DTD: Caribbean Poker Party

[TightEnd]

The Dusk Till Dawn Caribbean Poker Party will be a week long event next November, held at the 5* Marriott Resort & Casino in St Kitts. Players will have the chance to buy a package directly, or qualify for one through satellites. The week will consist of sun, sea, sand, parties and of course, poker!

 

The boys will be working on a main event and poker schedule, and my team will be working on the rest; pool parties, boat trips, sunsets, cocktails, BBQ’s on the beach, volleyball comps – all the fun stuff Smile

We’ll be taking a pretty big team over there to run the poker and activities to ensure it goes exactly how we want it to – amazingly! We’re literally taking Dusk Till Dawn to the Caribbean, and mixing in a wicked week long party. Get in! Can't wait!!

As well as the poker schedule, we’ll look at the satellites over the next couple of weeks to determine the best possible package we can qualify players for, and how we plan on doing it.

We'll be launching the satellites asap. Obviously we want to qualify as many of our players as possible, with as few overlays as possible, so we really will need players to get behind us and support the programme – and tell a mate or four!!

This is a Dusk Till Dawn ONLY event, our staff, our players, our party. If we pull it off (which we will) it’ll be such an amazing achievement for us, and to share that with 400 of our players will just be priceless!

Alex Ottewell

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[TightEnd]

Your £6,000 CPP Package Includes...

    * CPP Main Event Seat £3000
    * £700 cash for flights
    *  Hotel Room for up to 2 Adults & 2 Children
    * VIP Deluxe Fully Inclusive Food and Drink Package for up to 2 Adults & 2 Children
    * Transport to and from UK airport
    * Guest list pass to all CPP events

Watch this thread for satellite and buy-in info when announced

[TightEnd]

Rob Yong gave a few further thoughts on the CPP on another thread yesterday

"Alex Ottewell is overall in charge of the CPP, she went over their to sign the contract a few months ago. email: aottewell@dtdpoker.com. Also, Simon Trumper, Kevin O'Connell and Flushy are also helping out with questions from "players on the circuit" who intend to buy-in regardless of winning a seat.

The CPP will be a full program of steps and feeders, there is a place for re-buy satelittes when you don't have time to set up a feeder tree (eg. poker 770 tonight) or for a quickie extra sat for the odd seat to give everyone a shot"

[Royal Flush]

It's going to be sick

[EvilPie]

The chances of me playing poker when there's a beach like that within spitting distance is pretty much zero.

[scotty77]

The chances of me playing poker when there's a beach like that within spitting distance is pretty much zero.

Think thats why Rob said that no poker would be played until 5pm!

Looks super sick.  Well done again to DTD

[istrabraq]

How many nights is the package 4

[outragous76]

Hope nobody minds, this was my trip advisor review from 2006:

The Summary

1. The Marriot is an excellent hotel, and for many travellers I would go as far as to say the only place you should consider staying in St Kitts at this time (unless you like catering for yourself).

2. Costs at the Marriot can be very excessive - I would give serious consideration to going all inclusive – on a $2,000 room bill we accumulated $1,500 on food drinks etc in 1 week. And in all seriousness – it didn’t take much doing.

3. The staff at Marriot are excellent although due to the nature of the islanders work does seem like something of a chore to some!

4. I would agree with many that it can feel a little lifeless YOU MUST get out of the hotel and explore the island – its only small you can do it all in 1 week.

5. Must sees –Do an island tour and take in the following ( black rocks, Romney manor, Brimstone Hill Fortress) Turtle Beach,. Basseterre is ok but not a great deal to do – new shopping plaza should improve things greatly.


Full Review

The Hotel

Ok now for the full review. My Girlfriend and I went to the Marriot for 1 week and stayed on an all inclusive basis (fortunately). The hotel is very well presented and although at stands out from its surroundings, as a resort it is excellent.

The rooms are very well appointed and maid service is brilliant. I can genuinely say we did not have 1 issue with the room. Everything seems to have been thought of – even the safes were free of charge.

Unfortunately, during our stay the seafood restaurant Blu was closed, limiting our food choices. Having said that, the food we did eat was very good, both in terms of portion size and quality. Buffet breakfast however were $20 USD which in any language and currency is steep. Generally the food was very expensive, and there is no getting away from that fact. I would recommend eating in the Grillade at least once, although it is expensive, it must be the best restaurant on the island by a long chalk!

We went out of season (September) and the nightlife was pretty much non-existent. Alcohol in the hotel in comparison to UK prices is reasonably priced, however we did manage an entire night out at ‘Sugars’ for $30 USD – which I was quite impressed with and it put the Marriott’s pricing to shame.

Although the beach is ‘private’, there is no such thing as a private beach so you do get locals selling things. Having said that, they do not pester you, if you say no, most accept it and move on. Others sell nice things at reasonable prices and we picked up some nice souvenirs!


The Island

The island is very small and has just stopped centuries of growing Sugar crops in favour of tourism. As such there is not a massive tourist trade as yet. They are developing it as we speak. There is no central area for nightlife or restaurants so a dedicated trip is required. I am sure that this will change in the next 10 years and that North Frigate bay will develop hugely.

The Casino at the Marriot is very good, huge for the number of visitors it must get, and although some of the croupiers are still learning we had a good experience of it.

A day trip is a must. You can visit many of the island sights in 1 day. We just paid a local and knowledgeable cab driver $80 for an island tour which took 4 hours. This was well worthwhile and helps you understand the island, where it has come from and where they are heading.

We really enjoyed our day at Turtle beach it isn’t stereotypically stunning but it is a great beach – but a word of warning don’t expect too much from Wilbur the pig – hes big….but not that big!!!!!

Shopping

There is a new area being developed by Port Zante in Basseterre – this was still under construction when we were there but the quality of the area looked good and most of the shops were high quality, and souvenir shops sold things you might actually want.

[Doobs]

Looks so good, and the 5pm poker start is such a good idea.  Almost persuaded the missus.

Could you please add a baby sitter for the week so I don't have to take my eldest out of school.  

[bobby1]

chirp alert...from someone with a St Kitts flag on their Hendon mob page...

This place is abs fabulous, the hotel is excellent and with its position so near the beach it never feels crowded as their is so much space around the place. The poker rooms we used were big so its not like playing in some crowded conference room and there was a sportsbook in the corner of the casino which will be perfect for punting US sports in deepest November( if it is still there that is)

I didn't do many trips but there were some good snorkelling/glass bottom boat/fishing things going on and quad bike things for hire to really get about the place.

Basically it is perfect for holidaying and pokering at the same time, the only downside we found was that the all inclusive food was pretty poor, but there are some bars and cafe's, coffee/cake shops in there too if you aren't happy.

The nightlife was good too with everything open til the early hours, in fact the last time I saw Dubai he was attempting to coax Dave Pomroy out of a fountain at about 5 am!

[Nicola Dusk Till Dawn]

How many nights is the package 4

It's Tuesday 20th November to Tuesday 27th November so 7 nights

[Nicola Dusk Till Dawn]

Hope nobody minds, this was my trip advisor review from 2006:

The Summary

1. The Marriot is an excellent hotel, and for many travellers I would go as far as to say the only place you should consider staying in St Kitts at this time (unless you like catering for yourself).

2. Costs at the Marriot can be very excessive - I would give serious consideration to going all inclusive – on a $2,000 room bill we accumulated $1,500 on food drinks etc in 1 week. And in all seriousness – it didn’t take much doing.

3. The staff at Marriot are excellent although due to the nature of the islanders work does seem like something of a chore to some!

4. I would agree with many that it can feel a little lifeless YOU MUST get out of the hotel and explore the island – its only small you can do it all in 1 week.

5. Must sees –Do an island tour and take in the following ( black rocks, Romney manor, Brimstone Hill Fortress) Turtle Beach,. Basseterre is ok but not a great deal to do – new shopping plaza should improve things greatly.


Full Review

The Hotel

Ok now for the full review. My Girlfriend and I went to the Marriot for 1 week and stayed on an all inclusive basis (fortunately). The hotel is very well presented and although at stands out from its surroundings, as a resort it is excellent.

The rooms are very well appointed and maid service is brilliant. I can genuinely say we did not have 1 issue with the room. Everything seems to have been thought of – even the safes were free of charge.

Unfortunately, during our stay the seafood restaurant Blu was closed, limiting our food choices. Having said that, the food we did eat was very good, both in terms of portion size and quality. Buffet breakfast however were $20 USD which in any language and currency is steep. Generally the food was very expensive, and there is no getting away from that fact. I would recommend eating in the Grillade at least once, although it is expensive, it must be the best restaurant on the island by a long chalk!

We went out of season (September) and the nightlife was pretty much non-existent. Alcohol in the hotel in comparison to UK prices is reasonably priced, however we did manage an entire night out at ‘Sugars’ for $30 USD – which I was quite impressed with and it put the Marriott’s pricing to shame.

Although the beach is ‘private’, there is no such thing as a private beach so you do get locals selling things. Having said that, they do not pester you, if you say no, most accept it and move on. Others sell nice things at reasonable prices and we picked up some nice souvenirs!


The Island

The island is very small and has just stopped centuries of growing Sugar crops in favour of tourism. As such there is not a massive tourist trade as yet. They are developing it as we speak. There is no central area for nightlife or restaurants so a dedicated trip is required. I am sure that this will change in the next 10 years and that North Frigate bay will develop hugely.

The Casino at the Marriot is very good, huge for the number of visitors it must get, and although some of the croupiers are still learning we had a good experience of it.

A day trip is a must. You can visit many of the island sights in 1 day. We just paid a local and knowledgeable cab driver $80 for an island tour which took 4 hours. This was well worthwhile and helps you understand the island, where it has come from and where they are heading.

We really enjoyed our day at Turtle beach it isn’t stereotypically stunning but it is a great beach – but a word of warning don’t expect too much from Wilbur the pig – hes big….but not that big!!!!!

Shopping

There is a new area being developed by Port Zante in Basseterre – this was still under construction when we were there but the quality of the area looked good and most of the shops were high quality, and souvenir shops sold things you might actually want.

Thank you for the review

You will be pleased to hear that the Dusk Till Dawn CPP will be an all inclusive affair so no high bills at the end of the week!

In response to the atmosphere at the hotel, we are hoping to take 300-400 players so i think it will be safe to say that there will definitely be a great atmosphere for one week in November 2012

Nicola

[Graham C]

Want to go, if only i was good at this poker game

[Hairydude]

Want to go, if only i was good at this poker game

+1

[MC]

How child friendly is this place? Anyone thinking of taking their kids?