simontrumper (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} simontrumper) wrote,@ 2007-12-06 00:50:00 |
|
Open at last ! Tomorrow we will see the true demand
After 3 years Dusk Till Dawn opened with a Media Night last Wednesday 28th November , accompanying the journalists were approx 100 invited guests , a freeroll event was held with the winner getting a seat in our £500 opening weekend event , this finished at 3am.
The next day we had our first £100 event and got a true reaction from players attending, the general opinion is Dusk Till Dawn is the best poker venue in Europe and will take poker in the UK to a new level, we had a few teething problems but all the staff worked hard and nothing detracted from the Dusk Till Dawn experience.
Although our published opening times were 6pm to 4am we never closed before 6am to allow the competition time to finish, however the structure is too player friendly ending in a 4/5 way chip after 10 hours and will be tweaked for this weeks competitions .
Over the next 3 days we held 2 more £100 competitions and a £500 comp, in total nearly 800 invited players visited Dusk Till Dawn. Apart from the tournaments we had up to 5 cash games and 3 STT tables going from £0.50 £1 No Limit to £5 £10 PLO and £5 £5 dealers choice.
Most of us worked from 6.30pm to 8am but the time flew by and by Monday morning as we left the club we all agreed the opening weekend had been a huge success.The biggest difference i noticed was the atmosphere , whereas in a casino there are table games with different clientele here there is just poker and poker players and it works.
I had a day off Monday then drove down to Cardiff Tuesday night to be ready for commentary with Phil Tufnel on the final of the Gala Great British Poker Tour . I was supposed to be in the studio at 10am but reception forgot to call me at 9.15 and i awoke finally at 10.30 making the studio by 11.30 ! However Phil and i wrapped up commentary by 4pm and i stayed to do some links for Late Night Poker getting away by 6pm.
On the way home i was suddenly shattered as the 5 opening nights caught up on me and had to pull into services to sleep for an hour before continuing home.
The management team of Rob , Nick Darren and i have already had a meeting to adddress 40 issues as we want Dusk Till Dawn to excel in all areas .
I guarantee everyone that comes you will be blown away by this club from the design of the venue to the structure of the tournaments and the superb quality of the menu,and most importantly the professionalism of all our staff.
I am proud to be the host of Dusk Till Dawn and hope that tomorrow when we open to the public for the first time we will be sold out and can plan to expand to accommodate the demand.
We already have a new dealer training course starting this weekend and intend to run one every month. We will never sit still and will endeavour to provide a poker experience for all pockets.
Please come and see me if you have any questions when you visit the club or need advice re live play if it is your first time, i am here to help.
If all goes to plan we hope to hold our first major festival in April, i will confirm dates and schedule here asap.
Friday i will let you know whether our first public night was awsome or awful lol.
For all the information you need re Dusk Till Dawn please go to our website
http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com
All the best
ACES
After 3 years Dusk Till Dawn opened with a Media Night last Wednesday 28th November , accompanying the journalists were approx 100 invited guests , a freeroll event was held with the winner getting a seat in our £500 opening weekend event , this finished at 3am.
The next day we had our first £100 event and got a true reaction from players attending, the general opinion is Dusk Till Dawn is the best poker venue in Europe and will take poker in the UK to a new level, we had a few teething problems but all the staff worked hard and nothing detracted from the Dusk Till Dawn experience.
Although our published opening times were 6pm to 4am we never closed before 6am to allow the competition time to finish, however the structure is too player friendly ending in a 4/5 way chip after 10 hours and will be tweaked for this weeks competitions .
Over the next 3 days we held 2 more £100 competitions and a £500 comp, in total nearly 800 invited players visited Dusk Till Dawn. Apart from the tournaments we had up to 5 cash games and 3 STT tables going from £0.50 £1 No Limit to £5 £10 PLO and £5 £5 dealers choice.
Most of us worked from 6.30pm to 8am but the time flew by and by Monday morning as we left the club we all agreed the opening weekend had been a huge success.The biggest difference i noticed was the atmosphere , whereas in a casino there are table games with different clientele here there is just poker and poker players and it works.
I had a day off Monday then drove down to Cardiff Tuesday night to be ready for commentary with Phil Tufnel on the final of the Gala Great British Poker Tour . I was supposed to be in the studio at 10am but reception forgot to call me at 9.15 and i awoke finally at 10.30 making the studio by 11.30 ! However Phil and i wrapped up commentary by 4pm and i stayed to do some links for Late Night Poker getting away by 6pm.
On the way home i was suddenly shattered as the 5 opening nights caught up on me and had to pull into services to sleep for an hour before continuing home.
The management team of Rob , Nick Darren and i have already had a meeting to adddress 40 issues as we want Dusk Till Dawn to excel in all areas .
I guarantee everyone that comes you will be blown away by this club from the design of the venue to the structure of the tournaments and the superb quality of the menu,and most importantly the professionalism of all our staff.
I am proud to be the host of Dusk Till Dawn and hope that tomorrow when we open to the public for the first time we will be sold out and can plan to expand to accommodate the demand.
We already have a new dealer training course starting this weekend and intend to run one every month. We will never sit still and will endeavour to provide a poker experience for all pockets.
Please come and see me if you have any questions when you visit the club or need advice re live play if it is your first time, i am here to help.
If all goes to plan we hope to hold our first major festival in April, i will confirm dates and schedule here asap.
Friday i will let you know whether our first public night was awsome or awful lol.
For all the information you need re Dusk Till Dawn please go to our website
http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com
All the best
ACES
