***Official Irish Poker Open thread***

[gobboboy]

I'm at the Burlington hotel in Dublin, Ireland right now hanging out for a few days until the irish poker open kicks off. It's a 3500 euro event with a 2 million euro guarantee that there's no chance in hell they're going to meet. There are also a few other tournaments the few days afterwards that will be great to play if/when I bust out. Anyone else out here or anyone else interested in playing? It starts this friday.

Note: This is not a casino hotel. I have no clue why they're holding a poker tournament here.

[LuckyLloyd]

Hi Gobbo,

In Ireland it is customary for big events (a la the Dublin leg of the EPT) to be held in Hotels. This is due to the fact that the Dublin cardrooms (and other cardrooms around the country) generally can't facilitate tournaments with more than 150 runners. The tournament will be run by the staff of one of the Dublin cardrooms however, and from tomorrow afternoon on the place will be transformed into a temporary poker room with a full array of sidegame action.

There are a couple of card - rooms // casinos quite close to where you are staying. The "Fitzwilliam Card Club" and the the "Sporting Emporium" are within wallking distance - essentially the city centre. Ask at reception and they will point you in the right direction I'm sure. You will only find some low buyin tournaments and small stakes Pot Limit cash action on a Wednesday night though.

As for the tournament itself, it is actually expected to sell out and hit 700 runners. So I wouldn't expect an overlay. Bear in mind that the structure on day one is maybe a bit faster than you are used to.

10,000 chips // 1 Hr blinds

25 / 50
50 / 100
100 / 200
150 / 300
150 / 300 25
200 / 400 25
300 / 600 / 50
400 / 800 / 50
600 / 1200 / 100

That is day one in any case. Anyway, I recommend you take a gander around the city centre.

Can't wait to get going on Friday myself. Best of luck to ya.

[Nicok7]

I'll be staying at the fitzwilliam from thursday, if anyone wants to say hello get in touch.
spoke to Liam recently and he does expect to sell out, poker in ireland is alive and kicking!
Good luck to all!

[Praetor]

I better win a ticket in the Super Sat coz I really dont want to buyin

[PleaseSignal]

I love Dublin... yeah I don't see them meeting the gtd prizepool neither... but who knows right.

gl everyone

[phantom_lord]

I'll be there!

gl all.

[ActionJeff]

This should be fun.

The city center was pretty nice, but I had trouble finding any higher end clothing shops, and didn't really pack for this weather. It was very cold and windy yesterday, but nice and mild today.

good side events too.

[PleaseSignal]

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This should be fun.

The city center was pretty nice, but I had trouble finding any higher end clothing shops, and didn't really pack for this weather. It was very cold and windy yesterday, but nice and mild today.

good side events too.

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you should of shopped in MC :P

[RaMz123]

anyone going out tonight?

[RaMz123]

Is the connection good enough for playing at Burlington?