Tonight’s Manchester Poker Tournament!

[avillan]

Are there any seats guaranteed in the sat and what is each package worth? I also take it that it's a £125 freeze out and not a rebuy?

[deacs32]

Yes! there is a guaranteed seat and you are right its a freeze out, the starting chips will be 5000 and the casino will send us the blind structure this week. We expect between 50 and 70 runners. The prize package is £3500!

[Masters_Experience]

Jon “Skalie” Kalmar has now confirmed as a speaker at the Manchester Masters Academy. He will be speaking on a number of topics. His game experience and ability to give helpful and constructive advise makes him an ideal speaker.

Check out his profile on http://www.masterspokeracademy.com/the-event

Tickets are available for the Manchester event from only £25!

[AlexMartin]

i guess if u play live thats a pretty decent lineup, shotgun boeree, o wait negreanu got the reload on me.

[deacs32]

Glad you like the line up, still one or two more to be added. When i have the final names confirmed i will post the complete list! Hope to see a few of you there!

[acc2020]

are the free tournaments open to anyone or just the people who have paid for the course?

[deacs32]

All the Festival tournaments are open to all. Hope you are able to attend.

[acc2020]

Is there 1 free seat guarenteed each day of the free tournaments ?

What is the tournament play off on the 20th march 1pm ?

Probably try the monday and tuesday.

[vinni]

does a certain MR JAMIE GOLD have some thing to do with this .
wasn't he the co founder with MR JOHN EXLEY ,of poker down the pub ?.

[GreekStein]

does a certain MR JAMIE GOLD have some thing to do with this .
wasn't he the co founder with MR JOHN EXLEY ,of poker down the pub ?.

Hi Barry

[deacs32]

Over the past three months we have been bombarding you with Masters Poker Academy updates, ticket offers and speaker information. Unfortunately, though we are confident that the event format and speakers would be beneficial for any aspiring poker player, we have not seen the interest we have originally hoped for.

Whether we have misread the signs and feedback when doing our market research, or we have picked the wrong time or location, we have not seen the level of ticket sales to justify the Academy continuing in it’s original format. Thank you all for you interest in the Academy and for the people who have already purchased tickets, we will be refunding these fully.

However, we have a number of fantastic speakers who have committed a lot of time and effort towards this project. So not to waste these efforts, we are going to run the Academy for FREE at the Bandstand in the Trafford Centre. The topics will change to suit the audience and will run on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st. There will be a number of Pro’s speaking; Jon “Skalie” Kalmar, Paul “The Marbella Kid” Zimbler and Scott O’rielly. We will also offer the chance to play a free tournament with the poker pro’s advising and reviewing game play! 

Don’t forget the Trafford Centre also has the Masters Trade Show that is now going to be an even more fantastic and exciting event. With Ladbrokes, Sporting Bet, Circus Casino and G-Casino all exhibiting on both Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st and as I mentioned, FREE pro advice and talks. Come along on either Saturday or Sunday and improve your game with great advice and tips from the speakers, we will update you with more details on Monday!

The Masters Experience is still going ahead and is still set to be a great weekend of poker and gaming. The Masters Festival at the Circus Casino Manchester still boasts a Friday Irish Open qualifier £125 + 10 at 8pm with a guaranteed seat (conditional on 25 runners or more), Saturday brings the main event of a £250 + £25 NLH and a Sunday £100 + 10 PLH/PLO.

[deacs32]

does a certain MR JAMIE GOLD have some thing to do with this .
wasn't he the co founder with MR JOHN EXLEY ,of poker down the pub ?.

Hi

Neither Jamie Gold or John Exley are associated with Poker in the Pub or the Masters Experience. Both are run by Living it Loving it, any further details are available on www.livingitlovingit.com

Many thanks

[acc2020]

Went on Monday to play the satellite to the main event. There was only 2 players. After asking about 50 roulette and blackjack players it got up to 7 players which did not meet the 10 player minimum requirement so no game went ahead.After a meal i came back at 7.30pm to play in the 8pm tournament on day 2 of the Masters Poker Festival. I sat in the card room from 7.30 to 8.30 pm and not one person came through the door not even a member of staff. There wasn't even a representative of The Masters of Poker Academy.

The festival if you can call it that is a complete shambles.I'm sure it has been many months in the planning , i was told about it by the cardroom supervisor back in January , but very little has been done to promote the event by The Masters of Poker Academy and also Stanley Casinos.As of Tueday 16Th March there has been no amendment on T.M.O.P.A website in regards to the cancellation of this weekends events even though a post was put up on here on the 12Th March . There has been nothing on the Stanley Casino website too only a tiny bit of text stating their regular games.

I recall only just last October where Liverpool Stanley Circus ( less than 1 hrs drive away )had their Winter Festival which was over 6 months in the planning and only attracted 27 players on day 1a and 25 players on day 1b a total of 52 players of the £500 main event.It seems to me Stanley don't care about their poker.One week later in Blackpool ( less than 1 hrs drive away) the Grosvenor festival attracted over 1000 entries over the week and the cash tables were hectic.

It was the same when Grosvenor had their festival in Manchester last April. There are plenty of poker players in Manchester especially at the smaller stakes ,the Manchester G attracts over 120 players when they hold their cheap nights twice a week.So not getting the information across in a city as big as Manchester is piss poor especially when Stanley's have many busy cardrooms close by in the northwest.

I predict the the Irish open qualifier £125+10 on 19Th march will be a flop not enough entries will generate one single seat. And in the £250 main event there will be less than 10 mostly made up of the Masters of Poker associates if they bother turning up.

[acc2020]

Another point , who designed the structure of the comps? Can't be a Poker Master.

Satellite ..................................2000 chips 50/100blinds doubling every 15 mins
Irish open qualifier125+10....... 5000 chips 50/100blinds doubling every 30 mins for levels 1+2 then doubling every 
                                             20mins thereafter
Main event £250+25................10000 chips 50/100 blinds doubling every 30 mins for levels 1+2 then doubling every
                                             20 mins thereafter
£100+100 PLH/PLO.................5000 chips 50 /100 blinds doubling every 30 mins levels 1+2 then doubling every 20
                                             mins thereafter

I expect this structure when i play £30 , £20 and £10 comps but for £100+ is dreadful.Also they double every 20 mins and not go up in the usual increments like 200/400 then 300/600 etc...

Rant over

[Masters_Experience]

Don’t forget that tonight you can head down to the Manchester Circus casino to play the Masters Festival. 5pm is the start of a FREE satellite for the Saturday main event.

Then at 9pm come along to the £20+£2 re-buy comp - 90 minutes of re-buys, 2000 starting chips, 50/100 blinds, 30 min clock (free buffet at 11:15)!

Also, don’t forget the Irish open qualifier on Friday night!