Boylepoker.com - IPO 2011 - Friday 21st October to Sunday 23rd October 2011.

carfax

Hi Everyone,

I am delighted to announce that we are officially opening registration for the Boylepoker.com IPO 2011.

The Boylepoker.com IPO will take place in the Regency Hotel, Dublin on Friday 21st October to Sunday 23rd October 2011. 2,000 players are expected to attend this year with Day 1A (Friday 21st Oct) and Day 1B (Saturday 22nd Oct) each hosting 1,000 players. Day 2 will start on Sunday 23rd and will continue until a final table is reached.

The final table will then compete for the title of Boylepoker.com IPO champion 2011 on Saturday 26th November 2011, in a secure location (to be announced .)

Buy-in: €200 (+€25 Reg)

Location: Regency Hotel, Dublin

Note: All players must register in advance and pay their entry fee online through Boylepoker.com

Last year we achieved a field of just under 1,300 players and this with a limited capacity to register French and Dutch players (due to changes in legislation). This year we are going all out to put together an unforgettable weekend of poker in Dublin’s fair city.

Regular online satellites will be running on BoylePoker.com for the next four months and details will be posted here shortly.

1. Who is running the event (organisation, society etc.) – Pokerireland.ie are the event organisers, Boylepoker.com are the online partner for the event.
2. The purpose of the event (charity, commercial etc.) - Commercial
3. Date and Location of event – Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd Oct (Final table on Saturday 26th Nov) – Location: Regency Hotel, Dublin.
4. Registration and Start time of event. – Online registration closes at 6pm on Wednesday 19th Oct, Start-time is 12pm on Fri 21st and Sat 22nd Oct.
5. Any prerequisites (member of club, society etc) – Must be a Boylepoker.com account holder.
6. How can tickets be purchased & is there a maximum number (in advance, at the door etc.) – All tickets must be purchased in advance.
7. Type of Tournament (Hold'em/Omaha etc Freezeout/Rebuy etc.) – NLH Freezeout
8. Cost of entry and any subsequent rebuys/top-ups etc. – N/A
9. Cost of registration - €25
10. % of entry fee/rebuys/top-up going into Prize fund – 100% Prize-pool payout.
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, Est €400,000
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 – As above
16. Blind timeframes - 40 minutes progressing into 60 minutes
17. Places being paid and if any prizes are other than cash (free entry to other tournie, merchandice etc) – Approx 10% of field
18. Are there going to be dealers - and their level of skill – Yes, professional dealers at every table
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. - TD
22. Are there any cash games offered, if so, please outline the rake for each limit offered. – Yes, all games offered, 5% rake capped at €12 per pot.

www.boylepoker.com/ipo

gocall01

Inski since yesterday.

Stephen,
If you want to send on some fliers, posters etc let me know.
I can put them out in Cork/West Cork.

carfax

gocall01 wrote: »

Inski since yesterday.

Stephen,
If you want to send on some fliers, posters etc let me know.
I can put them out in Cork/West Cork.

Hi Gocall,

Can you email me your postal address? stephen (at) pokerireland.ie

Cheers,
Stephen.

carfax

Hi Everyone, its been a few months since I've posted here but just wanted to let everyone know that we currently have 257 players fully paid up and registered for the IPO.

We are aiming for 2,000 players so at this point in time we are on target. We need the help and support of every poker player out there to make this Europe's largest poker tournament.

For the benefit of anyone that doesn't know our track record the IPO has been Europe's largest poker tournament (in terms of the number of participants) since 2007.

You can register today on Boylepoker.com (through the client).... Please note you cannot pay with cash on the day to enter this tournament, all players must register through Boylepoker.com (we always sell out well in advance too so please register today).

Please tell every poker player you know about this tournament. Its a €225 entry with a €400,000 prize-pool estimated.

Cheers,
Stephen.

carfax

Bumpage for this one, hope everyone can make it... Please don't forget to register early as we always sell out ahead of time.

All players must register and pay their buy-in through Boylepoker.com.

Cheers,
Stephen.

carfax

We are well and truly on our way to selling out the IPO again this year.

Don't forget we are aiming for 2,000 players so any help in spreading the word would be greatly appreciated.

At the moment we have over 420 players fully paid, the rush will start now as we are one month from the start date.

Cheers,
Stephen.

carfax

Hi Folks,

Because we are just one month away from the IPO 2011 we want to put on a little promotion.

We are going to give away the cost of entry to the IPO to one player.

Every player that registers in the Boylepoker.com lobby before midnight on Saturday 1st October will be entered into a draw to receive €225 cash, into their Boylepoker account.

If you have already registered or qualified in an online satellite don't worry, you will be included in this draw too.

Cheers,
Stephen.

NickMondo

My boylesports is a minus thanks to them missettling a bet so I take it i can't enter this without making up the deficit. which is ridiculous

carfax

NickMondo wrote: »

My boylesports is a minus thanks to them missettling a bet so I take it i can't enter this without making up the deficit. which is ridiculous

Hi Nick,

Your best bet is to contact Ciaran_Corbett on irishpokerboards.com , I don't work for Boylepoker myself, I work for pokerireland.ie
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‎15 days to go before registration closes peops. Prize-pool is up over €130,000 now. www.boylepoker.com

Cheers,
Stephen.

AstonMartin

I would much prefer to be able to show up on day 1a and if its not sold out pay cash. Is there any chance of this policy changing if its not a sellout?

carfax

AstonMartin wrote: »

I would much prefer to be able to show up on day 1a and if its not sold out pay cash. Is there any chance of this policy changing if its not a sellout?

No chance, sorry... only a few days left to register.

AstonMartin

When is the deadline to unreg for day 1a?

carfax

AstonMartin wrote: »

When is the deadline to unreg for day 1a?

10am on 20th October.

If you do need to unregister after that time (and before the tournament start time) just text me on 0872424626.

Cheers,
Stephen.

OwlsZat

Played the €22 Satellite tonight and qualified first time! Get in

PaulD77

Hi Stephen,
Can you choose which Day1 you play in? Am thinking of entering but wont be able to play on the Friday if I do. Is there a way to make sure you are in Day 1b?
Cheers

OwlsZat

It's my understanding that you can pick what day to start on when you register, but some offical confirmation might be helpful.

PaulD77

Thats good. I won the entrance cost last week in a pub game so may as well, nothing to lose!

carfax

PaulD77 wrote: »

Hi Stephen,
Can you choose which Day1 you play in? Am thinking of entering but wont be able to play on the Friday if I do. Is there a way to make sure you are in Day 1b?
Cheers

Hi Paul,

You can indeed choose which start day you want to play. Day 1B traditionally sold out first, but with the increased capacity this year you should be fine to register in the next few days.

When you go into the Boylepoker lobby you will see one tournament listed for Day 1A and another for Day 1B, whichever you choose to register for is up to yourself.

Start time on each day is 12pm, so all players need to be in their seats at 11:45am.

Cheers,
Stephen.

carfax

Just two full days left to register for the IPO 2011.

Cheers,
Stephen.

pat321

OwlsZat wrote: »

Played the €22 Satellite tonight and qualified first time! Get in

hey there. i have entered three satellites so far and have been knocked out in all three. i usually enter the €5.50 sats and will be entered again in tonights sat. Have u any worthwhile tips or styles of play?

Dub13

Looking forward to playing this,I missed the other ones due to be over at games.

Badonkadonks

Hey Stephen,

At the beginning of this thread you said that the estimated prize pool would be 400k and that you guys were on track to hit the 2k player mark.

On the IPO website the estimated prize pool is 250k.

Now from what I can tell, about 24 hours before registration closes, there are 693 players registered which total a prize pool of about 140k.

Do you guys expect alot of last minute registrations or was the 400k and even the 250k prize pool expectations way off?

On a side note, I will probably still play the Tournament as I really enjoyed it the last two years but to be honest it is a bit disappointing to see such a "small" prize pool.

Thanks for your god job with the tournament otherwise.

carfax

Hi Badonkadonks,

There are over 210 French and Dutch players registered directly through me (and not through the Boylepoker lobby due to legalities about their jurisdiction)....We did everything we could to hit the capacity of 2,000 players this year but at the moment its looking more like 1,150 to 1,200 players (which is pretty close to Boylepoker's estimated prize-pool and a similar field to last year).

If we do get a big last minute surge we might well get a bigger prize-pool than the €250k.

There are 183 players registered for tonight's online Super satellite (on Boylepoker), late reg up to 9pm tonight - €20 + €2.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Badonkadonks wrote: »

Hey Stephen,

At the beginning of this thread you said that the estimated prize pool would be 400k and that you guys were on track to hit the 2k player mark.

On the IPO website the estimated prize pool is 250k.

Now from what I can tell, about 24 hours before registration closes, there are 693 players registered which total a prize pool of about 140k.

Do you guys expect alot of last minute registrations or was the 400k and even the 250k prize pool expectations way off?

On a side note, I will probably still play the Tournament as I really enjoyed it the last two years but to be honest it is a bit disappointing to see such a "small" prize pool.

Thanks for your god job with the tournament otherwise.

The Clamper

is it ok to pay on the day ?

NickMondo

I don't get paid till midnight, is that to late to register?

Badonkadonks

Thanks for your reply Stephen.

I have one more question if that is ok.

In your initial post it says that online registration closes today (wednesday oct 19th at 6pm) but in the client it says that registration closes on thursday oct 20th at 10:00.

Hopefully the client is correct and it will be possible to register until tomorrow morning as I am still waiting for a withdrawal from another site.

Thanks again for helping out with all the questions

Dub13

Badonkadonks wrote: »

Thanks for your reply Stephen.

I have one more question if that is ok.

In your initial post it says that online registration closes today (wednesday oct 19th at 6pm) but in the client it says that registration closes on thursday oct 20th at 10:00.

Hopefully the client is correct and it will be possible to register until tomorrow morning as I am still waiting for a withdrawal from another site.

Thanks again for helping out with all the questions

I seen this elsewhere.

If you want to play Day 1A (Friday 21st Oct) then reg closes at 10am on Thursday 20th Oct.

If you want to play Day 1B (Saturday 22nd Oct) then reg closes at 10am on Friday 21st Oct.

You must register online through the poker client, there will be no cash payments/ registrations accepted on the day.

Badonkadonks

Dub13 wrote: »

I seen this elsewhere.

If you want to play Day 1A (Friday 21st Oct) then reg closes at 10am on Thursday 20th Oct.

If you want to play Day 1B (Saturday 22nd Oct) then reg closes at 10am on Friday 21st Oct.

You must register online through the poker client, there will be no cash payments/ registrations accepted on the day.

Thanks Dub13, that makes sense

sillyboy19

Will there be ant side tournaments running over the weekend?

PaulD77

sillyboy19 wrote: »

Will there be ant side tournaments running over the weekend?

If you check the website in Stephens link in the OP you will see the side events

http://www.boylepoker.com/UK/1/PokerInfo#action=IPO_2011_Side_Events1

Dothehustle

PaulD77 wrote: »

If you check the website in Stephens link in the OP you will see the side events

http://www.boylepoker.com/UK/1/PokerInfo#action=IPO_2011_Side_Events1

any chance of a copy and paste in work and cant see
cheers

PaulD77

• Side Event 1: No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout: €100 +€15 Reg - 6pm Start time on Friday 21st Oct. 25 minute blind levels and 7,000 starting chips*.
• Side Event 2: No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout: €100 +€15 Reg - 6pm Start time on Saturday 22nd Oct. 25 minute blind levels and 7,000 starting chips*.
• Side Event 3: No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout: €100 +€15 Reg - 2pm Start time on Sunday 23rd Oct. 25 minute blind levels and 10,000 starting chips*.
• Side Event 4: Pot-Limit Omaha Double Chance Freezeout: €100 +€15 Reg - 4pm Start time on Sunday 23rd Oct. 25 minute blind levels and 5,000 starting chips and 5,000 Double Chance*.
• Side Event 5: No-Limit Hold’em Scalp Freezeout: €75 + €25 Scalp +€15 Reg - 7pm Start time on Sunday 23rd Oct. 20 minute blind levels and 6,000 starting chips*.

*Please be aware that all events, times and dates are subject to change.

NickMondo

where would I find the structure?

carfax

NickMondo wrote: »

where would I find the structure?

pokerireland.ie had all the blind structure etc....Sorry about the late reply, but we were on site preparing for a few days....Next big tournament is the Super 2012 - www.superpokerevent.com - so please keep an eye out.

Cheers,
Stephen.