paddypowerpoker.com Irish Open - Official Thread

karlh · 02-02-2007 4:48pm

Sorry for delay- here's the story. Although the prizepool is guaranteed to be huge and we're planning to put on an amazing festival, there has to be a slight compromise to get the main event finished within the time we have to work with. I would love to have every level possible with 2 hour blinds but it simply isn't possible.

The 4th day is just for the televised final table which leaves 3 days of play to get 700 players down to 6. There were few grumbles about the structure last year and this year it will be better despite having double the players! After consulting with the tournament directors, the structure will now include an extra 150/300 level with a 25 ante.

Overall, this is still a deepstacked (10k), long level (60 mins), well run tournament which is dripping with value. If we dont make the guarantee which is a disctinct possibility there may even be an overlay.

If you compare it to the EPT3 Grand Final there is 60 mins of play less. http://www.europeanpokertour.com/EPT3_montecarlo_structure.html
They have a 75/150 but every other level is the same and their considerably bigger ante structure makes both essentially the same.

In the grand scheme of things this will be the best structured Irish Open ever. It's not possible to keep everyone happy but thanks for your feedback and I'll post more details as I get them.

Any questions or comments feel free to PM me.

$1 Freezeout on Monday 5th Feb at 8pm on PPP btw - ticket guaranteed, reg now open

BigCityBanker · 02-02-2007 5:00pm

Fair play Karl - its an improvement.

smurph · 02-02-2007 5:12pm

Thanks for trying Karl, it's a step in the right direction.

carrigeen · 02-02-2007 5:24pm

Nice one Karl thats good stuff

MrPillowTalk · 02-02-2007 10:08pm

Why not get rid of the 25/50 level and have the 75/150 instead.

Essentially the 25/50 is a waste of time anyway.

karlh · 02-02-2007 10:29pm

i've never heard it being done to be honest, dont see any reason why not.

the structure as above is now final and published so can't do anything further.

karlh · 16-02-2007 12:39pm

*bumpage*

tonnes of new satellite venues announced. you can see full details here:

http://www.irishpokeropen.com/qualify/offline.php

lots more will be added next week.

TheRock · 16-02-2007 12:54pm

Karl,
The Macua super sat is down for Saturday 28th March.
28th March is a Wednesday

Just wondering if you knew the correct date for this?
Had a look at the Macau website but couldn't find anything.

Hawk Eye · 16-02-2007 1:54pm

Is this going to be televised? I remember Padraig Parkinson mentioning on the circuit that it will be on RTE, can anyone confirm?

Hawk Eye · 16-02-2007 1:56pm

karlh wrote:

http://www.irishpokeropen.com/qualify/offline.php

Jesus, expect no overlay then:rolleyes:

Looks to be very well organised, good job Karl.

Goodluck2me · 16-02-2007 2:12pm

ollieboyce and Bob battersby are the same odds to win this! and also, Bob is shorter odds than last years winner/deal made/3rd Brendan Ruane. LMFAO

it also will be televised every day on RTE Live

carfax · 16-02-2007 5:51pm

MrPillowTalk wrote:

Why not get rid of the 25/50 level and have the 75/150 instead.

Essentially the 25/50 is a waste of time anyway.

This is a great idea that I would definitely agree with.....I have suggested it at tournaments before but have been met with cries of horror from players.....

Anyway I can't wait for this tournament......The fact that that level has been added makes all the difference but I think people shouldn't confuse value with the longest structure possible......Its definitely not a crapshoot but I wouldn't mind winning it even if it was.

Hats off to PPP......There's a reason they are number one in Ireland at everything they do and thats 'cos they gots guts......

This tournament is brilliant for Irish poker and unlike the EPT events it will give players that travel from overseas a chance to actually play against Irish players.

karlh · 16-02-2007 5:52pm

goodluck2me wrote:

Bob is shorter odds than last years winner/deal made/3rd Brendan Ruane. LMFAO

I have already answered criticism over BR's price. I can only ask again, did you see him play last year?

Ill check Macau details and post correction.

Thanks,
Karl

Goodluck2me · 16-02-2007 6:51pm

karlh wrote:

I have already answered criticism over BR's price. I can only ask again, did you see him play last year?

Ill check Macau details and post correction.

Thanks,
Karl

i have played with both on regular occassion i just thknk its funny bob`s quoted, i reckon there isnt much in them though!lol.

Flushdraw · 16-02-2007 8:40pm

goodluck2me wrote:

i have played with both on regular occassion i just thknk its funny bob`s quoted, i reckon there isnt much in them though!lol.

Yeah its funny alright that Bob and Ollie are 300/1. I mean, 300/1 for Ollie Boyce, are they having a laugh.....surely 500/1 would be more realistic

carfax · 16-02-2007 8:59pm

Hi all,

I know it should really be in here but just want to make sure that everyone sees the Westbury thread......There's some free money to be had this Thursday night in Malahide.......

spem4392 · 18-02-2007 12:14pm

Hi All,

Exclusively on PPP $50 Rebuy Satellite to the Irish Open:

Date: Wednesday 21st Feb at 9pm

Buyin: $50 + $2.50

Blinds: 15 min Rounds with 4 levels of rebuys

Prize: One $5,500 Package to the Irish Open Easter 2007 Is Guaranteed. Eeach subsequent $5,500 will generate another package

Thanks.

TheRock · 21-02-2007 7:18pm

spem4392 wrote:

Hi All,

Exclusively on PPP $50 Rebuy Satellite to the Irish Open:

Date: Wednesday 21st Feb at 9pm

Buyin: $50 + $2.50

Blinds: 15 min Rounds with 4 levels of rebuys

Prize: One $5,500 Package to the Irish Open Easter 2007 Is Guaranteed. Eeach subsequent $5,500 will generate another package

Thanks.

How come this got cancelled??

PPP-Pit Boss · 21-02-2007 8:10pm

TheRock wrote:

How come this got cancelled??

Lack of interest, we thought running it as a super sat would interest some players but it would seem not. We withdraw it with one registered player rather than running the risk of it cancelling itself with 7 or 8 players.

CodeMonkey · 21-02-2007 9:28pm

PPP-Pit Boss wrote:

Lack of interest, we thought running it as a super sat would interest some players but it would seem not. We withdraw it with one registered player rather than running the risk of it cancelling itself with 7 or 8 players.

What the hell? I was looking forward to this. Was this tourny even advertised anywhere apart from a single post in the middle of this thread? Or did you expect PPP players to check MTT tournys for unusual events all the time? I am annoyed, stuck home with nothing to do.

PPP-Pit Boss · 21-02-2007 9:48pm

CodeMonkey wrote:

What the hell? I was looking forward to this. Was this tourny even advertised anywhere apart from a single post in the middle of this thread? Or did you expect PPP players to check MTT tournys for unusual events all the time? I am annoyed, stuck home with nothing to do.

Sorry about that

The tournament was advertised:

On the feature section of the website
In the sub feature section of the website
On the splash front page of the poker client
In the feature section of the poker client
On the ticker section of the website
On the Irish Open website qualifier section
On the Online Qualifier section of the website...

I personally would have found it attractive and you try these things to see if others will too but It could well have something to do with the already pretty bursting schedule of feeders etc on the site.

If you guys want this kind of online supersat we may well be able to arrange a private boards IO tourney when we move to the Playtech Platform.

All in favour say I?

hf4z6sqo7vjngi · 22-02-2007 9:27pm

karl check your pm...cheers

stretchticles · 22-02-2007 9:53pm

aye!!

will you advertise here?

fl&sh · 26-02-2007 8:30pm

why have the entry costs for the daily feeders and the sunday night final gone up.

BigCityBanker · 26-02-2007 9:01pm

fl&sh wrote:

why have the entry costs for the daily feeders and the sunday night final gone up.

Im guessing its got something to do with the move to playtech

karlh · 26-02-2007 9:50pm

structure of GFs on Playtech will be $300 freezeouts so we have changed the feeder structure slightly.

once we migrate there will be loads of STT and MTT routes to these GFs.

sikes · 26-02-2007 10:00pm

karlh wrote:

structure of GFs on Playtech will be $300 freezeouts so we have changed the feeder structure slightly.

once we migrate there will be loads of STT and MTT routes to these GFs.

thats fantastic news.

Gus Ivey · 26-02-2007 10:23pm

are the $300GF's freeze outs or rebuys... I qualified to one through a 15 rebuy but i heard the $300 GF was a rebuy. Can u clear that up ? thanks

sikes · 26-02-2007 10:32pm

would it be possible to do a bi-weekly >600$ sat. Im sure there would be a load of interest in those as long as you blitz the place with sats to them.

karlh · 26-02-2007 11:17pm

the $300 + $20 GFs will be freezeouts. I think it's a much better structure while maintaining the size of the prizepool.

i dont know about the $600 sikes, the satellites are doing well as they are. ill look at it again after the big move when we see what the numbers are like in the new format.

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