ANYBODY UP FOR A LIVE BLONDE TOURNY?

[Robert HM]

That's the spirit(s)

[tikay]

Hells Bells - what a nightmare!

This thread has been up about 2 days. It has 225 posts in it so far. A whole range of views. Some reluctance to compromise. Some mischievous "wind-up" posts. Whatever we decide, we are gonna upset a few, but that's no reason to shirk the ssue. I have chatted with Dave at length today about this. We are aware of your views. We are aware of the vote. But we both just feel very strongly that we need to keep the buy-in affordable for everybody. So, here's the decisions, thus far.

We will accept the kind offer by The Broadway for January 7th. A separate date wll be arranged at Cincins in Glasgow, ideally a month or so later. The following applies to The Broadway ONLY - the Cincins one we can debate later.

The idea is for a social gatheing combined with a Poker Tourney. A "serious" blonde Live Tourney can be held at a separate time & place, with a higher buy-in, suggestiions welcome. So those only interested in a higher buy-in comp, & with a lesser interst in just meeting other blondeites, can have their evening too.

The Tourney will be a £30 Double Chance Freezeout, plenty of starting chips, slow clock.

If The Broadway can add any value, we'd be very grateful. If they cannot, so be it.

We will approach all of blondepoker's commercial partners & ask them if they will add some value by way of additional Prize Money. It's quite possible we will get some meaningful added money.

blonde will add some money. blonde will NOT view the evening as a "for profit" commercial venture.

There will be a Trophy.

We will try & set up a "Poker Rate" at  local "budget" hotel.

We wil ask The Broadway if they will schedule a £100 or even £200 Freezeout for the Sunday.

An hour or so afer the Tourney starts, SNG's will start to be available for the Sunday tourney. (So Ariston, Iron & Flushy, if present, will have something to do after busting out traditionaly early). The SNG's will be £10 or £20.

We will also ask the Broadway if they can give us a Heads-Up table or two, so that one-off Heads-Up matches can take place later in the evening. So if the deep pockets wanna win or lose some serious money between themselves, they can. And if these guys wanna few £100 or £200 SNG's, fine, we'll set them up, if The Broadway can accommodate us with tables & chips. If anyone wnts to challenge Dave or Tony G (if he's there) to some serious, or not so serous, Heads-Up Action, I am sure they will accept the challenge. (I assume they'll both bust out of the main comp earlyish). Male v Female Heads-Up matches? No prob.

Will the "names" come along, to support this? We hope so. We will get all cuddly wuddly with The Camel - I hope he'll jion us. And John Shipley, Simon Trumper, Willie Tann, Paul Parker, The Burnley Boys, Thee from Thine, Thewy, Bob Coombes, Micky Wernick, Stuart Fox, etc, etc. I'll be very surprised indeed if we can't get at least some of those guys along. Dave Colclough will be there, & Tony G, if he is in the UK at the time. Rhowena & Jen, of course. Maybe the Poker 425 cameras - after all, it IS the Poker 425 blonde Forum. But if the big boys can't come, well, too bad, if push comes to shove, we can manage without them.. The folks we REALLY wanna see there are the regular blondeites. If we can round up half a roomfull of them, then it's job done, we have achieved our goal. I'd be pleasantly surprised if we can get 50 there. More would be quite wonderful. We want the patners of players who don't usually play to be able to sit down in the comp - so another reason to limit it to £30. For example, take, I dunno, Thewy's missus, Amanda, or Mrs Red-Dog. (Just hypothetical examples). They don't really play poker - but how nice would it be if for just £30, they can join in & not feel embarrassed? So we get to meet players partners, too.

There you go. Flame away, but that's pretty much the deal, subject to tinkering with details.

I will start a SEPARATE thread, in which those who wish to attend can let us know, just really "yes please - me & the missus" sorta thing.

Planning for the event will begin almost immediately.

[I KNOW IT]

Hells Bells - what a nightmare!

This thread has been up about 2 days. It has 225 posts in it so far. A whole range of views. Some reluctance to compromise. Some mischievous "wind-up" posts. Whatever we decide, we are gonna upset a few, but that's no reason to shirk the ssue. I have chatted with Dave at length today about this. We are aware of your views. We are aware of the vote. But we both just feel very strongly that we need to keep the buy-in affordable for everybody. So, here's the decisions, thus far.

We will accept the kind offer by The Broadway for January 7th. A separate date wll be arranged at Cincins in Glasgow, ideally a month or so later. The following applies to The Broadway ONLY - the Cincins one we can debate later.

The idea is for a social gatheing combined with a Poker Tourney. A "serious" blonde Live Tourney can be held at a separate time & place, with a higher buy-in, suggestiions welcome. So those only interested in a higher buy-in comp, & with a lesser interst in just meeting other blondeites, can have their evening too.

The Tourney will be a £30 Double Chance Freezeout, plenty of starting chips, slow clock.

If The Broadway can add any value, we'd be very grateful. If they cannot, so be it.

We will approach all of blondepoker's commercial partners & ask them if they will add some value by way of additional Prize Money. It's quite possible we will get some meaningful added money.

blonde will add some money. blonde will NOT view the evening as a "for profit" commercial venture.

There will be a Trophy.

We will try & set up a "Poker Rate" at  local "budget" hotel.

We wil ask The Broadway if they will schedule a £100 or even £200 Freezeout for the Sunday.

An hour or so afer the Tourney starts, SNG's will start to be available for the Sunday tourney. (So Ariston, Iron & Flushy, if present, will have something to do after busting out traditionaly early). The SNG's will be £10 or £20.

We will also ask the Broadway if they can give us a Heads-Up table or two, so that one-off Heads-Up matches can take place later in the evening. So if the deep pockets wanna win or lose some serious money between themselves, they can. And if these guys wanna few £100 or £200 SNG's, fine, we'll set them up, if The Broadway can accommodate us with tables & chips. If anyone wnts to challenge Dave or Tony G (if he's there) to some serious, or not so serous, Heads-Up Action, I am sure they will accept the challenge. (I assume they'll both bust out of the main comp earlyish). Male v Female Heads-Up matches? No prob.

Will the "names" come along, to support this? We hope so. We will get all cuddly wuddly with The Camel - I hope he'll jion us. And John Shipley, Simon Trumper, Willie Tann, Paul Parker, The Burnley Boys, Thee from Thine, Thewy, Bob Coombes, Micky Wernick, Stuart Fox, etc, etc. I'll be very surprised indeed if we can't get at least some of those guys along. Dave Colclough will be there, & Tony G, if he is in the UK at the time. Rhowena & Jen, of course. Maybe the Poker 425 cameras - after all, it IS the Poker 425 blonde Forum. But if the big boys can't come, well, too bad, if push comes to shove, we can manage without them.. The folks we REALLY wanna see there are the regular blondeites. If we can round up half a roomfull of them, then it's job done, we have achieved our goal. I'd be pleasantly surprised if we can get 50 there. More would be quite wonderful. We want the patners of players who don't usually play to be able to sit down in the comp - so another reason to limit it to £30. For example, take, I dunno, Thewy's missus, Amanda, or Mrs Red-Dog. (Just hypothetical examples). They don't really play poker - but how nice would it be if for just £30, they can join in & not feel embarrassed? So we get to meet players partners, too.

There you go. Flame away, but that's pretty much the deal, subject to tinkering with details.

I will start a SEPARATE thread, in which those who wish to attend can let us know, just really "yes please - me & the missus" sorta thing.

Planning for the event will begin almost immediately.

[Royal Flush]

Good post, i will be there...if i can.

SNG's will start to be available for the Sunday tourney. (So Ariston, Iron & Flushy, if present, will have something to do after busting out traditionaly early).

And whats that supposed to mean?

[dik9]

WOW ok I dont think it will be a problem getting fifty, think it will be a sell out myself!
Before you go to higher management, would it be possible to have a chat with me, about different possiblities and in depth proposals as to how you want me to organise it. I will do all I can possibly do to accomodate, but recently some unreasonable requests have been made by non poker playing management. Dont think some of them know what boundaries we have. (thats not a criticism, just lack of poker knowledge). I have got butterflies now, I am really looking forward to it. Bluewolf says when ten blondites get in the same room room you are a scream. Whats 100+ gonna be like???

[Ironside]

Good post, i will be there...if i can.

SNG's will start to be available for the Sunday tourney. (So Ariston, Iron & Flushy, if present, will have something to do after busting out traditionaly early).

And whats that supposed to mean?

he is saying i get unlucky sometimes and you and ariston are fish

[BlueWolf]

why am i suddenly thinkin of bookin the first week in jan off?? lol

[RyG]

Hi all, Finally got my uni net up and running

id be up for this sort of event as im currently living about 5 mins away from Broadway

Ry

[thetank]

How about 20% of the first place prize in both the Brum and Cincci tournaments to be played for in a heads up match between the two winners on a mutually agreed upon date for the cash and the title of supreme championy. The travelling player having their expenses taken from the pot and re-inbursed. Might become a naional pride thing if locals win both events.

If someone wins them the Brum and the Cincci then it'll be a bit of a non-event but the chances of that are small.

[BlueWolf]

dont think that would be legal in anyway lol, although theres always ways round that hehehhee

[The Dundonian]

You cant please all the people all the time!!!

Of course you can never please a Dundonian any of the time!

I will be back in the dark continent for both tourneys and am absolutely gutted, would have loved to have been there!

Can I put up a Bubble Trophy for the tourney in CinCin's ?