W.S.O.P. 2011 Qualifier for $1000 Bracelet Event: 7 Prize Packages to be Won

RonBurgundy73

W.S.O.P. 2011 Qualifier

$1000 No Limit Hold’em Event

Starts Friday 12th March 2010 @ 9pm

Location: Carlow town

Only 6 seats left

• A series of 12 €30 buy in tournaments.
• One tournament per month.
• Total cost is €360 per player over 12 months.
• With 27 players, a total of 7 prize packages will be awarded, 8th place will get a cash prize.
• Prize packages include:

-Ticket into $1000 No limit Hold’em WSOP bracelet event.
-Flights/accommodation money (approx. €600).
-Each prize package total value: €1320

• Tournament structure will be a freezeout with points awarded for finishing places.
• The top 7 at the end of the 12 tournaments will each win a prize package.
• If a tournament date doesn’t suit a player they can provide a substitute to play in their place.

Tournament Dates

Tournament no. 1: Friday 12th March 9pm

Tournament no. 2: Friday 9th April 9pm

Tournament no. 3: Friday 7th May 9pm

Tournament no. 4: Friday 4th June 9pm

Tournament no. 5: Friday 2nd July 9pm

Tournament no. 6: Friday 27th August 9pm

Tournament no. 7: Friday 24th September 9pm

Tournament no. 8: Friday 29th October 9pm

Tournament no. 9: Friday 19th November 9pm

Tournament no. 10: Friday 3rd December 9pm

Tournament no. 11: T.B.C.

Tournament no. 12: T.B.C.


* 8 week gap from tournament 4 to tournament 5 to allow for summer holidays.

• Structure and rules are available upon request (14 page document).
• Only 27 seats available.
• €50 deposit required to secure a seat.
• Places are first come first serve basis.
• To book a place, or for further information, please private message me for contact details.

1. Who is running the event : Home Game Tournament
2. The purpose of the event : Regular home game
3. Date and Location of event : Carlow Town
4. Registration and Start time of event : as per above, starting on the 12th March 9pm.
5. How can tickets be purchased : Please private message me if interested.
6. Type of Tournament : 12 freezeout tournaments, league basis.
7. Cost of entry : €360 over 12 tournaments, €30 per tournament, there is a payment structure in place that players are required to agree to.
8. Cost of registration : No. However, €3/€4 from every buy in will be used towards the cost of extra equipment i.e. cards/chips. All costs will be fully disclosed prior to commencing the tournament.
9. All money from the buy ins, excluding the €3/€4 above, will be used in the prize pool.
10. With 27 players, 7 prize packages will be guaranteed.
11. Starting Chips: 35,000 starting stack, 5000 bonus chips for being on time. Total 40,000.
12. Blind levels: Standard blind increases, 15-20 minutes extending towards the later stages of the tournament, with antes.
13. Will there be a documented list of rules : Yes, full 14 page handout available on request.
14. Is there a tournament director : Yes
15. Who has final say : TD
16. Are there any cash games offered : Cash games available, players choice of blinds etc. no rake.

oneillMan999

QUOTE: "flights and acc money is €600 ??

Ye be lucky to get a flight for that!! :rolleyes:

Top 5 would be a better idea me thinks..

RonBurgundy73

This is just from a quick search, I'm sure if I looked into it further I could do better:

Stratosphere Casino Hotel: 7 nights accomodation
Return Flights: Dublin-New York stop over-Las Vegas

Total cost: €649.27

That €600 is money allocated towards flights and accommodation, it might not necessarily cover the entire cost, just most of it.

People can choose whichever event (there are multiple dates) suits them best and their own accomodation or I can do it for them.

This is the source:

https://www.ebookers.ie/book/bookingpath?bookId=book1176701027

If anyone is interested please private message me.

oneillMan999

ok, well thats different if it only TOWARDS the cost, but why not have a package that includes everything?

And by the way, the stratosphere is a chithole and way out of the way from the action so thats not really a good example..

A half decent hotel in a good location and a decent flight will cost in the region of €800 - 900

RonBurgundy73

I asked the people who are already signed up which they would prefer- more money towards flights and accommodation or an extra prize package.

And the unanimous answer was an extra prize package. The person who finishes 7th if we only send 6 will definitely prefer the extra package anyway.

The MGM was in the region of €690-€700 for the week with flights too.

I know the Stratosphere isn't the nicest but if people want to pay more they can.

Are you in the Carlow area?

PT FTO

RonBurgundy73 wrote: »

I asked the people who are already signed up which they would prefer- more money towards flights and accommodation or an extra prize package.

And the unanimous answer was an extra prize package. The person who finishes 7th if we only send 6 will definitely prefer the extra package anyway.

The MGM was in the region of €690-€700 for the week with flights too.

I know the Stratosphere isn't the nicest but if people want to pay more they can.

Are you in the Carlow area?

Just a suggestion but the likes of the MGM, Mirage etc may well be €690 - €700 booking now for 2011 but when your sseries of games are complete and the 7 lucky winners receive their package I can assure u they will not get half decent hotels like these for €700 inc flights, you could most likely double that figure, especially for rooms during the WSOP.
My advice is if you have your guaranteed 27 players I would book the 7 flights now, accomodation u can leave till nearer as you will get deals but flightwise I wouldn't take the chance.

RonBurgundy73

PT FTO wrote: »

Just a suggestion but the likes of the MGM, Mirage etc may well be €690 - €700 booking now for 2011 but when your sseries of games are complete and the 7 lucky winners receive their package I can assure u they will not get half decent hotels like these for €700 inc flights, you could most likely double that figure, especially for rooms during the WSOP.
My advice is if you have your guaranteed 27 players I would book the 7 flights now, accomodation u can leave till nearer as you will get deals but flightwise I wouldn't take the chance.

That €690-€700 quote was actually for May of this year- the start of the WSOP. Rooms in Vegas are cheap all year round because there are so many of them.

I can assure you we will get prices like those for flights and decent accommodation. Last August 09, I got 7 nights in the Luxor plus return flights for €620, booked 3 weeks in advance of the trip on ebookers.

I'm not trying to be smart but if we had our 27 players I wouldn't need to post on here looking for more people to play. And I can't book flights in advance without names to go on the tickets, or there'd be name changing charges etc., defeating the purpose of purchasing cheap flights now.

Thanks for the input though, its hard to cover all the angles. I'm always open to suggestions on ways to improve our game.

big__slick

you got to love the nay sayers, i think this is a deadly idea, and the best prize package i ever seen from a home game. how do i go about signing up for this one ron.

for all the people who say that you cant get flights and accomodation for €600, they have obiviously never been to vegas.
i was there twice last year. i stayed in the MGM for a week in June and it only cost me €620, booked online myself cutting out the middle man. i got flights the end of august and walked into New York, New York and got a room for €25 a night. the closer you leave it to your arrival time the cheaper you get the rooms because the hotel wants to fill the empty rooms they have.

the max people the wsop brings to vegas is 10,000, the MGM (one of doaens of casinos) alone has over 5000 room so there is never an issue with a shortage of rooms in vegas.

big__slick

big__slick wrote: »

you got to love the nay sayers, i think this is a deadly idea, and the best prize package i ever seen from a home game. how do i go about signing up for this one ron.

for all the people who say that you cant get flights and accomodation for €600, they have obiviously never been to vegas.
i was there twice last year. i stayed in the MGM for a week in June and it only cost me €620, booked online myself cutting out the middle man. i got flights the end of august and walked into New York, New York and got a room for €25 a night. the closer you leave it to your arrival time the cheaper you get the rooms because the hotel wants to fill the empty rooms they have.

the max people the wsop brings to vegas is 10,000, the MGM (one of dozens of casinos) alone has over 5000 room so there is never an issue with a shortage of rooms in vegas.

[you don't win silver you lose gold]

RonBurgundy73

Hi Big Slick,

I'll PM you my contact contact details. Just give me a shout then anytime and we'll get you signed up.

Thanks

AAweigh

Are you full yet?

If not, can you PM me your contact details as I want to register for this.

Thanks

RonBurgundy73

AAweigh wrote: »

Are you full yet?

If not, can you PM me your contact details as I want to register for this.

Thanks

PM sent

RonBurgundy73

Last call.

Still a few seats left.

Starts this Friday 12th.

PM me for information.

tommyombomb

this is so class. Would love to have someone in the north cork area do something like this.