Irish Open Discussion - originally: "Irish Poker Championship Starts on TV Tonight"

White Knight · 12-02-2008 11:24PM

Ste05 wrote: »

Why would a man of his age come over to play in this tournament just to help PPP build their profile in the US

PP have never accepted american players/customers to their site

BIG-SLICK-POKER · 12-02-2008 11:30PM

DeVore wrote: »

Apologies but I was being operated on today so I was unconscious for most of the day and the theatre didnt have wifi either, tsk tsk....

DeV.

The New Dev after op:D

nicnicnic · 12-02-2008 11:31PM

BIG-SLICK-POKER wrote: »

1. Is Elvis allowed in then ?

2. Bet u wont make Andy Black change him mank Eminen TShrt ? I can Guarantee u that much LOL

3. I disagree with any Aid being made to any table in a Buy in of this amount , Dont think PP should state it wheter they do it or not , In my opinion i would have said its just random and left it at that.

no joy with the floor job then i see

DeVore · 12-02-2008 11:33PM

lol..... bold

DeV.

strewelpeter · 12-02-2008 11:36PM

DeVore wrote: »

... If you are asked to move, simply politely refuse

according to the rules:

By partaking in this event you consent that you will willingly partake in this feature table if requested.
This is where the skanky t shirt will come into play :rolleyes:

Ste05 wrote: »

...But do you think Doyle Brunson is coming over to play and pay into the IO because he thinks it's a fun tournament?

as if!

BIG-SLICK-POKER · 12-02-2008 11:37PM

nicnicnic wrote: »

no joy with the floor job then i see

Lol . I could also reply Nicky but i wont ... As per usual Sarcasm .. Why would they change the Team they have ?? It works fine

phantom_lord · 12-02-2008 11:39PM

i took it for granted that he was paid in at the very least?

nicnicnic · 12-02-2008 11:43PM

phantom_lord wrote: »

i took it for granted that he was paid in at the very least?

and the rest I'd imagine, 1st class flights and acc at the very least

Ste05 · 12-02-2008 11:44PM

White Knight wrote: »

PP have never accepted american players/customers to their site

Understood and good point, then maybe it's the TV company marketing the tournament for US viewers. (hence the no ".com" shirts allowed) All I'm saying is Doyle Brunson isn't coming over and paying €4,500 or whatever it is for the good of his health and to make money for someone else, he's not dumb and knows the value of his playing in the tournament.

DeVore · 12-02-2008 11:46PM

I would love to see PPP expel a player simply because (s)he refused to go onto the televised table. Thats simply never going to happen.

It would be the fastest way to turn a million euro spend on a publicity event into a PR disaster alienating a lot of the market along the way.

What do you think they will do:

1. Quietly find another person to take the place (since its not like they are sticklers for rules if this is the way they are going to select the TV table!)

or

2. Cause a huge scene by forcing someone onto the TV table, possibly partially disrobing them on the way.

or

3. Expel the player for non-compliance with their rigging of the TV table.

Do me a favour...

DeV.

DeVore · 12-02-2008 11:48PM

As for Doyle, who cares who pays his 4,500 so long as someone puts it in the pot. Thats a bit of a red herring. PPP can invite and pay for anyone they wish as far as I'm concerned, its their money.

DeV.

Blip · 13-02-2008 12:02AM

Guarantee €2.5 million and spend the other half mil on cameras for every table.....progression through the tourny remains random and
TV gets recorded action from all named Pros, Celebs, Big stack luckboxes and Hot totty, alls required is some clever editing.

Note to LLoyd, you must be still under the weather! this tourney is mega+EV

mdwexford · 13-02-2008 12:06AM

Yeah spend 500k of the players entry fees on poxy cameras, that'll really go down well, lol.

Also the replies of PPP Pit Boss are astouding imo.

Blip · 13-02-2008 12:15AM

mdwexford wrote: »

Yeah spend 500k of the players entry fees on poxy cameras, that'll really go down well, lol.

Also the replies of PPP Pit Boss are astouding imo.

I know what you mean, but there wont be any overlay at this event.

max_power · 13-02-2008 12:21AM

Interesting thread developing here. PP are really going to have to sort out the tv table selection policy at the risk of alienating some of the more prominent and influential figures in Irish Poker. How hard is it to just select the most interesting table around an mic them up or whatever? Make it the same handed, nine or ten, as the rest of the tourney. Again how hard can that be? Make the set a bit bigger? Difficult? On the clothing front, poker players like to be comfortable, especially if your going to be sitting there for a long session. I can't imagine ever wearing a shirt in such a situation and don't see how or why I should be forced to. Boycott the tv table i say, everyone turn up in their dirtiest smelliest football jersey, covered in .com sponsorship.

mewso · 13-02-2008 12:35AM

This whole poker on tv malarky is a chicken and egg thing really. I don't think it has been re-thought in a long time. So when PPP sell the show on they are selling it on to people who believe in the same crappy formula.

Oh and I am available to appear if PPP would like to put up my buy-in. I'll sort out accomodation myself. I come in various flavours. I can be the quiet meek amateur who is in awe of the big names or the loud mouth dickwad with an Humberto Brenes shaped card protector and so on. I have a classic Irish name and I drink the black stuff. I mean come on.

hotspur · 13-02-2008 12:39AM

Ste05 wrote: »

But do you think Doyle Brunson is coming over to play and pay into the IO because he thinks it's a fun tournament?

Either-
1)He heard about the rake at the cash games and said he would have to see it to believe it!

2)"Free tea???? Book me a flight son!"

3)He's coming to promote his own online room in Europe, didn't he come over for the WSOPE recently for that too? Also I think the IO has a fond place in Doyle's heart for the fun he had years ago at it when Terry Rogers brought him and other top Americans over for it.

And just when I was thinking that Lloyd might be worth a little flutter in the event.
Compromise: deck self out head to toe in Paddy Power clothing, make featured table, then rant constantly during every interesting hand in colourful language about lousy immigrants and how hanging is too good for them.

Jesus Wept · 13-02-2008 01:03AM

I have déjà vu, most of this was covered in a thread in the run up to the event last year.

Seeing as the TV table is rigged not entirely randomly selected [/diplomatic], why the feck wasn't The Chief on the TV table last year?
Now that would of been top telly.

1. Get Phil Helmuth over.
2. Make sure The Chief plays the event.
3. Put them both on the TV table.
4.

Fatboydim · 13-02-2008 02:21AM

Rigger that is genius lol.

Max - Making a TV table ten handed is difficult not because of the cameras but because of the feed. It's significantly more expensive. Quite frankly outside of a TV studio location it's too expensive. ESPN can do it because they are ESPN.

There may also be issues regarding the type of cameras used. I would not be surprised if the fish eye cameras used by American shows such as WPT and WSOP are under some kind of patent. Which is why we get the glass sheet approach. Karl H might be able to answer that for us.

Personally I hope I'm there to worry about it.

FungiWalsh · 13-02-2008 08:31AM

Fatboydim wrote: »

I would not be surprised if the fish eye cameras used by American shows such as WPT and WSOP are under some kind of patent. Which is why we get the glass sheet approach. Karl H might be able to answer that for us.

Unlikely, as the EPT use those cameras for their broadcasts.

max_power · 13-02-2008 10:10AM

Fatboydim wrote: »

Rigger that is genius lol.

Max - Making a TV table ten handed is difficult not because of the cameras but because of the feed. It's significantly more expensive. Quite frankly outside of a TV studio location it's too expensive. ESPN can do it because they are ESPN.

I realise it may be more expensive but i reckon PP have a few euro lying around somewhere that would ensure the exposure they want - and are getting practically for free - and keep the players happy.

Van Dice · 13-02-2008 10:17AM

hotspur wrote: »

Either-
1)He heard about the rake at the cash games and said he would have to see it to believe it!

2)"Free tea???? Book me a flight son!"

3)He's coming to promote his own online room in Europe, didn't he come over for the WSOPE recently for that too? Also I think the IO has a fond place in Doyle's heart for the fun he had years ago at it when Terry Rogers brought him and other top Americans over for it.

And just when I was thinking that Lloyd might be worth a little flutter in the event.
Compromise: deck self out head to toe in Paddy Power clothing, make featured table, then rant constantly during every interesting hand in colourful language about lousy immigrants and how hanging is too good for them.

loool

LuckyLloyd · 13-02-2008 10:23AM

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dannydiamond · 13-02-2008 10:23AM

lol at the thought of Doyle Brunson paying into a tournament,the last time he did this was probably his 2nd bracelet attempt,and rightfully so,he's probably a large part of the reason many of us are playing today....

LuckyLloyd · 14-02-2008 10:42AM

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Goodluck2me · 14-02-2008 11:32AM

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Bump for bad publicity purposes obv.

lol. bump because the Irish Open is a great event and Paddy Power should be thanked for its support and publicity of Irish Open and all little insignificant facts should be overlooked to see the "bigger picture" imo.

cooker3 · 14-02-2008 11:33AM

hotspur wrote: »

2)"Free tea???? Book me a flight son!"

Just got a genuine lol from me

LuckyLloyd · 14-02-2008 11:34AM

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5starpool · 14-02-2008 11:37AM

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

I beg to differ on what facts are "insignificant". Maybe your opinion on the whole thing would have been somewhat different if you were on the tv table last year. imo.

I'd be amazed if Joe is being genuine with the above (or indeed any) post. Don't feed the troll, and Joe, stop trolling!!!!

nicnicnic · 14-02-2008 12:03PM

ah the boy who cried wolfe,

I think its just the starting table that is hand picked after this the table change intermittently with lets say interesting looking table chosen from the floor

Irish Open Discussion - originally: "Irish Poker Championship Starts on TV Tonight"

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