BoylePoker.com International Poker Open 2009

hiscan

I'm regged for day 1B,never played this event before so i'm looking forward to it:):):):):)

Eyecatcher

what side events are there this year ???

mdwexford

Flushed wrote: »

I am looking foward to this, however the 2k chips bonus idea is ridiculous. No other live event in the world would make up this stupid idea so it clearly must be the wildcats in boyles head office.

Greedy bastards.

Dont hold back, tell us what you really think.

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

Flushed wrote: »

I am looking foward to this, however the 2k chips bonus idea is ridiculous. No other live event in the world would make up this stupid idea so it clearly must be the wildcats in boyles head office.

Greedy bastards.

Sorry but your a ****ing idiot

Wolves

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

mdwexford wrote: »

Dont hold back, tell us what you really think.

Flushed

Anya Mealy Salami wrote: »

Sorry but your a ****ing idiot

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


Well see who the f**king idiot is when the chip stacks take ages to set up and suddenly half the field with an 8k stack starts shouting for the td to come over because they claim that they 100% earned the points required for a 10k stack.

Result = Chaos.

mdwexford

I do agree it sounds very hard to manage, to organize hundreds of players into seats and then give some 8k, some 10k and sort it all out sounds mega hassle but im sure Stephen has plans to keep it all running smoothly, rather him than me though.....

NewApproach

I can definately imagine there will be loads of swearing and whatever else going on when people notice they are starting with a short stack. Still, it doesn't seem too hard a target in order to get the extra few chips.

bobbyg

Last year I opened an account for my uncle (just to play this tournament) who is in his 60's and just doesn't play on the internet at all. He loved the tournament and said he wanted to play again this year. He still doesn't play on the net (he hates computers) and if he wants to play this year he will have to start with 2000 less chips then most of the field. I think that is very unfair considering he is paying the same buy-in as everyone else.

I know this tournament will porbably be sold out in a few weeks but what would happen if it hasn't sold out by the end of September? What incentive is there for people to register in October if they have to start with 8000 chips.

I just think that with live tournaments with everyone paying the same buy-in everyone should be treated equally no matter how much they play on the site that is sponsoring it.

cooker3

bobbyg wrote: »

I know this tournament will porbably be sold out in a few weeks but what would happen if it hasn't sold out by the end of September? What incentive is there for people to register in October if they have to start with 8000 chips.

The chance to win 50k from a 250 buyin?

If Boyles or someone don't sponsor this it doesn't go ahead. There is no other tournament like it, hence why you have so many people from across Europe to play it. We are lucky to have it on our doorsteps. Boyles have added a lot to it, it's not unreasonable for them to find a way to make a profit.

NewApproach

cooker3 wrote: »

The chance to win 50k from a 250 buyin?

If Boyles or someone don't sponsor this it doesn't go ahead. There is no other tournament like it, hence why you have so many people from across Europe to play it. We are lucky to have it on our doorsteps. Boyles have added a lot to it, it's not unreasonable for them to find a way to make a profit.

There is no way they are going to make money out of this solely from each player racking up 500 vip points. This is a marketing campaign, and likely a very successful one at that i reckon. fair play to them I say, like you said without them in it the game wouldn't be happening.

its not too much to ask just to play on their site for a short while imo

Eyecatcher

250 VIP points for 2000 chips

I have over 60,000 earned this year so far can i get 480,000 chips please :P

carfax

Hi All, I was away at Oxegen for a few days so just getting back into the swing of things. Cheers for all the great feedback and keep the registrations going...We are one week into our promo campaign with the European/ International side of things due to kick off now. We have 148 players fully registered as of this moment .

Grafter wrote: »

Ladies event?

No ladies event this year Grafter, Ciaran wanted to run a Round of Each tournament instead, so I am blaming him

Ciaran_Corbett wrote: »

Our IPO themed HU video

Must have taken you a long time to edit that one into something you could work with

mdwexford wrote: »

I do agree it sounds very hard to manage, to organize hundreds of players into seats and then give some 8k, some 10k and sort it all out sounds mega hassle but im sure Stephen has plans to keep it all running smoothly, rather him than me though.....

Hi MD, we know what we are letting ourselves in for we are going to run it like clockwork. I hope people take me at my word when we say that.

With regard to any confusion from players over whether or not they have reached the target, again there can be no complaints over this as communication is going to be very clear from both Ciarán and myself on here and from the whole BoylePoker team (Ciarán will be able to verify this but as far as I know everyone is going to get an email at the start of Sept & Oct to indicate whether or not you qulaify for the 1,000 & 1,000 bonus chips).

Cheers all,
Stephen.

Scouser in Dub

Stephen how much are the side events?

carfax

Scouser in Dub wrote: »

Stephen how much are the side events?

Hi Vic, this is the provisional list (if there are any changes I will post again) with full details of blind structure etc. The registration desk opens at 11am each day for all side events and the only way to play is to buy-in with cash.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Side Event 1 & 2 (6pm Start)
Friday 16th & Saturday 17th Oct
No-Limit Hold 'em.
€50 (+ €10 reg) with one €50 re-buy allowed;
2,000 starting chips, 2,000 for re-buy, 3,000 for top-up
Time Blinds
18:00-18:20 Level 1; 25-50
18:20-18:40 Level 2; 50-100
18:40-19:00 Level 3; 100-200
19:00-19:20 Level 4; 150-300
19:20-19:40 Level 5; 200-400
19:40-20:00 Level 6; 300-600
20:00-20:20 (Break 20 mins)
20:20-20:40 Level 7; 400-800
20:40-21:00 Level 8; 500-1,000
21:00-21:20 Level 9; 800-1,500
21:20-21:40 Level 10; 1,000-2,000
21:40-22:00 Level 11; 1,500-3,000
22:00-22:20 Level 12; 2,000-4,000
22:20-22:40 Level 13; 3,000-6,000
22:40-23:00 Level 14; 4,000-8,000
23:00-23:20 (Break 20 mins)
23:20-23:40 Level 15; 5,000-10,000
23:40-00:00 Level 16; 8,000-15,000
00:00-00:20 Level 17; 10,000-20,000
00:20-00:40 Level 18; 15,000-30,000
00:40-01:00 Level 19; 20,000-40,000
01:00-01:20 Level 20; 30,000-60,000
01:20-01:40 Level 21; 40,000-80,000
01:40-02:00 Level 22; 50,000-100,000


Sunday 18th Oct
Side Event 3 (1pm Start)
No-Limit Hold'em
€50 (+ €10 reg) with one €50 re-buy allowed;
4,000 starting chips, 5,000 for re-buy, 6,000 for top-up
20 Minute Blind Levels
13:00-13:20 Level 1; 25-50
13:20-13:40 Level 2; 50-100
13:40-14:00 Level 3; 75-150
14:00-14:20 Level 4; 100-200
14:20-14:40 Level 5; 150-300
14:40-15:00 Level 6; 200-400
15:00-15:10 (Break 10 mins)
15:10-15:30 Level 7; 300-600
15:30-15:50 Level 8; 400-800
15:50-16:10 Level 9; 500-1000
16:10-16:30 Level 10; 800-1500
16:30-16:50 Level 11; 1000-2000
16:50-17:00 (Break 10 mins)
17:00-17:20 Level 12; 1500-3000
17:20-17:40 Level 13; 2000-4000
17:40-18:00 Level 14; 3000-6000
18:00-18:20 Level 15; 4000-8000
18:20-18:40 Level 16; 5000-10000
18:40-19;00 Level 17; 8,000-15,000
19:00-19:30 (Break 30 mins) - Dinner
19:30-19:50 Level 18; 10,000-20,000
19:50-20:10 Level 19; 15,000-30,000
20:10-20:30 Level 20; 20,000-40,000
20:30-20:50 Level 21; 30,000-60,000
20:50-21:00 (Break 10 Mins)
21:00-21:20 Level 22; 40,000-80,000
21:20-21:40 Level 23; 50,000-100,000
21:40-22:00 Level 24; 80,000-150,000
22:00-22:20 Level 25; 100,000-200,000
22:20-22:30 (Break 10 Mins)
22:30-22:50 Level 26; 150,000-300,000
22:50-23:10 Level 27; 200,000-400,000
23:10-23:30 Level 28; 300,000-600,000

Side Event 4
€100 (+€10 reg) Round Of Each Double Chance Freeze-out
25 Minute Blind Levels - 3,000 starting chips, 3,000 Dbl Chance
Blinds
15:00-15:25 Level 1; 25-25
15:25-15:50 Level 2; 25-50
15:50-16:15 Level 3; 50-100
16:15-16:40 Level 4; 75-150
16:40-16:50 (Break 10 mins)
16:50-17:15 Level 5; 100-200
17:15-17:40 Level 6; 150-300
17:40-18:05 Level 7; 200-400
18:05-18:30 Level 8; 300-600
18:30-19:00 (Break 30 mins) - Dinner
19:00-19:25 Level 9; 400-800
19:25-19:50 Level 10; 500-1000
19:50-20:15 Level 11; 800-1500
20:15-20:40 Level 12; 1000-2000
20:40-20:50 (Break 10 mins)
20:50-21:15 Level 13; 1500-3000
21:15-21:40 Level 13; 2000-4000
21:40-22:05 Level 14; 3000-6000
22:05-22:30 Level 15; 4000-8000
22:30-22:40 Level 16; 5000-10000
22:40-23:05 Level 17; 8,000-15,000
23:05-23:30 Level 18; 10,000-20,000
23:30-23:55 Level 19; 15,000-30,000

Side Event 5
€150 (+€15 reg) Pot-Limit Omaha Double Chance Freezeout
25 Minute Blind Levels - 4,000 starting chips, 4,000 Dbl Chance
Blinds
18:00-18:25 Level 1; 25-50
18:25-18:50 Level 2; 50-100
18:50-19:15 Level 3; 75-150
19:15-19:40 Level 4; 100-200
19:40-19:50 (Break 10 mins)
19:50-20:15 Level 5; 150-300
20:15-20:40 Level 6; 200-400
20:40-21:05 Level 7; 300-600
21:05-21:30 Level 8; 400-800
21:30-21:40 (Break 10 mins)
21:40-22:05 Level 9; 500-1000
22:05-22:30 Level 10; 800-1500
22:30-22:55 Level 11; 1000-2000
22:55-23:20 Level 12; 1500-3000
23:20-23:30 (Break 10 mins)
23:30-23:55 Level 13; 2000-4000
23:55-00:20 Level 14; 3000-6000
00:20-00:45 Level 15; 4000-8000
00:45-01:10 Level 16; 5000-10000
01:10-00:20 (Break 10 mins)
01:20-01:45 Level 17; 8,000-15,000
01:45-02:10 Level 18; 10,000-20,000
02:10-02:35 Level 19; 15,000-30,000
02:35-03:00 Level 20; 20,000-40,000
03:00-03:10 (Break 10 mins)
03:10-03:35 Level 21; 30,000-60,000
03:35-04:00 Level 22; 40,000-80,000
04:00-04:25 Level 23; 50,000-100,000

carfax

bobbyg wrote: »

Last year I opened an account for my uncle (just to play this tournament) who is in his 60's and just doesn't play on the internet at all. He loved the tournament and said he wanted to play again this year. He still doesn't play on the net (he hates computers) and if he wants to play this year he will have to start with 2000 less chips then most of the field. I think that is very unfair considering he is paying the same buy-in as everyone else.

I just think that with live tournaments with everyone paying the same buy-in everyone should be treated equally no matter how much they play on the site that is sponsoring it.

Hi Bobby, the idea behind the IPO has always been that it is primarily aimed at online players. The kind of value we are able to offer here can only come about because of the value that online players have to a site like Boylepoker.com...I gave a very similar answer on thehendonmob a few minutes ago where I said something along the lines of;

"We are aiming for it to be a level playing field all around...We want 100% of the players that take part to play a little bit on BoylePoker in August and September and then start the International Poker Open with the 10,000 stack.
The idea of the IPO is to make Championship poker available to every player but its a little bit of a paradox too because the IPO is also really only aimed at Boylepoker players "...

What I would say to you is that we really don't want your uncle to miss out on the tournament, because the players are what make any tournament happen. But if he won't play for a couple of hours online in August and September then I can understand why he would be upset and might even want to give it a miss this year.

Cheers,
Stephen.

zuutroy

Hmm I see an opportunity...

Anyone who doesn't like the idea of having to play to earn their chips, please send me your SN and password and I will clear the requirements for you for the meager sum of $30....1300x$30 = first prize money imo

Seriously though...the way you've structured the bonus looks bad for the reason that a player will think, 'oh this sucks I have to play if I want to get the full 10k chips', whereas if you had given everyone 10k as with last year and given people the opportunity to earn another 2k it would look a lot more like the 'bonus' that you're marketing ie people see it as something on top, rather than being compelled to make up a shortfall. That's my basic marketing psychology 2 cents anyway. Is it too late to change?

bobbyg

carfax wrote: »

Hi Bobby, the idea behind the IPO has always been that it is primarily aimed at online players. The kind of value we are able to offer here can only come about because of the value that online players have to a site like Boylepoker.com...I gave a very similar answer on thehendonmob a few minutes ago where I said something along the lines of;

"We are aiming for it to be a level playing field all around...We want 100% of the players that take part to play a little bit on BoylePoker in August and September and then start the International Poker Open with the 10,000 stack.
The idea of the IPO is to make Championship poker available to every player but its a little bit of a paradox too because the IPO is also really only aimed at Boylepoker players "...

What I would say to you is that we really don't want your uncle to miss out on the tournament, because the players are what make any tournament happen. But if he won't play for a couple of hours online in August and September then I can understand why he would be upset and might even want to give it a miss this year.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Don't get me wrong I think this is a wonderful tournament and I take my hat off to you (and Boyles) for what you are doing. This is probably the only chance players like me will get to play a big tournament like this. We will definitely be playing again this year, really enjoyed last years tournament. In fairness my Uncle is probably going to be the only player there that does't play online so he will just have to accept the fact that he has to start with less chips.

bpricey

"Well see who the f**king idiot is when the chip stacks take ages to set up and suddenly half the field with an 8k stack starts shouting for the td to come over because they claim that they 100% earned the points required for a 10k stack."

Result = Chaos.[/quote]
do they not just give you your extra chips when your getting your seating card, easy solution

smurph

look,
the Seating draw last year was done well in advance of starting time.

Everyone will have the Seat number and name, then if they are qualified for the bonus there should be something like a B beside their name.

The dealer at each table has a printout of said sheet and gives an extra 2K to the people at the table with a B beside there name.

Eazy peezy....... kinda

super182

really lookin forward to this excellent value!!! best reg in time :D

HiCloy

In. 153 regged already, gonna fill fast!

carfax

zuutroy wrote: »

Seriously though...the way you've structured the bonus looks bad for the reason that a player will think, 'oh this sucks I have to play if I want to get the full 10k chips'

Hi Zuutroy, I know it looks bad and we were expecting a good few players to have a problem with this promotion as its a change to the normal but we're doing our best....The reason we couldn't give the 12,000 starting stack is because of time restraints and the way I am looking at it is that we should be able to get 99.9999% of players to get the bonus chips so it is essentially still a 10,000 starting stack.

Stephen.

venividivici

bonus chip structure is ridiculous, no need to reply, lol

CHD

venividivici wrote: »

bonus chip structure is ridiculous, no need to reply, lol

Not really, Boyles deserve to have something extra out of this for the effort they put in imo.

You can reply if ya like.

zuutroy

carfax wrote: »

Hi Zuutroy, I know it looks bad and we were expecting a good few players to have a problem with this promotion as its a change to the normal but we're doing our best....The reason we couldn't give the 12,000 starting stack is because of time restraints and the way I am looking at it is that we should be able to get 99.9999% of players to get the bonus chips so it is essentially still a 10,000 starting stack.

Stephen.

Ah yeah I'm not bothered and I'll prob manage to put in the hands, I'm just curious if the complaints are a psychological thing with people having to 'make up' the round number rather than getting something on top of it.

Joist

Me and my mate have just registered for 1A, wahay

Really can't wait, there's a few of us coming over, jolly up in Dublin one night, plenty of cash, and hopefully send the ~£35k

Not fussed about the earning VIP points thing. Just fussed about the money I'll lose earning them! It's not that big a deal, if you don't like it, don't play. There won't be a shortage of players to fill this fantastically run and great value tournament.

tipp86

People only need to rake €14 in tournament fees each of the months i dont see the fuss.

skippy15

tipp86 wrote: »

People only need to rake €14 in tournament fees each of the months i dont see the fuss.

is that all? in that case makes massive sense and dont feel like being robbed! cause if your paying 250+25 reg (275) for 8k chips, €28 euro for 2k chips is super value- just think of it as extra reg and play it! good spot!

Serena08

well done boyles and Ciaran can't wait played last year it was my 1st ever live game had a fantastic time roll on october