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61  Poker Forums / Live Tournament Staking / Re: Walsall Main Event - Last minute Doggie Style Action. on: March 13, 2012, 08:24:54 PM
I'll take 5% Vinnie, can I give you cash on Thursday?
62  Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: Poker 770 Festival at DTD: Roll call and Information thread on: March 07, 2012, 05:13:36 PM
I`ve retired its just an guess time will tell.

Smiley See you in Prague - we can have a glass of wine on it instead....
63  Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: Poker 770 Festival at DTD: Roll call and Information thread on: March 07, 2012, 04:37:01 PM
To be honest it will not be that much of a grind. When I started playing GUKPT events in 2008 I looked at the structure and timing of them and the final table was hit about level 21 or so and that was with the mighty stack of 10,000 and average of 275/350 runners.
     The last deepstack I played in Ireland with 580 runners and 50,000 chips still hit final table ( without me unfortunately ) at I think level 26. Admittedly this is 77 min levels but anyone want to guess the level final table reached maybe Trigg will run a book!
      Bookie`s guess with say 375ish runners level  22.

I'll take the over level 22 for a buy in to any monkey event. Loser pays buy in but gets 20% as a chance to get out Smiley Assuming a field of more than 300.
64  Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: Super sized deepstack? Super [X] sized sweepstake! £2,000 first prize!!!! on: March 05, 2012, 09:06:29 AM
The British love a working class underdog Smiley

If I do win just send me 1800 Alex and send 180 or whatever is left to 2nd

Nice one Dave Smiley Well done on the scoop! Couldn't follow updates but got message from Claypole that the sweat was on.
65  Poker Forums / Live Tournament Updates / Re: DTD £250,000 Supersized March : Deepstack Day 1b on: March 03, 2012, 12:53:56 PM
This link for the Devilfish Live Stream at 1pm

http://www.dusktilldawnpokerclub.com/live.php

What's the story with having to have an account to watch the stream? I am trying to set up as a new user on the instant play option but when I click the "New User" button nothing happens.

I can't use the download option as I am trying to watch on a Mac.

I don't particularly mind setting up an account but surely the idea of the stream is to promote the club and entice people to play there live or online. Putting a barrier in place is just going to turn people off before they get a taste for the place.
66  Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: Super sized deepstack? Super [ ] sized sweepstake! £700 GTD! on: March 01, 2012, 08:00:18 AM
Shipped by bank xfer.
67  Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: Super sized deepstack? Super [ ] sized sweepstake! £700 GTD! on: February 29, 2012, 02:47:37 PM
3 please. Will need bank details.

Cheers.
68  Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: How many get paid? on: February 24, 2012, 01:43:05 PM
In a re-entry event each re-entry is effectively a new player so payouts should be based on the total of the initial entries plus the re-entries.

In a re-buy the payouts are based on only the number of actual players who enter, re-buys are not taken into consideration.

A clearer example would be:

Re-Entry tournament - 100 unique players plus 50 re-entries would pay 15 spots

Re-Buy tournament - 100 unique players plus 50 re-buys would pay 10 spots

If you re-enter in a re-entry tournament it would be very common for a min-cash to pay less than how much you have paid into the tournament as not many tournaments pay more than double the entry fee for a min cash.

In a re-buy tournament sometimes the min-cash can be 2 or 3 times the initial entry cost so a min-cash would represent a profit for most people who re-buy.

This came up at our Deepstack in Dublin which was a re-entry and anyone who min-cashed got less than 2 buy ins so if they re-entered they made a loss on the event. The thing to remember with a re-entry tournament is that a re-entry should be considered as a sperate tournament if you take advantage of the option.
69  Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: DEAL OR NO DEAL on: February 24, 2012, 12:27:35 PM
I have not read the whole thread so apologies if any of this has been covered already.

I think that deals are part and parcel of poker. It does matter how flat you make a payout structure a good percentage of the time all the players want to deal. Especially when there is s decent amount being played for.

I understand from an organisers point of view that a big first prize is a good promo tool and of course if you are live streaming or filming an event then you want it to be played to a finish properly or it goes a bit flat.

If a deal is done in an event then we will not hide the fact, I think it makes a good discussion point on livestream's blogs etc.

There needs to be a balance between what the players want and what the organisers want and I am not sure if we have it 100% right yet but the policy I apply is:

1: In any deal there must be something left to play for after the deal. The amount should be relative to the size of the tournament. Normally I would insist on at least 5% of 1st prize.

2: All players must agree to the deal. Most of the time it is clear whether all the players want to deal. I would ask the question "Is anybody against doing a deal" at the point where it has started being discussed and if nobody pipes up then I would also use the red card/black card voting system to make sure no one is afraid to oppose. Sometimes it is clear that everyone wants to deal so I would not waste anyone's time with a vote in this instance.

3: The organiser should assist with the deal. Not by suggesting amounts but by calculating each persons share based on the various proposals and making sure that every player is 100% happy with the final proposal. Once everyone is agreed then we would adjust the payouts and make sure that each players is paid per the deal.

4: If at any point it is clear that there is an objector to the deal then players are warned that any further deal discussion or pressurising a player to take part in a deal will result in a penalty. If you are allowing deals then you must offer protection to players who need it.

There are plenty of good ICM calculators out there and most give various different options based on the chips stacks and payouts that are input. The one I use on my Android tablet is called dealmaker.
70  Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: titaniumbean and luckyscrote in mix in Dublin - live on feature table on: February 11, 2012, 09:52:39 PM
Gl guys! Titbeam ftw! What's for first?

€62k. Down to ten and both still in, at least one will make tomorrow's final unless they are both eliminated in same hand.
71  Poker Forums / The Rail / titaniumbean and luckyscrote in mix in Dublin - live on feature table on: February 11, 2012, 09:20:21 PM
Thought this might be of interest.

http://www.d4events.com/coverage/streaming/index.php

Andrew Wayman and Dan Carter tearing it up at The European Deepstack. 11 left.

John Eames in the commentary booth with Phil "The Tower" Heald.
72  Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: GUKPT - Manchester on: January 31, 2012, 02:40:52 PM
Was talking with cardroom manager at Bolton and all us regular players at Bolton and Mcr have asked why is the 500 buy I'n a 6 max when other events are 50k starting stack and normal . Lee has asked it 2 be changed and they said no . Will be lucky if you get 20 and that's from the cardroom manager . Any chance you can talk 2 lee at Bolton cheers

Not all the other 500 events are Deepstack's. There are four £500 events - two Deepstacks and two 6 Max. There are going to around 40 seats guaranteed in live an online satellites so the 20 estimate is a little way off Smiley

These events were added to give a little bit of a mix to the tour and are replacing the summer series of events that have taken place over the last few years. Last year there were 42 in the Bolton summer series event. I have no doubt that we will smash that at the 6 Max.

We know the Deepstack will be more popular than the 6 Max overall and there is nothing to say that Bolton won't get a Deepstack next year.

The English Deepstack is going to be in Coventry this year which is not that far for people to travel to from your area.

73  Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: GUKPT - Manchester on: January 30, 2012, 03:12:36 PM
Only 171 runners this year 207 last year going 2 struggle to get numbers I'n main event .
Walsall, vic and Blackpool should still do fine but the £500 events and sides have been a bit tez.
This weekend is gonna be interesting as genting go head to head with Dtd

171 was a slight disappointment for the main event but overall there were a few more entries in the events that made up the 2012 leg compared to 2011.

Big ups were the super satellite on Sunday and the £300 on Tuesday (This was a £500 last year with 67 runner compared to 113 this year.)

The Bounty event was down by 46 players from 140 to 94 - the only extra event was a £100 on Saturday night which had 46 players Smiley

Saturday's £500 was only down 17 players versus the £250 event which was at the same time last year.

Monday's £100 was down 5 players and Thursday six max up 5.

There are 4 more weeks of online qualifiers for Walsall than there was for Manchester which means there should be at least 16 more players in by that route in March. Walsall was leg 3 last year and had 172 players. I predict 207 this year Smiley

The new structure and starting stack seemed well received by players who attended.

I was expecting having DTD and Genting next week to make more of an impact on the numbers truth be told, especially as this event is right at the end of most working peoples pay month directly after Christmas and New year.
74  Poker Forums / Live Tournament Updates / Re: GUKPT Blackpool: The Final on: November 13, 2011, 11:56:33 AM
Livestream will be here:

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=54715.0

Hopefully the connection holds up. Watched some of it live for the first time last night and considering the difficulties that they are having with t'internet up there I thought it was pretty good.
75  Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: EPT San Remo thread on: October 26, 2011, 07:44:52 PM
I'd just love Barny to do a win, just such a top top guy, really likeable and would just be brilliant for him....go on the old boys

Bit off calling guys younger than you old mate Smiley
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