Go George

My post here was more aimed at the sellers rather than the buyers who sometimes are exploiting friends when we should be trying to help each other. It's not all about extracting the maximum from every situation perhaps some generosity would go a long way in this world.

Maybe this has been said before but as I have the public eye at the moment thought i would say it again. I often view this board more for curiosity than any other reason. It always strikes me that markup's are too high and people over estimate their skill edge or are offering people deals that are too close to their ROI's. I think if you are asking for investment it means you are generally too short of money or playing a tournament which you are not rolled for (probably for a reason) so therefore you need help from investors. They should be rewarded for this and at the very least for example if your true ROI in a tournament is 50% i think the mark up should be maximum 1.25 to split the profit with the investor. This takes into account poker players being honest with themselves about how good they are which is going to be difficult as everyone tend to think they are better than they are (Not always a bad thing). Anyway rant over just bare in mind if people keep getting bad deals they wont invest in the future and where will you be then.

Thx for support nottingham railers invited to meal and drinks on me and nick dates to be confirmed

When is last entry... and what blind level is that? Cheers

Nick chip count players left?

Good luck to Nick Hicks - the nicest bloke in poker 2012.

Hand for hand was brief

On one table Keys raises in the hi-jack and Leon Campbell calls

Keys has been terrorising Campbell all day

Keys bets all the way on   10c  and then 85,000 on

Campbell has 100,000 behind


On another table Atkin raises 8-9 suited

Tom High 3 bets him for the second hand in a row and Atkin 4 bet shoves for 150,000

High calls with 10-10 and holds, knocking Atkin out


Seeing this Campbell (assuming he has cashed 27th, though I think if they go out on the same hand the 27th place is split...) calls and Keys shows to knock Campbell down to the felt

Team eureka coffining for fun

Hicks 1 time

Samurai chop !

1. Rake V Session Fees AND Charge (DTD rake only) - Off topic kinda but ideal world decrease rake and increase number of games, everyones a winner. Sessions do tax nits who dont play hands which is a bonus but they slow the game down and can give people reason to leave which is not ideal.. rake probably better in long run as long as people dont think its too high.

2. Levels of games on offer (we spread 50p-£1 +) - The problem with the club it seems to me is too many small games at the moment. When Gala notts was at its peak  in my era) there would be as many as 4-6 1/2 games running. Maybe eveyone has done their money who knows but alot of people will play 50/1 when they can afford to play 1/2 just to pass time cheaper. Im talking cynically but killing 50/1 completely and running 1/2 (capped) poss 1/2 (uncapped) + could be better. SnG's could be a low stakes limited risk option for people who cant afford cash games (this is common in europe). 25p/50p is a terrible idea imo.

3. Straddles allowed/ limited (we dont allow straddles on 50-£1) - No straddles in games smaller than 5/10 could get bigger games running and also people know what they are playing before they sit down.

4. Min/Max buy-ins at start of game (varies on game) max buy ins on games smaller than 5/10 could be a good idea but can think of some lively 5/5 games that capping the buy in wouldnt help... tough but capping 1/2 is a good idea probably for recreational players. Having this all on the cash game screen so you know the rules before you play would be a good idea.

5. Max buy in when game has been running (doesnt change at DTD) keep the same.

6. Buy the button (not allowed in DTD) should be allowed

7. Run it twice (only allowed in uncapped games) only available in 5/10 plus or very big 5/5

8. Rabitt hunting (not allowed I think, erm...) do not allow slows game too much

9. Spectators in the cash game area - common sense required here, agree with earlier posts about bias for regs doesnt seem right.

10. Opening/Closing times for kicking out cash game players - balance between whats good for club(running at a loss) and whats good for players should be drawn. Dont think keeping games running late will have a detremental effect on games in the future though.

11. Complementories - food and drink DTD does free soft and hot drinks/ some food compted on £2-£5 + games) - personally think putting money saved here into cash game initiatives would be money better spent than giving people free food.

12. Rake Races, Bad beat jackpots (weve not tried them) - Rake races - bad idea .. bad beat jackpots - bad idea...  again better idea to advertise lower rake or happy hours or some initiative that will make people think they are getting value for money.

13. Barring Team Eureaka / Winning players Smiley Smiley Smiley-

14. Rake on split pots (we rake) - not a massive issue but some mixed game players really dont like it ... kinda sucks to get less out of a pot than you put in when you win.


All this being said its going to be hard to get games going in nottingham as there is not a lot of money in the poker pool going about at the moment. It would be good to get the whole Notts poker community playing in 1 place as alot of people playing in alea/gala if they all came to dusk till dawn should be better for everybody. I think the weekly tournaments are not bringing in the right sort of people to stimulate cash games, people who play 25-50 freezeouts generally are not going to want to play decent size cash games. I think starting some rebuy tournaments which could generate huge prizepools is a good idea as it could increase the catchment area of the club bringing more people in and this will have a knock on effect of boosting the cash games as people who travel will generally be bigger players. Drawing on my knowledge from nottingham in the past we used to get alot of people coming from Derby, Sheffield, Birmingham and Luton to play the nightly tournaments because they were the best prizepools on offer in the week. I know this is alot more difficult now because of competition in neighbouring cities but i find myself now wanting to travel to these places myself to get action so if i want to do it why not others coming to you?....  Maybe all i said is nonsense ive had afew beers so whatever lol

Terry Fletcher update + gogo PJ

dtd still saying there 137 left wish thet would update the website more

They update virtually real time for every exit

By far the most efficient set of tournament information around!

but today it's not working?

he's back!

trolls gonna troll

gogo PJ

Sigh bokked myself

nice river