Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival

mikelbyl

Have people heard about this yet? A new poker festival hosted at Playground Poker Club and brought to you by Full Tilt Poker. Satellites for the $1100 Main Event are running every Saturday evening, and there's a Mega Overlay satellite (50 seats added to the prize pool) running from Aug 22 to Aug 25, three Day 1s).

Here's the schedule for the festival:

Full Tilt Poker Montreal Festival

Schedule of Events

Event #1: No Limit Hold'em Re-Entry $135 + $15, 3 Day Event
$100,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Day 1a: September 21, 12:00pm
Day 1b: September 22, 12:00pm
Day 1c: September 23, 7:30pm
Day 2: September 24, 7:30pm
Day 3: September 25, 7:30pm

Event #2: No Limit Hold'em Win the Button $70 + $10
1 Day Event: September 22, 7:30pm

Event #3: No Limit Hold'em Deepstack Turbo $60 + $10
1 Day Event: September 23, 12:00pm

Event #4: No Limit Hold'em Deepstack Turbo $60 + $10
1 Day Event: Tuesday September 24, 12:00pm

Event #5: Pot Limit Omaha Single Rebuy $100 + $10
1 Day Event: September 24, 8:00pm

Event #6: No Limit Hold'em Single Rebuy $50 + $10
1 Day Event: September 25, 12:00pm

Event #7: No Limit Hold'em Deepstack Turbo $100 + $10
1 Day Event: September 25, 8:00pm

Event #8: Main Event $1000 + $100, 5 Day Event
$1,000,000 Guaranteed Prize Pool
Day 1a: September 27, 12:00pm
Day 1b: September 28, 12:00pm
Day 1c: September 29, 12:00pm
Day 2: September 30, 12:00pm
Day 3: October 1, 12:00pm
Day 4: October 2, 12:00pm
Final Table: October 3, 4:00pm

Event #9: No Limit Hold'em Big Ante $70 + $10
1 Day Event: September 29, 7:30pm

Event #10: No Limit Hold'em 6-Max $150 + $15
1 Day Event: September 30, 7:30pm

Event #11: No Limit Hold'em Freeze $50 + $10
1 Day Event: October 1, 7:30pm

Event #12: Pot Limit Omaha 3 Lives $180 + $20
1 Day Event: October 1, 8:00pm

Event #13: Deepstack Turbo $60 + $10
1 Day Event: October 2, 1:00pm

Event #14: No Limit Hold'em Bounty $135 + $15 + $50
1 Day Event: October 2, 7:30pm

Event #15: No Limit Hold'em Single Rebuy $50 + $10
1 Day Event: October 3, 12:00pm

Event #16: No Limit Hold'em Freeze $50 + $10
1 Day Event: October 3, 7:30pm

Event #17: No Limit Hold'em Freeze $200 + $20
1 Day Event: October 3, 8:00pm

Main Event (Event #8) Satellites

Each of these satellites is a re-entry tournament. Re-entry permitted until the end of the first break (after level 4). Blinds levels are 20 minutes.

September 21, 7:30pm, $100 + $10, 5 Seats Guaranteed
September 26, 12:00pm, $50 + $10, 2 Seats Guaranteed
September 26, 7:30pm, $100 + $10, 12 Seats Guaranteed
September 27, 7:30pm, $100 + $10
September 28, 7:30pm, $100 + $10

View the complete schedule and festival details here: http://playgroundpoker.ca/ftp-montreal-festival

T8urmoney

Looks good, would like to see online sattys including air and hotel.....not just main event entry

mikelbyl

I just checked in Full Tilt - some of the online satellites award packages (seat + $400) and some are seat only. As far as I can tell the path that starts with a freeroll is seat-only and the path that starts with real-money tourneys leads to a package. I'm trying to clarify this now and if I learn anything different I will add the info I get.

BlondeFish

mikelbyl;356040 wroteHave people heard about this yet?

I knew about this, but the big question for all players is has Full Tilt Poker made good on the previous Montreal tournament it sponsored? Hopefully jontm or somebody else would know.

See forum thread or
Full Tilt Poker Leaves Montreal Open Winners Empty Handed

Gottaget

View the complete schedule and festival details here: http://playgroundpoker.ca/ftp-montreal-festival

Don't see the structures...can you post them please?

mikelbyl

We'll be posting them shortly. Probably early next week, though I am going to try for today.

AAAsWILD

Also very interested in more info on the mega overlay sat... all i'm reading so far on the site is,

Win a seat in the $100 + $10 Full Tilt Poker Mega Overlay event (August 22nd – 25th). This event features three day ones, and in addition to the huge prize pool, Full Tilt Poker is adding 50 seats!

T8urmoney

mikelbyl;356048 wroteI just checked in Full Tilt - some of the online satellites award packages (seat + $400) and some are seat only. As far as I can tell the path that starts with a freeroll is seat-only and the path that starts with real-money tourneys leads to a package. I'm trying to clarify this now and if I learn anything different I will add the info I get.

Tks Mikelbyl, better than nothing, but $400 will cover a one way to YUL from the west. I would play all satty's if there was hotel +$400.

Your competitor across the parking lot had a similar one with PokerStars last year, I think I ended up paying about 1.5k in air and hotel to play in an $1100 tourney....killing my ROI potential....

I understand most players will be from the east, but I think adding at least a hotel to the packages would encourage more players to attempt to satty in.

mikelbyl

Yeah I know where you're coming from, but this is the approach that Full Tilt has chosen to offer. I suppose this is related to their assessment of the target audience for an event of this size in Canada.

actyper

I dunno why they would span a 1k event over 8 days, don't need that much play and the rest o the series isn't worth it for people to come down for. I'm glad there's a new series but this will prob be 95% Quebec players

And sats should def be $2k. 1k entry plus incedentals

jontm

BlondeFish;356051 wroteI knew about this, but the big question for all players is has Full Tilt Poker made good on the previous Montreal tournament it sponsored? Hopefully jontm or somebody else would know.

See forum thread or
Full Tilt Poker Leaves Montreal Open Winners Empty Handed

I would imagine after 2 years of waiting, these players got straightened out when Stars & Tilt collaborated to save a billion dollars or something like that.

Looks like any USA players that may have cashed back then only need wait another year...according to CardPlayer Article floating around today

Full Tilt fiasco near ruined a bunch of people so really they are dead to me. I unsubscribed from their emails and have not downloaded their software since Black Friday, even had friends on a tear offer to ship some stakes and turned it down for several of these reasons.

Glad everything is back to be "peachy keen" though!
Come on in an pick yourself a nice piece of the pie after you pissed on all the ingredients last time you were in town!

Gottaget

We'll be posting them shortly. Probably early next week, though I am going to try for today.

Still don't see the structures posted anywhere...its been a couple of weeks...when will they be posted?

BlondeFish

Unfortunately, some players never learn, just like from AP and UB, and will eventually get pissed on again.

FTP should have changed its name so it won't provoke so much :rage: from members of the poker community like jontm and me.

"The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour."
Mark Twain

jontm;356157 wroteFull Tilt fiasco near ruined a bunch of people so really they are dead to me. I unsubscribed from their emails and have not downloaded their software since Black Friday, even had friends on a tear offer to ship some stakes and turned it down for several of these reasons.

Glad everything is back to be "peachy keen" though!
Come on in an pick yourself a nice piece of the pie after you pissed on all the ingredients last time you were in town!

T8urmoney

I understand the hate for the name.......but if you peer over your tin hats, it's now owned by Stars....so it's not remotely connected to the old FTP owners/morons.

And still the best software in the game.

jontm

It is hate for the name, plain and simple and I could write a book as to why on a personnel level, but it doesn't change how great the software is.

I wonder where they would all be if they played by same rules?

It's nice to see them jump into the market after everyone else has laid the ground work. Chicken shit, but smart.

T8urmoney

jontm;356962 wrote
I wonder where they would all be if they played by same rules?

It's nice to see them jump into the market after everyone else has laid the ground work. Chicken shit, but smart.

are you shilling for another site?

GTA Poker

jontm;356962 wroteIt is hate for the name, plain and simple and I could write a book as to why on a personnel level, but it doesn't change how great the software is.

I wonder where they would all be if they played by same rules?

It's nice to see them jump into the market after everyone else has laid the ground work. Chicken shit, but smart.

none of the poker sites play by the same rules...what do you mean by that statement?

jontm

T8urmoney;356991 wroteare you shilling for another site?

Absolutely playing favorites

jontm

GTA Poker;356992 wrotenone of the poker sites play by the same rules...what do you mean by that statement?

Party left USA in 2006 and gave up their #1 spot. Stars & FTP stayed, continued to break law, then paid fine with profits. DoJ waited for them to restructure since they couldn't make deal with fugitive and both companies saved a billion in fines by this clever move. (Son taking over as CEO)

Stars was aligned with Stardust prior to them going broke and now jumped into Playgrounds bed....where was the NAPT and Stars events (or FTP) last few years? Nowhere, cause they didn't give a shit about our piddly live scene.

GTA Poker

jontm;356997 wroteParty left USA in 2006 and gave up their #1 spot. Stars & FTP stayed, continued to break law, then paid fine with profits. DoJ waited for them to restructure since they couldn't make deal with fugitive and both companies saved a billion in fines by this clever move.

Stars was aligned with Stardust prior to them going broke and now jumped into Playgrounds bed....where was the NAPT and Stars events (or FTP) last few years? Nowhere, cause they didn't give a shit about our piddly live scene.

Seems that these were/are business decisions that any site could have made. I don't see an uneven playing field.

I do see uber scumbags at some sites past and present, but that is not the same thing.