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Title: card clubs in essex
Post by: fatdad on November 29, 2007, 13:49:46 PM
 5d hi can anyone tell me if there are any card clubs in essex ,i live in braintree in north essex and i am willing to go up to 30 miles to find a club any help would be great . fatdad
Title: Re: card clubs in essex
Post by: The_rookie on November 29, 2007, 14:37:56 PM
The gutshot in farringdon its near the angel in north london dont know if thats any good to you
Title: Re: card clubs in essex
Post by: Paulie_D on November 29, 2007, 15:46:12 PM
Quote from: fatdad on November 29, 2007, 13:49:46 PM

Hi can anyone tell me if there are any card clubs in essex ,i live in braintree in north essex and i am willing to go up to 30 miles to find a club any help would be great . fatdad


I haven"t been but the On The River Club (http://www.ontheriverclub.com/) in Grays may suit (heh).

If you are willing to travel a bit..see London Poker Meetup (http://poker.meetup.com/89/about/) which is my primary group..the linked page has a list of other venues.

There was the Jennings Poker School up near Stansted but their Weblink appears to be dead...Anyone know what happened...a victim of recent legislation perhaps?
Title: Re: card clubs in essex
Post by: Ken Jude on November 29, 2007, 16:26:28 PM
Quote from: Paulie_D on November 29, 2007, 15:46:12 PM
There was the Jennings Poker School up near Stansted but their Weblink appears to be dead...Anyone know what happened...a victim of recent legislation perhaps?


Yup, they were operating out of the social club at Bishops Stortford Football Club but their legal team advised them that they wouldn"t atually be able to make any money under the new legislation, given the restrictions on fee that can be charged and maximum prize that can be offered by any venue operating under the clasue that would apply to them (the Riley"s model I guess). So they knocked it on the head.

A great shame, as just before this decision was made I had heard that there was a possibility they might extend their operation to the social club at another football club on some of their non-Bishops Stortford nights.
Title: Re: card clubs in essex
Post by: wardiejnr on November 29, 2007, 19:42:23 PM
Not exactly a card room but the Westcliff casino in Southend has a good card room. Just had a complete refit as well.

Also Equal Chance in Walthamstow
Title: Re: card clubs in essex
Post by: fatdad on November 30, 2007, 20:54:17 PM
 5d thanks for the info will have a look at the southend one
fatdad
Title: Re: card clubs in essex
Post by: Hammerite on December 01, 2007, 20:41:00 PM
The Rendezvous casino at the Kursal Southend has regular tournaments each week which are advertised on their website.
Title: Re: card clubs in essex
Post by: CJ on December 06, 2007, 23:57:37 PM
I live in Witham and run a home game every other week if you"re interested? looking to start a monthly tournament locally although I do play on the first Tuesday of every month in Chelmsford where there is now an average of 50 players in a 10 pound rebuy tournament.  This is fairly well organised and the closest you can get to any card room or casino.