SPT Dublin 11-12 May Player Briefing

SPT

Final event details for players who have entered the Sky Poker Tour Event  in Dublin next weekend are as follows:

DATES

The Sky Poker Tour Dublin Event is a Two Day main event on Saturday-Sunday 11th-12th May 2013 with a £20,000 GTD prize pool.

VENUE

The Sporting Emporium

Anne's Lane South Anne Street Dublin 2 

T+353 1 7030600 Einfo@thesportingemporium.com

http://www.thesportingemporium.com/

OPENING TIMES

The Club will be open at 12.30pm on Saturday 11th for players and on Friday 10th the club is open 6pm-6am

DRESS CODE

Clean and tidy dress is strongly recommended. Soiled and ripped clothing not allowed.


REGISTRATION

The Club Membership fee is kindly waived for Sky Poker Players over the weekend of the event. When you arrive at reception please give your name, and show Photographic ID. Everyone will need to complete the club enrolment process.

BAR FACILITIES
 
The club does not hold a licence to sell alcohol. There is a table service where members are provided with complimentary drinks and refreshments at the gaming tables, but not in the card-room

ONLINE SATELLITES AND DIRECT BUY IN

Direct Buy In is available for £220 in the Sky Poker Lobby NOW

SPT Semi London- 1 in 5 win a place to SPT London, 9:30pm this Sunday evening, £48 direct buy-in.

LIVE SATELLITE

On Friday 10th May The Sporting Emporium has a Live satellite for the weekend Main Event.

€20 + €5 "No Limit" Hold Em

1 x €25 Rebuy or Top-Up

Starting Stack: 3,000 (Plus 1,000 Early Bird)

Rebuy/Top-Up: 5,000

Clock: 20 Minutes

1 main event ticket for every €265 collected (Apprx)

The top 5 players in each satellite will have the option to buy a seat for the main event

8.30pm Start

Any remaining seats after the lobby is closed and the live satellites have taken place will be sold on the day at the venue for cash, first come first served, with an exchange rate set on the day for Euro buy-in for the equivalent of £220.

SCHEDULE

For the Main Event play commences at 2pm sharp on Day One. Please be ready to take your seats from 1.45pm. Day Two will start at 1pm.

Due to the nature of tournament Poker, end of day timings are estimated.

STRUCTURE

The Event will use the Structure below with 30,000 starting chips and a 45 minute clock

Break every three levels, and playing 13-15 levels Day One, depending on numbers and progress

1	50	100
2	100	200
3	150	300
4	150	300	25
5	200	400	50
6	250	500	50
7	300	600	75
8	400	800	100
9	500	1000	100
10	600	1200	200
11	800	1600	200
12	1000	2000	300
13	1200	2400	300
14	1500	3000	400
15	2000	4000	500
16	2500	5000	500
17	3000	6000	1000
18	4000	8000	1000
19	5000	10000	1000
20	6000	12000	2000
21	8000	16000	2000
22	10000	20000	3000
23	12000	24000	3000
24	15000	30000	4000
25	20000	40000	5000
26	25000	50000	5000
27	30000	60000	10000
28	40000	80000	10000
29	50000	100000	10000
30	60000	120000	20000
31	80000	160000	20000
32	100000	200000	30000
33	120000	240000	30000
34	150000	300000	40000

PRIZES

For all events will be announced once the final number of players is known. Each event will payout to a traditional payout structure

Alternates will be allowed the opportunity to take part during the first three levels in the Main Event.  

All Main Event prize 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 5-6pm. A bar and food menu will be available at the venue 

PRESS

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 the event on the Sky Poker forum throughout the weekend. 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 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 including Tony Kendall and Julian Thew

 

See you at the tables

The Sky Poker Team

SPT

Day 2 Sunday will now begin 2pm due to staffing issues

SPT

Tonight is the last chance for players to win a seat into SPT Dublin.

 

There will be a Quarter Final at 7:30pm (sats will run all through the day into this), which will be £10.50, 1 in 5.

 

There will then be a LAST CHANCE Semi-Final at 9:30pm, which will be £48, 1 in 5.

 

Finally, there will be an SPT Frenzy Re-buy at just £2.40 at 8:45pm (1 in 100, but with ONE guaranteed seat) and an SPT Direct at 9:15pm at a cost of £12, paying 1 in 20, with one seat guaranteed.

SPT

currency questions from a number of Irish players, some clarification especially if you don't have a Sky Poker account and want to play


Sky Poker offer Euro currency accounts so….

All accounts opened at the venue for new sky poker customers who have cashed will be offered in GBP or EURO.

Assuming Euro account chosen:

Winnings will be converted from GBP to Euro at the exchange rate we fixed on Saturday at 12pm (I.E. The same as the direct buy ins)

The funds will therefore be credited into the customers’ sky poker accounts in euro’s and withdrawn – there will be no need for their bank to convert. We offer debit/credit cards, paypal, moneybookers, neteller or bank transfer (docs required) as payment methods.


N.B Customer’s will need to verify their accounts before withdrawing, the easiest way to do this is with a passport which can be done online (or we can verify at the venue if they have it with them)

Players coming back for day 2  bring their passports with them on Sunday to help this process, please

Assuming GBP account chosen:

Winnings are credited in GBP to the sky poker account, the customer can withdraw the funds and their bank will convert to euros (the customer’s bank may levy a charge here)