€50 Texas HoldEm Freezout EVERY NIGHT, Drogheda + €FREE 5000 XMAS TOURNAMENT

Riverside Club

Riverside Club, Drogheda presents Texas Hold 'Em Freezeout EVERY NIGHT!
The Riverside Casino Club is situated at 10a Wellington Quay, on the opposite side of the Boyne from McDonalds. It is across the road from Bru Bar and above Gallagher Property Consultants.

€50+5 reg, 100% of prize fund paid out + €300 added every night until 29th Oct inclusive. Open every night from 8.30 p.m.Leading to possible entry to our FREE €5000 plus Christmas tournament! All tournaments are followed by cash games every night.
All players playing in our nightly freeze out tournament will receive points for attendance and for finishing position. Cash game players will also receive additional points. The top 30 players in the points at the end of the tournament on Sunday 17th Dec. 2006 will be invited to play in our FREE €5000 plus Christmas Tournament to be held on Wednesday 20th Dec. 2006.

Early Bird Chips

Freeze out tournament starts at 9:30 p.m sharp. Professional dealers. All players seated at the start of tournament will receive 3000 + 1000 early bird chips.
The tournament is then open to new players for the first two ante rounds (40 mins), who will receive 3000 only in chips. The tournament will then close to new players.

New Ante Schedule as follows:

1st 20 mins 25 - 50
2nd 20 mins 50 - 100
3rd 20 mins 100 - 200
4th 20 mins 200 - 400

Then...
30 mins 400 - 800
30 mins 800 - 1500
1 hour min. 3000 - 6000 after which, the tournament director
will raise ante if necessary.

Riverside for REAL value! All prizes paid in cash on the night. No tickets, gimmicks etc. Black Jack, Roulette, Caribean Stud, Brit Brag etc also available. Phone : 041 983 7387 / 085 748 7466 Email: info@riversideclubonline.com

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1st 20 mins 25 - 50
2nd 20 mins 50 - 100
3rd 20 mins 100 - 200
4th 20 mins 200 - 400

Then...
30 mins 400 - 800
30 mins 800 - 1500
1 hour min. 3000 - 6000

Is that seriously your blind structure??
Double it for five levels then quadruple it???

This makes the CPT blind structure look good, and I thought that was as bad as it could get

califano

Why no 150/300 or 300/600 level?.
Why such a late start?. Could it not start earlier to afford the above levels?,
Are these games on Saturday and Sunday aswell?
Is there convenient parking?

LuckyLloyd

Crapshoot city by the looks of it. I would be interested to hear an explanation from the OP.

califano

All you need to do is include 75/150, 150/300, and 300/600 levels then it would be very like most tournaments in and around Dublin.
Im asking not for myself really but from a relation who lives fairly nearby who would like a game on a friday or saturday.

Riverside Club

Sorry we left out a level, the 7th level goes to 1500 - 3000 for 30 mins so the antes only ever double, not quadruple.
The whole idea of these tournaments is to make it easy for people who work or have other obligations to play on any night they choose in a tournament that is over at a reasonable hour. As you can see the tournament is on every night and leads to a free 5000 euro tournament in December which can only be entered by finishing in the top 30.
We tried starting the tournament earlier which did not work, again because it is nightly. The players found it inconvenient. The new blind structure was introduced at the request of players and has proved popular.

To answer the other questions, yes the tournaments and cash games are on every night including weekend and there is plenty of parking.

LuckyLloyd

25 / 50 - 20 mins
50 / 100 - 20 mins
100 / 200 - 20 mins
200 / 400 - 20 mins

400 / 800 - 30 mins
800 / 1500 - 30 mins
1500 / 3000 - 30 mins
3000 / 6000 - 1 hr

4,000 chips? Unless you arrive five minutes late in which case you receive 3,000:eek:

Good god. They'll be over to the cash tables quickly enough with that structure. I don't think I've ever seen the 8th level hit 3,000 / 6,000 before.

Riverside Club

Yes obviously if you are late you don't get early bird chips. Duh! And we know we can't please everybody.

LuckyLloyd

Riverside Club wrote:

Yes obviously if you are late you don't get early bird chips. Duh!

You are correct. I'm not the cleverest apple. I would have thought that a 3,000 stack was a complete waste of money with that blind structure - early bird chips or not. Obviously I am mistaken.

Riverside Club

If there is 100% payout plus 300euro added every night plus entry into free 5000euro tournament in December how can it be a waste of money? Compare this to other tournaments where they take a large slice of the proceeds for themselves. Do the maths!

bottom feeder

easy lads dont have a MICHEAL fit.... CHILL.........

LuckyLloyd

Riverside Club wrote:

If there is 100% payout plus 300euro added every night plus entry into free 5000euro tournament in December how can it be a waste of money? Compare this to other tournaments where they take a large slice of the proceeds for themselves. Do the maths!

Your use of large sized font, underlines and bold to emphasise your points are interesting. Annoying mind - but interesting nonetheless.

It is standard practice for Card rooms across the country to charge entry fee plus an approxamite 5 - 10% reg. They keep the Reg and leave the prizepool intact. By doing this you are not offering any exceptional or never before seen Card Room value to punters - you just aren't ripping them off.

Adding €300 every night and having a league type final in December are nice bonuses. I commend you for that, and indeed I have not critiscised any issues regarding money or prizepool.

I am questioning what is, in my opinion, a crazy tournament structure that will leave very little room for decent poker to be played. You have mentioned that this structure was requested by punters and that they seem to be happy with it. Fair enough. If they fancy a bit of a gamble in Drogheda under the nominal name of poker then so be it.

However, I think it is far too fast and will almost certaintly reduce the quality of poker that is played on a nightly basis in this tournament. I would also suggest that a 33% stack increase in early bird chips is very significant and puts late registrants at a big disadvantage.

Now, I have re - read my first post of this morning. It is a bit smart - ass and I apologise for any offense caused.

Riverside Club

As we said before it is extremely difficult to please everybody. For example, above posts have suggested an earlier starting time, then you say that people that cannot make for 9.30pm should not be disadvantaged re early bird chips. We find the standard of play very good as this is a freezeout not multi buy and our regular players find it gives them good discipline. Because it is on every night, extra long tournaments would turn out too repetitive.

phantom_lord

I think you should get rid of the early bird chips and just have a standard 4k starting stck. Last week I came in in the middle of the first hand and was at a massive disadvantage to the table. It probably discourages people to go, if you're not theer on time there's no point in going.

We find the standard of play very good as this is a freezeout not multi buy and our regular players find it gives them good discipline.

The standard at this is actually very poor imo.

If there is 100% payout plus 300euro added every night plus entry into free 5000euro tournament in December how can it be a waste of money?

This is a poor value tournament for the simple reason that there's little play in it, the blind increase too fast for any reasonable play.

Riverside Club wrote:

Do the maths!

Riverside Club wrote:

Duh! And we know we can't please everybody.

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Relax....

RasTa

I have never played in the tourney but the cash games are good. Since most peope want NL cash, this place I think is the only casino that i know of near Dublin that does them. Standard is terrible aswell.

Riverside Club

Stick to the cash games if they suit you better then? We have tried a few formats for the tournaments and this one seems to be working the best. We regret that we cannot meet everyones needs, we have just chosen the format which has proved most successful.

PTL

What I can make of it is that most of the people that don’t like it haven't tried it and Phantom lord, since you arrived a little late it sounds like you already made your mind up about your mood and to me that really puts me off my game if i don't have the right mindset.

Maybe there should be a 15-20 min "fashionably late bird" stack of 3,400 but defiantly don’t get rid of the early bird as it would make people slack about there time and since its a fast enough tournament people should be there from the first hand.

I actually like the faster play in this tournament ... guess its kind of a different strokes for different folks but I DEFINITLY wouldn't knock it till I tried it.

I was chatting to the owner fella the last time and he seems really sound and basically was saying the structure of the game and the blinds has changed over time to suit what the players want, if everyone that went to it said they liked a different style then I’m sure they would change it to suit there customers (doubt they would change it for anyone who hasn’t even gone n tried it yet haha). But from the 3-4 times I’ve been there so far it seems like the majority of players like the structure.

And yea I agree with phanton lord that the added cash and the free tournament is amazing, wish all casinos were as generous with giving away free money I might be able to afford a better car if they did haha. Keep up the good work

phantom_lord

PTL wrote:

What I can make of it is that most of the people that don’t like it haven't tried it and Phantom lord, since you arrived a little late it sounds like you already made your mind up about your mood and to me that really puts me off my game if i don't have the right mindset.

Still finished in the money...

Maybe there should be a 15-20 min "fashionably late bird" stack of 3,400 but defiantly don’t get rid of the early bird as it would make people slack about there time and since its a fast enough tournament people should be there from the first hand.

Getting 75% of everyone elses starting stack is a bit extreme imo.

I was chatting to the owner fella the last time and he seems really sound and basically was saying the structure of the game and the blinds has changed over time to suit what the players want, if everyone that went to it said they liked a different style then I’m sure they would change it to suit there customers (doubt they would change it for anyone who hasn’t even gone n tried it yet haha). But from the 3-4 times I’ve been there so far it seems like the majority of players like the structure.

The reason why everyone wants it to go quickly, is so the cash games can start. Nothing wrong with that. But it's just that the people who want to play a tournament suffer.

And yea I agree with phanton lord that the added cash and the free tournament is amazing, wish all casinos were as generous with giving away free money I might be able to afford a better car if they did haha. Keep up the good work

Who could disagree...

Scotty #

I'm not a regular in the club nor have I played in any of these tournaments. I'd give the club 10/10 on most aspects, but there are two grievances I would have.

1. Inconsistency between dealers. Especially regarding the policy on missed blinds . I've witnessed several arguments over various rulings and it seems to me the majority [of players] rules.

2. I've seen several arguments which have become quiet hostile and this is due, in my opinion, to people being allowed in with too much drink on board. I know Frank dosn't take any messing but I think the door policy could be slightly more strict.