International Poker Open - Final Thread

5starpool

Tell Paddy I was asking for him as well Des, not happy to hear he is unwell again. I was thinking I hadn't seen him around for a while.

Mellor

The Clamper wrote:

please park legally, i'm already overworked as it is
and remember, money cant buy happiness, but it goes a long way towards it.
now, where did i put that wallet?

Always took this as a funny little way to sign off long type posts.
And only today I linked it with username. I feel silly that i missed that one

The Clamper

dont worry mel, there are loads of players out there that still havent picked up on it

please make sure you have plenty of change with you for parking at the RDS

actually its a fiver to park there all day and all night for our event, normally an hourly rate or ten for the day

but we get special treatment

i am still trying to get it for free, yes FREE, i will post here if i swing it

if you decide to park on the street, no concessions and full enforcement will take place
they know about all events and will make extra visits to the area that day, hoping to get my car no doubt

ps, if you own a cat, and you were ever asked if your cat preferred whiskers, let me know
i have yet to meet anyone who was asked and i wonder what they said to the 1/10 that said his or her cat didnt prefer it
i really wil have to lay off the smarties late at night, its the blue ones that do it you know, colourings my arse, there is deffo something in them and when i find out what it is, there's gonna be war

5starpool

The Clamper wrote:

i really wil have to lay off the smarties late at night, its the blue ones that do it you know, colourings my arse, there is deffo something in them and when i find out what it is, there's gonna be war

Must be old smarties. They did away with the blue ones a good while ago. No artificial colours or preservatives now you know.

Mellor

they brought them back a few years ago

and sure if they used majic mushrooms or toadstools to colour them wouldn't it be natural

cardshark202

I've been roped into playing this. I can pay on the day yeah? Really hate the idea of having to sign up to a website to play a live poker tournament.

bohsman

cardshark202 wrote:

I've been roped into playing this. I can pay on the day yeah? Really hate the idea of having to sign up to a website to play a live poker tournament.

You been living under a rock for the last few months?

SIDESHOW BOBs

Q: whats the story with cash games / drink at the rds


gotta sort out the priorities

Cheers El Side

LuckyLloyd

cardshark202 wrote:

I've been roped into playing this. I can pay on the day yeah? Really hate the idea of having to sign up to a website to play a live poker tournament.

Jaysus!!

Blip

cardshark202 wrote:

I've been roped into playing this. I can pay on the day yeah? Really hate the idea of having to sign up to a website to play a live poker tournament.

BAN, LOCK, MELT KEY.......THROW AWAY MELTY BIT.

carfax

SIDESHOW BOBs wrote:

Q: whats the story with cash games / drink at the rds


gotta sort out the priorities

Cheers El Side

I would bring a few extra quid just in case Sideshow.....With the guts of 1,000 poker players in the same place at the same time I'm hoping that we will get every concievable type of side event going (its the only way we stand to make any money ourselves).

As regards the drink there is absolutely no alcohol allowed on the premises. We have been talking to the uppity, overpaid, well-dressed lads and lassies ( no offence to any solicitors/barristers out there) and the only way our tournament could bring poker into a bad light as regards the law is if there is alcohol served or allowed on the premises. We will have lots of selection as regards food though so hope that helps.

carfax

cardshark202 wrote:

I've been roped into playing this. I can pay on the day yeah? Really hate the idea of having to sign up to a website to play a live poker tournament.

lol, another one of your statements that has no argument or reasoning whatsoever behind it. If we take cash on the day off of one player we have to be willing to take cash off of every player.
If we take cash off of every player then registration for the tournament will be a complete mess.

Reggie I've met you once or twice, played a bit of ball once with you and you seem to be a nice person but wtf happens to you when you sit down in front of your computer???.....

.....And please answer me this question honestly;
Have you ever given cash to another player in order for him/her to do an online transfer to you on say, PokerStars? If so I hope you threw a little tantrum at them too because you had to go to the effort of asking them to do the transfer and then..... :eek: .....it ended up that you paid cash to play online poker.

There are no stipualtions whatsoever to play on Mermaid poker when you sign up for this tournament. We were the people that had to ask Mermaid to do things this way and they were good enough to go along with our requests. I've made our reasoning abundantly clear on numerous occasions here on Boards and the most important thing I can point out to you Reggie is that we are at the end of the day doing this for you and players like you.

We will hopefully be introducing hundreds of new players to competitive poker. After this tournament our hope is that all the regular pub tournament players around the country and Europe will see what a good, big, skillful, competitive poker tournament is all about and they will play more of them in the future. And who knows poker might grow a little bit more and be seen more and more by mainstream media as a true game of skill.

I await your one line non-argument answer with *gasps in air to hold breath*.......

ShadowBJ21

carfax wrote:

After this tournament our hope is that all the regular pub tournament players around the country and Europe will see what a good, big, skillful, competitive poker tournament is all about and they will play more of them in the future.

Great statement Stephen ... that's it exactly!
I don't know too much about the situation in Ireland. But here in Germany people can either pay big money to play in a very good structured tournament or the pay small bucks and get a crappy structure with prizes that aren't really worth to fight for it.

This tournament is offering a unique opportunity and I really hope that others will find this idea appealing and the "low rollers" will get more possibilities like this in the future.

Shadow

carfax

ShadowBJ21 wrote:

"low rollers"

lol, Cheers Shadow.

C4Queen

hey ho...

Yea i had a energetic not very tall casino owner in the phone late last night wanting to show up with 12 people on the day and just said-sort it dear!

lol well not even him (and you know i do it for you if i could) could i go against stephens aka Mr dontmesswithmeandpaycashontheday Maclean.

So well.. i guess you need to overcome your fear of the monste called PC!

Good luck, give me a pm, i hold hand

anna panna

carfax

C4Queen wrote:

hey ho...

Yea i had a energetic not very tall casino owner in the phone late last night wanting to show up with 12 people on the day and just said-sort it dear!

lol well not even him (and you know i do it for you if i could) could i go against stephens aka Mr dontmesswithmeandpaycashontheday Maclean.

So well.. i guess you need to overcome your fear of the monste called PC!

Good luck, give me a pm, i hold hand

anna panna

lmao

LuckyLloyd

I personally think that pre - registration is an excellent idea. Paying on the day will only amount to a logistical nightmare when you are looking at a field of 500+. It is quite common for EPT and WPT events to close registration before the day of an event. The reason for that is surely related to volume. Organisers will only have a fighting chance if they turn up on the morning of the event knowing exactly how many tables, dealers, chairs, chipstacks, decks of cards and dealer buttons need to be laid out. Leaving any of that to chance can result in a serious expense or serious discomfort for the players.

Additionally, this is 2007 ffs!! Does no - one ever register for anything online? Never deposited to a poker site? Never booked an airline ticket online? Never booked a hotel room? Never bought a CD or a book? Like, wtf is the problem?

And for those who really do not have the means (like no credit card or no home or work internet access) to get this done via the inter - web, ste has promised to trall the country taking payment of people in advance.

The flipside of the coin also applies. If Ste insists on pre - registration, then I will expect everything to be ****ing tip - top on the day. I will get profoundly irritated if my starting table doesn't have a dealer ready to go from the off with a deck of cards and a dealer button. There should be no reason for new tables to be opening in the first half - hour; for tables to begin with self - deal for any period of time; or for there to be chipstacks put in play that have not been sold.

I'm sure Ste, Derek and Anna are all fully aware of that fact though. Players who have got on board and registered in advance will have very little patience for hiccups on the day. And God help ye if there are problems with payment after the event. So, while there is some small element of risk involved on the side of the players - the potential pitfalls for the organiser's reputations is infinitely greater.


These are just some general musings of course. I am really looking forward to this tournament and, knowing Ste, am sure that he will put on a top - class event.

rag2gar

LuckyLloyd wrote:

I personally think that pre - registration is an excellent idea. Paying on the day will only amount to a logistical nightmare when you are looking at a field of 500+. It is quite common for EPT and WPT events to close registration before the day of an event. The reason for that is surely related to volume. Organisers will only have a fighting chance if they turn up on the morning of the event knowing exactly how many tables, dealers, chairs, chipstacks, decks of cards and dealer buttons need to be laid out. Leaving any of that to chance can result in a serious expense or serious discomfort for the players.

Additionally, this is 2007 ffs!! Does no - one ever register for anything online? Never deposited to a poker site? Never booked an airline ticket online? Never booked a hotel room? Never bought a CD or a book? Like, wtf is the problem?

And for those who really do not have the means (like no credit card or no home or work internet access) to get this done via the inter - web, ste has promised to trall the country taking payment of people in advance.

The flipside of the coin also applies. If Ste insists on pre - registration, then I will expect everything to be ****ing tip - top on the day. I will get profoundly irritated if my starting table doesn't have a dealer ready to go from the off with a deck of cards and a dealer button. There should be no reason for new tables to be opening in the first half - hour; for tables to begin with self - deal for any period of time; or for there to be chipstacks put in play that have not been sold.

I'm sure Ste, Derek and Anna are all fully aware of that fact though. Players who have got on board and registered in advance will have very little patience for hiccups on the day. And God help ye if there are problems with payment after the event. So, while there is some small element of risk involved on the side of the players - the potential pitfalls for the organiser's reputations is infinitely greater.


These are just some general musings of course. I am really looking forward to this tournament and, knowing Ste, am sure that he will put on a top - class event.

A lot of excellent points there and well argued Lloyd

cardshark202

carfax wrote:

lol, another one of your statements that has no argument or reasoning whatsoever behind it. If we take cash on the day off of one player we have to be willing to take cash off of every player.
If we take cash off of every player then registration for the tournament will be a complete mess.

Reggie I've met you once or twice, played a bit of ball once with you and you seem to be a nice person but wtf happens to you when you sit down in front of your computer???.....

.....And please answer me this question honestly;
Have you ever given cash to another player in order for him/her to do an online transfer to you on say, PokerStars? If so I hope you threw a little tantrum at them too because you had to go to the effort of asking them to do the transfer and then..... :eek: .....it ended up that you paid cash to play online poker.

There are no stipualtions whatsoever to play on Mermaid poker when you sign up for this tournament. We were the people that had to ask Mermaid to do things this way and they were good enough to go along with our requests. I've made our reasoning abundantly clear on numerous occasions here on Boards and the most important thing I can point out to you Reggie is that we are at the end of the day doing this for you and players like you.

We will hopefully be introducing hundreds of new players to competitive poker. After this tournament our hope is that all the regular pub tournament players around the country and Europe will see what a good, big, skillful, competitive poker tournament is all about and they will play more of them in the future. And who knows poker might grow a little bit more and be seen more and more by mainstream media as a true game of skill.

I await your one line non-argument answer with *gasps in air to hold breath*.......

Wow I was just asking a question. I rarely check threads in the tourney forum so I really wouldn't know much about it. I forgive you though as I'm sure you just misunderstood what I was asking.

C4Queen

there will be no problems with payouts.

but the whole mermaid team are i Dublin to monday afternoon so if you can give us to tuesday to do the payout i would be enoumously pleased, else we might need to leave someone behind to do it and we all look forward to a grreat weekend in Dublin with you all!

Anna

LuckyLloyd

C4Queen wrote:

there will be no problems with payouts.

but the whole mermaid team are i Dublin to monday afternoon so if you can give us to tuesday to do the payout i would be enoumously pleased, else we might need to leave someone behind to do it and we all look forward to a grreat weekend in Dublin with you all!

Anna

Hi Anna,

If there are logistical difficulties with regards payment of players, and you feel that the admin of that may stretch on a couple of days I would be of the opinion that it is no problem whatsoever. But it would be very important that this fact is made crystal clear well in advance of the event. You could even tell players that payments will not be fully completed until Friday of the following week - and it wouldn't be much of a problem for most. But being up front about any potential delays or hold - ups will be vital.

Leave people with no scope whatsoever to complain.

Good luck.

carfax

rag2gar wrote:

A lot of excellent points there and well argued Lloyd

He makes it sound like he is going to beat the living crap out of me if the smallest thing goes wrong on the day.....How is that well argued

carfax

cardshark202 wrote:

Wow I was just asking a question. I rarely check threads in the tourney forum so I really wouldn't know much about it. I forgive you though as I'm sure you just misunderstood what I was asking.

As I forgive you Reggie for being such an eejit

LuckyLloyd

carfax wrote:

He makes it sound like he is going to beat the living crap out of me if the smallest thing goes wrong on the day.....How is that well argued

I didn't say anything of the sort Ste. It's very simple: if I receive subpar service or am uncomfortable with the set - up for reasons that I felt were well within your control I will:

1) Complain about it on this message board (probably a rant);

2) Assuming I find your counter argument // view of what happened to be below my very high standards (I'm a twat - you have to remember that) - then I will simply not attend another Poker Ireland event;


Now, as I said in the last paragraph of my post this afternoon, I am fully confident that everything will be top - class. But, you should be aware that punters will vote with their feet. It's a competative market place in Ireland at the moment. And this is your chance to shine and show people that you are the business in this, eh - business.

carfax

LuckyLloyd wrote:

I didn't say anything of the sort Ste. It's very simple: if I receive subpar service or am uncomfortable with the set - up for reasons that I felt were well within your control I will:

1) Complain about it on this message board (probably a rant);

2) Assuming I find your counter argument // view of what happened to be below my very high standards (I'm a twat - you have to remember that) - then I will simply not attend another Poker Ireland event;


Now, as I said in the last paragraph of my post this afternoon, I am fully confident that everything will be top - class. But, you should be aware that punters will vote with their feet. It's a competative market place in Ireland at the moment. And this is your chance to shine and show people that you are the business in this, eh - business.

lol, I'm just not getting on the wrong side of you and thats all I know.....You're bigger than me and higher in the food chain.

LuckyLloyd

carfax wrote:

lol, I'm just not getting on the wrong side of you and thats all I know.....You're bigger than me and higher in the food chain.

Ste, with all due respect - your flippant responses to what I feel is a valid series of points doesn't look very good.

5starpool

LuckyLloyd wrote:

Ste, with all due respect - your flippant responses to what I feel is a valid series of points doesn't look very good.

Chill out a bit there Lloyd

I think Steve is more than aware that there are lots of eggs in this particular basket (probably far more eggs than we know about), and given the amount of effort that has gone into this, if it does not turn out smoothly on all fronts, he will be his own biggest critic.

Ace2007

how many registered yet- 2 weeks to go

The Clamper

as i am sure you can appreciate, we are getting a bit short with our replies due to the humungus stress of organising this mega tourney

we will take chill pills this evening and look forward to a huge and successful event

hope you all can make it, pre reg is v important to us and we really would appreciate it if you can get online, there is no obligation to play on the site, tho i am sure mermaid would like that
i can assure you from personal experience that the site is literally full of fishies from all accross europe, and there are an abundance of free rolls every week
its worth a look, the software is excellent (boss media)

we are here for the common goal, make poker a better place in ireland

cmon lads, be nice and turn up on the day with your "A" game, take a big chunk of prize pool, and laugh it up

FantasticMrFox

i dont have a credit card so what would be the best way for me to register and pay into this tournament?
I saw that you are accepting payments at a numbert of live games, are any of these in limerick or galway?