UK National 2010 - Grosvenor Victoria

[Jon MW]

How many players are currently reg"d for the Pro event?  What is the minimum number of players needed for the event to run?

I don"t think there"s a minimum - I"m pretty sure it will run no matter how few are registered

[Chipaccrual]

The event will run.  There has been a lot of local interest in this.  I"m not sure it will hit the cap of 50 runners, but it may get close with registration available on the day.

[TightEnd]

to back that up I"ve had over 10 requests on clarification that buy in on the day is ok, which it is

Also the venue should have been promoting to its regulars, we"ve also spoken to Neil Channing who is a regular there and has access to a lot of players in his "stable"


I"d guess we"d comfortably beat the 20 from Swansea, but not sell out

[Paulie_D]

I"d guess we"d comfortably beat the 20 from Swansea, but not sell out

[Paulie_D]

I had a question from an APATer about flying into London for the UK tourney and which airport is best.

In my opinion, if you have a choice, Heathrow would be your best option as it"s on the Underground and will get you to the Vic with a little changing around. It also has overground rail links but these cost more although the Heathrow Express will have you in Paddington in a jiffy.

The Undergound is cheaper but, of course, the Express is quicker.

See Transport For London website.

Gatwick and Stansted both have decent overground rail links to central London but LHR is the way I would go.

Cheers,

Paulie

[TightEnd]

Luton, train into KingsX

[Chipaccrual]

I had a question from an APATer about flying into London for the UK tourney and which airport is best.

In my opinion, if you have a choice, Heathrow would be your best option as it"s on the Underground and will get you to the Vic with a little changing around. It also has overground rail links but these cost more although the Heathrow Express will have you in Paddington in a jiffy.

The Undergound is cheaper but, of course, the Express is quicker.

See Transport For London website.

Gatwick and Stansted both have decent overground rail links to central London but LHR is the way I would go.

Cheers,

Paulie

Someone asked that during a Blonde cash game I was playing the other day, and I can safely say that your answer is most superior to anything we came up with.

Nice one Paul.

[Paulie_D]

Luton, train into KingsX

Luton...I suppose we"ll have to call it a "London" airport....easily overlooked...as I did.

[TightEnd]

Luton, train into KingsX

Luton...I suppose we"ll have to call it a "London" airport....easily overlooked...as I did.

I just meant really that if you can do a discount airline into luton or stanstead for that matter the overall travel time isn"t that much greater than going to heathrow, and far less than into Gatwick

Yet the overall trip cost would be cheaper, or could be

[Paulie_D]

Yeah...true.

TBH the player was coming from Scotland and so Luton might be an option.

I confess to a preference to LHR for my own travel (in the past) purely because it was doddle for me to ge to when to I was motor-less. Underground all the way with one change at Baron"s Court. Nowadays I prefer to drive as it"s simple spin round the M25

When planning travel for my firm, Luton tends to get overlooked, mostly because it"s not well supported by the airlines. I think EasyJet have a lock (don"t they own Luton?) and we treat it as a last resort.

I do a lot of travel booking for my firm and I"ll have to do a sticky on some of the lesser known search tools and money saving options around.

[MAIR]

Just checked, is £156 to Heathrow and £84 to Luton...just work my way across is the next step of my checking.

[Paulie_D]

Just checked, is £156 to Heathrow and £84 to Luton...just work my way across is the next step of my checking.

Boom...as long as the timing works...a nice saving.

[Honeybadg]

to back that up I"ve had over 10 requests on clarification that buy in on the day is ok, which it is

Also the venue should have been promoting to its regulars, we"ve also spoken to Neil Channing who is a regular there and has access to a lot of players in his "stable"


I"d guess we"d comfortably beat the 20 from Swansea, but not sell out

Can you buy in before the day at the Casino?

I am in - but a couple of my friends were keen to join - they are Vic regulars so might well buy in tomorrow if that was on option.

L

[Paulie_D]

to back that up I"ve had over 10 requests on clarification that buy in on the day is ok, which it is

Also the venue should have been promoting to its regulars, we"ve also spoken to Neil Channing who is a regular there and has access to a lot of players in his "stable"


I"d guess we"d comfortably beat the 20 from Swansea, but not sell out

Can you buy in before the day at the Casino?

I am in - but a couple of my friends were keen to join - they are Vic regulars so might well buy in tomorrow if that was on option.

L

Unfortunately, I don"t think that"s possible at this late stage. There will be direct buy-in for the Pro Series event on Saturday but I would get there early(ish) as I suspect that this might prove very popular.

[Chipaccrual]

Pro Event buyin from 12noon.