Charity NLH Tournament Abbeyleix Fri 14th May

caromike

Hey all,

We are hosting a Fundraiser in Abbeyleix Manor Hotel, Abbeyleix, Co.Laois on Fri 14th May in aid of Abbeyfest which is a 3day festival running june 11,12,13 we started last year to raise money for various charities.

buy-in - €30 + €10 re-buy + €10 reg.

estimated prize pool €3000

professionally run by bigslickevents.net (who run ladbrokes irish festival of poker in killarney every year)
-pro tournament director and some pro dealers but obviously not every table as its a fundraiser.

winner also wins a seat to 65k tournie in burlington in july

€20 free bet with ladbrokes on sign-up on the night

reg + €5 of re-buy goes to fund the charity festival.

reg 8pm start 8.30pm

Abbeyleix is less than an hour from dublin, motorway m7. cork exit(N8).

tickets available from 087 766 20 62 or e-mail abbeyleixpoker@gmail.com

Blind levels, stacks etc will be decided by TD on night, but i imagine 15mins and 12k stacks.

Hoping for at least 100-120 players

hope i've covered it all.

thanks.

isildur2

As a regular reader to boards for some months now, I was shocked when I read this post, and I just had to register to post a reply, I am going to college in Dublin and have being playing the “poker in the pub” league for some weeks now trying to qualify for the July finals but to no avail, but now I see you are giving a seat to the winner at your game, how you or bigslick got this seat is a mystery as this 65k tournament is only for league winners, so there is not much point in me playing any more leagues if tickets can be got for winning a poker tournament (charity or not)

caromike

isildur2 wrote: »

As a regular reader to boards for some months now, I was shocked when I read this post, and I just had to register to post a reply, I am going to college in Dublin and have being playing the “poker in the pub” league for some weeks now trying to qualify for the July finals but to no avail, but now I see you are giving a seat to the winner at your game, how you or bigslick got this seat is a mystery as this 65k tournament is only for league winners, so there is not much point in me playing any more leagues if tickets can be got for winning a poker tournament (charity or not)

Fair point, I didn't feel the need to explain in the post, but one of the main organisers of Abbeyfest is giving up his seat to the event in a bid to attract more players. It's very hard to price enought people into our charity tournie without pricing others out, so we felt this would help attract a few extra.
Like I said, we're 50 mins from Dublin down the motorway, so why don't you come down and try you're luck? All for a great cause

michellegavigan

Ill be there, its ten mins down the road for me! might get a taxi an have a few drinkies! lol:D

DAMO72

michellegavigan wrote: »

Ill be there, its ten mins down the road for me! might get a taxi an have a few drinkies! lol:D

There goes the neighborhood.

pokerface2010

A lovely gesture, for what sounds like a great and genuine event, unfortunately these charity events have a way of bringing out a lot of begrudgers who seem to lurk in the long grass but you have clarity on your side so thats that.
with neill of big slick on board this has all the makings of a great and professionally run event.
well done and best of luck:)..

michellegavigan

Damo ill be seeing you on sunday! and god help ya!:eek: an i say **** the begrudgers!lol

caromike

Cheers for the positive feedback

Michelle, I'm sure you can round up a few troops, you being a local n all...it'll make the taxi cheap at least!

michellegavigan

send me a few flyers an ill stick em up in a few shops an the local where i play!

pokerface2010

michellegavigan wrote: »

send me a few flyers an ill stick em up in a few shops an the local where i play!

pm me and you can get my e- mail and the same goes for the flyers . judging by the banter so far this will be good craic, might all need taxis....:cool:

caromike

great, posters & flyers due next week,

any help in terms of getting a crowd for this event would be greatly appreciated, want to get as many players as possible for this, and hopefully run it every year. Feedback so far has been very positive even at this early stage so I posted here to give it a boost.


e-mail abbeyleixpoker@gmail.com

caromike

also please see

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113891911959941

and invite anyone you think might be interested! cheers

Rockfish

Hi,
Any chance you could post according to charter etc? http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=227377

Thanks