DUSK TILL DAWN - HAVE YOUR SAY AT THE COURT HEARING..............

[ffcdave]

I would like to play at Dusk Till Dawn because it will be a legal, safe, professionally run and friendly establishment. It will also be large enough to hold some of the most prestigious tournaments in Europe and will be key in the expansion of Poker in the UK. It will also give players the opportunity to socialise and play in an environment which is very much NOT a casino, eithout the distractions of casino games.

[BTB]

for me poker is a hobby, i used to play 3 - 4 times a week at my local casino, because the casino does not make large sums of money from poker they arrange the poker games to run in such a way to leave you in limbo whilst you are waiting to play or in between playing.
During your time away from the poker table they have one aim, to get you on the games of chance and therefore to take more of your money. You get bored waiting and end up losing the money you have in your pocket, I now only go to the casino once per week to play because I cant afford to lose on the games of chance. It would be easy to say dont play the games of chance, but the casino's do anything they can to get you to play, i.e they give you vouchers for slot machines to play while your waiting for the poker to start, put £10 in and we'll give you £10 credit free etc, you get bored waiting so you do it.

I and i'm sure most of the british public who play poker for a hobby and love to play, want to go to a club that can offer our hobby or interest without the risk of blowing your bank balance in the process, you'll still have some of the waiting around but how cool will it be waiting around with loads of other people who have exactly the same interests as you in a club dedicated to your hobby.

My final thought, Great Britain is not very great at much anymore but we do have some fantastic poker players who can compete and beat people from all over the world, where are all these poker greats??? they are all abroad because we dont have enough great venues like this to keep them here and attract people from overseas to compete here.

BTB

[ArtofSin]

I would like to play poker at Dusk Till Dawn because i have no interest in any other gaming except poker.  i live in Derby & work in Nottingham so DTD would be perfectly located for myself and be a regular visitor when the license has been granted.

Dan, Derby, UK

[MC]

I would like to play poker at Dusk Till Dawn because it will be a fantastic place to play poker, without getting lured into other casino games. Poker is a unique form of gambling in which you play against other players, not against the casino. To have a whole place dedicated solely to poker would be great for this hugely popular card game, for which there is great demand.

James Atkin,
Lincoln

[RAO]

I would like to play poker at Dusk Till Dawn because it would be a dedicated environment where women such as myself would feel safer in the knowledge that everyone present was there for the sole purpose of playing poker and nothing else. Added to this is my experience of travelling to another city for a poker tournament and having nowhere to go from a casino after perhaps getting knocked out early. Currently, the only option is to hang around the casino and try my hand at gambling games of pure chance and losing money in the process as alternative poker games are not on offer.

[tonysaint]

I would play poker at DTD Nottingham, and spend money at local hotels and restaurants, because...

I wish to play poker in a pure poker environment, and it'll be well worth the journey from the south coast to my nearest specialist venue.

( I played poker last night in local casino - lost £300 on the gaming tables whilst hanging around waiting for the poker to start/during the breaks. Rather pay for a nice weekend away...)

Tony Adderley
I.T. Director
Brighton

[Bandito]

I would like to play poker at Dusk Til Dawn because it will be a very exciting experience to play in such surroundings in the midst of many top quality players.  I believe Dusk Til Dawn will present many people who dislike casinos with an ideal opportunity to test out their poker skills and find out how good (or bad) they really are.  Many aspiring professional players will be able to cut their teeth in such a venue, just as they have in cardrooms in London.  I would see myself as a potential regular customer of such a venue.

I don't accept that casino business will be unduly affected by the opening of an establishment like DTD.  Those who like to gamble will still pass through their doors and their convenient city centre location will always guarantee them continued custom.  Personally, I have only ever attended 3 poker tournaments in local casinos because the game structures found there invariably decrease the skill side of poker and increase the chance component.  Casinos will lose no revenue from players like me who don't waste a single chip on other game tables because they don't see the point of playing a game of chance that you're a favourite to lose.  In any event, they ran their poker tournaments for free as a loss leader.

The prestige of poker tournaments around the world is growing at a remarkable rate and, as someone who lives in Nottingham, I would feel very proud for our city to play host to some of the best tournaments in the world. 

Martin Coleman
Full-time Parent
Nottingham

[DesperaDoh]

I would like to play poker at Dusk Till Dawn because we should be allowed the freedom to choose which venue we'd like to visit

[shimmy]

I would like to play poker at DTD because I like playing poker and I hate a casino environment.

Simon Ansell
Programmer/Poker player
London

[AlexMartin]

I would like to play poker in DTD Nottingham as im fed up of casino's only trying to get me through their doors so i will lose substantial amounts of money in house games. I want to play in a purely poker playing venue, where the emphasis is on providing for the player rather than average spend per head on roulette.

Alex Martin

Poker player

[Stone]

I would like to play poker at Dusk Till Dawn because I believe it will transform the playing of poker in the UK. Till now the Casinos have done an adequate job of running legal poker, but in truth many card room managers operate under the duress of guiding customers to the house games e.g. the timings of competitions, long breaks etc. I want to play in an environment where the poker opportunity is run by poker professionals for poker players. There is an opportunity at DTD for true market forces to emerge in terms of providing games that players want, when player want to play them. Just look at the US experience, in California there are high quality venues providing dedicated to provide a wide range of games, structures and level to suit every player. I look forward to this choice in the UK!

Charles Mason
IT Specialist
Birmingham

[Cell 1919]

I would like to play poker at Dusk Till Dawn because it will provide a safe, welcoming environment for someone like me who otherwise is unlikely to play in a live, social setting. I do not feel comfortable in having to go to a casino simply to play a competitive game which I consider involves a considerable amount of skill.

The efforts that the proprietors of DTD have gone to in order to provide a first class, ordered and well run establishment are self evident.

Additionally the club will provide considerable employment in the local area. If people like me are prepared to come from Leeds when I won't go in a casino five minutes down the road then it's farly clear that there is a demand for what DTD has to offer.

There is every chance that International tournaments will be played there, leading to an increase in visitors and profile for the region.

I wish them well in their endeavours and look forward to playing in an environment dedicaterd to poker and poker alone.

[Digger]

I would like to play Poker at Dawn Till Dusk because.....lets face it Poker is probably the fastest growing passtime in Europe.....if not the world at this time and what a fantastic venue this will be!

Generally Poker Players want to play Poker and in order to do that we currently have to go to Casino's, I like many others have no interest in playing games of pure chance and very rarely will I spend any of my hard earned cash on any of the other table games or slots.

We play a game of skill, we evaluate and calculate, we read books and watch others play to educate ourselves in order to play at a higher level. We know that an element of luck comes in to our game, but we don't just gamble on the turn of a card or the spin of a wheel.............give me a Poker Club over a Casino any day!

The DTD offering is first class, please don't steal this away from us Poker Players.

Dave Davies
Company Director - Finance sector
Chester

[Delboy]

I would like to play Poker at Dawn Till Dusk because.....

I would like to practice my hobby in a club who's primary purpose is Poker. Where the customer service is built around the needs of poker players and not slots or table games gamblers. I would like to play poker in a legal, safe and enjoyable environment.

[defstan]

I would like to play Poker at Dusk till Dawn because dusk till dawn removes the very thing no government wants too advocate.... (true gambling and the temptation thereof). Poker is renowned as a game of skill and therefore its classification cannot be gambling.

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