Stanley Annabelle Bristol casino £100 tournament tonight

[pokerbcity]

Hi, im a regular online player looking for some live tournament action and noticed that at my local casino in bristol there is the £100 tournament tonight. (im a complete newbie to casinos!)

Just a few quesitons if anyones experienced the £100 tournament or any of the £20,£30 tournaments at this casino;

What is the structure like? how longs it generally last?
Number of entrants?
High standard?

cheers

[waltypies]

Originally Posted by pokerbcity

Hi, im a regular online player looking for some live tournament action and noticed that at my local casino in bristol there is the £100 tournament tonight. (im a complete newbie to casinos!)

Just a few quesitons if anyones experienced the £100 tournament or any of the £20,£30 tournaments at this casino;

What is the structure like? how longs it generally last?
Number of entrants?
High standard?

cheers

For the £100 game you normally get 10,000 chips with blinds starting at 100/200 for the 1st hour then they raise every 20 mins which IMO is a little too fast.

The last few tourneys have not attracted too many entries and the standard is truly SHOCKING.

But have fun its easy money if your half decent

[Gus Mango Fish]

Originally Posted by pokerbcity

Hi, im a regular online player looking for some live tournament action and noticed that at my local casino in bristol there is the £100 tournament tonight. (im a complete newbie to casinos!)

Just a few quesitons if anyones experienced the £100 tournament or any of the £20,£30 tournaments at this casino;

What is the structure like? how longs it generally last?
Number of entrants?
High standard?

cheers

I'm heading down tonight. If the £100 does take part, they'll probably only be between 6(!) and 12 players. There might be more, but it's usually not very well attended. They may even have a £30 night tonight instead. The £30 night usually attracts 3 tables (between 24 and 30 players).

The £100 night will be over by midnight/1am-ish. The £30 night is usually over by 2am/3am latest.

£100 night has 10,000 starting chips with 100/200 blinds.
£30 night has 5,000 starting chips with 100/200 blinds (ridiculous imo).

[pokerbcity]

Ok, thanks for the info...

tournament structure sounds a bit dodgy and fast, might give it a try if its easy money tho but with it being that fast would definetly need cards on your side.

Are there any other casinos or card clubs in bristol with better structures?, i quite enjoy a good deepstack long slog.

Or any casinos with cash games, if so what stakes?

cheers agen

[Raiser]

Originally Posted by pokerbcity

Ok, thanks for the info...

tournament structure sounds a bit dodgy and fast, might give it a try if its easy money tho but with it being that fast would definetly need cards on your side.

Are there any other casinos or card clubs in bristol with better structures?, i quite enjoy a good deepstack long slog.

Or any casinos with cash games, if so what stakes?

cheers agen

Gala card room is 'suppossed' to be opening this month.............. yeah right !!!!!1 i aint holding my breath

[Matty H]

Originally Posted by Raiser

Gala card room is 'suppossed' to be opening this month.............. yeah right !!!!!1 i aint holding my breath

March now I'm reliably informed

[Gus Mango Fish]

Originally Posted by pokerbcity

Ok, thanks for the info...

tournament structure sounds a bit dodgy and fast, might give it a try if its easy money tho but with it being that fast would definetly need cards on your side.

Are there any other casinos or card clubs in bristol with better structures?, i quite enjoy a good deepstack long slog.

Or any casinos with cash games, if so what stakes?

cheers agen

Did you go last night? I asked a couple of players if they'd posted on the gambling.co.uk forums, but was met with confused stares.

The game ended up being £30 (rather than the advertised £100 Freezeout) with one rebuy or top-up allowed. I came 2nd/18 for £335, so not too bad

[pokerbcity]

nah didnt come down in the end, i will prob come down for a £30 tourny soon, how many entrants were there?

and well done on coming 2nd! but its stil a horrible feeeling coming 2nd however much moneys in it

[Gus Mango Fish]

Originally Posted by pokerbcity

nah didnt come down in the end, i will prob come down for a £30 tourny soon, how many entrants were there?

and well done on coming 2nd! but its stil a horrible feeeling coming 2nd however much moneys in it

There were about 18 entrants.

When it got to heads up the prizes should have been £305 for 2nd and £430 for 1st. My opponent had aprox 100k chips, I had around 40k.

He asked if we should do a deal as he was 'really tired' and wanted to go home - me £335, him £400. I said "no, I think I can still win" to which he sighed and was visibly displeased - huffing etc.

Anyway, I played another couple of hands and skillfully (lol) got down to 25k chips with him on 115k-ish. The blinds at this point were 2k, 4k. So, I had 6x the bb - my only move being all-in. I then asked if the deal still stood, he said "yeah", so I accepted and signed the sheet for 2nd place.

[sl0ggs]

Lol! He must of been really tired, as it overrode the tilt/anger feeling towards you for not accepting his offer!! Nice work mate