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SPT Swansea: Player Briefing for the weekend
Final event details for players who have qualified for Leg 5 of the Sky Poker Tour 2009-10 at Aspers Casino, Swansea
Date:
Saturday 24th July with play starting at 2:00pm. Sky Poker Staff will be available in reception from 12.00pm, please see them at the Welcome desk on arrival.
Venue:
Aspers at Salubrious Place
Wind Street
Swansea
SA1 1EE
0845 450 7779
Car Parking
If you need to park at Salubrious Place the nationwide NCP Parking is on nearby York Street in Swansea. The multi-storey car park in Swansea has over 256 spaces. The car park in Swansea is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It takes all major credit cards for payment and excepts the Gateway national parking account card.Dress code:
The dress code is smart casual, no flip-flops or Football Shirts
Registration:
Registration will take place on the day and Aspers Swansea is open Twenty Four Hours a Day and we encourage Sky Poker players to register as early as possible.
Players can leave the venue after registration but we encourage you to be back in your allocated seats by 1.45pm (for a 2.00pm start). However, it is not obligatory to be in your seat at the start of the event.
Aspers is membership free and open to those aged 18 or over. Photo ID required if you look under 21.
*Valid forms of ID are Photo Driving Licence, Passport or Debit or Credit card. If you bring along a Debit or Credit card we must be able to validate the address to which the cards are registered. We can do this electronically or by a supporting document, e.g. Utility bill.
Schedule:
Play commences at 2pm sharp.
Structure:
Please note, times will be strictly adhered to and play will recommence even if all players are not in their seats.
5,000 starting chips
2.00pm 25-50
2.30pm 50-100
3.00pm 100-200
3.30pm 15 minute break
3.45pm 150-300
4.15pm 200-400 25 (running ante)
4.45pm 300-600 50
5.15pm 45 minute buffet break
6.00pm 400-800 100
6.30pm 600-1200 100
7pm 800-1600 200
7.30pm 15 minute break
7.45pm 1000-2000 200
8.15pm 1500-3000 300
8.45pm 2000-4000 400
9.15pm 15 minute break
9.45pm 3000-6000 500
10.15pm 4000-8000 500
10.45pm 5000-10000 1000
(break on hitting final table makes timings approx from around here)
11.15pm 6000-12000 1000
11.45pm 8000-16000 1500
12.15am 10000-20000 2000
12.45am 15000-30000 3000
1.15am 20000-40000 4000
Prizes:
Based on 150 players, and will be adjusted if the number of participants is below that figure.
1st £4,000
2nd £2,650
3rd £1,800
4th £1,350
5th £1,050
6th £900
7th £750
8th £600
9th £450
10th-15th £250 each
All prizes monies are paid into your Sky Poker account within 48 hours and will not be paid out at the venue on the day.
Buffet
A free buffet will be laid on for players on Saturday at approximately 5pm. A bar and restaurant will be available at the Aspers Casino at all times.
Press
Journalists, photographers and Sky Poker TV will be present throughout the tournament. By entering this tournament you accept that your image may be used in Sky Poker press marketing campaigns.
Sky Poker TV
The Sky Poker TV crew will be at the event and will be filming highlights of the tournament as well as interviewing players where appropriate.
Live Update
Sky Poker will be live updating, technology permitting, the Tournament on the Sky Poker forum throughout the day, following the progress of the competition. We will be posting player pictures and chip counts. Feel free to tell your friends and family, who can follow your progress on the forum.
Finally...
As part of Sky Poker, we would like you to be aware of your role in our collective responsibility to ensure that this event of the 2009-10 Sky Poker Tour is memorable for every participant and not just the winners at the end. We would appreciate you doing your bit to ensure that every player comes away having had the best possible tournament experience.
We, the Sky Poker team, look forward to seeing you at the event together with Sky Poker presenters and analysts Tony Kendall, Ed Giddens and Richard Orford.
See you at the tables
The Sky Poker Team
Comments
can you double the starting stack ?
was looking forward but think ill just play bingo instead...
only 5k start and missing a few levels out.... didnt know this was a scary torney
8pm start (not 2)
and it is still finished by about 2 am
granted it only has bout 70 runners not 125 but i dont think that would effect it that much!!!
i know you are just doing what you think is best, but as it is a £110 buy in event i was hoping that there would be a bit of value in it and poker skill would come through instead of all in of fold by the end of level 5
the money is good but my main aim is to qualify for dtd
I agreed with your comments about the structure, but I found the structure from last year and only 1 level is missing (75/150) Last years tourney seemed to have quite alot of play and would of been good to just use the same structure again. Oh well its only 1 level, we will just need to be a bit busier this time.
Cya at the weekend.
2.05pm ( Mr Orford down to 500 chips )
2.30pm 50-1002.31pm ( Mr Orford starts the 1st SnG after his exit )
If you go to the MY SKY POKER section in blue, at the top of the page and click on my tables, it should show any tournies you have yet to play. If you don't have that contact sky about it.
col
Am looking forward to meeting everyone and putting faces to people's 'names'!!
See you all on Saturday.
£10, £20 or buy ins to suit those playing
Omaha masterclass during the day too that people can listen to or participate in
and maybe some of my fun SNGs later, where anything is possible!
in last years swansea event richard was out and in his 1st sit n go by the end of the 1st level
What time will players regularly start to get knocked out? I'm booked my train back for 530pm thinking it would finish around 8!!! (plus i'm not that confident!!)