Bristol Street IX - Wed. Sept. 1st

ZithalZithal
in Poker Games
The Bristol Street Nightclub and Casino presents...
:spade: :heart: :canada: Bristol Street Classic IX :canada: :diamond: :club:
No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament
Wednesday, Sept. 1st, 2004
6:30pm : Doors open
7pm : $10 tournament begins!

Format of the event is a $10 buy-in with one $10 re-buy available if you fall to 200 chips or less. Starting chips are 1,000 and the blind schedule will make the tournament run ~3-4 hours.

If you're interested in coming, send me an PM and I'll confirm your name on the list. Space is limited to the first 21 players.

My address is 174 Bristol St., Waterloo, N2J 1H1 (use mapquest)

Comments

  • MrBluffsAlotMrBluffsAlot
    Zithal,

    I live in Kitchener and a Wednesday Sept 1 game sound great. I have only one question, where is the Bristol St Nightclub and casino and is there still room?
  • ZithalZithal
    I've added the address to the post.
  • RedingtonRedington
    Great, get to meet everyone in Person.
    I will be there.

    See you then...

    Tyson
  • micr0bemicr0be
    watch out for one way streets on the way home
  • stpboystpboy
    Any room for tonight? I also may have a friend that may want to come with me, if that's cool. Just post here to let me know or PM me. Thanks Zithal.

    stp
  • ZithalZithal
    I actually already have you signed up, stp. :) Feel free to bring a friend.
  • stpboystpboy
    Awesome!!
  • BBC ZBBC Z
    :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

    Driving from Mississauga to Kitchener, getting lost on the way, showing up 20 min late and finding out theres no seat for me, makes me...

    :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:
  • ZithalZithal
    My apologies BBZ, I didn't realize you were coming in from out of town and would have tried to make some sort of comprimise in that case. (I assumed you were from the area)

    Play had been going on for a half hour before you showed up, so it was a tough call to make.

    Once again, I've very very sorry for wasting your time.
  • stpboystpboy
    In fairness to Zithal, the tourny poster does say doors open at 6:30pm and the game begins at 7pm, you showed up at 7:30pm (I checked my watch). It sucks that you drove all that way for nothing but you can't really blame anyone but yourself. Now that you know how to get there, next time shouldn't be a problem. Not saying that you were blaming Zithal but you can't get mad at a guy for organizing an event that runs on time. Great tourny again Zithal.

    stp
  • micr0bemicr0be
    thats what you get for trying to pull a hellmuth bbc :)
  • BBC ZBBC Z
    stpboy wrote:
    In fairness to Zithal, the tourny poster does say doors open at 6:30pm and the game begins at 7pm, you showed up at 7:30pm (I checked my watch). It sucks that you drove all that way for nothing but you can't really blame anyone but yourself. Now that you know how to get there, next time shouldn't be a problem. Not saying that you were blaming Zithal but you can't get mad at a guy for organizing an event that runs on time. Great tourny again Zithal.

    stp

    Ummm... Then what the hell is the point of bothering to tell Zithal that you are going to show up if it's just going to be 1st come 1st served?

    I'm allowed to be pissed off and you are allowed to tell me that I shouldnt. But that's not going to change the fact that I'm pissed off.
  • UnknownUnknown
    I have absolutely no business being in this discussion, as it has nothing to do with me.

    That being said, this is a public forum, so I'll offer my two cents. :)

    Poker players are notoriously unreliable. Not to say that anyone here in particular is unreliable, but many poker players are. They say they're going to show up, and then they call an hour before, and cancel, after you told some other guy he couldn't come because you didn't have a seat for him.

    Actually, you're lucky if they call. Sometimes they just don't show up, period. No big deal... that's how it goes, and if you run a lot of home tournaments (like I do), you get used to it.

    So, Zithal probably assumed that BBC Z wasn't coming. He had a limited number of seats (I assume), and so he gave BBC's seat to somebody else, who was there. Makes sense to me... bigger prize pool if all the seats are filled.

    Now, if BBC had contacted Zithal by cell or pay phone, saying that he was lost, I'm sure Zithal would have saved the seat, and blinded off his stack until he arrived. But, I'm assuming he didn't hear from BBC, and acted accordingly.

    This is NOT to say that this unfortunate situation is necessarily BBC's fault... maybe he doesn't have a cell... maybe he didn't realize he was lost until it was too late to call, maybe no pay phones around, etc. Plenty of reasons. But I know that if I was running a tournament at my house, and I had somebody who was 15 minutes late that I hadn't heard from, and I had somebody who came with a friend just to check it out or something standing right in front of me, I'd give him the seat.

    Because, like I said, poker players are unreliable. BBC's not unreliable, he just got lost, which happens to everybody. But, I assume Zithal didn't know that, and wanted to max. out the prize pool, which makes sense.

    Regards,
    all_aces
  • ScottyZScottyZ
    With no understanding otherwise, a tournament director is 100% correct to give away the seat of a no-show player 1 second after the tournament is scheduled to begin.

    The idea of signing up for a tournament *if you have not paid the entry fee* is to assure you a spot in cases where more people arrive to play in the tournament than can be accomodated.

    How then to do any kind of "signing up" for a tournament at all?

    The simplest solution:

    Don't take sign-ups for a tournament unless the entry fee is pre-paid and there is the understanding that the entry fee is lost in the case of a no show.

    On the other hand, this is a little cumbersome, especially for a small buy-in re-buy tournament.

    The simplest solution Reloaded:

    Take sign-ups without pre-payment, however, establish clearly a rule such as "you must arrive by time X to secure your spot in the tournament".

    The simplest solution Revolutions:

    Have a (possibly non-monetary) penalty for being late or a no-show after you have signed-up. This shouldn't be too strict, since from time to time people will have *legitimate* reasons for not showing up. Perhaps make the penalty stronger for a multiple late/no-show player.

    ScottyZ
  • stpboystpboy
    BBC Z wrote:
    Ummm... Then what the hell is the point of bothering to tell Zithal that you are going to show up if it's just going to be 1st come 1st served?

    I'm allowed to be pissed off and you are allowed to tell me that I shouldnt. But that's not going to change the fact that I'm pissed off.


    Well to answer your question here...

    I am assuming that you told Zithal that you would be there...ON TIME.
    all_aces makes a good point about poker players (and people in general) not being reliable, this is true.
    Zithal had the right to start the tourny at 7pm, how long was he suppose to wait?

    As far as you being pissed...I have no right to tell you not to be pissed. You should be pissed, at yourself, not Zithal. That is my point. Do you honestly believe that Zithal did anything wrong in this situation? Please elaborate.

    You looked like a nice guy and I'm sure you are. I just hope you understand that Zithal is also a nice guy and that the fact that you were late sucks and that is what made you pissed, not Zithals decision.

    stp
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