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VBlue:
Blog Date: 13th September 2009
NPS Live Tournament, Kendal
I hosted a 50 seat, £20/£20 double chance tournament in Kendal. The turnout was down on our last event, with 34 players playing for a total pot of £660.
The positive is, that over the two events held this year, I have had nearly 80 different players attend. This, of course, bodes well for our next event.
I was also one dealer short, which meant that I had to run the tournament without assistance, as well as deal a cash table towards the end for an hour. The result was that I was not entirely happy with my own performance as Tournament Director, and I unfortunately allowed one or two stresses to get on top of me during the day. I am my own worst critic, so probably view this worse than the players did. In fact, a few went out of their way to complement me on an enjoyable day.
The lesson learnt is, in future, where I am short of dealers, I will offer one of the players (whom I know to be a competent dealer) a days wages to deal (which will cover their buy-in) and ensure that Hannah "Piranha" (my girlfriend) is available to help with rebuys, chip ups at the break, and other such TD duties. As long as I learn from my mistakes and keep striving to improve, then there is nothing wrong with making a few mistakes along the way.
With our new format kicking in from our next tournament, with an increased prize pool due to reduced costs coming out of the rebuy money, we will hopefully appeal to more local players too.
VBlue:
...cont
I was happy to see two players coming across from Barrow-in-Furness. With one of their players taking the tournament down, perhaps this will ignite interest from there.
I was very grateful to Wiggy The Rigger for his help supporting me, both in some criticisms (of which there will always be some) and in his help chipping up, etc.
I was absolutely beat at the end of the day and made only a very modest income. However, we did raise £170 for a deserving local charity. I know that in any business, it takes time to build a reputation and an income.
I am in this for the long game and will now, mentally, take a break from these events until after I return from Las Vegas in October.
There is more to be done in growing the membership of the pub league too, but although I have already made some plans, these too will wait until post Las Vegas.
Did I mention I"m going to Las Vegas?
Swinebag:
--- Quote from: VBlue24 on September 14, 2009, 20:15:18 PM ---
Did I mention I"m going to Las Vegas?
--- End quote ---
when are you going?
VBlue:
I fly to LAX on Friday 25th September. We drive to Las Vegas on the Saturday morning - 5 nights at The Mirage. My girlfriend"s sister is getting married in the Valley of Fire on the Tuesday.
As this is a family holiday (my step-daughter is 11) we will not be spending much time in the casinos. However, I do plan to get down to Binions for some of the daily tournaments, as they run at more suitable times for me and are within my budget.
We then drive to Williams, staying 2 nights, with a train up to the Grand Canyon for the day. I believe that the train get"s held up by cowboys!
Then we are off to Santa Monica, where my girlfriend, step-daughter and I have rented a place for a week. We plan to do Universal Studios, Hollywood, and Little Tokyo in L.A. We have booked tickets to see the L.A. Lakers in Anaheim; pre-season match.
Any advice/suggestions are welcome.
VBlue:
Blog Date: 15th September, 2009
The George & Dragon - Pub Poker League
With my qualification to the Regional Final all but sealed - I now lie in second place at The Heron after a strong run in late August and a win last week - I am looking to score as much cash as I can this week and next. This will help to inflate the Vegas fund; I think I have already mentioned the holiday ;D
14 players lined up. Most of the field look like certainties for Regional Final qualification. Steggers has only played one this season, so would need a win or two. Natalie, Dave C, and two newcomers also have some serious points to put on the board over this and the remaining two games following. The Jackal is most at risk, if either Chicken Lloyd or Sam put an appearance in before the season ends.
With The Jackal (Gus) to my right for the second week in a row, a most favourable seat draw is mine. Gus loses loads of chips early on - again.
I was out in Level One. An all-in from the short-stack of 300, with 25/50 blinds, and I re-popped it to 600 with 2 earlier callers. I get a call from Rob C. Younger brother Dave gives another girmace as he folds.
My AK then looks v.strong on an A-Q-rag board, so I check-call a 600 bet. With a second diamond on the turn, I check-raise all-in after Rob puts out a 1,000 bet. Another 1,000 to call and Rob does so, flipping A8. OWNED! However, the diamond on the river makes a short night for me!! I couldn"t have played it any better, so I am happy with that.
I then decided to leave the players to it.
The Great White, "fin"ished up as the winner (it was the least obvious shark comment I could think of).
Live Running Total = +£35
I will post an update on my online play over the next few days.
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