The 2005 Grosvenor Grand Prix

[tikay]

The details of this year's Grosvenor Grand Prix are emerging.

Qualifiers begin in August - won't be long - and blonde will be following Grosvenor's Flagship Tournament from start to finish.

Prize Money this year is GUARANTEED to be not less than 250,000.

We have the dates and venues for all the qualifiers, and will be updating and naming the list of qualifiers on a daily basis throughout the 6 week qualifying period.

Without Grosvenor's permission & co-operation, it would not have been possible to bring you Live Updates from all of this year's Grosvenor Festivals, so blonde always have been supportive of Grosvenor.

Tomorrow, we will bring you the qualifying Dates and Venues, so you can get them in your Diary.

And after that, we shall tell you how the competition, for which you can qualify for 100, works.

OK, your starter for 10. How many blondeites do you think will qualify for this?
 

[BlueWolf]

Loads hopefully, and anothe rbalckpool raiding party too hehehe from the club that produces more qualifiers except for the host ahem club walsall.

Oh and you can qualify for the thing for a 10 (unless they changed it again lol) and EVERY qualifier is guarenteed a prize ( again unless they changed it lol)

[The Truth]

I hope this event surpasses all expectations. I was only saying to JR (AlrightJack) last week that this tournament is my goal for the year. I love the concept and from what I have seen in previous years it really produces some quality poker.

[ariston]

How many blondites to qualify? All of us I should hope, you can try again if you fail the first time.

[BigArmo]

Stanley Casino Grand Prix !

Like all good ideas they get copied.
Stanleys are doing a similiar comp 100k Gar.
Qualifiers starting now comp to be held in September in Birmingham i think.

Regards
BigArmo

[tikay]

The Grosvenor Grand Prix has always been my fave comp of the year, & I have qualified early & cheaply each year. To be in the equivelant of a 1,500 comp for 100 or 200 is a lovely feeling!

Huge chirp value, too.

"You qualified for the GP yet?".

"Nope, you?"

"Yup, first time of asking, easy peasy". (wanders off whistling happily....).

Repeat to every player you meet. Every night. Rinse and repeat.

[snoopy1239]

So am I right in deducing that the satellites will be 100 rebuy comps?

[tikay]

Correct. Strictly speaking they are "qualifiers", but yes, they are rebuy satellites.

15% of entries to EACH qualifier qualify automatically.

60 runners, 9 seats, 80 runners, 12 seats, & so on.

You must NOT, never not know how, play them as a normal comp - you are NOT there to win the qualifier, just be in the top 15%.

[Yogi-Bear]

Buts its so amusing seeing people with loads and loads of chips doing them in as they continually call everything, before bubbling.

HEHEHEHEHE.

Stanley Grand Prix? Poor imitation. Lets people buy in to the main event, at a 1000 a pop, which is all the satellites are.

Yogi

[ifm]

The stanleys one is 100,000 guarranteed FIRST PRIZE, methinks there might be a deal as surely second will be pale by comparison.
It is in Birmingham, Star City casino and qualifying has started from 10.
Ian

[tikay]

Anyone can buy into the Stanleys one, 1,000.

The Grosvenor one is unbuyintoable. (New word, just made that one up). Don't matter who you are. You can NOT buy into the Grosvenor Grand Prix, the only route is via a qualifier.

[tikay]

Rob (Nigtfly) has corrected me on "unbuyintoable". He says this is improper English. Apparently it should be unbuyinableto. If you COULD buy in, it would then be unbuyinabletoless.

Anyway, here are the qualifying dates & venues......

 
Blackpool   September   11th, 19th   
   October   1st, 10th   
         
Bolton   September   22nd   
   October   6th   
         
Brighton   September   8th, 15th, 22nd   
   October   6th   
         
Cardiff   September   8th, 22nd   
   October   13th   
         
Huddersfield   September   6th, 20th   
   October      
         
Luton   September   11th, 25th   
   October   2nd, 10th   
         
Liverpool   September   7th, 28th   
   October   11th   
         
Newcastle   September   21st   
   October   4th   
         
Ramsgate   September   1st, 29th   
   October      
         
Salford   September   26th    
   October   3rd, 9th   
         
Southampton   September   20th, 27th   
   October   4th, 11th   
         
         
Swansea   September   26th   
   October      
         
Victoria   August   28th   
   September   3rd, 17th   
   October   9th, 13th   
         
Walsall   September   7th, 14th, 21st, 28th   
   October   5th, 12th, 13th   
         
Bluesquare   August   19th, 26th   
   September   2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, 30th   
   October   7th   
         
Grand Prix Final   October   15th & 16th   

So, a good varierty of Venues & dates. My advice would be to Qualify at Blackpool, that looks to be the easiest venue.

 

[Robert HM]

Any idea of buy in yet? Freezeout or rebuys?

(Hmmm long trip to Blackpool)

[Junior Senior]

without a doubt tikay! - the standard of play in blackpool by their regulars is cringeworthy!

total fish pond up there!

[Junior Senior]

its always a re-buy (100)