BoylePoker.com International Poker Open 2009

carfax

Hi All,

We are launching the promotion campaign for the BoylePoker.com IPO from today. As I say every year, the only reason this tournament can take place is with the help and enthusiasm of every poker player in the country.
We need you to tell everyone you know that they should register on BoylePoker.com today if they want to play. It is very likely that we will sell out within a few weeks from today and we are going to make sure that 2009 is a year to remember for all.

The BoylePoker.com International Poker Open is going to be one of the highlights in European tournament poker for 2009. 1,000 seats are open to players now.
Please be sure to book early. Last year we were sold out over one month before the event and this year we're expecting much higher demand...Please note, you must register and pay your buy-in online through BoylePoker.com.

Tournament Location; Regency Airport Hotel, Swords Road, Whitehall, Dublin 9, Ireland.
http://www.regencyhotels.com/hotels/content.asp?PageID=216

Day 1A starts at 13:00 on Friday 16th October.
Day 1B starts at 13:00 on Saturday 17th October. (You can choose whether you would like to play Day 1A or Day 1B, both options are available in the BoylePoker.com tournament lobby).
Day 2 (Final Day) Starts at 12 noon on Sunday 18th October.
Entry Costs US$250.
There is US$25,000 added to the prize-pool and there will be lots of celebrities and professional poker players in attendance.
Estimated Prize-pool; US$300,000+

No-Limit Texas Hold'em
Starting Stack; 8,000 Chips
Bonus 2,000 Starting Chips; Play on BoylePoker.com in August and earn 250 VIP (not very many at all) and you will get an extra 1,000 starting chips in the IPO. Repeat this task in September and receive a further 1,000 starting chips.
40 Minute Blind Levels:
Day 1A (Friday 16th Oct) & Day 1B (Saturday 17th Oct);
Time 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
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
18:40-19:00 Level 9; 400-800 50
19:00-19:40 Level 8; 300-600 75
19:40-20:00 Level 9; 400-800 50
20:00-20:20 Level 9; 400-800 75
20:20-21:00 Level 9; 500-1,000 75
21:00-21:40 Level 10; 600-1,200 100
21:40-22:20 Level 11; 800-1,500 100
22:20-22:30
22:30-23:10 Level 12; 1,000-2,000 150
23:10-23:50 Level 13; 1,200-2,400 150
23:50-00:30 Level 14; 1,500-3,000 200
00:30-01:10 Level 15; 2,000-4,000 200
01:10-01:20
01:20-02:00 Level 16; 2,500-5,000 300
02:00-02:40 Level 17; 3,000-6,000 300

Day 2 (Final Day)
Time Blinds Ante
12:00-12:40 Level 18; 4,000-8,000 500
12:40-13:20 Level 19; 5,000-10,000 500
13:20-14:00 Level 20; 6,000-12,000 1000
14:00-14:40 Level 21; 8,000-15,000 1000
14:40-14:55 Break (15 Mins)
14:55-15:35 Level 22; 10,000-20,000 1500
15:35-16:15 Level 23; 12,000-24,000 1500
16:15-16:55 Level 24; 15,000-30,000 2000
16:55-17:35 Level 25; 20,000-40,000 2000
17:35-17:45 (Break 10 mins)
17:45-18:25 Level 26; 30,000-60,000 3000
18:25-19:05 Level 27; 40,000-80,000 5000
19:05-19:45 Level 28; 50,000-100,000 5000
19:45-20:25 Level 29; 80,000-150,000 10000
20:25-20:35 (Break 10 mins)
20:35-21:15 Level 30; 100,000-200,000 10000
21:15-21:55 Level 31; 150,000-300,000 15000
21:55-22:35 Level 32; 200,000-400,000 25000
22:35-23:15 Level 33; 300,000-600,000 50000
23:15-23:25 (Break 10 mins)
23:25-00:05 Level 34; 400,000-800,000 75,000
00:05-00:45 Level 35; 500,000-1,000,000 100,000

If you need any more information at all please contact stephen@pokerireland.ie - Mobile; +353 87 2424626

Cheers,
Stephen Mc Lean.

claude1976

good luck with the event, played last year and really enjoyed it... will be signing up asap.

afex

best of luck with this again stephen.....
was a super w,end last year.....
any news when boyles will be starting online sats for this ??

Clareman

Best of luck with this Stephen, am sorry I missed it last year I'm going to try my best to get to it this year (have to start on the brownie points now)

5starpool

How much of the $250 goes into the prizepool, when will the $ be converted into €, and how are people paid when they cash?

Also, please fill out the charter format questions as well. For questions like structure, say see above, but this will help make it fully transparent and cut off a lot of the questions, besides only taking 10 mins to do.

carfax

5starpool wrote: »

How much of the $250 goes into the prizepool, when will the $ be converted into €, and how are people paid when they cash?

Also, please fill out the charter format questions as well. For questions like structure, say see above, but this will help make it fully transparent and cut off a lot of the questions, besides only taking 10 mins to do.

Hi Dom,

Apologies for that I should know better by now

First off I just want to add; The registration tournament will be displayed in the Boylepoker lobby at 21:00 tonight. The opening will be announced on the The Poker Show tonight from 20:00

Tournament prize money will be paid into the winner's Boylepoker accounts. Prizes will be paid in dollars according to the exchange rate on October 18th 2009.

1. Who is running the event (organisation, society etc.) - PokerIreland.ie in partnership with BoylePoker.com
2. The purpose of the event (charity, commercial etc.) - Commercial
3. Date and Location of event - Day 1A 16th Oct, Day 1B 17th Oct & Day 2 (Final Day) 18th Oct...Location is Regency Hotel, Swords Rd, Whitehall, Dublin 9
4. Registration and Start time of event. - Registration is online and will be open on 6th July 2009 at 9pm through the BoylePoker.com tournament lobby.
5. Any prerequisites (member of club, society etc) - Online registration only, all are welcome to play in side events
6. How can tickets be purchased & is there a maximum number (in advance, at the door etc.) - Online registration only, all are welcome to play in side events and registration will open at 11:00am on each of the three days [/COLOR]
7. Type of Tournament (Hold'em/Omaha etc Freezeout/Rebuy etc.) - Main event is NLH but we will have Round of Each and Pot Limit Omaha side events available.
8. Cost of entry and any subsequent rebuys/top-ups etc. US$225 + US$25 reg fee
9. Cost of registration - US$25 registration fee
10. % of entry fee/rebuys/top-up going into Prize fund - 100%
10a. Is any money from the prize fund held back for future tournaments, if so, how much - N/A
11. Any guarenteed prize pool. - No, but US$300,000 is the estimated and it should reach well over that.
12. If applicable, Number of re-buys allowed and over what time frame/blind levels.- N/A
13. Starting Chips - 8,000
14. Rebuy and Top-up chip amounts. - N/A
15. Blind levels - See Above
16. Blind timeframes - See Above
17. Places being paid and if any prizes are other than cash (free entry to other tournie, merchandice etc) - Standard prize-pool payout, full details will be up shortly.
18. Are there going to be dealers - and their level of skill - Dealers, yes, very high skill level all around.
19. Will there be a documented list of rules - Yes, available on boylepoker.com/ipo and on pokerireland.ie
20. Is there a tournament director - Yes, Stephen Mc Lean is senior tournament director, Toby Stone, Richard Nielsen and a number of other top class TD's are confirmed too.
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. - Yes, €5 per player, per half hour in all 1/2 games, full details will be listed here shortly.

Small Change

Looking forward to this!
Will have to dust off my Boyle account again...

Ballpark, what volume of hands would you need at .25/.50 6max NL cash to hit the 250 VIP points?

lillou

5starpool wrote: »

No reg fee and 25k added? Nice one Stephen/BoylePoker.

There is a reg fee. The buy-in is $225 + $25.

http://www.boylesports.com/sections/poker/d.asp?show=IPO_EventInfo

Grafter

Small Change wrote: »

Looking forward to this!
Will have to dust off my Boyle account again...

Ballpark, what volume of hands would you need at .25/.50 6max NL cash to hit the 250 VIP points?

150 - 200

edit : probably only 100 at 6max. should read before posting.

ditpoker

can i the 500 points today and get 2000 bonus chips or do i have to do it 250 in aug and 250 in sept?

El Stuntman

lillou wrote: »

There is a reg fee. The buy-in is $225 + $25.

http://www.boylesports.com/sections/poker/d.asp?show=IPO_EventInfo

is there one or not? carfax says nay, site says yay...

225 * 1300 doesn't quite get you to 300k

lillou

El Stuntman wrote: »

is there one or not? carfax says nay, site says yay...

225 * 1300 doesn't quite get you to 300k

$25k added by Boylepoker

carfax

5starpool wrote: »

No reg fee and 25k added? Nice one Stephen/BoylePoker.

Mistake number one on my part...Sorry about that guys, misunderstanding on my part, The buy-in is US$225 + US$25 reg fee (but $25,000 added still stands )

El Stuntman wrote: »

is there one or not? carfax says nay, site says yay...

225 * 1300 doesn't quite get you to 300k

There will be slightly more than 1,300 players taking part this year. At the moment we are only releasing 1,000 seats, after that they will be in very scarce supply so please book early if you want to play.

Cheers,
Stephen.

NewApproach

Will there be satellites for this and if so can you give any details?

carfax

ditpoker wrote: »

can i the 500 points today and get 2000 bonus chips or do i have to do it 250 in aug and 250 in sept?

Gots to be half in August and half in September Jeff...

NewApproach wrote: »

Will there be satellites for this and if so can you give any details?

Full info on all satellites to follow in a few days I believe.

Samoa Joe

You can direct any questions or queries about Boylepoker accounts to me.

I am also going to be on the Poker Show tonight if you want to call in and hassle me.

swat1902

best of luck with this.

I'm looking forward to it.

last years was excellent

dannydiamond

Ciaran_Corbett wrote: »

I am also going to be on the Poker Show tonight if you want to call in and hassle me.

Excellent! What time?

carfax

dannydiamond wrote: »

Excellent! What time?

Ciaran is going to be in the studio for the whole of the show

Lady Di

Very sad to be missing it this year, commitments such as having babies preventing me from playing!! Wish it was later in the yr

carfax

Lady Di wrote: »

Very sad to be missing it this year, commitments such as having babies preventing me from playing!! Wish it was later in the yr

You will be sadly missed Di, look forward to seeing you there in 2010

Get In There

I wont be in the country at the time as I'll be travelling but I hope this goes well. Last years tournament was so good my only complaint was the temperature of the room. I hope this is another success for you Stephen as well as Boylepoker. Hope to play this tournament in 2010!

carfax

Get In There wrote: »

I wont be in the country at the time as I'll be travelling but I hope this goes well. Last years tournament was so good my only complaint was the temperature of the room. I hope this is another success for you Stephen as well as Boylepoker. Hope to play this tournament in 2010!

Cheers Cee, we have taken care of the room temperature issues and also the small issue of players being crammed so tight that they feel like a TV dinner ...If nothing else we're taking on board all of the experience from last year and improving on everything that we can think of.

Stephen.

percy007

Ciaran_Corbett wrote: »

You can direct any questions or queries about Boylepoker accounts to me.

I am also going to be on the Poker Show tonight if you want to call in and hassle me.

Are Boylepoker going to have an option to accept Ukash/Paysafe in the future?

Samoa Joe

percy007 wrote: »

Are Boylepoker going to have an option to accept Ukash/Paysafe in the future?

Its not going to ba a feature for the foreseeable future. If you need any help depositing give me a PM

CourierCollie

percy007 wrote: »

Are Boylepoker going to have an option to accept Ukash/Paysafe in the future?

They do have quite a few shops where you can deposit cash directly. Its actually less hassle than finding a Ukash vendor imo.

percy007

CourierCollie wrote: »

They do have quite a few shops where you can deposit cash directly. Its actually less hassle than finding a Ukash vendor imo.

Yeah but i dont think this is an option in the North though is it?

mocata

There's one 10 mins away from u percy u lazy sh1t :P

percy007

mocata wrote: »

There's one 10 mins away from u percy u lazy sh1t :P

Ive asked they dont let you do it there :pac:

Samoa Joe

percy007 wrote: »

Yeah but i dont think this is an option in the North though is it?

Theres one in Markethill in Newry.

percy007

Ciaran_Corbett wrote: »

Theres one in Markethill in Newry.

Markethill-Newry????? Wash your mouth out :pac::pac::)

CourierCollie

Sorry didn't realise where you were
County Armagh
87 Main Street, Market Hill

carfax

Ciaran_Corbett wrote: »

Theres one in Markethill in Newry.

Are you not a bit too busy to be on posting here?, you're going to do the lads out of a job presenting that Poker Show Ciarán

ShadowBJ21

Date looks good - most probably I can make it this year

Shadow

zuutroy

Not a big fan of the bonus chips for playing malarkey. Suppose I'll get over it though

carfax

ShadowBJ21 wrote: »

Date looks good - most probably I can make it this year

Shadow

Thats the best news all day Harald, I hope you will help us get a lot of German players this year, it will add so much to the atmosphere.

zuutroy wrote: »

Not a big fan of the bonus chips for playing malarkey. Suppose I'll get over it though

You're the real folk hero Zuutroy , hope you go well in it.

carfax

Well, we've had ten times a better start than last year.

On the day we opened registration last year we had one player pay their buy-in. Today we had 10

Grafter

Are there rooms available in the venue or have Boyle's block booked it?

The hotel's website is blanking me for those dates.

Also looking for clarification about the transferrability of won tickets.

Last year I was able to ship my extra won entries to Mrs etc. Boyle's website currently says non transferable.

shano_88

played this last year and really enjoyed it. Will definetly be playing again this year and really looking forward to it.......

pgodkin

carfax wrote: »

Well, we've had ten times a better start than last year.

On the day we opened registration last year we had one player pay their buy-in. Today we had 10

Will there be side bettin with BCB this year on player numbers stephen?????

PS is 1300 really max????

zuroph

id also like to know about hotel rooms, prob barred from the place i stayed last year . also, any pressure on them for a later residents bar/ cash game than last year?

Grafter

pgodkin wrote: »

Will there be side bettin with BCB this year on player numbers stephen?????

They shipped him to Australia before they announced it, and Paddy Power is currently not operating in Oz

cooker3

I am going to win it this year imo.

Grafter

cooker3 wrote: »

I am going to win it this year imo.

You don't have to win it to get a Hendon Mob profile

Quadfours

Keep up the good work Stephen and all the BoylePoker team, if its even half as good as last year it will be a great tourney.... bring on October!!! :)

Raymond Kerley

Slash/ED

Grafter wrote: »

150 - 200

edit : probably only 100 at 6max. should read before posting.

Anyone at Boyle confirm this, roughly how many hands at 100nl 6 max is this? It's been a while since I've played on iPoker I forget how the points system works...

All sounds good, I will more than likely give this one a shot alright

Grafter

Slash/ED wrote: »

Anyone at Boyle confirm this, roughly how many hands at 100nl 6 max is this? It's been a while since I've played on iPoker I forget how the points system works...

All sounds good, I will more than likely give this one a shot alright

Jeez, Even if I'm wrong and it's 250 hands a month :cool:

http://www.boylesports.com/sections/poker/d.asp?show=VIPProgramme_ExplanationOverview

It's dealt, not contributed, and at the lowest level 10 cents table rake is 1 point, up to 9 points for $3 rake

dannydiamond

I'll deffo be playing this, it was superbly organised last year.
I really enjoyed the banter at the tables with all the dutch and french guys(and gals).
This is such a unique event esp considering the buyin and I'd sincerely urge you all to play if you can.

Rb

At first I wasn't too impressed when I heard about the bonus chips thing, but since the requirements are so small it's no bother really.

Will hopefully play this year, looks great.

cooker3

In a rare example of proactiveness I've just registered, may as well get it out my way as it only takes 2 minutes.

I quite like the extra chips idea, just the right amount where it's fairly easy to obtain on Boyles and enough to justify putting the effort in but not enough so that it's stupidly unfair to anyone who doesn't do it.

I suppose it's also worth saying well done on making this a success and a regular event on Irish calendar. No easy feat.

Mellor

Grafter wrote: »

They shipped him to Australia before they announced it, and Paddy Power is currently not operating in Oz

Not anymore, they just bought a majority sharehold a major aussie bookmakers



Best of luck with this stephen, I won't be around this year for it, but i'm sure you'll manage to fill it :D:D