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

[Jon MW]

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Here's looking forward to the next 100 pages

[Zanshin]

Well I'm sure we all hope it's not another 100 pages of delays.

Best of luck Rob.

[tikay]

100 pages, 15,000 Posts, & nearly 52,000 views. Astonishing!

[PyrE]

Looks like the DTD buzz has reached Scandieland. Here comes the invasion fleet. Longboats are so passe....

http://www.eastmidlandsairport.com/cms/276/sterling-airlines-at-east-midlands.html

woot! no more need for the bus to stanstead when i visit my old folks

[boldie]

Recieved a reply from the good people at the OFT saying there was nothing they could do as they can't interfere with the legale process  and they have not seen any direct eveidence of collusion between the big three.

[ariston]

similar email to say they have no need to investigate as the only grounds they could get involved on are if you have evidence saying the other 3 acted together and not independently (CCTV from the court of the big legal councils conferring would prove this IMO rob).

[neeko]

Recieved a reply from the good people at the OFT saying there was nothing they could do as they can't interfere with the legale process  and they have not seen any direct eveidence of collusion between the big three.

These pesky bad guys they never hold their secret meetings in a TV studio with an audience.

[disclaimer - i am not saying that anyone/organisation is a bad guy, or that anyone was trying to colude or that there was a secret meeting - or anything - in fact all casino groups are great companies - upstanding members of the community defenders of their shareholders and stakeholders - angels in fact]

[robyong]

I went to Stanleys Circus for the £50 re-buy last night, I was a bit worried they had "pre-barred" me but I managed to join and get into the comp. Most of the field were Gala players, and it was really nice to see all my old friends, I must have shook all 52 (the comp field) players hands before I managed to sit down to play.

The Stanley's staff all seemed to know who I was aswell, it was all a bit wierd. Anyone, I think the Stanley' card room was great, dealer all dealt, firm but fair management and really nice comfortable surroundings, I really enjoyed it and am crossing my fingers that I don't get a letter in the post barring me.

When LCI open, there will be 3 ten table card rooms in Nottingham, hopefully poker will grow rather than be spread around the card rooms. However, I expect players will get some great deals with the increased competition. I have to be honest, I can see a strong argument that we have enough casino choices in Nottingham now, but Dusk Till Dawn is not a casino (as I keep saying to anyone that will listen), we will be targeting a different clientele, athough I'm not saying casino players are not welcome.

A magazine emailed me some questions yesterday, one was "what do you want Dusk Till Dawn to be?", its a bit of an open question, but an important one. Hear is my answer, as always, broken down into 10 bulllet points, but in no particular order

1. Quite small fields (40-80) in the daily comps, deeper stack freezouts, maybe 1 beginners night for £10, but the rest ranging from £50 to £200, pre dominatley NL hold'em
2. A "select" membership, serious poker players (by "serious", this can include beginners who aspire to be Phil Helmuth"
3. Respect for the facilties and eachother, dress smart but feel comfortable
4. A "community" feel, not a "public" feel
5. Hold the biggest field in Europe within the first 18 months of opening - 1000+ runners
6. A monthly £500+ comp which gets 200+ runners
7. Non-dtd major comps such as APAT, EPT etc to be able to use DTD's facilites
8. To be the centre of cash games in the UK, and host the highest stakes in a safe enviroment
9. To replicate the "internet" experience in a live environment eg. more 6 handed cash games/STT's
10. To stop losing money lol

To develop this club, I want to start small, I definatley do not want all of Gala, Stanleys and LCI's poker players piling into DTD, nor do I want late drinkers dropping in after night on the town (or from the lap dancing club next door) to take advantage of our 24hour licence. I want DTD to have some exclusivity, for members to feel it is their club, not "jo public's". This is what my mind if focussing on now, how to do this, how to acheive this environment, how to make sure its a poker players club, safe and comfortable. When people say to me "that club is going to be packed full every night", I'm thinking, "No, it won't be".

How to do this needs to be worked out over the next 12 weeks, maybe put a sigh up saying "genuine poker players only", but can't see that working somehow.

Any suggestions, please post.

Cheers Rob

[Ironside]

nice 1 rob i hope stanelys shows some class and allow you to continue play

[KingPoker]

I know this happens in cardiff casino which is right next to evolution night club but the people that do come in drunk, come in to play the table games so i doubt you will have that problem as a poker club. It should be easy to spot the regulars after a month or 2 from the idiots who come in at 3 just to booze up a bit more.
I dont know if it would be possible to set up a temporary/trial (probation) membership for 2 or 3 months which should separate the poker players from the offcuts and simply blacklist the latter and not renew their membership!

[Pab]

wow live 6 handed cash games, i just got goose pimples all over, ;-)

[RichEO]

the people that do come in drunk, come in to play the table games so i doubt you will have that problem as a poker club.

Well as long as they get their money on the poker table and they're not falling all over the place, is there a problem? 

[ariston]

just charge a membership fee (refundable against table charges or something) to stop non poker players wandering in for a pint.

[turny]

just caught up on the thread.


glad you manage to get a live gamee rob lets hope stanleys hold back an uneccessary barring!

no word on how you got on lol

heres looking forward to the opening night in october and seeing your hard work come good (if invited of course)   

[da_poker_monkey]

I think the maximum amount of shaking of hands that took place when you played in the £50 rebuy at the Circus Casino must have been around...ooh...I don't know ....say 51?