D-Day 1 Live (www.d-daypoker.com)

carfax

Hi All,

I am delighted to announce that Cue Club Events, Destination Killarney & Pokerireland.ie are all teaming up with irisheyespoker.com to bring you D-Day Poker.

D-Day Poker is an exciting new poker tournament on the Irish Poker calendar. D-Day starts on April 1st 2011 and will see over 100 venues jointly host D-Day 1 Live.
For an entry fee of only €60 you can compete in a local game for a prize-pool of €100,000 [est]. There has already been over 30 venues expressing confirming interest in taking part in D-Day and this is before we have begun to contact all the poker clubs, pubs and home game organisers in Ireland and the UK.

There will be an extensive advertising campaign in a National newspaper so we are going to introduce a lot of new players to each participating venue (by advertising every game on our website).
If you want to register your local venue now (whether you are a poker player, a publican or a poker room manager) you can submit a registration form online here; http://www.d-daypoker.com/index.php?...=102&Itemid=87

On April 1st, in each participating venue, every player will start with 8,000 chips and the game will run with a 20 minute blind clock. This clock will run on our website - www.d-daypoker.com.
Play stops in each venue when 25% of that venue's starting field remain in the tournament. (Example: in a game with 20 players, the game stops when there are 5 players left).
The tournament director in your venue will then be responsible for keeping a record of the players remaining and their respective chip stacks, which all go forward to Day 2.
Day 2 (27th May) at the INEC Killarney will see blinds begin at the 200-400 blind level with a 40 minute clock.

Players who make it to Day 2 face no further tournament charges as the original €60 comprises €50 tournament entry fee and €10 registration fee.

Players that don't make it to Day 2 through their local live game still have a shot by playing the D-Day online series every Friday from April 8th on Irish Eyes Poker.com. The full event schedule is here (including dates for Day 2, 3 & 4);
http://www.d-daypoker.com/index.php?...=96&Itemid=488

Any player may enter Day 1 Live and any number of subsequent Day 1’s Online. If a player qualifies on more than one occasion for Day 2, only the largest chip stack attained will be in play on Day 2. For more see 'Event Rules' here; http://www.d-daypoker.com/index.php?...=99&Itemid=397

There will be absolutely no direct buy-ins to Day 2 at the INEC. The only way a player can compete in Day 2 (like any other tournament) is to make it through D-Day 1 Live or the subsequent D-Day online series on Irish Eyes Poker.

A full list of qualifiers and their chip counts will appear on the website within days of completion of Day 1, and this will be updated regularly with online players progressing through to Day 2.

If you need any more information please feel free to post here, PM or email me on stephen (at) pokerireland.ie
For enquiries my office number is +353 1 6205635.

carfax

Hi Guys & Girls,

Just wanted to let everyone know that we have made some slight changes to the Day 1 Structure:

Starting stack 8000 chips
All levels 20 minutes
Level 1: 21:00-21:20 25-50
Level 2: 21:20-21:40 50-100
Level 3: 21:40-22:00 100-200
Level 4: 22:00-22:20 150-300
Level 5: 22:20-22:40 200-400
Level 6: 22:40-23:00 300-600
Break 23:00-23:10 Break
Level 7: 23:10-23:30 400-800
Level 8: 23:30-23:50 500-1000
Level 9: 23:50-00:10 800-1600
Level 10: 00:10-00:30 1000-2000
Level 11: 00:30-00:50 1500-3000
Level 12: 00:50-01:10 2000-4000


We have 36 organisers fully on board with many more venues verbally confirmed to participate so far (and with many more interested and looking into options etc). We will be posting up all venue locations on the website shortly and updating as regularly as possible over the course of the next few weeks.

We are aiming to have 100+ venues taking part in D-Day so if you want to get your club involved please post here or register a venue here:
http://www.d-daypoker.com/index.php?...=102&Itemid=87

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Just a quick note on one of the main comments being made. Some players are concerned when they first hear about D-Day that the trip to Killarney will mean added expenses etc....

When I have explained to people that they are almost in the money (over 75% of the field will be knocked out of the tournament at that stage) most people are very enthusiastic about it as they know they have a 50/50 (roughly) chance of making it into the money and at least covering their expenses.

Any other feedback on here would be very welcome.

We will have the payout structure posted on the website within a few days too.

Cheers,
Stephen.
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carfax

Lots and lots of venues registering every day peops... Keep them coming and we will hit our €100k prize-pool target.

Cheers,
Stephen.

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holdemfoldem

can you post venues yet?

Brenton Moleski

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carfax

holdemfoldem wrote: »

can you post venues yet?

Hi, yes we have them up on www.d-daypoker.com right now....

We have over 70 venues on the list so far but still confirming details with a number of these so they might not be up on the site just yet.

If you can't see a venue located near you please do let me know because we want to have a game in every town in Ireland.

Link is here;
http://www.d-daypoker.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110&Itemid=399

Cheers,
Stephen.

carfax

We have 90+ venues registered with us now, if you are a poker club that is not yet involved in D-Daypoker.com please get involved now.

We are going to introduce lots of new players to your club and it will cost you nothing the time to run the tournament at 9pm on Friday 1st April.

Cheers,
Stephen.

corridon69

Say for instance Im going to play in my local pub with i say no more than 15 players and my friend is going to play in a casino in galway with a turnout of 50ish expected. Has my friend not got an advantage of more chips avaliable for the taking and if we both qualify for day 2 is more than likely going to have a greater chipstack than me ?

carfax

corridon69 wrote: »

Say for instance Im going to play in my local pub with i say no more than 15 players and my friend is going to play in a casino in galway with a turnout of 50ish expected. Has my friend not got an advantage of more chips avaliable for the taking and if we both qualify for day 2 is more than likely going to have a greater chipstack than me ?

Hi there,

Sorry for the slow reply....Its an easy way to mistake what we are doing here, but there is no advantage from having 15 players to 100 players as the average stack will be more or less the same when play stops.

The best way to think of this tournament is that everyone is playing in one big tournament at the same time, the only difference is that if you play in a venue with 15 players you will be playing short-handed for a certain amount of time whereas venues with 100 players will always be playing full ring.

There is as much advantage, in terms of the potential to accumulate a big chip stack, at a venue with 15 players as there is in a venue with 100 players.

Cheers,
Stephen.

LocustHunterS

Hi, i would like to take you up on a couple of points concerning this t’ment.
You said that the average stack should/will be 32,000, yet an average 20 player game,
((160,000 chips), (5 places paid)) will more than likely end up something like this:
1. 40% = 64,000
2. 25% = 32,000
3. 15% = 24,000
4. 10% = 16,000
5. 10% = 16,000
Which would mean that approx 60% of field would start day 2 under the average.
Secondly with day 2 blinds starting at 200/400 and on the presumption that these figures could be right, then (aside the chip-leaders) the avg stack will probably more realistically be 21,500. This may affect the turnout that you anticipated.
As a belated suggestion why not raise the starting stack to
a) 12,000, or
b) 5,000+ bonus chips for day 2.
Myself & several friends were looking for a local venue (Belfast/Down/Antrim areas) but these were the main issues we had come across, SMALL STACKS – LONG DISTANCE.
Any feedback on these issues would be great. Ty.

carfax

LocustHunterS wrote: »

Hi, i would like to take you up on a couple of points concerning this t’ment.
You said that the average stack should/will be 32,000, yet an average 20 player game,
((160,000 chips), (5 places paid)) will more than likely end up something like this:
1. 40% = 64,000
2. 25% = 32,000
3. 15% = 24,000
4. 10% = 16,000
5. 10% = 16,000
Which would mean that approx 60% of field would start day 2 under the average.
Secondly with day 2 blinds starting at 200/400 and on the presumption that these figures could be right, then (aside the chip-leaders) the avg stack will probably more realistically be 21,500. This may affect the turnout that you anticipated.
As a belated suggestion why not raise the starting stack to
a) 12,000, or
b) 5,000+ bonus chips for day 2.
Myself & several friends were looking for a local venue (Belfast/Down/Antrim areas) but these were the main issues we had come across, SMALL STACKS – LONG DISTANCE.
Any feedback on these issues would be great. Ty.

Hi there,

You make a valid point but its not right to say that 60% will start Day 2 with below average stacks, it could just as easily end up (in any venue with 20 runners) that all players have exactly the same chips.

I realise that it is something players are going to be concerned about, that is why there are seven other separate opportunities to play Day 1 online on Irish Eyes Poker after Friday 1st April. This means that if you do end up with a below average stack you can make it through to Day 2 through the online channel and start with a bigger stack.

Every player will only be able to start Day 2 with their largest stack, and if you qualify twice you will be creditted with €200 into your Irish Eyes account, qualify three times and you will be creditted with €200 * 2.

Hope all this makes sense and we certainly do hope you give it a go for Day 2. We will have many more D-Days in lots of locations around the country, but we really need to make sure the first event is as big a success as it can be.

Cheers,
Stephen.

carfax

The participating venues are as follows (in no particular order, but grouped in terms of region):

Bank Casino Cork
Fr Matthew St
Cork City
Co. Cork

Cue Club Killarney
Hiliard Lane,
Killarney,
Co. Kerry

Ballincollig Rugby Club
Ballincollig
Co. Cork

Tosh Cahill's Bar
Chapel Street
Cloyne
Co Cork

Bernies Bar,
Bernies Bar,
Clonakilty,
Co.Cork

Munster Arms Hotel,
Oliver Plunket Street
Bandon
Co Cork

Kingstons Bar,
Market Road
Killorglin
Co. Kerry

Murphys bar
Main St
Boherbue
Co. Cork

The Store Bar
Asdee
Co Kerry

Barr na Sraide
Goat Street
Dingle
Co Kerry

Flahives Bar
Main Street
Ballyheigue
Co. Kerry

The Village Inn,
Kilcummin,
Killarney,
Co. Kerry.

Cottage Bar
Glengarrif,
West Cork
Co. Cork

Hynes Quick Pick
Shanakill
Tralee
Co. Kerry

Jack Rogers Bar
Main street
Kilgarvan
Co. Kerry

Fitzgerald's Bar,
Castlegregory,
Co. Kerry

The Avondhu bar
5 Brian Boru Square,
Fermoy
Co Cork

The Tipperary Inn
The Tipperary Inn
Toomevara
Co Tipperary

Pat Fox's Pub
Ballyfowloo
Cashel
Co Tipperary

Francis Loughnanes pub,
Castle street
Roscrea
Co. Tipperary

Ned Kelly's
C/O Circles
14 - 16 Market Street
Clonmel
Co. Tipperary

Bank Casino Tipperary
The Royal Hotel
Tipperary Town,
Co. Tipperary

Cartlidges Bar
Main St
Newcastlewest
Co Limerick

The Shamrock Bar
South Quay
Newcastlewest
Co. Limerick

Shannon House
Main Street
Foynes
Co. Limerick

Matt McCoys bar,
Main Street,
Abbeyfeale,
Co. Limerick

Derrys Bar
Main Street
Bruff
Co. Limerick

The Beach Bar
Aughris House
Templeboy
Co. Sligo

Adelaide Casino
Adelaide Street
Sligo
Co. Sligo

The Jester Bar
Bridge Street
Westport
Co. Mayo

Castle Club
Market Street
Castlebar
Co. Mayo

4 Aces
4 Aces Casino Club
18 Upper Dominic Street
Galway

Galway Bay Casino
Ramada Encore Hotel
Oranmore
Co. Galway

The Eglington Casino
Eglinton Court
Eglinton Street
Galway

Duffys Bar
Killimor
Ballinasloe
Co Galway

Club 147 Poker
Market Street
(Old Dillinger's)
Ennis,
Co. Clare

The Jackpot
Jackpot Club
Montague Lane
Dublin 2


The Fitzwilliam Card Club
Clifton Hall
Lower Fitzwilliam Street
Dublin 2


Ardlea Inn
Maryfield Avenue
Artaine,
Dublin 5


Sweeney's Pub
Kilbride
Dublin 15



Manor Inn, Swords
Brackenstown Road
Swords
Co.Dublin


Cuckoos Nest
Greenhills Road
Tallaght
Dublin 24


Steering Wheel
Main Street,
Clondalkin
Dublin


Bluff Card Club
Town Centre Mall,
Main Street,
Swords,
Co. Dublin


Murphy's Bar,
Main St,
Leixlip
Co. Kildare

Delaney's Bar
67 Main Street,
Portlaoise,
Co. Laois.

The Corner House
Bridge Street
Rathangan
Co Kildare

D and S McIntyres bar
Shannon Harbour
Birr
Co. Offally

Meaney's Bar
Rathvinden,
Leighlin Bridge,
Carlow

Loft Card Club
Main Street
Naas
Co. Kildare.

Giltraps Bar
Kinnitty, Birr
Kinnitty
Co. Offaly

Milltown Inn
Milltown Inn
Newbridge,
Co. Kildare

The Hideout Bar
Main Street
Kilcullen
Co Kildare

Portlaoise Card Club
Main Street
Portlaoise
Co. Laois

Behan's Of Tolerton
Tolerton,
Ballickmoyler,
Co Laois

Royal Private Members Club
Diamond Cinema Complex.Medgettes Lane
Navan
Co Meath

Lighthouse Casino.
12/14 Custom Palace.
Athlone
Co. Westmeath

A K Club (Bridge Enfield)
The Bridge House. Main St
Enfield
Co Meath

Harveys Bar
Lloyds Lane
Athlone
Co Westmeath

Lanigan's
Rose Inn Street
Kilkenny City
Co. Kilkenny

A K Club
13A The Mall,
Maynooth Town Centre,
Maynooth,
Co. Kildare

The Old Bray
Rosemarie
Galtrim Park
Bray
Co. Wicklow

Quay Casino
Monch St
Wexford Town
Co. Wexford

Atlantis Casino
Charlotte Street
Carlow
Co. Carlow

Scaville's Lounge & Bar
Duncormick
Co Wexford

Crystal Casino
Johns Lane
Waterford
Co. Waterford

Poker Lounge
The Poker Lounge
50 Mayors Walk,
Waterford.

Corcorans Pub
Irishtown
New Ross
Co. Wexford

I.F.A.Bar
Enniscorthy
Co. Wexford.

The Cotton Club
Cotton Mills,
Portlaw,
Co. Waterford.

Mullane's Bar
15 Newgate Street
Waterford
Co. Waterford

Gold Club, Letterkenny
The Gold Club Casino
Glencar Business Centre,
Letterkenny,
Co. Donegal

Bridge Club
The Bridge Club,
28B Scarva Street,
Banbridge,
BT32 3DA

Side Pot Card Club
Side Pot Card Club
Railway Street
Cavan Town
Co. Cavan

Duff's Card Room
Allsports Academy
704 - 708 Christchurch Road
Boscombe, Bournemouth
Dorset, BH7 6BY

Rounders Card Club
125 East Barnet rd
east barnet
London

Big Bluff
1 Hawley Road
Lea Valley Trading Estate
London

LocustHunterS

carfax wrote: »

Hi there,

You make a valid point but its not right to say that 60% will start Day 2 with below average stacks, it could just as easily end up (in any venue with 20 runners) that all players have exactly the same chips.

I realise that it is something players are going to be concerned about, that is why there are seven other separate opportunities to play Day 1 online on Irish Eyes Poker after Friday 1st April. This means that if you do end up with a below average stack you can make it through to Day 2 through the online channel and start with a bigger stack.

Every player will only be able to start Day 2 with their largest stack, and if you qualify twice you will be creditted with €200 into your Irish Eyes account, qualify three times and you will be creditted with €200 * 2.

Hope all this makes sense and we certainly do hope you give it a go for Day 2. We will have many more D-Days in lots of locations around the country, but we really need to make sure the first event is as big a success as it can be.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Hi Steven, thanks for your response. I think my presumption of the ‘state of chip stacks’ is more realistic than that of a large percentage having the ‘average’ ( Online qualifying will probably average out, but as everyone knows ‘live play’ is far from that!). My main issue is why would i (being from Belfast/Co Down) play in a qualifier and qualify with lets say 15% stack i.e. 24,000, then travel 300 miles to a tournament with a stack with an average 60xBB’s, the same could be said about Dubliners having to travel 200 miles . Steven Good Luck with the game but on a personal note Day2 may well turn out-to-be the Biggest Crap-Shoot these shores have ever seen. Sorry for being blunt but i’m sure others will think the same. Tread carefully.

carfax

LocustHunterS wrote: »

Hi Steven, thanks for your response. I think my presumption of the ‘state of chip stacks’ is more realistic than that of a large percentage having the ‘average’ ( Online qualifying will probably average out, but as everyone knows ‘live play’ is far from that!). My main issue is why would i (being from Belfast/Co Down) play in a qualifier and qualify with lets say 15% stack i.e. 24,000, then travel 300 miles to a tournament with a stack with an average 60xBB’s, the same could be said about Dubliners having to travel 200 miles . Steven Good Luck with the game but on a personal note Day2 may well turn out-to-be the Biggest Crap-Shoot these shores have ever seen. Sorry for being blunt but i’m sure others will think the same. Tread carefully.

Hi Locust,

Cheers for the input, we will definitely thread carefully (maybe not as carefully as you ) but the chance for a shot at a €60k up to €100k prize-pool for a €60 entry is one that a lot of players won't pass up.

When you travel to a tournament, let's say Killarney, you will pay travel and accomm expenses before you even buy-in. And when you play Day 1 in that tournament there is a reasonable chance that you will come back to Day 2 with a short stack.

With D-Day you get the chance to commit €60 total for a chance to be very close to making the money (and at least covering your expenses) before you have to leave your home town. And you also have the chance to have a massive chip lead, as much as being a short stack (after which you might still decide to go to Killarney to play or you might take the opportunity to make it through with a bigger stack by playing any of the seven online D-Day's on Irish Eyes Poker).

This is the first ever D-Day but we think we are going to be able to establish at least two or three D-Day's per year from now on, so we really hope players will support their local game tonight.

Cheers,
Stephen.

holdemfoldem

LocustHunterS wrote: »

Hi, i would like to take you up on a couple of points concerning this t’ment.
You said that the average stack should/will be 32,000, yet an average 20 player game,
((160,000 chips), (5 places paid)) will more than likely end up something like this:
1. 40% = 64,000
2. 25% = 32,000
3. 15% = 24,000
4. 10% = 16,000
5. 10% = 16,000
Which would mean that approx 60% of field would start day 2 under the average.
Secondly with day 2 blinds starting at 200/400 and on the presumption that these figures could be right, then (aside the chip-leaders) the avg stack will probably more realistically be 21,500. This may affect the turnout that you anticipated.
As a belated suggestion why not raise the starting stack to
a) 12,000, or
b) 5,000+ bonus chips for day 2.
Myself & several friends were looking for a local venue (Belfast/Down/Antrim areas) but these were the main issues we had come across, SMALL STACKS – LONG DISTANCE.
Any feedback on these issues would be great. Ty.

I played and qualified in fitzwilliams in town, and this is basically what happened, 6 peole qualified with the chip leader having over 70k and me having just below 20k.. I'll have around 50bb which isn't to bad but i'd say i'd give it a miss with less than 25-30 just because of the distance + accommodation thing.. not sure of the overall numbers but i can pretty much guarantee that anyone who finished with a sub 20bb stack won't make the journey.

btw will these stacks still be put into play to blind down?

carfax

holdemfoldem wrote: »

I played and qualified in fitzwilliams in town, and this is basically what happened, 6 peole qualified with the chip leader having over 70k and me having just below 20k.. I'll have around 50bb which isn't to bad but i'd say i'd give it a miss with less than 25-30 just because of the distance + accommodation thing.. not sure of the overall numbers but i can pretty much guarantee that anyone who finished with a sub 20bb stack won't make the journey.

btw will these stacks still be put into play to blind down?

If we know a player is not showing up the chips will be taken out of play. If we don't know for sure then the chip stacks will be out at start of play on Day 2.

Don't forget you can still play D-Day 1 online on Irish Eyes Poker every Friday for the next seven weeks. If you do make it through to Day 2 again you will receive a €200 credit into your online account and you will start with your biggest qualifying stack.

Please do use this affiliate code when downloading Irish Eyes Poker:
http://www.irisheyespoker.com/en/Poker.aspx?Code=ddaypoker&Tracker=ddaypoker

Cheers,
Stephen.

holdemfoldem

hmm.. i think the stacks should be left to blind down as they would for any other MTT i can think of..

anyway, any idea when the site is gonna be updated with qualifiers etc?

carfax

holdemfoldem wrote: »

hmm.. i think the stacks should be left to blind down as they would for any other MTT i can think of..

We will have a look at this rule and will do what we think is in the best interest of the game overall.

holdemfoldem wrote: »

anyway, any idea when the site is gonna be updated with qualifiers etc?

This week if possible, we have been getting in touch with all venues yesterday so just working on compiling results now.

Cheers,
Stephen.

holdemfoldem

cool cheers stephen

RichieLawlor

How many Day 2/3/4 is there Stephen

carfax

RichieLawlor wrote: »

How many Day 2/3/4 is there Stephen

Hi Richie,

Its looking like 400 players took part in Day 1 Live. We are aiming to get another 400+ to take part in the online series which starts on Friday 8th April at 9pm on Irish Eyes Poker.

With this we are looking at bringing back 200 players to Day 2/3/4, at the moment there are 100 players that have made it through (according to estimates based on feedback from club managers).

We are in the process of collecting all prize-money and results sheets from each venue now and will keep you updated.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Freemount09

Hi Stephen,

I presume online sats will have same starting stack (8000) at live day 1 qualifier? Is this correct ?

Will the blind levels be the same ? Surely it won't be a 20 min clock ?

Can you tell us are you revising your estimate of €100,000 prize pool ?

RichieLawlor

carfax wrote: »

Hi Richie,

Its looking like 400 players took part in Day 1 Live. We are aiming to get another 400+ to take part in the online series which starts on Friday 8th April at 9pm on Irish Eyes Poker.

With this we are looking at bringing back 200 players to Day 2/3/4, at the moment there are 100 players that have made it through (according to estimates based on feedback from club managers).

We are in the process of collecting all prize-money and results sheets from each venue now and will keep you updated.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Thanks Stephen,how many online sats will there be

holdemfoldem

Only tryin to help Stephen here but a lot of the questions he is being asked can be found on his site, for above there are online day 1's every Friday til mid may as far as I know..

Stephen, it is probably way to late for this one but I think a viable option to increase the prizepool plus reduce the number of no shows would be an optional add on of 10k or so for €30 - 50.. I know u give short stacks a chance to get an increased stack in the online d-days some people like me just aren't into playin more online..

Anyway lookin forward to day 2 plus possibly some side events

RichieLawlor

holdemfoldem wrote: »

Only tryin to help Stephen here but a lot of the questions he is being asked can be found on his site, for above there are online day 1's every Friday til mid may as far as I know..

Stephen, it is probably way to late for this one but I think a viable option to increase the prizepool plus reduce the number of no shows would be an optional add on of 10k or so for €30 - 50.. I know u give short stacks a chance to get an increased stack in the online d-days some people like me just aren't into playin more online..

Anyway lookin forward to day 2 plus possibly some side events

Thanks.