We told you last month that the London Poker Circuit were struggling with the number of entrants in their events. The players who attended the events were very impressed with how well they were managed and structured, but it wasn't getting the seats filled. The tour has now announced they will be redesigning its schedule from July following player feedback.
The new schedule will incorporate two new deep stack events in the Cola chain of hotels in London. There will be a monthly Super Stack Series which will include a £300 double chance event on Fridays and a £750 main event on Saturday with a whopping 20,000 stack and 1 hour blinds. Secondly the Westbury Hotel in Mayfair will host a fortnightly Mayfair Maul on Fridays with a £250 bounty tournament, with £50 of the buy-in being the bounty. Satellites for the events will still be on 888 Poker.
The first Mayfair Maul will be on Friday 17th July and the first of the Super Stack Series will be on Friday, Saturday and Sunday 24th, 25th and 26th July
This writer was critical of the London Poker Circuit model, but these new changes really look like they could fill a gap in the live poker market. Lowering the buy-in to £750 was a good move in these tough economic times and a 20,000 starting stack is exactly what the live poker regulars crave. Add to this the experience of playing in a plush hotel and the London Poker Circuit might just be able to replicate the popular deep stack hotel based tournaments that we love over in Ireland.
We wish them the very best of luck with the relaunch.
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