DTD £1m GTE UKIPT Nottingham

[kinboshi]

But other than that, was have Rob and DTD ever done for poker players?

[outragous76]

Kinboshi beat me to it

Was also looking for the clip from Waynes World 2 "book it and they will come" - pretty sure its Rob's mantra!

Ive been critical in the past, but fair play, he makes it happen!

[CHIPPYMAN]

Hi guys, as I said last week on here, adding an extra day 1 was a little tricky as Stars have press/bloggers/radio and all sorts of other operations stuff such as hotels, travel etc etc which had all been pre arranged for Thursday, however, they have now agreed to add Day 1 Wednesday and will PR that to all of their players later on today.

In terms of the £1M GTE, Pokerstars would like me to make it very clear that the £1M Prizepool is gaurenteed by Dusk Till Dawn - NOT the UKIPT or Pokerstars (ie. the Club pays any overlay), as the UKIPT would not want to set any presedents for larger than normal GTE's for their other stops on the UKIPT Tour and who can blame them! So its a one off Dusk Till Dawn risk at the club's cost should it go wrong. I believe that this is not the first time the Venue rather than the Organiser has gaurenteed the prizepool for a poker tourney, apparently a casino in Madrid did this recently with one of the many tours in Europe at the moment, just cant remember the name.

The basic reasons for this decision;

1. To justify adding the extra Day 1 to Pokerstars and give it the best chance of being successful
2. We cancelled our April £500 to focus on the UKIPT, which was not a hugely popular decision after we had such a successful one in March, so we wanted to do something special for our players
3. Hosting a £1M prizepool comp has been on our "DTD to do list" and what better opportunity that this on the back of the last £500 and with 600 ish players coming through Pokerstars, we just need to generate 850
4. The gamble

Not finalised the live club sats yet, will do this shortly, really would like to see one of our club players make it to final, so we will do as many as possible at the club as I know some of our live reg's don't play online (eg. Ali bag of 'ollocks etc). In meantime, here are the online UKIPT sats running at the moment http://www.dusktilldawnpokerclub.com/satellites/pokerstars-ukipt

Press release out later today from us and Stars, plus full weeks side events, opening times etc etc

Cheers Rob

PS. 450 a day ( 50 tables x 9) + 6 Levels of alternates (25-35 players) just about scrapes us to £1M, its not a miscalculation, we really didn't want to deal this comp 10 handed like last year, if that bites us in the xxxx then so be it...hate 10 handed

Any reentry about busto DAY1A and allow DAY1B or DAT1C?

[robyong]

No re-entry on UKIPT's Frankie - give me a break, I was unsure Stars would even give us an extra Day 1! There are only 100 seats available for Friday Day 1a and 150 for Day 1b, (+ alternates for 6 levels), but 450 for Day 1a Wednesday . Pokerstars are having the rest of the seats for their qualifers, sponsored pros, FPP buy-ins etc etc, Stars will bring 500 - 650, anything less than 650 and we will make those seats available for general release, we will keep players informed, but I think Stars will bring 600, so max 50 extra might come available. So if you can only play Thursday or Friday, please buy-in through our shop ASAP http://www.dtdshop.com/ and if you bink a satelitte in next 4 weeks, we can just refund you. I you have money on PokerStars you can buy-in directly through their client Events-->Special.

[BangBang]

Think this is more apt...





Hats off to all at DTD  ... I'll have my two horses (who are yet to cash) in this tournie too..

[GazWalker]

Sicko's at DTD, well done for getting this arranged

[bergeroo]

Fair play Rob and Simon, that is brilliant!

So just to confirm?

1a - Wednesday
1b - Thursday
1c - Friday

Play to a finish - Monday

[claypole]

Great work Rob - I will def make another visit after Irish Open, hopefully see you in Dublin

[CHIPPYMAN]

No re-entry on UKIPT's Frankie - give me a break, I was unsure Stars would even give us an extra Day 1! There are only 100 seats available for Friday Day 1a and 150 for Day 1b, (+ alternates for 6 levels), but 450 for Day 1a Wednesday . Pokerstars are having the rest of the seats for their qualifers, sponsored pros, FPP buy-ins etc etc, Stars will bring 500 - 650, anything less than 650 and we will make those seats available for general release, we will keep players informed, but I think Stars will bring 600, so max 50 extra might come available. So if you can only play Thursday or Friday, please buy-in through our shop ASAP http://www.dtdshop.com/ and if you bink a satelitte in next 4 weeks, we can just refund you. I you have money on PokerStars you can buy-in directly through their client Events-->Special.

Well doe rob....

Btw u need any sponsor pro for the event?

Lol

[Nicola Dusk Till Dawn]

Fair play Rob and Simon, that is brilliant!

So just to confirm?

1a - Wednesday
1b - Thursday
1c - Friday

Play to a finish - Monday

Yes this is correct.

[Nicola Dusk Till Dawn]

Hi Guys

With the new £1 Million guarantee on the table, who's playing our €20 Rebuy Early Bird satellite at 6pm?

We need 15 minimum runners, so make sure you register before 6pm.

Cheers Nicola

[bergeroo]

Question about sats on DTD online.

I already won a seat for the main event on Stars (brag!). Can I play the sats on DTD and get cash if I win a seat or is this not possible?

[George2Loose]

Question about sats on DTD online.

I already won a seat for the main event on Stars (brag!). Can I play the sats on DTD and get cash if I win a seat or is this not possible?

No. You're far too good

[Nicola Dusk Till Dawn]

Question about sats on DTD online.

I already won a seat for the main event on Stars (brag!). Can I play the sats on DTD and get cash if I win a seat or is this not possible?

yes if you win more than one seat, and your second being via Dusk Till Dawn, we will refund you the seat. You can also transfer the seat to a friend, there is £1,000,000 up for grabs after all

[Nicola Dusk Till Dawn]

Hi Guys

FULL UKIPT SCHEDULE AND SATELLITES

Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club is guaranteeing the prizepool of the £700 + £70 Nottingham leg of the PokerStars UKIPT at a cool £1 Million. The tournament takes place on 11th - 16th April 2012 and will now have three Day 1's, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Dusk Till Dawn owner, Rob Yong, explains the background to the £1M Guarantee;

click here to read it - http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/news.php?id=2232

If you have any questions about the event, ways to buy in, satellites, duplicate seat win, absolutely anything....you can ask us on here or email me at nicola@dusktilldawnpoker.com

This is one event not to be missed!!!

Cheers Nicola