May Bank Holiday Weekend Triple Header; Blanchardstown, Dublin

carfax

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know about this now.....There are very few tournaments on over the May Bank Holiday weekend as far as I know, so we just thought we would put this together ... ...

Event 1; €300 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
Sat 02 May, 2009

Our first tournament in Blanchardstown promises to be a fantastic event with three main tournaments over the weekend. Event number 1 is a deep-structured tournament to get the action started ...

We are looking forward to a great atmosphere in the Crowne Plaza, Blanchardstown. Everything about this tournament will be top-class as always, from the poker staff to the hotel staff and with the Crowne Plaza in such a central and convenient part of Blanchardstown (and right beside the M50) this will be a great first event for what will be a fantastic bank holiday weekend of poker.

Location:

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Blanchardstown, Dublin.
http://www.dublinwest.crowneplaza.com/directions.htm

There is ample parking at the hotel with Blanchardstown Shopping Centre (and carpark) on its doorstep.

May Bank Holiday Weekend €300 (+ €40 reg) NLH Freezeout
Day 1; 1pm Start-time, Saturday 2nd May.
20,000 Starting Chips
Blinds Ante
13:00-13:40 Level 1; 25-50
13:40-14:20 Level 2; 50-100
14:20-15:00 Level 3; 75-150
15:00-15:40 Level 4; 100-200
15:40-16:00 Break 20 Mins
16:00-16:40 Level 5; 150-300
16:40-17:20 Level 6; 150-300 25
17:20-18:00 Level 7; 200-400 25
18:00-18:40 Level 8; 300-600 50
18:40-19:30 Break 50 Mins
19:30-20:10 Level 9; 400-800 50
20:10-20:50 Level 10; 500-1,000 75
20:50-21:30 Level 11; 600-1,200 100
21:30-22:10 Level 12; 800-1,500 100
22:10-22:30 Break 20 Mins
22:30-23:10 Level 13; 1,000-2,000 100
23:10-23:50 Level 14; 1,200-2,400 100
23:50-00:30 Level 15; 1,500-3,000 200
00:30-01:10 Level 16; 2,000-4,000 200

Day 2 (Final Day):
May Bank Holiday Weekend €300 (+ €40 reg) NLH Freezeout
Blinds Ante
13:00-13:40 Level 16; 2,500-5,000 300
13:40-14:20 Level 17; 3,000-6,000 300
14:20-15:00 Level 18; 4,000-8,000 400
15:00-15:40 Level 19; 5,000-10,000 500
15:40-16:00 Break 20 mins
16:00-16:40 Level 20; 6,000-12,000 600
16:40-17:20 Level 21; 8,000-15,000 800
17:20-18:00 Level 22; 10,000-20,000 1000
18:00-18:40 Level 23; 12,000-24,000 1000
18:40-19:30 (Break 50 mins) - Dinner
19:30-20:10 Level 24; 15,000-30,000 1500
20:10-20:50 Level 25; 18,000-35,000 1500
20:50-21:30 Level 26; 20,000-40,000 2000
21:30-22:10 Level 27; 25,000-50,000 3000
22:10-22:30 (Break 20 mins)
22:30-23:10 Level 28; 30,000-60,000 3000
23:10-23:50 Level 29; 40,000-80,000 4000
23:50-00:30 Level 30; 50,000-100,000 5000

Buy In: €300 (+ €40 registration)
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Event 2; €200 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
Sun 03 May, 2009, 3pm

Details:Our second tournament in Blanchardstown is a 15,000 starting stack tournament with a 40 minute clock. Event number 2 will be a great 2 Day tournament....

Day 1; Sunday 3rd May
€200 (+€30 reg) NLH Freezeout
15,000 Starting Chips

15:00-15:40 Level 1; 25-50
15:40-16:20 Level 2; 50-100
16:20-17:00 Level 3; 75-150
17:00-17:40 Level 4; 100-200
17:40-18:00 Break 20 mins
18:00-18:40 Level 5; 150-300
18:40-19:30 Level 6; 200-400
19:30-20:10 Level 7; 300-600
20:10-20:50 Level 8; 400-800
20:50-21:10 Break 20 mins
21:10-21:50 Level 9; 500-1000
21:50-22:30 Level 10; 800-1500
22:30-23:10 Level 11; 1000-2000
23:10-23:50 Level 12; 1500-3000
23:50-00:10 Break 20 mins
00:10-00:50 Level 13 2000-4000
00:50-01:30 Level 14; 3000-6000
01:30-02:10 Level 15; 4000-8000
02:10-02:50 Level 16; 5000-10000

Day 2; Monday 4th May
€200 (+€30 reg) NLH Freezeout

16:00-16:40 Level 17; 6,000-12,000
16:40-17:20 Level 18; 8000-15000
17:20-18:00 Level 19; 10000-20000
18:00-18:40 Level 20; 15000-30000
18:40-19:00 Break 20 Mins
19:00-19:40 Level 21; 20000-40000
19:40-20:20 Level 22; 30000-60000
20:20-21:00 Level 23; 40000-80000
21:00-21:40 Level 24; 50000-100000
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Event 3; €100 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
Mon 04 May, 2009, 1pm

Details:Our third and final tournament in Blanchardstown is a 10,000 starting stack tournament with a 30 minute clock. Event number 3 will be a great 1 Day tournament...

May Bank Holiday Weekend €100 (+ €15 reg) NLH Freezeout
10,000 Starting Chips

13:00-13:30 Level 1; 25-50
13:30-14:00 Level 2; 50-100
14:00-14:30 Level 3; 75-150
14:30-15:00 Level 4; 100-200
15:00-15:20 Break 20 mins
15:20-15:50 Level 5; 150-300
15:50-16:20 Level 6; 200-400
16:20-16:50 Level 7; 300-600
16:50-17:20 Level 8; 400-800
17:20-18:00 Dinner Break 40 mins
18:00-18:30 Level 9; 500-1000
18:30-19:00 Level 10; 800-1500
19:00-19:30 Level 11; 1000-2000
19:30-20:00 Level 12; 1500-3000
20:00-20:20 Break 20 mins
20:20-20:50 Level 13 2000-4000
20:50-21:20 Level 14; 3000-6000
21:20-21:50 Level 15; 4000-8000
21:50-22:20 Level 16; 5000-10000
22:20-22:40 Break 20 mins
22:40-23:10 Level 17; 8000-15000
23:10-23:40 Level 18; 10000-20000
23:40-00:10 Level 19; 15000-30000

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Cash game rake; €5 per player, per half hour.
There will be lots of other side events.....Full details will follow soon.

Hope we have a great weekend of tournaments

Stephen.

dannydiamond

These tournies look great Stephen,it's a while away yet, but hoping I can travel up for this.

carfax

dannydiamond wrote: »

These tournies look great Stephen,it's a while away yet, but hoping I can travel up for this.

Cheers Danny, will be great if we get a really big turnout for them alright.

Stephen.

DrJFF

yeah looks really good stephen, wil hope to play this, right in my proximetiety too

Ollieboy

Have to say thats one of the best lists of events I've seen in a long time. Really hope you get the numbers. Try to get some site to sponsor this and do packages to the events, hopefully some French online site.

WP Stephen.

Best thing about this, its walking distance for me....

pokerkingsni

Looks good Stephen, posted it up on the Belfast Forum, should generate a bit of interest.

horsebox1

Looks good Stephen, good few play around this area also.
How many can the venue hold?

Good luck with this!

carfax

horsebox1 wrote: »

Looks good Stephen, good few play around this area also.
How many can the venue hold?

Good luck with this!

We can handle up to 300 players so no worries there....Each of the structures are designed with 150 players in mind....I think that's all we are aiming for here, but if we get more we will be delighted with it.

Stephen.

Ollieboy

carfax wrote: »

We can handle up to 300 players so no worries there....Each of the structures are designed with 150 players in mind....I think that's all we are aiming for here, but if we get more we will be delighted with it.

Stephen.

If you advertise locally I think you could get massive numbers, chips, pubs etc. There's a lot of local games in this area and some very good pub games, so a bigger event should attract them.

dangerousdavid

Ollieboy wrote: »

If you advertise locally I think you could get massive numbers, chips, pubs etc. There's a lot of local games in this area and some very good pub games, so a bigger event should attract them.

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big_iain

All three events will attract Irish Poker rankings points.

Check out the latest rankings table at www.irishpokerrankings.com

dangerousdavid

dangerousdavid wrote: »

Step 1: pu on some Mozart (bEAUTIFUL WITH A beautiful rioja.......)

Classicsl music mft, Keith - being thr expert that you are, recommend me some delightfulolpool(keirlmufckmanulolpool)thankyousir

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ditpoker

seems like a great idea!

will play this if not working!

HiCloy

This looks great, will definitely try to make it. One q, is there a convenient way to get to Blanchardstown from the city centre for non-drivers? I still have nightmares about the last time I went there on public transport, 2.5 hours on busses from UCD, I vowed never again....

carfax

HiCloy wrote: »

This looks great, will definitely try to make it. One q, is there a convenient way to get to Blanchardstown from the city centre for non-drivers? I still have nightmares about the last time I went there on public transport, 2.5 hours on busses from UCD, I vowed never again....

Its dead handy now as regards buses, plus the M50 is free flowing now almost all the time;

http://www.dublinwest.crowneplaza.com/directions.htm

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Bus From City Centre

Bus Routes servicing the Blanchardstown Centre (Crowne is in the same grounds as Blanchardstown Shopping Centre) include No. 39, 70, 76a, 220, 237, 238, 239 & 270.

70 & 39 leaves from Hawkins Quay

76a Route serves the Square Tallaght

220 Route serves Ballymun & Ladyswell

237 imp local service to Castleknock

238 Serves Mulhuddart

239 imp service to Lucan

270 imp service to Dunboyne

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The Crowne Plaza are really going to go all out to make sure players experience a really great poker festival. Its their first big event in this area and I can already see the amount of preparation they are putting in to meet player's needs....They have a poker rate set at €100 B&B for a twin room too.

Got three emails back from overseas players almost immediately after sending out bulk emails today.....There will be a few groups of players travelling from the Isle of Man and France (and from lots of other countries too once we get the word out there).....

Cheers for all the support so far guys&girls and obviously we are delighted that this tournament now an Irish Ranking Event. We are going to try to get it European ranking status too.

Stephen.

horsebox1

Hi Stephen,
Is this a pre-pay event? or will it be pay on the day?

Thanks,

carfax

horsebox1 wrote: »

Hi Stephen,
Is this a pre-pay event? or will it be pay on the day?

Thanks,

Whichever you prefer, we will have some of the overseas players pre-registering to guarantee a seat but this is a cash festival.....Players can leave a deposit (of the reg fee) or pay in full in advance for whatever particular tournament they want....If anyone on here wants the Poker Ireland bank account details (for an online transfer) just send me a quick PM.

Stephen.

spoofingjam

Looks savage stephen.Best of luck with it i'll defo be playing the main event

carfax

spoofingjam wrote: »

Looks savage stephen.Best of luck with it i'll defo be playing the main event

Cheers John, I really wasn't expecting anywhere near this much positive feedback on it...Bohsman just suggested I put a tournament on over the bank holiday so I just threw these structures together really.

I'm going to have to have a look at the numbers pre-registering in about two/ three weeks time.

If the numbers go over the 200 mark for the main event it will almost certainly become a three day event. With the amount of emails I am getting from French players already this is looking fairly likely but I will post up full details as soon as possible.

Stephen.

NuttKicker

looks good stephen will try to get a few players for this, enjoyed your tournaments so far, not sure why you haven't got the numbers so far seems be lots on every time you run a tournament (sports and poker wise) keep up the good work

carfax

Ok guys and girls,

I am getting a lot of calls and emails today again about this festival... ... I know its early days but I think it is very likely we will reach our cap of 300 players... ...What I am going to say is that if you wish to reserve a seat in the tournament I will need you to pay the registration fee in advance;

PLEASE MAKE SURE TO REFERENCE EVERY LODGEMENT WITH YOUR NAME (INCLUDING MIDDLE INITIAL)....If you want to guarantee your seat in the €300 main event then you need to pay €40 now. For the €200 game you need to pay €30 and so on.

Please pay by Bank Transfer or chq made payable to Tournament Poker Ireland Ltd
Tournament Poker Ireland Ltd
Bank of Ireland, Kildare Town, Co. Kildare
Sort code 901167
Acc no. 56106875
IBAN IE61 BOFI 9011 6756 1068 75
BIC BOFIIE2D

If you want to post a cheque you can send it to;
Tournament Poker Ireland Ltd.,
27 Oak Park Avenue,
Santry,
Dublin 9.

If you are a player from Northern Ireland (or England) please make sure to send a Euro bank draft, and not a cheque.

Many thanks for all the support again,
Stephen.

NuckChorris1

Any plans for satellites to the €340 game? Cheers.

carfax

NuckChorris1 wrote: »

Any plans for satellites to the €340 game? Cheers.

We will be getting satellites organised very soon.

Keep the registrations coming players.....All players do have the option to pay with cash on the day but once we reach 300 players in the main event that is it, we are full (i.e. no reserve list).

If you want to guarantee your seat you can simply pay the €40 to guarantee your place in the tournament.

Cheers,
Stephen.

carfax

I'm going to try to promote the JP Masters as much as possible alongside this festival....I think it will have a big appeal for overseas players to come along for a week to Dublin and get to play in a number of really great structured tournaments (obviously JP's has a better structure than this one, but hey ).

Cheers,
Stephen.

carfax

Little bit of a bumpage;

Looks like we have a big group of Dutch players travelling over for the tournament.

Please book your seats early players. We already have 15 seats paid in full (reg fee).

Cheers,
Stephen.

RasTa

What time does Monday's kick off?

carfax

RasTa wrote: »

What time does Monday's kick off?

Start-time is listed there for all three events Rasta, alongside the blinds and levels. I think the Monday is a 1pm start for the €100 buy-in event.

Stephen.

5starpool

Start time is only listed for Day 1 of the ME Stephen. Do you want me to list 1pm as the start time each day (incl days 2) in your OP?

carfax

5starpool wrote: »

Start time is only listed for Day 1 of the ME Stephen. Do you want me to list 1pm as the start time each day (incl days 2) in your OP?

Yeah cheers Dom;

Start-time for Event 1 is 1pm on 2nd May
Event 2 is 3pm on 3rd May
Event 3 is 1pm on 4th May.

I think its in there in the blind structure but if you can add it in that would be great.

Cheers,
Stephen.

carfax

Just want to bump this thread back to top of the page....Still getting lots of registrations from overseas players.

At this stage I am estimating a minimum of 150 players for the main event.

Flyers are going out to our database tomorrow and Tuesday this week. If you want a few flyers sent out just send me a quick email; stephen(at)pokerireland.ie

Cheers,
Stephen.

carfax

Hi all,

I really want to start to pimp this thread up a bit now....We have players confirmed from the Netherlands and France (pre-paid etc) but I don't think we are going to hit the 300 player mark for any of the tournaments (so no need to pre-pay the reg fee really).

If you are at the Irish Open and it crosses your mind to mention that pokerireland.ie are running this festival on the May Bank Holiday it would be greatly appreciated. I got a really good response from players at my table last night in the S.E. (even though I'm not supposed to be promoting any other tournaments in there )....

I will be in the Citywest before the Super-satellite (not playing as I've already done my brains trying to qualify for the IO) so if you have any questions about this festival or the IPO in October (to be announced officially very soon) feel free to ask.

Cheers,
Stephen.

ElectraBlue

When are the Dublin Poker Nights Satts for these games again? The thread has disappeared. Plus if there's other Satts taking place can you post them up here please?

Not flush enough to buy-in directly but will play a Satt or two for sure...

afex

thurs 16th in the bell then 23rd n 30th..

PokerNights

Satellites for the May Bank Holiday Triple Header in the Bell Pub in Blanchardstown

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Thursday 16th April The Bell, Blanchardstown http://www.thebellpub.ie/contact.htm
Satellite to May Bank Holiday Triple Header - Event 2; €200 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
Entry €55 Reg €10
Freeze Out 8,000 Starting Chips
Blinds 20 minutes
Starts 8.00 Sharp

Every 4 Players Generates a Ticket to May Bank Holiday Triple Header - Event 2; €200 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
http://www.pokerireland.ie/index.php...dem_freezeout/

Thursday 23rd, 30th April The Bell, Blanchardstown http://www.thebellpub.ie/contact.htm

Satellite to May Bank Holiday Triple Header - Event 1; €300 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
Entry €55 Reg €10
Freeze Out 8,000 Starting Chips
Blinds 20 minutes
Starts 8.00 Sharp

Every 6 Players Generates a Ticket to May Bank Holiday Triple Header - Event 1; €300 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
http://www.pokerireland.ie/index.php...dem_freezeout/

1.Who is running the event: (Dublin Poker Nights)
2. The purpose of the event: (Commercial, satellite)
3. Date and Location of event: Thursday 16th, 23rd, 30th April
4. Registration and Start time of event: Reg @ 7.30pm, Start 8.00pm SHARP
5. Any prerequisites: (Satellite)
6. How can tickets be purchased & is there a maximum number: Players can pay on the night, maximum number is 50.
7. Type of Tournament: NL Hold'em, Freezeout.
8. Cost of entry and any subsequent rebuys/top-ups etc: €55 for entry. No Rebuys/Top-ups.
9. Cost of registration: €10
10. % of entry fee/rebuys/top-up going into Prize fund: 100%
11. Any guaranteed prize pool: No
12. Number of re-buys allowed and over what time frame/blind levels: No Rebuys
13. Starting Chips: 8k
14. Rebuy and Top-up chip amounts: No Rebuys/ Top-ups
15. Blind levels: 20 minutes for length of tournament, blind levels may be replayed depending on big blind/average stack ratio
16. Blind time frames: See below
17. Places being paid and if any prizes are other than cash:
Every 4 Players Generates a Ticket to May Bank Holiday Triple Header - Event 2; €200 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
Every 6 Players Generates a Ticket to May Bank Holiday Triple Header - Event 1; €300 No Limit Hold’em Freezeout
18. Are there going to be dealers: 2 dealers on the night
19. Will there be a documented list of rules: Yes
20. Is there a tournament director: Yes
21. How are disputes handled - who has final say. TD

Level Duration Blinds
1 20 Minutes 25-50 8.00 8.20
2 20 Minutes 50-100 8.20 8.40
3 20 Minutes 75-150 8.40 9.00
4 20 Minutes 100-200 9.00 9.20
5 20 Minutes 150-300 9.20 9.40
6 20 minutes 200-400 9.40 10.00
Break 10 Minutes
7 20 Minutes 300-600 10.10 10.30
8 20 Minutes 400-800 10.30 10.50
9 20 Minutes 500-1000 10.50 11.10
10 20 Minutes 800-1600 11.10 11.30
11 20 Minutes 1000-200011.30 11.50

Blinds will be frozen during the final table play depending on numbers

30something

Hall pass for Monday secured. Please keep me a seat.

carfax

30something wrote: »

Hall pass for Monday secured. Please keep me a seat.

No Problem, online satellites will be announced shortly too for the main event and event 2 on the Sunday.

Cheers all,
Stephen.

mkpoker

have you a guarantee or an est. prizepool?

the structure looks really good looking forward to playing stick me down ill bring a few probably be 5-10 of the top of me head will know closer to venue!!!!!

cheers
mark b

carfax

mkpoker wrote: »

have you a guarantee or an est. prizepool?

the structure looks really good looking forward to playing stick me down ill bring a few probably be 5-10 of the top of me head will know closer to venue!!!!!

cheers
mark b

Hi Mark,

There is no guarantee but it is looking like at the very least there will be 150 players, so prize-pool of €45,000 for the main event.

We can cater for up to 300 and I should have a better idea of numbers after the Irish Open this weekend.

Stephen.

30something

How's this going? Expecting many for Mondays €100 f/o? I'll be adding value. 1pm correct?

carfax

30something wrote: »

How's this going? Expecting many for Mondays €100 f/o? I'll be adding value. 1pm correct?

Going great, I'm getting great feedback about the tournament everywhere I go (I had no idea it would be this well received with so many other tournaments on )....

1pm for the Monday, yes indeed.....Looking like at least 150 players for the main event so I would think we will get similar numbers or more for each of the other two tournaments.

Stephen.

carfax

Satellites are now up in the Titan poker lobby.

Entry costs $46 +$4 registration.

Please note that you must use the bonus code "MAYTRIPLE" when signing up or you will not be able to play in these satellites.

Paysafecard are putting together a promotion whereby you can buy-in to the main event directly through Titan poker for just €325 if you use Paysafecard (normal buy-in costs €340)...
You just need to download Titan poker, use our bonus code MAYTRIPLE and then deposit onto Titan using Paysafecard (saves you €15 off the price of registration )

Thanks,
Stephen.

carfax

First online satellite is this Friday at 8pm.

Stephen.

carfax

At 8pm tonight we have a satellite running for the May Bank Holiday Triple Header...You must follow these instructions in order to take part...

1. Click on any of the Titan Poker links on www.pokerireland.ie
2. Open your new Titan account using the bonus code “MAYTRIPLE”
3. Register for the online satellite located in the Titan lobby.
4. Email stephen@pokerireland.ie if you have any problems at all. If you don't click on our link and use our bonus code you can't register for the satellite.

Entry costs $46 +$4. By registering for the tournament through Titan poker and using Paysafecard to deposit you can save €15 off the main event entry fee.

Many Thanks,
Stephen.

carfax

Just to add;

We are going to be running lots of STT satellites for the JP Masters during the May Bank Holiday Weekend. 75 yoyo plus reg fee, and 150 yo yo with two tickets on offer.

If there is enough interest I will try to get a side tournament started this Sunday at the Dublin 100 too....

Stephen.

mkpoker

sounds like a good weekend unless ive to work i cant find any reason not to be there

carfax

Getting a good few more overseas registrations in the last few days.

Players; please fill out a reg form on pokerireland.ie so that we can get a good grasp on the numbers to expect.

Cheers,
Stephen.

carfax

Hi all,

I'm asking for everyone that plans to take part in any of the events to fill out a registration form here;
www.pokerireland.ie (please note that we do send out flyers to our players from time to time so leave out your address if you don't want to receive these).

At the moment we have only 80 players pre-registered but I think a lot of players are planning to play so I am expecting a field of 200 at this point. If we're going to have more than that I need to organise more staff

Many Thanks,
Stephen.

5starpool

Any chance of rejigging breaks to coincide with the Heineken cup match? Unlikely I know, but thought I'd ask. I know a lot of people will want to watch it.

Maybe even some big screen tvs in the playing room?

carfax

5starpool wrote: »

Any chance of rejigging breaks to coincide with the Heineken cup match? Unlikely I know, but thought I'd ask. I know a lot of people will want to watch it.

Maybe even some big screen tvs in the playing room?

I will look into that now Dom, is it the Leinster - Munster match?

Stephen.

5starpool

Yep.

Lady Di

If the match is showing I'll be there!