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Yes, Blue Square has finally decided to sponsor Kev, but not as a player, as a railbird!

In the last few months the number of players qualifying online at Blue Square for live events has increased significantly, especially for Grosvenor festivals.  At the latest festival at the Vic there were 12 online qualifiers. It has become increasingly difficult to rail all of these by myself and given Kev’s general good nature and popularity on the circuit, Blue Square has agreed to take him on in this specific role.

Kev will have his hotel, travelling and living expenses paid for him during a three month trial period, which may be extended to cover the WSOP in July - if Kev meet certain performance criteria, notably a marked improvement in the results achieved by qualifiers. While there were good performances by online qualifiers towards the end of last year, there have been none of late.

Kev has the option to exchange his ‘expenses’ deal for a ‘5% of any qualifiers’ deal, but he’s waiting to see if the standard of play from qualifiers improves and will make a decision on this after next week’s Luton Springfest.

Well done Kev, glad to have you on board!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR  well done Kev   ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; :cheers:

aaaayyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Thats fantastic kev!...... whats the date..

Well done Kev!!!!!!!
Just one question though, how did you justify this?

I told Blue Square I need some help and they agreed. The 5% swap bit was a joke though...

Trying not to sound bad but.....
How can you sponsor someone to stand around?

Ambassador Couch!

He stands around as good as anyone I have ever seen stand around.

It sounds great but the date worries me

Do I detect jealousy?

OK Jon, it's gone Midday, is this for real?

If this is a wind up, think again Blue Sq

It's one of the best ideas you have ever had!!

Kev rocks  ;letsparty;

Not jealousy as such (well a little maybe), i just don't see how you can justify this.
Sponsoring players to play poker brings attention to bluesquare when results are obtained, but someone paid to sleep, eat and drink does nothing!!!!!!

I would like to thank Jonathon and Blue Square for this fantastic opportunity, I have been itching to say something but I was sworn to secrecy until all the details had been finalised.   I can reveal that I will be travelling to Luton and Dublin, and also two major european events which we have yet to finalise.  I have been given an incentive to make the wsop in vegas, and have also been paid into all the qualifiers on Blue square to try and make it as a player !!!

Again thanks for the chance, i will do my best to be an ambassador for Blue Square.

Sod the buy ins, is the bar bill covered?

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Well done and good luck in the qualifiers.

Nice move by Blue Square in getting some infrastructure support for their qualifiers to live tourneys.

come on Ian kevs getting to do the same role as alrightjack and ruru and the other site reps and only getting expenses for it and not getting a wage if you want a role like this devolp a personality like kev's

Blue sq couldn't have chosen a better player/railer to sponsor...

His all round railing ability is well documented and his top ten finish in the european railing rankings was well deserved.

His superbly timed Ayyyyyyarrrrrrrrrrs are well respected by the poker community as a whole.

Big up to you kev.. a well deserved honour

 *g :)up *g

Great news this Kev... Whilst performing your official  role.. don't forget to throw in the odd Massage here and there...You'll soon have them wanting to last longer in the events.

Nice.
I'm happy for Kev but it's the people who's rake that goes to pay for this i feel sorry for, wouldn't be better and more beneficial to add to the prize fund or to sponsor an extra player?

I am sure that Kiv could write articles about it, he's so good

 ;iagree;


big up to the colchester one

It looked to good to be true, but now I believe. Well done Kiv, couldn't happen to a nicer fish xx

just a thought can blue square afford too pay for all the pies?

Although i'm struggling to get past the possible april fools, that is just a stroke of genius. Who else could pull that off!! Good on ya kev you jammy.....

Still not convinced because of the date, but no matter what Congratulations!
.. either on fooling us all, or on a great opportunity for kev.

We are doing lots of other activity too, such as the Champion of Champions event, in which we are putting up £100,000 in prize money.

It could've been £110,000 though couldn't it?
Or whatever you are gonna spend on someone drinking JD's and eating pies

£10 is cheap though if they were to employ someone to LOOK after there players it would mean atleast a £40k salary and hen there is pension rights etc etc

anyway 3 months kev could do £15k worth of pies never mind the JD

WOW Kev

What  fantastic news.

I think you will do a top job for BS may this be the start of great things to come.

GOOD LUCK


Regards

M  

It will not be an easy task for Kev, he just said that whilst players take a break he is expected to throw in the occasional Lap Dance.

he will break there laps

Well, whatever the rights & wrongs, I'm delighted for Kev, it could not happen to a nicer bloke.

He Rails all of us when we need the PRO, he's always there, specially online, & while he sticks his elbows in my ribs, if anyone has a go at me, well, Kev soon sorts 'em out. "Look Dummy, I can call tikay  Fish, but you can't". 

blonde are also pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring Kev, as a male model, for our new range of blonde thongs, for Traffic Reports - he's the "Pie in the sky", & our pair of eyes on the Poker Scene, Kev sees things from several perspectives at the same time. We have, however, limited the sponsoship to $50,000, or 10% of Kev's Bar Bill, (sorry, Hospitality Bill) whichever is the greater.

His new name will be Couch, The "Eddie The Eagle" of Poker.

Go Couch.

The costs are actually not as bad as you would think. Most of the pies and drinks will be comp'ed in the Grosvenors. It was either spend it on someone to do back massages, like they do at the EPT, or Kev - we figured he's be a more popular choice and he can do a bit of shoulder massaging anyway.

Basically Blue Square have killed three birds with one stone:

1. Someone to help rail the online qualifiers.
2. Somone to do massage for the players...and he only charges 3% for a 10 min massage, 5% for 20 mins.
3. Kev has stopped nagging them to give him a sponsorship deal.

I can vouch for the Massage bit.. been on the receiving end of his hands more than once..

Kev, Champion railbird!!

Selfless

Tireless

Gormless

Congratulations!

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Congrats Kev.

Made up for you buddy.  :)up

kev railbirded me to my first ever euro ranking points

WOW i didnt expect so much support, thanks to all of you, and the pm's i have received have been very positive... Thankyou.

Im sorry that perhaps one or 2 people feel that this is an undeserved opportunity, however perhaps they might ask themselves how they would react if it was them on the receiving end of such an offer.

I fully intend to grasp this chance and put maximum effort and time into ensuring it works for both parties .

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It's a shame you can't just be happy for Kev, Ian.

I am happy for Kev, jeez he's had a raving result here.
I just don't get it?
How the hell can they spend our rake on a daft "job" like this??

I disagree ifm, the vast majority, ie, everyone else, thinks it's a great idea and money well spent

How the hell can they spend our rake on a daft "job" like this??
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daft job ?         kev is the  perfect person really then

Daft or not, I'm not sure why you can't keep your jealousy to yourself and just wish him all the best like eveyone else.

I have wished him all the best, and i'm glad you agree it's daft too!!
Is it right for money to be going out of the game in ways like tis?

Money well spent indeedy..

Kev  was in Railbird Role last year at Blackpool and saw me through to two Finals..Once you have felt his gentle hands stimulating your upper back and neck, you'll then understand the true value of this chap.. 8)

Something tells me that if it was you receiving the sponsership deal, then you wouldn't moaning quite so much.

It might sound a Daft Job but a Railbird is the new Poker Accessorie and Me and Burnley John are Happy we Started the trend Congrats Kev
Chubbs

if you were an online player never been to a casino before and quaify online for a main event somewhere you are greatfull that sites supply that friendly face that can make the trip a little less daunting

remember we are not all OLD exerpiranced players like you and i

if this is true then I will probably start playing at BS full time now. I hope that all my rake goes towards the pie fund. BS will no doubt be bigger than Party when this awesome news gets out.

I'm not moaning, just putting my opinion.
I think the VAST majority of people would agree this is a waste of money, just cuz people on this forum know Kev they think it's right, it ain't!!

 ;iagree;

although dewi has softer hands

chunky how will you guys survive with having to share your railbird?

i have noticed a flaw in this deal

kev is such a character you want to get knocked out the poker early so you can spend time with im at the bar and rail

Who told you????   It's because I wash a lot of dishes

Ironside Kev served his purpose well but as in life you have to always upgrade, unfortunately we are going for a Dolly Bird approach and someone who will Iron our clothes on Tour. lol (plus we've had a baron run of late and can not afford his bar bill, thats why we are happy he has been taken on by a big corprate like Blue Sq)

a dolly bird you sure you can afford her make up?

and her optian bills if she is going to hang round with you guys she must have a problem with her eyes

I think Kev needs an agent, to try and secure sponsership deals with Frey Bentos and Jack Daniels as well, could well become the Colchester massive!!!

I am free if you decide to go for the agent

 Iron after Blonde Bash 1, Its hard to believe you would say anything like that, But you may have a short memory.
Chubbs

i have a very short memory when it comes to women dont worry normmal thats how long they want to remember me too

Many congratulations Kev and an excellent choice by Blue Square.

After all who else can keep an eye on two qualifiers at the same time ?

Have you had to give up your deal with Fray Bentos to take up this position ?

Pure genuis, just think of the amount of advertising you could get on one of Kev's shirts  rotflmfao

What's the date everyone?

floppy i have spoken to a certain Bluesquare rep (after getting a ahem, interesting PM) and it is true, i'm still flabberghasted

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Yeah? Well I for one am made up for him. Fully deserved.

nice work by both parties. Kev, if you ever need a back up pie eating beer drinker you know where I am. :D

Like NoFlopsHomer,  I was also looking at the date and wondering if this was a joke...lol

Is this a joke?   

If it is genuine ..... well done Kev....

I think Railbirds are important in Poker, wether your playing online or live the support does make a huge difference.
It keeps you focused when your tired and it's nice to have somone in your corner when playing. I think BS have got
one of the best Railbirds in the Bussiness,  who will do his best to get BS players on final tables. I think it's a very clever thing what BS have done and they are getting fantastic value for there money. I wish Kev all the best for the future.

Regards

M
  

If it's a joke, then the whole Blue Square company are in on it too, which sounds a bit of a push to me.

Plus, I think it's a great idea. Blue Square are always up for trying out new things and Kev is one of the most popular faces on the circuit. I hope it all works out.

There would be a mutiny, when he starts shouting to his mates/bluesquare qualies, the rest of the table would get upset and get him barred!!

Absolutely, I just haven't heard of this kind of thing before.   I thought because of the date it was a joke..

I wish you all the best , Kev    :)up

Mate I know it's hit a nerve with you. If you got the deal everyone would be happy for YOU.

You are looking like a bit of a Mardy Mustard.

Regards

M

 

why would he want to break a habbit of a life time?

What is a Mardy Mustard?   lol

Apparently, they are not very good at eating custards

lol, of all the april first attempts this has probably got to be the best. PokerGirlie would be proud!!

I knew it.  I thought this was a joke..lol

I thought that, but I rang Blue Square up and they confirmed it.

Err try ringing tomorrow poonys and see what they say  ;)

Congrats Kev long overdue IMHO  ;applause;

Never underestimate Kevs railing prowess, when I was told he was railing me from afar at BB2 I was inpired to finish 3rd. Without Kev I'd never have finished higher than 4th

you mean 44th i have seen you play

Yup, I can testify to the Great Mans Railing skills - I finished 2nd in a comp thanks to him. Shame it was a Heads-Up.

Exactly, just shows you how good he is

but you normally finsih 2nd heads up

5 nil to the ironside and 4 nil to the beach boy

Ironside? Who he? Thought he left a while back.

he did after beat the residant pro was nothing left for him to achieve

You beat the resident Pro?

Wow, impressive.

Can't believe you never chirped about it......

why would i do such a thing? it was like beating my 2 year old newphew

you after a rematch at bb3?

if so can you tell me the games now so i can totally ignore rles on how to play the games as i find thats easy way to beat you

Can I stick my name on the list for Kev's job when he gets sacked please?  :D

Well done Kev, I'm sure you'll have a great time doing this.

"tall poppies" they call them in Australia. Beware.

Now, go away, I'm busy. I'm one off the Final of the Laddies 85 runner $200 Omaha, $7,800 to the winner. Will go nicely with the $4,800 I netted yesterday for winning the $250 NLH. That'll do nicely for me.

money for the pros huh we amateurs prefer the bragging rights

Not sure what to say apart from --------

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Great Thread it has had me in stiches. Spoony and IFM.....Quality..

I think Red started a similar thread too


FOOLS RUSH IN...

First thought was april fools then next I thought why the hell not. He goes to all the events anyway so why not have him in blue square gear- you wont get a much bigger billboard for so little expenditure. His services to railbirding are legendary and I can't think of anyone more deserving of a deal of some kind. If it is genuine well done mate and see you at the wsop (which is probably going to be my next live event by the looks- unless I can make the world heads up in May).

Congratulations Kev (if its not an April Fools of course)!

Yeah, except his was so good he started it 21 days early for added effect......

Ok time to come clean ...


this has been in the pipeline for a few weeks if not months, When Jon told me he was going to announce it today , I reminded him of the date. His thoughts were that it would get a lot more reaction on a day like today, and besides that he had to make the announcement before i arrived at Luton on monday.

looks like he was right, lol.

Thankyou again for all the good wishes.

nice one kev
we know you will do a good job  :respect:

So it's true, AAYYYYYAAAAAAARRRRRR!!!!!!

IFM ,whats youre problem

you want to try rooming with kev youlle  realise why

some one like kev deserves this hes funny

doesnt look at you when hes talking to you

he will also spend his last bit of money just so he can come and

watch his m8s play ,you need to go and spend a couple of nights with him ,

to see how ,and why hes so popular .

go on kev over the moon for you m8 ;karabiner; ;karabiner; ;applause; ;applause; :respect: :respect:

OK OK OK ........


It is Now April the 2nd and YES it was a wind up,  Many thanks to AlrightJack for being a great sport and agreeing to join in and start the ball rolling.

It started out as a late night converstaion with another Blondeite to see if we could come up with something that could only be a joke, yet with a bit of work we could make it sound plausible...  Step forward Mr.ifm :D   He played a blinder !! we thought that if someone started to question the deal we could reply and give the whole thing some credibility.   He was my accomplice and then we roped AlrightJack and snoopy in on the deal to reply to ifm and build the whole thing up.


I hope you will all forgive us for the deception, and I was truly touched to get so many good wishes from so many people...  For those that swallowed it hook line and sinker please dont take offence, It was meant in the spirit of this place and I hope it is received as such.

TY TY TY to ifm , AlrightJack (Jon Raab) and the snoopster for their help.


And Jon, Judging by the reaction .....   I would be willing to listen to any SERIOUS offers of a deal ;)


AYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR !!

I knew it..lol

Good joke, mate

what after i was after trying to find out who IFM was

youll start a war , sorry ifm i didnt realise you was in on it ,

same as that PUFF from blsq ,wait while i see you lot next

lmfao

bugger, i even asked you kev if it was true while we were playing on blonde.  You gave me some story and confirmed it to me that it was all true.  You good!!  :D

btw i think it would be a good idea

youve started soomthing now john

look at the response youve got

youll be able to stay in bed while the blind structure

GETS BIGGER

kev wheres the write up for the vic

still waiting ,you puff

Its a work in progress mate, been working on other things ;) LOL LOL LOL

So is it not true?  :dontask:

Didn't fool me for a moment, Now get your arse over to the laddies 5k and rail

Ahem, RED.

On me way boss !!!

tut tut tut for continuing it after midday! I fell for IFM being involved but thats about it! :)up

By the response i think the idea of sending kiv to these places would get just as much, if not more, publicity than the sponsored/qualified players...not sure how a return could be made though!

hed be better of getting sponsored by a certain

mr jack daniells or paul

ive read this from start to finish today as i was out yesterday watching the mighty gunners batter villa 5-0. yes thats 5 - 0 snoops.

and my 1st reaction was it was a wind up. then i started to think well maybe......... but then i think snoops gave it away with having a pop at ifm which is out of charchter for snoops knowing that ifm would probably throttle him at walsall next time they bumped into each and also ifm didnt really react to snoopy's comments ;goodvevil; ;goodvevil;

great wind-up though guys but i think it should happen  :D

funny that Russ, i thought the exact same thing, Hell of a wind up, but something that should be true!

Give him a job!!

 ;iagree;

OK I fell for it, like Chili, I asked Kev last night and he confirmed it was true.

Looking back the only really plausible part was the ifm reaction.

Good one, gits

Kev you are a Lousey Shmuck

I actually thought it was a good idea   :blonde:


Regards

M



 

M Power deserves a special mention for managing to get "Mardy Mustard" AND "lousey schmuck" in the same thread.

They are cracking Gangster Names ;)

Personally I think you and your daft mates need to grow up .

I think you in particular Kev are Unfunny

Regards

M

Superb!

I thought you were going to keep this going for a bit? Can't believe you have let the cat out of the bag so early. This one could've run and run.

I couldnt do it, my conscience wouldnt let me ....  Plus the longer it went on the harder it would have been to get out of it without getting lynched LOL

I agree, with M. Each site should have their own railbird, like a team mascot!!!!

This thread got me completely, I feel completely FOOLED.. >:? >:? :respect: :respect:

LOL, first I didn't believe it, then I did believe and now this ... :( :) :( :)

but seriously, I think this is a good idea!! everyone needs and deserves a PRO once in a while, so why not sponsor one ..

i phoned kev just after i read the thread yesterday and told him i was going to expose the joke as it was after 12 but both him and mr rabb convinced me it was started before 12 so should be allowed to run

i even had to search for ian and make sure he knew i wasnt really calling him names

Well I trusted my friends and fellow mods Kev and sn0opy

I PM'ed them both, but apparently they didn't deem me trustworthy

At least I know where I stand

you never asked me tom

you know i love you

Posting it at 11:50am gave it away.


Someone seriously needs to give Kev a job though,
just to keep him out of sodding trouble!

Brilliant, HAS to go in "best of blonde"........

I had EIGHT PM's from Members asking me if it was true.........

True, blonde, classic stuff. I love this place.

Yeah yeah, all the mods, staff, admin etc were in on it, very funny!

I agree Tom, it hurts, but now we know. Not sure I can get over this one, sigh.

The only people that were in on it from the start were ... Me, ifm, alrightjack and snoopy...   as the day went on it became neccessary to let a few more in on the act.

Red, Consider it revenge for the Pokergirlie stunt ;)

Now go get the Laddies sunday lunch won ffs !!

I think it's too late for explanations.

lets have a lynching at luton ill bring the rope

Nope, they never let me "in on it" either, but a modicum of intelligence & people reading skills was enough for me to suss it out. By which I mean, I fell for it........

I actually ended up PM-ing two close friends to say "cool it, be VERY careful I have a hunch it may be a wind-up", only to get a reply from one saying "it IS  a wind-up you daft tart"..... The other replied all innocent. Now it turns out he WAS in on it.

We won't forget......

obviously, just fuelling the flames of an obvious hoax,  still think the idea has it's merits

Who was it that deceived you by replying all innocent?

It was great fun, if only i could post some of the MSN convo's i had with Kev and Snoops!!!!

I agree Dan when you say snippy's comments were out of character but he was the only one who was willing to start to have a real dig at me, i couldn't have a pop back at people who weren't in on it, that , though funny wouldn't have been right.
The idea was for me to have a running battle with either Jonathan or Kev, slowly escalating to the point where someone had to step in to calm it all down :D
We even predicted who would come back on afterwards and say "i knew it all along blah blah blah".
Good Stuff,

Regards

Mardy mustard

Genius ..... Pure genius.

That could stick !!

I knew it was a wind up.

I was just playing along.


Regards

M

And another thing, how come, when I'm offended, no one takes me seriously?

Mrs Red told us to do what she does, and just ignore you when you go off on one ;)

I am so dissapointed,,, I was going to advance buy in for every tourny Kev was going to be at, just to feel his magic touch... 8)

No need, Just give me your address and i will be there shortly ;)

Told you before Kev.. my name is Maureen.. not Shortly..

and you wouldn't want to be on the roads up here at the moment  my daughter has just bought herself her 1st car..insurance was well over a grand....

You, you tart.

I'm not going to make you feel guilty am I?

Btw, Mrs Red usualy hits me with the hairbrush, or twists my ear, nails sticking into the back, now that smarts

snoopy had me worried late afternoon and i ended up phoning him as i was unaware he was in on the joke

he sent me a PM asking me to make sure the thread didnt get out of hand

i phoned him up to calm him down

now i know he was in on it from the start

he can stick the care and concern from his younger wiser colleague where the sun dont shine

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That'll be Scotland then.

So is he being sponsored or not? I'm confused.  :dontask:

I think he might be on the other hand probably not ;tk;

RED-DOG feel better. Not only did I know nothing about this I had Snoops MSNing me saying "have you heard aout Kev's deal?" Grrrrr!

Even worse I almost did a Sunday8pm and wrote "congratulations Kiv" on the 12th page just now. Thank the lawd I read it through first.

lmao@ben and pokergirlie

think i just took out 90% of my stitches

thanks for reminding me

Too bad this was a joke since I thought this was a good move by Blue Square to show a level of customer service, for not a lot of money, and take them up a division in the league of online poker sites.

So is IFM going to become IFMM, or is MPower to become MMPower ?

Who won the title Mardy Mustard ?

I posted this after midnight as i thought you would come clean on the stroke of 12   :o :o

I will have me revenge

And you will wear a kilt again this time a real one in public  ;goodvevil;

bloody brilliant!!!

Seriously though give him this job!

Yes I agree, I think Kiv in a skirt with pom poms..... ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;  would do blue squares image the world of good.... rotflmfao rotflmfao

what about a blue @ white cat suit ,

one side of the shoulder

The more I think about it the more I crack up…

Rah Rah Rah …..Give me a B…..Give me a L……Give me a U……Give me a E…..Give me a friggin JD & COKE


GO KIV GO KIV  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

what a great wind up, i just read the whole thing today not knowing it was a wind up, and I nearly PM's get to wish him all the best. excellent stratetgy to use BP biggest moaner, IFM (good sport). Laughed out loud at this one.

Cheeky bleeder

terms and conditions still the same   given ur new lifestyle??

Just read this from start to finish. The best bit is snoops confirming it by calling blue SQ.

bump

Sigh ...

Im still looking for that elusive deal.

I can confirm that due to the current economic climate, Blue Square will have to shelve this idea, but will revisit it with a view to making a senior railbird appointment sometime in the new year. Other applicants are welcome, but you will have to beat Kev in a heads-up chicken and mushroom pie eating contest in order to qualify for an interview.

I must be well odds on then Jon !!

Hmm interesting, with your recent loss of pie capacity I think I might be in the running here.

Lets just say Blue Square wouldnt have done their bollocks on Pab winning at the weekend if i had been there, I would have nobbled him obv.

Their fault imo. ;)

Mike's been here for years now.

I knew it was an aprils fool gag.

Looking back ifm = genious.

IFM also banned? Why?

This was the best thread in the history of blonde.

Hats off to all involved.

I think pokergirlie thread was better

Nah, this one definitely wins.. It was the perfect April Fools joke, everyone knew it 1st April but it had just enough credibility to make you wonder.. is it really true?

And the actors played their roles perfectly.

As I said before hats off to all involved.