Goodbye from Everyone @ Cool Hand Lukes!

MickL

It is with great sadness that i announce the closure of Cool Hand Luke's.
Everyone at Cool Hand Luke's would like to thank you all for your support and hopefully we will see you all again very soon,
Friday 11th July 2008 shall be our last night,
So for one last time PLAYER GONE.

Regards
Luke, John & all The CHL Gang

This is a real pity. Good luck to all of you guys.

RIP

YULETIRED

what is happenng Mick, , are ye moving elsewhere.?

sorry to hear this.

CHD

Deleted User wrote: »

This is a real pity. Good luck to all of you guys.

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Rb

Wow, what a shame, real pity it didn't take off as it's a nice pokerroom and has a good schedule too. Ul guys.

tylerdurden94

Best of Luck with what you's do next.

Tar.Aldarion

Unlucky, best of luck in the future.

Lurker1977

Sorry to hear. Was just around the corner from where I work and only just started getting to playing (donating) live.

tricky D

Really, really sorry to hear that.

The very best of luck to you all in the future.

semibluff

sorry to hear this

gl to all involved

sendic

Unfortunate. All the best.

John S

Goodluck2me

sendic wrote: »

Unfortunate. All the best.

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mdwexford

I always liked the Merrion and really thought the place would take off when Luke took it over, dont know how a hole of a place like the Jackpot can do business and not Lukes tbh. Pity.

babymaker6

srry to hear this
gl for the future

RasTa

All the best.

Taxipete29

So sorry to hear this as its where I play most of my poker. A real shame.

mormank

wow. it's always a sad day when a well run poker club closes.

careca

I feel like a hypocrite saying sorry to hear that news, when I never managed to get in there, but I hope ye go on to better things.

Jools Poker

Terrible news- love that place -gl to all of you

Lazare

What a shame. So disappointed to hear this.

Best of luck to everyone involved.

Tinytony

Terrible news lads. Best of luck with what comes in the future.

Wreck

careca wrote: »

I feel like a hypocrite saying sorry to hear that news, when I never managed to get in there, but I hope ye go on to better things.

Same for me.

DeadParrot

Sad news, always loved going in there.

DubTony

My first reaction to this was What The ...? as my heart dropped.

Lukes is a well run club with a great atmosphere and brilliant craic (where else would you see a poker player walking around swinging a rifle), and it's a damned shame it can't work.

Unfortunately due to financial circumstances and business commitments I wasn't able to get in as often as I'd have liked. But when I did I always thoroughly enjoyed myself, irrespective of whether I left with more money than I entered with, and was always made to feel very welcome.

Having had my best cash ever, I guess Luke's will always be memorable for me. But more importantly, the professional yet relaxed way in which it was run meant there was nowhere else I wanted to play cards. Friendly and very competent staff made the experience all the more pleasurable. Disputes that I saw at the tables were handled so well that it seemed that the guy who "lost" seemed to be as happy with the result as the other fellah. A well run club where everyone was made to feel welcome.

Here's hoping all the staff find work very soon. Best of luck to you all.

Get In There

Sad news.. It's a shame. I love that place, i play most of my poker there and the people there are sound.. I dont want to believe that the game on Friday will be my last one there... Feck the sattellites, I'll buy directly into the 115e game. Really sad this is happening.. Gl to the staff in there.

jbravado

Sorry to hear this lads-felt it may have turned the corner re getting the numbers but alas.....Good Luck in the future.

strewelpeter

Very sorry to hear this. Good luck to all involved.

robinblinds

Bad news indeed. Not enough fish went there.

Best of luck to all staff.

Lex

Shame. wp all.

Glowingmind

Sorry to hear this.

Best of luck to Luke and everyone involved.

petethebrick

What a pity I reckon^^
I'm only starting to get into playing live around dublin and preferred Luke's to anywhere else I've played so far. Friendly staff and players and was always a great atmosphere around the place.

phantom_lord

disappointed to hear this. best of luck in whatever u do next.

JP Poker

Sad news, i'm sure Luke will have something up and running again soon

Fatboydim

I'm very sad to hear this. What we wouldn't give to have a place like Luke's up here in Mayo. I just wish I could have got down and played more often, but I suppose lie many people I always thought there was a tomorrow.

That really is a bad beat. I shall try my damndest to get down on Friday and play.

tm2204

That's a damn shame & so soon after the new tourney structure was introduced. I thought that would do really well for Luke's.

Played for only my 2nd time in Luke's last Wed and loved the quality of the game, the friendliness of the staff, the excellent food... Had planned on playing their regularly.

A real pity......

bohsman

jbravado wrote: »

Sorry to hear this lads-felt it may have turned the corner re getting the numbers but alas.....Good Luck in the future.

There is that niggling feeling alright.

You'll do well to ever find another casino owner as pro poker and as willing to put the player first.

lillou

that's an awful pity. good luck in the future guys.

5starpool

Although I certainly was not a regular I am sad to hear it is closing as I do like the staff there having known most of them from before. Who knows what the future will bring I guess, so hope to see somerthing more successful launched in a better premises at some point.

carfax

Very sorry to hear this but I am sure (knowing Luke) that it is for the best. I am sure we will see all of you working in and involved in a thriving card room very soon.

Stephen Mc Lean.

Ollieboy

very sorry to hear this for Lukes sake and the rest of the gang. They all work very hard and its a real pity. I dont bother much with live poker now and if I did, I had played mostly in Lukes, but with so many regular events and so many places, there just not enough players about or money.

Macspower

damn damn damn ... sad day for Dublin poker....

is it closed with immediate effect or is there a one last fling night?

EDIT... just seen closing on the 11th..... have to make that and say farewell to all.....

Hawk Stavros

Sad sad day I was one of the few regulars there, shame on the pokore community for not supporting it

bottom feeder

AHHhhhh sh!t...

all the best to the staff and Luke....!

annabens

Sorry to hear the news, I think it was the venue itself that people did not like. Good luck to Luke and all the staff. Irene

Samson

Will be missed.

MickL

To answer the question about the future, I think Most are going to take a long deserved break,
Thank you all for your kind words of support,
and to clarify Friday night will be our last night of bussiness,

Regards
Mick

hubchap

*delurks*

read this earlier today and thought it's a good time to delurk, i've been a regular reader of this forum for a few months now.

i had my stag last saturday and decided that a good night of poker would do the job for all concerned. having read the "why not more boards support for luke's?" thread a while ago i realised that'd be the place to go. got in contact with john and he was very helpful, organised a very reasonable price to run a rebuy for us.

we all headed in on saturday, by no means all regular poker players, but everyone had a great time (not least myself as i won our private rebuy tournie upstairs). ken in particular helped make it a great evening, helping the noobs and taking the piss out of all the bad play going on. about 4 of us joined in the cash game downstairs and gave the game some value (although the brother-in-law somehow managed to triple up with 53o). i eventually left at 7 having agreed to play some omaha for the first time ever.

anyway some of us were e-mailing each other yesterday and saying how the place and the staff there helped make it a great evening and we all agreed we'd be going in there again very soon. they were all sad to hear that the place is shutting down.

so thanks to all in there, particularly ken and john, hopefully the good service will rub off elsewhere.

fearandloathing

sorry to hear this, ive just started to play live and had really enjoyed the few nights id spent in lukes.. best of luck in the future guys..

Jayminator

A lot of people saying how sorry they are that Lukes is closing yet how often did people make the effort to play there??.

Sorry to hear this as I too was a player that could of got in there more often than I did.

Best of luck to all concerned

Jay O T

Jayminator

Jayminator wrote: »

A lot of people saying how sorry they are that Lukes is closing yet how often did people make the effort to play there??.

You are right Jay, only people who played there regularly should be allowed express sympathy for the closure of this good club that was unfortunate in not being able to attract the number of fish necessary to make the business a success.