International open poker - Dublin

JadeRedstone · #1 09-27-2007, 10:16 AM

Anyone planing on going to this one?
6-7 October, $200 buyin. 10,000 chips and slow blinds.

looks good for a mid buyin MTT.

Any recommendation where to sleep cheap in Dublin?

Am almost sure I'm going...

ShadowBJ21 · #2 10-01-2007, 06:11 AM

I'm playing. 802 now registered - making it the biggest tournament in Europe so far.

Rooms aren't cheap in Dublin. And they are rare that weekend.
Maybe try http://www.hostelworld.com/findabed.php?...ry=Ireland&

otherwise you have to pay at least $140 / night for regular rooms.

Shadow

LuckyLloyd · #3 10-05-2007, 02:39 PM

Haven't looked at this forum in ages. 1100+ runners in the end. Donktastic. I'm practicing my coinflipping abillities for tomorrow.

ShadowBJ21 · #4 10-08-2007, 06:40 PM

It was a wonderful event (1.072 players total) and I enjoyed my time there. Too bad my KK lost again TT and I lasted onyl 6 hours.

Can't blame the other guy ... he made a valid move with TT with 16K Stack and blinds 300/600 as he wanted to pick up chips from a raiser in front.

To bad for me that I woke up with KK here. Original raiser folded JJ and I got the bad end after calling his all-in when a Ten appeared on the flop.

Things like that happen ... even in a good structured event. That's poker.

Shadow

JadeRedstone · #5 10-09-2007, 02:14 PM

I arrived to the event 2.5 hours too late, Hellmute style. (Though I had an excuse, my flight was delayed).
Manage to built a nice stack and even was the table chip leader by the first break.
Was moved to another table. Lost against a short stack AQs<A's
Got bluffed from a big pot and was crippled.
And had to call an AI with AK from the BB with only 5XBB left. could beat 8's.
330th not too bad though.
And the next day went to the local poker room and made back the trip playing €1/€2 pot limit holdem.

Structure was nice and though the dealer were pretty clueless, they were nice. People were really fun as well. My first table I sat next to a hot girl who kept confusing me with her smiles...

LuckyLloyd · #6 10-10-2007, 11:35 AM

I finished 41 of 1072. I didn't win and I would sooooooo much rather of been knocked out on the first hand than finish where I did. [censored].

UsIreland · #7 10-12-2007, 07:32 PM

I was dealing at this event and I gotta say the standard of dealing was a joke. Now before I start this rant I'm going to say this, I'm not the best dealer in the world, i'm average at best but I try my absolute best to do everything right and not make too many mistakes. There were other dealers like this there on the day too, however they were in the minority.

When I arrived at 10am on the morning of the event (the event was due to start at 12) the first thing I was asked was "Do you know how to deal?" seemed like an odd question but i responded yes and was then asked if i could help these guys out. These guy's were people who had been hired to deal the tournament but had not dealt hold'em (or any other form of poker or casino game) at all before. I did my best to try and train them in but watching them try and shuffle, and count down chips was tedious.

When it came time to start dealing the tournament I drew table no 73, the players were all nice and friendly, everyone spoke good english (apparently a problem at some tables (only language problem was when a french player accidentally said bet 200 (into a pot of about 4000-5000) when he ment to say bet 2000). We dealt the first 3 levels (2 hours) before the first break. I was quite happy with the way in which i dealt, No mis-deals, approximately 38hands per hour and only one mistake (i'll go into it below). I sorted my cards and was about to head outside when i saw one of the guys who i had tried to train how to deal in 30min earlier in the day. He was trying to sort his cards but hadn't been shown the correct way and was going through the whole deck to try and find each successive card. So i helped him sort his cards and then headed outside.

When I came back I dealt the next two levels before the players were sent on dinner break (at half 4 in the afternoon!!!) I was then moved over to the cash tables. Here i probably made like 1-2errors but nothing major. The rake however was a joke. The maximum rake was €15 (approx $20).

Now comes to my big mistake. Here's what happened:
Table bully raises preflop and gets 1 caller from TAG in blinds. Flop comes AsJs2c. Check, Bet, Call. Turn 2s. Check, Bet, Call. River 6h(i cannot remenber the actual river card but it was something like that an irrelavent card). Check, Bet, Call. The table bully immediately turns over the Qs and says flush, I ask him for the other card and he turns over the Jc, and I say no flush you have QJo. The other player tables KJo. In the confusion I push the pot to the player with KJo and shuffle up for the next hand. Everyone is talking about the flush and how easy a mistake it is to make to think you have a flush blah blah blah. I deal out the next hand and as I deal it i realise that the previos hand should have been a split pot both players playing the pair of 2's the A and the J on the board with the J in their hand. I tell everyone to hold on, I state that I have made a mistake, tell them my mistake and call the floor.(Note No one else on the table mentioned a split pot when I pushed the pot but all agreed with me on what the board was and what should have happened) With my help and the help from the players the TD reconstructs the pot and split it between both players. Everyone at the table seemed very pleased with me that I had spotted the mistake and no one at all seemed angry or annoyed (this really supprized me as I expected people to be pissed that i'd made such a simple mistake!)

What I was wondering is, What do people think of the ruleing made? And would you be angry if a dealer made this mistake if you were in the pot?

Sorry for the long post but felt i needed to put the details in.

Regards
Ian

greg nice · #8 10-12-2007, 09:57 PM

i wouldnt be pissed, id be happy that the mistake was caught and the proper outcome occurred

Nicok7 · #9 10-14-2007, 06:49 PM

Everyone makes mistakes. A good dealer tries not to make more than necessary. When he does make one, he admits it immediatly and calls the floor for proper dealing.

Good news... you sound like a good dealer [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

LuckyLloyd · #10 10-15-2007, 11:30 AM

I played the event for two days and do agree that the organisation was sub par. However, this was largely inevitable when one considers that this was the largest ever tournament in Europe - with a small €25 reg fee per head.

Having enough competent dealers was always going to be a problem - but not having enough floor people was unforgivable.

By the way, the above situation seems to have been very well handled IMO. I think you deserve a lot of credit for immediately recognising your error and calling the floor. I believe that the players should not have been FORCED to split (as the pot had been awarded) but, once there was agreement to split it, I find it quite reasonable that such a desire was facillitated. Good stuff.