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hurst05hurst05
edited March 2010 in Poker Chat
ill be there tonight playing the £15 treble chance, with a mate, if anyone else plays at napoleans regularly then let me know we can meet up sometime. also anyone from sheffield know the tourny schedule for the new G-casino? on there website just tells you that you can hire tables but doesnt give a list of mtt's etc. kind of a waste of 14 tables if they dont run any.


cheers

hursty
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited March 2010

    Which Napoleons?

    There are 6 Napoleons Casinos in the UK, but if you are referring to Sheffield, they have two, "Eccleshall Road" & "Owlerton", the latter being attached to the greyhound racing & speedway track.
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  • acebarry10acebarry10
    edited March 2010
    Owlerton", the latter being atrached to the greyhound racing & speedway track.

    If I know Hurst it will be Owlerton :), (Only a guess:))
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  • acebarry10acebarry10
    edited March 2010
    Just checked Naps website and as I suspected it is Owlerton :)
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  • DOHHHHHHHDOHHHHHHH
    edited March 2010

    Just looked on the site, says theres a £40 FO on wednesday nights, with 6k starting chips, 25-50 first level, and a 30 minute clock! wow! 

    Baz you might know, is there a direct bus/tram from the train station to Owlerton? I know there is to Hillsborough, and they aren't too far apart? - Also r there ne b and b's in the area? 

    £10 rebuy sunday afternoons too....but.....says self dealt...it starts at 5pm, and says unlimited rebuys for 90 mins with max 99 players, anyone idea what time this would be likely to finish?

    Thanx, DOHH
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  • acebarry10acebarry10
    edited March 2010
    In Response to Re: napoleans casino:
    Just looked on the site, says theres a £40 FO on wednesday nights, with 6k starting chips, 25-50 first level, and a 30 minute clock! wow!  Baz you might know, is there a direct bus/tram from the train station to Owlerton? I know there is to Hillsborough, and they aren't too far apart? - Also r there ne b and b's in the area?  £10 rebuy sunday afternoons too....but.....says self dealt...it starts at 5pm, and says unlimited rebuys for 90 mins with max 99 players, anyone idea what time this would be likely to finish? Thanx, DOHH
    Posted by DOHHHHHHH
    Hi m8

    Yup there is a B&B, just up passed Hillsborough Park, buses, there are the 77/78 from Sheffield Interchange, platform C3 these run every 15 minutes and alternate between 77 and 78 and the bus stop is not far from Owlerton Stadium.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited March 2010
    In Response to Re: napoleans casino:
    Just looked on the site, says theres a £40 FO on wednesday nights, with 6k starting chips, 25-50 first level, and a 30 minute clock! wow!  Baz you might know, is there a direct bus/tram from the train station to Owlerton? I know there is to Hillsborough, and they aren't too far apart? - Also r there ne b and b's in the area?  £10 rebuy sunday afternoons too....but.....says self dealt...it starts at 5pm, and says unlimited rebuys for 90 mins with max 99 players, anyone idea what time this would be likely to finish? Thanx, DOHH
    Posted by DOHHHHHHH
    Hi JJ.

    Yes, there is a bus from Sheffield Train Station which stops outside Owlerton Stadium. As you say, it's very close to Hillsborough Stadium. In fact, there is a Tram service part of the way, too. Oohhhh....

    It's an Industrial area, so there are a few, but not very many B & B's within walking distance, but "The Garrison" Hotel is about 100 yards away. Their website is HERE. It's an interesting Hotel, linked to a Morrisons supermarket, & built entirely within what was once Hillsborough Barracks, & is a quite splendid piece of architecture from a bygone age, dating back to 1848. If these things interest you, take a look at THIS, which is a quite fascinating history of Hillsborough Barracks.

    I've no idea what time the Tourney finishes, it just depends on how many runners they get. It's largely died as a poker venue in recent years, as the better offering at DTD has eclipsed it, but it's a lovely little cardroom, quite intimate, full of all sorts of rogues & vagabonds, & I've always enjoyed the atmo there, with the staff, in particuler, being very friendly & "Yorkshie-ish". WSOP Bracelet winner Lawrence Gosney is a regular there.

    Oh, & for footie fanatics, the majority sharerholder of Napoleons Casinos is a man called Dave Allen, who I used to know quite well, who was also, at one time, famous, even infamous, as Chairman of Sheffield Wednesday (a football club, I'm led to believe), & that in itself was quite a story. It's HERE. He was also a keen pigeon racer.

    You did ask......
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  • acebarry10acebarry10
    edited March 2010
    "The Garrison" Hotel , of course, forgot about the Garrison, thanks tikay :)
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  • TP_DantbTP_Dantb
    edited March 2010
    Dohhhhhh i know a few people that play pub poker in doncaster, at various venues for £10 - £50 entry.

    Rileys the snooker club has cash games every thursday and friday that can get quite juicy aswell.

    If you want me to find out exact times and venues let me know, but i sometimes go with friends and they are good nights
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  • DOHHHHHHHDOHHHHHHH
    edited March 2010

    Dan I have a mate who is a snooker maniac, he could keep rileys up and running on his own the amount he spends there...and he goes on about the poker tables all the time - but never asks for details 4 me!

    Theres no point hiding the fact that I have never ever played live poker, especially now im out of tp, tried glossing over that with TUCK, lol. - So these "juicy" cash games you talk about - probably are only "juicy" to you sharks, ill be one of the guys passing money over.....

    But even so....I would love a go at it, and any tournys they run.

    Im a member at Rileys...but haven't been since before xmas....wat r the stakes etc? and what pubs do you play at? Id much prefer to play a live game where I can fall into a taxi and get home rather than a hotel.

    Been on rileys website earlier but not alot of details about poker.

    Cheers m8, JJ


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  • hurst05hurst05
    edited March 2010
    oops sorry, yeah the game im playing is at owlerton, yeah dohhh some of the tournies look like they could be good ones, my first time there tonight so ill check everything out, if i like it ill be defo going to the 'bigger' ones
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  • hurst05hurst05
    edited March 2010
    i enjoyed playing there last night, im definately going again. the players on the whole were very average, you can almost never bluff because they always call, very loose indeed, defo want to give the cash tables a look. the chips we were playing with were not very good, i expected quality the ones we use in our home games are better imo. think you would like it dohhhh, just dont bluff ;)
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