WSOP Seat any ideas?

Paul Spillane

Hi All

I have convinced the money men here at Boyles that we need to send a player to this years WSOP.

I have spoken to a variety of people who have contributed ideas on what type of promotion we should use and i would like to ask the memebers of Boards for their ideas.

I intend to release the details of the promotion on the site by Tuesday morning at the latest.

The promotion/qualification should last for the month of May. I would like smalll staking tournament players to have the best chance of winning a seat.

This is a request for free market research, apologies but i am unable to pay you for your suggestions.

Please pm me, email at pspillane@boylepoker.com or best of all post your ideas on here so we an have an open discussion about it and i can explain why we can or cannot use any particular suggestion.

Finally i will try and answer as many questions as i can on here but am at two poker events this weekend and time will be limited.

Thank you in advance to those of you who take part.

Paul Spillane
Boylepoker Manager.

sproodles

I have a good one... Hire some marketing staff?

Paul Spillane

To be honest sproodles as its a one off I thought the players who might be participating in the promotion would have the best input. I have had conversations with our marketing people and noted their ideas but am keen to hear yours.

I could go to a market research company but they would cost the price of a main event entry and i would rather give the money to the players.

mickc

Paul Spillane wrote: »

I could go to a market research company but they would cost the price of a main event entry and i would rather give the money to the players.

you might have answered your own question. take the money saved on the research company and add another package to the prize pool.. i'd play for that value.

Paul Spillane

Fair point mickc but so far i have only convinced them to cough up one seat, if they agree to pay for more of course i will be trying to cut out the mr people.

NickyOD

Admit it Paul, you dont actually have a marketing dept. at all do you?

Are Boyle's actually allowed to run a skin specific WSOP sat that players on other skins on the network can't play in?

Rb

Freeroll for Boards players with one package guaranteed is the best way to win us over tbh.

Ollieboy

PPP don't discuss there marketing plans with us and you guys moan about it, Boyle have offer to come on here, listen to your views, offer a WSOP package as payments and you still moan.

Very typical Irish and not very helpiful.

I'll also add that stars use 2+2 for marketing ideas and its a mutual benefit to both sides.

Now I'll prepare myself for the abuse I'll get for posting this.

as for ideas Paul, I think you are eager to set-up some sort of league and send the winner to the WSOP. I hate this idea, as I want to play one tourney and win the seat.

How about a 50 rebuy for boards players online and leave it at that. Or even better, hold a event in the SE, 100 freeze out and get your marketing info to the players that attend, sign them up and discuss rake with them directly or offer them different retainer packages to keep there interest on your site. The WSOP would go down really well if added to the prize pool etc.

Good luck

Also Paul, what network is Boyle currently on, what number of players do you have on the network and whats the big tourneys etc. Any current sign up bonus.

zuutroy

Something like the League VC did would be good. Like a small stakes donkament every Sunday in May with 10 points for 1st, 8 for 2nd etc and the overall winner goes to the WSOP.

EDIT: Why the hatred for spreading it over a few weeks?...Seems better imo

NickyOD

Ollieboy wrote: »

PPP don't discuss there marketing plans with us and you guys moan about it, Boyle have offer to come on here, listen to your views, offer a WSOP package as payments and you still moan.

Very typical Irish and not very helpiful.

Who's moaning?

Rb

I like the idea of a 100fo in the SE.

zuutroy

rb_ie wrote: »

I like the idea of a 100fo in the SE.

Won't someone please think of the expats :'-(

kakak1

Ollieboy wrote: »

PPP don't discuss there marketing plans with us and you guys moan about it, Boyle have offer to come on here, listen to your views, offer a WSOP package as payments and you still moan.

Very typical Irish and not very helpiful.

I'll also add that stars use 2+2 for marketing ideas and its a mutual benefit to both sides.

Now I'll prepare myself for the abuse I'll get for posting this.

as for ideas Paul, I think you are eager to set-up some sort of league and send the winner to the WSOP. I hate this idea, as I want to play one tourney and win the seat.

How about a 50 rebuy for boards players online and leave it at that. Or even better, hold a event in the SE, 100 freeze out and get your marketing info to the players that attend, sign them up and discuss rake with them directly or offer them different retainer packages to keep there interest on your site. The WSOP would go down really well if added to the prize pool etc.

Good luck

Also Paul, what network is Boyle currently on, what number of players do you have on the network and whats the big tourneys etc. Any current sign up bonus.

Good Post Ollie,

Typical of the Irish, moan moan moan. Given an opportunity of some input & look at the replies received.

I would prefer a one off tournament, maybe a €50 freezeout. I hate the idea of any kind of league, availability problems etc.
To encourage players & get some to return why not offer tournament Tokens / $'s to be used at a later date in tournaments only.

MuddyDog

rb_ie wrote: »

Freeroll for Boards players with one package guaranteed is the best way to win us over tbh.

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Duff Man Jr.

The fitz in limerick would be better than the SE.

strewelpeter

Paul Spillane wrote: »

Fair point mickc but so far i have only convinced them to cough up one seat, if they agree to pay for more of course i will be trying to cut out the mr people.

So you have one package , seat and travel expenses that you want to give away to a player that you would in effect be sponsoring for this tourney, is that it?

If so, what I would do is something along the lines of:
Run a series of well structured tournaments with a guarantee of about $1000 for a $20+2 buy in. Run them every night for a month and each players best 10 results are counted in a league format. League leader at the end of the promotion is your sponsored player.

LOL at people whining about free market research.

Ste05

I think it would be a nice touch to have a Freeroll for all mods of the Poker forum. Think of the amount of leeway this would buy you?? LOL

If that idea isn't met with a rush of approval from all, (which I'd be very suprised by TBH) a boards exclusive Freeroll, or something would be cool too and I think it would be a very good way to have a large % of the highest raking Irish on-line Poker players begin to play on Boylesports. Possibly have some kind of rakeback account possible for boards players and with this added on-top I would say you could actually make a decent amount of money on the long term from regular posters here.

Although I'll be perfectly honest with you, if you want repeat long-term business you'll really need more then just a once off WSOP ticket, thinking long term, you'll need to have a good value RB or "Loyalty" "Cash-back" scheme to keep custom. But I still think the Poker forum mods freeroll is defo the way to go...

tipp86

I guess yere thinking a main event seat. Anyone think like a $50-100 freezeout where instead of adding one main event seat ye add seats to the$1500 events.

Players have to wear boylesports gear.More players means more advertisment.

Ste05

tipp86 wrote: »

More players means more advertisment.

Also means more travel and accom expenses. They add quite a bit to the package, the Stars ones come with $2.5k each IIRC.

Funkymonk83

Ste05 wrote: »

Also means more travel and accom expenses. They add quite a bit to the package, the Stars ones come with $2.5k each IIRC.

Stars add $2.5k expenses plus accom

smurph

In all fairness, It would probably have to be an online tournament.
S.E. can only hold 120 players. People are not going to travel up this tournament.

the whole year inn

a 50 or 100 frezzeout sounds good to me,have this online my horse and cart wont make it to the SE

connie147

My 2c,
Organise a €240 f/o in the SE, the Fitz, Lukes or whereever. Run satts on line to qualify for the event. Make the final a 100 player tourney, so entry fees generate 3 packages @€;8,000 and add the extra 1 from boylespoker so 4 packages on the night.

You can make it a condition that the only way in is to win your seat online, or you could have it that half the seats are won in online satts and the other half can be directly bought in.

I think it would create great interest. If all the clubs in Dublin didnt want to run it, I'm sure the Cue Club would be up for it.:p

Connie

Fatboydim

I would like to see something that gives those of us who do not live in Dublin an equal chance.

If it's live then how about running 10 €100 FO in various casinos across the country. So that all of us have a chance. [Probably have two of them in Dublin then the rest could be in Waterford, Wexford, Cork, Limerick, Sligo, Galway, Drogheda, Bambridge - off the top of my head.] The winners of the various tournaments to get €1500 - €200 in cash [For expenses] and €1300 to go to a one table SnG where the prize would be a WSOP package of €13k.

If the WSOP package is simply to be given away then the FO amount could be reduced accordingly to €50 or even €30. But I think some cash by the players should be stumped up just simply to eliminate the freeloaders. Also because the casinos have to pay staff.

Boyles could get people to sign up to an online account perhaps to reclaim $50 if they have played in the event.

yeah-buddy

rb_ie wrote: »

I like the idea of a 100fo in the SE.

We don't all live in Dublin, just because the dubs can't navigate outside of the city they take everything from us, the so called farmers.

Ollieboy

to suit everyone, why not have 5 tourneys online, $20 per person . This money is than used to cover travelling expenses to come to Dublin and play a one table sat. Top 2 players from each event get to the 1 table sat.

I also really like Connies idea.

yeah-buddy

Ollieboy wrote: »

to suit everyone, why not have 5 tourneys online, $20 per person . This money is than used to cover travelling expenses to come to Dublin and play a one table sat. Top 2 players from each event get to the 1 table sat.

I also really like Connies idea.

Why not just have the event online on Boylepoker, a simple resolution really!

Ste05

I don't see why an on-line Poker room, would hold a Live Satellite?? It seems kind of mad really...

I think people should start thinking about on-line ideas, after all, the whole idea is to increase people playing Poker on boylesports, not to just send someone to the WSOP. Although Connie's idea seems quite good...

5starpool

Ste05 wrote: »

I think it would be a nice touch to have a Freeroll for all mods of the Poker forum. Think of the amount of leeway this would buy you?? LOL

Fully agree, the mod wages don't go as far as they used to back when, and the hookers are very overused at this point......

Aaaanyways, if this is a Boylesports funded package then unless there is a package added I don't think there should be an entry fee if the player is expected to be a boyle sponsored player and have to wear hat/shirt etc. As to what best format? That is a more difficult one.

I doubt you are intending to restrict it to a boards only package, as without all the other extra that make people play on a site (traffic, rakeback, bonus, etc) you are not going to make enough long term to profit from it. I personally don't know what the traffic is like on your site, but if you have a few 'overlay extremely likely' tournies on your site, one a week for 3 weeks say, then you could spread the cost of a package across 3 weeks in the form of expected overlays. For example, say you make it a $20+2 FO, and there is a $12,500 package for grabs but you get 400 runners each week, then there is a 4k overlay each week for 3 weeks, amounting to an extra package in essence added. That way you would have 3 sponsored people going to the WSOP. Adjust the entry accordingly depending on what runners you think you will get. This might also get more signups, deposits, traffic etc.

Alternatively, just offer a freeroll (speaking selfishly, only to boards members, speaking realistically, to all of your online players) with 1 ticket. Chances are I personally wouldn't play any of these as 1 prize, 400+ entrant tournies aren't really my thing. If there was some sort of a live game organised somewhere as a freeroll (like party did for the IPC) then I might well play it.

Good luck with this.

yeah-buddy

Ste05 wrote: »

I don't see why an on-line Poker room, would hold a Live Satellite?? It seems kind of mad really...

I think people should start thinking about on-line ideas, after all, the whole idea is to increase people playing Poker on boylesports, not to just send someone to the WSOP. Although Connie's idea seems quite good...

Who said it's live???

looserock

Is boylsport on prima?

5starpool

yeah-buddy wrote: »

Who said it's live???

The people who suggested live events obviously

Ste05

5starpool wrote: »

The people who suggested live events obviously

emm, pretty much, or maybe I'm missing something. All the talk about the SE, the Fitz, etc. etc. etc. is what I was referring to,

Boylesports aren't doing this out of the goodness of their heart, or "to give something back to Irish Poker" they're doing it to increase traffic in their on-line Poker room and to get some ideas from the largest captive audience of on-line Poker players in Ireland.

yeah-buddy

Boylepoker just want to send someone to the wsop, that's publicity enough, not just encourage a bunch of old codgers in the dublin poker clubs to play poker on boylepoker.

Paul Spillane

Hi All

The promotion will be online not live. I will answer some of the points made and questions asked in a bit more depth later, just a little busy at present.

Paul Spillane

5starpool

yeah-buddy wrote: »

Boylepoker just want to send someone to the wsop, that's publicity enough, not just encourage a bunch of old codgers in the dublin poker clubs to play poker on boylepoker.

Yes, it is a well known fact that everyone that plays live in dublin is over 50 and everone that plays online in under 25.

Who are you having this conversation with anyhow? Ste was ceratinly not disagreeing with you.

yeah-buddy

5starpool wrote: »

Yes, it is a well known fact that everyone that plays live in dublin is over 50 and everone that plays online in under 25.

Who are you having this conversation with anyhow? Ste was ceratinly not disagreeing with you.

I was joking with that part, i've never stepped foot in a casino in dublin

RoundTower

I guess a league of some sort makes most sense

Running one tournament might get you some goodwill but not a lasting player base.

maybe the top X rakers on boyle in the next month or so get entry to a freeroll which awards one WSOP seat? X = 20 would give a lot of incentive for people to play.

Goodluck2me

5starpool wrote: »

Yes, it is a well known fact that everyone that plays live in dublin is over 50 and everone that plays online in under 25.

Who are you having this conversation with anyhow? Ste was ceratinly not disagreeing with you.

its a b1tch being between 25-50 is it...

lee_arama

Hey Paul.

Let me start by saying that I didn't bother reading past your initial post for fear of losing plausible deniability should I copy someones idea...

The WSOP is some serious pokering. It's a savage event. And if Boyle want to send someone then they need to come up with a way of choosing a suitable candidate.

Can your software root out the 18-20 year olds when looking at poker results? If so they why not attempt to compile some data on who your most successful players are in terms of ratio? Or even look outside your online community and choosing some live player who exhibits the qualities you need, yet who might not possess the yo's needed to compete at such a high buy in?

Is even putting someone into the 10K the right move? You'd need them to go some bit deep in order to gain a return in terms of visibility...

Why not look at buying several players into the smaller events? I would love to play one of the Omaha events if I were ever able to make it over there myself. So would almost everyone on this forum.

Certain players here find they can handle Limit far more readily but there aren't any feeders to put them in that event. At least not over here.

Other players just love getting their RAZZ buzz on, or HORSE for that matter. Stars and Tilt are the only sites I've seen packing HORSE heat on a regular basis though...

My advice? Mix and match. You have plenty Omaha players online - pick someone to go. You can easily pick up a semi-pro/full-pro in Cork/Dublin/Ballymena cardrooms to lead the charge at one of the smaller Hold Em events.

THEN! If your chosen warriors come away with results from their respective tables you can take the decision whether to put one forward into the Main Event, based on whether you think that the TV coverage has been adequate...

Looking back over my post I feel I make reasonable sense...

HoLLLLLaments

put in dougee or kraken.

so sick how boyles discriminates against people under 21.

SIDESHOW BLOB

I think boylepoker should send marty focking smyth to the world series...only fair loike considering you sponsor the goy.
And i've been speaking to him recently and he would just LOOOOVE if they asked if he would be interested.

yeah-buddy

SIDESHOW BLOB wrote: »

I think boylepoker should send marty focking smyth to the world series...only fair loike considering you sponsor the goy.
And i've been speaking to him recently and he would just LOOOOVE if they asked if he would be interested.

+1 he represents ireland in ever way, especially the hair.

Paul Spillane

Hi All
Just a quick response to some valid points raised that i can answer quickly.


Are Boyle's actually allowed to run a skin specific WSOP sat that players on other skins on the network can't play in?.................................Yes we are and yes the promo will be unique to our players.


Freeroll for Boards players with one package guaranteed is the best way to win us over …………………...............................It will be open to all players though I will have to do something for boards players after the help I have been given


Also means more travel and accom expenses……….....................….Yep we are giving $3000 on top for hotel flight etc


I doubt you are intending to restrict it to a boards only package,……….............…..…nope open to all, regular, new big raking small raking, freeroll players.

Can your software root out the 18-20 year olds when looking at poker results?..............................................If the winner is aged between 18-20 and therefore ineligible to play we will either hold the seat over for them till their old enough or put them in an equivalent tournament of their choice in Europe. If the buy in was less they could use the spare balance as spending money.

Marty is being sent by us Sideshow

Thanks again

SIDESHOW BLOB

Well thank fock for that!

Will he be wearing a Sundoireland jorseee?

dvdfan

If your doing a league format i quite like the idea of using an average because alot of people have work or other engagements and by missing 1 game they more or less are out of the running. Its not really a disadvantage to the people who play every league game because they have a better chance of making a higher average. Heres what i mean

Say there is 2 games per week for 1 month i.e 8 in total
You take your top 5 scores and discard the other 3. This give someone who couldnt play all 8 which will be a decent % based on the previous leagues run on boards over the last few years if you want to look it up and it would keep the interest of people who miss the 1st or 2nd game who would normally be out of the running. Like i said someone who plays the 8 games still has an advantage to someone who only played 5 because they can afford to have 3 bad tournaments.

Id safely say from all the tournament ran previously by the end of the tournament probably only 25% have completed all the games and there the degenerates tbh:D

Paul Spillane

Ok making progress, so far this is the idea, please feel free to add comments, it really needs to be finalised by Monday

Win one of our selected daily tournaments (including 7 freerolls!). This automatically enters you into the WSOP Grand Final to be held on June 9th.

The winner of the WSOP Grand Final wins

Paid entry into the WSOP main event

An extra $3000 to cover flight and accommodation.


Date: Tournament:

01/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem Freezeout
02/05/2008 $25 + $2.50 Deepstack Hold'em
03/05/2008 $1000 Freeroll
04/05/2008 $5 + $.05 No limit Hold'em with Rebuys
05/05/2008 $3000 Freeroll
06/05/2008 $15 + $1.50 Scalp tournament ($10 prize pool $5 Scalp)
07/05/2008 $5 + $.50 Short handed No limit Hold'em with Rebuys
08/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem Freezeout
09/05/2008 $25 + $2.50 Deepstack Hold'em
10/05/2008 $1000 Freeroll
11/05/2008 $5 + $.50 Short handed No limit Hold'em with Rebuys
12/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem with Rebuys
13/05/2008 $15 + $1.50 Scalp tournament ($10 prize pool $5 Scalp)
14/05/2008 $100 Freeroll
15/05/2008 $50 + $5 No Limit holdem Freezeout
16/05/2008 $25 + $2.50 Deepstack Hold'em
17/05/2008 $1000 Freeroll
18/05/2008 $100+$10 No Limit Hold Em F.O. 5000 starting chips, 15 minute clock.
19/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem with Rebuys
20/05/2008 $15 + $1.50 Scalp tournament ($10 prize pool $5 Scalp)
21/05/2008 $5 + $.50 Short handed No limit Hold'em with Rebuys IF CHELSEA WIN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE places 2,3,4,5 & 6 will have their prizemoney doubled.
22/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem Freezeout
23/05/2008 $25 + $2.50 Deepstack Hold'em
24/05/2008 $100 Freeroll
25/05/2008 $5 + $.50 Short handed No limit Hold'em with Rebuys
26/05/2008 Boards Invitational Freeroll with added Prize-money.
27/05/2008 $15 + $1.50 Scalp tournament ($10 prize pool $5 Scalp)
28/05/2008 $5 + $.50 Short handed No limit Hold'em with Rebuys
29/05/2008 Boylepoker invitational
30/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem with Rebuys
31/05/2008 $1000 Freeroll

Thanks

Paul

Ollieboy

Paul Spillane wrote: »

Ok making progress, so far this is the idea, please feel free to add comments, it really needs to be finalised by Monday

Win one of our selected daily tournaments (including 7 freerolls!). This automatically enters you into the WSOP Grand Final to be held on June 9th.

The winner of the WSOP Grand Final wins

Paid entry into the WSOP main event

An extra $3000 to cover flight and accommodation.


Date: Tournament:

01/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem Freezeout
02/05/2008 $25 + $2.50 Deepstack Hold'em
03/05/2008 $1000 Freeroll
04/05/2008 $5 + $.05 No limit Hold'em with Rebuys
05/05/2008 $3000 Freeroll
06/05/2008 $15 + $1.50 Scalp tournament ($10 prize pool $5 Scalp)
07/05/2008 $5 + $.50 Short handed No limit Hold'em with Rebuys
08/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem Freezeout
09/05/2008 $25 + $2.50 Deepstack Hold'em
10/05/2008 $1000 Freeroll
11/05/2008 $5 + $.50 Short handed No limit Hold'em with Rebuys
12/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem with Rebuys
13/05/2008 $15 + $1.50 Scalp tournament ($10 prize pool $5 Scalp)
14/05/2008 $100 Freeroll
15/05/2008 $50 + $5 No Limit holdem Freezeout
16/05/2008 $25 + $2.50 Deepstack Hold'em
17/05/2008 $1000 Freeroll
18/05/2008 $100+$10 No Limit Hold Em F.O. 5000 starting chips, 15 minute clock.
19/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem with Rebuys
20/05/2008 $15 + $1.50 Scalp tournament ($10 prize pool $5 Scalp)
21/05/2008 $5 + $.50 Short handed No limit Hold'em with Rebuys IF CHELSEA WIN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE places 2,3,4,5 & 6 will have their prizemoney doubled.
22/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem Freezeout
23/05/2008 $25 + $2.50 Deepstack Hold'em
24/05/2008 $100 Freeroll
25/05/2008 $5 + $.50 Short handed No limit Hold'em with Rebuys
26/05/2008 Boards Invitational Freeroll with added Prize-money.
27/05/2008 $15 + $1.50 Scalp tournament ($10 prize pool $5 Scalp)
28/05/2008 $5 + $.50 Short handed No limit Hold'em with Rebuys
29/05/2008 Boylepoker invitational
30/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem with Rebuys
31/05/2008 $1000 Freeroll

Thanks

Paul

Paul no offence mate, but you came on here looking for ideas. You have not listen to any of the above points and it would seem that you had already made up the above schedule as it doesn't really look like something thrown together at the last minute.

So in hindsight, you have used this thread to advertise, which I believe is against the rules of this forum and in very bad and poor taste. I hope the mods take some sort of action and I believe there could be a small backlash from players to your misleading posts on this thread. Trust and honesty is a big thing in poker.

Finally in relation to the above, it will not attract any bigrollers as its a waste of there time to play such small buy-ins

gl with same

a-k-47

so we have to win one of the above mtts to qualify for the wsop gf?... what has that got to do with boards players?...i for one wont be participating in any..gl

the 100$ fo looking good though

sendic

This might be interesting if people could still buyin to the "WSOP Grand Final" for, say, 500 (no entry fee). that way you give the low stakes player a free 500 euro entry to a WSOP sat for winning one of your lesser tournaments and you still have the opportunity for the larger buy-in players to enter a rake free sat.

This sat could then be advertised as a $13000 overlay sat, assuming all the prizepool is redistributed and not used to pay for the first ticket. At 500 euro entry it would only take 26 players to generate another ticket. 57 players (26+31tournament winners) for two packages sounds like a good event to me (assuming its well structured, get advice from the online MTT experts here, don't just use your bog standard structure)

Paul Spillane wrote: »

Ok making progress, so far this is the idea, please feel free to add comments, it really needs to be finalised by Monday

Win one of our selected daily tournaments (including 7 freerolls!). This automatically enters you into the WSOP Grand Final to be held on June 9th.

The winner of the WSOP Grand Final wins

Paid entry into the WSOP main event

An extra $3000 to cover flight and accommodation.


Date: Tournament:

01/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem Freezeout
02/05/2008 $25 + $2.50 Deepstack Hold'em
03/05/2008 $1000 Freeroll
04/05/2008 $5 + $.05 No limit Hold'em with Rebuys
05/05/2008 $3000 Freeroll
06/05/2008 $15 + $1.50 Scalp tournament ($10 prize pool $5 Scalp)
07/05/2008 $5 + $.50 Short handed No limit Hold'em with Rebuys
08/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem Freezeout
09/05/2008 $25 + $2.50 Deepstack Hold'em
10/05/2008 $1000 Freeroll
11/05/2008 $5 + $.50 Short handed No limit Hold'em with Rebuys
12/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem with Rebuys
13/05/2008 $15 + $1.50 Scalp tournament ($10 prize pool $5 Scalp)
14/05/2008 $100 Freeroll
15/05/2008 $50 + $5 No Limit holdem Freezeout
16/05/2008 $25 + $2.50 Deepstack Hold'em
17/05/2008 $1000 Freeroll
18/05/2008 $100+$10 No Limit Hold Em F.O. 5000 starting chips, 15 minute clock.
19/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem with Rebuys
20/05/2008 $15 + $1.50 Scalp tournament ($10 prize pool $5 Scalp)
21/05/2008 $5 + $.50 Short handed No limit Hold'em with Rebuys IF CHELSEA WIN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE places 2,3,4,5 & 6 will have their prizemoney doubled.
22/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem Freezeout
23/05/2008 $25 + $2.50 Deepstack Hold'em
24/05/2008 $100 Freeroll
25/05/2008 $5 + $.50 Short handed No limit Hold'em with Rebuys
26/05/2008 Boards Invitational Freeroll with added Prize-money.
27/05/2008 $15 + $1.50 Scalp tournament ($10 prize pool $5 Scalp)
28/05/2008 $5 + $.50 Short handed No limit Hold'em with Rebuys
29/05/2008 Boylepoker invitational
30/05/2008 $10 + $1 No Limit holdem with Rebuys
31/05/2008 $1000 Freeroll

Thanks

Paul

Paul Spillane

Hi Ollie
I will explain my thought process to clarify where im coming from.
In my original post I stated I had already asked a variety of people (including various Boards members whom I was speaking to in an unrelated post) and said I would also like to ask Boards members for their feedback. I also stated it was a request for free market research and that I could be contacted by pm or email and not just by public posts.

Someone requested a Freeroll for Boards players. I have contacted the Moderators about this and am awaiting their permission. I have pencilled it in if the Moderators are happy I am conforming to their rules.

You put on your 1st post,
I think you are eager to set-up some sort of league and send the winner to the WSOP. I hate this idea, as I want to play one tourney and win the seat.

I didn’t mention a league in my original post, only that I would like small staking tournament players to have the best chance of winning a seat. Leagues have there benefits but because there has been such a mixed reaction to the league concept I took the league option out. It could of course go back in but at the moment as many people have said they dont want a league as want one.

You did say you hated leagues and wanted to play a one off, this option isnt quite that but is down to playing 2 tournaments to win a seat.

Again I did state it would be a month long promotion.

I intend to do more promotions at live poker venues but due to time constraints this is not possible for this promotion.

I want a promotion that rewards freeroll players as well as higher staking customers, I thought this might suit both.

I can assure once I decided against a league coming up with this schedule was pretty simple. It wasn’t thrown together last minute, I have been working on it this morning. You have incorrectly assumed I have used this thread to advertise/spam a promotion but by asking for feeback on a promotion i guess i leave myself open to this accusation.

“Finally in relation to the above, it will not attract any bigrollers “………………As I stated in the original post I wanted the promotion to be a mix for all types of players.

“as its a waste of there time to play such small buy-ins”……………………………..Im confused here, you originally suggested a 50 rebuy or a 100 freezeout but now say these are a waste of time.

Please, I would like you to suggest to me either a better schedule or a better idea. I understand not everyone will like it but such is life. I can refer you to my original post Ollieboy and like I say, yours was one of the posts that encouraged me to step away from a league.

This schedule is flexible and im happy to add in a couple bigger tournaments, what do you have in mind? Do you think sendic’s idea of allowing people to buy in has any mileage?
If you would like me to call you on the matter please feel free to pm me your contact number. Im not here to waste time spamming on Boards.

Thanks
Paul Spillane