€110 No-Limit Hold'em F-out Charity tournament 6th June in the Sporting Emporium

Called4value

Charity Poker Event in aid of Crosscare

Saturday 6th of June 2009

Crosscare supported by theSporting Emporium invites you to this charity event to help us continue our work in the Dublin Diocese

€110 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout tournament

Registration is from 6pm with cards in the air at 7pm

All players must be 21 or over and a member of the Sporting Emporium. If you are not currently a member of the Sporting Emporium you can register on the night but you can also send your details to Wayne @ tournament@crosscare.ie or call (01) 8726775 and we will pre-register you and all you need is to bring photo id on the night. There is usually a membership fee of €25 to join the club but this will be waived for players joining to play this tournament.

€80 goes to the prize fund €20 goes as a donation to Crosscare and €10 registration to the Sporting Emporium

The organisers’ entry of €80 and €20 donation will not go into the pot but will be used as a bounty to be awarded to whoever knocks him out of the tournament.

As well as the bounty there will be spot prizes on the night.

There is no guarantee on the prize pool but there is a 120 person capacity and we hope to get 100 runners.

The Blinds will run on a 25min clock

Starting Chips will be 7000

Blind levels
Level 1; 25-50
Level 2; 50-100
Level 3; 75-150
Level 4; 100-200
Level 5; 200-400
Break
Level 6; 300-600
Level 7; 400-800
Level 8; 500-1,000
Level 9; 600-1,200
Level 10; 800-1,500
Break
Level 11; 1,000-2,000
Level 12; 1,200-2,400
Level 13; 1,500-3,000
Level 14; 2,000-4,000
Level 15; 3,000-6,000
Break
Level 16; 4,000-8,000
Level 17; 5,000-10,000
Level 18; 6,000-12,000
Break
Level 19; 8,000-15,000
Level 20; 10,000-20,000
Level 21; 12,000-24,000
etc

All tables will have dealers

There will be a documented list of rules

There will be a tournament director and he will have the final say in the case of any dispute.

There will be the usual cash games at the discretion of the Sporting Emporium.

Advance registration is possible through the Sporting Emporium or by contacting Wayne at tournament@crosscare.ie

Called4value

Hi All,

THis is the first time I have organised a tournament so any advice/suggestions welcome. I hope to make it a good night.

Wayne

Called4value

Hi All

Poster for the event is attached.

Also there will be a raffel on the night with free entry for all participants and the oppertunity to buy more tickets if you want to increase your chances of winning. Updates on the prizes to come.


Cheers

Wayne.

bigbadpat

I hope to support this but the inaugural Green Joker Poker European Short-Handed Poker Championships is on the 4th-7th June 2009 at The BallsBridge Inn, Dublin.

Players may be interested in donating to Cross Care & contributing the same amount to a bounty for their designated players........... I can think of a few !!!!

Called4value

bigbadpat wrote: »

I hope to support this but the inaugural Green Joker Poker European Short-Handed Poker Championships is on the 4th-7th June 2009 at The BallsBridge Inn, Dublin.

Players may be interested in donating to Cross Care & contributing the same amount to a bounty for their designated players........... I can think of a few !!!!

Stressful Short-Handed play vs. the warm inward glow of pokering for a good cause I know where I'll be .

In case anyone needs a greater incentive I can tell you I have already secured a pogo stick:eek:, a fondue set:eek::eek: and a cuddly toy :eek::eek::eek: for the raffle!!!

Called4value

Come on guys a Fondue set!

Book early on tournament@crosscare.ie to avoid disappointment

Wayne

ionapaul

I hope to play in this - should be fun!

Called4value

ionapaul wrote: »

I hope to play in this - should be fun!

Great Stuff Paul bring a friend you never know they might be lucky enough to walk away with that pogo stick

Scouser in Dub

Hey Wayne, I will be adding to the dead money along with a couple of players from my job that are at least as bad see you there

Vic

Called4value

Good Man Vic

The Good news is that there should be some players from my work too. You know these NGO types.......no better than vegetarians

mummy06

hope to play this and support a good cause
would like to see the SE donate some of the reg fee aswell
seem s a bit unfair to be paying more than the standard 10% for a charity event
gl with this anyway hope you get the numbers

Called4value

Cheers Mummy06,

Hope to see you there.

I will be the one wear the Crosscare T-Shirt.

Remember if you knock me out of the tourney you get €100

As a government health warning I should add that while I may not be the greatest of players I am the jammiest of dodgers:)

W.

On the €10 reg fee I should say that Phil and everone in the Sporting Emporium have been really good to me during this and there will be food on the night.

Also they are allowing all people coming along to play the tourney to register with the club for free waiving the usual €25 reg. I appreciate that this is not an incentive for those who are already members but it still could me a reasonable sum they are giving up.

For those who are regulars of the Sporting Emporium you might view this as an oppertunity to welcome some new players into the club..they might come back on a regular basis and push up the pots in the regular tourneys. Also don't forget the oppertunity to win that fundue set:)

Called4value

Hey everyone,

Only 3 weeks to go. It was mentined to me that having one bounty of €100 is a bit much and it would be better to maybe have [EMAIL="4@€25"]4@€25[/EMAIL]

Would love to hear some opinions

Cheers

W.

Scouser in Dub

I think 2 bounties at €50 looks good.

Also for those that are not members of the SE who register for the event is their membership just for the night or does it continue beyond?

Called4value

Hi Vic,

Thanks for that. The membership carries forward.

Cheers,

Wayne

Called4value

HI All

Only 4 days till lift-off.

Called4value

Thanks to Paul from Paddy Power who will be providing PPP merchandise as spot prizes for the night.

ionapaul

Called4value wrote: »

Thanks to Paul from Paddy Power who will be providing PPP merchandise as spot prizes for the night.

Just got the bags packed for this - they include:

- Doyle Brunson books
- T-shirts
- Baseball caps
- Poker Padz
- 100% Plastic Cards
- Irish Open card protectors (these are always much sought after!)

Wish I could play the tournament, should be fun!

Called4value

Thanks again Paul they sound really good

Called4value

Hi All,

Just to say thanks as well to Eddie Rockets http://www.eddierockets.ie/iopen24/index.php who are providing vouchers as spot prizes on the night as well

cuterob

Called4value wrote: »

Hi All,

Just to say thanks as well to Eddie Rockets http://www.eddierockets.ie/iopen24/index.php who are providing vouchers as spot prizes on the night as well

i'm considering playing now after this, not joking, goodluck with it!

Lady Di

Any idea at all of numbers you expect for this?

Called4value

Lady Di wrote: »

Any idea at all of numbers you expect for this?

Hi Lady,

First time I have done this so I cannot be sure but based on the interest I had initially it would be 120 runners (i.e. the capacity of the Sporting Emporium) but allowing for the fact that a lot might say they will come but drop out and including maybe some regulars from the Sporting I am thinking 40-45 is a reasonable estimate.

If we could pick up some of the folks in town who might go out early in the 6handed in Ballsbridge that would be cool but that is probably just wishful thinking

Hope to see you tomorrow

Wayne

Scouser in Dub

40-45 is a decent show I am really looking forward to this although the pressures on with the missus insisting I win the eddie rockets vouchers :rolleyes:

westlife

Hi to the organisers! good luck to everybody involved. I approached the SE months ago about a Charity event for the Chernobyl Kids and after firstly saying yes they came back to me 2 hours later with a 'we have had to refuse charity events before so it would not be fair to do yours' (and I have been a reg for years!). Thats why I dont support the SE anymore. But I would like to wish you the best of luck with your event (you are taking on lots of games this weekend!) and although I would not go myself I would like to donate €100.00 to your Charity. Please post Bank details to deposit funds,

Phil Baker

playable_hand

westlife wrote: »

Hi to the organisers! good luck to everybody involved. I approached the SE months ago about a Charity event for the Chernobyl Kids and after firstly saying yes they came back to me 2 hours later with a 'we have had to refuse charity events before so it would not be fair to do yours' (and I have been a reg for years!). Thats why I dont support the SE anymore. But I would like to wish you the best of luck with your event (you are taking on lots of games this weekend!) and although I would not go myself I would like to donate €100.00 to your Charity. Please post Bank details to deposit funds,

Phil Baker

WHAT??? c'mon,phil, you can do better than that, the best poker player in ireland (according to him) is donating 100 euro only.

denis

Called4value

westlife wrote: »

Hi to the organisers! good luck to everybody involved. I approached the SE months ago about a Charity event for the Chernobyl Kids and after firstly saying yes they came back to me 2 hours later with a 'we have had to refuse charity events before so it would not be fair to do yours' (and I have been a reg for years!). Thats why I dont support the SE anymore. But I would like to wish you the best of luck with your event (you are taking on lots of games this weekend!) and although I would not go myself I would like to donate €100.00 to your Charity. Please post Bank details to deposit funds,

Phil Baker

Hi Phil,

Thanks for the wishes of good luck and the donation will be put to good use. http://www.crosscare.ie/donation.htm is the place on the website where you will find all the details with different ways to donate.

I should mention that the initially response when I first broached this was that while they were keen to support us they had turned down requests before and felt it might not be fair. However after some internal conversation they decided that they would do something with us. I think this change of heart should be applauded. Firstly in the current economic climate all charities are finding their funding squeezed so new openings are really welcome. Secondly poker, poker players and casino's are not always seen in the best light and this change of heart on the part of the Sporting Emporium senior management might go some way to changing that.

I guess what I'm saying is that maybe you should think about coming back to the sporting and show your support for this positive change

Thats my 2 cent

Wayne

NuckChorris1

Playing this today - the spot prizes and bounties should make for good craic!

Not gonna make it now - satted in ECOOP Omaha game. Good luck with this!

ionapaul

By the way, the Doyle Brunson books I left up as part of the PPP spot prizes are 'Poker Wisdom of a Champion'; well worth a read if you've missed it. Loads of funny and interesting stories from 'back in the day'!

Hope you get a decent crowd Wayne!

westlife

playable_hand wrote: »

WHAT??? c'mon,phil, you can do better than that, 1 - the best poker player in ireland (according to him) is 2- donating 100 euro only.

denis

1- ONLY 10 MONTHS LEFT!:mad: 2 - €100 for a moany post.... thats more than enough:)

Lady Di

Thanks again Wayne for organising the tournament, shame about the turn out. I throughily enjoyed the night though! And everyone was lovely, thanks!

Scouser in Dub

Hey Lady Di did you finish 3rd?

Lady Di

Yep I presume by your name you were heads up when I left? How did you do?

Scouser in Dub

we played on for about 30 minutes then decided to chop. It was a shame about the numbers but it was a good laugh.

bigbadpat

At the start of the heads up I had about 65,000 chips againgst 85,000. We played the heads up for what seemed over an hour. I went ALL-IN at least 10 times without a call. This could have gone all night...so I offered a chop after I got ahead about 80,000 against 70,000.

Well done to Wayne & the SE for running this. Pity about the numbers.
Very enjoyable night. There were loads of spot prizes. I hope Vera enjoys her Roy Keane Book.

Good luck Lady Di with your upcoming heads up event.;)

Scouser in Dub

hey Pat was good playing with you, yeah it could have taken all night and the missus forgave me not picking the eddie rockets vouchers when I told here I chopped.

Was a good laugh all the same

ionapaul

How many runners in the end?

Lady Di

Well done to the two of you, pity I was partically card dead at the final table so couldn't play back at you more

Ionapaul there was only 16 runners, so very dissapointing for the charity. A lot of things going against it though, match other poker events.... pity!

Very impressed with the SE, will be going back there again!

Called4value

Hi All,

It was a really nice atmosphere hopefully we can do it again sometime.

I leared a bit from the night as well. The spot prize deliver system could have worked a bit better and I think if I was doing it again I might have either a bounty on each table or maybe split a cash prize for bad beat of the night and best hand or something.


Thanks again to everyone who participated and to Jack and Phil in the Sporting Emporium.

Wayne

bigbadpat

Lady Di wrote: »

Well done to the two of you, pity I was partically card dead at the final table so couldn't play back at you more

Sometimes being card dead can be good......You could have been in that hand when there were 6 left and all the Aces came into play. I limped with A K and after the rainbow flop A K 7 the player on my left went all-in with A J (4,500 in chips) and the player on my right went all-in with A Q (18,500 in chips) and I called with A K (20,500 in chips). They got no help on the River or the Turn. Then we were down to 4.

Nice playing with you