Poker society

padser

Anyone here play poker last yr in UCD?? if so have you joined again this yr and are we likley to get ripped off as much again?? do u know if its same managemtn as last yr?

Dave!

I joined this year... how were you ripped off last year? Do you know when and where the beginners' class thing is on?

padser

we got ripped off big time last yr because i reckon about 60 or 70 % of the money they took in they kept. The prize pools were unbelievably small for suck large fields. they have no overheads most of the time.

Actaully did some maths (conservitavely) on the big event they ran in o reailly hall last yr. I reckon they made about 6K that night. Was unbelievable.

Not going to happen this yr...going to talk to some of the regulars on the first night and get some ppl together to go to the committee. See if we can get a reg fee in each buy in and all other money into the prize pot. (welll we can dream)

pretty*monster

padser wrote:

they have no overheads most of the time.

They have very nice glossy posters. Those things aren't cheap.

breadmonkey

padser wrote:

we got ripped off big time last yr because i reckon about 60 or 70 % of the money they took in they kept. The prize pools were unbelievably small for suck large fields. they have no overheads most of the time.

Actaully did some maths (conservitavely) on the big event they ran in o reailly hall last yr. I reckon they made about 6K that night. Was unbelievable.

Not going to happen this yr...going to talk to some of the regulars on the first night and get some ppl together to go to the committee. See if we can get a reg fee in each buy in and all other money into the prize pot. (welll we can dream)

Fair play Padser. I joined up this year because I got the poker bug over the summer. I'll be p!ssed if I find out they're just robbing everyone.

Ruskie4Rent

What do they have lined up over the next while. I joined but don't really know much about whats going on.

willis

the ucd poker society is the biggest scam ever. I would love to see their end of year accounts,we asked last year but were refused access. They really do rip poker players off,ask anyone who was a member last year

anonymous_joe

Now they tell us?

What's the poker like anyway?

padser

I dont think they will be able to rip us off as much this yr as last yr. I didnt go down last monday cos i knew it would be mobbed first monday. But am going next mon and am going to try and get a group together tellling em instead of playing for E5 we want to play for E4 + 1. 20% is still a massive amount to give to the house but i reckon last yr they took in excess of 50%.

Anyways anyone going next week look out for me. Ill be trying to drum up support from people for a change of structure.

breadmonkey

I don't understand what you mean by €4 + 1

Ruskie4Rent

Maybe they need the 50% to rent out places, and buy chips, ect.
breadmonkey: I think he means E4 goes in as prize money and the rest is payed to the organisers.

breadmonkey

Nah. The chips, cards, felts etc have all been paid for previously (i.e. out of last year's funds). I know the sports clubs get hall space for free, so I'd imagine the socities are either paying nothing, or very little.

So where does the money go?

padser

nah as previosly said. Chips are long paid for etc. astra hall is free. Only real expensise are the actual cards that have to be bought on a constant basis.

What i mean by E4 +1. You pay E5. E4 goes to prize pool and E1 goes to the house.