Betfair Poker Live London.....

Yes the package includes some cash which should already be in your account.

see u there raith.

has anybody heard anything from betfair yet?  I won my ticket weeks ago and have got nowt yet.

im staying here - twin room is £120 p.n. - with advance payment, but im told if u book through an agency (late rooms or something) you pay on arrival.

Radisson Edwardian Grafton Hotel
130 Tottenham Court Road
London, UNITED KINGDOM W1T 5AY

i was in london this week and stayed at the grange, tower bridge hotel. was £114 for twin room an included full English breakfast for both of us staying there. Really decent value and will look to stay at the grange more often in future! they have a st pauls one too.

From what I can gather demand will be much greater than supply for this event, so selling your seat for very close to its price should not be difficult.

Has anybody got a schedule or anything?

horse tips please chip, start a thread?

Myself and 3 others are stayig here: St Giles Hotel & Leisure Club  Bedford Avenue, Bloomsbury, WC1B 3GH Londo
http://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/stgileshotel.en.html

It's £100 a night for a twin room and it is very close to the poker venue (well prob a 10-15 min walk).  Having seached for hotels a lot this is the only place close to the poker venue at a reasonable price that isnt a hostel.

Doobs:  Below is all the info available so far r the schedule.


Betfair Poker LIVE! London Main Event at the Fox Poker Club.



The Main Event plays over two days and starts on Saturday 18th February at 14:00.  You have been pre-registered to this tournament and will simply need to collect your tournament ticket by presenting your passport at Fox Poker Club.



The $600 + $50 Main Event will be played in a bounty format with $500 going towards the tournament prizepool and the remaining $100 placed as a bounty on each player’s head. You will receive a $100 bounty prize for every player that you eliminate from the tourney.



We have lots planned for you to enjoy as part of our hospitality and I will give you further details on this closer to the event but  the action kicks off on Friday the 17th February so I would recommend you plan to be in London from the 17th to the 20th February for a fun filled Betfair weekend.

Cheers footloose

That all looked familiar.  I got the same email from Fran, must have forgotten I got it.  Apologies to betfair

My father in law stayed at that hotel when we were living in London.  Seemed OK from what I remember, so I might give it a go.  I don't know if I am going to come down for Friday though.

yea not expecting a lot from the hotel tbh but it looks clean enough and its got a pool/gym if anyone can be assed to use it. 

Think we are going to head down mid day friday and go out for lunch somewhere in soho (maybe wahaca in soho, really good mexican) around 2pm.  If anyone wants to join then post here or give us a shout whenever. My number is 07809420086.

cheers,

Matt

My missus says the rooms are small at that place, but can't see that been a problem if I am going down on my own.

In!

100% supply wont exceed demand - I dont think it will be as subscribes as it was last year.

Expect a freeroll game on the friday - thats what they normally seem to do - a package or two to the next live event. 

looks like i will be arriving bang on the start time on the saturday!

Thanks folks.

Got a return flight fri morning/mon afternoon for £98, seems pretty decent!

Not sure where i'm staying but travelodge 1/2 mile from venue is £60 a night so maybe there.....

won a ticket, too, and would like to sell it, maybe for $500?
I already have the permission from support to transfer this ticket.
So if someone is interested, just PM me, and we can discuss the details.

Thanks Folks..!

badugi1

I will buy it

skype me on:  ilppoker

or send email/msn to dinos@  iloveplayingpoker (dot)  com

Regards

congrats raithrover...! The klup is gonna bought it...!

I booked st giles for £79 on Octopus for a single, if anyone else looking.  late rooms was £120.

Might play this. Is it online buy in only as will not be 100% i can until last minute or will be fresh enough to put 420 quid in though Klup is playing so there wil be 650 added!!!!!

Can tickets that you won online be cashed in to Betfair?

No. But I may buy it from you for the right price

Like the poster above, I would get rid of it for $500?

Klup can you shed some light on how this works in terms of transfering the ticket to my name etc. Does Distant need to contact Betfair and they then contact me. Thanks

Sell the ticket and once both of you are happy that payments have been made. Original owner of ticket email me at prteam@betfair.com with your name and alias and who you sold it to and their name and alias. We will then transfer the tickets.

My worry is what guarantees do I have if I transfer the money?

If you give me your name and poker alias by PM, I will send these details to betfair.

I am happy enough to transfer the ticket first based on trust.

Sorry, i was slow to reply - but looks like your both sorted! See you there fergie

Obv you agreed and it is appropriate the transfer takes / took place before the money is sent.

Nothing agreed yet The Klup but I am happy for the transfer of the ticket to take place first.

OK - send me the name/alias of both parties and I will assist.

prteam@betfair.com

Cheers

Sounds good to me. I'm out tonight but I'll get it sorted thing thing tomorrow. Cheers

Sounds good to me. I'm out tonight but I'll get it sorted thing thing tomorrow. Cheers

When I sold my WSOPE seat to Mandylou it was pretty straightforward. Bf emailed him first to confirm I actually had a seat to sell in the first place, he paid the cash into my bank account the next day, then I emailed BF to authorise the transfer.

As long as both parties use the same intermediary at BF it should be straightforward, especially  if you agree a figure in sterling not dollars.

i always think its easier to move the seat / package first - as there is more of an element of control. Betfair could always reverse a transfer where as money being returned might be tricky.

Hi,

Its sounds nice to me... i gonna play it next Friday... hope for the best...

Hi Distant. Just checked on xe.com and the current rate is £1:$1.59 so $500 is £315. PM your bank details and I will transfer today. Cheers

So will i be able to buy in on the day at the club? Is there late reg?

Also I looked online and couldnt find the structure? Do you ahve the details please?

James. There are a few others who are looking to sell as I have had PM's from others looking for the same money. Put the feelers out on here. Alternatively you can contact Betfair to buy in through your poker account. Not sure if there is a buy-in on the day option

fergie81,

I will send those details to you know.

BetfairPRManager - As this ticket was won in an Irish event is it ok to transfer to a UK person? I was told that it may be an issue but if it is just the buy in that is being transferred then it should not be a problem?

email received and is being dealt with by our tournament team.
Should be no issue with one entrant being Irish and other UK

All sorted - please check your email that is registered to your Betfair Poker account.

Thank PR. All sorted and money paid from my end

Hi All,

From the posts so far I'm not sure if everyone that was looking for a ticket, is now sorted, but I also have one I'm looking to move on.

So if The Klup or someone else is still interested, please let me know.

KR

Thanks PR for facilitating this.

I also have a ticket to sell.  Valued at $650 but happy to sell for $500.  I'm happy to transfer ticket first.

Im a bit lost as to who is selling seats - but email/msn me or skype if you are looking to sell at $450.

msn & email: dinos@iloveplayingpoker.com 

skype:  ilppoker

Mr FancyPant have sent you a message. How does the ticket work, go into poker lobby and register for actual event etc?

Also sent you a message binkbank

OK read thread properly lol. Anyone looking to sell/transfer a ticket PM me, thanks

I have got rid of my seat avery so get intouch with bink if you can.  gl

Who is coming to the players party on fri night?  Can't decide whether to come down on the fri or sat.

I will be there on Friday but leaving at 10.30pm to come back to Grantham. Unless is snows bitterly and football (kids) gets cancelled for Saturday morning!

VaRiAnCe,

I will be there so that should really be all you need to know!!

The lovely Fran will be there or if she is not to ur taste then Roger the Gay Viking will also be there.

See you on Friday.

Note:  There is alsoi the freeroll at the Fox Poker Club 5pm - 8pm in which two Betfair Live packages to Prague will be given away so what else could you possible do but turn up on Friday!  See you there!

If anyone is still wanting to sell a seat, I would gladly snap it up for £300. PM me on here and will get payment sorted asap & transfer done through Betfair PR Team.

PokerStein - for you, £600!!


@ Helmuthian : Freeroll starts at 3pm and not 5pm! I know you want me to win, but to get the opposition to arrive 2 hours late is not the way to do it!

Any chance of someone posting the size of the field, a list of forum runners and riders, and some prices on the event ?

Helmuthian = XL
Klup = XXL
EVVO = M
Kunku = M/S
Tigerwing = XL
Variance = L
Bifta = XL
Redmist = M
Joffy = L
Alexsdad = XXXL
RAJ = XL
Fran = G
BetfairPRManager = S
Flopit = XL
BruceWayne = L
Suits Suck = XL

prices:
Freeroll = free
Main event = $650
Hotel = £120
Beer = £6

Riders: 2dogbarker
Ridden: Helmuthian Folds


HTH

u missed fattest of them all.............................fat gnashers.

As the merchandise has arrived a Betfair Baseball Cap to anyone correctly predicting Klups finishing position.

I'm going for 72nd !

im predicting 2nd!

The 2 I would like to back each way are Sven and Joffy.

What odds were you thinking for each of them. i might give you a small lay!

Otherwise, i can offer you evens on a last longest for each of them on a One-Vs-One against me. :D

illtake sven v u klup for a small match  bet.

my guess 38th

Oops. Im after missing my flight to London and I was meant to playing this tomorrow. Is it too late to sell the ticket? I can still get a flight tomorrow If i cant.

Shane888 sorry you missed your flight, if you want to sell I'm still after a seat. PM if you do.

I just emailed Betfair support there to make sure its ok to sell the ticket this late first.

If you want to get a response that makes sense my suggestion is to email prteam@betfair.com @BetfairPRManager suggested this earlier in the thread.

Just email the prteam there. Ill let you know when they get back to me.

Wish I could be there with you all in person, but will be in spirit and following the action on here. Good luck to all the betfair forum and community players, hope you all have a great weekend.

Me too AJ.

To think it was a year ago I played in this

Good luck all.

I played last years event too. Gutted to be missing this :o(

Good luck to everyone and hope you all have a fab weekend. Will be watching the updates.

Sorry guys am playing. Bookies have stopped taking bets on this one.

ROFL Jamesbeckton!


gnashers- Sven vs Klup, you have a solid £20 on it!! please be prepared to cough up quickly ;)

I've been crossing my fingers that there is a Greek sounding name on my table draw and then I see you sitting there! ;)

Anyone have any clue how many chips you gte? 15k? 20k? is 45min clock right?

15k 40 minute clock.

Goodnight.

cough cough.

^^^

NOT FUNNY