Live & Interactive Update - Blue Square Poker 6 from Bolton - DAY TWO

[snoopy1239]

STEVE 'CARD SHARK' REID IS THE BLUE SQUARE POKER 6 CHAMPION WINNING £24,000

And he's a blondeite too!

Top man!

 

[azimut]

well done steve - proud of ya!!!
you the man!

see you in vegas - you have to go now!

kev

[RED-DOG]

Well done Steve!

[snoopy1239]

The winning hand...

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[snoopy1239]

Runner Up Brian Medley



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[snoopy1239]

Poker 6 Champ Steve Reid



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[Colchester Kev]

TAXI FOR READ !!!   

Pass on my congrats please snoppy, good to see the nice blokes picking up a title ...

Ps. who won the consolation event ?

[snoopy1239]

Well, it's been a long shift for the updaters, but I don't think the players will have any complaints.

With the exception of the dinner break fiasco, this was a pretty well organised event.

It's a shame they didn't quite make the numbers, as this made the whittling down process rather more complicated than it should have been.

However, kudos to Raab for setting up a highly successful event and coming up with something innovative.

The structure cannot be faulted. There was more than enough room to play 'proper poker' and, although it is now 4.30am and I feel as though my head is about to drop off, that is the most important thing.

No crapshoot this weekend.

Stick a fork in me...

I'm done!

snoops snoopy

[ifm]

Great update snop, some classic one liners in there

p.s. looking at the last couple of hands they weren't much bothered about the extra £4k were they??

[Junior Senior]

Nce one Steve!! - top bloke.

[snoopy1239]

Great update snop, some classic one liners in there

p.s. looking at the last couple of hands they weren't much bothered about the extra £4k were they??

I think only King and Read had their hearts on the trophy.

Whilst King was short-stacked near the end, Read was determined to play it out properly, making sure he got his hands on the silverware, which, ultimately, he succeeding in doing.

Also as we both agreed, that 4k might not mean too much when you've already bagged 20 big ones, but would he be saying that in several months time?

[Indestructable]

TAXI FOR READ !!!   

Pass on my congrats please snoppy, good to see the nice blokes picking up a title ...

Ps. who won the consolation event ?

Do we know who won the consolation event?

[Dewi_cool]

Congratulations Steve, well done 

[TheDoc12345]

Well done Steve - it was a pleasure playing next to you - and we had quite a bit of fun too !!

Claire won the consolation event by the way... and before James, Simon, John and the like (Tikay included) Yes, I am having lessons !!

Luke.

[AlrightJack]

Well, its all done and dusted now, as they say. I've read through the threads from both days and will now attempt to answer a few of the questions that cropped up.

Why were there two flights?

Well, it was hoped that we would sell out the event (capped at 108 runners - 18 tables of 6 players) and had we done so that would have created problems of space - where to put all 18 tables - and problems of staffing - how to get the 20+ dealers that would be needed to run 18 concurrent tables (they need breaks you know). So, two flights was the answer.  With hindsight, 16 tables could have been run in one sitting, but we were optimistic of filling the event due to the added prize money, slow structure and novelty of a new type of event.

Only 96 runners?

The World Cup, the weather, the WSOP and to some extent the location (many southern players were not keen on travelling that far for the event) all conspired to result in the event running 12 players short of capacity. However, 96 is a more than respectable number for a £1,000 event, especially when you consider that so many recent tournaments have had such poor attendences.

The seven handed situation on the final table?

Two conflicting reports in the thread about how they ran it at the WSOP - the idea of moving a player every half hour doesn't seem like a good option to me. The most fair way is to go seven handed, even if that goes against the stated shorthandedness of the event.

Carry On The Dinner Break?

There were problems due to unforseen staff absences which caused very long delays in service. Obviosuly not an ideal situation and potentially very upsetting for the players, however it became so farcical that they all ended up laughing about it. I do apologise about the situation on behalf of the Grosvenor Bolton. I actually missed the whole debacle as Mike, Simon (my Blue Square colleagues), Rick Dacey and myself had decided to go out for a chinese instead. We played a sit n go all the way through the meal. Rick won, just as the bill was arriving...

Will there be another Poker 6 event?

I would hope so. Most of the feedback I had from players at the event was that they would like to see it return. I will set up a poll on another thread so you can voice your own opinions on this matter and on the event in general.

I have been quite heavily involved with the Poker 6, as many of you know. The main things I wanted to achieve by running this event were:

1. To run a short handed event - You don't get many of them in the UK and certainly not in usually in casinos, for obvious economical reasons - space and staffing.
2. To ensure that the comp could not become a crapshoot - this was achieved by deep stacks, healthy 40-45 minute levels (for a short handed game) and a very gradual blinds structure.
3. To give value back to players - with a guaranteed prize pool of £120,000 and as we fell 12 players short, we actually added a lot more than the advertised £21,000 to the weekend. Not bad for a 96 runner bag of sand event.
4. To be innovate - the starting table saver prize, the consolation 'Grosvenor Plate' event and the shootout/usual mtt combo format fulfilled this.

I feel that my goals have been achieved and hope that overall it has been a success in the eyes of the participants as well.

Thanks to everyone who has supported the event - Blue Square and Grosvenor casinos, the staff at Bolton, with special mention to Ian Bryan  (who did a wonderful job running the event and remained calm and good natured all the way through, despite a few teething difficulties) and everyone who played in the event or pitched up to rail their favourites home. Hope to see you all again soon.