Small is increasingly beautiful.........

[smashedagain]

i got a ban for multi accounting years ago. aint this similar to what i was doing back then?

[titaniumbean]

i got a ban for multi accounting years ago. aint this similar to what i was doing back then?

no not when it's legit ldo

[Doobs]

just checked. 

I was assuming they had done this in lots of tournaments and not just a handful of the biggest ones.  I guess that changes the maths a bit!

FWIW I was just checking through Sunday's $2.25m on tilt.  It was rammed full of people with 6 entries.  WP happmon32 and alex_striker, these multientry pros are obviusly rubbish!

[titaniumbean]

just checked. 

I was assuming they had done this in lots of tournaments and not just a handful of the biggest ones.  I guess that changes the maths a bit!

FWIW I was just checking through Sunday's $2.25m on tilt.  It was rammed full of people with 6 entries.  WP happmon32 and alex_striker, these multientry pros are obviusly rubbish!

when they did 'double/triple' guarantees they basically made everything multi entry so your point was even more valid.

I love the idea of 'double guarantees' when most regs are putting in 4x entries. bastards!!!!

[Royal Flush]

It's occurred to me that the real reason the Onyx cup exists is because the owners of Tilt (Dwan, Ivey, Seidel and so on) have met a load of rich asian bazillionaires who they'd like to fleece, and have set the Onyx cup up as a way of doing that. They thought they'd organise it through Tilt. It's not been done as good business for Tilt in itself, it's been done because Phil Ivey wants to get in a poker game with massive whales, and this is a way for him to do it.

Lol good one

[Karabiner]

Who on earth watches these events when they are shown on "tv"- i say tv like that because being on channel 1082 at 3am doesnt really count.

Big buyin tournaments, where the prizemoney is huge are the only thing anyone wants to watch, not a load of spotty kids playing for a monkey. Poker is big in US on tv, over here its just a stop gap instead of Gay Dating adverts in the early hours

I will be watching channel 4 on Tuesday night.

[ ] I am a spotty kid.

[DaveShoelace]

In the UK I think there are essentially three TV poker audiences:

Poker enthusiasts (ie. the sort of people who post here)
People who know nothing at all about poker
People who know a bit about poker and know who doyle/hellmuth/ivey/tony g/negreanu is

A show like UKIPT gives the first two audiences what they want. Poker fans will like it because its close to home, people they know or know of are on it and its something they could feasibly be on themselves. People who know nothing of poker will be captivated enough with the dynamics of the game as they were Late Night Poker and also may enjoy seeing  regular joes playing these finals, it might motivate them to start playing (These guys by far and wide make up the biggest percentage of the viewing figures).

Its only the casual, 'Phil Hellmuth is the Greatest', fans that perhaps don't appreciate them as much. 

So UKIPT type shows are a good fit for me, and perfect for someone like stars to be able to say 'you can qualify for the next one for free while looking at Liv Boeree pictures, you insomniac mug, right now on our website' at the end of the show.

[NoflopsHomer]

And the Ongame network-backed Grand Series of Poker (GSOP), which is slightly outside the recreational bracket at €1,500 buy-ins, has stops in Riga and Bucharest. 

These events are $1,500 not €1,500 which is quite a difference (It's the Unibet Opens which are €1,500). Also, Bucharest was cancelled - only would've taken 1 minute to check these facts. Other than that,it was a good article.

Incidentally Nick Wright and I will be covering the GSOP Grand Final in Sevilla, which features a few blondes (Rupert, Keys etc...) playing from Wednesday, at www.gsoplive.com  /subtlespamends

[monkeyboy888]

Its only the casual, 'Phil Hellmuth is the Greatest', fans that perhaps don't appreciate them as much. 

Surely everyone knows Phil Helmuth is the greatest