Fitzwilliam Business League - Boards.ie Team

Hyzepher

The Fitz Business League starts next Monday and runs over 8 weeks. As youo are probably aware Boards.ie are current champions so we need to defend our title. However, the dream team of earlier this year are now morphed into Suited Aces and we will be entering a team under that name.

So the Boards.ie team needs new blood and that's where you guys come in. For the moment all I need is someone who is willing to take charge of the team, do all the organising etc. It will then be up to them to create a team of 7 (5 play on a given night).

If you are interested in organising the team just post here - timeframes are tight and we will need to get player names into the Fitz asap so I need someone you can devote some time to this over the next 24hrs

Hyzepher

kencleary

w00t! Don't have any time to do any organising but definitely want to play in the business league. So i'll put my name foward for the boards team, for the captains consideration or any other team that'll have me as a member.
So basically mercenary for hire here!

Waylander

I'd be interested in playing in this to. Anywhere I can get more details on whats involved?

Iago

definitely interested in playing, but won't be able to commit the time for organising unfortunately.

Available for a team if required..

Hectorjelly

How often is it on? What are the stakes? Is there a website or something?

karlh

I'm super busy this week but definitely want to play in the team.

If there is a tonne of interest we could enter a Boards.ie team and a BSOP team, maybe the top 5 in the league or something

Hyzepher

The tournament is a simple running total game. Teams get divided up into seperate tables and each table is a seperate game - points going to each player depending on where they finish. Team then totals up points and a league table is formed.

Games are on Mondays - starting this Monday for 9 weeks - 8 games & 1 bank holiday when it is not on. Normally start at 6pm or 6:30pm.

1st prize is €1000

Hyzepher

dirkey_wynne

How much is it to enter? I'd be up for playing, but wouldn't have the time to organise!

Hyzepher

I think it is €100 per team.

Hyzepher

karlh

and 4 members to a team with a couple of stand-ins?

can we just make this thread a signup page and email the lists to the fitz?

Waylander

I do not mindorganising it on a weekly basis, but unfortunately I am away on a cruise for the next two Mondays , so if somebody looks after things for the first two weeks, I do not mind taking over from them when I get back, if they want me to.

Imposter

Waylander wrote:

I am away on a cruise for the next two Mondays

Ladbrokes?

Davey Devil

Jeasus I'd hate to missing out on the Business League by having to go away on the Ladbrokes cruise

I'd love to play in the League if there's places available.

Hyzepher

If you guys are happy for me to pick the team and submit the paperwork then I will. But remember SA are out to kick your asses

Hyzepher

Davey Devil

Thanks Chris, that'd be sound. Oh and keep dreaming, we are the champions

Hyzepher

OK Team to follow

Waylander

"Ladbrokes?"

Yep, heading off on Sunday morning. Can't wait.

Cheers Chris count me in for the Monday after the Bank Holiday onwards.

DeVore

You need 7 realistically. 5 to play and 2 subs each week for cover.
The way we did it last year (and the way you should do it imho) is to rotate the team around each week in a predetermined fashion to give all 7 equal play. Its only fair.

DeV.

ps: Waylander if you meet a Danish guy called "Morten" (user name mrt54 or something) can you give him my email details.

Krusty_Clown

Count me in, if there's a spot remaining..

Hyzepher

OK team is - subject to comfirmation from the Fitz

Kencleary
Waylander
Iago
Karlh
Dirkey_wynne
Davey Devil
Krusty_clown

Ken - You are team contact. You will all need to send me your real names by PM asap so I can send in your application

Hyzepher

quozl

oh fecks sake. I don't read the board for 5 hours and miss this.

Count me in if someone has to drop out.

Greg

Waylander

DeVore wrote:

You need 7 realistically. 5 to play and 2 subs each week for cover.
The way we did it last year (and the way you should do it imho) is to rotate the team around each week in a predetermined fashion to give all 7 equal play. Its only fair.

DeV.

ps: Waylander if you meet a Danish guy called "Morten" (user name mrt54 or something) can you give him my email details.

Will do Tom, but you'll need to pm your email address

DeVore

tom .at. spin.ie

its not a private address, most people here know it.

DeV.

mewso

I do remember Luke making sure boards was a registered company, something SA are not. So are we jumping the gun assuming SA will be able to enter.

Hyzepher

The above team is on the basis that both teams can enter.

Hyzepher

DeVore

I'm checking that tonight. Its going to be a massacre if we enter two teams which is not something I would want to see if I were them simply because even last year when we were running away with it (more to our surprise then anyone elses!) it got boring because it was almost a certainty that we'd win.

If we can only enter one team then I'd give the first time team the option first. Its only fair really.

DeV.

DapperGent

If there's SA and that Boards team there'll definately be competition between the two.

I wouldn't be surprised with the growth in poker in the mean time if there won't be other very strong teams out there that we don't know about yet.

I'd love to see the fitz put in a team themselves.

What I'd really love is if the Fitz and the Merrion put in a team.

gerire

Davey Devil wrote:

Thanks Chris, that'd be sound. Oh and keep dreaming, we are the champions

Are you regretting the offer you had to play on the original team davey?

amp

DeVore wrote:

If we can only enter one team then I'd give the first time team the option first. Its only fair really.

What I think would be fair would be that SA play off against the new boards team and the winning team enters the league.

But I doubt it'll come to that.

DeVore

Both teams can enter, I'm putting them in this afternoon.

DeV.

Iago

excellent, looks liks Boards will be taking home the trophy again this year

Davey Devil

Sound, how about a friendly wager between the 2 teams??

DeVore

I'm up for that.

I've regged both teams (Suited Aces and Boards). Two of you are down as ANO subs (Krusty and Waylander) but only because I couldnt remember your real names! It makes no difference at all just replace them with your names on Monday and any 5 of 7 can play any night they wish.

By the way, you guys have a lot to live up to! I was talking to the organiser last night and he said when the Boards team shot into the lead there was a lot of "heads turned" in the club to see who the "new upstarts" were. They were convinced that they were being sharked by some crowd

Now I dont know who to support... SA, Boards, my team, my website... oooh the conflicts of interest.... nah, SA gonna take this baby down!

DeV.

amp

Sorry DeV, gotta go with the boards. Five years is a long time.

WAN THE BOARDS! GO GET EM!


"And don't forget, tipping the dealer will bring you fabulous luck and riches" - Royle Bunsen's Hyper Stratagy

Krusty_Clown

Wahoo! Really looking forward to this now...
So Ken (oh mighty captain-type figure), who's on the roster for Monday?

Maybe we should wait for the SA team to declare (all professional-like) and put forward a directed SA team-bashing roster?

Iago

Krusty_Clown wrote:

Wahoo! Really looking forward to this now...
So Ken (oh mighty captain-type figure), who's on the roster for Monday?

Maybe we should wait for the SA team to declare (all professional-like) and put forward a directed SA team-bashing roster?

Just put me on a table with DeV and give me flush draws

kencleary

Hmmmm can't send more than five mails at once so will have to post here. Must be a SA conspiracy to see our tactics!

Ok guys we're gonna use the classic squad rotation system, as perfected by Claudio Ranieri, but with the discipline of Jose Mourhinho. We've essentially got 40 games of poker to play (8 Mondays * 5 games per day). That means that two of us will get five games and five people will get six games.

I'll draw up a proper roster soon but at the moment I just need to know who's available for Monday night. Waylander is off on a cruise for the next two weeks so that rules him out. If everyone else is around the team will be:

Me
Iago
Karlh
Dirkey_Wynne
Davey Devil

with Krusty_clown sitting on the bench. Krusty if you could send me your real name i'll correct the AN Other down on the reg form.

Kick-off is this Monday at 6pm so I suggest meeting outside Larry Murphys/Henry Gratten at 5.30pm to discuss our strategy and brag about how we'll whip those SA n00bs!

Oh yeah need money too I'll collect 14 from everybody there on Monday night and collect from everyone else when they're around.

karlh

monday is fine for me. see ya bout 5.45 in the pub!

Iago

fine with me too, see you there guys

Davey Devil

Me three.

DeVore

Newbies + Davey Devil = Bad Calls * Worse Beats

Oh yeah, this is gonna be fun

Put me on a table with Iago and give him flush draws.


I'm up for a little side action. 20 a man to keep it friendly?

DeV.

Davey Devil

Your right DeV, I'm just not gonna play a hand 20 a man sounds good, easy money.

Iago

20 a man sounds perfect, can't wait!

dirkey_wynne

I'm good for today also

dirkey_wynne

kencleary wrote:

Kick-off is this Monday at 6pm so I suggest meeting outside Larry Murphys/Henry Gratten at 5.30pm to discuss our strategy and brag about how we'll whip those SA n00bs!

Are the rest of you meeting up outside one of these aforementioned pubs, or just heading str8 down to the Fitz?

kencleary

I'll be at pub!

Krusty_Clown

Best of luck fellas!
Remember, we're looking for boards.ie and suited Aces 1 and 2 (in that order!).

dirkey_wynne

kencleary wrote:

I'll be at pub!

Either or? And are you the guy who won the single table satellite to the September payday Monday madness tournie in the Merrion?

kencleary

Whichever one has a free table outside and nope i'm not that guy. I'll be the guy sitting there with a black suit, red tie, Ipod and pint of Erdinger

dirkey_wynne

kencleary wrote:

Whichever one has a free table outside and nope i'm not that guy. I'll be the guy sitting there with a black suit, red tie, Ipod and pint of Erdinger

Could you not narrow it down a little!

Hyzepher

What time does the league start?

Hyzepher