Irish Masters Tour - Feedback required

JP Poker

In the New Year I will be starting a tour of between 12-18 venues across Ireland to help promote the Irish Masters which I will be running on the May bank holiday weekend.

I ideally would like to run these games in card rooms / casinos, but will use hotels etc.
The Tour games will all be €100 & Reg (reg will depend on the venue costs but no more than €20) with 1 rebuy or top up at €50.

There will be a Guaranteed Prize Pool of €5000 at all games with the winner receiving a ticket to the main event at the Irish Masters worth €1500 plus €1000 in cash and 2nd and 3rd receiving a €150 to our super satellite as part of their prize.

I am looking for towns and cities that people think this would be a success in I would also be very interested on any feedback regarding the Tour or indeed the Irish Masters.

Any card room / casino manager that would be interested in hosting one of these games please pm me or reply in this thread.

The Irish Master schedule

Thursday 1st May
Super Sat
€150, 1 Rebuy or Top up €100
Starting Chips 3k, Rebuy Chips 5k, 20 Min Blinds
Est 20 tickets to main event

Friday 2nd May
Main Event
€1500 Freezeout
Starting Chips 25k, 90 Min Blinds
Est €250,000 Prize Pool

Saturday 3rd May
Supporting Tournament
€500 Freezeout
15k Starting Stack, 60 Min Blinds
Est €100,000 Prize Pool

Sunday 4th May
Pot Limit Omaha
€250 with €25 Scalps, 10k Starting stack, 40 Min Blinds
Est €15,000 Prize Pool

€150 Freezeout
7k Starting Stack, 30 Min Blinds
Est €20,000 Prize Pool

Monday 5th May
Triple Shoot Out (Limited to 128 players)
€150
7k Starting Stack, 30 Min Blinds
Est €15,000 Prize Pool

€100 Freezeout with €10 Scalps
6k Starting Stack, 20 Min Blinds
Est €10,000 Prize Pool

cuterob

carlow would get a good crowd if its advertised right

athy is getting a new casino but i dont know if there would be enough players for your tour unless some from carlow played aswell

Ollieboy

Hi JP,

I dont know if its possible at this stage, but I think you'll get more direct buy-ins if the event is a 1k instead of 1500.

Ollie

carfax

The Westbury is opened back up in Malahide JP.....They have opened up a big car park at the back now too so it will be well worth running a tournament in.

JP Poker

carfax wrote: »

The Westbury is opened back up in Malahide JP.....They have opened up a big car park at the back now too so it will be well worth running a tournament in.

Hi Stephen,

I was speaking to Andrew a few weeks ago. I'll probably try run a few there.

Thanks
Jp

JP Poker

Ollieboy wrote: »

Hi JP,

I dont know if its possible at this stage, but I think you'll get more direct buy-ins if the event is a 1k instead of 1500.

Ollie

Hi Ollie,

It wouldn't be impossible, only one person has won a ticket so far so i could refund him the difference.

I might start a poll on it and get people views. Probably a smart idea considering the amount of big buy in tournaments these days.

DeadParrot

JP if he gets €500 I'll be sorely vexed, as I'll never hear the end of it

ditpoker

do some business with the fitz, chl, the SE and the jackpot. i remember playing a few GJP sats in the jackpot , 40 e games with first getting a ticket and some cash for 2nd or 3rd. you'd get alot of fishy low bankrolled types like myself trying these all over the city!

for a 1000 buy in game alot of people think "yea, i could win a 50e tournament to win 1k" but for whatever reason its not the same for 1500..

carfax

ditpoker wrote: »

for a 1000 buy in game alot of people think "yea, i could win a 50e tournament to win 1k" but for whatever reason its not the same for 1500..

Agree with that....If you take it that say €50 entry will be the standard buy-in for the sats then a 1 in 20 sat is much more appealing than a 1 in 30 satellite, imo.

mormank

As I have already told you JP I think that Letterkenny would be ideal for this kind of tour!! Geoff

JP Poker

mormank wrote: »

As I have already told you JP I think that Letterkenny would be ideal for this kind of tour!! Geoff

Hi Geoff,

I'll be making a call in the next few days.

Will you and David be available to work on the 15th Decemeber?

connie147

Hi JP. The Cue Club In Killarney would be delighted to help here by hosting one of your proposed Satts. PM me or ring me if yor interested.

FWIW, my belief is that tournament organisers in Ireland are mistakingly thinking that bigger is better. On a different scale, you can see what happened to the EPT in Dublin with the hyped up entry fee, well I feel tourneys have to reflect the punters buy-in power. I'd suggest you keep your buy-in at €1000. A lot of people still wont pay that much, but at least you'll qualify more than you would at €1,500.

My 2c anyway

Connie.

JP Poker

connie147 wrote: »

Hi JP. The Cue Club In Killarney would be delighted to help here by hosting one of your proposed Satts. PM me or ring me if yor interested.

FWIW, my belief is that tournament organisers in Ireland are mistakingly thinking that bigger is better. On a different scale, you can see what happened to the EPT in Dublin with the hyped up entry fee, well I feel tourneys have to reflect the punters buy-in power. I'd suggest you keep your buy-in at €1000. A lot of people still wont pay that much, but at least you'll qualify more than you would at €1,500.

My 2c anyway

Connie.

Hi Connie,

Thanks for the offer. I was planning on having a game down that direction, the Cue Club would be ideal. I'll have a chat with you next week in Waterford.

NickyOD

Please come to Letterkenny.