BrucePoker Pub/Club League €60,000 Est become a Sponsored Pro

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We are very proud to announce the start of the next nationwide BrucePoker.com Pub/Club league. After our first League this spring went so well we have decided to run a winter league and hopefully build on what we have achieved earlier this year.
From the feedback we have got off of the players and organisers we have tweaked the league to keep up numbers for the 12 weeks as well as adding some new prizes. Here are the main points:

• League will start on 14th September 09. It will run for 12 weeks finishing on Sunday the 6th December 09.

• Win Professional Sponsorship
• The person who wins the grand final will be offered a sponsorship deal with www.brucepoker.com worth €5,000 to be used during the first three months of 2010, on a 75% - 25% split in favour of the player. We would pay their entry fees into tournaments of their choice during the three months to a maximum of €5,000 with Bruce poker receiving 25% of whatever the player makes from these tournaments. The player would have to wear Bruce clothing when playing in these events. We are confident that this will be of interest to a lot of players, and should encourage them to participate in the league.

• Estimated €60,000 Prizepool
• We hope to have 100 participating pubs, which would mean a prize fund of €60,000. This is an estimated prize fund and will depend on the number of participating venues. We are very confident that with the success of the first pub league, that we can add to the number of venues and therefore make the prize pool even bigger.

• There will be a GRAND FINAL played in early January 2010, (date and venue to be confirmed) where the top two points scorers in each pub/club would represent that pub/club. The winner’s being the people who have the most points from the tournaments that have taken place in that venue.

• There will also be a THIRD SEAT from each venue, with the players having a playoff among positions 3rd to 10th to determine who gets the seat. This means that players will still have a chance of making the top ten even up to the last week of the league, and players who are in the top ten will have to try to insure they stay there.

• Get an extra 5,000 Chip in the Grand Final Starting Stack.
• The starting stack of the grand final is 15,000 in chips but if any player accumulates 300 points playing on BrucePoker.com during the twelve weeks of the league will then be able to start with an extra 5,000 chip. We will be listing a monthly update on BrucePoker.com of players who are playing online and how many more points they need to qualify.

• Brucepoker will organise on-line tournaments on a weekly biases, taking place on Saturday or Sunday nights, during the twelve weeks, which would allow customers to gain league points. This would operate as if it is a virtual pub/club, the top two points scorer from the online tournaments would get a seat in the grand final.

• The Bruce betting live tour will also be treated as one of the venues and the top twelve point’s scorers from the live tour during the twelve weeks will get a seat in the grand final. The live tour will contribute €2,400 to the prize pool. (The equivalent of four venues)

• We would receive €50 from the prize fund of each participating venue each week, which would go towards the prize fund in the final. We will collect this on weekly biases using standing order forms, from each organiser.

• Bruce Poker would organise the grand final and incur the expenses of it.

For all rules and information and for a list of registered venues venues please visit our league site here.

Above is a pic of the winner of our first Pub League Anthony O’Callaghan who took down the 2 day event for nearly €10,000. There were 210 runners and it was held in the Moyvalley Hotel.
BrucePoker want to encourage poker all in all corners of Ireland and hope that our Pub League will help to bring new and experienced players to local games, so if you’re playing in a pub or club that might be interested or your local is looking for something to do on a weeknight please do not hesitate in contacting us on 01-6510224 or through email on support@brucepoker.com or just pm us. We will be happy to talk to you.

theriverking

Is there a game in Athlone?

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theriverking wrote: »

Is there a game in Athlone?

From our venue list on BrucePoker.com I cant see any venues in Athlone right now. But there is 30 pubs on the application sheet. I will check more for you tomorrow.

BRUCEPOKER.COM

We have 65 venues on the site now with 35 applications waiting to go through and then another 20 maybes. Its looking better then the spring league already.

BRUCEPOKER.COM

Bump

Coillte_Bhoy

Ran a couple of these last year but wont be doing so this year. the requirement for organisers to sell a €50 brucepoker voucher each night, (sit n go prize etc) isnt much good for players who dont play online and also the extra 5,000 points for playing on site disadvantages these players. However i completely understand the logic behind what you are doing and good luck with it. understand why you are doing this and good luck to ye.

fintonie

Hi guys is the site fixed yet dose anyone know.

BRUCEPOKER.COM

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Ran a couple of these last year but wont be doing so this year. the requirement for organisers to sell a €50 brucepoker voucher each night, (sit n go prize etc) isnt much good for players who dont play online and also the extra 5,000 points for playing on site disadvantages these players. However i completely understand the logic behind what you are doing and good luck with it. understand why you are doing this and good luck to ye.

Hi,

I have been trying to get in contact with you over the last couple of weeks to say the vouchers have been scrapped for the reason you mentioned above. We brought in the 5k chip instead for 300 points over 12 weeks. Leaving it up to the players to decide for themselves, rather then making the players take a voucher. If you think that you might be interested in being part of the league again pm me or call 01-6510224. I'd be happy to talk to you either way.
Regards,
Chris
BrucePoker

BRUCEPOKER.COM

fintonie wrote: »

Hi guys is the site fixed yet dose anyone know.

Hi,

The tournaments section of the site was taken down due to disconnections during last weekend. The cash tables continued running without problem. The MTT's and sit&go's are now back running but they are being strenuously tested as we speak. Once all tests results come back we will start rescheduling any cancelled tournaments. Also we will be adding all missed freerolls together into bigger freerolls this week.

Regards,
chris
BrucePoker

fintonie

N1 Chris looking forward to it.

BRUCEPOKER.COM

78 confirmed venues on the site right now. I wouldnt be at all surprised to see 100 by tomorrow. We are accepting late registrations for venues this week. Give us a call on 01-6510224 to find out more.

gman127

Bruce Poker.com Pub League will be running from this week on Friday Afternoons and Saturdays in The Poker Room Celbridge.

See you all there...... all of you........ no exceptions

DAMO72

This will be running in BanditzPoker Room from this wednesday , €30 freezout 10k stack and 15/20 min blinds.

Poker.inthe.Pub

The Manor Inn Swords is In and will be running on Thursday nights @ 8pm in Swords.
We had 6 players in the last final and all had a great day.

thejackpot

our bruce poker league starts this wednesday in the [EMAIL="Jackpot@9pm"]Jackpot@9pm[/EMAIL] its a €40 +€5 freezeout!!

BRUCEPOKER.COM

Busy week in Bruce Towers, we hope to have a county by county search engine up by monday. check back soon

Maddogg

Kitty Kiernans, Collins Ave, D9
Every Wednesday 8pm Start €20+€10+€10 Max Spend €40
Stacks 4k+5k+6k with early bird and pre reg bonuses
20 min Blinds before the break

Bruce Poker Pub League Started 16 Sept'09

Names Points
1. Ollie Gallagher 160 pts
2. Mick O'Neill 144 pts
3. Pete Lillis 128 pts
4. Colm Kinsella 112 pts
5. Joey Berrill 96 pts
6. Conor Broderick 80 pts
7. Ciaran Gallagher 64 pts
8. Bredan Mc Fadden 48 pts
9. John Galloway 32 pts
10. Lee Devlin 16 pts

please contact Eric 086-1035399 or Ray 087-2685004 :cool:

BRUCEPOKER.COM

Bump

kellyseye

palmerstown house pub is a bruce poker venue every tuesday 50€ freezeout 10.000 starting stack 15 min blinds all levels played all money paid back win a trip to las vegas for 2 included in the 50€ 8 pm start td is sean fagan

BRUCEPOKER.COM

Organisers can advertise their venues here.

joe mckeever

Every tuesday in the jjp poker club Navan, entry 50 euro, rebuy/topup 30 euro, max1, Guaranteed 2k

BRUCEPOKER.COM

We are very proud to announce the start of the next nationwide BrucePoker.com Pub/Club league. After our first League this spring went so well we have decided to run a winter league and hopefully build on what we have achieved earlier this year.
From the feedback we have got off of the players and organisers we have tweaked the league to keep up numbers for the 12 weeks as well as adding some new prizes. Here are the main points:

* League will start on 14th September 09. It will run for 12 weeks finishing on Sunday the 6th December 09.

* Win Professional Sponsorship
* The person who wins the grand final will be offered a sponsorship deal with www.brucepoker.com worth €5,000 to be used during the first three months of 2010, on a 75% - 25% split in favour of the player. We would pay their entry fees into tournaments of their choice during the three months to a maximum of €5,000 with Bruce poker receiving 25% of whatever the player makes from these tournaments. The player would have to wear Bruce clothing when playing in these events. We are confident that this will be of interest to a lot of players, and should encourage them to participate in the league.

* Estimated €60,000 Prizepool
* We hope to have 100 participating pubs, which would mean a prize fund of €60,000. This is an estimated prize fund and will depend on the number of participating venues. We are very confident that with the success of the first pub league, that we can add to the number of venues and therefore make the prize pool even bigger.

* There will be a GRAND FINAL played in early January 2010, (date and venue to be confirmed) where the top two points scorers in each pub/club would represent that pub/club. The winner’s being the people who have the most points from the tournaments that have taken place in that venue.

* There will also be a THIRD SEAT from each venue, with the players having a playoff among positions 3rd to 10th to determine who gets the seat. This means that players will still have a chance of making the top ten even up to the last week of the league, and players who are in the top ten will have to try to insure they stay there.

* Get an extra 5,000 Chip in the Grand Final Starting Stack.
* The starting stack of the grand final is 15,000 in chips but if any player accumulates 300 points playing on BrucePoker.com during the twelve weeks of the league will then be able to start with an extra 5,000 chip. We will be listing a monthly update on BrucePoker.com of players who are playing online and how many more points they need to qualify.

* Brucepoker will organise on-line tournaments on a weekly biases, taking place on Saturday or Sunday nights, during the twelve weeks, which would allow customers to gain league points. This would operate as if it is a virtual pub/club, the top two points scorer from the online tournaments would get a seat in the grand final.

* The Bruce betting live tour will also be treated as one of the venues and the top twelve point’s scorers from the live tour during the twelve weeks will get a seat in the grand final. The live tour will contribute €2,400 to the prize pool. (The equivalent of four venues)

* We would receive €50 from the prize fund of each participating venue each week, which would go towards the prize fund in the final. We will collect this on weekly biases using standing order forms, from each organiser.

* Bruce Poker would organise the grand final and incur the expenses of it.

For all rules and information and for a list of registered venues venues please visit our league site here.


Above is a pic of the winner of our first Pub League Anthony O’Callaghan who took down the 2 day event for nearly €10,000. There were 210 runners and it was held in the Moyvalley Hotel.
BrucePoker want to encourage poker all in all corners of Ireland and hope that our Pub League will help to bring new and experienced players to local games, so if you’re playing in a pub or club that might be interested or your local is looking for something to do on a weeknight please do not hesitate in contacting us on 01-6510224 or through email on support@brucepoker.com or just pm us. We will be happy to talk to you.

DAMO72

BRUCEPOKER.COM wrote: »

Bump

Tuesday nite in The Century Bar ,Roden place , Dundalk , Co. Louth at 9pm . Entry €30 with 1 rebuy for €20.
Wednesday nite in BanditzPoker room , the Diamond Centre , Monaghan town at 9 pm , Entry €30 freezout with 2k bonus before 9:15pm.

Maddogg

Morning All
27 runners last Wednesday

Kitty Kiernans, Collins Ave, D9
Every Wednesday 8pm Start €20+€10+€10 Max Spend €40
Stacks 4k+5k+6k with early bird and pre reg bonuses
Pre Reg Contact Ray 087-2685004

Bruce Poker Pub League Started 16 Sept'09


League Results 23 Sept'09
Names Points
1 Alan Somers 270 pts
2 Anton Nesterenko 243 pts
3 Mick Browne 216 pts
4 Mark Brady 189 pts
5 Niall Herry 162 pts
6 Declan Moyles 135 pts
7 John Galloway 108 pts
8 Mick Herbert 81 pts
9 Lee Devlin 54 pts
10 MIck O'Neill 27 pts



Overall Venue League Table
Name Venue Points Overall Points Venue Rank Overall Rank
1 Alan Somers 270 270 1 15
2 Anton Nesterenko 243 243 2 23
3 Michael Browne 216 216 3 38
4 Mark Brady 189 189 4 49
5 Mick O'Neill 171 171 5 62
6 Niall Heery 162 162 6 75
7 Ollie Gallagher 160 160 7 77
8 John Galloway 140 140 8 93
9 Declan Moyles 135 135 9 100
10 Pete Lillis 128 128 10 110
11 Colm Kinsella 112 112 11 129
12 Joey Berrill 96 96 12 154
13 MIck Herbert 81 81 13 168
14 Conor Broderick 80 80 14 172
15 Lee Devlin 70 70 15 189
16 Ciaran Gallagher 64 64 16 199
17 Brendan Mc Fadden 48 48 17 219

BRUCEPOKER.COM

Just looking over the players in the league and some of them have already have the 300 points needed for the extra 5k chip in the grand Final.
It couldn't be easier with 1 point for every $1 rake and 7 points for every $1 in tournament reg fee.

vivapoker

BRUCEPOKER.COM wrote: »

Organisers can advertise their venues here.

VivaPoker - 265 Ormeau Rd Belfast

Monday & Thursday £2000 Guaranteed Entry £40+£5 (8:30pm Start)

Sunday £3000 Guaranteed Entry £100+£10 (6pm Start)

Latest game details etc on our website above www.vivapoker.co.uk

Thanks!

BRUCEPOKER.COM

Bump

BRUCEPOKER.COM

Maddogg

Afternoon All Results 1/10/09

Kitty Kiernans, Collins Ave, D9
Every Wednesday 8pm Start €20+€10+€10 Max Spend €40
Stacks 4k+5k+6k with 500 early bird and 500 pre reg bonuses
Pre Reg Contact Ray 087-2685004

Bruce Poker Pub League Started 16 Sept'09

26 Runners Week 4 of league :eek:
Weekly Results
Names Points
1 Alan Somers 260 pts
2 Paul Gormley 234 pts
3 Ray Maloney 208 pts
4 Ronan Gallagher 182 pts
5 Pat Gallagher 156 pts
6 Chris Clifford 130 pts
7 Joey Berrill 104 pts
8 Anton Nesterenko 78 pts
9 Ciaran Gallagher 52 pts
10 Terry Howie 26 pts

Current Overall Standings
Name Venue Points Overall Points Venue Rank Overall Rank
1 Alan Somers 530 530 1 21
2 Anton Nesterenko 421 421 2 50
3 Ray Maloney 408 408 3 59
4 Mick O'Neill 351 351 4 88
5 Mark Brady 329 329 5 108
6 Ollie Gallagher 320 320 6 113
7 Pat Gallagher 236 236 7 225
8 Paul Gormley 234 234 8 229
9 Joey Berrill 220 220 9 254
10 Michael Browne 216 216 10 271
11 Ronan Gallagher 182 182 11 333
12 Niall Heery 162 162 12 387
13 John Galloway 140 140 13 444
14 Declan Moyles 135 135 14 450
15 Chris Clifford 130 130 15 466
16 Pete Lillis 128 128 16 473
17 Shane Martin 120 120 17 502
18 Ciaran Gallagher 116 116 18 507
19 Colm Kinsella 112 112 19 519
20 Brendan Mc Fadden 88 88 20 588
21 MIck Herbert 81 81 21 608
22 Conor Broderick 80 80 22 613
23 Lee Devlin 70 70 23 644
24 Podge Power 60 60 24 671
25 Terry Hoey 26 26 25 778

Gonzo_Fiend

Is this on next weekend? What are the details of the event? I've gone onto Bruce's site and nothing has been updated?

Jaysoose

Gonzo_Fiend wrote: »

Is this on next weekend? What are the details of the event? I've gone onto Bruce's site and nothing has been updated?

The silence is deafening to be honest, still getting spammed about booking into The hotel even though I don't have a ticket.

susiewoosie

Looking for the same information myself... info on the blind/ante structure would be appreciated...

cool007

anyone contact bruce themselves???
is this game going ahead???

weird no post about structure/stack or what time is this even starting at


EDIT - I've PM'ed brucepoker to make them aware of the questions on this thread

--STATTO--

Its going ahead alright....The 9th & 10th in the clayton hotel galway (beside the racecourse) Go to brucepoker.com and view live games on the bottom right of the screen for all info including start times/starting stacks/structures ect....:)

cool007

just had look there now....no structure or clock for main event or event game just for the side games...

http://www.brucepoker.com/?upcomingevents/clayton_hotel_galway_pub_league_grand_final_9th_january

BRUCEPOKER.COM

Hi Guys,

Dont know why but I wasnt getting any new posts updates from boards, a email change fixed that. Ok, down to the structure. Here is the players final. sorry about the styling. I will clean it up asap.

BRUCEPOKER.COM

Here is day two. I will be placing all these structures on our site today as well as separate posts for the side events.

--STATTO--

How many runners are in the players final???:)

BRUCEPOKER.COM

--STATTO-- wrote: »

How many runners are in the players final???:)

Right now we have 183. Have been in contact and sent tickets to 150-160. All players will receive a text with the basic info on Friday. Namely all you need to do is be there to reg between 12 and 2 on Saturday and have photo i.d. players without photo i.d. will not be guaranteed a seat.

Poker.inthe.Pub

What are the prizes for the top 3 in the overall leauge?

BRUCEPOKER.COM

Poker.inthe.Pub wrote: »

What are the prizes for the top 3 in the overall leauge?

Hi,

Do you mean from this table?
http://www.brucepoker.com/?league-table/league-listings

There is no prizes for the overall league this year to eliminate competition between venues, to counter this we have 3 people from each venue as well as the 5k sponsorship.

The Istanbul

BRUCEPOKER.COM wrote: »

Right now we have 183. Have been in contact and sent tickets to 150-160. All players will receive a text with the basic info on Friday. Namely all you need to do is be there to reg between 12 and 2 on Saturday and have photo i.d. players without photo i.d. will not be guaranteed a seat.

Paul

How close do these participant numbers come to making the original €60k guideline?

BRUCEPOKER.COM

The Istanbul wrote: »

Paul

How close do these participant numbers come to making the original €60k guideline?

Right now we have 62 venues which equals to €37200. 3 players have dropped out and will not be attending, thats how I have 183 players.

We are still waiting for payment and names from a handful of venues with thursday being the cutoff point. Right now it is looking around the 40k or below mark.

We will have a complete list of venues and players in the league available on the day.

Poker.inthe.Pub

BRUCEPOKER.COM wrote: »

Hi,

Do you mean from this table?
http://www.brucepoker.com/?league-table/league-listings

There is no prizes for the overall league this year to eliminate competition between venues, to counter this we have 3 people from each venue as well as the 5k sponsorship.

Thats a poor show as you eliminated the top 50 qualifiers from the last time to account for the third person from each venue looks like another cut back.

BRUCEPOKER.COM

Poker.inthe.Pub wrote: »

Thats a poor show as you eliminated the top 50 qualifiers from the last time to account for the third person from each venue looks like another cut back.

I would have to disagree, we learned from last year. We had to disqualify 4 venues last year as they were adding imaginary players to the tournaments to boost numbers and therefore get their players in the top 50. With this years league there is no room for cheating and we have brought in 3 from every venue. The overall league was for players to know how they are doing against all the other players.

cj-

BRUCEPOKER.COM wrote: »

I would have to disagree, we learned from last year. We had to disqualify 4 venues last year as they were adding imaginary players to the tournaments to boost numbers and therefore get their players in the top 50. With this years league there is no room for cheating and we have brought in 3 from every venue. The overall league was for players to know how they are doing against all the other players.

Well personally i think its a big joke, there all cheating and adding players too make make points. Certain pubs dont even run leagues(can think of one in particular last year where the winner came from) and just pay the moeny themselves to enter.

BRUCEPOKER.COM

cj- wrote: »

Well personally i think its a big joke, there all cheating and adding players too make make points. Certain pubs dont even run leagues(can think of one in particular last year where the winner came from) and just pay the moeny themselves to enter.

Well your allowed your opinion, that's what boards is all about, we have listened to what players have said and disqualified anyone breaking the rules. At the end of the day we have to trust the organisers of each venue and when a player comes to us asking questions or insinuating cheating we investigate it, that's how 4 got disqualified last year. That is also why the rules have been changed this year, even if larger player numbers were put in no venue can get anything out of it other then the top 2 players and the playoff player.

Poker.inthe.Pub

BRUCEPOKER.COM wrote: »

I would have to disagree, we learned from last year. We had to disqualify 4 venues last year as they were adding imaginary players to the tournaments to boost numbers and therefore get their players in the top 50. With this years league there is no room for cheating and we have brought in 3 from every venue. The overall league was for players to know how they are doing against all the other players.

Ok fair point its a shame that a minority ruins things but thats life as you can guess our venue had the winner and fourth I guess they will just have to take down the main event lol.

BRUCEPOKER.COM

Poker.inthe.Pub wrote: »

Ok fair point its a shame that a minority ruins things but thats life as you can guess our venue had the winner and fourth I guess they will just have to take down the main event lol.

Its the truth about the minority. But this is life, all we can do is make it better.

BRUCEPOKER.COM

Players Final Day 1


Players Final Day 2


Organisers Final


Here is the side event thread

naanman

Got my ticket in the post this morning looking forward 2 playin in my first tourney outwith the pub games , hopefully the weather clears up a bit though don't fancy driving 2 Galway in this weather, many on boards going 2 this ??????