Winter Festival - Est €75k - Red Cow Hotel - 5th & 6th Jan'08

JP Poker

Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th January'08
The Red Cow Hotel
Reg 2pm Game 3pm

1. Who is running this tournament, JP Poker
2. The purpose of the event, Commericial
3. Saturday 5th & Sunday 6th January'08, The Red Cow Hotel
4. Reg 2pm, Game 3pm
5. Any prerequisites, none.
6. Tickets can be bought on the day, no maximum number of players
7. NL Hold’em
8. Buy €500 & €50 Reg
9. 100% prize pool paid out
10. Starting chips 15000
11. 60 min blinds (10 min break at the end of every 2nd Level)

25-50
50-100

75-150
100-200

Food Break 30 Mins

150-300
150-300 (25 Ante)

200-400 (25 Ante)
300-600 (50 Ante)

400-800 (75 Ante)
500-1000 (100 Ante)

600-1200 (100 Ante)
800-1600 (200 Ante)

Break for the Night
Chips bagged and tagged
Game resumes at 2pm following day

1000-2000 (200 Ante)
1500-3000 (300 Ante)

2000-4000 (400 Ante)
2500-5000 (500 Ante)

Food Break 30 Mins

3000-6000 (500 Ante)
4000-8000 (1000 Ante)

5000-10000 (1000 Ante)
6000-12000 (1500 Ante)

8000-16000 (1500 Ante)
10000-20000 (2000 Ante)

12000-24000 (2500 Ante)
15000-30000 (3000 Ante)

20000-40000 (4000 Ante)
25000-50000 (5000 Ante) Frozen Until Finished

Depending on total chip count, players left and average chip stack to blinds and antes the clock may be frozen a lot earlier


12. Professional Dealers for all tables
13. JP Mc Cann is TD
14. TD has last say
15. A set of rules will be on display

Jesus Wept

I'll very most likely be there, with bells on (t'will be the season).

mdwexford

^lol

looks excellent, should defo be playing this

ps i think GJP deserve credit for the idea of the 15k starting stacks which every main event over here is starting to use now

The Al Lad

yep.....see ya in 6 months .... u gonna do satellite's on titanpoker.com - ski

might be an idea !!!

nicnicnic

same weekend as IPC has run in citywest last two years

Jesus Wept

true, nicnicnic ar an liathroid.

BIG-SLICK-POKER

Yeah JP I confirmed that Today With Steven from Poker Events it is bang on that date which will really baffect numbers ..I have sats organised for I.P.C

Ipc Is On in Galway 3rd - 7th Jan in the Raddisson

LuckyLloyd

feck the IPC - I'm playing this

The Al Lad

anyone know where I can find a struture for the IPC, i'll defo be playing this game here but just wanna see the other structure

cheers

nicnicnic

well its just another example of why the organiser relly need to get together and put a calander in place where all the buses dont come at the same time.

from a player's point of view the IPC event in 2006 set the benchmark for tournaments in this country and was again a fantastic event in 2007. I believe they have made this particular weekend as much of a tradition as the Open has Easter In a short period of time and the event is in the top three tournaments run in this country each year

LuckyLloyd

nicnicnic wrote:

well its just another example of why the organiser relly need to get together and put a calander in place where all the buses dont come at the same time.

This is so true. May was a complete shambles with three big buy - in festivals in a row.

Mr.Plough

will there be any sats running for this?

great structure

Moneymaker

Looks good JP. I'll be there.

connie147

Have to agree with Nicnic here. I played in the IPC in both the last two years and I have to say they were excellently run tournaments with latge fields.
We'll also be doing sattellites for the IPC as we have done before.

JP, if your game was on 2 weeks later, not only would it not be clashing, but a lot of players could play both(like me ).Also, with your tourney on 2 weeks later,advertising at the IPC game should be of great help.

Anyway, the best of luck of luck with it.

Connie

nicnicnic

connie147 wrote:

JP, if your game was on 2 weeks later, not only would it not be clashing, but a lot of players could play both(like me ).Also, with your tourney on 2 weeks later,advertising at the IPC game should be of great help.

Anyway, the best of luck of luck with it.

Connie

Run it in september theres a huge opening for a good game over the next few months

bops

hi jp

dont do it the same weekend as the ipc - nicky's right - september would be an excellent time

i've never made it to one of your games but i only hear good things and am looking forward to one soon

gl

kakak1

bops wrote:

hi jp

dont do it the same weekend as the ipc - nicky's right - september would be an excellent time

i've never made it to one of your games but i only hear good things and am looking forward to one soon

gl

if the traffic between Dublin & Galway wasn't too heavy on the Saturday you could probably manage to play both Bops, only miss a few levels of the second one

JP Poker

nicnicnic wrote:

Run it in september theres a huge opening for a good game over the next few months

Hi Nic,

The first saturday thats available this year in the Red Cow is the October bank holiday weekend. I have a €250 FO and €100 triple shoot-out game scheduled for that weekend.

With the EPT starting on the following Tuesday do you think many players would be interested in playing a 2/3 day €550 game that weekend?

I will look to change the date if possible for my winter festival, however i know December is not available due the Christmas shows and the following 2 weeks are also not available.

LuckyLloyd

JP Poker wrote:

Hi Nic,

The first saturday thats available this year in the Red Cow is the October bank holiday weekend. I have a €250 FO and €100 triple shoot-out game scheduled for that weekend.

With the EPT starting on the following Tuesday do you think many players would be interested in playing a 2/3 day €550 game that weekend?

I will look to change the date if possible for my winter festival, however i know December is not available due the Christmas shows and the following 2 weeks are also not available.

I'd play it.

HeeHawsCantona

yes i think u would get a crowd

BigCityBanker

JP

The EPT is beyond the reach of the large majority of your target audience. Id say it is beyond the reach of 90% +. Stick on a 500 game that weekend and you will get filled in by plenty of people who due to the talk of the EPT etc will be keen to play a well structured tourney. This would be a fantastic value alternative to the EPT and probably better structured than the EPT and its side events. I would be surprised if you did not receive resounding support.

Whichever you decide i will do my best to attend.

JP Poker

Just off the phone with the Red Cow. They have provisional booking for the rest of January.

If i can't change the date i will change the game i.e lower buy in.

I'm also going to check availability with the Green Isle Hotel.

mdwexford

i think IPC numbers will drop next year due to it being on in Galway, i wouldnt dream of driving 4 hours to get there when there are so many other good tourneys on these days. id play JP's game ahead of it for definite

nicnicnic

I don't think it should be a choice there is a core of tournament players who would play both. For me I'd play the IPC as I said it is in the top three tournaments run in the country the last two years the others being the open and ept. The IPC has been the one that is more accessible to many because of the buy in but the championship as far as I'm concerned has huge status.

I haven't played any of the JP games myself but I'm sure I will soon and everything I've herd is positive. I was mealy pointing out that the intended tournament was falling on the same weekend as the IPc.

I tend to agree with what BCB says re the EPT if there was to be a clash then Clashing with an $8000 buy in has a totally different target customer then the €1500 of the IPC

JP Poker

nicnicnic wrote:

I don't think it should be a choice there is a core of tournament players who would play both. For me I'd play the IPC as I said it is in the top three tournaments run in the country the last two years the others being the open and ept. The IPC has been the one that is more accessible to many because of the buy in but the championship as far as I'm concerned has huge status.

I haven't played any of the JP games myself but I'm sure I will soon and everything I've herd is positive. I was mealy pointing out that the intended tournament was falling on the same weekend as the IPc.

I tend to agree with what BCB says re the EPT if there was to be a clash then Clashing with an $8000 buy in has a totally different target customer then the €1500 of the IPC

Hi Nic,

I totally agree with you regarding customer base for a €550 and €1500 game.

I've spoken to Stephen from Poker Events this morning who asked me if i could change my dates as PE have a TV crew organised and they can't change there dates.

I have been on to the Red Cow aswell to look at available options. At the moment the Saturday of the October Bank holiday weekend has a provisional booking down for that day. If it comes open again i will run my €550 game that weekend (people may use it as a sat for the EPT). I am also checking dates with the Green Isle Hotel for early January.

If i can't get different dates, i will hold my winter festival on 4th&5th Jan as my regular weekly players (90% of them would never pay €1500 for a game of poker in anyway) will expect a big game at christmas.

So as to not effect the IPC i will change to buy to between €150-€250

I hope this clears things up a bit.
Jp

nicnicnic

JP Poker wrote:

Hi Nic,

I totally agree with you regarding customer base for a €550 and €1500 game.

I've spoken to Stephen from Poker Events this morning who asked me if i could change my dates as PE have a TV crew organised and they can't change there dates.

I have been on to the Red Cow aswell to look at available options. At the moment the Saturday of the October Bank holiday weekend has a provisional booking down for that day. If it comes open again i will run my €550 game that weekend (people may use it as a sat for the EPT). I am also checking dates with the Green Isle Hotel for early January.

If i can't get different dates, i will hold my winter festival on 4th&5th Jan as my regular weekly players (90% of them would never pay €1500 for a game of poker in anyway) will expect a big game at christmas.

So as to not effect the IPC i will change to buy to between €150-€250

I hope this clears things up a bit.
Jp

fair play J, looking over your calander and the bsp one; 2008 looks great for value/structure for players

bops

kakak1 wrote:

if the traffic between Dublin & Galway wasn't too heavy on the Saturday you could probably manage to play both Bops, only miss a few levels of the second one

i am going to (as per usual) take all you chips on thursday my good man

pumpkinpints

Yeah have it in October JP and people will use the winnings maybe to play the EPT or even a few sats for it.
sounds like a great structure.

JP Poker

Now Cancelled, due to IPC. Best of luck to all playing the IPC

5starpool

Due to this being cancelled, I will now lock this thread. If for any reason JP you want it reopened, let me know.

Cheers,

Dom