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S8 Live Tour Discussion Thread
Des:
--- Quote from: fandango on May 16, 2014, 23:43:38 PM ---
Wd guys excellent work..
WCOAP 10 days!! Wowsers @16 events.. Obv it"s months away, but if you know the events is there any spoilers what the events will be and roughly the spread? Gonna take a lot of planning (saving) so the sooner the better :D
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16 events was the S7 schedule...fairly confident we will top that with 4 additional days added! :)
Des:
--- Quote from: TheSnapper on May 17, 2014, 01:18:19 AM ---
--- Quote from: IrishTom on May 16, 2014, 20:00:10 PM ---
Pot Limit Omaha first The two day Irish Amateur Poker Championship will be played in the Pot Limit Omaha format, a first for APAT. In another first, the two day festival will take place at a hotel - Bewleys Hotel, Dublin Airport -and feature a series of mixed side events and round the clock cash games.
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Any chance you can share the logic for this mutation Tom?
First instinct, bit of a slap in the face for us few loyal Irish Apat"rs.
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Definitely not intended as a slap in the face to Irish members Brendan and my apologies if you"ve taken it that way. That"s the last thing we"d want to do.
Truth is, we"ve failed to deliver a significant event in Ireland over the past two to three years and I had actually told the guys to pull the leg this year, for the reason that I felt it important to simplify the overall schedule and commit to delivering the events we were focusing on, to a higher quality.
I"ve always wanted to do a big Irish event and felt that S9 would be the time to do it, when we hadn"t so many other projects to work on like merging our websites etc, as we do this year.
When Tom came back with an Irish event with a difference - PLO, in a hotel setting by the airport, and with the support of an Irish promoter, then I was happy to see it included. To make the event stand out on the Irish calendar it needed a point of difference - hence the decision to go with PLO.
Time will tell whether that was a bad decision or not, but I"m sure we had to do something bold to give us a chance of gaining some traction in Ireland after a pretty lean time of late.
Des:
--- Quote from: Claw75 on May 17, 2014, 08:26:33 AM ---
Just to add to the last couple of posts, I would most definitely like to play a 2 day plo comp as part of the schedule, but having it for the Dublin leg means I, and others I suspect, will be priced out of being able to attend.
I do think it"s a great idea in principle, just seems it would have maybe been better incorporated into one of the British legs (although appreciate there may be logistical reasons why that couldn"t happen).
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The PLO leg could definitely have been held at one of our other destinations, we just felt that a fundamental change had to be made to the Irish leg to give it a chance. No guarantees we haven"t got this wrong, but I do think it"s something we have to try - and of course whatever we do in S9 will be based on player feedback and our learnings in S8.
On the cost side of things...in my experience I"ve often found it cheaper to travel to the Irish leg than others in the North East and Scotland for example. Hopefully six months gives a good period of time for anyone interested to plan their trip.
Des:
--- Quote from: nosey-p on May 17, 2014, 10:31:22 AM ---
Any Sunday games? are we going to mix it up, 6-max, shoot out, Stud?
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That detail will follow Wayne, but I know Tom is planning weekends with lots of options where possible.
Scousebill:
About the Irish leg....
You don"t get anywhere unless you have an attempt....
A two day PLO event is certainly trying something different....
Well done for being ambitious and let"s hope it is a success....
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