Season 6 Discussion

[God]

Isn"t Sunday supposed to be a day of rest God?

And on the 7th day there was rest. And poker.

If poker was not rest maybe you should not take ones time limiteth to fold each hand.

[AMRN]

Isn"t Sunday supposed to be a day of rest God?

And on the 7th day there was rest. And poker.

If poker was not rest maybe you should not take ones time limiteth to fold each hand.

ROFL

[andyg]

I havent been able to play one online game that has been on a Saturday, So any change would be welcome

[pables]

I Love God  

[God]

I Love God  

[AMRN]

If the online games are moved to Sunday, I just hope they start earlier than 8pm......

[pables]

and it came to pass that God said verily unto Des and Tighty

" Early starts on Sunday or Dan Owston takes over as TD at all events for season 6"

And so began the early start for Sunday league games........Amen

[PantsMan]

Isn"t Sunday supposed to be a day of rest God?

And on the 7th day there was rest. And poker.

If poker was not rest maybe you should not take ones time limiteth to fold each hand.

Thanks for clearing things up God. I"ll try and be quicker in future.

PS - Looking forward to your sons birthday.

[PantsMan]

and it came to pass that God said verily unto Des and Tighty

" Early starts on Sunday or Dan Owston takes over as TD at all events for season 6"

And so began the early start for Sunday league games........Amen

Oh, i dunno. Dan as TD would certainly make for some interesting events!

[pables]

For season 6 can we ensure that bars frequented DO NOT run out of alcohol!!!!!

[KarmaDope]

For season 6 can we ensure that bars frequented DO NOT run out of alcohol!!!!!

And how do you suggest we do that, ban Scouse, Dan Owston and The Duke?

[pables]

For season 6 can we ensure that bars frequented DO NOT run out of alcohol!!!!!

And how do you suggest we do that, ban Scouse, Dan Owston and The Duke?

OK fair point  

[lucasj37]

IMO The live tour should have balance geographically. Also i think it would be good to have the team events spread throughout the year.

My proposed schedule is as follows:-

Feb   Coventry         English
Mar   Cardiff            Welsh
Apr    Luton             Pub
May   Newcastle       UK
Jun    Dublin/Cork      Irish
Jul     Manchester     Open
Aug    Notts             World
Sept  Brighton/Abroad  European
Oct    Glasgow          Scottish
Nov    Leeds             Forum/Team

Most people would have an event that they go get to every 2/3 months this way.

September is a good month to travel abroad as it"s cheap and still warm in alot of countries. If abroad is a no go then Brighton helps balance the tour geographically.

The online events i think should be on a Sunday at 7pm. The online league to run for 16 weeks on a 2 weeks on/off basis.

[Santino67]

For season 6 can we ensure that bars frequented DO NOT run out of alcohol!!!!!

And how do you suggest we do that, ban Scouse, Dan Owston and The Duke?

To be fair Scouse wasn"t able to be responsible for the DTD scenario  

[jjandellis]

OK so I"m way behind here, but FWIW I have a few limited opinions:

LOCATION

European Tourneys - Germany has a mega market to plumb into, but laws effectively ban cash prizes. Their turnieres advertise hardware as prizes, but obviously on the day you get cash equivalent. The juice on their competitions is astronomical.  I don"t know if Berlin is any different to the rest of the country though...but my point is that there is HUGE potential to be tapped into there - and it will only get bigger as Pius Heinz leads the WSOP ME.

Holland is another location, though local regulations prevent use of Holland Casinos by 3rd parties. TBH they"re all a bit small anyway.

Belgium appears to be a market Pokerstars are working massively on opening up. TBH alot of their casino"s have been a bit slow in take up and in the past they have had slightly odd tournament structures - but I"m guessing as they get dragged into the mainstream this is changing.

My point is that its easy to cross borders in the EU - and many players do every night of the week. Go to Belgium/Holland and their casino"s are rammed with German players. I believe that Belgium is a very worthy candidate for investigation - as not only can you pull in the locals - but its also very easy to get the Dutch and (more importantly?) the Germans and French. Spa for one is very easy to get to for all 3 nationalities and absolutely gorgeous. Oh and Belgian beer is the best in the world bar none ;-)

SITE

I"ve found it difficult getting over for APAT from abroad for the last few years - but the one big turn off for me keeping involved online has been the choice of sponsor/software provider.

On 2 or 3 occasions I have looked at the sponsor and immediately thought uh-uh. Not playing there - as everyone knows which sites crash, have poor software, provide poor service etc. I"m sure there are plenty more players out there that think the same.

Stars was never ever going to be surpassed - and that season was an amazing experience for the online tourneys and the value added. Are they ever an option for going back to (even on a lesser deal)?