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SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.

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  • mr_mbromr_mbro
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    This is probably a silly question but  can I or anyone play and qualify to a SPT and choose the venue they want to use  it for ...  ie: Win A Sat   to Manchester  but use it for Swansea or Luton ? Transferable is the word I'm looking for ...?     ty  benny
    Posted by bennydip2
    Hi Benny,
    There has been no mention of it, so i doubt that you can exchange.
    If it were to be allowed then all the qualifiers would have to take before the first leg, and that was not the way it happened last year.
    Interesting idea m8
    col 
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  • SPTSPT
    edited October 2009
    Seats are not transferrable to a different person or a different event, sorry

    Satellites now are for Manchester only, therefore
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  • repton3repton3
    edited October 2009
    Quick question - possibly already answered but I couldn't be bothered to trawl through 8 pages odd to see.  What's the watching capacity like?  As in I plan to bring with me some suport as I've never reached anything like this before and may never again :p  Is there ample room for them to peer over? Other things going on to keep them entertained etc?

    Thanks muchly.
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  • repton3repton3
    edited October 2009
    One further question - maybe a silly one - are the games dealer dealt? Please say they are as I am the world's worst shuffler and may have to receive some assistance on my turn. :)
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    One further question - maybe a silly one - are the games dealer dealt? Please say they are as I am the world's worst shuffler and may have to receive some assistance on my turn. :)
    Posted by repton3

    Yes - the Tournament will be 100% Dealer-dealt.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    Quick question - possibly already answered but I couldn't be bothered to trawl through 8 pages odd to see.  What's the watching capacity like?  As in I plan to bring with me some suport as I've never reached anything like this before and may never again :p  Is there ample room for them to peer over? Other things going on to keep them entertained etc? Thanks muchly.
    Posted by repton3
    Watching capacity. Yes, anyone can Rail. Railers should not "crowd" the Players too much, but that apart, yes, Railers are most welcome. Not sure about "ample room", most Casinos, this one included, squeeze the tables & chairs into a small space, so it's all a bit squishy, but yes.

    Entertainment for them? There will be Presenter SNG's going once the Presenters exit the Tourney, & later - much later - there MAY be a Tighty SNG or two. If non-poker entertainment is preferred, there will be a Cabaret in the Evening, or at least a "turn". 
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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited October 2009
    G casinos tend to have a 'sports lounge' with loads of TV screens showing football.  Also a bar area and a restaurants with  good quality food at reasonable prices.  Then of course theres the pit with roulette/blackjack/3 card poker.  Can't say for sure that the Manc one will have all thos, but the 4/5 G's that I've been in have always that kind of setup.

    I go to the G Luton fairly often on Saturday nights, and my mates who don't really gamble or play poker love it for the non-gaming stuff.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    G casinos tend to have a 'sports lounge' with loads of TV screens showing football.  Also a bar area and a restaurants with  good quality food at reasonable prices.  Then of course theres the pit with roulette/blackjack/3 card poker.  Can't say for sure that the Manc one will have all thos, but the 4/5 G's that I've been in have always that kind of setup. I go to the G Luton fairly often on Saturday nights, and my mates who don't really gamble or play poker love it for the non-gaming stuff.
    Posted by scotty77
    G-Manchester is pretty much a carbon-copy of G-Luton, all as above.

    The actual technical difference between the two Venues is something only a very sad Live Poker players would notice. The Poker Tables at Luton have no "upstand rail" as such, & so cards fall off the Table easily & frequently when being dealt. At Manchester G the Rail has a little upstand, so cards don't fall off the Table.

    How sad is it that I know that, on a Level of 1 to 10, when 10 is the ultimate saddo?

    Also, for trivia buffs, Luton G is not near a Prison, but Manchester G is just round the corner from Strangeways Prison.

    I just outgeeked SPT Geek himself.
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  • FlashFlushFlashFlush
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please. : Watching capacity. Yes, anyone can Rail. Railers should not "crowd" the Players too much, but that apart, yes, Railers are most welcome. Not sure about "ample room", most Casinos, this one included, squeeze the tables & chairs into a small space, so it's all a bit squishy, but yes. Entertainment for them? There will be Presenter SNG's going once the Presenters exit the Tourney, & later - much later - there MAY be a Tighty SNG or two. If non-poker entertainment is preferred, there will be a Cabaret in the Evening, or at least a "turn". 
    Posted by Tikay10
     Is a tighty sit n go a 22 seater trny ??  Just had the idea, then that would be EVERY card was in play, You may need alot of patience and a banquet  table to play it, but would be funny
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please. :  Is a tighty sit n go a 22 seater trny ??  Just had the idea, then that would be EVERY card was in play, You may need alot of patience and a banquet  table to play it, but would be funny
    Posted by FlashFlush
    Nope.

    It's poker as you've never seen it.

    The Rules are based on Mornington Crescent - he makes the rules up as he goes along.  And you don't argue with him.
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  • FlashFlushFlashFlush
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please. : Nope. It's poker as you've never seen it. The Rules are based on Mornington Crescent - he makes the rules up as he goes along.  And you don't argue with him.
    Posted by Tikay10
     I wouldnt dare!!!!!
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  • SPTSPT
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please. : G-Manchester is pretty much a carbon-copy of G-Luton, all as above. The actual technical difference between the two Venues is something only a very sad Live Poker players would notice. The Poker Tables at Luton have no "upstand rail" as such, & so cards fall off the Table easily & frequently when being dealt. At Manchester G the Rail has a little upstand, so cards don't fall off the Table. How sad is it that I know that, on a Level of 1 to 10, when 10 is the ultimate saddo? Also, for trivia buffs, Luton G is not near a Prison, but Manchester G is just round the corner from Strangeways Prison. I just outgeeked SPT Geek himself.
    Posted by Tikay10
    Upping the geek-quotient a little, G Manchester and G Luton are actually identically the same design and lay out. G Manchester was built two years before G Luton and thus looks a little less "Pristine" than Luton

    The poker table difference tikay has already spoken about. Indeed playing at Luton last week the dealer dealt me a card so fast that it sped off the table and past my right shoulder like a fighter taking off from an aircraft-carrier.

    The other key difference though is that the poker room at Manchester is open..ie you can see the gaming tables because the dividing wooden section stops at waist height

    At Luton this divider extends to the ceiling meaning the poker room is far more enclosed.

    As far as Luton is concerned the original plans has two enormous glass double doors being erected at the two entrances to the room. Sadly, they were built incorrectly and faced with a six figure bill to re-manufacture the idea was dropped, hence Luton is "semi-open"
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  • SPTSPT
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please. : Nope. It's poker as you've never seen it. The Rules are based on Mornington Crescent - he makes the rules up as he goes along.  And you don't argue with him.
    Posted by Tikay10
    the rule I tend to prefer is as follows

    8 Card Omaha High, No limit, Jacks and Deuces are wild, must be played at least once in the first orbit

    On one such occasion in Cardiff, I believe three newbies gave up poker on the spot, and the discussion about whether Six of a Kind Jacks beat an alleged seven of a Kind Pocket Twos went on for so long that Cardiff City built a new ground in the interim.
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  • Grimstar30Grimstar30
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please. : Upping the geek-quotient a little, G Manchester and G Luton are actually identically the same design and lay out. G Manchester was built two years before G Luton and thus looks a little less "Pristine" than Luton The poker table difference tikay has already spoken about. Indeed playing at Luton last week the dealer dealt me a card so fast that it sped off the table and past my right shoulder like a fighter taking off from an aircraft-carrier. The other key difference though is that the poker room at Manchester is open..ie you can see the gaming tables because the dividing wooden section stops at waist height At Luton this divider extends to the ceiling meaning the poker room is far more enclosed. As far as Luton is concerned the original plans has two enormous glass double doors being erected at the two entrances to the room. Sadly, they were built incorrectly and faced with a six figure bill to re-manufacture the idea was dropped, hence Luton is "semi-open"
    Posted by SPT
    Cheap skates ;)
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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please. : G-Manchester is pretty much a carbon-copy of G-Luton, all as above. The actual technical difference between the two Venues is something only a very sad Live Poker players would notice. The Poker Tables at Luton have no "upstand rail" as such, & so cards fall off the Table easily & frequently when being dealt. At Manchester G the Rail has a little upstand, so cards don't fall off the Table. How sad is it that I know that, on a Level of 1 to 10, when 10 is the ultimate saddo? Also, for trivia buffs, Luton G is not near a Prison, but Manchester G is just round the corner from Strangeways Prison. I just outgeeked SPT Geek himself.
    Posted by Tikay10
    Interesting fact tikay.  Wish Luton had the raised tables as a couple of weeks back, in the sickest cash game ever I was super deep with a fish, and on the button, and had been raising almost every pot, one of my cards sped off the table and I woulda had KK...it was the lovely Raj tho so I forgave her :)
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please. : Interesting fact tikay.  Wish Luton had the raised tables as a couple of weeks back, in the sickest cash game ever I was super deep with a fish, and on the button, and had been raising almost every pot, one of my cards sped off the table and I woulda had KK...it was the lovely Raj tho so I forgave her :)
    Posted by scotty77
    I should think so too. You may not be aware, but Raj & I are an item.
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  • acebarry10acebarry10
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please. : I should think so too. You may not be aware, but Raj & I are an item.
    Posted by Tikay10
    Sigh, how many items is that now tikay?
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  • Grimstar30Grimstar30
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please. : Sigh, how many items is that now tikay?
    Posted by acebarry10
    TK has more items than a rag and bone man.

    I have one item but it may be exchangeable* come Luton '10 ;)


    *Depends if right amount of money is offered
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  • FlashFlushFlashFlush
    edited October 2009
    I'm bringing the worser half with me (dont think she trusts me) is there anything near the casino for her to do all day? She sat in the bar all day at DTD and said she didn't mind.. but id rather her be out doing something
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  • scotty77scotty77
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    I'm bringing the worser half with me (dont think she trusts me) is there anything near the casino for her to do all day? She sat in the bar all day at DTD and said she didn't mind.. but id rather her be out doing something
    Posted by FlashFlush
    If tikay's reputation is anything to go by, I'm sure he'll be around to 'entertain' her :p
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  • fitzer14fitzer14
    edited October 2009
     your worst half musta been sat with my worst half for the 2 days at DTD m8,she ended up going rouund Nottingham on her own for 4hrs..lol
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  • FlashFlushFlashFlush
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
     your worst half musta been sat with my worst half for the 2 days at DTD m8,she ended up going rouund Nottingham on her own for 4hrs..lol
    Posted by fitzer14
     She didn't come to the main event, just the 1st leg of the tour which was also DTD, I think she spent the whole time talking to OXBOWLERS other half (Who i knocked out to be the 1st player out that day, OOPS)
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  • sandman290sandman290
    edited October 2009
    WILL U B ABLE TO BUY IN TO THE MANCHESTER LEG ON THE DAY OR IS IT ONLINE ONLY
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  • FlashFlushFlashFlush
    edited October 2009
    Online satelites only... The seats are going quick, could be all sold in a couple of weeks
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    WILL U B ABLE TO BUY IN TO THE MANCHESTER LEG ON THE DAY OR IS IT ONLINE ONLY
    Posted by sandman290
    Absolutely not - it's Online Qualification only.

    However, FIVE Seats have been allocated to the Casino for them to hold a Super-Sat on a day of their choosing. For details, I suggest you contact the Casino direct - Sky Poker have no input or involvement in what date that will take place.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    I'm bringing the worser half with me (dont think she trusts me) is there anything near the casino for her to do all day? She sat in the bar all day at DTD and said she didn't mind.. but id rather her be out doing something
    Posted by FlashFlush
    Manchester City Centre has an excellent Shopping Centre, including an Arndale Centre. (Which I helped build back in the 70's).

    Also, the Lowry Museum is worth a visit, as is Manchester Piccadilly Station, or the Granada Corrie Studio Tour.
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  • FlashFlushFlashFlush
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please. : Manchester City Centre has an excellent Shopping Centre, including an Arndale Centre. (Which I helped build back in the 70's). Also, the Lowry Museum is worth a visit, as is Manchester Piccadilly Station, or the Granada Corrie Studio Tour.
    Posted by Tikay10
     Not sure if thats a serious answer or not ;-)

     The shopping centre sounds the most likely option, She is only turing 21 next week and not into culture etc.. bit of a boring horse freak tbh...
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  • Tikay10Tikay10
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please. :  Not sure if thats a serious answer or not ;-)  The shopping centre sounds the most likely option, She is only turing 21 next week and not into culture etc.. bit of a boring horse freak tbh...
    Posted by FlashFlush
    Horse freak? Riding, or watching horse racing, do you mean?
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  • FlashFlushFlashFlush
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please. : Horse freak? Riding, or watching horse racing, do you mean?
    Posted by Tikay10
     Riding and working with them (eventing)

     About 8 hours a day in total, both with her own and at work... Cant think of anything worse than shovelling you know what all day!!

     Then again i play golf and that must seem boring to her
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  • SwansFCSwansFC
    edited October 2009
    In Response to Re: SPT 2009/10 - Post your Questions here, please.:
    just a thought ,wouldnt it be more easier 2 pay entry 2 final dtd,than pay 100 and try and qualify ,myself personally these qualifiers r out of my price range + the final ,i have coaxed a couple of m8s too try and play next year ,as i we all did enjoy swansea last year,they came with me for support .........they have sort of bn learning the game ,and have bn interested in playing next year ,but when i tell them its 100 bucks to play i know now i can forget it ,i will try and qualify myself ,and i will come along e ven if i dont ,but i hope i do ,it was a unforgetable experiance
    Posted by TENOFSPADE
    I will more than likely do the same, if i qualify or not go down and watch catch up with a few of the lads that did qualify, will be a good day
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