Resurrection of the Royal Cup VIII
With the recent withdrawal of our beloved Sandro from the organizing of the Royal Cup due to some unfortunate circumstances which will NOT be discussed here I have created and stickied this thread to discuss where we go from here. DataMn, who previously had been providing chips/cards, etc for these events has gratiously offered his services to spearhead this. If he'll have me I would like to assist in organizing/running, etc...
Any negative or demeaning posts in this thread will be deleted forthwith.... Keep this positive. I think the structure will likely remain the same as none of us has the experience that Sandro has in running this and why monkey with success..
Volunteers ae very welcome, and we expect all captains to keep a firm hand on their teams in all respects.
I'm going to lock the other Royal Cup VIII thread for now and we'll use this one until we determine a location/date/etc.
Any negative or demeaning posts in this thread will be deleted forthwith.... Keep this positive. I think the structure will likely remain the same as none of us has the experience that Sandro has in running this and why monkey with success..
Volunteers ae very welcome, and we expect all captains to keep a firm hand on their teams in all respects.
I'm going to lock the other Royal Cup VIII thread for now and we'll use this one until we determine a location/date/etc.
Comments
Not sure yet, I believe that Sandro said he was holding it until Mon and Al is aware. If it doesn't work out we'll find a location... In a pinch I can still get the original Milton location.
I think the 1st thing is to find 2 more teams. Next is secure the venue for future Cups. After that we can discuss any possible changes to the Cup.
Name the time and place, and I will be there with Timmie's enough for all. I will be first on site to help set-up, and last to leave after cleaning up, if it helps make this happen. Just say the word . . . :-X
Addendum - My Cube is surprisingly spacious for transport of certain items should that be required. Tables are about the only thing that won't fit.
Good luck guys you should be fine. I mainly kept the structure the same for 9 or 10 teams if you get 8 or 7 you can probably add a min or 2 to each blind level in the events.
Yes still holding the venue. .
You can contact Quaine he may put in a team, he is on vacation I believe.
Wetts has participated in the past couple of events with the Ching Hill team, and he will be there for this one as well. Steve and Greg from Orangeville have had a tough time getting a team together and both have requested to participate on Ching Hill as well, but I'm not sure about Curtis's group, not even sure he's aware of this event. He might be able to put a team together.
I'm sure we can get eight teams to participate again, and hopefully a full ten.
:-X
I have an idea on how to get some butts in the seats, but they are argumentative bar players..are we that desperate?
Lets firm up all the teams and get it on! However if we do get the 2nd team from Milton you guys (and girls) are battling for third...
Brent
Thanks Brent, I, and I'm sure Al, appreciate your offer. Looks like we have quite a few volunteers so we should collectively be able to pull this off.. Hopefully Al will have the venue confirmed shortly. I'm sure you will have a team to play on. How about Cam, hows he doing? Is he likely to play?
Brent
Any CONSTRUCTIVE feedback is welcome.
- The times will be the same as was posted before. We will look at adjusting the times in the future.
- I will handle the directors calls/organization on the day.
- I will bring all of the chips/cards, other than if each team captain can bring 1 or 2 decks to help out that would be great.
- Each captain will be responsible for collecting the $400 from their players and giving it to me.
WHAT I WILL NEED PEOPLE TO VOLUNTEER FOR
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- g2 is handling the spreadsheets. (I will do it as a backup if something happend to g2).
- 1 or 2 players to handle signup for the side pots.
- Restacking the chips after each round.
- 1 or 2 more laptops with Tournament Clock software on it (Tournament Director preferred, but we could work with something else).
- Takedown of the chips at the end of day (including helping me carry them back to the car)
- Garbage/other cleanup at end of day
- 1 or 2 players to babysit Dr Tyore
- 3 or 4 players to help with getting all of the Rocks' walkers up to the playing level ;-)
Al
Little notice - I'll be dry this time round as I'm on a sobriety bet!! So, this means I can help out with setup and everything - but I'm supposed to be at a stag and doe that night in Guelph, so post-game may be tricky depending on the ending. I'll help with setup / signup if you'd like
Mark
If the people who are planning to play the side bets would bring change, that would help greatly.
Suggestion: Label the tables #s 1 through 8 and have multiple copies of the seating assignments at each table so each game/round organized more efficiently. It seems like we waste an hour by running around to find the correct table and seat.
I am actually going to make little handouts too for each player outlining where they are for each round. They should be able to carry it in their pocket/wallet and easily find where they are all day.
I know some people will lose them right away, but it is an attempt.
Oh.. Alphabetical posting lists too.
Except for the walkers...those bastards can fall and break their necks for all I care.
I will rely on the captains to inform people - whether in person or by email but NOT on the forum.
Now where the #$^$&@ are my packages, dammit.