BoylePoker International Poker Open 2009

[StuartHopkin]

Tighty or Kev

Can you confirm how much we need to play to earn these points?

If I was a shareholder of Boyle i would think it was genius until I realised I had a 968 empty seats at my tournament. 

Obviously if it sells out still it is genius, Im just annoyed, its my favourite poker weekend of the year :-(

[CelticGeezeer]

Can see why they've done this (have a think about why online poker rooms bother to sponsor live events) but they really need to put in how many starting chips players get anyway so players can work out for themselves if they want to bother grinding the points.

I've seen another promo for it this morning that says its 8000 for the standard starting stack

Please no no no no

So its not a bonus its a punishment?

Starting stack last two years was 10k

Therefore were not getting extra chips. You have to play on boylepoker.com or you have 2000 chips deducted.

Effin Sea Nut Off and die please. This is the worst news I have had all year.
I was waiting for this announcement for about 3 weeks.

Sure am happy
Sure am excited
Sure will be there

I don't think that you will need to play much to get the chips, if the points come up as quickly as on blonde poker (if this is not correct then maybe it isn't a great idea) and presumably if you sign up thru this forum then blonde will get something.  

So I don't think it's the end of the world.

What if I just don't wanna play on their site?

I could understand if they discounted entry fees for ppl who raked x amount but dont touch the starting stacks!

If you just don't wanna play on the site = tough titty

Discounted entry does make more sense, but the buy-in is relatively low and I can see people not bothering to shave $50 off their entry, this does give people a very good reason to play on Boyles. The more I think of it, as a player, I think it could cause a lot of problems, but if I was a shareholder in Boyles I'd think it was a touch of genius.

Is their an interest that needs declaring here ? or do you also think that Supernovas on stars should get bigger starting stacks in the EPT events

[TightEnd]

Well, this is going well

If you are going to download BoylePoker please do so from one of the banners on this forum, tyvm

I'll get Boyles on to answer your questions!

[DaveShoelace]

Can see why they've done this (have a think about why online poker rooms bother to sponsor live events) but they really need to put in how many starting chips players get anyway so players can work out for themselves if they want to bother grinding the points.

I've seen another promo for it this morning that says its 8000 for the standard starting stack

Please no no no no

So its not a bonus its a punishment?

Starting stack last two years was 10k

Therefore were not getting extra chips. You have to play on boylepoker.com or you have 2000 chips deducted.

Effin Sea Nut Off and die please. This is the worst news I have had all year.
I was waiting for this announcement for about 3 weeks.

Sure am happy
Sure am excited
Sure will be there

I don't think that you will need to play much to get the chips, if the points come up as quickly as on blonde poker (if this is not correct then maybe it isn't a great idea) and presumably if you sign up thru this forum then blonde will get something.  

So I don't think it's the end of the world.

What if I just don't wanna play on their site?

I could understand if they discounted entry fees for ppl who raked x amount but dont touch the starting stacks!

If you just don't wanna play on the site = tough titty

Discounted entry does make more sense, but the buy-in is relatively low and I can see people not bothering to shave $50 off their entry, this does give people a very good reason to play on Boyles. The more I think of it, as a player, I think it could cause a lot of problems, but if I was a shareholder in Boyles I'd think it was a touch of genius.

Is their an interest that needs declaring here ? or do you also think that Supernovas on stars should get bigger stating stacks in the EPT events

No interest at all with Boylepoker, the difference between this and Supernovas getting bigger stacks is that Stars don't add anything to the prize pool in EPT events, whereas Boyles are adding $25,000 to this one, which is huge relative to the buy-in. Also Im guessing 250 points is equivalent to about 20 bux, rather than the $20,000 in rake I believe supernovas have to pay to get their status (or just shy of $2500 if you are from the UK and did their recent promo  )

For the record, I don't think different starting stacks is a brilliant idea from a players point of view (and it would have been much better if everyone started with 10k rather than 8k) and it could go tits up - I'm just saying that when an online poker room adds a significant amount of extra value to an event like this then the players should see things from their point of view and play ball a little.

[Texas_Dime]

Hi all,

Stephen Mc Lean here. I'm the live event organiser from pokerireland.ie, we are also partners with BoylePoker.com on the IPO (lots of Blondes played in the first IPO back in 2007 too, so thanks to everyone that helped us get this started)....BoylePoker's sponsorship of this event has meant that the IPO has come along in leaps and bounds.

They have added a serious amount of money both last year and this year. They are helping us to offer a professional tournament service to players that only have to buy-in for a fraction of the cost of an EPT, Irish Open etc...The prize-pool is huge because we are getting so many players involved so in other words the winner has a chance to win excess of US$50,000 for a buy-in of $250. The value that BoylePoker bring isn't just in added money its in the fact that they go to so much trouble for their players, and its not just once a year, their customer service is hands down the best I have ever come across and its consistent every day.

Demand is going to be so huge for the event this year that BoylePoker want to make sure that they reward their own players...250 VIP points is the equivalent to 150 - 200 hands for 99% of players out there. That's pretty much half an online cash session for me and I'm not much of an online player.

Registration is open on BoylePoker.com (five minutes in and we had 5 players registered and paid in full)... We are going to get a huge amount of support from players all over Europe so please don't let the UK be any different. It is a very small ask and if players get behind it we are going to keep on offering more and more value for many years to come.

Cheers all,
Stephen Mc Lean.

stephen(at)pokerireland.ie

[Texas_Dime]

By the way, you can ask any and all questions on the Poker Show tonight from 8pm to 11pm (see Boylepoker.com for details)....I think I'm going to be on at some stage too but Ciarán Corbett of Boylepoker will be in the studio for the whole show.

[StuartHopkin]

Mmmm

Looking at flights now.
Still annoying but cant miss it.

[ChipRich]

We've been the last 2 years, and its been a good torn and weekend. Don't see the point of changing it.

Will prob decide nearer the time to if we go or not.

[Dewi_cool]

We've been the last 2 years, and its been a good torn and weekend. Don't see the point of changing it.

Will prob decide nearer the time to if we go or not.

will the cupboard be involved in the decision making process?

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=27866.0

[StuartHopkin]

Tina Dico Thursday 15th Shepards Bush Empire

This could be complicated! Anyone know if you can fly from Heathrow to Dublin?

[StuartHopkin]

We've been the last 2 years, and its been a good torn and weekend. Don't see the point of changing it.

Will prob decide nearer the time to if we go or not.

will the cupboard be involved in the decision making process?

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=27866.0

Monseur Cool, if you come along to this tournament I will stop whinging instantly. Just think of the guinness we could drink!

Matt just worked out that playing 4 tables this would take about 10 mins to achieve.
Stephen I think this should be pointed out in big letters as I wrongly assumed we were talking having to play for a week to accumulate the points.

[EvilPie]

ffs you bunch of tight fisted sea nuts!!!

You get 40 points per $ of tournament rake.

That's $6.25 of rake for each 1000 chips with 1000 chips having a $ value of around $30.

Anyone who ever plays online shouldn't have a major problem.

Anyone who ever plays on iPoker should stfu and play a tournament on Boyle.

The tournament last year was fantastic. Well organised and must've cost Boyle a lot of money.

If 1300 people do the bare minimum required and rake $12.50 over 2 months to get their 2000 chips that's $16250 in total rake. That's nothing compared to what they're adding in value + the cost of organising this, paying for dealers etc.

Anyone who never plays online has my sympathies. Maybe you could play a solitary $109 tournament.

You never know you might even win.

Disclaimer - This is all based on accruing points being the same as other iPoker sites.

[EvilPie]

Tell you what.

Let's all boycott this and see if we can make the tournament a complete waste of time for Boyle to run every year.

That way they won't do it at all next year.

That'll show 'em for fucking with us.

[Dewi_cool]

We've been the last 2 years, and its been a good torn and weekend. Don't see the point of changing it.

Will prob decide nearer the time to if we go or not.

will the cupboard be involved in the decision making process?

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=27866.0

Monseur Cool, if you come along to this tournament I will stop whinging instantly. Just think of the guinness we could drink!

Matt just worked out that playing 4 tables this would take about 10 mins to achieve.
Stephen I think this should be pointed out in big letters as I wrongly assumed we were talking having to play for a week to accumulate the points.

stop whinging

[Ciaran_Corbett]

Hi Guys,

I work for Boylepoker and would like to respond to the posts.

Basically the added chips bonus is there to reward players who spend a bit of time playing with us over the course of August + September.

250 iPoints can easily be run up in 2 hours of cash games or through Sngs.

The iPoints will also help you clear any first deposit bonus ($5 for every 250iPoints) and you can use them for our freerolls.

If you have any questions I will happily answer them.