The GUKPT Champion of Champions Event thread

[George2Loose]

Would have like to have seen Karl M's face when only 12 voted for a)

Exactly. If they all start on the same stack then have a vote.

But those who start with 5k are bound to vote for C) It'd be pretty stupid for them not to and they will obv out number the bigger stacks

[Royal Flush]

I have to say i like the idea of voting but if you are to have 3 options then you have to have a playoff with 2 as i am pretty sure option B would win 42-39, diluted vote ftw!

[TightEnd]

It is interesting, last year they voted pay top 13.

Maybe its tougher times, people want to be guaranteed a bit of cash

[George2Loose]

or there's more amateurs in this years field?

[Dewi_cool]

Just gone with 10s v Martin Silke's KK, ffs he's very good

[celtic]

Anyone know Karl Limbert? Played agaibst him on Thursday and was a bit of a nuisance in poker terms.

[Doobs]

The vote looks a terrible idea to me, and they got the comedy payout they deserved.  The 5000s should vote C, and that just makes it a farce.  Make it the same as any normal GUKPT with that number of runners and announce it in advance so people know what they are signing up for when they make the trip.

FWIW I had no idea there were other events this week either.  Though I couldn't play anyway.

[luther101]

All very democratic     .......

[reenot]

It is interesting, last year they voted pay top 13.

Maybe its tougher times, people want to be guaranteed a bit of cash

But last year there were only two options final 9 or 13.

[AlrightJack]

Thanks for all the criticism. Discussion is always welcome, as we do listen to what people want and react accordingly.

Just one thing to all the people who have said offering the choice to vote is ridiculous...we put up the entire £100,000 prize pool for this event. Was that a ridiculous idea?

[George2Loose]

Thanks for all the criticism. Discussion is always welcome, as we do listen to what people want and react accordingly.

Just one thing to all the people who have said offering the choice to vote is ridiculous...we put up the entire £100,000 prize pool for this event. Was that a ridiculous idea?

Hi John- that would be me.

I'm obv not knocking that fact you've put up the money. Just think the vote is a farce. Why would the guys with 5k stacks vote for top 9?? And seeing as they outnumber the bigger stack you may as well say that you're going to pay the top 63

[AndrewT]

Maybe one idea might be that you get a vote in proportion to your chipstack - so the guy with 25k gets 5 votes compared to the guy with 5k who gets 1.

[AlrightJack]

Not just you Rupinder, but it seems that people are far more inclined to knock you for things that maybe aren't quite 100% right than they are to commend for things that are very right. The prize options may not have been as good as they could have been, but at the end of the day, it was all something for nothing. Nobody had to pay to buy in to the event and given that all the players had won an event to get into it, they should all have had enough to cover the expense of travelling to and staying in Luton for a day or two.

I have spent the last five years persuading the powers that be at Blue Square/Grosvenor that adding value to live poker is a good thing. The amount that Blue Square/Grosvenor have added to live poker over the last five years is over £600,000 or to put it another way, almost as much as Thomas Kremser makes in a good year. I don't see many other companies adding this kind of money.

[AlrightJack]

There was not actually a huge amount of difference in all three options. The flattest option had a £30,000 first prize, the other two had £25,000. Still good money for whoever wins it. It would probably be too long winded to arrange the vote along the lines of being proportional to chip stacks. The idea was indeed just to be a bit different and give the players a bit of a choice. It's useful to see who voted for what and it was by no means as clear cut as big stack = vote for steep structure, low stack = vote for flat one. It's obviously not going to appeal to all, but I think it is harsh to say it is ridiculous, a farce, or use other choice words that have negative connotations. However, as always, thanks for all the constructive comments.

[Dingdell]

Bearing in mind it's a freeroll with a £100k prizepool and the economic pinch is evident throughout the poker world with less runners at many events etc etc how come so many people didn't turn up? I'm staggered by that.

Is there anyone here that wouldn't turn up?