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Friday 6th May, SPT Leeds Weekend
The venue is putting on a £50 NLHE Freezeout at 8pm in place of their normal £15 game, expecting that this will appeal to their many Sky Poker Tour visitors that weekend.
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I hope they give a decent structure for such a high buy in
A bit presumptious of them to think that. Or maybe I am in the minority that something in region of £20 game would have been more appealing
Think we will give it a miss and play at Alea on Fri night.
Will probs go to the Alea on Fri and come meet up with everyone on the Saturday
Probs really good for the bigger BR players though who wouldn't find much value in playing £20.00 freezeout...
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As a railer i was looking forward to playing the £15 freezeout, but £50 is a little too steep for my Bankroll at present so i'll probally do the same as TRIP5.
Either way it's gonna be a top weekend
Dave
I thought the same would apply for Leeds, and they decided to try a £50 event.
Can't please all players, obviously, but I thought it was a reasonable decision considering who might be there on the Friday...many experienced Sky players will be looking for a good game with a good prizepool
Thank you for the details
The Grosvenor Leeds cannot be compared to G casino Luton, they are miles apart in quality of game and quality of management, the Grosvenor Leeds are not even running a tournament most nights as their customer base has left them when they went through 2 management changes and basically gave up on poker a couple of months ago. In Leeds, a good game and a good prizepool is at Gala!
Personally a mid priced game at perhaps £20 would be perfect, just like at Aspers in Newcastle, then the whole community that descends on Leeds the night before can be involved, the other solution for me is to run a £15 freezeout and a £50 freezeout then we all get to stay in the same place.
Just my thoughts based on playing in Leeds over the past 3 years and knowing the clientele of the Grosvenor and it's competitiors, ultimately the Grosvenor will decide but there are plenty of alternatives.
Dave
I think they are concious that if they did run a 50 quid buy in game it would ONLY have been Sky players, the regulars want the cheaper game, for the bigger game they go to Gala. They tried to compete with Gala 6 months ago and failed to sustain the good numbers they were getting.
With the combination of having a great social scene at Sky and quite a few "first time live players" coming
and the "regulars" voice I think they are correct to keep the buy in low but I was never against a 50 quid buy in, just wanted them to cater for the lower bankrolls!!
Dave
Dave
Alea Leeds run a £15 freezeout with £5 bounty that gets around 60 runners
Grosvenor gave up on big entry tournaments 6 months ago, too much competition from Gala. A 50 quid tournament would only be the Sky players willing to play that buy in, say 35 - 40 runners
The idea wasn't steamrollered or shot down, they run a £15 freezeout every Friday, they have a regular client base and don't believe a change from the normal is appropriate.
Nobody complained at Aspers £20 freezeout
It is disappointing for a lot of people they've reverted to £15, whilst good news for others.
I am disappointed they changed their mind without consulting me, as they wanted my opinion when they changed the comp in the first place