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DTD £58 Live Tourney, £40k gtd prizepool 29th-31st Oct

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DUSK TILL DAWN Poker Club Attempts Record Number of Runners! Dusk Till Dawn, Europe’s largest poker venue, is attempting to break the record for the largest ever poker tournament held in the UK. grandprix-logo.jpg The record currently stands at 730 runners, held by the EPT London. The Dusk Till Dawn Grand Prix will take place on Friday 29th – Sunday 31st October. Players will have the option of playing Day 1A on Friday or Day 1B on Saturday, before returning to play Day 2 on Sunday. Each person will be playing for their slice of the £40,000 guaranteed prize pool – which equates to a staggering 800 runners. The winner will net a cool £13,000 – that's 260 times their £50 entry fee! Dusk Till Dawn Owner, Rob Yong, says this is the most exciting event ever to be staged at the club, although he admits setting the guarantee at 800 runners is a bit ambitious. "We had to set it above the current UK record of 730 runners to show we are serious about breaking it. I also wanted the buy-in to be accessible to all bankrolls, so for a modest buy-in of £50, players will get a great structure with 10,000 chips and a 45 minute clock. With that in mind, the guaranteed £40,000 prize money means that this tournament is equivalent to a £500 entry tournament with 80 runners - so the value is simply amazing for our players. We have made the tournament Online Buy-in Only, directly through Dusk Till Dawn's Online Poker Room, as most of our club members already have online accounts with us. Buying in is very straightforward, and this process means we can be better prepared for the event itself, in terms of staffing levels and player registrations. We couldn't cope with a queue of 800 people at our cash desk. Our online poker room has recently migrated to a new improved banking wallet, so I am also hoping this event will help to get our players familiar with it. I am excited but also a bit nervous. Obviously we really hope that the event will be a success and we get as close as possible to the 730 record. I am expecting a sizeable overlay as this is our first attempt, so anything above 500 runners would be reasonable. However, we do have over 40,000 members, and with such good value on offer, if our members get behind this event and support us, we might get a pleasant surprise." REGISTRATION NOW OPEN VIA DUSK TILL DAWN'S ONLINE POKER ROOM Dusk Till Dawn Grand Prix 2010 Friday 29th – Sunday 31st October 2010

Day 1A1:00pm - Friday 29th October450 Cap
Day 1B1:00pm - Saturday 30th October450 Cap
Day 21:00pm - Sunday 31st October (Doors open at 12 noon everyday) 450 Cap
Buy-In:£50 + £8 (Through Dusk Till Dawn Online Poker ONLY – No Cash Entries) Registration Closes 11am Friday 29th October
Prizepool:Guaranteed £40,000 (800 runners)
Structure10,000 Chips, 45 Minute Clock
How to Register You will find the tournament in the Dusk Till Dawn Online Poker Room. In order to access this, you will need to open an online account with Dusk Till Dawn.

Already a regular at Dusk Till Dawn Online Poker?

  • Open the Poker Client and click the following tabs...
  • TABLES > MULTI TOURNEY > SPECIAL > START TIME > You will see the DTD GRAND PRIX tournaments in red: 30/10 10:00 DTD GRAND PRIX DAY 1B 29/10 10:00 DTD GRAND PRIX DAY 1A
  • Highlight the Day you wish to play, Day 1A which falls on Friday 29th October or Day 1B on Saturday 30th October. Then click REGISTER.

Never played at Dusk Till Dawn Online Poker or Never Opened an Online Account?

  • First you will need to access our Online Poker Room, and you can do this by downloading our software
  • Click Here
    to access Dusk Till Dawn Online Poker
  • Once you access Dusk Till Dawn Online Poker, you can click
    LOGIN
    . Another Box will appear, where you can click
    NEW USER
    to open an online account.
  • Once this is done, follow the steps above to locate the tournament and register

We have a dedicated IN HOUSE support team based at Dusk Till Dawn Poker Club, available to speak to you from 10am til Midnight everyday. Out of those hours, you can email us and we will respond after 10am. Terms & Conditions

  1. Standard Dusk Till Dawn Poker tournament rules apply.
  2. Entry to the Dusk Till Dawn Grand Prix Event includes the price of the tournament seat only. Players are responsible for any other costs incurred such as travel and food.
  3. Seats are non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for another live Dusk Till Dawn Poker Event.
  4. All tournament winnings from the Dusk Till Dawn Grand Prix will be paid directly into players Dusk Till Dawn Online Poker accounts.
  5. Dusk Till Dawn Poker reserves the right to add, remove or amend these terms and conditions at any time.
  6. In the case of any dispute, the Dusk Till Dawn Poker Management decision will be final.

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Re: DTD £58 Live Tourney, £40k gtd prizepool 29th-31st Oct

£50+£8 :lol No thanks. Wouldn't even bother if I lived in Nottingham.
There's no way this'll hit the guarantee imo. So, if there is an overlay, it'll actually be pretty sick value.
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Re: DTD £58 Live Tourney, £40k gtd prizepool 29th-31st Oct Hi All This event is going to be amazing value , please sign up early so we can organise dealers for each day one. Thanks ACES Rob’s £40K Grand Prix Update – 25 days to go! Many club regulars will already know that we have done a deal to televise the Grand Prix and the November £300 Deepstack weekend on Virgin 1 (recently changed to Sky Channel 1) and Sky 860. The company that are filming the events, have done work for most of the major poker brands, and are talking to us about televising some of our bigger events coming up at Dusk Till Dawn, such as the £1k Grand Slam Events (starting December). As it was the Grand Prix event which initially sparked an interest, this will be the first to be televised. It will be great to see some of our locals on T.V, and hopefully one of the ‘characters’ will make the final table! Sigh… we now have a “massive” 81 runners bought in, so with 25 days left to enter, we need an average of 31 entries per day to break the 848 record set by Pokerstars at the EPT last week. I need your help! With the record attempt now being televised, I would like the minimum amount of egg on my face for trying this event! Not surprisingly, a few of my savvy poker friends have seen this as an opportunity to make a few quid out of me by betting how many runners we will actually achieve at the Grand Prix. The general consensus is that we are going to struggle to get over 500, and I think my pride may have been getting the better of me as I have taken on some of these bets - including one quite sizable one that we will get under 600 runners! This is a really fun tournament to put on. It’s not just a great structure and loads of value for £50, it’s more about having a go at something that seems unachievable. I think our largest ever field for a £50 comp is just over 300, and that was inflated because we had a Riley’s third part event the next day; quite a few players deciding to make a weekend of it. Several players have questioned the 1pm start time on the Friday. To avoid an early start, we could have done a 30 minute clock or given fewer chips, but I wanted to give this event as good a structure as possible. If a player is a couple of levels late, he or she will still have plenty of chips to play. Actually, the person may have saved themselves chips by not playing the early levels and getting AA busted by J3 when the blinds are so low. As we know, some of our players such as ‘Chip Shop Frankie’ will call with any 2 cards just to Google a rock! I have no shame in asking for your cooperation in getting me to a respectable number (500+ is ‘respectable’), so come on, help me out here. Cheers Rob

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Re: DTD £58 Live Tourney, £40k gtd prizepool 29th-31st Oct Robs Grand Prix Update Well, the numbers are looking a bit more respectable now at 233 with 15 days to go, we have players entering from every part of the UK, even as far as Scotland, eyeing the £13,000 winners prize for a modest investment of £50 + £8. At the current rate of registrations, I estimate a minimum of 573 runners, still way short of the 848, but heading in the right direction. Due to the exchange rate moving 5% since the tournament was set up in our online card room at a price of €70, we refunded every player €4 who had bought in, and reset the entry fee at €66, to ensure that players are still paying the right amount. Our online card room software provided do plan to offer tournament buy-ins in pounds in the near future, so hopefully any movements in exchange rates will not be a problem if we were to repeat this type of event in the future. We have also changed the start time on Friday to 4pm after listening to players who wanted to play on Friday but did not want to take a full day off work, because players who get through Day 1a will not play till Sunday, playing a bit later on Friday should not be a problem, Saturday Day 1b is still at 1pm. A few players have asked why we did a 45 minute clock for a £50 tournament, well my answer to this is that this is not like a normal £50 tournament, people are playing for a £40,000 prize pool equivalent to a £500 buy-in event with 80 runners, so I wanted to give as good a structure as possible, maybe in the future we will look at this, but this is our first time staging an event like this, so I am sure tweaks will be needed if we were to repeat it. Like everything we have done at Dusk Till Dawn, we constantly try and improve things, often by trial and error. On another note, we will be announcing our annual £1000 event shortly; the dates are Friday December 17th – Sunday December 19th, we just need to finalise details with the television company, as this is almost certain to be televised on one of the main TV channels as part of a longer term project that we are working on. Cheers Rob

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Grand Prix day 1b sold out !

There's no way this'll hit the guarantee imo. So' date=' if there is an overlay, it'll actually be pretty sick value.[/quote'] Hi All Last Monday we had just 177 players registered for the Grand Prix , we now have 661 ! Day 1b Saturday 30th October is sold out at 450 and Day 1a has 239 seats left with over 50 registered today so should sell out by Sunday. Don't miss out on what is going to be a fantastic comp , £50 + £8 , 10,000 chips 45 minute clock and £40,000 guaranteed , approx £13,000 to the winner ! Atmosphere is going to be amazing and we have added a marquee to provide extra space. Cheers ACES
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Re: DTD £58 Live Tourney, £40k gtd prizepool 29th-31st Oct The Dusk Till Dawn Grand Prix has only 68 spaces left for Day 1A, with Day 1B now completely sold out! With a week to go, we predict the event will reach its cap of 900 at some point today. This weekend at Dusk Till Dawn Saturday at 3pm we have our £100 + £12 Deepstack, guaranteed at £30,000 GTD. That equates to 300 runners, so we’re hoping for another busy Saturday now that we have dropped the £100 + £25 events on Sunday afternoons. Sunday night we have our usual £15 Freezeout at 7:45 guaranteed at £600, and our £40 freezeout at 8:00 guaranteed at £1600. Hope you didn't miss the Grand Prix , it is going to be unbelievable. ACES

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Grand Prix sold out with a week to go ! Who could have predicted this ? A £50 tournament guaranteed at 800 players would hit its cap of 900 and sell out with a week to go ! We are delighted at the response and the backing of the poker community in acheiving this amazing turnout , for the lucky ones that have got in we are sure next weekend will be an amazing experience and look forward to welcoming you to Dusk Till Dawn. Can't wait to announce shuffle up and deal to the first 450 players next Friday. Cheers ACES

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Re: DTD £58 Live Tourney, £40k gtd prizepool 29th-31st Oct

How anyone can think £58 to win over £13' date='000 is not good value is beyond me? if you dont fancy your chances against 900 players then why do you play poker at all???[/quote'] Against 900 players it's almost a lottery. £50 + £8, that's 16% rake which is a lot more than usual to play against a huge field. DTD aren't adding anything to the prizepool therefore there is no value at all. Also, :welcome to PL, hope to see you around more!
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Re: DTD £58 Live Tourney, £40k gtd prizepool 29th-31st Oct maybe worded it wrong, i believe its a great investment to have a chance at winning so much for so little. i prefere 900-1 odds in this with my skill (i hope) prevailing, against any lottery lol. but i agree with what you say. Thanks for the :welcome :D

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Re: DTD £58 Live Tourney, £40k gtd prizepool 29th-31st Oct :welcome to PL Bancroft Best of luck in the event. Simon and the team do a great job in these events and im sure you'll enjoy it immensely Just one piece of advice if your looking to gain experience: You cant win it in day 1!

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Re: DTD £58 Live Tourney, £40k gtd prizepool 29th-31st Oct

Against 900 players it's almost a lottery. £50 + £8, that's 16% rake which is a lot more than usual to play against a huge field. DTD aren't adding anything to the prizepool therefore there is no value at all.
Unreal. Based on that logic why does anyone enter the WSOP main event? Until this event normal amateur/recreational poker players would never have the opportunity to play a 900 runner deepstack comp with a 45 min clock. £8 juice is more than casinos charge but DTD has the best dealers and is the best run club in the country. Also casinos can afford to charge less as they make so much from the table games. They'd kill to have 900 punters in their club. DTD has overlays in the club and online that average between £10k - £15k a month. Most people, me included, thought they would not get 600 and would therefore be looking at £10k overlay. Don't begrudge the fact that on this occasion they have made the guarantee. I was one of the 1st to buy in and am really looking forward to it.
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Re: DTD £58 Live Tourney, £40k gtd prizepool 29th-31st Oct

Unreal. Based on that logic why does anyone enter the WSOP main event?
I don't know to be honest. I hate the wsop main event for that exact reason. I'd never play the wsop main event and I never want to simply because there's too many runners.
Until this event normal amateur/recreational poker players would never have the opportunity to play a 900 runner deepstack comp with a 45 min clock.
Very true and it's great for people who want to experience deepstack poker with a huge field, just doesn't do it for me though. :ok
£8 juice is more than casinos charge but DTD has the best dealers and is the best run club in the country. Also casinos can afford to charge less as they make so much from the table games. They'd kill to have 900 punters in their club.
Another valid point. :ok
DTD has overlays in the club and online that average between £10k - £15k a month. Most people, me included, thought they would not get 600 and would therefore be looking at £10k overlay. Don't begrudge the fact that on this occasion they have made the guarantee. I was one of the 1st to buy in and am really looking forward to it.
I know DTD put on great events with big overlays, I went down a few months ago for a similar £50 buy in where there was a huge overlay which resulted in each buy in being worth around £87, amazing value. I'm looking for value when playing poker and unfortunately for us there is no value in this game anymore hence why I will not be taking part. Having said that, well done to DTD for hitting their target, they've really pushed this hard and it's worked. :clap
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Re: DTD £58 Live Tourney, £40k gtd prizepool 29th-31st Oct

I'm looking for value when playing poker and unfortunately for us there is no value in this game anymore hence why I will not be taking part.
Get to the G Cov on Sunday nights then, £25 FO with £2,500 guarantee and only 52 runners last week. Also a £50 comp with £5k guarantee on Tuesdays which sometimes (but not always) has overlay.
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6 Max side event Sunday Hi All Day 1a of the Grand Prix is running smoothly , 450 runners playing 12 levels , there are no evening tournaments just loads of cash games and Saturday will be even busier. On Sunday we expect 160 - 180 players to return for day 2 so have added a new side event. This is capped at 204 and expected to sell out so buy in early. 6 Max Turbo Sunday at 3:00pm £100 + £12 10,000 Chips, 20 Min Clock £20,000 GTD Buy-in NOW and secure your entry via the Dusk Till Dawn Online Shop http://www.dtdshop.com/?vmcchk=1 Cheers ACES

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