The official partypoker UK Team Challenge thread

[ripple11]

Just seen the live final blind structure - big thumbs up...even the smaller stacks get a great chance, well done.

+1

[TightEnd]

UK Team Challenge Update

First, the news: Within the next 24 hours we are making the following changes to the Daily UK tournaments, which include the 7pm Mini and 7pm Micro.

100% Cash Prize pools - we are removing the tickets element, and now paying out 100% cash.
Freezeouts - after very positive player feedback, we are making them all single entry only, no more re-entries. Obviously this impacts on the number of 'entries", but we are going to maintain the current level of Guarantees, whilst we see how the new tournaments perform.
New Structure - they will all now move to the WPT Structure (as the 7pm Mini and Micro have been for a few days), with 20k chips, 10 levels of late reg, 10 min runners.
No More Nanos - we will remove all the Nanos from the lobby...but don't panic! We will announce what replaces them for players to complete their Boosters very shortly, and it will be good news! (meanwhile, you can still play them while they are still in the lobby and still work towards your Nano Booster)

One question players are bound to ask, is what about Grand Prix Golden Chips?

Previously these were only available for winning in the 7pm Micro and 7pm Mini. From today the only place you can win a Grand Prix Golden Chip is in the hourly Grand Prix Golden Chip Satellites ($22). These will be won together with a $109 Grand Prix Seat. And...we'll only be issuing 500 Golden Chips via these satellites before each Leg, so get them secured soon! With the satellite tree for the Grand Prix starting with a $0.00+$0.01 "Freeroll"...every 20 minutes, you can now win your Golden Chip for Free!

Players who have already won Golden Chips in the Mini / Micro, still have those chips, and are equally able to use them to take part, but remember, many of you have spent the $109 Ticket you won with those previous Golden Chips on other things, so you'll still need to buy in.

Please post any feedback / questions / comments in this thread.

[TightEnd]

"UK Majors on partypoker change to Freezeouts & 100% Cash Prizepools"

rob's latest blog post

http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/blog.php?profile=4&id=525

[TightEnd]

starting monday night


giving away 10 x WPT500 seats to the £1 Million GTD WPT500 Festival every week for 4 weeks
 

WPT Superstars Freeroll - 10 x WPT500 Seats GTD

First Freeroll: Wednesday 30th Sept 7pm

First Qualifying period: Mon 21st - Sun 27th Sept

Only 50 players eligible so 1/5 chance of winning a seat

 

How to Qualify for the WPT Superstars Freeroll

The top 40 players from the WPT Superstars Mini leaderboard will qualify for the WPT Superstars Freeroll

The top 10 players from the WPT Superstars Micro leaderboard will qualify for the WPT Superstars Freeroll

 

How to Earn Points for the WPT Superstars Leaderboards

Play any $22 Mini to earn points for the WPT Superstars Mini Leaderboard

Play any $5.50 Micro to earn points for the WPT Superstars Micro Leaderboard

Click to see full-size image.

please see http://wptuk.poker/promotions/wpt-superstars  for further details on how the leadeeboard works

[TightEnd]

"Rob Yong

Hi Guys

Just quick note on UK Majors and Dailys in the DTD Tab;

* Last week, I asked Gary Oakes and Nicola Veitch to come up with a good promotion over the next couple of weeks that rewards players that support these MTTs regularly but they came back with an idea I liked in just a couple of days - so today they launched

http://wptuk.poker/promotions/wpt-superstars

* This is £5500 spend a week on Tournies that generate us $0.50 and $2 reg fee..this lights up the majority of DTDs weekly online budget up in smoke - so we have adjusted the 7pm GTEs to 200 players in Micro and 150 in Mini as we can't afford to lose money on GTEs and the promotion.

* BUT I have given Gary and Nicola extra budget to put in a decent GTE Mini and Micro at 9pm aswell as the 7pm and I suspect when they add the 9pm we will end up guaranteeing more than before AND running the WPT promo - but this will give you have 4 decent GTE comps per night and we will have a bigger pool of players over 2 time zones - I understand these freezeouts are no fun if you bust the 7pm early so a bigger 9pm makes sense for players that don't need to be finished by midnight for work in morning

KTF Rob"

Click to see full-size image.

[TightEnd]

There are now 98 teams qualified for the Live Final

If you want your own team badge / logo / funny-picture-you-found-on-the-internet on your player ID cards, then send it to Gary Oakes via facebook messenger.

latest tables

https://www.partypoker.com/whats-going-on/promotions/team-challenge.html

[TightEnd]

Have you been playing in the UK Team Challenge? Do you want to know about the blind structures, payouts and more? Then click the link to be whisked away to the partypoker blog where all your questions are answered. http://bit.ly/1Vb413M

[TightEnd]

news regarding the Grand Prix Poker Tour Day 1s over Team Challenge weekend.

There will be a total of four Grand Prix Poker Tour Day 1s, they will be:

Sat 10th Oct at 2pm (LR til 4:30pm) and 6pm (LR til 8:30pm)
Sun 11th Oct at 12noon (LR til 2:30pm) and 4pm (LR til 6:30pm)

All four are event specific for the Dusk Till Dawn Leg the following weekend.

The schedule on the GPPT website will be updated today, and the Holding Tanks will appear in the lobby in the next few days. Read all about the Grand Prix Poker Tour here: http://gppt.poker/

[TightEnd]

latest battle of the bands with a few days to go

            
Position   Team   Booster Chips   Player Chips   Total Chips
1   HITSQUAD ALSORANS   95000   3962200   4057200
2   BLONDE TAMM   50000   2332800   2382800
3   Lincoln Poker Thoroughbreds   60000   1886400   1946400
4   THS Dingo Stars   100000   1546800   1646800
5   John, Paul, Dean & Andy - The Pokeriety BadBeatles   115000   1496000   1611000
6   THS Quid Hats   55000   1433200   1488200
7   The Pokeriety Heroes   80000   1198400   1278400
8   HITSQUAD OLD SKOOL   100000   1119400   1219400
9   Neo   40000   1116200   1156200
10   The Four Pokeriety Musketeers   60000   967200   1027200
11   blonde highlights   90000   724800   814800
12   The Pokeriety RebBells Run Riot   70000   697000   767000
13   Superbowl   5000   589000   594000
14   blondepoker cheapskates   80000   425000   505000
15   The Pokeriety Sharks   55000   447600   502600
16   Broadway Blondes   5000   153400   158400



Position   Player   Booster Chips   Player Chips   Total Chips
1   EBBERDON47   25000   1194800   1219800
2   rosjim1   30000   1017600   1047600
3   smoki3888   20000   955400   975400
4   TommyXtra   25000   942000   967000
5   pred888   30000   909000   939000
6   andrew111226   10000   840800   850800
7   Cheldall   20000   786400   806400
8   DTDFish   20000   614600   634600
9   andyoungers   5000   615600   620600
10   jgjg3000   5000   589000   594000
11   Wacko90   25000   564600   589600
12   D1hard   15000   533600   548600
13   CroydonJim   30000   509400   539400
14   Gary2410   30000   476800   506800
15   MAFIUSU   20000   479600   499600
16   tip2win   20000   472200   492200
17   redkitebbp   30000   459800   489800
18   C2C2003   20000   438000   458000
19   RosstheShark   30000   417800   447800
20   railthe23price   10000   405200   415200
21   Pastafish   20000   367200   387200
22   LnCmusic   10000   370200   380200
23   MattBates   10000   370000   380000
24   liamboi11   25000   321200   346200
25   Pears27   20000   300200   320200
26   AeroTop   25000   292200   317200
27   Fivepointsblue   30000   281200   311200
28   tomhot20   15000   270200   285200
29   chipaccrual   10000   271200   281200
30   daveinc303   20000   250200   270200
31   Bloomy63   30000   234600   264600
32   ballsdeep155   20000   243200   263200
33   andybell666   25000   224600   249600
34   FezioJnr   25000   213600   238600
35   MaAdPi   25000   207600   232600
36   GiMac   15000   212400   227400
37   rebrov33   15000   203200   218200
38   iBubbles   20000   187200   207200
39   Haichan99   15000   180800   195800
40   joesman1   5000   188200   193200
41   ripple11   15000   166400   181400
42   PokerRottie   25000   152000   177000
43   Lambert567   5000   158600   163600
44   Badgery86   15000   139000   154000
45   MAXALLY   10000   132000   142000
46   papasmurffff   20000   120800   140800
47   SteadyeddieDTD   30000   110000   140000
48   apc84   20000   104400   124400
49   dtdwoteva   0   118200   118200
50   G1rlyWirly   15000   88400   103400
51   Tom_Langley_Fan   0   100400   100400
52   mporter123   15000   63400   78400
53   Solarcarrot   25000   52600   77600
54   NFFCFARNDON   25000   33400   58400
55   Overture9986   10000   42200   52200
56   OMFG_OFCGod   15000   33000   48000
57   TL900   0   38000   38000
58   MarkTheShark72   10000   16200   26200
59   Yian3000   0   14000   14000
60   lukemoran0   0   12600   12600
61   b4by1mr3t1m3   5000   1000   6000
62   Henty91   0   1600   1600
63   jbuss1503   0   400   400
64   mattyjohns2012   0   0   0

[TightEnd]

Today is the last day you can earn Team Chips in the Mini and Micro or Booster Chips

There are now 104 Teams lined up the play the Live Final next weekend

our scores in the doors

8    BLONDE TAMM    andyoungers, railthe23price, MattBates, TommyXtra    50000    2396400    2446400
43    blonde highlights    Fivepointsblue, tomhot20, mporter123, SteadyeddieDTD 90000    823000    913000
70    blondepoker cheapskates    papasmurffff, apc84, NFFCFARNDON, ripple11    80000    425000    505000
111    Broadway Blondes    Yian3000, b4by1mr3t1m3, Tom_Langley_Fan, TL900    5000    153400    158400

shall we all arrange to meet up in the bar area beforehand, 1pm start i think?

[CooperAyIt]

Today is the last day you can earn Team Chips in the Mini and Micro or Booster Chips

There are now 104 Teams lined up the play the Live Final next weekend

our scores in the doors

8    BLONDE TAMM    andyoungers, railthe23price, MattBates, TommyXtra    50000    2396400    2446400
43    blonde highlights    Fivepointsblue, tomhot20, mporter123, SteadyeddieDTD 90000    823000    913000
70    blondepoker cheapskates    papasmurffff, apc84, NFFCFARNDON, ripple11    80000    425000    505000
111    Broadway Blondes    Yian3000, b4by1mr3t1m3, Tom_Langley_Fan, TL900    5000    153400    158400

shall we all arrange to meet up in the bar area beforehand, 1pm start i think?

My train gets into Nottingham about 11 so I'll definitely be killing time in the bar beforehand 

[TightEnd]

Today is the last day you can earn Team Chips in the Mini and Micro or Booster Chips

There are now 104 Teams lined up the play the Live Final next weekend

our scores in the doors

8    BLONDE TAMM    andyoungers, railthe23price, MattBates, TommyXtra    50000    2396400    2446400
43    blonde highlights    Fivepointsblue, tomhot20, mporter123, SteadyeddieDTD 90000    823000    913000
70    blondepoker cheapskates    papasmurffff, apc84, NFFCFARNDON, ripple11    80000    425000    505000
111    Broadway Blondes    Yian3000, b4by1mr3t1m3, Tom_Langley_Fan, TL900    5000    153400    158400

shall we all arrange to meet up in the bar area beforehand, 1pm start i think?

My train gets into Nottingham about 11 so I'll definitely be killing time in the bar beforehand 

good see you there

i think name badges are order of the day, so we can identify each other. i know ripple and smurf on your team so we can all team talk beforehand.

[CooperAyIt]

Today is the last day you can earn Team Chips in the Mini and Micro or Booster Chips

There are now 104 Teams lined up the play the Live Final next weekend

our scores in the doors

8    BLONDE TAMM    andyoungers, railthe23price, MattBates, TommyXtra    50000    2396400    2446400
43    blonde highlights    Fivepointsblue, tomhot20, mporter123, SteadyeddieDTD 90000    823000    913000
70    blondepoker cheapskates    papasmurffff, apc84, NFFCFARNDON, ripple11    80000    425000    505000
111    Broadway Blondes    Yian3000, b4by1mr3t1m3, Tom_Langley_Fan, TL900    5000    153400    158400

shall we all arrange to meet up in the bar area beforehand, 1pm start i think?

My train gets into Nottingham about 11 so I'll definitely be killing time in the bar beforehand 

good see you there

i think name badges are order of the day, so we can identify each other. i know ripple and smurf on your team so we can all team talk beforehand.

I met smurf briefly at the Goliath so hopefully we'll recognise eachother, apart from that I have an old work's namebadge that i dropped on the drive at home and then it got run over and mangled 

[Matt.NFFC.]

Today is the last day you can earn Team Chips in the Mini and Micro or Booster Chips

There are now 104 Teams lined up the play the Live Final next weekend

our scores in the doors

8    BLONDE TAMM    andyoungers, railthe23price, MattBates, TommyXtra    50000    2396400    2446400
43    blonde highlights    Fivepointsblue, tomhot20, mporter123, SteadyeddieDTD 90000    823000    913000
70    blondepoker cheapskates    papasmurffff, apc84, NFFCFARNDON, ripple11    80000    425000    505000
111    Broadway Blondes    Yian3000, b4by1mr3t1m3, Tom_Langley_Fan, TL900    5000    153400    158400

shall we all arrange to meet up in the bar area beforehand, 1pm start i think?

My train gets into Nottingham about 11 so I'll definitely be killing time in the bar beforehand 

good see you there

i think name badges are order of the day, so we can identify each other. i know ripple and smurf on your team so we can all team talk beforehand.

I met smurf briefly at the Goliath so hopefully we'll recognise eachother, apart from that I have an old work's namebadge that i dropped on the drive at home and then it got run over and mangled 

Yep, I'm up for a pint at the bar beforehand......not met you guys before so I'll have to hold up some sign saying "4th member of the cheapskates here" or something like that

Well done team for getting a decent amount of chips...sorry I couldn't contribute more than 50 odd grand though.

[CooperAyIt]

I think us cheapskates have done pretty well as a team considering how often we've been able to play. Would be interesting to see a points/buy ins table 

I've been frustrated the last few weeks as it seems I'm working every evening or early morning and I haven't had the chance to do as many mini's/micros as I'd have liked.
With the fields dropping to less than 200 I wanted a shot at these 'easier' points 

Still, 505000 gives us all a nice 126bb starting stack and plenty of play, see you all there!