Cue Club IO satt/March Monthly €200 F/O.

connie147

Our PPP IO Satt is on Sunday March 9th.(this is the 2nd week-end in March which clashes with our monthly €200 F/O and after numerous requests from club members,we've moved the monthly game back a week to the 16th.) I've done a deal with my local hotel for €50pps per night or €65 single room.
This is a very competitive price and its from the International Hotel in the town centre, 064-31816. Contact Anne Marie there or alternately,you can book through me here if you like or on 087-2833343.


The PPP IO satellite is a €300 F/O(€30)reg,(€20 reg if taking the non-food option) starts at 4.30pm on Sunday March 9th, 45 min clock all the way,all blind levels included with antes introduced at the 500-1000 level.

100% prize-pool pay out.
Fully dealer dealt.
Starting stack will be 10,000.
Blind levels will be 45mins all the way.
Blinds structure as follows:
25-50
50-100
75-150
100-200
150-300
200-400
300-600
400-800
500-1,000
500-1,000 100 ante
600-1,200 100
800-1,500 100
1000-2,000 200
1500-3,000 300
2000-4,000 300
3000-6,000 500
4000-8,000 500
5000-10,000 1,000
6000-12,000 1,000
8000-16,000 1,500
10000-20000 2,000

Thoughts and suggestions appreciated

Connie

bops

Hi Connie,

I'm on a mission today - it's called "value for players"

why is it that the same tournament - ie same clock/levels/length should carry different reg fees?
do i get nicer cocktail sausages if i choose to play the IO satt??

just because 10% reg fee is generally acceptable, does this give tournament organisers the right to charge 10% although there associated costs have not increased per person?

I think not!

anyways your tournaments look good as always and gl with the numbers


...now who's next...

connie147

bops wrote: »

Hi Connie,

I'm on a mission today - it's called "value for players"

why is it that the same tournament - ie same clock/levels/length should carry different reg fees?
do i get nicer cocktail sausages if i choose to play the IO satt??

just because 10% reg fee is generally acceptable, does this give tournament organisers the right to charge 10% although there associated costs have not increased per person?

I think not!

anyways your tournaments look good as always and gl with the numbers


...now who's next...

Hi Bops,
I'm running tourneys here for about 3 -4 years and I'm not aware of one that wasn't good value for players.:p

Anyway,to give you a more definate answer,the food we give out at our €200 game is normally something we rustle up ourselves in house, for the €300 IO satt, we'll definately be using an outside caterer for a more substantial grub-up.
The 1 thing I can guarantee you is that we dont look to make profit off our reg fees.

Anyway,I cant believe people want to question 10% reg.Go to Vegas and all house tourney reg is 20% and nobodys cribbing.We pride ourselves on putting on top class/top value games in the CueClub.and to be quite honest,I'm not even sure why I bothered to respond to your post.

Connie

bops

connie147 wrote: »

to be quite honest,I'm not even sure why I bothered to respond to your post.

Connie

You should respond to my post because I asked a legitimate question and deserve an answer

You (as in tourney organisers) utilise boards on a daily basis, for the sole reason to benefit from the members in helping to fill your tournies. In fairness to you (unlike most of the other tourney organisers) you can sometimes be found giving/looking for advice in other sections of the poker forum.

I believe that i have the right, as a paying tournament poker player and an active member of the boards poker forum, to ask such questions. I actually believe that I have more of the right to do so than you have to avail of the free advertising that you get here


Anyway, thanks for your answer, much appreciated

Bops

connie147

bops wrote: »

You should respond to my post because I asked a legitimate question and deserve an answer

You (as in tourney organisers) utilise boards on a daily basis, for the sole reason to benefit from the members in helping to fill your tournies. In fairness to you (unlike most of the other tourney organisers) you can sometimes be found giving/looking for advice in other sections of the poker forum.

I believe that i have the right, as a paying tournament poker player and an active member of the boards poker forum, to ask such questions. I actually believe that I have more of the right to do so than you have to avail of the free advertising that you get here


Anyway, thanks for your answer, much appreciated

Bops

Bops,
I'm not here to argue with you.But......
I am not here on a daily basis as you say,solely to promote my tourneys.In fact,(and this is without checking), I certainly wouldn't be posting up a tourney I'm running on more occasions than once a month.

And of course I agree with you that your entitled to ask any questions you like of a tourney organiser,but where a reg is set at 10%,then I think cribbing about it is wrong.Tourneys (dealer dealt) cannot be run for less and often,10% dont cover it.And I didn't really mind explaining the difference to you,its just the fact that you decided to question a 10% reg fee that got to me.

Anyway,no hard feelings,I'll even buy you a pint in Waterford.

Connie

bops

connie147 wrote: »

Bops,
I'm not here to argue with you.But......
I am not here on a daily basis as you say,solely to promote my tourneys.In fact,(and this is without checking), I certainly wouldn't be posting up a tourney I'm running on more occasions than once a month.

And of course I agree with you that your entitled to ask any questions you like of a tourney organiser,but where a reg is set at 10%,then I think cribbing about it is wrong.Tourneys (dealer dealt) cannot be run for less and often,10% dont cover it.And I didn't really mind explaining the difference to you,its just the fact that you decided to question a 10% reg fee that got to me.

Anyway,no hard feelings,I'll even buy you a pint in Waterford.

Connie

Connie,

when I said you i had (tourney organisers), it wasn't directed soley at you...

i'm not "cribbing" about the 10%...if you read my post you can see clearly that i'm not on about the 10% at all!

anyways free beer!! yippee!!
all's forgiven xx

ZZR1100

why not have food optional ..

joking
duck

connie147

ZZR1100 wrote: »

why not have food optional ..

joking
duck

Hi Dave(Ducky)
Thats now exactly what I'm going to do. As people register for the IO satt on the Sunday,I'll be asking them if they want food included in their reg. So IO sat with a food reg = €300 + €30, IO satt with no food wanted=€300 +€20.
This is something I've been talking about for a while and now is as good a time as any to start it.

Connie

therocker

connie147 wrote: »

Hi Bops,
I'm running tourneys here for about 3 -4 years and I'm not aware of one that wasn't good value for players.:p

Anyway,to give you a more definate answer,the food we give out at our €200 game is normally something we rustle up ourselves in house, for the €300 IO satt, we'll definately be using an outside caterer for a more substantial grub-up.
The 1 thing I can guarantee you is that we dont look to make profit off our reg fees.

Anyway,I cant believe people want to question 10% reg.Go to Vegas and all house tourney reg is 20% and nobodys cribbing.We pride ourselves on putting on top class/top value games in the CueClub.and to be quite honest,I'm not even sure why I bothered to respond to your post.

Connie

not trying to nitpick or anything but i have played in cueclub on quiet a few occasions and i have often received food their (much appreciated i might add) but has always been from outside agency eg pizza chips etc , but never something rustled up in house . so why was this used as excuse for higher reg . ps i am not moaning about 10% reg far from it . but reason does not tally imho

Marq

jesus you people are never happy. this isn't naked profiteering, it's a standard way of covering (some of) the costs of putting on the tournament. Connie has instantly responded to a suggestion of split-level reg (something 90% of tourney operators would never do) and even if he hadn't he shouldn't have to defend the registration he deems suitable for a tournament. If you think the registration is too high then don't play it.
If, like me, you think that this will probably be an excellent tournament run to very high standard with a reg fee that is no more expensive than the cheapest around then go play it.

LuckyLloyd

Marq wrote: »

jesus you people are never happy. this isn't naked profiteering, it's a standard way of covering (some of) the costs of putting on the tournament. Connie has instantly responded to a suggestion of split-level reg (something 90% of tourney operators would never do) and even if he hadn't he shouldn't have to defend the registration he deems suitable for a tournament. If you think the registration is too high then don't play it.
If, like me, you think that this will probably be an excellent tournament run to very high standard with a reg fee that is no more expensive than the cheapest around then go play it.

.

connie147

therocker wrote: »

not trying to nitpick or anything but i have played in cueclub on quiet a few occasions and i have often received food their (much appreciated i might add) but has always been from outside agency eg pizza chips etc , but never something rustled up in house . so why was this used as excuse for higher reg . ps i am not moaning about 10% reg far from it . but reason does not tally imho

Hi Rocker,
The in and outs of running my club I dont usually explain on a public forum,but because of your negative vibe,I feel its best to explain it to you lest you might lose some sleep.

Regestration €5-€10---No food break.
Regestration €15-€20--Food Break nuggets/sausages/chips:ie-finger food.
Regestration €25 or more--Outside caterer (normally chinese).

Now I just noticed in one of your other posts

therocker wrote: »

poker i know nothing about, that is my grandson.

Are you talking of your own experiences in the Cue Club, or those of your Grandson? I doubt very much its your own.Sounds like your working from hear-say.

Connie

The Improver

Jesus whats going on, i presume this thread is to tell boardsters about connie's IO sat and his monthly F/O (which i must say is a very good and well run tourny), not a big disscusion about reg fees and so on, and i think its a great idea to run the two on the same wkend, so hopefully it will get a good turn out.
SO COME ON DOWN.

Phil-Dublin

this type of thing just gives boards a bad name
a guy tries his best
puts on a tourney
gambles that it will meet a level of players, maybe even guarantees a prize pool
and some "anonymous" decides to "have a go" at the organisor under the guise of being genuine, while at the same time writing in a manner that seems designed to upset, annoy or even suggest some kind of rip-off under way
one has to wonder if it was possible to identify the person that they would probably choose to be more careful, one has to wonder if some people couldnt hide behind the anonymosity of boards and their nick-name that they wouldnt try this sort of thing, or if they have a personal reason or business reason for their actions

I can understand Connie getting somewhat upset at this type of thing, i know i would,

He seems like a fair man and I am somewhat confident that he wouldnt deliberately do anything to upset anyone or other tourney organisor in this way, lord knows its hard enough to put these things on

i also wonder who is this guy..

i know people who played in Connies and they said they had a ball, oh, of course there are always small things at every tourney that will piss someone off but on the whole i heard great things and if people have the time, well they could do worse than attend

gl

Phil-Dublin

best of luck with it Conny

bops

Phil-Dublin wrote: »

this type of thing just gives boards a bad name
a guy tries his best
puts on a tourney
gambles that it will meet a level of players, maybe even guarantees a prize pool
and some "anonymous" decides to "have a go" at the organisor under the guise of being genuine, while at the same time writing in a manner that seems designed to upset, annoy or even suggest some kind of rip-off under way
one has to wonder if it was possible to identify the person that they would probably choose to be more careful, one has to wonder if some people couldnt hide behind the anonymosity of boards and their nick-name that they wouldnt try this sort of thing, or if they have a personal reason or business reason for their actions

I can understand Connie getting somewhat upset at this type of thing, i know i would,

He seems like a fair man and I am somewhat confident that he wouldnt deliberately do anything to upset anyone or other tourney organisor in this way, lord knows its hard enough to put these things on

i also wonder who is this guy..

i know people who played in Connies and they said they had a ball, oh, of course there are always small things at every tourney that will piss someone off but on the whole i heard great things and if people have the time, well they could do worse than attend

gl

are you referring to me??

...i know connie personally and all i'm doing is using my voice in order to get what us (poker players) want - we, as a group, have a very big voice in the irish poker community which we should use to our advantage

connie is one of the better posters on boards, he runs great tourneys with great value...you would wonder why i had a go at him??

connie gave me all the answers i was looking for so wd

therocker

sorry connie
i am not trying to have a go but the only point i was trying to make was reason for difference in reg fee that you were explaining to bops , i like your club , and your food as stated . and have no prob with 10 % reg fee as also stated sorry if you got a moaning vibe off me but was only asking a question and i will introduce myself on weekend of 8/3 .you know me pretty well and i will appologize in person if need be
the rocker


ps i am the grandson lol

connie147

therocker wrote: »

sorry connie
i am not trying to have a go but the only point i was trying to make was reason for difference in reg fee that you were explaining to bops , i like your club , and your food as stated . and have no prob with 10 % reg fee as also stated sorry if you got a moaning vibe off me but was only asking a question and i will introduce myself on weekend of 8/3 .you know me pretty well and i will appologize in person if need be
the rocker


ps i am the grandson lol

No apology needed or required. I have no probs answering any questions in relation to tourneys I run, mostly because I've nothing to hide;).

Anyway, see you at the Satt hopefully

Connie

Macau Cork

Hi Connie,

You can put me down are you coming up next friday night.