Amateur Poker Association & Tour
Communities => APAT Northern Poker Clubs => APAT Local Poker Clubs => Glasgow Poker Club => Topic started by: CrizzyConnor on March 24, 2009, 02:08:43 AM
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Thought i"d make a thread where folk can talk about live games happening in and around Glasgow, see if any other APATers are going to be playing live on the same day as them and organise games or whatever... I"ve looked up the poker schedules for the three main Glasgow casino"s and posted them below - if any of you know of any schedules from other places such as the Wabash or any schedule changes at the venues already mentioned feel free to post:
GALA MERCHANT CITY, 16/18 Glassford St ...
Poker tournaments run Sun-Fri (8:30pm), Sat (7pm) & Sun (1pm):
(Not sure of starting stacks other than Fridays, will update later!)
Mon: £20 + 2 Freezeout
Tues: £25 + 3 Freeze out (Poker League)
Wed: £10 + 1 "Beginner"s Night"
^Getting on average 70-90 runners (alternates allowed first two levels)^
Thurs: £20 + 2 Freezeout
Fri: £20 + 2 Freezeout
Sat: £30 + 3 Double Chance (8k chips + 8k chips in reserve) - (7pm Start)
Sun: £10 + 1 --- 1 rebuy + 1 add on. (1pm start)
Sun: £30 + 3 Freeze out (8:30pm start)
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10:30pm onwards every night, £1/2 cash table open - Min £40 sit down, max £200
MINT CASINO, 506/516 Sauchiehall St ...
Poker tournaments run Wed-Sat (9:15pm) & Sun (2pm):
Wed: £5 Rebuy - 90 min rebuy period, 1k starting stacks & 4,000 chip add-on (£10)
Thurs: £40 Double Chance (5k+5k)
Fri: £10 Rebuy - 90 min rebuy period, 1.5k starting stacks & 3,000 chip add-on (£10)
Sat: £25 with one rebuy OR add-on - 5k starting stacks.
Sun: £30 DEEPSTACK (15k starting stack)
ALEA CASINO, Springfield Quay...
Poker tournaments run Tuesdays, Fridays & Sundays:
Tues: £20 rebuy (1.5k starting stack) - 8:30pm start.
Fri: £40 Double chance (4k + 4k) & additional £20 add-on available (another 4k) - 8:30pm start.
Sun: £20 rebuy (1.k starting stack) - 7:30pm start.
first Sun of month = £200+20 freezeout (15k starting stack) - 7:30pm start.
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£1/2 cash table - Min £40 sit down, max £200 (opens 2hrs after start of tournaments)
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Unlucky guys. How are you all doing Chrissy? Anyone been to the bingo recently? I hear the format"s changing again at beginning of April but I went to Stanley Mint yesterday for first time since we booked that table. What a difference in the play.
Been to the Gala twice in last two weeks. Never cashed either night but had good games. Getting a lot more play with the new structures and they"re pretty perfect in my opinion - I hope it"s just the buy-ins and not the actual structures they are changing. I hear they"re bringing back two £10 games a week because all the £10 bingo players have stopped turning up as much and the games are only getting 35-45 players a night as oppossed to full capacity (66) - I personally prefer the way it is just now but oh well...
You going anytime soon Grant? I might go towards the end of the week one night.
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I"m looking for something to do this Friday night as the wife"s at a works night out then working on Saturday.
The £40 / 10k starting stack at Merchant sounds pretty good to me. You playing anything this Friday Crizzy?
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I"m looking for something to do this Friday night as the wife"s at a works night out then working on Saturday.
The £40 / 10k starting stack at Merchant sounds pretty good to me. You playing anything this Friday Crizzy?
I don"t think i"ll be able to play this weekend. Funds are a bit tight until payday which is the following week. If you"re free another Friday in the next few weeks and fancy arranging a night though I"m up for a game at the Merchant, if we can get a group of us down should be a good"n... I"m sure there"ll be at least 30 regular runners plus however many of us show up. With 10k stack and decent blind structure I"m sure there"ll be a lot more play than at the Alea.
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If you"re up for it guys I"m going to the Mint again next Sunday for the £30 deepstrack game. Did a 3 way split and got £460 last week. Was a better atmosphere than I remember used to be at the Mint. Last game I played at Gala there were only 3 tables :o and started with only 60BBs at first level, not condusive for a good game. Think changing it again in April is def a good idea.
Sorry I missed the online league game tonight, was working earlier and didn"t register in time.
Cheers
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Sorry I missed the online league game tonight, was working earlier and didn"t register in time.
I was the same, got home two hours late :-[
What"s the Mint sunday game like these days? Even though you started with a lot of chips it used to get a bit crapshooty with stilll around 4 or 5 tables left (when they were starting with 9 tables) which isn"t ideal. The Merchant are starting a new game on Saturday evenings at 7pm - £30 = Double Chance (8,000 + 8,000 in reserve) seems like it could be a good game...
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I enjoyed it mate, but always helps when you cash. I feel the 14k chips and low levels helped early on to be more patient than you"re allowed at Merchant. 63 started so wasn"t too bad later on, again it helped that I got well over 100k at FT and then got lucky twice against pocket aces against short stacks, once raising IP with A10 (hit straight ) and also raising with 55 (hit flush) :D . That got me up to the 200k mark so was very comfortable once we got to the money (Top 6). I did get down to about 12BBs at one point with 3 tables left but still was able to be fairly patient to build my stack up again coz of less steep blind structure. Def gonna go this Sunday again.
Anyone else up for it?
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I played the Riverboat"s £30 "Deepstack" on Friday - 10k chips + 20k in reserve but the blinds start at 100/200 and blinds are fast so doesn"t really feel like a deepstack at all. I ended up chopping 5 ways for £270 at 4:30am :o - I had my pocket Kings cracked twice in the space of four hands on the final table but I did get lucky once when my Pocket 6"s cracked Pocket Aces. Was a decent game overall and had around 40 players... good Friday alternative to playing £60 at the Alea.
I"m not sure of the full Riverboat schedule but will post up soon,
will also post new Merchant schedule when I find it out...
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Well done Chrissy, decent nights work. I bubbled 7th at Mint on Sunday, blinds 6/12k had 75 left & went all in with Jacks (hate them even more now :D ) called by 6"s, 6 on river. That"s poker! Won an online $5 tourney on BF Wednesday night with 70 runners so got $150 for that and only entered it for something to do coz i was bored ;D
Let me know what the Merchant new structure is whenever you find out. Off to Lake District for Easter week so catch up when I get back. Good luck in meantime mate.
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Heres the new gala layout since i cant see anyone has updated it.
Monday 20.30 £20 + £2 Freeze Out
Tuesday 20.30 £25 + £3 Freeze Out (Poker League)
Wednesday 20.30 £10 + £1 "Beginner' night" Freeze Out
Thursday 20.30 £20 + £2 Freeze Out
Friday 20.30 £20 + £2 Freeze Out Plus
Saturday 19.00 £30 + £3 Double Chance
Sunday 15.00 £10 + £1 1 Rebuy + 1 Add-on
Sunday Night 20.30 £30 + £3 Freeze
The Sat night game is a cracking game played it first time saturday there and sadly went out 9th :( stupid A Q against aces.
Couldnt beat me pushing blind and turning over aces mind you.
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Anyone heading ALEAwards tommorow night.
If i"ve got money in thy bank i might travel down.
Never been before lol eek :P
Played Mint and Gala Bingo Till it comes out my ears so not to bothered just thought i"d ask.
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That looks a very good schedule - very "lower stakes friendly". D"ya know the starting stacks and levels at all ViiperUK ... ?
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yeah looks good, we need to try get a few troops together for a night of poker at the casino. not played live since sky event missing it! I will be booking vagas prob by end of the week neil. Think we are doing La. 31july 3 night then on to vagas for 5 nights.
I will confirm when it sorted.
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only one i can remember off the top of my head is the Sat game with is 8000 + 8000
they named it the Deep Double
think the tenner games are 6k
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I"m always up for getting a poker night arranged - let"s see what interest we get on here and take it from there.
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well im up for it if u gimme a wee bit of notice.
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I will be booking vagas prob by end of the week neil.
Sweeet! Keep me posted.
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Hi guys, just caught up with this been in lake district for week.
I"m up for Gala Merchant next Saturday night or Stanley Mint Sunday afternoon deep stacks game. Can"t do this weekend as working Sat/Sun nights.
Cheers
Grant
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Anybody playing the Team Tourney at Alea next Saturday.
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anyone playin tommorow??
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sadly no coz
1) im skint coz i went alea last night
2) im working lol
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many people got a home game they play btw? really wanna either start one up or find one near by me .
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anyone alea tommorow?
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anyone alea tommorow?
Got a night out Friday at Oran Mor, but going to Stanley Mint on Sunday for £30 14k game
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anyone alea tommorow?
Got a night out Friday at Oran Mor, but going to Stanley Mint on Sunday for £30 14k game
bah i got rubbish wage so just goin merchant tonite and workin sunday so no mint for me
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hey guys think me and billyho and dr gibb are going to go to the marchant city for some poker on thursday night if you fancy it??
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The 8:30, £20 Second Chance (1 rebuy allowed, only AFTER you bust in first 2 hours)?
Hmmm ... Thursday night ... hmmm ... (considering it)
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Thursday is just a $20 freezout as far as i know now neil! would be cool if u could make it.
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you coming tomorrow neil? and we can discuss vagas tactics??? lol
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I really shouldn"t but I"m still undecided. I have loads of work on atm ... but hmmmm ... I"ll see how much of it I can get done tomorrow. Does your mobile number still end 4769? I"ll text you tomorrow afternoon with a decision.
Will PM you a link shortly to Vegas tourneys for future reference.
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See you there guys...
Cmon Neil. Hope to see you there.
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yeah that still my number neil. I want 10% of all apaters there tomorrow and ill do the same
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well not a great night for me, played one hand soooo stupidly but hey it happens.
forththistle made final table tho, so not sure how he finished.
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We did a deal 6 way.
it was 2:30am and i had 28K chips and the blinds were 4K/8K and a 1K ante.
The chip leader who had 55% of the chips took 40%.
I was happy with my £100
We should try and have a APAT Live Glasgow Day/Night.
Let the last longer bets commence
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Anyone fancy venturin to the gala tonight? gonna try get my dad to go and get my gf to let me go :P
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Unlucky guys. How are you all doing Chrissy? Anyone been to the bingo recently? I hear the format"s changing again at beginning of April but I went to Stanley Mint yesterday for first time since we booked that table. What a difference in the play.
Been to the Gala twice in last two weeks. Never cashed either night but had good games. Getting a lot more play with the new structures and they"re pretty perfect in my opinion - I hope it"s just the buy-ins and not the actual structures they are changing. I hear they"re bringing back two £10 games a week because all the £10 bingo players have stopped turning up as much and the games are only getting 35-45 players a night as oppossed to full capacity (66) - I personally prefer the way it is just now but oh well...
You going anytime soon Grant? I might go towards the end of the week one night.
I agree with you on that one about the £10 bingo players , I used to play thee alot , cashed about 28 times in 6 months so i did really well there . But now i have found a new thing going around that i wanted to tell you and others about . I played at a pub in the merchant city that has poker every tuesday nite , they run an in house league , the league fees are £5 which all of it goes into a kitty , the person running it says that players are paying £10 on the nite where the 5 of it goes in the kitty and the other 5 times how many players are in it goes to the top 2 at a 60%-40% split . last session they had over £1400.00 in the kitty that the top 8 players with the most points at the end of the 12 week runnin sit down and final table it where the top 3 get paid at a 50%-30%-20% payout . Not bad for just a in house pub league . All there stats are posted on line for players to check at any time , they are beginning the next session i think in 2 weeks . I will be goin to this one definately , i heard there are alot of internet players that go there and the banter is awsome . If you would like info on it , let me know and Ill tell ya the Bars name and address . Cheers !
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For those of us who are off tomorrow (Monday) afternoon there"s a £25 game at Cincinnatti Club in Bridge St at 4pm (just up from subway). Some of you will know John & his son from Gala or Mint and he"s told me there should be a good turnout. Time will probably suit more people. When you all going to Merchant next, I"ll try to join you all.
Cheers
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is it not a 5pm start? sure thats what it says on another forum.
i wanna go but dunno if i can lol
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hey why dont we arrange a sat night where we all meet up. And play double chance at gala?
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Sounds good. Suggest some dates.
I can"t do this Saturday, 30th May is the APAT National in Dublin (I don"t know how many Scots are going), and 13th June is the $50 APAT Scottish Online National. Other than those, I don"t think I"ve anything planned.
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how about say the 23rd day, should be plenty of notice for most people.
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sounds good lemme know :)
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23rd no good for me as I"m off to Newcastle to see The Blue Man Group. On a happier note, did a 4 way chop at Cincinnatti Club on Monday for £525. Was a great tourney, 5k starting chips + 1 re-buy and 1 10k add-on, low starting level and 30 mins clock. Ended up 10 hours but unusually no slug fest at end for a change. Made a couple of good lay downs, couple of good calls and had couple of good pieces of luck as well.
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Very nice Grant, WD!
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Cheers Neil, seem to be doing ok recently. Only played live 4 times in past 6 weeks, cashed twice (£460 from another split), bubbled once (jacks lost to sixes) and out mid position when AK on ace high flop and pocket queens took me on, they hit their flush draw. More importantly I"m happy with way I"m playing. Still think I"d swap it all for place at Dublin :"(
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VWP Grant... nice one :)
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Cheers Derek. How are you mate? You going to Dublin again?
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well done grant, was at merhant other night was bingo time, ace jack beat my ace king, felt like I was playing well so was gutted for that reason.
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ye i played down the merchant on monday coz couldnt get to cincinattis in time wasnt really fun made last 2 tables but got fooked out lol usual crapshoot.
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Cheers Derek. How are you mate? You going to Dublin again?
Doing OK thanks and yes I"m going to Dublin.... really looking forward to it.... are you going?
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Cant make Dublin Derek, going to Oz in July mate after T In The Park
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how about say the 23rd day, should be plenty of notice for most people.
I"ve got a green light for Saturday 23rd.
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i think my missus is giving me the green light aswell for 23rd may since i wont 200 quid on pstars last 2 days lol.
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how about say the 23rd day, should be plenty of notice for most people.
I"ve got a green light for Saturday 23rd.
I"m running a tourney at CinCins that day - 2pm start (reg til 1:45) - 10K chips for £40 + £4 buyin - half hour levels:
25/50
50/100
75/150
100/200
10 minute break
100/200/ 25
150/300/ 25
200/400/ 50
300/600/ 50
5 minute break (chip up)
400/800/ 100
600/1200/ 100
800/1600/ 200
1000/2000/ 200
1200/2400/ 300
5 minute break
1500/3000/ 300
2000/4000/ 400
3000/6000/ 600
4000/8000/ 800
5000/10000/ 1000
5 minute break
6000/12000/ 1000
8000/16000/ 1000
10000/20000/ 2000 (capped)
All welcome!
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23rd no good for me as I"m off to Newcastle to see The Blue Man Group. On a happier note, did a 4 way chop at Cincinnatti Club on Monday for £525. Was a great tourney, 5k starting chips + 1 re-buy and 1 10k add-on, low starting level and 30 mins clock. Ended up 10 hours but unusually no slug fest at end for a change. Made a couple of good lay downs, couple of good calls and had couple of good pieces of luck as well.
I might have seen you mate - I popped in around 7pm (just as the break ended) and hung around chatting to John for a while agreeing details for the tourney above.
Glad you did well.
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how about say the 23rd day, should be plenty of notice for most people.
I"ve got a green light for Saturday 23rd.
I"m running a tourney at CinCins that day - 2pm start (reg til 1:45) - 10K chips for £40 + £4 buyin - half hour levels:
All welcome!
This is certainly a pretty good option. Let"s see what feedback we get on here and whether this with a 2pm or another with a 7pm start is preferred.
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Neil I hope to drive through for it, 23rd I already have that weekend pre-booked to have to myself so sounds gr8
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23rd no good for me as I"m off to Newcastle to see The Blue Man Group. On a happier note, did a 4 way chop at Cincinnatti Club on Monday for £525. Was a great tourney, 5k starting chips + 1 re-buy and 1 10k add-on, low starting level and 30 mins clock. Ended up 10 hours but unusually no slug fest at end for a change. Made a couple of good lay downs, couple of good calls and had couple of good pieces of luck as well.
I might have seen you mate - I popped in around 7pm (just as the break ended) and hung around chatting to John for a while agreeing details for the tourney above.
Glad you did well.
Sat at seat nearest to, and with my back to, the front door. Had a black Tubeway Army/Gary Numan t-shirt on. Ended up still there at nearly 3am :D
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As it looks like the best structure and as Mary, Derek and Neil will be there, consider me IN for Glorious"s £40 + £4 FreezeOut at Cincin"s on 23rd too.
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23rd no good for me as I"m off to Newcastle to see The Blue Man Group. On a happier note, did a 4 way chop at Cincinnatti Club on Monday for £525. Was a great tourney, 5k starting chips + 1 re-buy and 1 10k add-on, low starting level and 30 mins clock. Ended up 10 hours but unusually no slug fest at end for a change. Made a couple of good lay downs, couple of good calls and had couple of good pieces of luck as well.
I might have seen you mate - I popped in around 7pm (just as the break ended) and hung around chatting to John for a while agreeing details for the tourney above.
Glad you did well.
Sat at seat nearest to, and with my back to, the front door. Had a black Tubeway Army/Gary Numan t-shirt on. Ended up still there at nearly 3am :D
Same table as Ramona, Paul and John Jnr? Think I saw you - good result. - wp.
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Looks like a good attendance from the "PATers. Should be a busy day - quite a few from Edinburgh OP already got their names down.
Here"s to a great day!
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bah! i cant do day time tourney guys :( i work thats why i was up for gala
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23rd no good for me as I"m off to Newcastle to see The Blue Man Group. On a happier note, did a 4 way chop at Cincinnatti Club on Monday for £525. Was a great tourney, 5k starting chips + 1 re-buy and 1 10k add-on, low starting level and 30 mins clock. Ended up 10 hours but unusually no slug fest at end for a change. Made a couple of good lay downs, couple of good calls and had couple of good pieces of luck as well.
I might have seen you mate - I popped in around 7pm (just as the break ended) and hung around chatting to John for a while agreeing details for the tourney above.
Glad you did well.
Sat at seat nearest to, and with my back to, the front door. Had a black Tubeway Army/Gary Numan t-shirt on. Ended up still there at nearly 3am :D
Same table as Ramona, Paul and John Jnr? Think I saw you - good result. - wp.
Yeah, was in seat 3, think John & Paul (AC Milan top?) were both on my left. I might"ve been dealing when you were in
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change of plan guys i seem to have 23rd off at work so im up for cincin"s but any chance one of you can meet me in town coz never been before xD
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I"ll happily meet you outside Viiper. I"m not sure "in town" is best though given that it"s a Saturday afternoon - parking will be hellish in town, near Cincin"s and pretty much anywhere in this area. This is something I"ve yet to work out but if you can suggest something, I"ll happily walk over with you.
Where are you travelling from?
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East End I"ll just meet you outside if you want mate?
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well, now it has been changed to the day game I might struggle cause meant to be playing golf.
But think ill prob do it, need to try win some money! if i dont play like a donk!!
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hey good idea for parking is, take care to mechant city car park, above casino. then when you come back go into casino for a we while, and then hand ticket over and they will scan it an you get parking for the £3 pound for the day. Ill meet use in casino if I can scroung some cash! need to pay for hotels for vagas this week.
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Parking at the casino is a great idea - I may go for this.
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I posted this elsewhere too ...
... but I am Glasgow tomorrow from about 4pm.
Not sure what the plan is - but where would be the best place to play live cash if that is how the night goes?
Louis
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I might struggle to make the day games now, I have a club championships match to play. Are use going to try do the night game at the merchant aswell??/
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When I donk out, I will prob be looking for another game. I"ll call you if / when that happens if you"re gonna be at The Merchant.
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I"ll be donking out with you so I"ll prob head to merchant aswell shall see
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cool. If use let me know ill defo meet use for the night game. Reg is for 7
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argh im torn between cincinattis and going back up to the normandy on sat lol.
had so much fun that weekend there.
just thinking it might be quiet coz of the things in the normandy coz there had been at least 300 there both days so far.
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I"m heading to Merchant tomorrow night, anyone up for it?
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Gutted I can"t make the OP tourney at Cins tomorrow, looks like a great structure. Prior commitments I"m afraid. Hope y"all have a good one though!
Re: parking, may have changed since I was last there but they had a fenced off car park round the back with direct access to the back door of the club, plus the street behind and to the side usually had plenty spaces. Mind you, street may be metered during the day, not sure...
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Hi am coming through for this would like to know if anyone knows the restrictions on the meters around the club ? Or if any 24 hr car parks near by.
Cheers.
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Private Tournament for WSOPE Event #1 Entry ...
Alea Casino Date : Sunday June 28, 2009
Quay Start Time : 12 noon SHARP
Buy-In : £ 45 + £5
This is a 36 player Double Shoot-Out for entry to Event #1 at this years WSOPE 2009.
First level -- 8,000 starting chips and blinds start at 25-50 , 30 minute clock.
6 tables of 6 players , winner of each table will Final table
Final table -- 10,000 chips and blinds at 25-50 , 30 minute clock . Winner will receive entry to the
2009 WSOPE held in London
Which will be held on Friday Sept. 18, 2009 .
Event #1 - £ 1,000 + £60 - No-Limit Hold'em Day 1A Sept.18,2009 ( 3-day event/2 start days )
Event #1 - £ 1,000 + £60 - No-Limit Hold'em Day 1B Sept.19,2009
Final will be held on Sept.20,2009
Winner will also receive £ 560 for travel expenses
For more information email me at glasgowpoker@hotmail.co.uk
This sounds like a really nice tournament , and for £ 45 a chance to play in the WSOPE is great ...
[mod edit - apat reference removed]
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Hi am coming through for this would like to know if anyone knows the restrictions on the meters around the club ? Or if any 24 hr car parks near by.
Cheers.
If its a sunday then you dont need to worry about meters.
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can anyone tell me whats the turnout like for the alea 200 quid game thinking of it next sunday but dont wanna go if its gonna be empty.
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can anyone tell me whats the turnout like for the alea 200 quid game thinking of it next sunday but dont wanna go if its gonna be empty.
All the casions are empty now or only getting about 35% turn out due the stupid structures they have , i dont think anyone of them know what they are doing , and on top of that you are sitting at a table where blinds are 50-100 andsomeguy on the right of you just loses like 800 chips and says ( F__ It , I"ll have to go all in soon ) ??? WTF is that all about . Most of the players that used to ppay at casinos are playing in Pubs and at Home Games thyat have better structures than the casinos .. It has as you say become a Bingo Hall ....
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hows your place coming along mate and also how can i buy into this wsope sat?
wouldnt mind working with u a couple nights running events if you"d like that?
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Im runnin around like a chicken with its head cut off at the moment , lol , Im going to the printers on Monday to pick-up tickets for satelite , I will post them on here and will also accept pymnt through paypal as well . I was down at a couple of pub leagues the last couple of days and there is quite a few players interested in playing . I would like to maybe meet up one day with you and discuss what we could do .. Im open to all suggestions . My main concern is keeping players happy .
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sure man, when is you next availible to meet?
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Thought i"d make a thread where folk can talk about live games happening in and around Glasgow, see if any other APATers are going to be playing live on the same day as them and organise games or whatever... I"ve looked up the poker schedules for the three main Glasgow casino"s and posted them below - if any of you know of any schedules from other places such as the Wabash or any schedule changes at the venues already mentioned feel free to post:
GALA MERCHANT CITY, 16/18 Glassford St ...
Poker tournaments run Sun-Fri (8:30pm), Sat (3pm) & Sun (1pm):
(Not sure of starting stacks other than Fridays, will update later!)
Mon: £30 Second Chance (1 rebuy allowed, only AFTER you bust in first 2 hours)
Tues: £25 Freeze out
Wed: £20 Second Chance (1 rebuy allowed, only AFTER you bust in first 2 hours)
Thurs: £20 Second Chance (1 rebuy allowed, only AFTER you bust in first 2 hours)
Fri: £40 Bounty Game - Freeze out (10k starting stack)
(1st Fri of month is the £100 "BIG GAME" - 20k starting stack & 30 min clock)
Sat: £20 Second Chance (1 rebuy allowed, only AFTER you bust in first 2 hours) - 3pm start
Sun: £30 Bounty game - freeze out (1pm start)
Sun: £30 Freeze out (8:30pm start)
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10:30pm onwards every night, £1/2 cash table open - Min £40 sit down, max £200
MINT CASINO, 506/516 Sauchiehall St ...
Poker tournaments run Wed-Sat (9:15pm) & Sun (2pm):
Wed: £5 Rebuy - 90 min rebuy period, 1k starting stacks & 4,000 chip add-on (£10)
Thurs: £40 Double Chance (5k+5k)
Fri: £10 Rebuy - 90 min rebuy period, 1.5k starting stacks & 3,000 chip add-on (£10)
Sat: £25 with one rebuy OR add-on - 5k starting stacks.
Sun: £30 DEEPSTACK (15k starting stack)
ALEA CASINO, Springfield Quay...
Poker tournaments run Tuesdays, Fridays & Sundays:
Tues: £20 rebuy (1.5k starting stack) - 8:30pm start.
Fri: £40 Double chance (4k + 4k) & additional £20 add-on available (another 4k) - 8:30pm start.
Sun: £20 rebuy (1.k starting stack) - 7:30pm start.
first Sun of month = £200+20 freezeout (15k starting stack) - 7:30pm start.
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£1/2 cash table - Min £40 sit down, max £200 (opens 2hrs after start of tournaments)
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anyone going to gala bingo tommorow night?
Got nothing better to do with my tenner lol
heading down after my jury duty xD
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/sigh out by half 9 lol
KK
raise PF
FLOP : Q 9 J
bet 1500
called
TURN : K
ALL IN 2K
CALL
HE SHOWS Q 10
RIVERS A FLUSH JUST TO RUB SALT IN THE WOUND.
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Anyone playin deepstack tonight?
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sure man, when is you next availible to meet?
Due to GCC and their time in delaying the process I will be holding the tournament in The Alea Casino .. They are affiliated with Betfair and the WSOPE and are part of the LCI Casino Group . So Entry will be done at finish of tournament.. Which really works out alot better , the only down side is that I have made it a 36 seat Double Shoot-Out
which so far have about 20 interested . On Monday the 8th of June I will be able to post when you can buy into this tournament directly at the Casino ... Works out alot better... And i think the structure is very good for alot of play ...
Start time will be at Noon sharp...
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How is 36 gonna work? 6 handed?
What"s buy in gonna be now?
Dealer dealt?
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Yes , its a 36 player Double Shoot -Out ,
6 tables of 6 players , Final Table - 6 players , same structure ...
Buy - In is £45 + £5 , with Winner getting Entry into Event #1 and £560 for travel and expenses ...
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take it self deal?
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yes it will be self dealt for the first round , then the casino will give us a dealer for the Final Table .. There is alot of interest in this so i advise anyone interested to sign up early ... BlindStructure will be as follows
25-50
50-100
100-200
150-300
200-400
250-500
300-600
400-800
500-1000
600-1200
800-1600
1000-2000
1500-3000
2000-4000
2500-5000 Capped ...
First round will be 20 minute clock , and Final Table will be 30 minute clock ....
I used the same structure we used to use at the Taj Mahal in AC ...
Hope you all like it , it involves alot of play ..
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awrite people just singned up too this forum 1 does any dody no of any games tht start before the normal 10 30 slot in glasgow as i stay n falkirk and it costsd a fortune getting taxis home
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what are you lookin for cash games or tourney ?? all tournaments down here in the UK start at 8:30pm and all of their cash games start at 10:30pm . First time i ever seen this as well , Im from New Jersey and the games go all day there due to the amount of players they have and the hundreds of different level tables you can play .. Even in the Cin cinnati club where thats suppose to be a card club the gamexs start late . I play in a cash game on sundays that start at 1:00pm . We play .25-.50 NL , very nice game and very kool players .. We usually start with £50 buy in .. This way every one has same chips to start .. Level starting field ..
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thank you m8 cash or tournys enjoy playing both i also heard of the mint casino ive been told tht starts at 3 pm on saterday 30 pound cash shootout tournywith addon rebuy been told theres normally 30 4o players so i might give tht a go
where is the place the u play cash games if u donyt mind me askin cheers m8
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Whatever you choose my man , good luck ... But do beware of all the bingodonks and the season pros that will be at the tables telling you how you should of did this and should of done that .... lolololol I dont play at any of them , the structures suk by far ...
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kk buddy yeah been a few times after a night out and i did notice the wannabe pro players tht think there the next ivey giving out there ery expert opinoins "lmao donks " the few times ive been i felt thy wer the softest targets there play is very weak
was wondering if u no much about tthe cinnccinati club cheers
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I know the owner Sid yes . On a good night with the footballers g/f"s and the college kids who got some throw away cash you can do quite wel , but you gotta change it up always , They are the same there but you could walk away with some nice pocket change .. If you head down to the Gala casino in merchant city , if its during the week they have alot of players that just sit down with minimum buy in which is £40 , these r the guys that r gonna wait till they get AA KK or QQ to play , you can ride their asses if you sit down with max £200 and just bully the little fishys into the corner of the bowl .. I used to go down there alot , made quite a few £££"s in that place , but since they went to self deal and changed the structures to favor the bingodonks i am not interested anymore .. I and 5 others play a weekly game similar to PAD ( poker after dark ) we each sit down with Buy in - £100 , 20,000 chips blinds 25-50 with 45 minute clock and make a nite of it with winner takes all .. We have been dojng this for about 7 months now and itis a great game .. I"d say the quality of play would be about 85% , not bad for just amateurs . I"ve cashed about 12 times , so im not doin too bad . If you wanna hook up and go for a cash game , just let me know ..
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kk buddy yeah been a few times after a night out and i did notice the wannabe pro players tht think there the next ivey giving out there ery expert opinoins "lmao donks " the few times ive been i felt thy wer the softest targets there play is very weak
was wondering if u no much about tthe cinnccinati club cheers
Don"t know if you are still interested but the Mint has just posted its games from August on Blonde forum
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yeah m8 ty not been able too branch out on the live seen properly yet theres still too many fish online on laddies and the terrible start time puts me off but i will look it up thanks very much m8
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Alright everyone, how"s things. Been out of action due to holidays and music festivals through summer but went back to Mint couple of times recently on Sunday afternoons for £30 game.
Anyone else been playing recently and any events worth knowing about.
Cheers
Grant
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Alright everyone, how"s things. Been out of action due to holidays and music festivals through summer but went back to Mint couple of times recently on Sunday afternoons for £30 game.
Anyone else been playing recently and any events worth knowing about.
Cheers
Grant
£100 quid game in the mint next sunday looking to be fairly packed
15k Starting Stack
30 min levels
Dealer delt and free buffet.
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Anyone aware of any decent games during the festive period?
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Hi everyone, hope you"re all doing well. Anyone got word of whats happening in Glasgow. Went to Mint a couple of Sundays ago only to be told it"s scrapped now.
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Sorry Grant, don"t really play live anymore. I play the odd night at a pub near where I stay with a few mates and the Merchant once in a blue moon but other than that I prefer to play online these days, live poker players in Glasgow tilt the feck out of me :D I plan to play all the APAT's in the UK if possible this season to get my live fix. You planning on playing any?
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Already missed the Welsh qualifiers but hope to catch some this year. Working 5 weekends from every 8 doesn"t help mate but see what I can manage as I"m gutted I missed them all last year.
Going to Alea Saturday afternoon 3pm kick-off as it"s been too long
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Mint Casino - No Scheduled live poker.
Riverboat - has poker on most nights not sure of what games though to be honest as I don"t play it very cleeky. Here there is plenty of cash games on as well.
Alea"s best games are Tuesday £50 Freeze, Friday £40 + 20 these games get most runners. also very busy on a Saturday afternoon with a £20 turbo gets about 90 players. Plenty of cash games on.
Merchant has a few tourneys on, I won"t be playing there again though after an incident in cash game a few weeks back, seems playing in teams is allowed in Gala Casinos.
Cincinnati - has two £10 deepstack games on Monday and a Wednesday great structure but only gets around 30 players suppose if u want a fun game with decent structure and not a lot of expense its ideal.
Wabash has a regular tourney each night, not sure what it is as the website is down the now.
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Mint Casino - No Scheduled live poker.
Riverboat - has poker on most nights not sure of what games though to be honest as I don"t play it very cleeky. Here there is plenty of cash games on as well.
Alea"s best games are Tuesday £50 Freeze, Friday £40 + 20 these games get most runners. also very busy on a Saturday afternoon with a £20 turbo gets about 90 players. Plenty of cash games on.
Merchant has a few tourneys on, I won"t be playing there again though after an incident in cash game a few weeks back, seems playing in teams is allowed in Gala Casinos.
Cincinnati - has two £10 deepstack games on Monday and a Wednesday great structure but only gets around 30 players suppose if u want a fun game with decent structure and not a lot of expense its ideal.
Wabash has a regular tourney each night, not sure what it is as the website is down the now.
Playing in team? I was going to start playing cash there, what happened??
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Mint Casino - No Scheduled live poker.
Riverboat - has poker on most nights not sure of what games though to be honest as I don"t play it very cleeky. Here there is plenty of cash games on as well.
Alea"s best games are Tuesday £50 Freeze, Friday £40 + 20 these games get most runners. also very busy on a Saturday afternoon with a £20 turbo gets about 90 players. Plenty of cash games on.
Merchant has a few tourneys on, I won"t be playing there again though after an incident in cash game a few weeks back, seems playing in teams is allowed in Gala Casinos.
Cincinnati - has two £10 deepstack games on Monday and a Wednesday great structure but only gets around 30 players suppose if u want a fun game with decent structure and not a lot of expense its ideal.
Wabash has a regular tourney each night, not sure what it is as the website is down the now.
Playing in team? I was going to start playing cash there, what happened??
Yeah more info please...
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On a number of occasions I stuck in a late position raise only to see a group of friends occupying seats 2, 3 and 4 all shove in their stacks normally 2 at a time and then chop the pot without any community cards being deallt.
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What, that can"t be allowed!!!! At all!!
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What, that can"t be allowed!!!! At all!!
It shouldn"t but as I never called they were allowed to do as they pleased according to the dealer and cardroom superviser.
As I said I won"t be back.
Also in the other games there are a group of 3/4 players who often chop every game 50/50 and will play very softly against each other including overshoving the nuts to get their pals out the way. They mostly play at the riverboat and can occasionally be seen in alea on a Friday.
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Cheers for the info, went to Alea for meal last night as no poker on bu might go for game on Wed night this week. Online league game tonight, c"mon Glasgow!
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Cheers for the info, went to Alea for meal last night as no poker on bu might go for game on Wed night this week. Online league game tonight, c"mon Glasgow!
Monday and Tuesday are probably the best games bud. Friday is a crapshoot but has a nice prizepool.
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Mint Casino - No Scheduled live poker.
Riverboat - has poker on most nights not sure of what games though to be honest as I don"t play it very cleeky. Here there is plenty of cash games on as well.
Alea"s best games are Tuesday £50 Freeze, Friday £40 + 20 these games get most runners. also very busy on a Saturday afternoon with a £20 turbo gets about 90 players. Plenty of cash games on.
Merchant has a few tourneys on, I won"t be playing there again though after an incident in cash game a few weeks back, seems playing in teams is allowed in Gala Casinos.
Cincinnati - has two £10 deepstack games on Monday and a Wednesday great structure but only gets around 30 players suppose if u want a fun game with decent structure and not a lot of expense its ideal.
Wabash has a regular tourney each night, not sure what it is as the website is down the now.
hiya
I was thinking about going to the Gala Casino on Glassford street soon for the beginner night they hold on a Wednesday for £10 + £1 reg fee. In work the now so the office has blocked most poker sites so can"t get onto the gala website the now.
This wasn"t one of the nights where people were playing in teams was it? I thought that looked best night for me to get some live experience behind me prior to my 1st live event coming up in May.
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You don"t need to worry about the "Beginners Night" being ruined by "teamers" - they only tend to stick around the £1/£2 Cash Table.
Only thing that may ruin your "Beginners Night" experience is that you have the occasional player that is wanting out of the tournament to join there mates at the Cash Tables, and as such pushes with any two cards. And therefore any form of Poker goes out the window and is just a push-fest.
The only other thing that is the downside to the Merchant City, is that it is not dealer run, and as such is self-deal and if it is your first trip into the world of "live" poker - then it could be a bit intimidating having to deal and make sure everyone"s chips/antes etc are all sorted, as well as trying to play your own game. Personally I enjoy dealing and makes me take more note of players actions etc, but I am sure it must be hard for a newbie to do both things on there "live" debut.
But, standard is quite poor, until down to the final two tables.
But, don"t be put off by the term "Beginners Night" - it"s the same old faces that play the deep stack events, and are of a decent standard, so you just need to filter out the fish from the sharks - as there are some in there.
Certainly worth just a tenner, took it down on the one occasion I played the Wed night. Just prefer playing Cash or deeper stacked events.
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cheers for all that info dgc - much appreciated man.
"beginners night" and ye need tae shuffle cards yourself :( - i cannae shuffle worth a toss tho lol
i"d rather there was a dealer tbh on my 1st ever live game - been playing on-line for a gd 2 years now and wanna move onto a few live games locally.
any other nights in Glasgow that would best suit me m8?
Even one of the nights at the alea for a low buy-in. I prefer deepstack, freezout tourneys. Been there once for drinks and a few games of rouellete, i think it was a Tuesday night last year and the poker tourney was already running and there was a dealer at each table :), i so wanted to join in an play lol
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Well Merchant don"t really do dealer-dealt tables. So, if you fancy there (which may not be necessarily the best place to play - but is my personal preference) then you are gonna have to make-do with self deal. Albeit, on the 4-8 tables that start, you do tend to get a volunteer from each to play dealer. On the rare occasion, it is indeed "high carded" round the table, and if the "cruel hand of fate" picks you out - then tough luck, you are in the hotseat. Although, they do stipulate that you only need to deal for one round of the table. So, in essence is a minimum of 9/10 hands before you can "pass the buck" to the next person for the next "high card". But, if you are that against dealing and you are unfortunate enough to be "high carded" then you can kindly ask and plead your case that you can"t deal for ****. And, again someone will then tend to volunteer, or at worst you prove how inept you are at dealing and then someone will jump in. I mean no-one likes there game slowed down, and nothing worse than a ****e dealer.
At least when it comes to a final table, you will then have a dealer provided by the Casino (normally give him a tenner each if you are lucky enough to cash) for the final table, so everyone is able to concentrate on there own game.
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i"ll see what my mate says the night about it when i tell him.
+ i"ll need to dig out the one packet a cards i have from"John Menzies" fae aboot 10 years ago and see how my shuffling is.....as it was awful when i played snap with my wee bro many years ago and is prob last time i did try to shuffle lol.
anyway m8 i"m gonna go down and grab some lunch b4 my lunch break is up.
and again tyvm for all the info and help you gave me above - i appreciate it :)
ttyl
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Cincinnati Club run a £10 + £1 game on a Monday and Wednesday usually gets between 25 - 40 players and is probably the best structured game in Glasgow.
25 minute clock
25/50
50/100
75/150
100/200
150/300
200/400 25
300/600 50
400/800 50 etc etc
Friendly bunch and its self deal but you only need to do a round and on most occasions if you dunno how to deal someone will take over just to keep the game moving.
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Hey everyone sorry I"ve been off the radar and been missing wayyyyy too much poker. Had a spell of illness and recently got my gall bladder out so on the mend now thankfully. Hope you"re all doing well and having your share of success.
Caught up with Derek last night in a low stakes online tourney as I"ve started getting rid of the cobwebs. Finished 8th of 86 and 12th of 90 in the 2 games so far so fairly happy with my play. Hope to catch up with you all soon, let me know if any of you are planning to hit Glasgow sometime soon and I"ll join if I can.
Cheers
Grant