GUKPT manchester thread

[TightEnd]

Day1a survivors

layer  - Chipcount
Steven King  - 145,500
Timothy Flanders  - 122,725
Chrtopher Brammer  - 104,125
Nicholas Katovsky  - 73,950
Samuel Grafton  - 73,050
Richard Milne  - 65,275
Loic Bernede  - 52,300
Mickey Wernick  - 48,825
David Jones  - 45,900
Andrew Moseley  - 44,275
Waseem Ahmed  - 37,900
Kenneth Spence  - 35,875
Max Proctor  - 31,700
Neil Banks  - 29,200
Ronald Lawton  - 29,200
Jen Mason  - 27,250
Kenneth Clark  - 23,050
Kevin Holdstock  - 17,225

[outragous76]

gukpt blog said middy had 70k late on

did he "unload another clip"?

[GreekStein]

gukpt blog said middy had 70k late on

did he "unload another clip"?

u playing today Guy or was it yday?

[outragous76]

gukpt blog said middy had 70k late on

did he "unload another clip"?

u playing today Guy or was it yday?

today mate

i will post my chip counts and any signif pots during breaks on my staking thread so as to not clog this thread

[Murph1984]

67 in the end today, which is low and the reasons given already in this thread are undoubtedly all factors, but the drop off in numbers actually started in the last half of 2009, by which time the effects of the recession had made their impact. This event last year had 298 players, but it was the first event in the northwest since Blackpool '08 and this time round there has already been a Bolton leg in January and the UKIPT here in February. However, since the drop off in numbers started for the main events, the side events have continued to do well and tonight's £100er is packed, having attracted over 130 players. There are currently about 60 registered for tomorrow and we expect to get 120+, which should bring the final number closer to 200. Some of these would probably work better now with just one starting day and would probably sell out with a max capacity of circa 200. I still think there is a market for £1,000 events, but perhaps some of the venues would be better suited to smaller buy ins. These are all things we will consider before deciding what to do with the tour in 2011.

Oh and btw, Isildur is due to play tomorrow. He texted me to say he would be coming...unless he has travel problems.

You(as an organisation) really need to take a look around at competitors and start from scratch with a proper satellite system,because without one,your tour is only going to continue dripping blood and die a slow and very ugly,unnecessary and unwanted death.

[GreekStein]

67 in the end today, which is low and the reasons given already in this thread are undoubtedly all factors, but the drop off in numbers actually started in the last half of 2009, by which time the effects of the recession had made their impact. This event last year had 298 players, but it was the first event in the northwest since Blackpool '08 and this time round there has already been a Bolton leg in January and the UKIPT here in February. However, since the drop off in numbers started for the main events, the side events have continued to do well and tonight's £100er is packed, having attracted over 130 players. There are currently about 60 registered for tomorrow and we expect to get 120+, which should bring the final number closer to 200. Some of these would probably work better now with just one starting day and would probably sell out with a max capacity of circa 200. I still think there is a market for £1,000 events, but perhaps some of the venues would be better suited to smaller buy ins. These are all things we will consider before deciding what to do with the tour in 2011.

Oh and btw, Isildur is due to play tomorrow. He texted me to say he would be coming...unless he has travel problems.

You(as an organisation) really need to take a look around at competitors and start from scratch with a proper satellite system,because without one,your tour is only going to continue dripping blood and die a slow and very ugly,unnecessary and unwanted death.

be more dramatic pls

[Murph1984]

67 in the end today, which is low and the reasons given already in this thread are undoubtedly all factors, but the drop off in numbers actually started in the last half of 2009, by which time the effects of the recession had made their impact. This event last year had 298 players, but it was the first event in the northwest since Blackpool '08 and this time round there has already been a Bolton leg in January and the UKIPT here in February. However, since the drop off in numbers started for the main events, the side events have continued to do well and tonight's £100er is packed, having attracted over 130 players. There are currently about 60 registered for tomorrow and we expect to get 120+, which should bring the final number closer to 200. Some of these would probably work better now with just one starting day and would probably sell out with a max capacity of circa 200. I still think there is a market for £1,000 events, but perhaps some of the venues would be better suited to smaller buy ins. These are all things we will consider before deciding what to do with the tour in 2011.

Oh and btw, Isildur is due to play tomorrow. He texted me to say he would be coming...unless he has travel problems.

You(as an organisation) really need to take a look around at competitors and start from scratch with a proper satellite system,because without one,your tour is only going to continue dripping blood and die a slow and very ugly,unnecessary and unwanted death.

be more dramatic pls

Post more.

[railtard1]

MURPH VS GREEKSTEIN HU4ROLLZ

[EvilPie]

$4 sng......

[AlrightJack]

I also should have mentioned yesterday, we will be increasing the number of super satellites. Online we can't compete with the numbers that sites like Stars can produce, but we have started doing network satellites on iPoker as well as the ones which are exclusive to Blue Square/G Casino and their skins. We aim to increase the overall number of online qualifiers from 20-30 per event to over 40 by the second half of this year. Live, we introduced two bumper satellites at every host venue from the start of this year (10-seats guaranteed ones the day before each festival begins and a freezeout one the night before the main event). Some, but not all venues also organise other satellites in the weeks before their festivals, but this did not happen for this leg in Manchester (it did for the the first 3 legs of the year though). The plan is not finalised yet, but it will likely include a further two bumper satellites at each venue circa 2 weeks before the festival begins, plus satellites in other casinos within the same region. There will also be flexibility for players to swap seats won to events at other venues. Our target initially will be to increase the number of qualifiers from the current 50-70 per event to over 100.

[BAM]

67 in the end today, which is low and the reasons given already in this thread are undoubtedly all factors, but the drop off in numbers actually started in the last half of 2009, by which time the effects of the recession had made their impact. This event last year had 298 players, but it was the first event in the northwest since Blackpool '08 and this time round there has already been a Bolton leg in January and the UKIPT here in February. However, since the drop off in numbers started for the main events, the side events have continued to do well and tonight's £100er is packed, having attracted over 130 players. There are currently about 60 registered for tomorrow and we expect to get 120+, which should bring the final number closer to 200. Some of these would probably work better now with just one starting day and would probably sell out with a max capacity of circa 200. I still think there is a market for £1,000 events, but perhaps some of the venues would be better suited to smaller buy ins. These are all things we will consider before deciding what to do with the tour in 2011.

Oh and btw, Isildur is due to play tomorrow. He texted me to say he would be coming...unless he has travel problems.

You(as an organisation) really need to take a look around at competitors and start from scratch with a proper satellite system,because without one,your tour is only going to continue dripping blood and die a slow and very ugly,unnecessary and unwanted death.

well said sir

[ ] die Raab

[AlrightJack]

Just one more thing I want to add to this discussion now. The tone of Murph's comment suggests we are just sitting about, not doing anything about it. This is far from the case. We are continually looking at what is happenning elsewhere in the UK live poker market, thinking about ways in which the tour can adapt, survive and improve and we will act or react to current situations to keep it viable. We have no laurels and if we did, we would not rest on them.

[nirvana]

GL to Alex in the main today

[Chompy]

Yep, GL Alexander.

[outragous76]

Yep, GL Alexander.

glgl