BB3 memories thread

[NoflopsHomer]

IFM passing UTG then looking at my cards in the BB then pissing himself laughing after I passed 64off to a midposition raise only for the flop to come 664. 

[ifm]

IFM passing UTG then looking at my cards in the BB then pissing himself laughing after I passed 64off to a midposition raise only for the flop to come 664. 

You told me off for that!!

Mickey doing EVERYTHING but telling floppy he had aces and flipflop still calling the raise!

[Chili]

Dewi Cool describing to me in detail why his surname is COOL 

[RED-DOG]

Well on the plus side I managed to push Chili off the best hand with a bag of spanners during our heads up match

On the minus side, Thewy (who was dealing) looked at all my hole cards and undid two years of hard work spent creating my 'Rock' image.

[NoflopsHomer]

IFM passing UTG then looking at my cards in the BB then pissing himself laughing after I passed 64off to a midposition raise only for the flop to come 664. 

You told me off for that!!

Mickey doing EVERYTHING but telling floppy he had aces and flipflop still calling the raise!

I told you off because other people were still in the hand playing!

And I had jacks and only called to hit.

[Chili]

Well on the plus side I managed to push Chili off the best hand with a bag of spanners during our heads up match

On the minus side, Thewy (who was dealing) looked at all my hole cards and undid two years of hard work spent creating my 'Rock' image.

Ouch, that still hurts lol

Remembered more:
Glenn going to bed at 8pm due to a hangover    but getting up at 3am and partying with us in the hotel bar until 8.30am.

Not understanding MikkyT's scottish accent but then realising he was a scouser.

Getting battered by RED-DOG in the heads up, SNG and then stayed way clear of him in the cash game.

Getting called a calling station by the raising machine that is Simon Nowab.

Simon saying he was happy on his table in the comp with some of his mates having a laugh, then knocked em all out one by one then realised he was lonely and had no one to talk to 

Meeting Pab, great bloke.

[M3boy]

My memories?? WOW
Yet another fantastic day/night - it is truely a delight to play a poker comp with so so many good people just "out for a laugh"

Tighty, for putting a bounty on Flushie's head in the comp - although didnt take long for someone to get it, and I wasnt dying to get it honest.....

Kev's classic line about the vaseline (for Tikay's fence!!)

The VERY enjoyable HiLo SNG's

Meeting lots of new faces

Mr Nowab ( I can give Paul Parker a race for his money in talking!) - a little worse for wear! (Top top bloke, but dont tell him I said that)

And I cant forget that "noisy" hotel bed!!!! 

The whole day was a blast, just wish we could of stayed up late with the rest and stayed for Sunday - One day (BB17 or something!! lol) We will not have the need for a babysitter.

Many thanks as always to all who organised the event.

As Tikay would say "It was emotional"

Roll on BB4!!

[Colchester Kev]

Firstly ... A massive thankyou to everyone who attended and made the whole weekend a great success ....

A few memories ....

Being really nervous before making the presentations at the start ...I hope I managed to hide it just a little bit.

Bainn taking advantage of my drunken state by forcing me to play him heads up !!

M3Boy giving me plenty of trap during an omaha hi/lo stt .... and me giving it back 4fold ... I know the rail were enjoying it

But the one thing that will live for ever in my memory is .................. ifm introducing me to his "friend" ....... two things, he is my HERO !! .....  but HOW !! ??


Im sure once this hangover and tiredness goes away, i will remember some more

[Bainn]

Bainn taking advantage of my drunken state by forcing me to play him heads up !!

I've seen you more drunk and still able to function at a level that would surprise most.

[ifm]

skill......

[Maddog]

Had a great time, and it was nice to meet lots of new friends.

One of the funniest things was seeing Indestructables face, when on his opening BB of the Main Event, he re-raises 'ALL IN' to a raise by a blondite (sorry, but i forget your name).  Blondite immediately calls with KK, and Indestrucatble meekly shows A 10.

I thought that both Matt and Madasahatstand both played fantastic poker, (though i wont mention the  re-raise Matt).

Well done to all the organisers, for well, organising this.   Excellent job by one and all.

Going back to bed now..... Need sleep..........   zzzzzzzzz

That was me with the KK. 

I just loved indestructables quote when I called 'Don't you know who i am?'
The funniest thing is I'd also done the same to him in one of the satellites.

I had a great night and wish to thank all the organisers for putting on such a great event.

How's about Brighton for BB4 ?

[Graham C]

The table changed texture when Simon Nowab arrived. Nice bloke but talk about earache. "What do you want me to do? call, pass or raise? I'll do what ever you tell me" we'll need to get him a poker book or some lessons before DTD opens if he needs help everytime he faces a raise. Can't complain simon doubled me up a couple of time while knocking other players out with utter filth.

I had about 7 hours of Simon    It was a great experience for me.  I've only ever had a couple of live games before and they've only been £10 rebuys at local places so to sit down with Simon was unbelievable.  The table was made further daunting by the presence of Red Dog, Chili & AndrewT to name but 3 more.  I was a bit concerned when Simon announced I was on his hit list after I knocked Chili out, but (I think/hope) it was all in good humour and I had a great time.  Sadly, Simon did get me out in the end when my JTo was no match for 98o.  Actually, no one was a match for Simon, some of the out draws he got away with were sick

It was fantastic to be playing with these guys and I had a great time.  I also learnt a lot about my game and hopefully I can improve on it.

Was pleased to make 23rd in the comp. 

[Karabiner]

Well it really was a tremendous event with the best atmosphere ever.

Colchester Kev, stand-up comedian extraordinaire set the ball rolling, and it really rocked from then on.

Thanks to Tighty, RobertHM, Tikay and everyone else who must have worked and planned really hard to make this happen.

It was nice to play with and get to meet and know better a few more blondes including IFM who was sat on my left with an enormous stack of chips and raising every pot except when he was anwering his obscene mobile phone.

Also got to chat with Tracy(Dingdell), Stevie(Teacake), Mike(Langboy) and met loads more. And it is always nice to see old friends like Julian, Chili(wow), Mr & Mrs Red, The Nun and Mr Nun, Chubbs, Little missC + Nick and too many others to mention.

Thanks to AdamM for doing the driving and well done on a deserved final table finish.

I thoroughly enjoyed myself and can't wait for the next one.

[matt674]

PART ONE.............

Well its the morning after the morning after the night before and i finally have the energy to write my memories of BB3. It may take a while however as I'm sure that extra snippets of information will jump out at me (apart from 3 minutes of the final table when for some reason my memory is a blank!!).

Arriving at the Village hotel with BigArmo at around 2.15-2.30 where we were greeted with a sign of what was to come for the early part of the day - a long queue full of blondeites!! It appears as though most of the hotel had been booked by us judging by the fact that 3 out of every 4 people i saw milling around i recognized either from a previous blonde bash or from their picture on here. After dropping our stuff in the room and getting ready for the afternoon/evening/nights entertainment we made our way down to the bar. Said hello to a few of the blondeites waiting patiently there for the casino to open, Nakor, Booder, Bongo, Gatso, Dewi and Newportlad before we made our way over to the casino and yet another queue.

I doubt that Grosvenor Walsall had ever greeted so many "new members" in one go before - why will they not allow it so that when you join one Grosvenor Casino then you become members of all Grosvenor casinos? Your details are on their database, your picture is on their database - why have to fill out a "new members" form for each individual branch? Anyway at least while we waited to fill out the forms it gave us chance to meet and greet more of the faces, Thewy (thanks for showing us all your curry wound), Ericstoner, The kitten kidnapper Dingdell, Sheriff and Sophie, M3Boy - as per usual the Scots were last......... though this time it just meant having to wait a little longer than the rest of us!!

Once inside we were immediately accosted by Poppet and Londonpokergirl (not that I'm complaining ) and presented with my name-badge once poppet had decided which breast it should go on. Mel had suggested that i show some cleavage as all name badges should be stuck there but as most people hadn't yet eaten i decided that probably wasn't a good idea! Waved  to The Nun as i waited to get served at the bar before someone told us that we needed to sign in quick as it was getting near to 4 o-clock - woohoo another queue. Fortunately as we joined the back of the long line to the cardroom Tightend also said that you could pay at the cashier desk - bonus!! A quick spin round and a wander over to the cashier desk where we bumped into the bronze medalist of BB1 paddyjim who seemed impressed not only that i remembered his position but also the fact that he was quoted as a 150/1 shot in the virtual odds. We signed Tikays birthday card and wandered back to near the entrance of the casino. This was a strategic location chosen by myself as not only did it mean we could greet people as they entered the casino but it meant i could keep an eye on the football score (though being 1-0 down at Stamford Bridge i was hardly brimming with confidence that the scoreline would change for the better).

Managed to meet and greet some more faces before the tournament began, Bainn and Harmony, Reddog came over with his name-badge stuck on the back of his suit - i quickly remedied that by returning it to its rightful place, not because i didn't want people not knowing who he was (of all the people attending BB3 he would be one of the only people not to need a name-badge!!) but i thought that as Red was going through such a purple patch both online and live that maybe some of the good vibes would rub off on me!! Silo Graham (though i was most disappointed to see that the captain of team Silo dressed normally - we had expected them to all arrive in pantomime cow costumes!), Tank (sporting his floppy hat) and RodParadise (sporting a blonde goatee). Excellent news arrived in the form of a Jimmy Floyd Hasslebaink equalizer in the 52nd minute before it was announced that the draw had been made and could we make our way to the cardroom.

We wander over and i see that i am seated on Table 5, Seat 3. Within 3 minutes of finding my seat i hear that our elation of maybe getting another point at the bridge was short lived as we had conceded another goal - nevermind maybe the poker would take my mind off the score. Bumped into Simon Nowab just before the tournament got underway, it has been a while since our paths crossed regularly at blackpool so it was nice to catch up a little and even nicer to find that he wasn't actually at my table!!  My starting table consisted of NewportLad in seat 1, Mrs Sharpy in seat 2, Apologies to the blondeite in seat 4 but i didn't catch your name and i guess you didn't get accosted by poppet in the bar as you weren't wearing a name-badge!), Indestructable in seat 5, an attractive young lady in seat 6 who's name-badge may have said Brado but i might be wrong (i tried not to continually stare at women's name-badges in case they got the wrong idea!), Suffolk punch in seat 7, mango99 in seat 8, L3on (or Mr. poppet as he was known for the rest of the evening) in seat 9 and Maddog in seat 10.

We had the presentations before the tournament kicked off which included a introduction to poker for RobertHM who later impressed me with his speed-reading skills to be able to finish the book so quickly as if memory serves me right he ended up being the longest surviving Moderator in the tournament!! There was a quick birthday presentation for Tikay where i see that it must have been decided that it WAS too difficult to wrap a zimmerframe in birthday paper. An extra loud three cheers from all the members of team primate, as you said in your speech to get the community of blonde to where it is now in just over 18 months is one heck of an achievement - my hat is tipped in your direction squire. 

Well I'll be back to write part two soon where I'll remember my exploits in the tournament itself...... (better go do some work before the letter "P" is followed by the numbers "4" and "5"!!  )

[AndrewT]

My abiding memory of the weekend was trying the world's worst bluff on Simon Nowab. Somehow I couldn't get him to fold AJ on an AAJT board when I raised him with 32...

And Neeko, yeah, sorry about the 'shortcut' back to the hotel - it should have taken us straight back to the roundabout.