BrucePoker.com Live Tour:March 20th in the Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth

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25/30 minute Blinds

Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth

Friday 20thMarch

Reg @ 7pm, Start @ 8pm sharp

Hot food served and cash games provided

1. Who is running the event: Bruce Poker.com

2. The purpose of the event: Commercial

3. Date and Location of event: Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth on Friday March 20th

4. Registration and Start time of event: Reg @ 7pm, Start @ 8pm sharp

5. Any prerequisites: No

6. How can tickets be purchased & is there a maximum number: On the night or bought through any of the BruceBetting Shops nationwide, capped @ 200

7. Type of Tournament: Texas Holdem with one rebuy or topup

8. Cost of entry and any subsequent rebuys/top-ups etc: Entry is €100 + 20, rebuy / topup is €50

9. Cost of registration: €20

10. % of entry fee/rebuys/top-up going into Prize fund: 100% entry fee payout, reg fee to cover dealers and costs

10a. Is any money from the prize fund held back for future tournaments: No

11. Any guaranteed prize pool: €10,000

12. Number of re-buys allowed and over what time frame/blind levels: 1 only until end of level 4

13. Starting Chips: 10,000

14. Rebuy and Top-up chip amounts: 15,000

15. Blind levels:

50-100

100-200

150-300

200-400

--Dinner Break-- Change up '25' chips

300-600

400-800

500-1000 ante 100

800-1600 ante 100

--Break--

1000-2000 ante 200

1500-3000 ante 300

2000-4000 ante 400

--Break-- Change up '100' chips

3000-6000 ante 500

4000-8000 ante 500

5000-10000 ante 1000

etc. as required and at the discretion of the tournament director

16. Blind timeframes: 25/30 minutes throughout

17. Places being paid: Decided on the night, approx. 10 - 15% of field

18. Are there going to be dealers? Professional dealers on all tables

19. Will there be a documented list of rules: Yes

20. Is there a tournament director? Yes – Paul Smallwood / Darren Gunning

21. How are disputes handled - who has final say? TD

22. Are there any cash games offered, if so, please outline the rake for each limit offered:

• Cash games available throughout tournament.
• All levels catered for from €1/€2 upwards
• Rake @ 5 % to a max of €20

gorrrr72

Sounds good. Please keep this thread bumped so I don't forget:D

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Just to let you know that the glenroyal are doing single rooms at 79 euro with all facilaties and breakfast and double rooms at 89 euro with the same.

Directions:



Directions from Dublin Airport
By Car

On leaving the airport take the second exit off the roundabout sign posted for Dublin this will bring you on to the M1. Follow this for a short distance until you see the sign for the M50 Southbound. Follow the M50 to the West Link Toll bridge. You are leaving the M50 at the next exit immediately after the toll bridge.
At the round about take the third exit N4 heading west leading onto the M4.
Follow this route until you see a sign post for Maynooth. Leave the M4 at this exit Go around the roundabout and head into Maynooth. You will see the Glenroyal approx. 2KM ahead on the right hand side. You will go through two sets of pedestrian crossing lights and one set of traffic lights.

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Just to let the players know that the cash tables are open from 5pm on the day of the event .

DrJFF

i believe its right beside the train station as well

hope to make it out to this after missing the last one

ROONEYED BY 2/3

BRUCEPOKER.COM wrote: »

Just to let the players know that the cash tables are open from 5pm on the day of the event .

Was glad to see this game being run. I expected alot of interest, but looking at the structure its not much better or different than celtic poker and capped at €20 on the cash is it possible to win?

If you do it right lads it could be big, not being nasty. Would like to have a well run 10k event run regularly and run well down the country for a change.

HOPE YOU WILL GIVE IT SOME MORE TOUGHT.:(

gigetheman

ROONEYED BY 2/3 wrote: »

Was glad to see this game being run. I expected alot of interest, but looking at the structure its not much better or different than celtic poker and capped at €20 on the cash is it possible to win?

i played bruces event in dundalk and i went out in 46th the and the big blind average was 35 bb at that stage so its notting like CPT structure

dannydiamond

gigetheman wrote: »

i played bruces event in dundalk and i went out in 46th the and the big blind average was 35 bb at that stage so its notting like CPT structure

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Couldn't agree more.

BIG-SLICK-POKER

dannydiamond wrote: »

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Couldn't agree more.

Ditto and i was not even there but all looks good for a one day event ...

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Dundalk was a huge success but it did go on until 8:30 the following morning. We will be looking at the structures over the few days but we want to run things as fair as possible for the players. Just to remind the players this is a one day event structure.



First prize will include a ticket to the JP Masters in association with BrucePoker in May, if the prizepool is over 20k second place will also get a ticket.

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At 8p.m. this Wednesday the 18th we will have a freeroll with a ticket for our Live Tour event in the Glenroyal Hotel for both first and second place. These tickets are worth E120 a piece and are for the Live Tour game with a guaranteed E10,000 prizepool which is held on Friday the 20th in the Glenroyal Hotel in Maynooth. This game is, as always, free to play for anyone with a BrucePoker account. Registration is open on the site from early morning on the 18th and hopefully any Paddys day hangover will be long gone by the time play kicks off at 8. Best of Luck to all playing.

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Dont Forget our freeroll for the Bruce Poker Live Tour starting @ 8pm! 2 tickets up for grabs!!

The Clamper

who is the TD ?


DeReK

SORRY caps lock buttoN actinG uP AGAin

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The Clamper wrote: »

who is the TD ?


DeReK

SORRY caps lock buttoN actinG uP AGAin

The Td for this event is shared between Darren Gunning and Paul Smallwood.

spoofingjam

Have u finalised the structure for this yet Paul???

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Here is the finalised Blind structure that will be in place tomorrow night:

25 minutes for levels 1-8 and 30 minutes thereafter

50-100
100-200
150-300
200-400
---45 min Dinner Break, change 25's + Topup---
300-600
400-800
500-1000
600-1200-100
---Break 10 min---
800-1600-100
1000-2000-200
1500-3000-300
2000-4000-400
---Break 15min + change 100's---
3000-6000-500
4000-8000-500
5000-10000-1000
8000-16000-1000
---Break 10 min + change 500's---
10000-20000-2000
15000-30000-3000
etc as required

As always this structure is at the discretion of the TD.

gorrrr72

Cool. I'll be there. Looks like a good structure.

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Just for the benefit of 'tom', the game is most definately on tomorrow.

Thanks for your input though.:mad:

We're hoping to maintain the good numbers started in Dundalk, and remember there is also a ticket to the JP Masters Game included in the prize for first place. 2nd will also get a ticket if we give out over 20k :eek: again.

smurph

sounds good,
will make the trip tonight to the game

See you there

kpnuts

smurph wrote: »

sounds good,
will make the trip tonight to the game

Just as well you did, Colette! Hope you ran good after my departure.

I busted out first at final table, for 2nd week in a row (Galway last week). Smurph, Ollieboy, DIT_Tag and Westlife aka Phil "Good Beat" Harris still there. I've just completed the 67B/Luas combo to get home.

Great game. 150-ish runners, so a juicy pot for those at the business end. Well done Paul S and BruceyPoker team. See you all in Mullingar.

Ollieboy

kpnuts wrote: »

Just as well you did, Colette! Hope you ran good after my departure.

I busted out first at final table, for 2nd week in a row (Galway last week). Smurph, Ollieboy, DIT_Tag and Westlife aka Phil "Good Beat" Harris still there. I've just completed the 67B/Luas combo to get home.

Great game. 150-ish runners, so a juicy pot for those at the business end. Well done Paul S and BruceyPoker team. See you all in Mullingar.

Yep agree, a very good game and great turn out which create a prize pool of about 21k. Would love to see this size of field on a regular bases. Anyway I busted 6th for 1100 after calling a shove over my limp with A9s against 1010 and than calling another shove over my raise with 22 against 88, gave away about 1/2 million chips in these two posts and was in automatic push and shove from there on. The structure is a real killer at the end and all about taking flips and hoping to get lucky, thats the only bad side, but I was knock out at 8:15 this morning.

smurph

Just home
ended up splitting it for
€3875 each + €750 ticket for JP's Festival in May (after leaving tips of course:rolleyes::rolleyes:)

I had 1.8 Million of the Chips in play and other player had 1.6 Million
there was only 8 minutes left at 40K 80K level so It would have been a toss of the coin.

Ran well in spots, won some races (donated some chips to ollie:rolleyes:)

Dit_Tag was unlucky to get his AK done by J 10 all in pre-flop to get 4th

Great tournament, delighted with result.

When we decided to split it we dealt one more hand to see "What if" and I was dealt Aces lol..

Thanks to Paul and all the Bruce poker team for a great night...
Im off for a few hours kip and then into the Charity game in the Fitz

No rest for the wicked

tm2204

smurph wrote: »

Just home
ended up splitting it for
€3875 each + €750 ticket for JP's Festival in May (after leaving tips of course:rolleyes::rolleyes:)

I had 1.8 Million of the Chips in play and other player had 1.6 Million
there was only 8 minutes left at 40K 80K level so It would have been a toss of the coin.

Ran well in spots, won some races (donated some chips to ollie:rolleyes:)

Dit_Tag was unlucky to get his AK done by J 10 all in pre-flop to get 4th

Great tournament, delighted with result.

When we decided to split it we dealt one more hand to see "What if" and I was dealt Aces lol..

Thanks to Paul and all the Bruce poker team for a great night...
Im off for a few hours kip and then into the Charity game in the Fitz

No rest for the wicked

Great result. WP.

califano

Nice one! well played smurph, ollie and tagg great result. I donated and played donktastic in this.
wp to all the bruce staff. its a good venue and a good halfwayish journey venue for a lot of midlands and southern lads without having to travel all the way into Dublin.

Ollieboy

smurph wrote: »

Just home
ended up splitting it for
€3875 each + €750 ticket for JP's Festival in May (after leaving tips of course:rolleyes::rolleyes:)

I had 1.8 Million of the Chips in play and other player had 1.6 Million
there was only 8 minutes left at 40K 80K level so It would have been a toss of the coin.

Ran well in spots, won some races (donated some chips to ollie:rolleyes:)

Dit_Tag was unlucky to get his AK done by J 10 all in pre-flop to get 4th

Great tournament, delighted with result.

When we decided to split it we dealt one more hand to see "What if" and I was dealt Aces lol..

Thanks to Paul and all the Bruce poker team for a great night...
Im off for a few hours kip and then into the Charity game in the Fitz

No rest for the wicked

Wp babies a great result for you and I thought I had you when I stack you my set of aces, but you fought back and played brilliant instead of letting get to you.

Your defo one of the best players in the country and defo top woman player, but I know you hate that, so I'll keep calling you the best woman player....lol. I think you should let Martin go to Vegas and do your nuts over there....lol

HiCloy

Great result, wp

nicnicnic

N1 Smurph

Hugely enjoyable game even though I never got going, Top venue, would be a good spot for a weekend festival I'd imagine. Well done to Paul and team your raising the bar for these type of events WP.

DAMO72

nicnicnic wrote: »

N1 Smurph

Hugely enjoyable game even though I never got going, Top venue, would be a good spot for a weekend festival I'd imagine. Well done to Paul and team your raising the bar for these type of events WP.

???? lol:rolleyes::rolleyes:

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Here is the complete results from the latest BrucePoker Live Tour event in the Glenroyal Hotel Maynooth:

1st: E3875 & E750 Ticket to the JP Masters in association with BrucePoker
Colette Murphy

2nd:E3875 & E750 Ticket to the JP Masters in association with BrucePoker
Drionsias Stagg

3rd: E2100 Chris Fitzpatrick
4th: E1500 Ciaran Taggart
5th: E1300 Marie Mooney
6th: E1100 Oliver Boyd
7th: E950 John Noonan
8th: E850 Thomas Byrne
9th: E700 Phil Harris
10th:E550 Ken Poweoo
11th:E500 Jason McGrath
12th:E450 Kamal Singh
13th:E400 Barry Horgan
14th:E350 John Farley
15th:E300 Paul Clarke
16th:E250 Donal Norton

With 147 runners and a 21k prizepool, this was another big success. BrucePoker.com would like to thank all the players for turning up, as always your presence is very much appreciated.
We will hope to have some pictures from the event up as soon as possible.

Favourites

Well done to all at the game and special congrats to Chris (Ropey)Fitzpatrick,John Noonan,Thomas Byrne and Kamal Singh for cashing.
A special word of congrats too to Barry Desmond who cashed in 6th for €1200 at the Touch Ireland Game in the Fitz on Saturday night.

bigbadpat

Well done Colette...................

Great to see the results being published.

DITTag

Wp Collette..

Great game as usual but didnt finish any earlier this time even tho the structure was tweaked. Looking forward to Mullingar.

nicnicnic

DITTag wrote: »

Wp Collette..

Great game as usual but didnt finish any earlier this time even tho the structure was tweaked. Looking forward to Mullingar.

it started later then Dundalk so definitely needed tweaking, its just about impossible to get a structure with loads of play and to get through 150 players in one day but the lads are making a dam good effort to do it.

smurph

HiCloy wrote: »

Great result, wp

Thanks HiCloy (sorry I couldn't remember your fist name at the Touch Charity game in the Fitz, I felt like such a tw*t saying "are you Hicloy from Boards)

I knew once you shipped over me re-raise there was only Aces there,,... ah well at least my chips went to someone who could put them to some good... My concentration level was zero on Saturday... 5 hours sleep does that to you. Sorry to here about your exit hand.... yuck

smurph

nicnicnic wrote: »

it started later then Dundalk so definitely needed tweaking, its just about impossible to get a structure with loads of play and to get through 150 players in one day but the lads are making a dam good effort to do it.

They certainly are. Maybe keep it 25 Minutes the whole way through...As you say 150 players in one night is alot to get through...

When is the mullingar game on.... sure it's only 20minutes further on the Motorway that Maynooth

nicnicnic

smurph wrote: »

They certainly are. Maybe keep it 25 Minutes the whole way through...As you say 150 players in one night is alot to get through...

When is the mullingar game on.... sure it's only 20minutes further on the Motorway that Maynooth

fairly sure they announced it the other night as the 3rd April Smurph, I'll check with Paul

Ollieboy

nicnicnic wrote: »

it started later then Dundalk so definitely needed tweaking, its just about impossible to get a structure with loads of play and to get through 150 players in one day but the lads are making a dam good effort to do it.

I think less chips would be a better option and trying to get the table 9 hand from the start would help a little. Maybe 10 & 10 or something, also chip up as soon as possible.

My only problem was the deck of cards in play they had a problem with the printer and nobody seem to realise until it was to late, this was a real problem and me and donal norton seem to be the only ones that realise it, we both were nearly taking the card from the dealers hand and keeping are cards cover with out hands all the time. Not the end of the world but I would be looking for a refund from the printer.

Everything else was great and I think that venue could be a regular spot.

DAMO72

Im not sure if it is possible to go with a freezout , You could either go with €150 plus or inc. reg fee and a 15k stack with a 25 min clock all the way through . This would also help to fill the cash tables a lot earlier and it would make it a better event as you wont have as many people gambling with average hands with the comfort of a 15k safety net.
Just a thought ????

mkelli

why not start at 7.00 or 7.30 and have shorter breaks.
even though advertised as 8pm start this comp did not
get underway until almost 9pm......there's another hour
and half that could be put to better use, also 20 mins for
tea and a sandwich and 10 mins for toilet break is plenty!

kpnuts

mkelli wrote: »

why not start at 7.00 or 7.30 and have shorter breaks.
even though advertised as 8pm start this comp did not
get underway until almost 9pm......there's another hour
and half that could be put to better use, also 20 mins for
tea and a sandwich and 10 mins for toilet break is plenty!

Agree with all of this. A punctual kickoff and shorter breaks would have bought you an extra couple of hours at the end of the night (morning!) ... also, if you make all tables 9-handed as soon as you have enough dealers for this, it means more action, quicker bustouts etc. Wouldn't change too much with the tourney though overall, it's got a lot going for it. And well done Colette. Worthy champ.

menoscemo

kpnuts wrote: »

Agree with all of this. A punctual kickoff and shorter breaks would have bought you an extra couple of hours at the end of the night (morning!) ... also, if you make all tables 9-handed as soon as you have enough dealers for this, it means more action, quicker bustouts etc. Wouldn't change too much with the tourney though overall, it's got a lot going for it. And well done Colette. Worthy champ.

Agree. There is no reason not to start on time, you can still allow late entries.

Also i think 26000 chips is too much (26k because everyone gets an early bird 1000 even if they don't show up till 9pm- that is ridiculous). I would favour something like a 7k starting stack and a 10000 rebuy or top up or maybe just a freeze out with 15k chips. I think with less chips you can actually add a few levels and so have a better structure while still finishing earlier.

Also ideally the tournies should be on a saturday afternoon IMO

smurph

menoscemo wrote: »

Agree. There is no reason not to start on time, you can still allow late entries.

Also i think 26000 chips is too much (26k because everyone gets an early bird 1000 even if they don't show up till 9pm- that is ridiculous). I would favour something like a 7k starting stack and a 10000 rebuy or top up or maybe just a freeze out with 15k chips. I think with less chips you can actually add a few levels and so have a better structure while still finishing earlier.

Also ideally the tournies should be on a saturday afternoon IMO

Unfortunately tournies that start early afternnoon suffer with numbers. Life gets in the way of card playing lol. The popularity of the event (ie numbers turning up) is what is causing the problem, not a bad complaint really.

I meant to mention earlier but the only other thing that I would twig is the rotation of dealers. ie (change of dealers at tables each level), some dealers were left on tables for an awful long time.

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We would like to thank everyone for your views and suggestions; and as a result we have discussed and revised the structure for our next game in Mullingar (http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055520574).

We have tried to keep it as a fair a structure for the players while trying to get home before 9am !!

We would love to hear your views in our new thread!

Thanking you,
Bruce Poker.com