International Poker Open - Final Thread

LuckyLloyd

RasTa wrote:

It's better for poker to pay out 10% tbh and keep the casual players happy.

I WILL cry if I finish 45 - 10. I would rather get knocked out on the first hand than that.

RasTa

LuckyLloyd wrote:

I WILL cry if I finish 45 - 10. I would rather get knocked out on the first hand than that.

Yeah I do agree with you but for the poker economy as a whole it's better this way. I feel your typical joesoap wouldn't come back or get discouraged from big MTT's if they paid out top 5% or for example made it to day two after playing 18hrs for nothing.

30something

LuckyLloyd wrote:

I WILL cry if I finish 45 - 10. I would rather get knocked out on the first hand than that.

Really?

Irish Iron

heading up from laois in the morning (playing under this username aswel) g.luck everyone, see you at the end

Tar.Aldarion

2/5 on Lloyd crying at the IPO.

Just arrived in Dublin.
Make with the draw, I need to learn of my tablemates names to freak them out.
I can say I did my homework on the entrants play then.

Hoki

At my hotel now , pints ashtray & laptop at the ready , gonna have myself many beverages and indulge in some online poker as if i was at home , looking forward to tomorrow , i think 10% of the field should be paid as well , for all the higher stakes players the rewards for finishing in the lower tier of the payout will not be to appealing to them but for your average joe soap even making the money albeit for minimum profit will have quite an enjoyable feel good factor , best of luck to all playing tomorro

LuckyLloyd

30something wrote:

Really?

Really. I could go play the SE monthly.

30something wrote:

2/5 on Lloyd crying at the IPO.

I choose to take it as a compliment that I am odds on to finish in the top 5% of the field.

LuckyLloyd

Hoki wrote:

At my hotel now , pints ashtray & laptop at the ready , gonna have myself many beverages and indulge in some online poker as if i was at home , looking forward to tomorrow , i think 10% of the field should be paid as well , for all the higher stakes players the rewards for finishing in the lower tier of the payout will not be to appealing to them but for your average joe soap even making the money albeit for minimum profit will have quite an enjoyable feel good factor , best of luck to all playing tomorro

Hoki - I've just registered for the stars $22 6 - max deepstack. Last longest??

Hoki

must have missed it lloyd , currently playing the $5 rebuy $25,000 guaranteed , just regd for the $11 $20k guaranteed as well & thinking bout the $109 tourney but will more than likely avoid it to play the $27.50 tourney in an hour , gonna be a late one , last longer in the $11 ?

LuckyLloyd

Hoki wrote:

must have missed it lloyd , currently playing the $5 rebuy $25,000 guaranteed , just regd for the $11 $20k guaranteed as well & thinking bout the $109 tourney but will more than likely avoid it to play the $27.50 tourney in an hour , gonna be a late one , last longer in the $11 ?

whoops. I missed the boat on that one. I didn't win the $22 deepstack.

Jesus Wept

LuckyLloyd wrote:

whoops. I missed the boat on that one. I didn't win the $22 deepstack.

Did you cry?

Doc Farrell

Repent!
For thy End is Nigh!

The Old Fogies are takingeth this down!

Goodluck2me

Luckylloyd wrote:

I WILL cry if I finish 45 - 10. I would rather get knocked out on the first hand than that.

Promise? this will be like Trevors blowup with KK!

Luckyllloyd wrote:

But, and I argued this till I was blue in the face earlier in the year, the payout structure should be as Nicnicnic lays out. Ah well.

I couldnt agree less to be honest. The whole purpose of this tournament is to bring players TO poker, and to help your average Joe soap play a tournament he wouldnt normally have a chance to. As much as you may disagree giving the likes of your self a little more enticement isnt whats going to give poker the best results long term, it is getting and keeping more and more "start-up" players in the game.
Say for example there are 75 players like yourself who wanted to eanr the maximum or go bust, 10 of which would make a lot of money if ten of you were at the final table. If in stead the 100 Joe soaps cashed and then fell in love with the game flooded the casinos and the poker market then arguably you would make more money from them long term from keepin the games fluid. By paying only 40 id be VERY pissed off finished 41st after beating over 1000 players,, but that wouldnt even compare to how annoyed Joe soap would be in the same situation.
would you play the WSOP if they only paid top 2%? i honestly dont think you would, you would take your $T or W$ somewhere else. Its just not good business sense to be honest.
The best thing for poker and for Stephen Et Al is to pay top 10%, and im sure he is more interested in the 800 live Joe Soaps than the 100-200 Online "pros" who rarrey if ever grace the live scene.

LuckyLloyd

The-Rigger wrote:

Did you cry?

I didn't go deep enough to become emotionally attached.

LuckyLloyd

goodluck2me wrote:

would you play the WSOP if they only paid top 2%? i honestly dont think you would, you would take your $T or W$ somewhere else. Its just not good business sense to be honest.
The best thing for poker and for Stephen Et Al is to pay top 10%, and im sure he is more interested in the 800 live Joe Soaps than the 100-200 Online "pros" who rarrey if ever grace the live scene.

Well, I'm not an online pro. But, if they changed all Irish tournaments to a 5% payout as standard - I'd be ALL for it.

Rb

What is the situation with parking?

ITT-Pat

rb_ie wrote:

What is the situation with parking?

there'll be loads and it'll cost ya a fiver

ocallagh

rb_ie wrote:

What is the situation with parking?

there is parking in the RDS for a fiver

Goodluck2me

LuckyLloyd wrote:

Well, I'm not an online pro. But, if they changed all Irish tournaments to a 5% payout as standard - I'd be ALL for it.

you dont think it would wildly increase variance? would you play a winner takes all one, to use an exaggerated example?
The reason i use the wsop is the prestige and furore around it, and the sense of pride you and any other player would get from cashing. the more often you get the feeling the more you want to play. happy players=frequent player.

ocallagh

some pics of the setup taken between 9pm and 11pm.

Thera are about 30 tables left to go in. It reminded me of the WSOP as soon as I walked in. The pics don't really capture the size of it...

Rb

ocallagh wrote:

some pics of the setup taken between 9pm and 11pm.

Thera are about 30 tables left to go in. It reminded me of the WSOP as soon as I walked in. The pics don't really capture the size of it...

Niiiice.

Hoping I get a red seat though.

ITT-Pat

rb_ie wrote:

Hoping I get a red seat though.

Are the dealers gonna have to sit on those blue seats??

Flushdraw

It would be ludicrous for Stephen to even consider paying less than 10% of the field. Its a big advantage for the above average players aswel IMO. Players will be hanging on around the bubble hoping to get ITM, whereas players that dont care for scraping into the money can be more aggressive and pick up more pots PF giving themselves a better chance at going deep.

You even see this online when 80th place in a tounrie is $11 and you paid $11 to enter. the amount of players that slow down and fold everything is crazy.

sumoward

rb_ie wrote:

Niiiice.

Hoping I get a red seat though.

Bring a cushion

Ace2007

by the look of the pics this isn't on where the student thing was on?? anyway i'm sure it will be easy enough to find

Mellor

Yeah its the other side to where the student game was on.

The shelbourne is the hall to the left if you are looking at the main rds hall, the student game was in the right side hall

Goodluck2me

Ace2007 wrote:

by the look of the pics this isn't on where the student thing was on?? anyway i'm sure it will be easy enough to find

its in the Shelbourne hall, its the place opposite the Rugby Pitch. It wont be hard to find.

Ace2007

goodluck2me wrote:

its in the Shelbourne hall, its the place opposite the Rugby Pitch. It wont be hard to find.

There's a Rugby Pitch in the RDS:eek: :eek:

Goodluck2me

There are a surprising amount of work that went into doing this tonight, myself sumoward and oCallagh have been promising 4 levels of sick variance tomorrow so beware you lazy hoers.

Goodluck2me

Ace2007 wrote:

There's a Rugby Pitch in the RDS:eek: :eek:

Leinster Lions for fock sakes loike!