*** Team Event, Sun 25th Nov ***

VEGAS NIGHTS

Vegas Nights Team Event

Estimated Prizepool

€8,000

Date: Sunday 25th November
Venue: Spawell, Tempelogue
Time: Reg from 1:15pm. Game starts 2pm sharp
Game type: NL Texas Holdem Freezout
Players per team: 8
Cost of entry: €50 +€10 per player (€400 +€80 per team).
Estimated number of teams: 20
Chips: 7,000
Blinds: 25mins throughout as follows.....
25/50
50/100
100/200
150/300
Break
200/400
300/600
400/800
500/1000
700/1,500
Break
1000/2000
1,500/3000
etc.

To ensure the smooth running of this event I would be greatfull if all interested teams would book a place in advance.

Evening Freezout.

There will also be a 2nd freezout available for players who are eliminated from the main event before 7pm.

Date: Sunday 25th November
Venue: Spawell, Tempelogue
Time: Reg from 6pm. Game starts 6:30pm sharp (Last entries after 2nd blind level
)
Game type: NL Texas Holdem Freezout
Cost of entry: €50 +€10
Chips: 5,000
Blind: 20mins as follows.....
25/50
50/100
100/200
150/300
Break
200/400
300/600
500/1000
700/1,500
Break
1000/2000
1,500/3000
etc.
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1. Run by : Vegas Nights
2. Charity/Commercial/Other : Commercial
3. Date/Location : Sun 25th Nov, Spawell, Tempelogue
4. Registration/Start Time : Reg..1:15pm. Game starts 2pm sharp
5. Any prerequisites? : Pre register team with Vegas Nights
6. Ticket purchasing details : Contact Vegas Nights.... www.vegasnights.ie and register n the forum. OR phone VN on 087 9955669
7. Type of Tournament : NL texas Holdem Freezout
8. Cost of entry/rebuys/top-ups : Entry €50 +(€10 per player. * players per team
9. Cost of registration : €10
10. % of entry fee/rebuys/top-up going into Prize fund : All the €50's
11. Any guarenteed prize pool? :
12. If applicable, Number of re-buys allowed and over what time frame/blind levels : N/A
13. Starting Chips : 6,000
14. Rebuy and Top-up chip amounts : N/A
15. Blind levels : 25mins
16. Blind timeframes : As above
17. Places being paid and if any prizes are other than cash : 15% of prizepool to winning team and the rest paid to last 9 players (FT)
18. Dealers? : Self dealt
19. Documented list of rules? : Yes
20. Is there a tournament director? : Nick O'Hara
21. How are disputes handled? : Nick has final say

derek2222_ie

17. Places being paid and if any prizes are other than cash : 15% of prizepool to winning team and the rest paid to last 9 players (FT)


Is this correct, seems very low for the team. If it is meant to be a team event. Why not just have a normal f/o. If there is 15 teams, 6000 prize money. 15% for winning team = 900/8 = 112.50 each member???

Flushdraw

derek2222_ie wrote: »

17. Places being paid and if any prizes are other than cash : 15% of prizepool to winning team and the rest paid to last 9 players (FT)


Is this correct, seems very low for the team. If it is meant to be a team event. Why not just have a normal f/o. If there is 15 teams, 6000 prize money. 15% for winning team = 900/8 = 112.50 each member???

I have to agree with this. Does it also mean that you only pay 1 team and 2nd and 3rd get nothing? I'd be thinkin along the lines of 45% to winning team, 25% to 2nd and 30% split between final table as a bonus but i really think you should put more empahises on the team end Nick

JP Poker

Hi Nick,

I hope to get 3 teams for this.

Good Luck with it.

carfax

One team for Poker Ireland confirmed Nick.

VEGAS NIGHTS

Flushdraw wrote: »

I have to agree with this. Does it also mean that you only pay 1 team and 2nd and 3rd get nothing? I'd be thinkin along the lines of 45% to winning team, 25% to 2nd and 30% split between final table as a bonus but i really think you should put more empahises on the team end Nick

HHHMMMMM.............Interesting point.

How about 40% to winning team (aprox €3,200 - €400 per player)
25% to runner up team (aprox €2,000 - €250 per player)

35% remaining for Individual as follows:

1st 12%....aprox €1,000
2nd 9%....aprox €700
3rd 5%....aprox €450
4th 3%....aprox €250
5th 2%....aprox €150
6th 1%....aprox €80
7th 1%....aprox €80
8th 1%....aprox €80
9th 1%....aprox €80


Any thoughts???

JP Poker

VEGAS NIGHTS wrote: »

HHHMMMMM.............Interesting point.

How about 40% to winning team (aprox €3,200 - €400 per player)
25% to runner up team (aprox €2,000 - €250 per player)

35% remaining for Individual as follows:

1st 12%....aprox €1,000
2nd 9%....aprox €700
3rd 5%....aprox €450
4th 3%....aprox €250
5th 2%....aprox €150
6th 1%....aprox €80
7th 1%....aprox €80
8th 1%....aprox €80
9th 1%....aprox €80


Any thoughts???

+1 Make it more of a team event

Flushdraw

VEGAS NIGHTS wrote: »

HHHMMMMM.............Interesting point.

How about 40% to winning team (aprox €3,200 - €400 per player)
25% to runner up team (aprox €2,000 - €250 per player)

35% remaining for Individual as follows:

1st 12%....aprox €1,000
2nd 9%....aprox €700
3rd 5%....aprox €450
4th 3%....aprox €250
5th 2%....aprox €150
6th 1%....aprox €80
7th 1%....aprox €80
8th 1%....aprox €80
9th 1%....aprox €80


Any thoughts???

Looks good Nick. It makes the team event more interesting and gives players something to hang around for should they get knocked out. If you left it as originally planned, with only 1 winning team, and only 15% of the prizepool, i reckon too many players would head home as soon as they got knocked out.

At least with 2 prizes in the team event, hopefully there'l be 5 or 6 teams in with a shout when it comes to the final table. You'd get a few hanging around, and hopefully fill up the evening freezout you have planned.

I'm going to try and get a team for this, if not i'll just bunk onto someone elses team thats short a player. See you next Sunday Nick

Tony

VEGAS NIGHTS

How about

40% to winning team (aprox €3,200 - €400 per player)

25% to runner up team (aprox €2,000 - €250 per player)

10% to 3rd team (aprox €800 - €100 per player).



25% remaining for Individual as follows:



1st 12%....aprox €750

2nd 9%....aprox €400

3rd 5%....aprox €300

4th 3%....aprox €200

5th 2%....aprox €100

6th 1%....aprox €60

7th 1%....aprox €60

8th 1%....aprox €60

9th 1%....aprox €60





Any thoughts???

carfax

VEGAS NIGHTS wrote: »

How about

40% to winning team (aprox €3,200 - €400 per player)

25% to runner up team (aprox €2,000 - €250 per player)

10% to 3rd team (aprox €800 - €100 per player).



25% remaining for Individual as follows:





1st 12%....aprox €750

2nd 9%....aprox €400

3rd 5%....aprox €300

4th 3%....aprox €200

5th 2%....aprox €100

6th 1%....aprox €60

7th 1%....aprox €60

8th 1%....aprox €60

9th 1%....aprox €60





Any thoughts???

I prefer the first structure myself Nick with €1,000 for first place and 40 % to winning team.

Warper

I'd prefer it split 50/50 between team(s) and individuals - as you know there will be different standard of teams and if your team has no chance of cashing, playing all day and coming 5th for a €100 is a total waste of time for the individual.

Maybe you could maybe increase the buyin a little bit?

VEGAS NIGHTS

Teams so far:

1) Team Vegas Nights
2) JP Poker 1
3) JP Poker 2
4) Milltown 1
5) Milltown 2
6) All In Poker 1
7) All In Poker 2
8) Baltinglass (Vegas Nights)
9) Mileys (Vegas Nights)
10) Cuckoos Nest (Vegas Nights)
11) Poker Ireland
12) Island Poker
13) The Vipers (Vegas Nights)
14) Village Inn, Celbridge
15) The Cardif
16) The Whit House (Vegas Nights)

There are 13 other teams on the "maybe" list........

VEGAS NIGHTS

So we're going to use this payout structure:

40% to winning team (aprox €3,200 - €400 per player)
25% to runner up team (aprox €2,000 - €250 per player)

35% remaining for Individual as follows:

1st 12%....aprox €1,000
2nd 9%....aprox €700
3rd 5%....aprox €450
4th 3%....aprox €250
5th 2%....aprox €150
6th 1%....aprox €80
7th 1%....aprox €80
8th 1%....aprox €80
9th 1%....aprox €80


We now have 20 confirmed teams (160 players) with an aditional 12 "Maybe's". I'll post full list of confirmed teams as soon as possible

JP Poker

Hi Nick,

I will hopefully know better tonight how many teams i'll have but lt is looking like 3 at the moment.

VEGAS NIGHTS

JP Poker wrote: »

Hi Nick,

I will hopefully know better tonight how many teams i'll have but lt is looking like 3 at the moment.

Hey JP,

Nicola said she has definately one team and possibly a second. Are your teams included in that or extra??

Flushdraw

Nick,

Stick me down for a team. Gonna try and get 8 degenerates for this!

Tony

VEGAS NIGHTS

Flushdraw wrote: »

Nick,

Stick me down for a team. Gonna try and get 8 degenerates for this!

Tony

Cheers Tony, I'll put you down. Will your team be representing boards.ie???

Flushdraw

VEGAS NIGHTS wrote: »

Cheers Tony, I'll put you down. Will your team be representing boards.ie??

Will if any of them showed any interest we might! I have 3 so far, all from boards and PMs from 7 saying they would if they werent in the SE 1k event and some saying they're busy. I have a thread up here looking for interest so i'll have to see if it goes Nick

VEGAS NIGHTS

OK, I have 24 teams confirmed and 6 "maybe's"

So that's 192 players and Prizepool €9,600 so far.....

charlesanto

VEGAS NIGHTS wrote: »

I'll post full list of confirmed teams as soon as possible

Well ???

VEGAS NIGHTS

charlesanto wrote: »

Well ???

I'm up to my t*ts in it.......
Tomorow....I promise.

VEGAS NIGHTS

Teams Registered: (as promised:D)


1) Team Vegas Nights
2) JP Poker 1
3) JP Poker 2
4) Milltown 1
5) Milltown 2
6) All In Poker 1
7) All In Poker 2
8) Baltinglass (Vegas Nights)
9) Mileys (Vegas Nights)
10) Cuckoos Nest (Vegas Nights)
11) Island Poker 1
12) Island Poker 2
13) The Vipers (Vegas Nights)
14) Village Inn, Celbridge 1
15) Village Inn, Celbridge 2
16) Village Inn, Celbridge 3
17) The Cardif
18) Village Inn, Finglas
19) Texas Nights
20) Aces Poker
21) JP Poker (Padocks)
22) Donegal Poker
23) DIT Aungier st Poker
24) Boards.ie
25) Hartstown Poker
26) The Old Mill

208 Players.............Total Prizepool €10,400.

I haven't time to work out the exact payouts........if anyone here has little else to do right now feel free to work out the payouts and post them.

Flushdraw

Based on prize pool of………… € 10,400


Winning team………… 40 % …… € 4,160
Runners up…………….. 25 % …… € 2,600

1st …… 12 % …… € 1,248
2nd …… 9 % …… € 936
3rd …… 5 % …… € 520
4th …… 3 % …… € 312
5th …… 2 % …… € 208
6th …… 1 % …… € 104
7th …… 1 % …… € 104
8th …… 1 % …… € 104
9th …… 1 % …… € 104

VEGAS NIGHTS

Flushdraw wrote: »

nm

Hey Tony, what does "nm" mean

HiCloy

^^ Never Mind

Flushdraw

Means nevermind..I got the payouts wrong and didnt want someone quoting it. I redone it. Headin off to get ready now and going the SE. See you tomorrow

JP Poker

Nick,

I'm playing a match in the morning so i won't be there until about 2.30. But i've left my 2 team captains Mick Mc Keever & Derek Mulligan Jnr in charge..

My teams have had a great record in this in the past and i fully expect to be in a celebratory mood tomorrow.

Prop bets???:) Flushdraw I'm looking at you

Flushdraw

JP Poker wrote: »

Nick,

I'm playing a match in the morning so i won't be there until about 2.30. But i've left my 2 team captains Mick Mc Keever & Derek Mulligan Jnr in charge..

My teams have had a great record in this in the past and i fully expect to be in a celebratory mood tomorrow.

Prop bets???:) Flushdraw I'm looking at you

pity u missed it lol

Flushdraw

Nick,

I may be just a tad late for this...i'll be there with half a team as it stands so hopefully get a full team when i get out there..

Talk to Stephen McLean, Paul (DPavlo) or Dan Bolton if they're there before me and they can try recruit players if we're stuck

aodea

a load of players for this defo about 200. i lasted just under three levels with some shocking shocking beats but thats how it goes. hope the rest of my team make up for my poor performance. aces suck..........

Flushdraw

aodea wrote: »

a load of players for this defo about 200. i lasted just under three levels with some shocking shocking beats but thats how it goes. hope the rest of my team make up for my poor performance. aces suck..........

Didnt happen Anto. Didnt help us that we had to drag in a couple of last minute signups as they were registering because we were short players. Good turnout for Nick but the standard was abysmal. Some shocking play lol

only 3 of our team made the points and Dan still going strong last i heard. Good luck to him

aodea

Flushdraw wrote: »

Didnt happen Anto. Didnt help us that we had to drag in a couple of last minute signups as they were registering because we were short players. Good turnout for Nick but the standard was abysmal. Some shocking play lol

only 3 of our team made the points and Dan still going strong last i heard. Good luck to him

yeah tell me about it some of them could of played with there hands showing it was so obvious what they had but they still hit ther 3,2 and 1 outers. boards will need to assemble a crack team or two for next one.

Requiem4adream

Came 2nd in this for 700....final hand was 88 v K3 board came xKK38! so technically i lost with a boat h/u!!! given the nature of the event i thought it was a very enjoyable day, lost 3 major pots on FT and luckboxed my way back into contention a couple of times. Lost huge pot KK v AJ 3 handed, and 9 handed was involved in a hand i might post about - basically had J3 soooooooooted sb, on a JJ54 board and was faced with a tricky decision (bet 35k turn, guy shoves for 200k, i had 250k). I might discuss it later but i called and he had 44....

Never been to a Vegas Nights game, but can safely say i'd go back again for a team event like this, good craic - standard wasn't so hot (although my 1st table was very good!).

Flushdraw

Good stuff Dan..I dont suppose it was enough to secure us team victory \o/

Pity none of the rest of us could give you a dig out. I think the fact you had a tough first table help you because you could actually play cards at it.

Congrats again mate

Requiem4adream

ha no team victory no, if half the team got past the 1st break we'd have had a chance ....or if we werent busy knocking team-mates out with 5 2o LOL I didnt know many on that 1st table, just Duke i think, but some decent players , was able to make some moves i simply couldnt make later against stations!!!

Flushdraw

Sicko....i come all this way and try to lead the team and my star player tries to double me up by calling my allin with 52o..needless to say the flop was Q52 and i'm sent packing lol. It was just one of them things Dan \\could have went either way but at least my chips helped you get 2nd

DPablo

Requiem4adream wrote: »

Came 2nd in this for 700....final hand was 88 v K3 board came xKK38! so technically i lost with a boat h/u!!! given the nature of the event i thought it was a very enjoyable day, lost 3 major pots on FT and luckboxed my way back into contention a couple of times. Lost huge pot KK v AJ 3 handed, and 9 handed was involved in a hand i might post about - basically had J3 soooooooooted sb, on a JJ54 board and was faced with a tricky decision (bet 35k turn, guy shoves for 200k, i had 250k). I might discuss it later but i called and he had 44....

Never been to a Vegas Nights game, but can safely say i'd go back again for a team event like this, good craic - standard wasn't so hot (although my 1st table was very good!).

Congrats Dan,

good to see you getting in the money.
Out in 46th, I never really got going, playing a shortstack the whole game.
Hit a set of 4s after the break to double up and made some steals where I could. Not sure if Nicola finished in the points?

lethal dose

Congratulations to Nick, JP and all the staff who ran a fine event unlike the standard of play:rolleyes: Some shocking carryon but thats the way of it I suppose. It was an all in fest at table 3 after the break and I had 5500 left after having my blinds riddled by all ins. The blinds had just gone 400/800 and the drunk leader who hit everything was on the button. So, UTG shoves for the umpteenth time for 3900 I look down at aq s and think its now or never and this is porbably my best flip so I reraise all in folded to the button who grimaces for a bit then after his buddy pleads with him not to, calls. The initial all in had AA th button has TT I have AQ. The flop comes with two clubs and a ten and I dont make my flush and the aces get cracked which was how it ended. Question is did I make the right play I figured I had no other choice or did I???

stevire

Requiem4adream wrote: »

Came 2nd in this for 700....final hand was 88 v K3 board came xKK38! so technically i lost with a boat h/u!!! given the nature of the event i thought it was a very enjoyable day, lost 3 major pots on FT and luckboxed my way back into contention a couple of times. Lost huge pot KK v AJ 3 handed, and 9 handed was involved in a hand i might post about - basically had J3 soooooooooted sb, on a JJ54 board and was faced with a tricky decision (bet 35k turn, guy shoves for 200k, i had 250k). I might discuss it later but i called and he had 44....

Never been to a Vegas Nights game, but can safely say i'd go back again for a team event like this, good craic - standard wasn't so hot (although my 1st table was very good!).

Well done on 2nd... It turned into a bit of a crapshoot after the 5,000-10,000 level! My 77 couldn't hold up against AJ...
I think the blinds should have been lengthend as it got closer to the final table cause there was still a load of players left in the 50 freezeout, so they weren't stuck for time. Could've got a bit more play out of it...

What team took it down in the end? Spawell??

Requiem4adream

Spawell won it , and The A-Team (celbridge) came 2nd. Was rooting for The A-Team, those crazy fools!!

I tried some team strategy early on when Tony shoved for 2k at 200/400, folds to me in bb and i look down at 5 2o. I had in my head that i would fold anything remotely likely to be ahead - and most def fold AA-KK or anything with paint on it. Had to try double him up, i knew 2 of us with chips would both survive and go deep on that table. 52 > A6 sooooooooted

It did get a bit crapshooty towards the end but i was actually against the blinds being slowed/frozen, i was pretty tired from a rough birthday session the night before - a blind freeze would prob have suited me too, more play against that field would be good for me, but i was happy to play it out.

I'll say it again, for the nature of the tournament, i think it's a great day out and would encourage more from Boards to play the next 1. Few pints (milk for me) and a lot of banter!

*Nicola came top 40 or 50 or so i think!!

Flushdraw

lethal dose wrote: »

Congratulations to Nick, JP and all the staff who ran a fine event unlike the standard of play:rolleyes: Some shocking carryon but thats the way of it I suppose. It was an all in fest at table 3 after the break and I had 5500 left after having my blinds riddled by all ins. The blinds had just gone 400/800 and the drunk leader who hit everything was on the button. So, UTG shoves for the umpteenth time for 3900 I look down at aq s and think its now or never and this is porbably my best flip so I reraise all in folded to the button who grimaces for a bit then after his buddy pleads with him not to, calls. The initial all in had AA th button has TT I have AQ. The flop comes with two clubs and a ten and I dont make my flush and the aces get cracked which was how it ended. Question is did I make the right play I figured I had no other choice or did I???

I was in seat 4 on table 3. Where were u?

roryc

ah damn totally forgot this was on... maybe next time...

I dont think anyone has equalled my record in this, won it twice in a row and then got 2nd on my third go... pity I suck at every other tournament

lethal dose

Flushdraw wrote: »

I was in seat 4 on table 3. Where were u?

Ah you must have came to the table after seat 4 and I were knocked out in the hand above. I was actually goin to join yer team but I had already comitted to another.

Flushdraw

lethal dose wrote: »

Ah you must have came to the table after seat 4 and I were knocked out in the hand above. I was actually goin to join yer team but I had already comitted to another.

I started out on table 3 seat 3. I got moved to table 4 after the break

lethal dose

Flushdraw wrote: »

I started out on table 3 seat 3. I got moved to table 4 after the break

Table3 was by the door that you couldnt go out for a smoke,and I am sure that there was no one sitting on my knee:D

lethal dose

Was that you with the pocket qq's who got away from the flopped two pair of aces and jacks then? If so you were seat 4;)

thedrunkleader

lethal dose wrote: »

The blinds had just gone 400/800 and the drunk leader who hit everything was on the button.

Definitely had a few, but hit everything? You obviously didn't see me get 3-outed twice for about 70,000 as we got down to two tables.
Thanks for the moniker though. I like it, I like it a lot.

Great day was had and many thanks to Nick. Hope he's put that close brush with bad language behind him. Can't wait for the New Year freezeout, we'll be on the minerals that day for sure!!

lethal dose

thedrunkleader wrote: »

Definitely had a few, but hit everything? You obviously didn't see me get 3-outed twice for about 70,000 as we got down to two tables.
Thanks for the moniker though. I like it, I like it a lot.

Great day was had and many thanks to Nick. Hope he's put that close brush with bad language behind him. Can't wait for the New Year freezeout, we'll be on the minerals that day for sure!!

At least you were kind enough to entertain the table:D

Flushdraw

lethal dose wrote: »

Was that you with the pocket qq's who got away from the flopped two pair of aces and jacks then? If so you were seat 4;)

LOL i was in seat 4 then! Yeah that was me...i did manage to get him to check the turn and river for some unknown reason! free cards ftw!

I would have guessed that was you to my right..one of only 2 or 3 at the table that had a grasp of how to play poker!

JP Poker

Flushdraw wrote: »

LOL i was in seat 4 then! Yeah that was me...i did manage to get him to check the turn and river for some unknown reason! free cards ftw!

I would have guessed that was you to my right..one of only 2 or 3 at the table that had a grasp of how to play poker!

What seat were they in 2, 3 and 5 LOl

Flushdraw

JP Poker wrote: »

What seat were they in 2, 3 and 5 LOl

Yeah we were all in one corner! Sorry they were all in one corner! I was way out of my depth at that table! I need to add the check minraise bluff to my arsenal before i can call myself a real player