new tour in the uk and ireland

[TightEnd]

gl me trying to find a spare-ish date for a 2010 blonde bash!

[Longy]

gl me trying to find a spare-ish date for a 2010 blonde bash!

As was said around the time of the last bash, clashing with the big buy in events is no biggie imo. Just not clashing with the smaller buyin tours like sky and apat, dtd should be the aim.

As those are the event that the regular attendees at blonde bashes actually do attend in numbers.

[TightEnd]

gl me trying to find a spare-ish date for a 2010 blonde bash!

As was said around the time of the last bash, clashing with the big buy in events is no biggie imo. Just not clashing with the smaller buyin tours like sky and apat, dtd should be the aim.

As those are the event that the regular attendees at blonde bashes actually do attend in numbers.

Agreed.

[EvilPie]

If I was a Gala Tour marketing man I think the most worrying thing would be that people were still calling it the Gala Tour.

Isn't it the Coral British Masters Poker Tour or something similar?

The only link to Gala is that it happens to be held there.

How much advertising has there been for it this year? I've certainly not seen much.

[Longy]

If I was a Gala Tour marketing man I think the most worrying thing would be that people were still calling it the Gala Tour.

Isn't it the Coral British Masters Poker Tour or something similar?

The only link to Gala is that it happens to be held there.

How much advertising has there been for it this year? I've certainly not seen much.

Coral/Gala all the same company, innit.

[TightEnd]

If I was a Gala Tour marketing man I think the most worrying thing would be that people were still calling it the Gala Tour.

Isn't it the Coral British Masters Poker Tour or something similar?

The only link to Gala is that it happens to be held there.

How much advertising has there been for it this year? I've certainly not seen much.

Coral/Gala all the same company, innit.

a shed load of brands and rebranding in that company. Three seperate online poker rooms I think too

Got to confuse their customers, especially if they don't market spend to change perceptions

[EvilPie]

If I was a Gala Tour marketing man I think the most worrying thing would be that people were still calling it the Gala Tour.

Isn't it the Coral British Masters Poker Tour or something similar?

The only link to Gala is that it happens to be held there.

How much advertising has there been for it this year? I've certainly not seen much.

Coral/Gala all the same company, innit.

But if you google Gala Tour it just brings up last years tour.

It looks for all intents and purposes like they don't run it any more.

[Colchester Kev]

I wish either Matt or Longy would change their avatars, I keep getting their posts mixed up

[Longy]

I wish either Matt or Longy would change their avatars, I keep getting their posts mixed up

Apart from the yellow, they aren't very similar.

Matt will have to change his, as my man crush on Grant Holt is not a phase.

[The Dundonian]

A little birdie tells me that the Scottish leg will be the new G Casino in Dundee.

The reason for the TBC is that it around the same time as the GUKPT summer tour being held in the same venue......

Don't shoot the messenger!

[Free_Rollin]

Looks interesting, but like people have stressed, there are so many tours now! GUKPT, Coral BMPT, SPT, Pokerstars UKIPT, Virgin, PKR. I'm pretty sure I also read somewhere about a Paradise poker tour being set up, not to mention the London EPT Stop, Unibet Open and the many festivals the Vic has to offer. I, for one, am not too bothered about the fact there are so many, as long as it doesn't affect the numbers of the already existing tours. Obviously, this year has seen a drop in numbers for many events, but I just hope that is down to an 'economic downturn' and not because supply is much much bigger than demand.

I just hope a well established tour doesn't go bust because of the transition many online sites are making into the online scene. But good luck stars!

[MC]

Looks interesting, but like people have stressed, there are so many tours now! GUKPT, Coral BMPT, SPT, Pokerstars UKIPT, Virgin, PKR. I'm pretty sure I also read somewhere about a Paradise poker tour being set up, not to mention the London EPT Stop, Unibet Open and the many festivals the Vic has to offer. I, for one, am not too bothered about the fact there are so many, as long as it doesn't affect the numbers of the already existing tours. Obviously, this year has seen a drop in numbers for many events, but I just hope that is down to an 'economic downturn' and not because supply is much much bigger than demand.

I just hope a well established tour doesn't go bust because of the transition many online sites are making into the online scene. But good luck stars!

Definitely a good point about there being lots of tours. But Stars = #1 therefore I hope it succeeds even if it is at the cost of the other tours except the GUKPT...

[EvilPie]

I wish either Matt or Longy would change their avatars, I keep getting their posts mixed up

Happy?

[Ironside]

spt virgin and apat all go for a much lower level of player
never heard of pkr tour so not sure where that sits
corals and poker stars will sit just below the gukpt
which is just below the ept

so i think the pokerstars and corals tour will be competing head on
if there isnt enough players for both to suceed i can see only 1 winner that will be pokerstars

[DaveShoelace]

Looks interesting, but like people have stressed, there are so many tours now! GUKPT, Coral BMPT, SPT, Pokerstars UKIPT, Virgin, PKR. I'm pretty sure I also read somewhere about a Paradise poker tour being set up, not to mention the London EPT Stop, Unibet Open and the many festivals the Vic has to offer. I, for one, am not too bothered about the fact there are so many, as long as it doesn't affect the numbers of the already existing tours. Obviously, this year has seen a drop in numbers for many events, but I just hope that is down to an 'economic downturn' and not because supply is much much bigger than demand.

I just hope a well established tour doesn't go bust because of the transition many online sites are making into the online scene. But good luck stars!

Definitely a good point about there being lots of tours. But Stars = #1 therefore I hope it succeeds even if it is at the cost of the other tours except the GUKPT...

If the stars tour does put another tour out of business, to an extent I think thats a sign that the other tours/events should have spent much more time on their online operation. It amazes me how many big events have little or no online qualifiers, even the ones sponsored by the online poker rooms, when they are the foundation of a good poker event. Dont get me wrong, there isnt a tour on the planet who can compete with stars for online qualification, but its still something I think is greatly overlooked. I think the GUKPT have a decent amount of satellites to their events and DTD likewise, but thats about it.