Important announcement from The Western Club

[The Western Club]

Dear Members,

Having had a major complaint from the local authority and the gambling commission following the sudden closure of the international club, we here at The Western will no longer be able to guarantee prize pools larger than £5,000 with immediate effect.

The gaming board and council feel that these large guarantees provide a level of commercial poker beyond which we should be able to provide as a private members club, for this reason and to protect our club for our existing members, our larger tournaments will now have Estimated prize pools and will not be guaranteed.

We have always strived to comply and work in partnership with our local authority and gaming board and we will continue to do so in the future.

We hope this does not deter anyone from using our fantastic establishment, we will continue to provide excellent guarantees under £5,000 and will continue to provide a fantastic club experiance for our valued community.

Thank-you

The Western Club
_________________
www.TheWesternClub.com
www.Facebook.com/thewesternclublondon
Twitter : @TheWesternClub

[The Western Club]

Thank-you for all the messages of support we have received, this will really only effect the 4 Main events a year which are now established and each time broke through the £15,000 guarantee and the £100,000 Grand-Prix which we hope will still be a huge success.

As stated before, we will continue to provide the excellently attended guarantees £5,000 and under, & will continue to provide a grade A service in our fantastic club for all of our club community.

The Western Club
_________________
www.TheWesternClub.com
www.Facebook.com/thewesternclublondon
Twitter : @TheWesternClub

[The Western Club]

We are sorry to announce due to circumstances beyond our control, The Western Club will not be Guaranteeing any poker competitions for the time being with immediate effect.

More pressure from the council and gaming commission has forced our hand and we will not be able to continue with our guaranteed tournaments until we are sure of our legal standing in this matter.

We know that our members will be disappointed with this turn of events but don't worry too much as we will be running all of the same tournaments with estimated prize pools rather than guaranteed ones.

Please continue to support us while we try and rectify this delicate issue.

The Western Club
_________________
www.TheWesternClub.com
www.Facebook.com/thewesternclublondon
Twitter : @TheWesternClub

[stowjon]

council are twats!
_________________
"There's not enough hippies to save our lives, We need more hippies"

[The Western Club]

No comment...............they are just doing their job. Hopefully we'll get all this cleared up and get back on track.
_________________
www.TheWesternClub.com
www.Facebook.com/thewesternclublondon
Twitter : @TheWesternClub

[The Reverend]

[The Western Club]

Hi, yes they don't like the idea of us guaranteeing prize pools. All the tournaments are otherwise unaffected.

It's a real shame because we have smashed every guarantee since I took over events in April 2011 and in some cases we even doubled the guarantees. The club was getting a good reputation again after so much bad press from before my time at the club and we were again known for putting on well run, well attended, solid tournaments.

Hopefully this will all be sorted out in the next month.

Thanks for the support

Matt Keen
Marketing Manager
The Western Club
_________________
www.TheWesternClub.com
www.Facebook.com/thewesternclublondon
Twitter : @TheWesternClub