Alea / Gala Casino

[mal666]

copied from elsewhere

POKER TOURNAMENTS 7 DAYS A WEEK

New Poker Schedule - starting 1st April 2009.

Dealer dealt tournaments Wednesday - Sunday (last 3 tables)
Dealer dealt cash games from 7pm ( 2pm Saturday and Sunday)

MONDAY
£15 No limit Holdem Freezeout GUARANTEED £1000 for 40 players.

TUESDAY
£10 No Limit Holdem Second Chance GUARANTEED £1000 for 40 players.

WEDNESDAY
£20 No Limit Holdem Unlimited Rebuys (90mins) GUARANTEED £3000 for 50 players.

THURSDAY
£20 No Limit Holdem Second Chance GUARANTEED £2000 for 40 players.

FRIDAY
£25 No Limit Holdem Unlimited Rebuys (90 mins) GUARANTEED £3500 for 50 players.

SATURDAY
£50 No Limit Holdem Freezeout GUARANTEED £2500 for 40 players.

SUNDAY
Sit N Go"s

SECOND SATURDAY OF MONTH DEALER DEALT £20 POT LIMIT OMAHA 3PM.

THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH £100 NO LIMIT HOLDEM FREEZEOUT 8PM

would be interested to see if the gnt`s/runners are met, could anyone attending please post on here tks.

[deanp27]

i think the gtees are a bit pointless, given there is a min starters provision

i will be there tonight probably but the new schedule starts on monday

[nosey-p]

Went down on Friday but no game all gone to Gala

[deanp27]

went on saturday and there were 16 runners

hopefully improve with new schedule

[nosey-p]

copy n pasted from elsewhere, Gala Leeds.
140 runners done in the day should be fun.
Saturday 25th April    5 pm. Start

£20 + one re-buy

£2000 ADDED PRIZE MONEY

5000 point stack

blinds start 25-50

20 minute clock

140 seats available

Following the success of our10th anniversary tournament which had this format we have decided to make this a regular feature of our schedule. The last Saturday in every month will have a £20 tournament with £2000 added to the pot by the casino.

The last one we did, we sold all 120 seats plus 9 alternates. The prize money was £7160.

This time we are doing 140 seats, so the pot should be nearer £8000 this time.

Seats are on sale now at the casino cash desk. If you want to play in this tournament I would advise booking early as seats are selling fast.

Are anybody planning on going to this?

[bigredders]

copy n pasted from elsewhere, Gala Leeds.
140 runners done in the day should be fun.
Saturday 25th April    5 pm. Start

£20 + one re-buy

£2000 ADDED PRIZE MONEY

5000 point stack

blinds start 25-50

20 minute clock

140 seats available

Following the success of our10th anniversary tournament which had this format we have decided to make this a regular feature of our schedule. The last Saturday in every month will have a £20 tournament with £2000 added to the pot by the casino.

The last one we did, we sold all 120 seats plus 9 alternates. The prize money was £7160.

This time we are doing 140 seats, so the pot should be nearer £8000 this time.

Seats are on sale now at the casino cash desk. If you want to play in this tournament I would advise booking early as seats are selling fast.

Are anybody planning on going to this?

damn, forgot about it...im working!

[deanp27]

i am registered for this, it has sold out now 140 runners

[nosey-p]

Bugger, will it be worth turning up for the alternatives?  

[deanp27]

Bugger, will it be worth turning up for the alternatives?  

i doubt it, unless you like playing cash games

[bigredders]

going to play live tonight, are gala getting all the runners still...anyone else playing?

[deanp27]

going to play live tonight, are gala getting all the runners still...anyone else playing?

gala get most of the runners most nights.

i don"t tend to play on school nights though

[nosey-p]

So which is the better card room Alea or Gala and why?

[deanp27]

So which is the better card room Alea or Gala and why?

ok this is a difficult one.

For playing experience, quality of cardroom etc it is Alea. I would prefer that this card room get all the runners, but it struggles.

However you have to go where the money is and most comps are fuller at Gala due to guarantees they give and their promise to have dealers (even though most of them aren"t very good). The organisation and quality of the cardroom at Gala is not very good (there is no tourney clock) but the value is there.

i don"t play live as often anymore and am restricted to weekends, so i just go to the comps i can make. Gala tilts me a bit but it has the value at the moment; the cash games at either venue are pretty juicy as well (if you play cash).

it may also depend what night you want to play and what they have on.

[nosey-p]

So even with the new events (since 1st April) Alea or still short on runners? I have not played at Gala, yet but it looks like Alea will soon stop poker tournaments unless it can pull its finger out.
I would normally play on a Friday (the only night I can get away from the Mrs) but I hate re-buys. The game at Alea is now unlimited re-buys so was looking at playing somewhere ells  

[nosey-p]

Might try DTD but if you go deep (and that's the idea) I won't get home until about 4/5 am. Do you know what time the Friday tournaments finish at DTD?