Fitzwilliam November Festival Wednesday 25th November 09 to Tuesday 1st December 09

smurph

Fitzwilliam Poker Festival 2009

The Fitzwilliam Poker Festival 2009 will run from Wednesday 25th November to Tuesday 1st December inclusive.

Wednesday 25th November
Fitzwilliam Main Event Satellite: Sundays 8th , 15th and 22nd of November. There will then be the a sat on Wednesday the 25th
Buy-in €50 + €5 Reg.
Unlimited Re-buy €50.
Start Time 8:30pm.
Starting stack: $3000;
Re-buy $3000;
Top-up $4000
20 minute clock
then 25 minute clock after break (3 levels)

Thursday 26th November
End of Month Freezeout:
Buy-in €250 + €20 Reg.
Start Time 8:30pm.
Starting stack: $10000. 30 minute clock.

Friday 27th November
Double Scalps:
Buy-in €95 + €5 Reg, Scalp €10.
One Re-buy or Top-up €100. 8:30pm

Starting stack: $4000,
Bonus chips $500,
Re-buy/Top-up $6000.
20 minute clock, then 25 minute clock after break (3 levels.)

Saturday 28th November
Fitzwilliam Festival Main Event Freezeout:
2 day event

Buy-in €500 + €40 Reg.
Start time 6:00pm
Starting stack: $15,000.
60 minute clock.

Sunday 29th November
Fitzwilliam Festival Main Event Freezeout: Day 2.
Start time 6:00pm

Omaha Triple Chance:
Buy-in €200 + €20
Start Time. 8:30pm
Starting stack: $5000.
Triple Chance Chips: $5000 + $5000.
One or both Re-buys available from 1st hand up to end of 3rd level.
30 minute clock.

Monday 30th November
Fitzwilliam €75 Re-buy:
Buy-in €75 + €5 Reg.
€75 Re-buy.
One Re-buy or Top-up.
Start Timee 8:30pm.

Starting stack: $4000,
Re-buy $5000.
30 minute clock.


Tuesday 1st December
Joan Vickers Memorial:
Buy-in €50 + €15 Reg. €15 goes to charity.
Multi-rebuys €50. 8:30pm.
Starting stack: $3000,
Re-buy $3000,
Top-up $4000.
20 minute, then 25 minute clock after break (3 levels.)

Charter for the Main Event

1. Who is running the event (organisation, society etc.) Fitzwilliam Card Club,
2. The purpose of the event (charity, commercial etc.) Commercial
3. Date and Location of event: Fitzwilliam Card Club, Clifton Hall,Lower Fitzwilliam Street,Dublin 2,
4. Registration and Start time of event. Saturday 28th November 2009 6.00p.m. sharp
5. Any prerequisites (member of club, society etc) Member of Club, Membership free, photo id required
6. How can tickets be purchased & is there a maximum number (in advance, at the door etc.) N/A
7. Type of Tournament (Hold'em/Omaha etc Freezeout/Rebuy etc.) NL Holdem Freezeout
8. Cost of entry and any subsequent rebuys/top-ups etc. €500 freezeout
9. Cost of registration €40
10. % of entry fee/rebuys/top-up going into Prize fund N/A
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
12. If applicable, Number of re-buys allowed and over what time frame/blind levels. N/A
13. Starting Chips, 15,000
14. Rebuy and Top-up chip amounts. N/A
15. Blind levels All standard blind level 45 minutes
17. Places being paid and if any prizes are other than cash (free entry to other tournie, merchandice etc) N/A
18. Are there going to be dealers - and their level of skill- Yes/ excellent
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.Tournament Director
22. Are there any cash games offered, if so, please outline the rake for each limit offered.
* EUR Pl Holdem 50 game is EUR 8.40 per player, per hour. 1, 2 (live 5 encouraged)
* EUR 100 Omaha game is EUR 12 per player, per hour.


Denise asked me to put the Schedule up,
They have tried to keep the Main Event affordable for the regular customers, while keeping the registration low... Also they wanted to keep the format of the games the same, ie End of Month tournament and the Scalps game.

Any feedback would be welcome and I will pass same onto Denise. Blind levels as far as I know will be the standard ones, but I can get a list of Denise over the next few weeks.........

I think it looks good overall and hopefully it will attract the numbers. The fitz will more than likely start running Satellites for the main event on Sunday nights closer to the event,

The fitz biggest Shill signing off - smurph

premierstone

Any plans for online sats for the main event, maybe even the omaha?

5starpool

Last time I was talking to Denise she said it was going to be a 20k stack in the ME for this, so I suggested 45 min levels for the first 8 or so, then going to 60 mins, but with 15k I think 60 mins all the way is better. I'll say it to her next time I talk to her I guess.

BigCityBanker

Satellites will be available for the Main event on PPP.

How would people feel about a package deal? Say 1 online satellite from which the winner will get entry to both the 270 EOM and the 540 festival game? If I thought this would be popular then I would run them - would prolly be a $1150 package or something and I might run it as a $50 rebuy game? thoughts?

5starpool

Sounds good Noel.

big_iain

This looks like a great line up - the boring stuff - All 7 events will qualify for irish poker ranking points. I look forward to playing in a couple of these.

flop'em

Great looking festival:D Will certainly be attending this

Ollieboy

Disappoint to see these two events clash again, but I can't reallys see what option the Fitz as, as they want to include there eom game.

I'm disappoint to see the buy-in drop to 500 but this will hopefully help in creating big numbers. But if the event is meant to be your main festival of the year or one of them, than you really should give it the structure it deserves and a hour clock is a must here. I know the Fitz are excellant at including all the levels, but 45 min clock just makes a mess of levels when antes come in.

I'm sure I'll be playing this event whatever happens as I would included the Fitz as my home casino (play there at least 5 times a year). I also love the Cork festival but the add costs of hotels etc make the Fitz a better event for the average Dub.

kakak1

Ollieboy wrote: »

Disappoint to see these two events clash again, but I can't reallys see what option the Fitz as, as they want to include there eom game.

I'm disappoint to see the buy-in drop to 500 but this will hopefully help in creating big numbers. But if the event is meant to be your main festival of the year or one of them, than you really should give it the structure it deserves and a hour clock is a must here. I know the Fitz are excellant at including all the levels, but 45 min clock just makes a mess of levels when antes come in.

I'm sure I'll be playing this event whatever happens as I would included the Fitz as my home casino (play there at least 5 times a year). I also love the Cork festival but the add costs of hotels etc make the Fitz a better event for the average Dub.

EOM game could for example be played very early the following month. I'd agree about a 60 min clock for the main event.

Why would any Dublin player travel to Cork when there is an equally good tournament on their own doorstep.

5starpool

I mentioned to Dave in there last night about the clock, and he was inclined to agree with me, so hopefully we might see some word soon about a change there to a 60 mins clock.

Ollie, I think the reason it is being piched at the 540 level is to make it available to as many of the regulars as possible, as they are what this festival is pitched at really, so hopefuly piched at this level they can attract around 100 players, and with an hour clock it should make for a really good game. I would also like to suggest an earlier start time for the second day of this to make sure the Sunday night isn't a ridiculous finish time (3 or 4pm would be more appropriate than 6pm).

LuckyLloyd

Yeah, I think that if you look at what is currently on offer structure wise around the country for the buyin level, an hour clock would be appropriate.

HOWEVER

The concern of the Fitz in this regard should be for what its regular customers would like, and what they will be most likely to show up for. I wouldn't be surprised if some of their regulars were against an hour clock because it 'goes on too long'. And if that is the case then fair enough. They should be catering for such customers before they think about what fair weather punters like Ollie and myself would prefer.

As far as the clash is concerned, I feel it is much less of an issue given the reduction of the buyin levels in the Fitz. Yes, some players would like to play both. But in the main, they will be catering to different markets.

big_iain

Macau Cork wrote: »

And if you might check the tournament listings for poker europa its been there since Feb 2009.

("Correction made with thanks to mick." - The link provided in a providing post was incorrect)

May I suggest that either hendonmob.com or Irishpokerrankings.com (for domestic Irish Ranking games) Would be more use for looking and seeing when other clubs have events on.

I understand that that this event has been running for years, can you send me some details on this years so i can add it to the IPR list (free of course). As long as the festival has one €200 event then it should be listed. Ideally then there should not be two big festivals on at the same time.

Full list of Irish Domestic Ranking events can be found at http://www.irishpokerrankings.com/index.php?option=com_tracks&view=project&p=1&Itemid=18

Ace Reporter

Poker Europa gone bust?? This is certainly news to me big iain. Maybe you should click on the link below and check your facts before making such a statement.

http://www.pokereuropaonline.com/

By the way mods, what happened to the posts here discussing the clash with the Macau festival, which I contributed to. Is there some form of censorship going on here??

big_iain

Ace Reporter wrote: »

Poker Europa gone bust?? This is certainly news to me big iain. Maybe you should click on the link below and check your facts before making such a statement.

http://www.pokereuropaonline.com/


By the way mods, what happened to the posts here discussing the clash with the Macau festival, which I contributed to. Is there some form of censorship going on here??

Thanks Mick. For the correction.

As regards the missing stuff. I think they cleared out some crap. LOL

smurph

Bumpty Bump bump bump
Sattellite details will be posted shortly (after chatting to Denise)...

micko10

Any idea how many runners will play the main event?

Thanks in advance.

micko10

Bump

micko10

Anyone?

Ollieboy

they had 50 odd last year and I think that was a 1500 buy-in, I would expect nearly 100 this time with so many sats and tickets given out and the buy-in coming massively down with a 1 hr clock etc.

accomputers.ie

Is Novembers eom having a 10k starting stack?

smurph

accomputers.ie wrote: »

Is Novembers eom having a 10k starting stack?

Yes,
Denise is going to use Novembers E.O.M. tournament a a dry run for having a 10k starting stack... and see what time it finishes at

biteme

Couple of updates to the schedule for our festival.

The main event is now going to be an hour long clock.

The End of Month tournament will have a 10k starting stack.


Satellites for the main event will be on Sundays 8th , 15th and 22nd of November. There will then be the a sat on Wednesday the 25th.

Structure for the satellites is as follows:

Buy-in €50 + €5 Reg.
Unlimited Re-buy €50.
Start Time 8:30pm.
Starting stack: $3000;
Re-buy $3000;
Top-up $4000
20 minute clock
then 25 minute clock after break (3 levels)

Can one of the mods edit the first post to reflect these changes in structure for the main event and EOM

5starpool

Updated

accomputers.ie

That's great - look forward to the 10k. How come the average stack or amount of runners wasn't up on the screens until the break at Octobers eom? PS: It really is the best one day tourney around with plenty of play in it.

5starpool

I'd say the number of runners/avg stack wasn't shown until the break as late entries are accepted for the first few levels (blinded off appropriately), so it wasn't until after entries closed that the number of runners was entered.

wendelsailor

accomputers.ie wrote: »

with plenty of play in it.

This is wrong..........there is not plenty of play in this at all

smurph

biteme wrote: »

Couple of updates to the schedule for our festival.

The main event is now going to be an hour long clock.

The End of Month tournament will have a 10k starting stack.


Satellites for the main event will be on Sundays 8th , 15th and 22nd of November. There will then be the a sat on Wednesday the 25th.

Structure for the satellites is as follows:

Buy-in €50 + €5 Reg.
Unlimited Re-buy €50.
Start Time 8:30pm.
Starting stack: $3000;
Re-buy $3000;
Top-up $4000
20 minute clock
then 25 minute clock after break (3 levels)

Can one of the mods edit the first post to reflect these changes in structure for the main event and EOM

Hi Dave,
Would you get one of the I.T. guys to change the structure on the Fitzwilliam Card Club website.

DAMO72

wendelsailor wrote: »

This is wrong..........there is not plenty of play in this at all

There is if you win it

Marq

Hi Folks,

You'll see from Noel's thread in this forum that Paddy Power are running online satellites for both the main event and the EOM. We are happy to remind you about our own live satellites starting from this Sunday.

The satellites will run every sunday from this sunday (8th of November) until the festival, so the 8th, 15th, 22nd. There is also the live satellite on Wednesday the 25th.

The cost of entry is 50 euro, with rebuys available at 50 for the first hour, the same as the info posted for the sat on wednesday in Smurph's post above.

Some of you may be interested to know that I'm back working in the Fitz, and I will be the tournament director for the Main Event and the EOM, so I'm looking forward to seeing many of you there.

AKQJ10

Whats the structure for the main event marq?

maloney333

AKQJ10 wrote: »

Whats the structure for the main event marq?

Starting stack: 15,000. 60 minute clock

AKQJ10

maloney333 wrote: »

Starting stack: 15,000. 60 minute clock

As in blinds structure

johnnysmurfman

I would be very interested in playing a one table sattelite on the day of the main event. Maybe such sattelites could take place from 3pm onwards? Perhaps 9 players, 60 euro + 5 euro? 60x9 = 540 = 1 ticket.

Is there a possibility that such sattelites might take place and if so could advance notice be posted on this thread?

Thanks,
John.

TripleAce

Hi - I would like to play the ME, is it possible to pay on the day or do I need to book my place in advance? I might also play the EOM, I can pay for the ME that day if required. Is that ok? Thank you.:)

biteme

AKQJ10 wrote: »

As in blinds structure

Only saw this now mark.
Hour long clock and here's the blind structure

Clock:
Ante SB BB
25 50
50 100
75 150
100 200
150 300
25 150 300
25 200 400
50 300 600
50 400 800
100 500 1000
100 600 1200
100 800 1500
200 1000 2000
200 1500 3000
300 2000 4000
500 2500 5000
500 3000 6000
500 4000 8000
1000 5000 10000
1000 6000 12000
1000 8000 15000
1500 10000 20000
2000 15000 30000
2000 20000 40000

biteme

TripleAce wrote: »

Hi - I would like to play the ME, is it possible to pay on the day or do I need to book my place in advance? I might also play the EOM, I can pay for the ME that day if required. Is that ok? Thank you.:)

You should be able to pay on the day. If you want to be safe though you can book your place in advance and paying on the day of the EOM or any other day you are in the club will be fine.

Dave

wendelsailor

Is there any way you would think about running a satty with the winning packages being 1 ticket for the EOM & the Main Event like Paddy power have done online ?

I think something like this would generate a lot of interest.

BigCityBanker

wendelsailor wrote: »

Is there any way you would think about running a satty with the winning packages being 1 ticket for the EOM & the Main Event like Paddy power have done online ?

I think something like this would generate a lot of interest.

trendsetter - ah yea

johnnysmurfman

johnnysmurfman wrote: »

I would be very interested in playing a one table sattelite on the day of the main event. Maybe such sattelites could take place from 3pm onwards? Perhaps 9 players, 60 euro + 5 euro? 60x9 = 540 = 1 ticket.

Is there a possibility that such sattelites might take place and if so could advance notice be posted on this thread?

Thanks,
John.

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BigCityBanker

johnnysmurfman wrote: »

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i am pretty sure you can take it as given that there will be an abundance of one table satellites on the day of the event. There always is so there is no reason to expect that there wont be this time around.

biteme

johnnysmurfman wrote: »

I would be very interested in playing a one table sattelite on the day of the main event. Maybe such sattelites could take place from 3pm onwards? Perhaps 9 players, 60 euro + 5 euro? 60x9 = 540 = 1 ticket.

Is there a possibility that such sattelites might take place and if so could advance notice be posted on this thread?

Thanks,
John.

SNG sats will be happening from 4pm on the day of the main event.
they will be 9 handed, 60+5 for one ticket and 120+5 for 2 tickets

wendelsailor

wendelsailor wrote: »

Is there any way you would think about running a satty with the winning packages being 1 ticket for the EOM & the Main Event like Paddy power have done online ?

I think something like this would generate a lot of interest.

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biteme

wendelsailor wrote: »

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sorry wes i don't think that sat will happen. i think it'd be better for the main event to get as many qualified as possible as the EOM is guaranteed to have over 100 runners already.

smurph

bump

smurph

Reminder that the Online Satellite is on Paddy Power tonight

Ticket Value = $1,200
Grand Final on Monday 23rd @ 8pm = $100 + $10 with R/A of $50
Starting Chips = 2,500
Rebuy Chips = 2,500
Top Up at Break = 5,000
Levels 15 mins
Rebuys for 4 levels.
Minimum 6 players
Feeders Nightly @ 9.15pm for 7 days in advance i.e. Monday 16th to Sunday 22nd = $12 R/A 1500 starting and rebuy chips, 2500 chips for top up at break.

Further details can be found here on thread by Noel

There will also be a live Satellite this Wednesday the 25th November in the Fitzwilliam Card Club
Buy-in €50 + €5 Reg.
Unlimited Re-buy €50.
Start Time 8:30pm.
Starting stack: $3000;
Re-buy $3000;
Top-up $5000
20 minute clock
then 25 minute clock after break (3 levels)

big_iain

So looking forward to this festival. Should be great.

Irish Poker Radio will be doing the show from there for Thursday nights EOM and on Saturdays day 1 ME.

We are looking for some more name drops for our 2010 shows. If you are there, please ask to do one. We are always happy to get the listeners on the show.

accomputers.ie

wheres this weeks radio show Iain, strung out like

big_iain

http://www.irishpokerrankings.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=299:irish-poker-radio-joins-in-with-the-fitzwilliam-poker-festival&catid=1:top-stories&Itemid=33

Cancelled due to weather in Galway. Back on Thursday for this festival

biteme

smurph wrote: »

Fitzwilliam Poker Festival 2009


Wednesday 25th November[/B]
Fitzwilliam Main Event Satellite: Sundays 8th , 15th and 22nd of November. There will then be the a sat on Wednesday the 25th
Buy-in €50 + €5 Reg.
Unlimited Re-buy €50.
Start Time 8:30pm.
Starting stack: $3000;
Re-buy $3000;
Top-up $4000
20 minute clock
then 25 minute clock after break (3 levels)

just a quick correction
didnt notice this before but the topup for this is 5000

smurph

biteme wrote: »

just a quick correction
didnt notice this before but the topup for this is 5000

Fixed on my post Dave,
See you tonight...

Marq

BUMP.

This kicks off tomorrow with the EOM tournament. 130 players and 12000 for first last time round, I'm expecting huge numbers again this thursday.

As always there will be single table satellites from 5 for the EOM, and on saturday we will be open right through from Friday night so satellites will spring up whenever people want to play them.

Another 10 tickets given out tonight in the satellite, I'll be back with a better idea of registered numbers as soon as I get a chance.