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SPT Manchester Structure, clock, start times etc.
Tikay10
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All the details are HERE, but the pertinent points are;
Day 1A Flight
Friday 4th August
Play commences at 16:00
Late registration open until 20:40
Play concludes at 01:50am
Day 1B Flight
Saturday 5th August
Play commences at 14:00
Late registration open until 18:40
Play concludes at 23:50
Day 2 - Final Day
Sunday 6th August
Play commences at 13:00
Late registration closed
Play estimated to conclude around 01:00am
Players are allowed one re-entry per flight, and can play both flights. Players have the option to take their biggest stack through to Day 2.
Starting stack: 25,000
Blinds: 40 minutes
NOTE - Post Edited to reflect revised times on Days 1A & 1B.
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Please note;
SATELLITE qualifiers (& the Freeroll winner) will play Day 1b, the SATURDAY. The seat value will be £220.
Winners of seats via Promos (SPT Mission, Priority Sky Poker Tour Club etc) will play on the FRIDAY, & their "package" will be worth £400. (£220 seat value plus £180 contribution to Expenses).
Those who qualify for the Friday via Promos cannot transfer to the Saturday, sorry.
I think the "official" line would be no, as the Admin involved in swapping people around would become a nightmare.
But - as you of all people would know - the REAL problem is not enough players on the Friday & too many on the Saturday. So it could end up half empty on Friday, sell out on Saturday & we miss the Guarantee.
So I think the answer might be "it would be considered on a case by case basis", as it might help solve the Fri/Sat problem.
However, swapping from Friday to Saturday will NOT be entertained as far as I am aware.
PS - anyone want to take the unders or overs on how many people ask to swap from Friday to Saturday?
I'll set the line at 5.5.
Q2 - I suppose so, yes. Not sure what the rules are but if you won a Promo package for the Friday, I can't see why someone would not be allowed to win a Satellite for the Saturday.
Q3 - Can I pass on that? 0/5 so far, & $4,265 in the hole from Tournaments. If making Day 2 counted I'd be getting the lot, but no cigar here so far. Probably about $2,000 up at cash though, which is no consolation to my poor stakers.....
Priority Sky Poker Tour Club.
what is it?
It is on the Priority Landing Page.
It is THIS
Think it has been there a while.
I also started a thread about it, HERE
I suspect it's too late to change anything, and probably down to the casino what they choose to do rather than Sky, but I'd like to see both those Day 1s start at least an hour earlier, if not two.
ah, yes. thank you. i never knew the name.
i am actually part of the promotion but no chance of winning anything.
we know that sometimes being in priority one month and not the next can be fab or rotten. or vica versa. that's just how it is. for me, it doesn't work this time, but it doesn't matter. probably why i couldn't recall the name.
it's hot here.
Hot? Don't talk to me about "hot". It's 44C (111f) here today. Sheesh.
It's an equation for which there is no correct answer though.
Make the playing hours shorter, & it's all "the structure was too fast".
Make the playing hours longer & peeps complain at the "long days".
I've been playing some seriously long days out here, but that's why we play poker is it not? The longer the better, because I adore playing the game. It's not as if it's work, is it? And in MTT's, the longer we are at the table, the better we must be doing.
We could debate this for ever & never reach a meeting of minds, it's impossible.
Pretty sure our resident Timeshare Salesman will have a view he decides to share, too.
Today was the first day of Royal Ascot, probably the pinnacle of flat Racing in Europe if not the world.
And yet, they still use old money for the distance of the races.
The St James's Palace Stakes is listed as being "7furlongs & 213 yards".
And the Ascot Stakes was listed as "2 miles, 3 furlongs and 210 yards".
Isn't that wonderful?
CORRECTION
Just checked the temperature here again - it's now 47C, which is 116f.
I'd just start two hours earlier and finish two hours earlier for 1A and certainly 1B, tbh. That way, players & dealers get more rest between the two days, without compromising the structure at all. I just struggle to see what waiting until 4pm to start on a Saturday achieves, really.