The DTD Grand Prix 29th-31st Oct 2010...Record Breaking Comp?

[gatso]

that's shocking logic though. it's like saying they shouldn't have 2 day 1s because if people don't want to play on the saturday then they have to play on the friday so they effectively don't have a choice of days

the whole point of choice is that people choose. adding variety is not limiting that choice (however having one of the 2 options coincide with the working hours of most of your target audience does)

[George2Loose]

ept has 850 runners so increase cap to 450 per day?

[DaveShoelace]

way to read the OP George

[George2Loose]

way to read the OP George

 

[outragous76]

I think they should make this a 1 day super turbo on the Saturday. A midday start and a 3pm start merge the fields at 6 pm. People would prob do it for the craic! 10 min clock, 10k stacks, wiiiiiiiiiii

[Mitch]

I think they should make this a 1 day super turbo on the Saturday. A midday start and a 3pm start merge the fields at 6 pm. People would prob do it for the craic! 10 min clock, 10k stacks, wiiiiiiiiiii

 Would be such comedy just watching 80% of the field just blinding away to 2 bigs....

[duncthehat]

A bit of feedback from the more recreational side of poker:

In our local home game/pub scene if you consider 2 times a month at DTD (live hour and a half away) regular then I am the only DTD reg.

However 8 of our home game have been to DTD and when I told them about this they were pretty keen.

Then i told them it was register online and that any winnings would be paid into their online account rather than cash at the club.  This went down like a lead balloon.  Not sure how many of them will now register and facing the fact I could be billy no mates at the tourney!!

Can the cash out for this event be reviewed to cash/cheque paid out at the club?

[TightEnd]

I'm there tomorrow Dunc, will have a chat to Simon Trumper. Just to make him aware of the view.

[duncthehat]

cheers Rich

[TightEnd]

Rob’s £40K Grand Prix Update – 25 days to go!

 

Many club regulars will already know that we have done a deal to televise the Grand Prix and the November £300 Deepstack weekend on Virgin 1 (recently changed to Sky Channel 1) and Sky 860. The company that are filming the events, have done work for most of the major poker brands, and are talking to us about televising some of our bigger events coming up at Dusk Till Dawn, such as the £1k Grand Slam Events (starting December).

 

As it was the Grand Prix event which initially sparked an interest, this will be the first to be televised. It will be great to see some of our locals on T.V, and hopefully one of the ‘characters’ will make the final table!

 

Sigh… we now have a “massive” 81 runners bought in, so with 25 days left to enter, we need an average of 31 entries per day to break the 848 record set by Pokerstars at the EPT last week. I need your help! With the record attempt now being televised, I would like the minimum amount of egg on my face for trying this event!

 

Not surprisingly, a few of my savvy poker friends have seen this as an opportunity to make a few quid out of me by betting how many runners we will actually achieve at the Grand Prix. The general consensus is that we are going to struggle to get over 500, and I think my pride may have been getting the better of me as I have taken on some of these bets - including one quite sizable one that we will get under 600 runners!

 

This is a really fun tournament to put on. It’s not just a great structure and loads of value for £50, it’s more about having a go at something that seems unachievable. I think our largest ever field for a £50 comp is just over 300, and that was inflated because we had a Riley’s third part event the next day; quite a few players deciding to make a weekend of it.

 

Several players have questioned the 1pm start time on the Friday. To avoid an early start, we could have done a 30 minute clock or given fewer chips, but I wanted to give this event as good a structure as possible. If a player is a couple of levels late, he or she will still have plenty of chips to play. Actually, the person may have saved themselves chips by not playing the early levels and getting AA busted by J3 when the blinds are so low. As we know, some of our players such as ‘Chip Shop Frankie’ will call with any 2 cards just to Google a rock!

 

I have no shame in asking for your cooperation in getting me to a respectable number (500+ is ‘respectable’), so come on, help me out here.

 

 

Cheers Rob

[mondatoo]

Is there any other comps other than the usual schedule planned for that weekend ?

Surely a decent buy in 6max comp on the Saturday night or a £200-300 one day comp on the Sunday would encourage those looking to play higher buy ins to also support this and make a weekend of it,not sure I can justify travelling just to play a £50 comp,obv first prize is going to be decent but I can persuade myself that I could luckbox a comp with 200 people in but 500+, there's more chance the Toon will win the cup.

[duncthehat]

well registered at last.  I see it actually costs £61 to enter online!!!!

[EvilPie]

well registered at last.  I see it actually costs £61 to enter online!!!!

Shouldn't be a problem.

If everybody has to reg online everybody's paying the same so I'd guess that any extra cash left over after the £8 juice is deducted will just go in to the prizepool.

Similar thing happens with APAT comps when you buy in on betfair in $$

If it works out at a few quid extra they just stick it in the fund.

[mondatoo]

I just realised that this is same weekend as Derby day so I won't be there,hoping to make the 300 though.GL all and gl Rob with this hope it works out.

[kinboshi]

well registered at last.  I see it actually costs £61 to enter online!!!!

Shouldn't be a problem.

If everybody has to reg online everybody's paying the same so I'd guess that any extra cash left over after the £8 juice is deducted will just go in to the prizepool.

Similar thing happens with APAT comps when you buy in on betfair in $$

If it works out at a few quid extra they just stick it in the fund.

Not if there's a massive overlay.