bit of fun :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyrHh9lx6JA&feature=youtu.be

Does the winner get a trophy?

and get to walk up the wembley steps!?

An FA Cup replica would work ;)

€1m not enough.  :dontask: rotflmfao

Production costs of that video could have covered the guarantee

that video is epic!!! :)))
great job tingling sensations, wowee gotta be wembly, even if i fail for main i wana do sides at least  ;yippee;

As I dont have twitter cud i tweet from girfriends account. Would I still be eligible for freeroll as I am still spreadig the word? Failing that What about if I shouted really loud from bedroom window?

Or sign up for Twitter?? lol

Loved it!!!!

How much would that sort of thing cost to produce?

They actually produced it a few years ago, a version of that video was the first thing that came out about the ISPT.

Yes, how could you not get a trophy at Wembley?

Play for Bradford

Yes I will get a trophy no I won't be walking up the steps

After all the great work in trying to undo the 'work' ISPT had previously done in promoting this, I think that DTD giving more publicity to that ridiculous video, which will only lead to potential players getting wholly unrealistic assumptions about the event, is a mistake.

Hi Guys

Simon is holding a Facebook Freeroll  for everyone who shares his Facebook Post.

Please share this image - http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=433269496765866&set=a.222388477853970.51168.100002484586086&type=1&theater

AND like this page - http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/

To be eligible please do the above :)

Cheers Nicola

Andrew, lighten up, if you look at the video Simon's says "a bit of fun", goodness me, i remember 6 years ago when the DTD idea was first announced on Blondepoker and we were fighting for the licence to open the Club and hold £50 freezouts, 6 years later we have got a licence to hold an event in Wembley Stadium FFS and we are guaranteeing a million for the winner. What do you want DTD to focus on - same old/same old that everyone does just as good as DTD now? How many new poker players will this create in the UK, probably more that all the events at DTD for the other 51 weeks of the year put together, imagine, if the UK had something huge like this every year, honestly, Andrew, I need people to get behind me on this one, not to nit pick. What is the greatest poker tournament to happen so far in UK poker? Can someone tell me what we have to beat?

Cheers Rob

I think the video looks really good.

Can't see what Andrew's going on about at all. Where's these wholly unrealistic assumptions? It mentions a €1m guarantee to the winner then has some flashing lights and stuff the same as any advert.

Did you want a "this video may not portray actual events" disclaimer or something?

The video is really good? Yes it's obv cheesy, hyped up, etc, but you only have to look at how the WSOP ME is marketed to see this works and sells. I also think the'potential players' need to be given a little more credit - the idea of the video is to capture their interest, from where they'll do their own research etc. And if they don't, I can't see how playing poker at Wembley with thousands can go that far below expectations!  ;) 

I would probably share Simon's Facebook ISPT post, but after searching him on Facebook he must have removed me as a friend. Unless he has deleted, but saying content unavailable. It seems very weird.

Already tweeted it.

Pop this post and image up on your facebook, job done. Fairly sure Simon wouldn't delete anyone from his DTD facebook page. Wants to reach as many people as possible, clearly

FACEBOOK & TWITTER ONLINE FREEROLLS - 20 SEATS FOR ISPT WEMBLEY €1M 1ST PRIZE GTD. Please SHARE THIS POST and LIKE THIS WEB PAGE http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ to be eligible to play the Facebook Freeroll. Thanks for your help :)

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The links provided in this thread say "content unavailable"

I have searched Simon Trumper and do not get his DTD page, where as I did previously. So something is wrong somewhere.

May post image at later stage.

lol, overreact much.

Way too much, think the vid looks really good actually.

Oh no, I'm Debbie Downer.

I can see that, maybe, for someone new to this, it would be seen as nothing more than 'just an advert' - I guess that my judgement was clouded by the knowledge that, when this video was first released, it seemed to be a genuine taster of what ISPT thought was going to happen, with 90,000 people watching in the stands and cheering like they're watching David Bowie scoring the winning goal in a World Cup final.

Go look up what trolling is Aaron.

Maybe what you should have said is that the video is cheesy?

+1 gl gl

Hi Aaron

Just search Simon Aces Trumper on facebook you can share the post even if you're not his friend. He won't have deleted anyone (not sure he'd know how lol) just add him as a friend again :)

It's worth it for a shot at the freeroll!

Cheers Nicola

best poker comp ever in the UK, well if you get close to bB1 at broadways you are doing well maybe not the biggest or the most well known but most enjoyable and that's what poker should be about for us hobby players, anyone know what happened to that guy Simon that won it I don't see him playing much these days

Got an e-mail about these ISPT Freerolls for sharing/retweeting etc...

Will I need to create an account on dusktilldawnpoker.com, or can I play the satellite on any account on the iPoker network?

Sorry if this has been asked and answered already.

You need to be on DTD.

Good luck.

any idea when the live day 1s are ??

...

11th, 18th and 25th of May at DTD

Thanks :)

Hi Simon

Firstly - great job on this - looks like it's going to be fantastic. Quick q though:

What is the structure for the live day 1's please? 5k starting at a live event with big numbers sounds like a bit of a lottery. The online structure looks fine but converting that to live to fit in 1 day (to get to 10% field) sounds tricky. Do DTD have 10/20 chip denominations at the club? If not decided yet I personally think most would prefer an earlier start with longer levels to offset the stack.

Also just an idea, but suspect as you are targeting the low stake/new player spectrum that accommodation costs for day2 onwards will be a consideration for many people to play, esp when you will likely need to make day 3 to min cash..also appreciating that offering accommodation in the satellite packages is not an option for the £300 players, as Wembley is not in play until day 2, this does leave a bit of a barrier IMO. To combat this could you also consider online feeders direct to day 2 with an add-on package for digs? Also, for the rest, maybe an affiliation with a large hotel chain where you could promote them at Wembley for a return of a chunky discount available to players over the period? I know you talk about London being in commuting range for many but most players will want to stay local so to be as fresh as possible for what 'could' be 5 days straight at Wembley.

Either way, I am sure it will be a success and congrats to you, Rob & co for balls of steel and aspirations to be marvelled at.

Cheers
Rob

Thanks, have now signed up :)

RobM - 5000 chips is huge given starting blinds 10/20 (exact same as 50000 chips starting at 100/200 - still 250 bb's)... i'd presume it will be the same starting stack as the live day 1s as it has to mirror the format of the online day 1s. This structure has more play than the £500 deepstack events at DTD, which are great themselves.

I mean, if they don't have the chip denominations, they just have to make it a 50k starting stack and times everything by 10, dividing by 10 at the end of the day.

How is live going to be a lottery when it will have an identical structure (with longer levels obv)??

Spot on The Atkinator, live Day 1's have always been planned to be 37.5 min clock / 50k chips / start at 100/200. Then divide by 10 for starting stack. 100%, completely, absolutely the same. Simple, and the very least of my problems, please guys, I need web site hits :)

New picture of the satellite tree for you

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Sick rubs :P

May have already been asked but anyway...

Can you win more than 1 Day 2 seat to use as a second bullet?

Yes, win as many Day 1 seats as you like, when you make Day 2, the remaining seats are refunded. Cheers Rob

I'm wondering why the satellite program doesn't start for almost a month?

Why not start it now and give more people maximum chance to qualify?

Or are there tons of logistics still to sort before things can 'kick off'?

My decision this one, I am gambling on massive impact of 200 seats GTE on first Sunday. Doing the odd 10 seats beforehand makes no difference to this campaign, ISPT have focussed on European marketing so we are playing catch up in the UK- defo need 4 more weeks of hammering the message. I want optimum number of people to know everything about the event before we even start sat program. The poker world will be watching the first satellite, 200 seats is about right to start off for an event of this scale.

Makes sense, thanks.

was thinking same this explains why and makes sense hoping to bag a few day 1s

Sorry probably the way I worded it....What I mean is, can you win multiple €3k Day 2 seats to use for a re-entry?

Is any part of the torn played on the pitch itself. Im guessing not and it will be all in the function rooms?

The pitch will have 150-200 tables and there also will be 150-200 tables in the Bobby Moore Suite - in case of some sort of serious weather disaster. It's 100% everyone's intention to play the event on the pitch, under some light cover, we are meeting the company who is making the cover tomorrow. I don't think DTD would have taken this project on if it was not possible to at least play most of the event on the pitch, it may be that it makes sense to bring the event into one of the rooms overlooking the pitch when its down 20-25 tables for a better atmosphere/easier for filming, anyone know the weather forecast for May 31st - June 5th?!

Cloudy and rain.  Chance of snow, probably.

Cloudy and not very warm according to this :(

http://www.metcheck.com/UK/180days.asp?MonthOf=6&zipcode=London#.UVLRMjU6Cs0

Long range forecasts may go down as well as up. You may lose your home if there is a tornado


http://www.metcheck.com/UK/180days.asp?MonthOf=6&zipcode=ha9#.UVLQQRzTqSo

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Ha imagine if you could sell long range weather forecasts

fyp

Pretty gutted that I cannot play this.Abroad with work,flying back to UK on the 4th of June. However I will do all I can to support and encourage as many people to enter as possible as I make donating trips to The Hippodrome and the Vic in coming weeks.Will deffo head to Wembley straight from the airport on the 4th just to rail and say I was there. Good luck to the DTD management on this. Despite all they have on they are still running a charity month in April at DTD,massive respect for that.

Rob do you have any plans to target players at grass roots level ( I understand that Dtd might support some poker league ATM) I was at a charity poker event this week and there was about 40 people and I was suprised to find that despite them all playing home/pub games only a couple had heard of this event. I got cramp writing out the website for these people.

There is also a local pub game that may get 50 runners so will pop along there and see what the craic is and gauge interest.

I have spammed the life out of Facebook  and initially thought I would just be preaching to the converted but it was suprising how many people in the local casino have been asking what they have to do to be involved in the freerolls.

Almost everybody has some sort of grasp of poker these days ( just look at the numbers playing zinga etc), and whilst getting 1600 to ante up €3000 is one way to crack this comp, getting 160,000 people to play a €30 sat skins the same cat.

Jason, you're BACK, err, yeh, defo agree with you, the €30 level is where this is won or lost, would need way to many €2 players and there are not enough €300 or €3000 players. Opinions differ on how many players know about this event, I think its a small %, other tell me everyone knows, either way, over the next 4 weeks, we will be working as hard as we can on awareness. Welcome back, take Aarron with you next time please, he for sure needs a break - soon. Loads of stuff happening at moment, grass roots will be targeted for sure.

Cheers Rob

Rob, I think a lot know about it, but not many understand it or know exactly what it's about.

Needs the right message to get to the right people. Those who aren't likely to part with more than £30 or so need a different message to those who are likely to buy directly into Day 1 or even Day 2.

I think the message that goes out needs to be simple to understand and pass on. I was telling someone about it the other day, and couldn't really convey all the details and so my message was a bit garbled. He was interested in it though and was going to tell his friends as well. Not sure what he's going to tell them though as it could be a case of Chinese Whispers.

Thanks for the welcome back. :)

Rob et al at DTD

Love the idea and as its at the home of English football could you try to get some info put onto football websites eg footymad.

Im going to make a thread on my teams to see if theres any interest.

cheers good luck with it

The more I read about the details the more excited I'm getting, like when I was 10 going toys r us!!! :))))
I'm certainly playing feeders and day1s at dtd though main buyin is way off my budget.

Have you considered billboards rob? I know seeing them driving past would turn alot of head!! ( hopefully not too long crash!!!lol) also it would give interest to alot of people who have the cash but not the poker connections to find out about it. They may be expensive but havin some around football stadiums would be a great idea to get it out there! :)

Need to get myself in the 300 and final table to fund the wembley,
keep up the good work :)

lots more photos coming but yesterday was a day for testing at Wembley for the ISPT...

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In the current edition of Bluff Europe, Rob has a five page ISPT interivew, that touches on DTD generally, its history and Rob's own career prior to DTD

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Buy the magazine, or get someone (no idea who, but you can PM me to find out) to send you a PDF by email

Its a really good read...

What's the score with non poker based advertising? How about getting some sports guys to play like Teddy Sheringham or Mark Williams?

Limited time for this campaign, we will focus on marketing to the pub poker player to professional player, UK wide. With a different run up, the marketing and adverting plan would have had much more scope. Cheers Rob

Bazza gonna Bazza Rob slowly becoming the biggest face in UK poker :D

http://www.pokerstrategy.com/news/world-of-poker/Who-is-Rob-Yong-Interview-with-the-Man-behind-Dusk-Till-Dawn-and-the-ISPT_70594/

^^^^^^^^^ loved doing that interview.

I'd only met Rob once before properly (we made a final table, thing brag etc) and I must say I expected him to be this alpha male playboy James Bond/Alan Sugar hybrid. He is actually a really nice, down to earth, humble guy, but you can clearly see that he is also incredibly determined and hard working.

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Moody!

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Nuno Paulino, Simon Aces Trumper and Raul Eltoro Paez at Wembley Stadium.

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The transcript of the Bluff interview is at

http://www.bluffeurope.com/interview/en/Dusk-Till-Dawn-chief-Rob-Yong_13147.aspx

A must read, both on the event and the man himself

Awesome read that, the guys got balls big enough to come in a dump truck.

Finally back in the connected world and taken me a couple of hours to trawl all the way through this...

Going to be playing the sats and aiming for turf performance in this.

Really does seem doable now, glad to see DTD taking it by the horns and best of luck with numbers!  Everything seems so clear, I'm assuming that a likely 'worst case' for DTD is that they have to cough up 250-300K for the first place money but clearly as a result have catapulted themselves into the fore of the poker world and like has been said by Shoelace, even if that happens I doubt anyone would ever mark them down for trying.  With a best case being no overlay and Rob is crowned King of the UK poker world with the big tours coming to him to work on Europe next.

Best of luck to all that play as well and my thoughts go out to Tighty and 'his team' as I feel it will be a monumental task if they're to keep up to their usual fantastic updating standard.

To give everyone a better feel for the event, some key questions answered

Answers by Simon Trumper

What is the Format for the event?
 
Players have the option to play multiple live Day 1's at Dusk Till Dawn and/or online Day 1's on dusktillwawnpoker.com with a buy in of €300 ( €270 + €30 ), these will start with 5000 chips and blinds 10 - 20 so 250 BB. The top 10% will then carry their chips through to Day 2 live at Wembley Stadium. It is also possible to buy in directly to one of the Day 2's on May 31st / June 1st for €3000 ( €2700 + €300 ), in this case a player will receive an average stack of at least 50,000 and therefore a minimum of 250 BB as blinds start at 100-200
 
What clock will be used?
 
Online Day 1's use a 15 minute clock, live Day 1's will be 38 mins, Day 2 + 3 will be 60 mins, Day 4 + 5 will be 75 mins and the final day 90 mins
 
How does the Guarantee work?
 
We are using a standard payout. From the total prizepool collected, 20% will be paid to first place with any shortfall being added by Dusk Till Dawn to complete to the guaranteed €1,000,000, this leaves 80% for the remaining paid places unaffected. eg total prizepool €2,700,000 , 20% = €540,000 , Dusk Till Dawn add €460,000 and remaining 80% of prizepool €2,160,000 is paid to all the other players that cash.
 
What advantages are there in playing Day 1?
 
While a player buying in Day 2 starts with an average stack of minimum 50,000, a Day 1 player could build a much bigger stack, also if you end Day 1 with a short stack you have the option to forfeit it and play another Day 1, each time you enter a subsequent Day 1 your previous stack is forfeitted. Also as re entry is allowed from Day 2a to 2b you could play 2a, lose your chips and still try again.
 
What is the qualifying programme for Day 1's?
 
There will be hourly €2 feeders starting April 22nd on dusktilldawnpoker,com where you win €30 tokens to the weekly Mega Satellite commencing Sunday  April 28th 8pm that has 200 x €300 Day 1 seats guaranteed. You can then choose whether to play your Day 1 live at the club or online, all unused €30 and €300 tokens will be credited to your online account.

When do the Day 1's start?
 
On Saturday May 11th 2pm we have the first live Day 1, followed by the first online Day 1 Sunday May 12th 8pm
 
Will there be satellites direct to Day 2?
 
We are in negotiations to have live satellites where direct entry to the Day 2 of your choice will be available. These will be announced soon.
 
Are the Day 1's satellites?
 
No, although the format of this event is designed to attract all bankrolls, the Day 1's are definitely not satellites. The Top 10% of the field carry their stacks accumulated in their respective Day 1 through to the live Day 2 of their choice at Wembley. The payout will start at 2 x min cash which will be €540 equivalent to 2 x €270 Day 1 buy in.
 
Will deals be allowed?
 
Yes, we have decided to allow deals but these will be overseen by the TD and would require an agreed amount to continue to be played for along with the title and trophy.
 
Can we re enter?
 
You cannot re enter on the same day but can play multiple Day 1's but if you have made the top 10% and are through to Day 2 you would forfeit your stack by entering a subsequent Day 1, you can also play day 2a either by choosing to take your stack through from Day 1 or by direct entry for €3000 ( €2700 + €300 ) and if you get knocked out re enter into Day 2b.
 
 
What if it rains?
 
We are constructing a poker village on the pitch which will create a poker friendly environment and be protected from the elements, if there are any adverse conditions we are installing a dual set up and will move into the Bobby Moore stand that overlooks the pitch.
                                                                      
Will the final be on the pitch?
 
The intention is that as a minimum the first 3 days will be in the poker village on the pitch so players can walk out from the Bobby Moore stand down the steps and onto the pitch experiencing a view of the stadium usually only players ever get to see but it will then be preferable to move inside to combine the main event with the side events for both atmosphere and broadcast access.

Is smoking allowed in the stadium?
 
No, but there will be a dedicated area provided outside.

Happy Birthday Richard. On it early :)

Has the side events schedule been announced yet?

The way the guarantee works is pretty sick. If there was an overlay there could potentially be an absurd difference between 1st and 2nd place. There will probably be a deal done in this instance but interesting to see what happens.

Exclusive online poker freeroll to win 1 of 100 satellite seats for the ISPT Poker Tournament at Wembley Stadium this June.

ISPT will take place on the pitch at Wembley and has a guaranteed first prize payout of €1,000,000 - the highest guarantee in UK poker ever!

ISPT EVENT DETAILS can be found here: http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/


WHO CAN PLAY THE FREEROLL?
Any player that belongs to a small poker venue, pub, social club or regular poker night can enter. If your poker night is at a casino or a dedicated poker cardroom, unfortunately you will not qualify.

HOW TO REGISTER YOUR VENUE?
Simply enter the details of your poker night on this page (see below) BEFORE midnight on Sunday 28th April. Once your registration is confirmed by Alex Ottewell, any player affiliated to your poker night will qualify.

FREEROLL DETAILS
The freeroll will take place on Tuesday 30th April at 8pm on the dusktilldawnpoker.com online poker software. To play, you will need to open an online poker account. You do not need to deposit any funds to play the freeroll. To locate the freeroll, open the online poker software, click the 'DUSK TILL DAWN' tab and the freeroll will be in the 'ALL' category.

WINNERS
The top 100 places in the freeroll will win a seat into one of the €30 ISPT satellites taking place at dusktilldawnpoker.com. Winners will be able to choose the date they play their seat. Each winner will need to be verified by their poker venue. If a player wins that does not belong to one of the registered venues, he or she will have their seat forfeited, and the next winning player in the freeroll will win the seat.

**PLEASE POST YOUR VENUE DETAILS TO REGISTER**

The link to register your pub, club, small venue is at....

https://www.facebook.com/events/491760794207054/492107257505741/?notif_t=event_mall_reply

Would it be possible to mock up a printable A4 pdf/picture with that info in so that a leaflet could be left in a pub or two which host poker nights?

sure, I would think so

either PM Nicola with an address or nicola@dusktilldawnpoker.com and pretty sure flyers, leaflets can be sent to you to distribute

I'll give it a try. There are a few places near me that play pub poker games, mainly I was thinking it could be a way to increase general awareness - on the off chance that people haven't heard of ISPT.

Yes, definitely a major area to get awareness up is poker clubs, poker pubs, football clubs etc...people that might like a game of poker, especially at Wembley Stadium, but wouldn't be regular visitors to DTD or forums such as this

Lots of pub poker in Ireland, so I've posted the latest info on irishpokerboards for ye.

Thank you

This is our policy on USING TOKENS FOR RE-BUYS & ADD-ONS:

 

Players can win and use multiple satellite tokens for reloads, re-buy's and add-ons for that event. If you have won mulitiple tokens and you re-buy, reload or add-on using money from your online account, just contact us and we will credit your account with the cash value. eg. if you play a £30 Deepstack satellite and you have a spare £30 + £3 Deepstack token, if you re-buy or add-on for £30, just contact us and we will credit your online account with £33 and redeem one of your £33 Deepstack tokens.

Hi Guys

We have the posters and flyers ready to post out to players/venues who would like to help by putting them up for us.

If you would like me to send some out to you please email your name and address to Nicola@dusktilldawnpoker.com :)

Thanks everyone :) :)

Nicola

Done - Garage Poker has been added.

Really wanna play sats/online day1's, but its pretty hard to justify booking the days off for wembley day 3+. Chances of making it that far are obv slim but most work companies aint gonna give u 3 days holiday with a days notice or whatever

Book the days off and accomodation and if you bust out use them on exploring London or something?

Will the prizepool be escrowed by DTD?

Will there be a covering on the Wembley pitch?

1 The prizepool for every player is being collected by DTD as they would any normal DTD tournament that is licenced by the UK Gambling Commission.

2 There will be covering, a poker village is being created under this cover not only forming the tournament area but also other activities

Simon Trumper interviewed on the ISPT

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLzQX8zS9A8

In the video Simon says average stack will be 'approximately' 50k chips. I thought he had mispoken at first, but am I right in thinking this is because of the possible effect forfeited chip stacks will have? So infact, assuming there are forfeited chip stacks, the average stack will be slightly less than 50k?

Great vid, adds a lot of info, thanks.

- If you qualify from an early Day one with a tiny stack do you forefeit it as soon as you enter another Day 1, or just if you make it through another Day 1?
- Surely the €2 sats will be rebuys?
- Is it best to sign-up to DTD in £ or $, or doesn't it matter?

They don't only forfeit their stack they also forfeit their place. So assuming they forfeit a lower than average stack it will always be slightly higher.

Example:

10 people qualify. 8 have 50k, 1 has 75k and 1 has 25k.

If 25k dude forfeits his stack there's 475k but it's split between 9 so 52.8k average

1 You forfeit it as soon as you enter another Day 1

2 The €2 feeders into the €30s are rebuys, yes

3 Up to you, most are in £ (DTD's players), some play in €

As usual, if you can share the video on facebook, or tweet it, DTD would be enormously grateful

A major challenge here is to get awareness as high as possible before the satellite feeders start, over and above those who are regular users of forums

thanks

Sigh that I couldn't work that out for myself!

Thanks though :)

Really surprised they're allowing deals.

You should not be, it would be impractical not to allow deals with a GTE top the winner of €1M, the difference between 1st and 2nd could be too big.In reality, if there are 1000 players and therefore a €460k overlay, I would expect the final table players to probably spread the €460k over all the places. Simon and me will be there to advise.

I didn't add that I thought it was a good thing :)

Just expected you'd want it to play out and thought it'd been fair enough if you did with putting up such a huge, and high risk, guarantee.

Hi guys....cant seem to find an answer to the above, could Simon clarify please.

After the blondepoker freeroll last night, remember next week sees the start of the Twitter and Facebook freerolls

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http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ now has Tweet and Facebook like functions, top right, so its very easy to do both and be eligible for both....

Rob Yong speaks to UK Poker News about the ISPT and more

http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2013/04/dusk-till-dawn-supremo-rob-yong-speaks-to-uk-pokernews-10453.htm

Dusk Till Dawn have annouced they are increasing the original number of 1000 guaranteed €300 Day 1 seats in their online satellites for ISPT Wembley - it's doubling to 2000 €300 Day 1 seats,

That’s a staggering €600,000 worth of satellites starting on Monday the 22nd April.

Players can qualify for as little as €2

The first live Day 1 will be at the Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club at 2.00pm on the 11th May, followed the next day by the first Online Day 1 on dusktilldawnpoker.com at 8.30pm.


Please see: http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/#schedule

(http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ispt-sat-tree.png)

 ;gobsmacked;     


 ;thankyou;

no excuse Nick, no excuses....see you at Wembley.......!

I'm clearly having a blonde day but, were is the extra 1000 seats ?

Compare this

THEN

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with this

NOW

(http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ispt-sat-tree.png)

I am hoping the answer is in there :-)

I'll probs bink a day 2 seat to Wembley, and not be able to find the place.

 ;marks;

Just don't ask a NUFC fan, right?

They wouldn't know....

Haha, touché.

bidddiilillly bing



<3 DTD

<3 Rob

Okay, I've now been studying Tighty's comparison post for five minutes and can't see easily where the additional seats are.

It's been a long day, so if someone could simply explain, I would be most grateful.

Wish I could help you  ;D

I get the feeling I might be beyond help ;D

Guys

We can't list every single satellite we will be doing for the ISPT now or on 1 piece of paper, the previous sat plan was 1000 seats - risk = €300k x % overlay, this sat plan is 2000 seats - risk =  €600k x % overlay, for example, we will doing extra mega's before each online day 1, we will be increasing the mon-sat daily sats over time, the sats for the last week will be increased - but to put the whole thing up now with the next 2 weeks sats would really confuse. It's 2000 seats GTD minimum, with regular updates on feeders and sats as we move forward, the last week of the ISPT will be interesting to forecast, just like this Monte Carlo has been.

Cheers Rob

Ofc, I just thought I was being stupid and missing something, like Pawprint, it's been a long day lol.

Will be in for a ton of the sats, will play all 7 online days if I have to, gotta get to Wembleyyyy.

Is the satellite program going to work the same as recent Monte Carlo ones
You can win multiple tokens for day one
Use them or lose them ?

Get through to day 2 and get any spare refunded ?

I wanna go to wembley so I want at least 3 attempts @ day one !

Sorry if this has already been answered

Thanks

Lee,

"Multiple feeder tokens must be used - even if they win their day 1 seats, spare feeder tokens must be used to try for a re-entry seat.

Multiple day 1 seats - if players make day 2 then we can refund the additional seats but they a) must make day 2 and b) have an future opportunity to have played a future day 1. Therefore players playing the last possible day 1 and making day 2 will not be eligible for a refund for spare seats."

Tap in alert

Yeah unlikely you will get there with the Toon army ldo  ;)

Eso crushing another thread :p

Maybe sports related topics aren't your thing.

Thanks Rich

Sigh's thought I had read all replies :(

Simplified schedule

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2000 seats GTD with a 50 seat €3 Mega Feeder running every night into a €30 Freezout - 5 seats GTD. Then Sunday....its 200 x €300 seats GTD

It's the feeder sats which are setting DTD apart from the rest of the field imo, just incredible, they really are making poker affordable to everyone. WP guys.

At the moment I'm living in Germany. What are my options to play satellites for this tournament? I realise people might be reluctant to recommend sites other than DtD online, but as German IP addresses are banned from that site and I'm not going to be in the East Midlands, my options to satellite in appear quite limited

from Hendon Mob
Online Day 1s (A B C D E F)
 €300 buyin - 5,000 chips
 
FRANCE - Partouche Poker
 Fed 3rd - Mar 3rd - Apr 17th - May 5th - May 12th - May 19th
 
ITALY - NetBet Poker
 Feb 17th - Mar 17th - Apr 21st - May 5th - May 12th - May 19th
 
SPAIN - Poker 770
 Feb 17th - Mar 17th - Apr 21st - May 5th - May 12th - May 19th
 
GERMANY - Poker 770
 Feb 17th - Mar 17th - Apr 21st - May 5th - May 12th - May 19th
 
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EUROPE - Poker 770
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thanks!

wish they ran them ipoker wide, but oh well...

ISPT Qualification starts tomorrow on DTD

- 8pm Facebook Freeroll

- 7.30pm 50 seats €3 RB Mega Feeder (FREE token to all new and existing players)

- 8.30pm - €30 Freezouts - 5 x €300 seats GTD

- 9.30pm - €10 RB Cheap Seat - 1 x €300 seat GTD


The Facebook freeroll

Last 24 hours to LIKE http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ and SHARE this image to get into tomorrows 8pm online Facebook Freeroll for 10 x €300 Day 1 ISPT seats, registration opens tomorrow 9am - no password needed, good luck to everyone and THANK YOU for helping is get the word out

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With the 200 seats guaranteed sats is it just one feeder token you can use and the rebuy add on has to be cash or will the rebuy add on be like the Monte Carlo where you pay with money then get the token reimbersed the next day?

Rich, with the no password, does it mean they will just check the winners have done it? Obviously shared it a few times but just wondering how it works

Yes the winners will be checked afterwards to ensure they have facebooked it...

 

1. Players can be credited "Points" for their tokens should they wish to use their tokens for Re-Buys and Add-Ons, their token will be redeemed by DTD in exchange for these Points


2. Players winning multiple tokens who make Day 2 Wembley will have all their satellite and Day 1 tokens redeemed for Cash, this is a variation on DTD's normal policy beause ISPT is a one -off event not based at the DTD Club

Is the side event schedule still to be finished/confirmed?

I can't get all the time off work for the big dance (even if I managed to qualify), but would love to play an event at Wembley.

I understand APAT are looking to do a £200 comp on the Sat and Sun (instead of Fri/Sat as originally stated)

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=13353.0

It will be announcd at the end of the month

The plan is to have six side events, minimum buy in £200

Hi all just a quick question,i play the 1st day 1 and finish in top 10% on 40k,i have another day 1 token and decide to play another day 1 but bust out,does my original 40k take me through?

No the moment you enter another day 1 you forfeit the stack from your first attempt.

We are finally here, the ISPT Wembley satellite program starts today with 2000 x €300 Seats GTD over the next 6 weeks, please share this image with anyone that intends to play.

You can qualify for free using your €3 free sat token that every single DTD new and existing online players will receive today, failing that, we have €2 feeders running 24-7 into €30 into €300, good luck to everyone

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Today's programme:

- 8pm Facebook Freeroll

- 7.30pm 50 seats €3 RB Mega Feeder (FREE token to all new and existing players)

- 8.30pm - €30 Freezouts - 5 x €300 seats GTD

- 9.30pm - €10 RB Cheap Seat - 1 x €300 seat GTD

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Right-ho.

Many thanks.

Hi Guys

TONIGHT 8pm we have our online FACEBOOK FREEROLL....it's FREE! 10 x €300 ISPT seats to be won!

'SHARE' this post and 'LIKE' http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ webpage to be eligible!

- Download the software and create an account - http://bit.ly/VO9xeW
- Search 'Dusk Till Dawn' then 'ISPT Satellites'
- Register for Dusk ISPT Facebook Freeroll (Reg open til 9pm)

And 50 x €33 MEGA SAT Tokens GTD for €3 at 7.30pm!!

Cheers Nicola

After the facebook freeroll, which attracted 494 runners last night, the next one if the "Tweet the ISPT" Freeroll next week.

www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ISPT

Just go onto the ISPT Landing page and click tweet, you are auto regged on that site as a tweeter.

Over 600 people have tweeted the ISPT so far

The freeroll is 29th April 8pm 10 x ISPT Day One seats for the winners....

For those that are not subscribed to the thread, the 10 x €300 Blogger freeroll is easier to enter now - just a link or banner required on your blog/website/poker forum

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=60826.msg1761406#msg1761406

I plan to play the Sunday night mega sat and have more than one token...do I just contact DTD now and ask for the conversion ready for Sunday???

How many levels will be played on line Day 1's?

I also assume the levels currently shown in lobby online are wrong, as obv live and online should follow same format

Can you confirm start stack, levels structure etc please

tyvm

Day Ones play, in each case, until 10% of the field remains, who then take their stack to Wembley where blinds re-start at 100-200

Online Day Ones 5,000 starting at 10-20

http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ispt-structure2.pdf

Live Day Ones 50,000 at 100-200 (because Live there are no 5,10,20 denomination chips) then divide finishing stacks by ten to equalise with online stacks

Blind levels are WSOP Main event blind levels (divide by ten for online)

Remember, nightly ISPT Satellites are underway:

- 7.30pm 50 seats €3 RB Mega Feeder (FREE token to all new and existing players)

- 8.30pm - €30 Freezouts - 5 x €300 seats GTD

- 9.30pm - €10 RB Cheap Seat - 1 x €300 seat GTD

Building up to this Sunday and the first €30 1R1A Mega with 200 Day One seats guaranteed

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in

Hi Guys

Have you claimed your FREE €3 ISPT MEGA FEEDER Token yet?

All NEW accounts today will receive a FREE €3 Token - Open an account to claim!
All EXISTING online accounts already have a €3 Token - Spend it today at 7.30pm!

PLAY your €3 Token any night at 7.30pm with 50 x €33 MEGA SAT Tokens GTD - Win multiple €33 Tokens and email redeemtoken@dusktilldawnpoker.com to swap your spare tokens into DTDpoints to use as a rebuy/add-on!! Please do this in advance of Sunday's satellite, we won't be doing cash refunds this time as it's really not easy for us to do, so it will be DTDpoints (which online are worth exactly the same as cash!)

Download here - http://bit.ly/VO9xeW

Cheers Nicola
 

Hi Guys

NEW POLICY - Use Tokens for Reloads/Rebuys/Add-ons

Players can win multiple satellite tokens to use for reloads, rebuys or add-ons for that event. If you have won multiple tokens we will convert them into DTD points of the same value prior to the satellite.

E.g. If you play an ISPT feeder and you have a spare €33 MEGA SAT token, please email us in advance to use your spare tokens as a rebuy & add-on.

•Email redeemtoken@dusktilldawnpoker.com with your name, alias and the number of tokens you wish to exchange.
•Use the DTDpoints for a rebuy and/or add-on

Each Sunday we have a €33 1R 1A so bag yourself 3 tokens and covert 2 to DTDpoints, guarantees you maximum opportunity to win one of those 200 €300 seats! Remember it's a rebuy online so you need to take the rebuy starting stack or less, so best to take straight away to guarantee those extra chiplets ;)

Any questions, you know where I am!!

Cheers Nicola

Nicola

Are you 100% sure you can use points for an addon? You def can for rebuys, I think the addon button is a single click option which takes from real money acct

Worth checking

10 euro cheap seat...bagged one.

 ;karabiner;

This Sunday 200 x €300 ISPT day 1 seats GTD - DTD's biggest ever online satellite, €60,000 worth of seats

8.30pm €30 1R 1A - 2000 entries needed

Win your €33 entry, rebuy and add-on in the €3 feeders - 50 x €33 tokens GTD every night at 7.30pm

If you wish to use them to rebuy please email redeemtoken@dusktilldawnpoker.com

http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/news/ispt-satellites-running-now---2000-x-300-day-1-seats-gtd/2335

we are giving a €3 Mega Feeder Token to all new online sign ups for the ISPT. To claim your free token, download the software and create an account via this link - http://bit.ly/VO9xeW.

All existing players already have a token in their account, tokens can be used in our €3 MEGA FEEDER every night at 7.30pm we 50 x €33 MEGA SAT Tokens GTD!

Win multiple €33 tokens and we will exchange them for DTD points in advance for you to use them as a rebuy & add-on in Sunday's €33 MEGA SAT with 200 x €300 Day 1 seats GTD

If you wish to use them to rebuy please email redeemtoken@dusktilldawnpoker.com

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We have 9,747 unique views on the ISPT webpage...help us make it 10,000 with 5 weeks to go until Wembley

http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/

Has info on structure been released for day1s at dtd yet?
I'm curious to know starting stacks and blinds please :)

Its the Online Day1 structure x 10, with WSOP Main event blind levels....

see http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ispt-structure2.pdf

and then adjust for live, so 50,000 starting at 100-200

Thks rich, really looking forward to these. Hope it gets big runners :) with 2000 seats given on sats alone it should be interesting

Yep you can definitely use DTDpoints for the add-on it says in the details in the lobby whether their is a set up for using points or just cash. It won't give you the option to use points if you don't have enough points to cover the add-on, so that might be why it doesn't offer it to you.

It should flash up like the buy in to ask which you wish to use if you have both available, if you don't have enough funds it will automatically take points and vice versa.

Cheers Nicola

Hi Guys

Please don't forget you can WIN your €33 entry, €30 rebuy and €30 add-on by winning multiple €33 token.

Email redeemtoken@dusktilldawnpoker.com and we will convert your 2nd and 3rd win into DTDpoints ready for Sunday.

We are literally giving away 20 €33 tokens every night in the €3 MEGA FEEDER at 7.30pm due to low runners so that's definitely the one to play!

Any questions give me a shout!

Cheers Nicola

Hi, Do we know what is the starting stack of Day 1 live's will be?? and levels?

Answered a few posts ago this morning. Scroll up....

Thanks Richard.. Someone told me its the same starting stack as online (5k).. 50k starting stack at 100-200 is great!!!!!

Technically speaking it is 5,000 but we haven't got 10 - 20 chips at the club so need to multiply by 10 for the live day 1's (dividing by 10 for Day 2 though to match the online day 1's)

Blinds etc are the same online and live just varying for starting stack.

over 10k views now the word is getting around nicely wd all. now lets hope for 15k for the next target.

Yup, good news. Time to get that to 15,000+ by visiting http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/

Coming up

a) This Sunday 200 x €300 ISPT day 1 seats GTD - DTD's biggest ever online satellite, €60,000 worth of seats

8.30pm €30 1R 1A - 2000 entries needed

Win your €33 entry, rebuy and add-on in the €3 feeders - 50 x €33 tokens GTD every night at 7.30pm

If you wish to use them to rebuy please email redeemtoken@dusktilldawnpoker.com

http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/news/ispt-satellites-running-now---2000-x-300-day-1-seats-gtd/2335


(https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s480x480/560083_444473558978793_2067930782_n.jpg)

b) Monday night's Twitter freeroll

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If you have won more than 1 €33 ISPT MEGA SAT token for this Sunday's online final (200 x €300 seats GTD worth €60,000) then remember to contact Nicola and she will convert the 2nd & 3rd into DTD points so that you can use them for a rebuy &/or add-on on Sunday

If you haven't won 3 x €33 tokens then there is still time...we have a 50 x €33 tokens GTD MEGA FEEDER Tonight at 7.30pm....1 in 3 win a seat so fantastic value, and has been all week

http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/#satellites


PM Nicola Dusk Till Dawn on here or email nicola@dusktilldawnpoker.com to convert tokens onto points

New ISPT Qualification schedule including the various freerolls, and a 10 seater satellite straight into Day 2 on Thurs 23rd May

(http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ispt-sat-tree3-large.jpg)

The online €3 MEGA FEEDER started with 75 runners and 50 seats GTD into Sundays €60,000 MEGA SAT FINAL! Late Reg only available til 8.05pm!

FREEROLLS FREEROLL FREEROLLS

Monday sees the twitter freeroll

Just go to www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt and press tweet at top right of page to be eligible

10x ISPT Day One seats for the winners

Tuesday the Small Poker venues freeroll

Open anyone that plays in a small venue ( there is no password)


Here is the text from the facebook page

Tuesday  8:00pm

**PLEASE POST YOUR VENUE DETAILS TO REGISTER**

Exclusive online poker freeroll to win 1 of 100 satellite seats for the ISPT Poker Tournament at Wembley Stadium this June.

ISPT will take place on the pitch at Wembley and has a guaranteed first prize payout of €1,000,000 - the highest guarantee in UK poker ever!

ISPT EVENT DETAILS can be found here: http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/


WHO CAN PLAY THE FREEROLL?
Any player that belongs to a small poker venue, pub, social club or regular poker night can enter. If your poker night is at a casino or a dedicated poker cardroom, unfortunately you will not qualify.

HOW TO REGISTER YOUR VENUE?
Simply enter the details of your poker night on this page BEFORE midnight on Sunday 28th April. Once your registration is confirmed by Alex Ottewell, any player affiliated to your poker night will qualify.

FREEROLL DETAILS
The freeroll will take place on Tuesday 30th April at 8pm on the dusktilldawnpoker.com online poker software. To play, you will need to open an online poker account. You do not need to deposit any funds to play the freeroll. To locate the freeroll, open the online poker software, click the 'DUSK TILL DAWN' tab and the freeroll will be in the 'ALL' category.

WINNERS
The top 100 places in the freeroll will win a seat into one of the €30 ISPT satellites taking place at dusktilldawnpoker.com. Winners will be able to choose the date they play their seat. Each winner will need to be verified by their poker venue. If a player wins that does not belong to one of the registered venues, he or she will have their seat forfeited, and the next winning player in the freeroll will win the seat.



With the Alan Brazil freeroll,the bloggers/media event and the DTD Poker League freeroll coming too, there will be six ISPT freerolls with nearly €20,000 of ISPT Day One seats up for grabs....

This Sunday €60,000 GTD online ISPT €30 MEGA SAT with 200 x €300 Day 1 seats GTD

Win your way in tonight from €3...

Tonight 7.30pm - €3 1R1A - 50 x €33 Tokens GTD
Sunday 7.30pm - €3 1R1A - 100 x €33 Tokens GTD

1 in 3 are winning a seat every night...crazy value for €3

If you already have a DTD account, you can log on to the software and you'll have a €3 token there waiting for you. You can use it to play any €3 Feeder. Ones you are eligible for will have a gold "T" next to them.

 http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/#satellites


Who is playing the 200 seat Mega tomorrow please?

Who is playing the 200 seat Mega tomorrow please?



planning to play it but as I got enough tokens (converted to points) for rebuy and add on I might just join after 60-70 mins when a few have been knocked out...40,000 chips blinds at 300-600...see how it goes.

In with 2 tokens so far, trying for third to convert to points then like Smurf says late reg

 Am one of only 33 currently regd
i guess late reg might be best strt   but it needs 206 to run !

Needs about 850 ish for no overlay?

Hopefully 600+

I think plenty of players will go for the late reg option, but as mentioned, it first needs 206 for it to run.

Looking at the way the satellites have been running this week, I would suggest over 50% of entries have been late reg players.  If that trend continues for tomorrow night, it may not even get started.

Obv solution is to reduce rebuy period/late reg and drop first 4 levels

Tonight's €3 online 50 seats GTD MEGA FEEDER is currently running with only 82 runners! Get online and grab your entry into tomorrow's final

....and its a 100 seats GTD Mega feeder tomorrow at 7.30 !!! ;hattip;

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Gearing up for the live day ones at the club....

Big Night tonight...the first Sunday Mega Satellite into the ISPT Day Ones

DTD's biggest ever Satellite


At 7.30pm  - €3 1R1A - 100 x €33 Tokens GTD into....

At 8.30pm  - €60,000 GTD online ISPT €30 MEGA SAT with 200 x €300 Day 1 seats GTD


http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/#satellites

If you haven't got an account, sign up via the link above and usea free token at 7.30pm ready for the €60,000 final

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Your free token will actually be credited tomorrow AM as it's a manual process but the free token can be used for next week, and worth depositing a few quid to play tonight's incredible value MEGA SAT ;)

mega

3 euros 1R 1A....... 45 mins to the 100 x 33 euro seat GTD.


Only 98 in so far.

Thanks Nick

113 now


A reminder...

At 7.30pm  - €3 1R1A - 100 x €33 Tokens GTD into....

At 8.30pm  - €60,000 GTD online ISPT €30 MEGA SAT with 200 x €300 Day 1 seats GTD


Going to be some of the best value satellites of the year on any site, these.....

206 in the 7.30pm

1 in 2 currently getting in the 8.30pm...

valueeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Late reg til 8pm

need more runners for the sat to run! If your being selfish and waiting to late reg then its not going to work if it does not run! Get registering!

169 in, 206 to run

22 minutes to go

Might be tight

Please register! late registering, or intending to, probably counter-productive.

Just got in from walking the dog and missed late reg to the €3 by about 20 seconds :(

Reg'ing for the main one now. Let's hope it runs. After DTD have put up such a huge guarantee they deserve the support.

25 people 15 mins gonna be tight

Just regged for main. Fingers crossed.

What amazing value

Good luck all, probably THE best chance to get a Day 1 ISPT seat is right now.....

there is like 212 registered in the big one atm, what would happen if enough players bust before the €3 sat is done?

Fks sake, no way I can take the time off work to play this.....

I don't think €3 sat winners will get their token until tomorrow anyway.

I'd assume, well no, I wouldn't assume......

Interesting question.

Thought we'd be nowhere near this problem. Is late reg that attractive?

my bad, thought the €3 winners went thru by default into tonights

Think I am wrong there - That relates to free tokens....

Yes

the 7.30s GET A TOKEN TO PLAY WHEN THEY LIKE, INCLUDING TONIGHT, when they win

Hopefully many choose to play tonight, and then do the same next week


Late reg for everyone else. 9.45pm


Going to be a huge overlay, unfortunately for DTD.

doesn't look that bad now 300 people in now and climbing wouldn't be surprised if they hit 500 runners. It just needed to run!

bubbled the 1930 in 101st place... some of the play was a little eccentric

Nicolaaaaaa, need you to exchange two tokens for points please if your around, i sent email, but could do with them for tonights 200 seat gtd, username ThrillerInVanilla Ty in advance

Well I tried to deposit on Olympic online today as I am in Germany. Put the money in and they won't let me play. My account is verified apparently I have to email their financial department tomorrow to deposit. So that's some on the DTD overlay there!

Nic is doing them now mate you will get an email

Shes sorted already thanks Nick, she dont mess about

This could have something to do with my incident. I was pretty nailed on for a €300 ticket Wednesday night when with 16 left I got disconnected (my fault) and when I went to log in again my account was locked as I had not supplied my passport and utility bill.

I was placed 4th at the time and finished 9th after sitting out from 16th. I received €81 for this and there was 7 seats up for grabs.

Il talk more about it when I get finality on the situation as I have someone from Irish Poker Boards that is the rep there hopefully going to get me final clarification on it all.

I have a lot to say about the above as I am someone who has dealt with Ipoker from day 1 and played near a million hands. I have encountered all sorts of stuff and this would be close to the worst I have had to put up with.

which site/skin was that satellite on please?

Dusk till dawn. I had been dealing with Nichola who to be fair has been excellent in certain ways but her last email seems to be a good bye Im sorry but nothing we can do.

Ipoker eating my data allowance :( How is their site designed so badly that it uses 20mb of data every 1/2 minutes  :(

No way they will ever have a mobile application if it is based on the download version.

Jesus, quite the overlay. Sick value! Gl anyone still in

Ugh...why is the top up set to be taken out as cash. I think the original buy in was set as a token. I wasnt concentrating and it took the €30 in cash instead of a token.

An awful overlay for dtd on the first night of quals for the 300. Really hope the word spreads and it turns round from this!

read thread ..........  if you wanted to use token for re buy or add on
were ment to contact dtd who would exchange token for points which you could then use
you cant use token as it not same value as a re buy / add on

This crossed my mind and was about to post it. Makes sense.

some of the play tonight was soo bad it hurt
and as usual I was on the wrong end of it ( sigh )
good luck to all still in

OUCH :)

How can a player with a 150k stack be bothering throwing in 35k pre. The level of clueless play I have seen in some of these games in the last week has been up there with the worst Ive ever seen.

Lol just as I post another 30k down the drain. Now he No longer is 100% certain of a ticket.

Don't complain, its play like that which makes these sats so profitable :)

Exactly!

At what number left are you guys planning to open-fold everything?

201? :)

Oops out 245th ran into Aces at wrong time:)...good value though, be back next week for more

I was on your table - you were SB and BB had AA?

some of the play was definitely crazy when top 200 was the aim...I just wish some would realise during hand for hand time banking is pointless.

 ;whistle;

where you the k 10 vs k 10  v k2 ?

no its not ?
blinds still go up ?

think its a real shame there was an overlay  hope things improve from here on

How many were you expecting for this first one? I'd guess this wasn't too far off realistic expectations?

Is it possible to do a 7.30pm feeder sat that directly enters in to the 8.30pm similar to the 200 seat guarantee they have on stars in to the million?

With such great value in the feeder it's only fair to expect people to join in the 8.30pm.

Good luck with the next one and the rest of the tournament. Pretty sure it'll improve as word spreads and as the day 1s get closer.

Expected 750 + for first one, but its hard to predict as we have never done sat's this big before i.e. not sure how many players you can get in 1 sat. There were 200 €33 tokens not used that were won this week plus more tokens were used for the €30 Mon - Sat ones, so it's clear where the shortfall from my 750 was. I like the flexibility of the new token system but it costs you on GTE's at least in the short term. Still, 488 in a sat is a big number, looks like the GTE was a little too ambitious first time out but I feel we will do better going forward as the event gets closer. Saying that, our USP is to give value to poker players so we did not disappoint - we could have easily have spend €30k on some TV advert last week and thought nothing of it. Let's see what happens next week, we have to remain positive, unique web site hits have doubled to over 10,000 over April, there is loads more advertising and PR planned over the run up. awareness will only increase. 488 is respectable as a number for any satellite but clearly short of expectations and I am disappointed, if all the tokens won this week had been used for this sat, we would not have been far off.

Never had a "fold to seat" stack so was inevitable I'd have to have a race. It was my first allin called all tourney but missed :(

Did you get a seat?

Yes but eliminations are done on stack sizes not timings (if more than one table loses players in the hand) and surely the small stacks want to hit the blinds before they go up  :dontask:

Unless its the big stacks time banking but I don't normally see this

Probably just me wanting to get to sleep for an early start next day

Rob, is it an Ipoker thing about not being able to rebuy if you have 1 more chip than your starting stack? I know I would have but I had a small pot go my way and only took the Add on. Might help towards overlay?

i think is was a success given the fact it was the first, more will come as they say :) going on other satellites prior to this, players do leave it late :) i had a few crazy players on my table getting involved with 80-90k stack not content with what they have and one guy simply lost it all :( madness

i think the next one will get 650 runners approx and with enough tokens won players will transfer for rebuy and add-on given they know they cann ( this was a great idea btw ). quite a few players i spoke to on the tables did not know they could transfer tokens for points then rebuy/add on, so i was explaining where possible:) . next one will get more runners for sure

I agree numbers will rocket in coming weeks!

word is out even in sunny Swansea!! :-)  good on dtd to bring this event alive and put it on a world stage!!!!    massive value for grass roots poker players and an opportunity to win life changing money for everyone!! :)

I'm sure if you click re-buy straight way iPoker adds the chips, then you also get any chips you win on the first hand added on top.

Yep, I got it the sleazy way (timebanking ftw with 35 players to go). Seemed to be a good strategy but had to shove over some min-raise opens with premiums - made sure I showed each time. There were some large stacks on other tables looking to take people out.

A new week, and more opportunities to get those ISPT Day One seats as I know many blondes did last night

First, the freerolls

As follows

TONIGHT 8pm TWITTER FREEROLL 10x Day 1 €300 seats for the winners

To be eligible

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/5317_433269496765866_295617332_n.jpg)

Tues 8pm SMALL VENUES FREEROLL 100 x €33 seats to the winners

WHO CAN PLAY THE FREEROLL?
Any player that belongs to a small poker venue, pub, social club or regular poker night can enter. If your poker night is at a casino or a dedicated poker cardroom, unfortunately you will not qualify.

HOW TO REGISTER YOUR VENUE?
Simply enter the details of your poker night on the facebook page. Once your registration is confirmed by Alex Ottewell, any player affiliated to your poker night will qualify.

Thurs 8pm DTD POKER LEAGUE FREEROLL 100 x €33 seats to the winners


Feeders


* 7.30pm Daily €3 Mega Feeder, 50 x €33 seats GTD

* Hourly €2 feeders, 1 x €33 seat GTD

* 8.30pm Daily €30 freezeout, 5 x €300 Day 1 ISPT seats GTD

* 9.30pm Daily €10 Cheap Seat Freezeout  1 x €300 Day 1 ISPT seat GTD

All of these are tremendous value, were over-laying last week and in the case of the 7.30pm €3, feed into the Sunday Megas, last night's overlaid by a huge €30,000

Winning multiple tokens, and eventually multiple Day One ISPT seats is akin to the new poker gold-rush. If only more people realised.


Everything is summarised on:

(http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/ispt/ispt-sat-tree3-top.jpg)

fired an email off. Should be there afaik, still on the schedule

There's one showing for midday now.

Thanks

Have looked at all the  info about playing day 1 online or live but can not work out how this works.

Day 1 online : starting stack 5000  top 10% go through to day 2 live with the same stack they have got from day 1 online.

Day 1 live: starting stack 50000 top 10% go through to live event with same stack they got from day 1 live.

Lets say both days get 100 runners so the average stacks when both get down to 10 players will be :
Online = [100 x 5000 ] /10 = 50,000
Live    = [100 x 50000] /10 = 500,000

The online events blinds are 1/10th of the live ones  but that doesn't change the actuall chips in play so there is no way you can amass the same amount online as you could live.

I may have missed something here or just totally got my maths wrong but can anyone explain how this can be right?

I assume they'll just multiply the online stacks by 10.

divide finishing live stacks by ten

this equalises the day 2 starting stacks between online and live day 1s

The Online structures were announced (and played in some cases) before DTD took over running the ISPT, so as its not possible to have 10,20,5 chip denominations in the liVe day 1 s at the club DTD are giving 50,000 starting, then dividing by ten at the end

divide finishing live stacks by ten

this equalises the day 2 starting stacks between online and live day 1s

The Online structures were announced (and played in some cases) before DTD took over running the ISPT, so as its not possible to have 10,20,5 chip denominations in the liVe day 1 s at the club DTD are giving 50,000 starting, then dividing by ten at the end



Ok that makes sense. Thanks.
I guess it was obvious but I couldn't find it anywhere on the ISPT site for conformation.

no, you are right, it needed confirmation so right to ask