grosvenor grand prix walsall

[ksollis]

expecting near the 100 runner mark in walsall  on wednesday 12th and near the same on thursday.sure to be close to 200 runners on the finals  day.
what do you think about every one getting min 100pound back on the day for those who don.t get lucky .some think it they should make a bigger prize with the 20.000thousand they are paying out.
i thinks its an ok idea. i know    2 people who played who would not normally play in these bigger comps on the basis that they might get a draw what do you think.

[RED-DOG]

Not quite sure what you mean, sorry, can you run that by me again slowly?

[ksollis]

red dog every finalist on 15th will recieve min 100pound i was wondering if people thought it was a goog idea or not.

[RED-DOG]

I think you might have quite a few returning for the second day

How many do you think there will be, what clock are we on, and how many starting chips?

What is the prize structure at the moment, how many does it pay?

I think its a good idea in principle to give all those returning for day two something, but it can cause a lot of short stacks to try to hang on and run the clock down, you have to be careful what you promise

[ksollis]

red dog all qualifiers will recieve min 100 pound who make it to saturday.if theres 200 runners thats what i am saying 20.000payout before the finals.

[Karabiner]

From what I can gather from the website, it appears that the prize pool is a guaranteed

£250,000 minimum, with !st prize £100,000.

Personally I don't see anything wrong with paying everyone £100, after all some are coming from as far away as Scotland

£20,000 is not a big chunk of the prize pool.

[ifm]

how many qualifiers are left?
i know walsall on weds..........any more?

[tikay]

There are TEN Qualifiers left, as of today (Saturday).

Sunday - Salford, & The Vic

Monday - Luton & Blackpool

Tuesday - Liverpool & Southampton

Wednesday - Walsall

Thursday - Walsall, The Vic, & Cardiff.

Fields this week are likely to be massive, based on previous year's patterns, so PLENTY of seats on offer.

Lots of blondeites have qualified already - we need MORE.

If ifm, or someone local to Walsall, knows somewhere where the blondeites can all hook up for some pre-comp dinner on Saturday, I'm up for it, & it's on me, outa my Gutshot winnings. But you need to let me know who's up for it, so we have an idea of numbers, if any......

[ifm]

i am 90% to try wednesday, my first attempt......most likely only attempt cuz of work commitments. i had to leave it to this late stage unfortunately for reasons out of my control.
What is it like in the late qualifiers?
i assume a lot of pro's will be travelling for these, would thursday be better as there is 3 on this day?
Dreading sitting down with folks carrying 4 or 5 rebuys, just not worth it as it's a percentage of entrants rather than prize pool.
As for a meal beforehand, i don't know walsall at all (M6 route only) but there is a little estate thingy over the road with an italian i think??
Also i'm not sure if Ash's restaurant is still open, i know it was close to grosvenor.

[Karabiner]

Tikay, everyone has to be there for the draw just before 3pm Saturday.

Even if there are 200+ runners and it goes to two "flights".

This is due apparantly to Gaming Board regulation #3 which states that all participants must be present at the start.

But if we are drawn in flight #2 which will run from 9pm until 3am, dinner sounds fine.

[tikay]

Correct Karabiner - hence my suggestion we could hook up locally at maybe 1pm for a bit of nosh. I don't think Ash's place is still open.

[Karabiner]

Okay Tikay, I'm with you now.

Sounds good.

[Colchester Kev]

we could hook up locally at maybe 1pm for a bit of nosh.

Resist Kev ... RESIST !!!!

[ksollis]

lads you can get a  meal in the village hotel on the doorstep 2 for 7pound at present and and its nice.
don.t forget the free  buffet that will laid on for you later though which is quite enjoyable.

[TightEnd]

I've booked into the Village hotel..that seems a decent enough place for a pre comp meal at 1pm. After that becomes difficult because some of us will be playing at 3pm, some at 9pm


If tikay's offering nosh on him, unsurprisingly, I'll be there.

Having not eaten the day before!