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Poker Player Magazine Tour 2014 Satellite Thread

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Re: Poker Player Magazine Tour 2014 Satellite Thread - freeroll on 11th Feb 8pm Wow, first leg is going to be full of Vic regulars then. Can't see many of the magazine players spending the £150 plus London expenses if there's no satellites to get there. :( Want to run a special PL satellite Dave, if we can get it set up in next couple of weeks? ;)

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Re: Poker Player Magazine Tour 2014 Satellite Thread Hello, Felt the need to post (1st one) as I've been looking at your forum on and off for a while and I felt you had a good rapport with Grosvenor and some influence with the Poker Player magazine staff, but I was reluctant to comment. However, I'd just thought I'd voice my opinion for what it's worth, more as feedback really to both Grosvenor and PP Mag, but also for others views. I'll just add I'm a recreational player, like some banter at the online tables (within reason) and last year through the PPUKPT satellite process with On-line Grosvenor, I managed to attend 2 PPUKPT events and also got into the GUKPT satellites, and was fortunate to qualify and attend 2 of them too. The arrangement this year for both, seem to be less attractive by satellite entry and I'll tell you why. 1. There is not an adequate amount of scheduled satellites for the PPUKPT. I was on the same table at the recent freeroll for a PPUKPT seat on WINAMAX and managed to chat with the PP Mag editor who said, "only a very few qualified in any case through the satellites for the live events"!. I was one of them and I'm guessing other members on here were too. 2. As there's limited satellites the only real way to enter the live event is by direct buyin, and there's no facility on Grosvenor for this on-line. So that'll be hard cash then, not from my on-line bankroll. To be honest, the only way I can really justify entry to play live is by satellite entry due to all the other travel,accommodation costs etc. 3. The GUKPT £5 satellites offer qualification for the next £55 sat and you can't unregister to bank this as a token, so once you've qualified you can't play any further £5 sats until the £55 sats been played? Last year, Grosvenor gave the prizes as tokens, so you could select which £55 sat to enter and stock a few tokens for weeks when you can't play the lower sats. 4. Having taken away the PPUKPT sats from Grosvenor, to me it's just another site to keep an account on, so less points earned on the Grosvenor site which could be used for either. Sorry about my rage. That'll be my groan shared and so at least I feel better already. Cheers

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Re: Poker Player Magazine Tour 2014 Satellite Thread Hi checkorbet, Thanks for the feedback. We're looking into the amount of satellites we offer at the moment and it would be good to get feedback on whether people think there would be the demand for them. The satellites we ran on Grosvenor for the last tour weren't very popular but this might have had more to do with the site? We're currently running one satellite and one freeroll on Winamax, so three seats guaranteed a month and more depending on buy-ins. We might try experimenting with more. You can still buy-in online with Grosvenor. A week or so before each tour event you can find the online buy-in in the Grosvenor lobby. I'm always keeping an eye on here and happy to get feedback on this or any other subject to [email protected]. Thanks, Dave

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Re: Poker Player Magazine Tour 2014 Satellite Thread

Could someone who sees the mag please post up dates for these satellites in advance so we have them in the diary :ok
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Re: Poker Player Magazine Tour 2014 Satellite Thread

Hello, Felt the need to post (1st one) as I've been looking at your forum on and off for a while and I felt you had a good rapport with Grosvenor and some influence with the Poker Player magazine staff, but I was reluctant to comment. However, I'd just thought I'd voice my opinion for what it's worth, more as feedback really to both Grosvenor and PP Mag, but also for others views. I'll just add I'm a recreational player, like some banter at the online tables (within reason) and last year through the PPUKPT satellite process with On-line Grosvenor, I managed to attend 2 PPUKPT events and also got into the GUKPT satellites, and was fortunate to qualify and attend 2 of them too. The arrangement this year for both, seem to be less attractive by satellite entry and I'll tell you why. 1. There is not an adequate amount of scheduled satellites for the PPUKPT. I was on the same table at the recent freeroll for a PPUKPT seat on WINAMAX and managed to chat with the PP Mag editor who said, "only a very few qualified in any case through the satellites for the live events"!. I was one of them and I'm guessing other members on here were too. 2. As there's limited satellites the only real way to enter the live event is by direct buyin, and there's no facility on Grosvenor for this on-line. So that'll be hard cash then, not from my on-line bankroll. To be honest, the only way I can really justify entry to play live is by satellite entry due to all the other travel,accommodation costs etc. 3. The GUKPT £5 satellites offer qualification for the next £55 sat and you can't unregister to bank this as a token, so once you've qualified you can't play any further £5 sats until the £55 sats been played? Last year, Grosvenor gave the prizes as tokens, so you could select which £55 sat to enter and stock a few tokens for weeks when you can't play the lower sats. 4. Having taken away the PPUKPT sats from Grosvenor, to me it's just another site to keep an account on, so less points earned on the Grosvenor site which could be used for either. Sorry about my rage. That'll be my groan shared and so at least I feel better already. Cheers
Quality first post imo :ok Carefully thought through and constructive feedback like this is always hugely valuable and a great way for mags, poker sites, ourselves as players etc to think about, discuss and seek mutually beneficial improvements. Warm welcome to the forum checkorbet, some excellent satellite results already, keep up the good work and great to see you joining in the forum. Be great to hear what other members think too, ideal place for a discussion and sharing of thoughts. You're right, there's a stong bond between PuntersLounge members and PokerPlayer Mag. Think we've all benefited from PPMag's added value promotions, articles & strategy tips many times and have always in return helped to support and promote them as they (and similar titles) do such a vital role in helping to develop and promote the game we all love. Not to mention sharing a beer or two at the live events :cheers I've got a couple of thoughts myself but need a little more thought before posting and don't have much time at the moment. Will jot them down in a day or two.
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Re: Poker Player Magazine Tour 2014 Satellite Thread Dave (Kidunknown) Thanks for the updates and details of how Poker Player Mag see the satellite process for the PPUKPT. My thoughts remain that for general recreational players satelitte entry (not necessarily freerolls) are the main way of entering the tournaments and there doesn't seem enough this year. I've found from the several PPUKPT events I've attended around the country over the past few years that the more recent events are locals/regs and not necessarily even PP Mag subscribers/readers compared to the more social crowd with the free buffets that they were. With that said, they're still great fun and I'm still eager to attend some of the events this year. Can you advise has the Brighton leg date changed in line with the GUKPT change of dates? Bart(UK) thanks also for the warm welcome and reply, it'll be interesting to hear your thoughts and those from others. Is anyone thinking of going to Portsmouth Gunwharf casino on Monday, as I think they're running a live £30 satellite for the upcoming GUKPT to be held in Brighton in May? and I could be tempted ?!

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Re: Poker Player Magazine Tour 2014 Satellite Thread These are in the diary :ok

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Re: Poker Player Magazine Tour 2014 Satellite Thread a PL 1,2,3 last night with me as bubble boy in 3rd, great game,but unsure who won,it was either girlywirly, (should have done with the chips she had) or Gremlin, anyway well played both and good luck in whatever game you play

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