BoylePoker.com International Poker Open 2008 - Official Thread

OverTheTop

whos gonna want other people their playing against getting free information?

smurph

OverTheTop wrote: »

whos gonna want other people their playing against getting free information?

lol
http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/

everybody knows already

dannydiamond

carfax wrote: »

We're in the process of doing up a type of blog on pokerireland.ie at the moment. The idea is that players can get on and upload their picture, tournament results to date and a bit of humour or a quote or something like that.

Do we think this is a good idea?, will it take off? Do you want to read about the players that are going to take part in the IPO?, Do you think players will want to have an idea of who they might come up against over the course of the tournament?

I can't see it doing any harm Stephen to kick up a bit of interest and all that,tell you what, if you get it going i'll try and get the creative juices flowing for a blog entry to help kickstart it for ya..

carfax

dannydiamond wrote: »

I can't see it doing any harm Stephen to kick up a bit of interest and all that,tell you what, if you get it going i'll try and get the creative juices flowing for a blog entry to help kickstart it for ya..

Thats the idea alright Danny.....I think we are actually going to look more along the lines of a physical programme on the day that players can read through before, during and after the event.....The blog might be a bit too much work for Jeff and I at the moment.

Cheers,
Stephen.

carfax

By the way, only about 50 hotel rooms left in the Regency for each night. Just under 100 rooms booked so far by IPO players.

zuutroy

I'll build ye a TV table (prob not worth it to ship it from here). Any sign of the flyers yet Stephen? Prob want to get them out soon so people who need to book flights etc aren't handcuffed by last minute prices.

carfax

zuutroy wrote: »

I'll build ye a TV table (prob not worth it to ship it from here). Any sign of the flyers yet Stephen? Prob want to get them out soon so people who need to book flights etc aren't handcuffed by last minute prices.

Hi Rob,

We have the order gone into the printers (serious delay in the design process on this) and will have them in our hands by Tuesday. I expect to have them posted out by the end of next week.

Cheers,
Stephen.

BTW; we are sorted for a TV table thanks to JP.

ditpoker

To answer some of the PM's received, all containing "too lazy to read through the entire thread" etc, here are the cliff notes on registration:

Step 1: Set up an account with BoylePoker. The software can be downloaded from BoylePoker.com. Choose a unique nickname, make it funny! ghost_of_amaru is still free.
Step 2: Deposit money into your account, at least €150, preferably more. This can be done by credit card. If you prefer, you can also lodge money onto your shiny new Boyle Poker account via 130+ Boyle Sports betting shops in the country.
Step 3: Pick your starting day. Day 1A is Friday 17th October. Day 1B is Saturday 18th October. Register through the Tournaments/Specials area of the Boyle Poker Software. Day 1A and Day1B are seperate options for registration. There is a dutch invasion on Day 1A if this influences your decision.
Step 4 (optional): Wear something that indicates your nationality. For example, if you are Scottish wear a kilt; if you are Oscar wear a Swedish football jersey; if you're from the People's Republic of Cork wear a Cork GAA jersey. We want to stress the international element of this event.
Step 5: Cruise through day 1, putting a bad beat on your best mate in the process, text your other friends (who are also playing) to tell them all about it.
Step 6: Win lots of €€€ playing top class poker.
Step 7: Boast on internet forum.

carfax

Hi all,

Don't forget the added rake bonus on Boyles has well and truly kicked off.

If you are planning to play in the IPO register today. Once you pay your buy-in 20% of every cent you pay in rake will be directly added to the prize-pool. We're going to update you on a weekly basis as to how much is already added.

Also; don't forget about the €20k that Boyles have already put up on top of the estimated main event prize-pool of €162,000.

This tournament is really going to be amazing (I think so anyway) but we really need players to get behind this idea in order to extract the maximum amount of value (for all players) from our lovely, fantastic sponsor ....So please get on today, get registered and start playing on BoylePoker.com

FuttBucker

Have you put this up on 2+2 yet? They have a lot of europeans on their site, i would be more than happy to put info up 4 you if you don't have an account

carfax

FuttBucker wrote: »

Have you put this up on 2+2 yet? They have a lot of europeans on their site, i would be more than happy to put info up 4 you if you don't have an account

Would you mind?, I never could get my head around opening an account and posting on 2+2.

Cheers mate.

coprey

Stephen

I read that there are a few poker celebs planning to play in the IPO. Have you thought of putting bounties on the head and perhaps a t-shirt to win. "I played at the Poker Ireland IPO 2008 and knocked out __________"

carfax

coprey wrote: »

Stephen

I read that there are a few poker celebs planning to play in the IPO. Have you thought of putting bounties on the head and perhaps a t-shirt to win. "I played at the Poker Ireland IPO 2008 and knocked out __________"

Hi Colin,

I think most of the celebs won't have a bounty on their head (Boyles are going to be adding the guts of €40k to the main event prize-pool as it is, so along with all the other expenses they are thinking its better to give players that bounty money in other ways) .....
but the t-shirt is a great idea and I will pass it on to Boyles right now. We will almost certainly go with it I would say.

There will be more than 20 celebs including Steve Davis and Ken Doherty now both confirmed.

Stephen.

coprey

Stephen

The opportunity to play alongside celebs is very attractive. I think you need to make the most of this.

See you in Dundalk

Col

smcb

i'll be at this one way or another, hopefully qualify from one of the friday satellites. i don't suppose anybody has a link to the payouts from last year's event?

bobbyg

smcb wrote: »

i'll be at this one way or another, hopefully qualify from one of the friday satellites. i don't suppose anybody has a link to the payouts from last year's event?

http://www.pokerireland.ie/index.php/special_interest/article_entry/international_poker_open/

roryc

I reckon I'll prob be playing this, only thing is Im going to the Man Yoo v West Brom game on the Saturday

Am I right in thinking the Friday Day 1 starts at 4pm and finishes at 3am?

And then Sunday starts at 1pm?

I reckon I could squeeze in a trip to Manchester in between day 1 + 2 (yes I'm presuming I'll make day 2 )

zuutroy

Cool...Would love to play with Davis...Played with Ken online and he wasn't much craic in the chatbox
If you could get some promotion out of the them it'd be great.

carfax

Cheers for that Bobby.....

Last year's was a bit top heavy but the lads at the final table didn't mind

This is a better guide to this year's payout structure (we are possibly going to flatten this a little more so that the winner will get €25k with more money going to all other places outside the final table).....

Reminder; this is not the official payout structure for the BoylePoker.com IPO 2008 - its just a guide at this stage:

Participants Based on €185,000 Prize-pool (conservative estimate as I expect it to be closer to €200k)
Place Finished Paid to Each Place €
1 28,675
2 21,275
3 16,835
4 13,135
5 11,100
6 9,250
7 7,400
8 5,550
9 3,700
10-12 1,850
13-15 1,665
16-18 1,480
19-27 1,110
28-36 740
37-45 574
46-63 444
64-81 389
82-99 315
100-135 296

carfax

roryc wrote: »

I reckon I'll prob be playing this, only thing is Im going to the Man Yoo v West Brom game on the Saturday

Am I right in thinking the Friday Day 1 starts at 4pm and finishes at 3am?

And then Sunday starts at 1pm?

I reckon I could squeeze in a trip to Manchester in between day 1 + 2 (yes I'm presuming I'll make day 2 )

Easy peasy.

carfax

290 players fully paid as of now for the BoylePoker.com IPO 2008.....

Also; please check out the following for details of the WSOP ticket bounty on Marty Smyth in the IPO 2008.

http://www.boylesports.com/sections/poker/d.asp?show=Tournaments_Scalp

carfax

Hi all,

We have about 20,000 flyers and a few hundred posters going out to clubs, players and casinos around Europe (first thing Monday morning).....PM if you want any flyers sent to you.

Cheers,
Stephen.

P.S. This event really is going to be spectacular, I can't wait

carfax

We've had some really good feedback from Boardsies so far for this tournament so I thought I would try it again.

We need to get players registered early and playing on BoylePoker.com in order to get the maximum amount of added money onto the prize-pool... ... Almost all of the overseas players have already registered (as far as I can see) but we need to obviously get every Irish player that intends to play to get on and register.

Any ideas as to how to convince people to tie up €150 for a month and a half before the tournament? Is the offer; "20% of all rake generated - added to the prize-pool" enough of an incentive.

Don't forget there is already €20,000 added by BoylePoker too.

Cheers in advance for the feedback.

Stephen.

cooker3

Well while the 20% of all rake from boyles is pretty nice there is no incentive for people who don't play on Boyles. Maybe come up with something for them

ditpoker

cooker3 wrote: »

Well while the 20% of all rake from boyles is pretty nice there is no incentive for people who don't play on Boyles. Maybe come up with something for them

For online reg's like yourself what would work as an incentive, bearing in mind rake wise we are pretty much getting as good as we can get for the tournament. Are you talking about what would incentivise you to play on Boyles before/after the IPO, or what would motivate you to contribute to the 20% rake?

I'll run a few ideas by Boyles for sure though.

cooker3

ditpoker wrote: »

For online reg's like yourself what would work as an incentive, bearing in mind rake wise we are pretty much getting as good as we can get for the tournament. Are you talking about what would incentivise you to play on Boyles before/after the IPO, or what would motivate you to contribute to the 20% rake?

I'll run a few ideas by Boyles for sure though.

Well I am just saying as of now there is currently no reason for someone like me who doesn't play on Boyles to register early. I don't play on Boyles as I can get better elsewhere so it's not about incentivising(that a word?) me to play on Boyles cause that is not going to happen unless they offer better deals to me which is out of your control. Another problem is with the extra rake idea is ultimately there is a very good chance you will not see any of it as it requires you to cash in the tournament itself so it's hard to make it feel like your benefiting out of it.

Maybe something like an tournament on Boyles at a certain date with a guaranteed prize pool for everyone who has registered for the IPO. You should also try to take advantage of your weekly tournaments you hold with Poker Ireland, some deal where if you register at the event for the IPO you get say free reg for that weeks tournament. You would likely make the money back in affiliate fees in anyway so may not even take a hit for it

carfax

cooker3 wrote: »

Well I am just saying as of now there is currently no reason for someone like me who doesn't play on Boyles to register early. I don't play on Boyles as I can get better elsewhere so it's not about incentivising(that a word?) me to play on Boyles cause that is not going to happen unless they offer better deals to me which is out of your control. Another problem is with the extra rake idea is ultimately there is a very good chance you will not see any of it as it requires you to cash in the tournament itself so it's hard to make it feel like your benefiting out of it.

Maybe something like an tournament on Boyles at a certain date with a guaranteed prize pool for everyone who has registered for the IPO. You should also try to take advantage of your weekly tournaments you hold with Poker Ireland, some deal where if you register at the event for the IPO you get say free reg for that weeks tournament. You would likely make the money back in affiliate fees in anyway so may not even take a hit for it

Hi Rob,

Cheers for the feedback, much appreciated.

First idea is class and we will be suggesting same to the crew.

As for the second idea, we're not an affiliate of Boyles so its not for the interest of our pockets that we want players to play. Its just so the tournament is an overall huge success which involves getting players onto the site. Still a good idea and we are of course promoting the IPO at all the Sunday tournaments.

Cheers,
Stephen.

bohsman

cooker3 wrote: »

Well I am just saying as of now there is currently no reason for someone like me who doesn't play on Boyles to register early. I don't play on Boyles as I can get better elsewhere so it's not about incentivising(that a word?) me to play on Boyles cause that is not going to happen unless they offer better deals to me which is out of your control. Another problem is with the extra rake idea is ultimately there is a very good chance you will not see any of it as it requires you to cash in the tournament itself so it's hard to make it feel like your benefiting out of it.

Maybe something like an tournament on Boyles at a certain date with a guaranteed prize pool for everyone who has registered for the IPO. You should also try to take advantage of your weekly tournaments you hold with Poker Ireland, some deal where if you register at the event for the IPO you get say free reg for that weeks tournament. You would likely make the money back in affiliate fees in anyway so may not even take a hit for it

Makes sense but the sort of players Boyles are hoping to attract are not good for nothing rakeback grinders like you, theyre the ones that will be happy with freeroles etc

carfax

Hi all,

320 players in as of now (fully paid up that is), go on, get in!!!

Added money prize-pool should be displayed in a few days. Is anybody else feeling as enthusiastic about this tournament as me??? [not including ditpoker in that question ]

ditpoker

Below is for discussion. Any suggestions, or is this fair to everyone? i.e. 10% paid, 101k at final table, double money for cashing, etc? The below is for a sellout + 20,000 added, so €182,000 total. This does not include any additional rake generated prizepool, of which there will be lots and lots and lots!

[COLOR="DarkRed"]1		25000
2		20000
3		16000
4		12000
5		9000
6		7000
7		5000
8		4000
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[COLOR="Green"]10		2500
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12		2500
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[COLOR="Purple"]
19		1250
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21		1250
22		1250
23		1250
24		1250
25		1250
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[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkOrange"]28		1050
29		1050
30		1050
31		1050
32		1050
33		1050
34		1050
35		1050
36		1050[/COLOR]

[COLOR="Magenta"]37		850
38		850
39		850
40		850
41		850
42		850
43		850
44		850
45		850[/COLOR]

[COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]46		700
47		700
48		700
49		700
50		700
51		700
52		700
53		700
54		700[/COLOR]

[COLOR="Black"]55		600
56		600
57		600
58		600
59		600
60		600
61		600
62		600
63		600[/COLOR]

[COLOR="Red"]64		550
65		550
66		550
67		550
68		550
69		550
70		550
71		550
72		550[/COLOR]

[COLOR="Blue"]73		500
74		500
75		500
76		500
77		500
78		500
79		500
80		500
81		500[/COLOR]

[COLOR="Lime"]82		450
83		450
84		450
85		450
86		450
87		450
88		450
89		450
90		450[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Navy"]
91		400
92		400
93		400
94		400
95		400
96		400
97		400
98		400
99		400[/COLOR]

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101		350
102		350
103		350
104		350
105		350
106		350
107		350
108		350[/COLOR]

[COLOR="DimGray"]109		300
110		300
111		300
112		300
113		300
114		300
115		300
116		300
117		300[/COLOR]

comments and suggestions appreciated.