The Irish classic Poker Festival (Macau Sporting Club, Cork City)

Macau Cork · 15-04-2007 5:59pm #1

Macau Sporting Club, Cork
in Partnership with Betfair Poker presents:

The Irish classic Poker Festival
30th May - 4th June 2007

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Wednesday the 30th May

8PM
Euro 200 + 20 Bonus Super Satellite for the Irish Poker Classic Main Event
No Limit Texas Hold'em Freezout - 8 Tickets Guaranteed

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Thursday 31st May

3PM
Ladies Freeroll for Irish Poker Classic Main event
No Limit Texas Hold'em Freezeout

6PM
Euro 350 + 30 No Limit Texas Hold'em Freezeout
(1 day event)

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Friday 1st June

6PM
Euro 1,500 (1400 + 100) Irish Poker Classic 3 Day Event
Day 2 - 3PM, Play to Final Table
Day 3 - 3PM, Final Table

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Saturday 2nd June

8PM
Euro 500 + 50 Pot Limit Omaha Double Chance Freezeout
(1 day event)

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Sunday 3rd June

6PM
Euro 500 + 50 No Limit Texas Hold'em Freezeout
(2 day event)

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Monday 4th June

6PM
Euro 250 + Betfair Poker Pub Challenge
No Limit Texas Hold'em Freezeout

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Super satellites and cash games daily from 1PM

$1 Online Satellite Qualifiers available at
Betfair Poker, Paddy Power Poker and Ladbrokes

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Macau Sporting Club
16 Patricks Quay
Cork
Tel : 021-4530477
Fax : 021-4530478
Email: info@macausportingclub.com

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Blinds Structures !

EVENT # 1 €200 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM FREEZEOUT

BONUS SUPER SATELLITE IRISH POKER CLASSIC

WEDNESDAY 30TH MAY 2007

DRAW 7:00PM
START 8:00PM

BUY IN: €200
ENTRY FEE: €20

FREEZEOUT
STARTING CHIPS: 7,000

LEVEL...TIME...SMALL BLIND...BIG BLIND...ANTE

1.........30............25..........50......0
2.........30............50.........100......0
3.........25............75.........150......0

15 MIN BREAK

4.........25...........100.........200......0
5.........25...........150.........300......0
6.........25...........150.........300.....25
7.........25...........200.........400.....50
8.........25...........300.........600.....50

REMOVE 25 CHIPS

9.........25...........400.........800....100
10........25...........500........1000....100
11........25...........700........1500....200
12........25..........1000........2000....200
13........25..........1500........3000....300
14........25..........2000........4000....400

REMOVE 100 CHIPS

15........25..........3000........6000....500
16........25..........4000........8000....500
17........25..........5000.......10000...1000
18........25..........7000.......15000...1000
19........25.........10000.......20000...2000
20........25.........15000.......30000...3000

EVENT #2 €350 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM FREEZEOUT

THURSDAY 31st MAY 2007

DRAW 5:30PM
START 6:00PM

BUY IN: €350
ENTRY FEE: €30

FREEZEOUT
STARTING CHIPS: 7,000

LEVEL...TIME...SMALL BLIND...BIG BLIND...ANTE

1.........35............25.........50.......0
2.........35............50........100.......0
3.........35............75........150.......0
4.........35...........100........200.......0

30 MINUTE BREAK

5.........35...........150........300.......0
6.........35...........150........300......25
7.........35...........200........400......25
8.........35...........300........600......50

15 MINUTE BREAK

9.........35...........400........800......50
10........35...........500.......1000.....100
11........35...........700.......1500.....100
12........35..........1000.......2000.....200

15 MINUTE BREAK

13........35..........1500.......3000.....200
14........35..........2000.......4000.....300
15........35..........3000.......6000.....300
16........35..........4000.......8000.....500

15 MINUTE BREAK

17........35..........5000......10000.....500
18........35..........7000......15000....1000
19........35.........10000......20000....1000
20........35.........20000......40000....2000
21........35.........30000......60000....2000

EVENT #3 €1,500 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM FREEZEOUT

FRIDAY 1ST JUNE 2007

DRAW 5:30PM
START 6:00PM

BUY IN: €1,400
ENTRY FEE: €100

STARTING CHIPS: 10,000

LEVEL...TIME...SMALL BLIND...BIG BLIND...ANTE

1.........75............25..........50......0
2.........75............50.........100......0
3.........75............75.........150......0

ONE HOUR DINNER BREAK

4.........75...........100.........200......0
5.........75...........150.........300......0
6.........75...........150.........300.....25
7.........75...........200.........400.....25
8.........75...........300.........600.....50
9.........75...........400.........800.....50
10........75...........500........1000....100
11........75...........700........1500....100
12........75..........1000........2000....200
13........75..........1500........3000....200
14........75..........2000........4000....300
15........75..........2500........5000....300
16........75..........3000........6000....500
17........75..........4000........8000....500
18........75..........5000.......10000...1000
19........75..........6000.......12000...1000
20........75..........8000.......15000...1500
21........75.........10000.......20000...1500
22........75.........12000.......24000...2000
23........75.........15000.......30000...2000
24........75.........20000.......40000...3000
25........75.........30000.......60000...5000

Final table levels will be 90 minutes.
A dinner break will follow level 3.
There will be a break at the end of every 2nd level.

EVENT #4 €500 POT LIMIT OMAHA DOUBLE CHANCE FREEZEOUT

SATURDAY 2ND JUNE 2007 8pm

BUY IN: €500
ENTRY FEE: €50

STARTING CHIPS: 8000 (4000/4000)

LEVEL...TIME...SMALL BLIND...BIG BLIND

1.........45............25..........25
2.........45............25..........50
3.........45............50.........100

20 MINUTE BREAK

5.........45...........150.........300
6.........45...........200.........400
7.........45...........300.........600

15 MINUTE BREAK REMOVE 25 CHIPS

8.........45...........400.........800
9.........45...........500........1000
10........45...........700........1500

15 MINUTE BREAK

11........45..........1000........2000
12........45..........1500........3000
13........45..........2000........4000
14........45..........3000........6000

15 MINUTE BREAK

15........45..........4000........8000
16........45..........5000.......10000
17........45..........7000.......15000
18........45.........10000.......20000
19........45.........15000.......30000

Players begin with 4000 in tournament chips.
Any time after the 1st hand & before the break
they can claim the remaining 4000 in chips.

EVENT #5 €500 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM FREEZEOUT

SUNDAY 3RD JUNE 2007 6PM

BUY IN: €500
ENTRY FEE: €40

STARTING CHIPS: 8,000

LEVEL...TIME...SMALL BLIND...BIG BLIND...ANTE

1.........45............25..........50......0
2.........45............50.........100......0
3.........45............75.........150......0
4.........45...........100.........200......0

30 MINUTE BREAK

5.........45...........150.........300......0
6.........45...........150.........300.....25
7.........45...........200.........400.....25
8.........45...........300.........600.....50

15 MINUTE BREAK

9.........45...........400.........800.....50
10........45...........500........1000....100
11........45...........700........1500....100
12........45..........1000........2000....200

15 MINUTE BREAK

13........45..........1500........3000....200
14........45..........2000........4000....300
15........45..........3000........6000....300
16........45..........4000........8000....500

15 MINUTE BREAK

17........45..........5000.......10000....500
18........45..........7000.......15000...1000
19........45.........10000.......20000...1000
20........45.........15000.......30000...2000
21........45.........20000.......40000...2000

EVENT #6 €250 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM FREEZEOUT
BETFAIR POKER PUB CHALLENGE

MONDAY 4TH JUNE 2007 6PM

BUY IN: €250
ENTRY FEE: €20

STARTING CHIPS: 6,000

LEVEL...TIME...SMALL BLIND...BIG BLIND...ANTE
1.........30............25..........50......0
2.........30............50.........100......0
3.........30............75.........150......0
4.........30...........100.........200......0
30 MINUTE BREAK
5.........30...........150.........300......0
6.........30...........150.........300.....25
7.........30...........200.........400.....25
8.........30...........300.........600.....50
15 MINUTE BREAK
9.........30...........400.........800.....50
10........30...........500........1000....100
11........30...........700........1500....100
12........30..........1000........2000....200
15 MINUTE BREAK
13........30..........1500........3000....200
14........30..........2000........4000....300
15........30..........3000........6000....300
16........30..........4000........8000....500
15 MINUTE BREAK
17........30..........5000.......10000....500
18........30..........7000.......15000...1000
19........30.........10000.......20000...1000
20........30.........20000.......40000...2000
21........30.........30000.......60000...2000

Structure may change between now and event, but full structures will be available on the day before event commences!

BIG-SLICK-POKER · 15-04-2007 7:18pm

Best Tournie Around apart from ours Lol:D

Cant wait for this one

We will be running sats for this event

Neill

nicnicnic · 15-04-2007 7:21pm

this will the best yet I'd say Christmases festival was deadly

Macau Cork · 15-04-2007 10:11pm

Thanks for the support lads!

connie147 · 15-04-2007 11:36pm

Hi there lads,
We're looking forward to the festival here as well. One thing about the Maccau festivals is that they always have a class structure( whick you should post in your opening post as not only will your great tourney structure attract more quality players, it'll also keep the mods happy)

We'll be running a couple of satts as well. See ye soon

Connie

5starpool · 16-04-2007 12:11am

Tournie info is always welcome, but please add more details Macau to comply with our forum charter.

Thank you.

Macau Cork · 16-04-2007 9:14am

Sorry for the lack of info, I am awaiting the full structure details and the info on who will be the tournament director for the event, as soon as I have this information, I will add it to the post above!

BigCityBanker · 16-04-2007 10:53pm

Im playing this. Anybody else heading? This is my first trip to Cork for Poker so I have some questions of those who have made the trek from Dublin before?

Accomodation - where is the best place to stay?

Transport - Is the train the best option? Driving to Cork on a Bank Holiday weekend is surely not desireable?

Anything else to note?

bops · 16-04-2007 11:32pm

the macau is the best place in the country for a game of poker - i love it down there and am really looking forward to the festival - i've gotta build up one million brownie points with mrs bops & mini bops 1 & 2 first!

cash tables are v soft during festival, you'll fall in love with all the female staff (like you always do - and these ones are even good looking!), and the toasties are free and yummy!! - i can't wait!!!!

accomodation: i think the gresham metropole do a special rate for the macau - 99 quid per room or something - but i'm gonna stay in the clarion (coz flipper says it's classy like his polo shirts) - they are both within 2 mins walk of the macau

transport: drive you sissy! public transport is -ev

anything else: fold aces preflop

SIDESHOW BOBs · 17-04-2007 12:23am

this should be a good laugh sorry i am missing it

cant wait to hear about all the great rulings that the ahem :rolleyes: Td will be giving if its anything like the last festival it will keep boards busy for a few weeks afterwards.

inconsistent rulings, furnace like playing conditions, tournaments starting in one area before another and players getting turfed out and not being reimbursed their entry fee

dont expect to see many familiar faces amoungst the dealers most have left recently:mad:

i do miss the waiting staff though:D

waiting for the excrement to hit the proverbial

good tourney structure , have to balance the books

SLIM19198 · 17-04-2007 12:41am

Bob, if you have nothing nice to say, dont say anything!!!

I am in the Macau every week and I find it a great place to play!

There will always be some commotion at these events, but thats all thats remembered, not the great events that went without a hitch!

bops · 17-04-2007 12:49am

where you playin at now bob?? - i'll pop in for a game with ye over the festival (i'll be gone by level 2 anyway)

i keep forgettin about you and the others departures - pity and i'm sure ye did fk all wrong

anyways cya soon buddy and will keep an eye on this thread for the abuse that is sure to follow!!

Heisenberg. · 17-04-2007 12:54am

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anthony112 · 17-04-2007 10:50am

when does the satellites start on paddy power, I cant find them in tourneys

LuckyLloyd · 17-04-2007 10:54am

SIDESHOW BOBs wrote:

unlike the murphys I am bitter

lol

Macau Cork · 17-04-2007 1:56pm

Structures added!

nicnicnic · 17-04-2007 2:16pm

WOW 75 minute clock for Main Event deadly

BigCityBanker · 17-04-2007 2:27pm

WOW,

I am playing this, please reserve a seat for me. If I dont qualify on Betfair (if they ever get enuf of runners for one) I will be buying in directly.

LuckyLloyd · 17-04-2007 2:30pm

Wow. Those structures are absolutely fantastic. And there is a great Yamaha tourney. Why does the best three week period of poker have to come at the busiest part of my working year??!!!

5starpool · 17-04-2007 2:34pm

I'd love to play, sounds fantastic, but not going to happen I am afraid.

One thing to point out, you are missing level 4 from the Omaha event in your structure. All events look very well structured and I wish I was playing in some of them.

If, *Ahem* someone wants to sponsor me I'd be delighted to accept.

phantom_lord · 17-04-2007 3:11pm

Wow. Those structures are absolutely fantastic. And there is a great Yamaha tourney. Why does the best three week period of poker have to come when my exams are on

Wreck · 17-04-2007 3:33pm

UnLuckyLloyd wrote:

Wow. Those structures are absolutely fantastic. And there is a great Yamaha tourney. Why does the best three week period of poker have to come at the busiest part of my working year??!!!

Its the same for me, really disappointed to be missing all three of these events.

Going try to make it down to Cork for the 500 HE on Sunday. Any idea how many runners this will get?

anthony112 · 17-04-2007 3:49pm

when do the satellites start on paddy power and ladbrokes for this

Tom Hanlon · 17-04-2007 4:48pm

Hi Folks,

This likes like a good event. 3 queries

(1) I see a couple a couple of hotels listed but can you tell me which is best
(2) Can you pre-enter online?, or by any other method?
(3) Are there usually any good PLO games?

Thanks in advance.

Tom

SIDESHOW BOBs · 18-04-2007 12:35am

hi tom

i d recommend the clarion stayed there for christmas fest 5 mins walk bit expensive at 150 per night but not a problem to a man of your means .

on;line sats discussed elsewhere

usually savage plo action even without myself and gavin stephens in attendance, im sure coo boloxy bill flipper namir and zeke will be gagging for a game plus visitors clown prince et al there was a pretty lively 5 10 game but im positive pat griffin wont be driving it on as he as also gone fowl of the macau stasi

Macau Cork · 18-04-2007 1:50am

Hi Big city banker bops gave you the travel advice i reckon the train myself is the best option.
The gresham number is 021 4508122 they give you a good rate €100 for single,€120 for double breakfast included just quote special poker rates.

Macau Cork · 18-04-2007 1:57am

Hi Tom the gresham next door is good the number is 021 4508122 just quote poker rates .

You can ring the club on 021 4530477 to register for what event you wish to play in.

Don't worry there be plenty of PLO cash action.

Regards,
Ken.

Macau Cork · 18-04-2007 1:59am

Hi Anthony,
Should have PPP schedule by the end of the week,still waitng for ladbrokes.
I let you know when.

Macau Cork · 18-04-2007 2:00am

HI Wreck,

We should get 150 players.

Captain Tom · 18-04-2007 2:32am

75 minute clock for the main event is pretty amazing.

id advise everyone to get down to this.the tournament structures,organisation and staff are always first class.

great job ken.

Goodluck2me · 18-04-2007 2:39am

phantom_lord wrote:

QFT

BigCityBanker · 18-04-2007 9:26am

Macau Cork wrote:

Hi Big city banker bops gave you the travel advice i reckon the train myself is the best option.
The gresham number is 021 4508122 they give you a good rate €100 for single,€120 for double breakfast included just quote special poker rates.

Cheers for the reply - I booked the Clarion yesterday evening as there are 2 of us travelling and the Gresham said they had no twin rooms available.

Glowingmind · 18-04-2007 9:39am

Any Dublin cardrooms doing sats for this?

SIDESHOW BOBs · 18-04-2007 1:04pm

SLIM19198 wrote:

Bob, if you have nothing nice to say, dont say anything!!!

I am in the Macau every week and I find it a great place to play!

There will always be some commotion at these events, but thats all thats remembered, not the great events that went without a hitch!

slim you are entitled to your opinion as i am to mine.i don't really want to get involved in a slanging match but any assertion that i have made are based in fact not conjecture or rumour.

I know some people are happy to stick their head in the sand ala an ostrich and say nothing , even if an appaling situation has occured. i can gladly say that i am not one of those lemmings. if i see something which i don't agree with i speak up, obviosly sometimes this approach ruffles feathers but so be it. i will also give praise where it is due.

I don't know you, i am not familiar with your name so i can't comment on your experience of poker but i have travelled extensively in ireland and abroad for poker events so i can say i have a qualified opinion.:cool:

His Sideshowness

RasTa · 18-04-2007 1:42pm

Don't bother wasting 60 euros on the train. You can fly down to cork from the 30th till the 5th for 20 euros including taxes with Ryanair.

SLIM19198 · 18-04-2007 5:03pm

Bob, I do not know what transpired between you and whoever, all I was saying was that there was a time and a place to talk about it, not lower yourself to posting underhanded comments on a totally non related thread!

As for poker knowledge, I play for fun and mostly freerolls (with the odd real tourney :P ), but that had nothing at all to do woth the comment I made!

BIG-SLICK-POKER · 18-04-2007 6:04pm

RasTa wrote:

Don't bother wasting 60 euros on the train. You can fly down to cork from the 30th till the 5th for 20 euros including taxes with Ryanair.

Jesus i mite drive to Dublin from Waterford and fly down:D n1

Marq · 22-04-2007 8:29am

Fúck's sake. One time dealer, come one! My last ever exam is on the 1st of June and ends at 5 so there's just about no chance of me making the main event of this.

I'll probably come down for the 500 hold'em on the sunday and if I'm not too hungover I might even head to the omaha event on the saturday.

zsoulking · 23-04-2007 2:49am

Glowingmind wrote:

Any Dublin cardrooms doing sats for this?

Hi,

We will be doing a Satellite at the Sporting Emporium in the coming weeks.

Possibly €100 + €10 with 1 Re-Buy or top up,

Probably do €2,000 packages, €1,500 being transferred to Macau for main event ticket and €500 spending money / expenses for each qualifier.

Will post when I have a date for you guys

John.

5starpool · 23-04-2007 2:59am

Good stuff, I would play a sat for this.

sitout · 24-04-2007 9:48am

well done ken and staff,
as a regular at your fine club i will def be particapating in this years main event even if i have to buy into it. its always a excellent week and unlike some posts on here that eek with jealously eveyone i know looks forward to it immensley, myself included. The fact the leauge final is on a few weeks before hand is also another great idea giving us finalists a good chance to get in some big game deep stack practice! by the way what is going to happen to the stacks of gavin and bob in the leauge final will they be left in to play as they are still both in the top 20? Also what is the blind structure for the leauge final 30 mins /40mins i suppose.
thanks again look forward to your reply.

carfax · 24-04-2007 12:43pm

zsoulking wrote:

Hi,

We will be doing a Satellite at the Sporting Emporium in the coming weeks.

Possibly €100 + €10 with 1 Re-Buy or top up,

Probably do €2,000 packages, €1,500 being transferred to Macau for main event ticket and €500 spending money / expenses for each qualifier.

Will post when I have a date for you guys

John.

I would defo play a sat for this too John.

karlh · 24-04-2007 1:19pm

carfax wrote:

I would defo play a sat for this too John.

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SLIM19198 · 24-04-2007 1:19pm

Bob, being the fine gentleman that he is, may let me substitute for him in the league final, just for fun of course :P

carfax · 25-04-2007 1:35pm

SLIM19198 wrote:

Bob, being the fine gentleman that he is, may let me substitute for him in the league final, just for fun of course :P

Was there actually any just cause for barring Bob or any of these players Slim?

Just wondering......I'm obviously thinking of heading down to this tournament but I think there will be feck all atmosphere in the place without Bob and company.....

Not trying to be clever or anything Macau but I just want to know what the story is and if you have mistreated or been a bit harsh with some of your most regular customers???

FungiWalsh · 25-04-2007 11:43pm

carfax wrote:

Was there actually any just cause for barring Bob or any of these players Slim?

Just wondering......I'm obviously thinking of heading down to this tournament but I think there will be feck all atmosphere in the place without Bob and company.....

Not trying to be clever or anything Macau but I just want to know what the story is and if you have mistreated or been a bit harsh with some of your most regular customers???

I'm not sure what happened when Bob and the other regular that was barred, I heard various stories, but it wouldn't be fair to recollect them here. I know that a few regulars have had short-term barrings on occasion, but I think a fair few of them were just for arriving in drunk and causing a hassle, which is fair enough. I'm a regular there (well, not so much in the last few months, 'cos I stopped going in there when I hit a protracted bad run, to minimise losses), and I've never been mistreated in there, nor have I seen anyone being mistreated in there. But that's only my own experience, I'm not in there every night.

carfax · 26-04-2007 11:37am

FungiWalsh wrote:

I'm not sure what happened when Bob and the other regular that was barred, I heard various stories, but it wouldn't be fair to recollect them here. I know that a few regulars have had short-term barrings on occasion, but I think a fair few of them were just for arriving in drunk and causing a hassle, which is fair enough. I'm a regular there (well, not so much in the last few months, 'cos I stopped going in there when I hit a protracted bad run, to minimise losses), and I've never been mistreated in there, nor have I seen anyone being mistreated in there. But that's only my own experience, I'm not in there every night.

Thats fair enough Darragh, it just crossed my mind that maybe the lads had been treated a bit harsh.

I'll defo try to make it down for this but would obviously prefer to qualify.

LARDO · 26-04-2007 1:10pm

i go in there ocacionally also has anyone noticed how often the staff change?
also all the big game players play in dublin.

? LARDO??

SLIM19198 · 27-04-2007 2:24pm

carfax wrote:

Was there actually any just cause for barring Bob or any of these players Slim?

I cannot really say myself as I do not know the whole story myself, but, in the time i have been going there (~2 years), I have not seen anyone being mistreated that did not ask for it, and everyone always seemd to get a second chance!

But anyway, this thread is not for that subject, so to get back on topic, anyone want to donate the buy in for the main event to me! I am a very bad poker player who has absolutley no chance of winning whatsoever, but if somebody buys me in, i will donate any winnings to charity

Macau Cork · 29-04-2007 7:04pm

The tournament director for the irish poker classic festival has now been confirmed, I can now tell you that Donal MacAonghusa will be presiding over the festival.

Donal will have the say on the tournament games, as well as the satellite and cash games available during the festival!

I hope everyone that enters has a great time, see you all there, Macau Club!

LARDO · 29-04-2007 9:55pm

SLIM19198 wrote:

I cannot really say myself as I do not know the whole story myself, but, in the time i have been going there (~2 years), I have not seen anyone being mistreated that did not ask for it, and everyone always seemd to get a second chance!

But anyway, this thread is not for that subject, so to get back on topic, anyone want to donate the buy in for the main event to me! I am a very bad poker player who has absolutley no chance of winning whatsoever, but if somebody buys me in, i will donate any winnings to charity

ok ill take ur word for it as im not a regular, i was told there are often screamimg matches with managment down there?

I also heard of a guy Mick O sullivan who was barred, i meet him in dublin and he seemed to be o total gentleman, know anything about this?

LARDO

The Irish classic Poker Festival (Macau Sporting Club, Cork City)

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