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S.Emporium

The idea of this thread is to keep players updated on a regular basis regarding such things as up and coming Tournaments, structures, amount of runners, one-off events and Tuesday's Satellites.

It will also give Boards members the chance to add their views about the regular and not so regular games and will allow us to gauge how our new Schedule is being received, especially during the early stages.



Alex

S.Emporium

Thursday 21st May.


€50 + €5 "No Limit" Hold'em Double Chance Freezeout.

€1,500 Guaranteed Prizepool

Starting Stack : 3,000 + 3,000 (plus an early bird chip of 1,000 if you are in your seat for the start of play).

Clock : 20/25 minutes.

Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8.30pm Start.


The Structure


25 - 50 - 0 - 20 min clock
50 - 100 - 0
75 - 150 - 0
100 - 200 - 0

15 minute break

150 - 300 - 0
200 - 400 - 0
300 - 600 - 0
400 - 800 - 0
500 - 1000 - 0
600 - 1200 - 0
800 - 1600 - 0

10 minute break

1000 - 2000 - 0 - 25 min clock
1500 - 3000 - 0
2000 - 4000 - 0
3000 - 6000 - 0


Runners for the last 3 Thursday night Tournaments.

14th May (Monthly €100) : 26
7th May : 35
30th April : 28


The Tournament Director will have the final say.


There will be Pot Limit Hold'em and Omaha plus No Limit Hold'em Cash Games available from 8pm. The rake for a €50 sit down game is €4 per person per half an hour.

RockRory

Put me down

byrner1

What time does this game finish at

copperfacegaz

ill be in for this !!

RockRory

byrner1 wrote: »

What time does this game finish at

usually around 2am

tylerdurden94

RockRory wrote: »

usually around 2am

Optimistic

zuroph

tylerdurden94 wrote: »

Optimistic

or pessimistic, depending if he was talking about for him or in general.

tylerdurden94

zuroph wrote: »

or pessimistic, depending if he was talking about for him or in general.

Touche

zuroph

this game is actually only an hours drive away (optimistically ) im tempted.

Flushdraw

zuroph wrote: »

this game is actually only an hours drive away (optimistically ) im tempted.

Go on, get yourself in...You can show us how you get a load of chips and then make them magically disappear :pac:

Will be in for this tonight

Tough Johnnson!

For how long do you take late entries? would 9.30 be too late?

zuroph

Flushdraw wrote: »

Go on, get yourself in...You can show us how you get a load of chips and then make them magically disappear :pac:

Will be in for this tonight

total round trip 2 1/2 hours, including 5 minutes for reg!

Flushdraw

Tough Johnnson! wrote: »

For how long do you take late entries? would 9.30 be too late?

Yeah i think 9.30 is too late. For rebuy tournies they allow late entries for 3 levels but they treat a double chance as a freezout, and i think only allow late entries for the 1st level. Not 100% sure though

S.Emporium

34 runners for tonight's €50 Double Chance Freezeout. A few people commented on the improved chip stacks saying the extra 1,000 (plus the extra 500 early bird chip) made the Tournament a lot better.

I did forget to mention yesterday that the 500 - 1,000 level has now been brought in for all Tournaments.


Friday 22nd May.


€40 + €5 "No Limit" Hold'em.

1 x €40 Rebuy or Top-up.

Starting Stack : 3,500 (plus an early bird chip of 1,000 if you are in your seat for the start of play).

Rebuy/Top-up : 4,500.

Rebuy Period : 80 minutes (4 x 20 minutes).

Clock : 20/25 minutes.

Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8.30pm Start.


The Structure.

25 - 50 - 20 min clock
50 - 100
75 - 150
100 - 200

15 minute break

150 -300
200 - 400
300 - 600
400 - 800
500 - 1000
600 - 1200
800 - 1600

10 minute break

1000 - 2000 - 25 minute clock
1500 - 3000
2000 - 4000
3000 - 6000

tylerdurden94

3 sick hands last night

Enjoyed it thou, maybe shouldnt of played hindsight i was bolloxed but got out of the cash game a few up so i was happy.

Flushdraw

tylerdurden94 wrote: »

3 sick hands last night

Enjoyed it thou, maybe shouldnt of played hindsight i was bolloxed but got out of the cash game a few up so i was happy.

2 sick hands for me did the damage..

Get it in on the turn with my Jx9h v Q9o on a Jh10h8hJx board for a massive chip lead.

Then get it in 3ways with A9cc v K2cc v 66 on a Jc7c3 board for another huge pot last hand before the break.

66 takes the small main pot and K2cc spikes the 2 for the big side pot.

No luck in the cash game either..my A8 v A8 v QJss on an As8sQx board no good for a 700 pot.

Got out losing €15 so cant complain too much.

Nice little spin up for yourself in about an hour, nh wp

ElectraBlue

Went in last night (first time in SE too! ) Was playing well til we got down to two tables, then started tilting a bit after losing to a luckbox chancer who shoved from BB with a monster duo (63o) into my KJs, 6 on flop and 3 on river. Once the leak started, I just couldn't stop it! Meh! :rolleyes: Shoved with QQ from BB with my last 16bbs, 4 limpers on deck, called by the biggest shark on the table with AA... shudda copped why he was limping UTG(!) :rolleyes: Aces hold and I'm gone in 16th place.

Who won?!

Lovely place - the plushest poker room in Dublin - good standard of play on my tables... I think I was the only fish there! LOL! GG!

ElectraBlue

Forgot to add: wandered over to the cash table... took one look at Flushdraw, one look at TylerDurdan, one look at the Sherminator... and decided I might as well put my €50 on blackjack better odds for me there!

tm2204

S.Emporium wrote: »

I did forget to mention yesterday that the 500 - 1,000 level has now been brought in for all Tournaments.

Was this level not always included?

tm2204

Sounds like things are picking up again in the SE. Good to see and glad they decided to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Was gonna play myself last night but too tired. Will start playing in the SE again now the numbers are back and they are being more responsive to their players.

copperfacegaz

ElectraBlue wrote: »

Went in last night (first time in SE too! ) Was playing well til we got down to two tables, then started tilting a bit after losing to a luckbox chancer who shoved from BB with a monster duo (63o) into my KJs, 6 on flop and 3 on river. Once the leak started, I just couldn't stop it! Meh! :rolleyes: Shoved with QQ from BB with my last 16bbs, 4 limpers on deck, called by the biggest shark on the table with AA... shudda copped why he was limping UTG(!) :rolleyes: Aces hold and I'm gone in 16th place.

Who won?!

Lovely place - the plushest poker room in Dublin - good standard of play on my tables... I think I was the only fish there! LOL! GG!

yeah im that shark managed to take it down aswell !! big difference with the chipstacks on final table , plenty of decent stacks and it never became crapshooty at all ......... got some good cards on final table and managed to crawl my way back as heads up yer man had 5/1 chip lead on me ! .. a few double ups and a bitta luck ended it !:P

ElectraBlue

copperfacegaz wrote: »

yeah im that shark managed to take it down aswell !! big difference with the chipstacks on final table , plenty of decent stacks and it never became crapshooty at all ......... got some good cards on final table and managed to crawl my way back as heads up yer man had 5/1 chip lead on me ! .. a few double ups and a bitta luck ended it !:P

WD! Glad you put my hard earned chips to good use!

tylerdurden94

Flushdraw wrote: »

2 sick hands for me did the damage..

Get it in on the turn with my Jx9h v Q9o on a Jh10h8hJx board for a massive chip lead.

Then get it in 3ways with A9cc v K2cc v 66 on a Jc7c3 board for another huge pot last hand before the break.

66 takes the small main pot and K2cc spikes the 2 for the big side pot.

No luck in the cash game either..my A8 v A8 v QJss on an As8sQx board no good for a 700 pot.

Got out losing €15 so cant complain too much.

Nice little spin up for yourself in about an hour, nh wp

That two pair hand in the cash was poxy, was just man beered up? AA was nice, turning a set and rivering quads was better, what way would you played that hand?

ElectraBlue wrote: »

Forgot to add: wandered over to the cash table... took one look at Flushdraw, one look at TylerDurdan, one look at the Sherminator... and decided I might as well put my €50 on blackjack better odds for me there!

Good spin on the blackjack was it?

tm2204 wrote: »

Was this level not always included?

Its in some but not in others.

copperfacegaz wrote: »

yeah im that shark managed to take it down aswell !! big difference with the chipstacks on final table , plenty of decent stacks and it never became crapshooty at all ......... got some good cards on final table and managed to crawl my way back as heads up yer man had 5/1 chip lead on me ! .. a few double ups and a bitta luck ended it !:P

Congrats man.

trishakids

Good spin on the blackjack was it?

Im leading her astray! Was too lazy to go back upstairs to cash table

ElectraBlue

trishakids wrote: »

Good spin on the blackjack was it?

Im leading her astray! Was too lazy to go back upstairs to cash table

LOL! We made those 'free' €25 chips last 2 hours(!) Up and down... up and down... never getting past €50!

trishakids

Cant quote anyone yeah was poxy! But at least you now know what a posh card club looks like

S.Emporium

We are now two weeks into our new Schedule so I wanted to give a quick report on Tournament numbers and structures.

The first Tournament of the new Schedule saw 28 runners battle it out for a prize pool of almost €2,000. Quite a few players commented on just how good the structure (8,000 starting stack + 1,000 early bird chip) was, with an increasing clock. The Saturday night Tournament has an average of 19 runners for the first three weeks, not bad seeing as though there had been a few cancellations due to numbers in the past.

Thursday and Sunday Tournaments have so far reached their Guarantees. The two Tournaments have an average of 30 and 33 respectively for the year.

The Round of Each Tournament has so far proved popular. An average of 16 for the twice ran Tournament. June is a busy month for Satellites so the next Hold'em/Omaha Tournament is expected in early July.

Cash Games have also picked up recently. As I'm writing this there are 3 crazy games with plenty of old faces in !

If anybody has any thoughts regarding the new Tournament Schedule please feel free to post your comments on this thread.


Thanks,


Alex

5starpool

Any plans for a tourney in the 200-500 range Alex?

S.Emporium

Sunday 31st May


€1,500 Guaranteed Prize pool

€50 + €5 "No Limit" Hold'em Freezeout.

Starting Stack : 6,000 (plus an early bird chip of 1,000 if you are your seat for the start of play).

Clock : 20/25 minutes.

Doors open at 6.30pm for a 7.30pm Start.

37 runners for the last two weeks.

S.Emporium

We are discussing holding a larger buy-in Tournament sometime in the next couple of Months. There are a couple of things that need to be finalised such as entrance fees and dates before I post the full details. Hopefully I'll be able to do so in the next week.

Thanks

S.Emporium

Wednesday 10th June.



€60 + €10 + €5 "No Limit" Hold'em Scalp Tournament.

Starting Stack : 7,000 (plus an early bird chip of 1,000 if you are in your seat for the start of play).

Clock : 20/30 minutes.

Players receive a €10 Bounty for every opponent they knock out of the Tournament.

Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8.30pm Start.



The Structure.


25 - 50 - 20 min clock
50 - 100
75 - 150
100 - 200

15 minute break

150 - 300
200 - 400
300 - 600
400 - 800
500 - 1000
600 - 1200
800 - 1600

10 minute break

1000 - 2000 - 30 min clock
1500 - 3000
2000 - 4000

S.Emporium

Thursday 11th June


The Second Thursday of the Month Tournament

€100 + €10 "No Limit" Hold'em Double Chance Freezeout.

Starting Stack : 4,000 + 4,000 (plus an early bird chip of 1,000 if you are in your seat for the start of play).

Clock : 25 minutes (no antes).

Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8.30pm Start.



The Structure.


25 - 50 - 25 min clock
50 - 100
75 - 150

15 minute break

100 - 200
150 - 300
200 - 400
300 - 600
400 - 800
500 - 1000
600 - 1200
800 - 1600

10 minute break

1000 - 2000
1500 - 3000
2000 - 4000
3000 - 6000



Amount of runners for the last three Months.

May : 26
April : 33
March : 29


There has been quite a lot of talk about this Thursday's Tournament so hopefully around the 40 mark.


Alex

BuChan

i just can't take it anymore! i'm going to play that ^ tourny. looking forward to seeing all my degen comrades again.

ocallagh

think I will too

El Stuntman

ocallagh wrote: »

think I will too

ditto

last longest comp?

Gholimoli

it's a flip between this or Redcow tomorrow night for me...
the redcow does have a 10Kgrtd Mmmm...though one...

ionapaul

I will play tonight

ocallagh

El Stuntman wrote: »

ditto

last longest comp?

Played last night and lasted 2 hands but count me in, 20 a head?

Eshan, play both and catch up on sleep on saturday.

El Stuntman

ocallagh wrote: »

Played last night and lasted 2 hands but count me in, 20 a head?

Eshan, play both and catch up on sleep on saturday.

this is a DC so you should last three hands tonight

done, I nominate mickste as the bagman

mickste

In for this especially if Eammon is making his triumphant return.Glynn done deal as well.

5starpool

If I play tonight I will chance the SE I think.

El Stuntman

5starpool wrote: »

If I play tonight I will chance the SE I think.

remember to wear a tie plz

5starpool

not top hat/tails?

El Stuntman

5starpool wrote: »

not top hat/tails?

then we'd think you were a dealer

tm2204

El Stuntman wrote: »

then we'd think you were a dealer

Poka or substance?

Gholimoli

ocallagh wrote: »

Played last night and lasted 2 hands but count me in, 20 a head?

Eshan, play both and catch up on sleep on saturday.

just when i thought i was out,they drag me back in...

ionapaul

Ya gotta use the right image!

dacman

will play. in for 20 last longest . will give to mick before start

NuttKicker

Heading in tonight aswell with a mate of mine looks like a good tournament

rag2gar

Ill also be making my return to the ring tonight. In for 20 last longest too.

Quite nervous for some reason!