"Dusk till Dawn" Poker Club In Nottingham Diary (by Rob Yong)

[kinboshi]

Not that I'm looking forward to it opening or anything, but I've already used google maps to see how far away it is from me.  Only 32 miles - so somewhere between half and hour and 45 minutes drive.

I'm going to be there a fair bit, the wife will have to start playing too...

[boldie]

Not that I'm looking forward to it opening or anything, but I've already used google maps to see how far away it is from me.  Only 32 miles - so somewhere between half and hour and 45 minutes drive.

I'm going to be there a fair bit, the wife will have to start playing too...

hehe...I love that my GF is interested in poker and knows how to play (though she still over plays sooted connectors..that's kind off my fault though lol)...I have told her all about DTD and she's already said "We have to go there as soon as it's open then"....wooohoooooooo

[Jon MW]

Not that I'm looking forward to it opening or anything, but I've already used google maps to see how far away it is from me.  Only 32 miles - so somewhere between half and hour and 45 minutes drive.
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203 miles - and I don't drive 

[AdamM]

the thing Im most looking forward to is taking my wife. I've taken her once to Notts Gala but although she's a pretty good player it can be a bear pit sometimes and she's uncomfortable there. At least once or twice a month we'll go out to DTD together and I'll be comfortable with her being at a table on the other side of the card room and her being ok.

[bigpete]

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all i need to do now is find out which is the best priced hotels with wheelchair access to the club then i can start to plan my poker schedule
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We are looking into doing deals with local hotels so that we can get discounted rates for our customers.  We will also evaluate their wheelchair access facilities and publish the results on our website at least a month or so before the club opens.

[Rooky9]

From the last few 'DTD Crew' posts there seems a real hope to attract new, but poker based, custom. The ethos being that a new poker player would be more comfortable going to a club that is solely poker based and full of poker players. Would that be easier than a casino? I hope DtD see it as a challange to overcome (I don't play the Nottingham Circuit) - If I was new to live poker I would want to play somewhere I would perceieve as the other players being slightly ragged and not so well groomed as to 'bully' the new player - the thought of a specialised poker club may not do this for new players.

I think DtD would thrive without this section of custom, however it is something that has been refered to a couple of times.

[kinboshi]

From the last few 'DTD Crew' posts there seems a real hope to attract new, but poker based, custom. The ethos being that a new poker player would be more comfortable going to a club that is solely poker based and full of poker players. Would that be easier than a casino? I hope DtD see it as a challange to overcome (I don't play the Nottingham Circuit) - If I was new to live poker I would want to play somewhere I would perceieve as the other players being slightly ragged and not so well groomed as to 'bully' the new player - the thought of a specialised poker club may not do this for new players.

I think DtD would thrive without this section of custom, however it is something that has been refered to a couple of times.

I understand what you're saying here, but on the flip side there are also lots of online players, or people who play with their mates, who would like to play some well-organised live events - but for whatever reason they don't feel confident about going into a casino to play. 

In my (very limited) experience, every time I've gone into a casino to play poker I've come across a group of 'regulars' where I definitely feel like an outsider.  Fortunately, I don't give a toss what people think and have the confidence to get stuck in - but many don't. 

I'm sure DTD will offer lower-level tournaments for 'newbies' to attract those who want to play but are anxious for whatever reason.  This game is unlikely to attract any regular sharks, who'll be looking at the higher stakes games.

Also, the tournament structures will be more favourable for the newbies (from what I've read), and people will be more comfortable with a low stake freezeout than they will in what they perceive is a 'shark-infested' rebuy.

It all depends on how it's marketed - and I think Rob and the others are adopting the right approach.

[robyong]

DTD is primarliy an orgainisation for the serious poker player, both live and online, from semi professional upwards. This is what we know best and what we should focus on to be successful initially. You can see that our online DTD $$$ Club on the holding site www.dtdpoker.com is weighted targeted towards the experienced player, but we will still offer plently of opportunites (online and through the club) for smaller players to join the DTD Tour.

As I have said, DTD is not going for the high volume approach, we want to be able to offer a personal service to DTD members, and this will not be possible if we go for the mass audience. Casinos do that because they get new customers for their house games, we will not be having house edge games, so their is no point of doing the "feet through the doors" system.

However, with all that in mind, our regular tournament schedule, STT's and cash games will not "price out" any reasonably enthusiatic player. At the end of the day, a in £30 re-buy, a nightly spend of £90 (1 re-buy and a top up) is common in casinos accross the country. Here is an rough idea of what our provisional poker activity will be, either NL or PL holdem:

Regular Comps
Thursday 1 comp - £50 Freezout

Friday - 1 comp - £100 Freezeout

Saturday 2 comps - £30 Freezout and £100 Freezout

Sunday  : 2 comps - £50 Freezout and a £200 Freezout (once per month we will do a £500 freezout guarenteed a £100k prize pool)

We will have 3 DTD 4 day festivals, NL main events ranging for £1000 to £3000 buy-in.

Every single comp in DTD will either have added money or a guatenteed prize pool.

Special Events
EPT and WPT......who knows?

Events in conjuction with other tourney organisors and online sites


Cash Games & STT's
We will run satelittes into all main events, so the smaller players can get access to the bigger comps. We will run STT's form £10 - £100 buy-in (online style)

We will have cash games from £0.50 - £ blinds and above.

We will have high limit games and braodcast some over the web (if players give permission)


So hopefully, we can cater for all levels of player, we will be running beginner classes live (Aces Trumper) and online (Action Jack), but as I said, the emphasis will be on serious poker, no casino crapshoots. Hopefully, this gives you guys an idea

Cheers Rob

[SupaMonkey]

Are you going to have slot machines. They don't take up much space and they could easily generate some extra cash for the club.

[boldie]

"(once per month we will do a £500 freezout guarenteed a £100k prize pool)"

Bless you Sir, now that sounds like a birthday present my GF can get me ..or maybe we should just move to Nottingham.

[turny]

sounds like a huge amount of thought has gone into the structuring.

freezeouts are the way forward for poker players


well done rob 

[robyong]

Are you going to have slot machines. They don't take up much space and they could easily generate some extra cash for the club.

slot machines are a poss as lots of players have said they keep their wives busy!

[SupaMonkey]

lol.

[charmaine]

Are you going to have slot machines. They don't take up much space and they could easily generate some extra cash for the club.

slot machines are a poss as lots of players have said they keep their wives busy!

I'm about as good as using slot machines as i am at playing poker  >:? lol

[boldie]

Are you going to have slot machines. They don't take up much space and they could easily generate some extra cash for the club.

slot machines are a poss as lots of players have said they keep their wives busy!

Please get the sound turned off though..man I hate it when you're playing somewhere and there's a row of slot machines making a load of noise.