BoylePoker.com International Poker Open 2008 - New Thread

carfax

Edit: This event is full, sold out, at capacity, no more room, chockablock etc etc. No more seats. Comprende?

Ok, because we are just short of the 500 player registrations mark I want to start up a new thread. We expect the event to fill up fairly quickly from here on in so we really, really, really want you all to get yourselves registered as soon as possible (if you are one of the few that have not already registered ).

To cut to the chase;

The BoylePoker.com International Poker Open 2008 takes place in the Regency Airport Hotel, Swords Road, Dublin 9. Friday 17th to Sunday 19th October 2008.

You can choose which day you would like to start. That is to say that Day 1 is divided over two days, Friday 17th Oct is Day 1A (4pm start) and Saturday 18th Oct Day 1B (2pm start). On Sunday 19th Oct (Day 2) just under 200 players will battle it out until a winner is declared.

If you do not have a credit card, laser card or any other card do not worry. Although the only way to register for this tournament is through BoylePoker.com you can deposit and withdraw cash to and from your poker account through any BoyleSports betting office.

This year players are going to experience the very best in terms of customer service and professional staff (both online and live) for an even smaller registration fee with lots and lots and lots of added value courtesy of BoylePoker.com

Regular online satellites will be running on BoylePoker.com as well as free-rolls and all sorts of other fantastic value added tournaments (just check out the online poker forum here or BoylePoker.com/ipo).....

Once you register the amount of money generated by you through general online play on BoylePoker.com over the next 40 days is going to have a direct effect on the amount of prize-money added in October. There is already over €25,000 added.

Blind Structure and Timings for the BoylePoker.com International Poker Open 2008
10,000 starting chips:

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Structure and schedule for Friday 17th Oct (Day 1A)
Time Blinds Dinner Break + Race Off
16:00-16:40 Level 1; 25-50
16:40-17:20 Level 2; 50-100
17:20-18:00 Level 3; 75-150
18:00-18:40 Level 4; 100-200
18:40-19:00 (Break 20 mins)

19:00-19:40 Level 5; 150-300 Group A (Staggered Dinner Break)
19:40-20:20 Level 6; 200-400 Group B Race off 25’s
20:20-21:00 Level 7; 300-600 Group C
21:00-21:40 Level 8; 400-800 Group D
21:40-22:00 (Break 20 mins)

22:00-22:40 Level 9; 500-1,000
22:40-23:00 Level 9; 500-1,000
23:00-23:40 Level 10; 600-1,200
23:40-00:00 Level 11; 800-1,500
00:00-00:20 (Break 20 mins)

00:20-01:00 Level 12; 1,000-2,000
01:00-01:40 Level 13; 1,200-2,400
01:40-02:20 Level 14; 1,500-3,000 Race off 100’s
02:20-03:00 Level 15; 2,000-4,000

Blind structure and schedule for Saturday 18th Oct (Day 1B)
Time Blinds Dinner Break + Race Off
14:00-14:40 Level 1; 25-50
14:00-15:20 Level 2; 50-100
15:20-16:00 Level 3; 75-150
16:00-16:40 Level 4; 100-200
16:40-17:00 (Break 20 mins)
17:00-17:40 Level 5; 150-300
17:40-18:20 Level 6; 200-400 Race off 25’s - Staggered Dinner Break
18:20-19:00 Level 7; 300-600 Group A
19:00-19:40 Level 8; 400-800 Group B
19:40-20:00 (Break 20 mins)
20:00-20:40 Level 9; 500-1,000 Group C
20:40-21:00 Level 9; 500-1,000 Group D
21:00-21:40 Level 10; 600-1,200
21:40-22:00 Level 11; 800-1,500
22:00-22:20 (Break 20 mins)
22:20-23:00 Level 12; 1,000-2,000
23:00-23:40 Level 13; 1,200-2,400
23:40-00:20 Level 14; 1,500-3,000 Race off 100’s
00:20-01:00 Level 15; 2,000-4,000

Blind structure and schedule for Sunday 19th Oct (Day 2)
Time Blinds
13:00-13:40 Level 16; 2,500-5,000
13:40-14:20 Level 17; 3,000-6,000
14:20-15:00 Level 18; 4,000-8,000
15:00-15:40 Level 19; 5,000-10,000
15:40-16:00 (Break 20 mins)
16:00-16:40 Level 20; 6,000-12,000
16:40-17:20 Level 21; 8,000-15,000
17:20-18:00 Level 22; 10,000-20,000
18:00-18:40 Level 23; 12,000-24,000
18:40-19:20 (Break 40 mins) - Dinner
19:20-20:00 Level 24; 15,000-30,000
20:00-20:40 Level 25; 18,000-35,000
20:40-21:20 Level 26; 20,000-40,000
21:20-22:00 Level 27; 25,000-50,000
22:00-22:20 (Break 20 mins)
22:20-23:00 Level 28; 30,000-60,000
23:00-23:40 Level 29; 40,000-80,000
23:40-00:20 Level 30; 50,000-100,000
00:20-01;00 Level 31; 60,000-120,000
01:00-1:40 Level 32; 80,000-150,000
01:40-02:20 Level 33; 100,000-200,000
02:20-03:00 Level 34; 120,000-240,000
03:00-03:40 Level 35; 150,000-300,000
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Side events include a number of €50, with one re-buy No Limit Hold'em Tournament, a ladies only no limit hold'em and a Pot Limit Omaha Double Chance Freezeout. Full details can be found in the tournaments section on pokerireland.ie

Again I will just say that we really want to fill this event before 1st Oct. It will mean there is far more added money and it will also give us much more time to organise our staff and to ensure that everything runs like clockwork over the weekend.

If you register now you will help us to concentrate on the important part of this event (the IPO itself) and I won't be spending so much time worrying about whether or not we reach our target of 1,200 players .

Many thanks,
Stephen Mc Lean.

For more information please contact myself on stephen(at)pokerireland.ie or Jeff Taylor on jeff(at)pokerireland.ie

carfax

Ok, two emails straight away asking about local accomodation. Here is the list of B&B's that I have in the immediate area. Rates are from €30 per person per night. The Regency itself still has about 25 rooms left I belive (we block booked the entire hotel) so if you need information about rates there or other hotels in the area just let me know.

Timode House "018372277
Ferryview House "018335893 www.ferryviewhouse.com 96/97 Clontarf Road, Clontarf, D.3
Laverna "018375311 127 Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, D.9
Abberley House B&B "01 8309359 abberleyhouse@iol.ie 19 Upper Saint Columbas Road, Drumcondra, D.9
Azalea Lodge 01-8370300 azalea.lodge@gmail.com 67 Upper Drumcondra Road, Dublin 9
Griffith House Bed and Breakfast 01 837 50 30 info@griffithhouse.ie, www.griffithhouse.com 125 Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, D.9
*Fully Booked*Almara Accommodations Dublin 01 8510512 info@almarabb.com, www.almarabb.com (Accomodates 40 people) 226 Collins Avenue West, Whitehall, Dublin 9
Flyover Bed and Breakfast 01 8372632 info@flyoveronline.com, 223 swords road, Santry, D.9
Airport Lodge B&B 01 842 4848 info@airportlodge.ie, www.airportlodge.ie 322 Swords Road, Santry, D.9
San Michele B&B Dublin 01 8510512 386 Collins Avenue, Whitehall, D.9
Aisling House 01 8370300 ashlinghouse@gmail.com

carfax

And we're at 482 and climbing, keep the registratiosn going players.

jack90210

I won the satellite online last night but I got no notification of my ticket etc. What do I do to get something tangible to show I have a ticket?

carfax

jack90210 wrote: »

I won the satellite online last night but I got no notification of my ticket etc. What do I do to get something tangible to show I have a ticket?

Congrats.

You should see your username in the tournament lobby under Day 1A (you can move your start day if you like, just email care@boylepoker.com). If you click on "My tournaments you should also see it highlighted there"....

If you need any more info just let me know. I will ask one of the BoylePoker crew to come on and give you a detailed answer.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Trippie

Is it strictly over 18's steve or would I have to make my sister an ID for it?

carfax

Trippie wrote: »

Is it strictly over 18's steve or would I have to make my sister an ID for it?

Strictly over 18's I'm afraid. To open a BoylePoker account and to play live poker in Ireland.

Stephen.

bohsman

Is she hot?

Trippie

carfax wrote: »

Strictly over 18's I'm afraid. To open a BoylePoker account and to play live poker in Ireland.

Stephen.

Ah,so you have to open an account to play the side events aswell?

carfax

Trippie wrote: »

Ah,so you have to open an account to play the side events aswell?

Nope, but you do have to be 18 or over.....Also how hot is she? :P

Trippie

carfax wrote: »

Nope, but you do have to be 18 or over.....Also how hot is she? :P

really hot,dont worry she will be over 18 if she does play

carfax

Trippie wrote: »

really hot,dont worry she will be over 18 if she does play

You are one sick individual,

jack90210

carfax wrote: »

Congrats.

You should see your username in the tournament lobby under Day 1A (you can move your start day if you like, just email care@boylepoker.com). If you click on "My tournaments you should also see it highlighted there"....

If you need any more info just let me know. I will ask one of the BoylePoker crew to come on and give you a detailed answer.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Thanks for the congrats. Wouldn't have even known about the tournament if it wasn't for your effective promotions!

I checked that out and it's all in order but how do I prove on the day I am who I say I am?

Thanks

bohsman

Bring ID, shouldnt be needed but if someone else takes your seat claiming to be you Boyles can check it up.

jack90210

Ok sounds good, but how do I prove I am my poker username? Would they be able to cross reference my username to my real name?

carfax

jack90210 wrote: »

Ok sounds good, but how do I prove I am my poker username? Would they be able to cross reference my username to my real name?

Your username won't be mentioned on the day (a lot of people don't like anyone to know the name they play under online).....
You will see your Christian name on a big screen with your seat number beside it (this means you won't have to queue)....
Once you take your seat the dealer will just double check you are who you are supposed to be, if another player has made a mistake and has taken your seat then just call a floor person (its fairly rare that this happens and only takes a minute to sort out).

Cheers,
Stephen.

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Up to date prize-pool; €87,551.20 and 488 players paid in full with a lot of overseas players still to go on the system.

What do you think Jack, will we sell out all 1,200 seat for this tournament before 1st Oct?

CourierCollie

carfax wrote: »

Your username won't be mentioned on the day (a lot of people don't like anyone to know the name they play under online).....

It might have been kind of fun if you had to use your screenname on the day. I chose mine 'BigGayHomo', thinking it would be unavailable. Kinda stuck with it now.

zuutroy

carfax wrote: »

Your username won't be mentioned on the day (a lot of people don't like anyone to know the name they play under online).....
You will see your Christian name on a big screen with your seat number beside it (this means you won't have to queue)....

How will myself, Cooker, and the countless other Roberts, not to mention Johns etc know which is for who? Also, I'm a member of an obscure minority church and am offended by the term 'christian name'. Please change it (j/k obv)

carfax

zuutroy wrote: »

How will myself, Cooker, and the countless other Roberts, not to mention Johns etc know which is for who? Also, I'm a member of an obscure minority church and am offended by the term 'christian name'. Please change it (j/k obv)

How do you think I feel with the name Stephen... ... Every class I was ever in had at least three of us so I hear ya

Grafter

Sorry if I caused distress by making the numbers go backwards by 1 for the second time :P

(thinly disguised brag post)

Freerolled in last week (+$500 for the hotel) but de-registered so the token could be transferred to wifey.

Bought in for myself straight after but de-registered earlier so my 2nd freeroll win can (hopefully) be moved from 1A to 1B tomorrow.

At the risk of stating the obvious, there is brilliant value in these freerolls. A serious amount of credit has to go to Boyles both for the value they're adding and how helpful they are.

yeah-buddy

why is it on at 2pm saturday? don't wanna miss the premiership!:(

carfax

yeah-buddy wrote: »

why is it on at 2pm saturday? don't wanna miss the premiership!:(

Premiership will be on big screens all day in the room.

carfax

495, just shy of the 500 mark....I need five people to help me make my day today and break the 500 registered players mark ....There are still bags loads of overseas players to register apparently.

Stephen.

Hosef

Ok, nearly there...
Didn't realise that you had to have a bolye account to register - excellent marketing plan tbh!

Account set up now and just need to deposit in order to register.
I just wanted to check if there is anything I need to do re bonus/vip before depositing or if that is all automatic??
(pm if can't discuss here)

Samoa Joe

Hosef wrote: »

Ok, nearly there...
Didn't realise that you had to have a bolye account to register - excellent marketing plan tbh!

Account set up now and just need to deposit in order to register.
I just wanted to check if there is anything I need to do re bonus/vip before depositing or if that is all automatic??
(pm if can't discuss here)

Youll get the 200% up to $600 Sign up bonus automatically. No need for any promo code

CelticPhantom

Hi Stephen,

Could you post details of the ladies event here for us please?
(Damn work - cannot get into Boyles web site)

Many thanks

Samoa Joe

CelticPhantom wrote: »

Hi Stephen,

Could you post details of the ladies event here for us please?
(Damn work - cannot get into Boyles web site)

Many thanks

The ladies event is on Sunday 19th @ 15.00 the buy in is €80 + €10 I am not sure of the stack size but I am sure Stephen will be on soon

carfax

Ciaran_Corbett wrote: »

The ladies event is on Sunday 19th @ 15.00 the buy in is €80 + €10 I am not sure of the stack size but I am sure Stephen will be on soon

Cheers Ciaran,

Ladies event details are here;
http://www.pokerireland.ie/index.php/tournaments/tournament_entry/ipo_2008_side_event_number_4_ladies_only_nlh/

To compliment Europe's largest poker tournament in history Poker Ireland will be running a number of side events over the course of the weekend Friday 17th to Sunday 19th October 2008.....Here are the details for side event No.4 (Ladies Only NLH)...

Time €80 (+€10 reg) Ladies Only No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout (est 200 players)
30 Minute Blind Levels - 4,000 starting chips
Blinds
15:00-15:30 Level 1; 25-50
15:30-16:00 Level 2; 50-100
16:00-16:30 Level 3; 75-150
16:30-17:00 Level 4; 100-200
17:00-17:20 (Break 20 mins)
17:20-17:50 Level 5; 150-300
17:50-18:20 Level 6; 200-400
18:20-18:50 Level 7; 300-600
18:50-19:20 Level 8; 400-800
19:20-20:00 (Break 40 mins) - Dinner
20:00-20:30 Level 9; 500-1000
20:30-21:00 Level 10; 800-1500
21:00-21:30 Level 11; 1000-2000
21:30-22:00 Level 12; 1500-3000
22:00-22:30 (Break 20 mins)
22:30-23;00 Level 13; 2000-4000
23:00-23:30 Level 14; 3000-6000
23:30-00:00 Level 15; 4000-8000
00:00-00:30 Level 16; 5000-10000
00:30-01:00 (Break 20 mins)
01:00-01:30 Level 17; 8,000-15,000
01:30-02:00 Level 18; 10,000-20,000
02:00-02:30 Level 19; 15,000-30,000
02:30-03:00 Level 20; 20,000-40,000


Buy In: €80 (+ €10 registration)

Location:

Regency Airport Hotel, Swords Road, Dublin 9.



Here's another link you should be able to reach which details all teh side events at the IPO;
http://www.pokerireland.ie/index.php/tournaments/

Cheers,
Stephen.

RasTa

How come in the side events #2 and #3 you get 2k starting on one day and 3k on another. On a quick glance they both look like the same tourney.

carfax

RasTa wrote: »

How come in the side events #2 and #3 you get 2k starting on one day and 3k on another. On a quick glance they both look like the same tourney.

On the Friday and Sat we are under a bit of time pressure. On the Sunday we are fairly ok and you know us, we always want to give as much play as is reasonably possible.

Stephen.

carfax

And we've broken the 500 player mark woo hoo!....502

09/09/08 we break the 500 mark, we will break the 1,200 mark on or before the 30/09/08

Its 21 days to get 700 players so I need at least 30 players registering per day, get in there guys and girls please

RichieLawlor

carfax wrote: »

And we've broken the 500 player mark woo hoo!....502

09/09/08 we break the 500 mark, we will break the 1,200 mark on or before the 30/09/08

Its 21 days to get 700 players so I need at least 30 players registering per day, get in there guys and girls please

gl

BigCityBanker

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Goodluck2me

Trippie wrote: »

really hot,dont worry she will be over 18 if she does play

She'll be under 18 if she wants to play with me.

BigCityBanker wrote: »

I'll accept €400 now stephen

Very generous, I wouldn;t have offered that.

carfax

And we're up to 523. Thats 28 players that registered yesterday. If that number keeps up for the next week or so we will almost certainly be sold out in about two weeks.

Come on people now, get together and register on BoylePoker.com :pac:

Thanks,
Stephen Mc Lean.
stephen(at)pokerireland.ie

Free Parking at the Regency for all players between 17th and 19th Oct (at rear of hotel)

Side event registration will only open on 17th October, we don't expect any of the events to fill up as we can handle lots and lots of players, it will however be run on a first paid, first registered basis

cooker3

If we get close to 1000 on the 30th. BCB can pm me and I am willing to unregister for a price

carfax

cooker3 wrote: »

If we get close to 1000 on the 30th. BCB can pm me and I am willing to unregister for a price

D'ohh I should have thought this through

shrapnel222

just registered yesterday. hope you win your bet stephen:D

who do we speak to for the currency issue and refund?

carfax

shrapnel222 wrote: »

just registered yesterday. hope you win your bet stephen:D

who do we speak to for the currency issue and refund?

Cheers,

Just email care@boylepoker.com and they will take care of you straight away....Or you can get onto the live chat on BoylePoker.com

Stephen.

CHD

Might go out and reg for this today.

Samoa Joe

shrapnel222 wrote: »

just registered yesterday. hope you win your bet stephen:D

who do we speak to for the currency issue and refund?

Anyone with any currency issues please PM me and ill sort it out.

Cheers

Ciaran

carfax

Any more questions from players???

Only up to 536 at the moment.....We need to keep these registrations moving if at all possible. Keep them coming players.

Do we think we are going to make the 1,200 players at all ???

Stephen

smoothcall

is there any more action goin on the 1200 under/over bet.
wont mind some free money if carfax is throwing any more away.

carfax

smoothcall wrote: »

is there any more action goin on the 1200 under/over bet.
wont mind some free money if carfax is throwing any more away.

Mark my words, this will come close either way

Yes I have finished giving away money.

Stephen

P.S. Get yourself registered smoothcall.

menoscemo

Ciaran_Corbett wrote: »

Anyone with any currency issues please PM me and ill sort it out.

Cheers

Ciaran

I just registered but it cost me €166.60. PM sent, i trust you will sort it. But why the hell is this happening? would put a lot of people off, especially people depositing €150 in the bookies......

ditpoker

smoothcall wrote: »

is there any more action goin on the 1200 under/over bet.
wont mind some free money if carfax is throwing any more away.

carfax wrote: »

P.S. Get yourself registered smoothcall.

selling %'s again!?

carfax

menoscemo wrote: »

I just registered but it cost me €166.60. PM sent, i trust you will sort it. But why the hell is this happening? would put a lot of people off, especially people depositing €150 in the bookies......

Thats been bashed out on here before.....When you think about it, its like this;

BoylePoker are on a network that only deals in US$

As well as adding over €25k so far (that figure is going up all the time) topping up every player will cost them over €15k

For a €15 registration fee you are going to receive a service which is usually reserved for the WSOP, Irish Open or EPT where players pay hundreds in registration fees....This could not happen without BoylePoker.com

If you didn't have to register online you would not have to pay the €166.60 and then get the difference refunded but it would leave the organisers (PokerIreland.ie) with an extremely chaotic few days trying to get everyone registered. You would no doubt have to queue for hours.....This way once you register on BoylePoker thats it, no queues, you can just enjoy the game

Hope this helps explain the situation.

Stephen Mc Lean.
pokerireland.ie

carfax

547 players registered.

Keep them going please players.....I really don't want to miss out on this one....I've committed myself to getting 1,200 players registered before 1st Oct.

Stephen.

(Of the 547 players registered about 400 are from overseas.....I really need Irish players to get behind this now in a much bigger way and register as soon as possible )

YULETIRED

Stephen, (probably for future ref)
Instead of Boyles adding money to the event they should really offer the equivalant freeroll tournaments into the event. That way you get people registered on Boyles to play and Boyles can push the event on thier site. If the primary purpose is to get people onto Boyles they are not being very creative to get people onto their sites.
Let's say for the sake of an extra 5K . Boyles could have daily freerolls between now and the event. Once people are regst on Boyles, they achieved part of their marketing goal.
In relation to your under/over bet I don't know why you took that up, unless of course you like the stress.
I'll try reg this weekend, I reactivated an ancient Boyles account
Good luck with the mayhem.
Willie

Samoa Joe

menoscemo wrote: »

I just registered but it cost me €166.60. PM sent, i trust you will sort it. But why the hell is this happening? would put a lot of people off, especially people depositing €150 in the bookies......

I have added the funds back to your account .

In relation to your concerns over currency I can say that we were unable to set the pre-registration tournaments to accept euro as the registration currency, as the iPoker (Our Network Providers) software could only facilitate the use of USD (U.S. Dollars). As the price for entry had to be set as USD, this led to the issue which you have mentioned, currency fluctuations. As the US dollar changed in value since we created the tournament it led to the price increase, please be assured that we return the difference of the exchange rate to the player registering and make no profit whatsoever from the exchange rate. We are adding 20% of all pre-registered player rake to the prize pool, and have also added €20,000 to the prize pool of the tournament as good will gesture of our intent to run a value added tournament.

If anyone else has any issues with exchange rates PM me and it will get sorted ASAP.

See you at the IPO

Ciaran

zuutroy

menoscemo wrote: »

= especially people depositing €150 in the bookies......

That could indeed frustrate the be-jeebus out of people.