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"Last blonde Standing"


A Heads Up competition to take us through the next month and to fill the gap between Leagues.

This is how it will work:

Registration will be available under the heading "blonde Heads Up registration" on the BPL cardroom under the MTT/NL Tournaments tab

This registration will cost $10+1 and will be available until next Thursday only.

After next Thursday I together with a glamorous assistant (applications required) will conduct a random draw to discover who plays who and the draw in its entirety will be posted on blonde next Thursday afternoon

The draw will be set such that (Wimbledon style) you know your path through to the final from the start...winner of match 1 will play winner of match 2 etc/winner plays victor of matches 3 and 4 etc. There will be no seedings.

Once the draw is announced the two players discuss (PM,MSN) a mutually suitable date and time to play their match, agree stakes (as low as 10c) and format (one off, best of 3 etc). The idea is to resemble something like a 5 a side league or a squash league you might see at your local leisure centre in terms of organisation.

Each round will have to be completed by a set date which I will announce when the draw is posted.

Here's the complication: Heads up tables cannot be reserved on Tribecca so there is always a risk that someone turns up to a table at the time agreed and another player jumps in. I therefore recommend that games are played for small stakes to minimise financial disappointment.

Once the game has been played, within a deadline for each round to be announced, players report results to me.


Prizes:

BPL has very kindly added $250 to the prize pool. This will be distributed as follows

1st: $65
2nd: $35
3rd and 4th: $25 each

In addition the winner will play for a "winner takes all" $100 in a best of 3 heads up match on BPL versus a mystery celebrity after the conclusion of the tournament.

Out of the total of the $10 paid to register for the comp to get in the draw the distribution of prizes will be as follows

1st: 40% of pool
2nd: 20% of pool
3rd-4th: 10% of pool each
5th-8th: 5% of pool each

So you have three sets of money available to win: the $10 pool accumulated, the $250 added money and the stakes of the individual matches.

I will facilitate the playing of games where required (just ask me to chase your opponent for you ) and anyone who is not around on the date and time agreed by all parties will forfeit (with one final warning only) and the opponent get a bye to the next round


Happy to answer any questions, take feedback/suggestions and I hope this is an idea that interests plenty of you.

The winner will be crowned the "Last blonde standing" and the BPL Heads Up champion, with massive bragging rights, until next time round.

Pssssst   recommendation that works - talk in table chat before you both sit!!

Thank you Trace, that way you'll know that you are both there!

i think its a great idea, the only slight thing i might change is you said players can decide to have a one off or best of 3. i think everybody should have to play the same so either everyone plays a one off or a best of 3. that way everyone is playing on a level playing field.

like i said though great idea and im looking forward to it

This is fantastic - I'm already looking forward to donking off my stack with an ill-timed bluff.

this can be easily done if the general view would like it

The key is though that each game is played to a format and buy in that both players are completely comfortable with.

normal, turbos or speed?

whatever both competitors agree to. If competitors can't agree I can set a format for you.

What about a poll, to establish the general view?

I wanna play The Camel, 10c normals, best out of 999. How much of a poker education would that be for less than $100.

I assume you would have to flip a coin for this and tell the competitors your result. I can't think of another fair way that you could decide this.

behave!

I'm bribable.


one person wants to play normals, the other wants to play turbos. We could agree on game 1 being normal, game 2 turbo and flip a coin for the decider

that, yes, is what I have in mind

how quickly do the blinds go up in all 3 different types?

Just reg'd..

Scheduled Prize Pool $10k huh? :D

will get back to you

turbo 1 min

speed 3 min

normal 8 min

Kev was hugely confident that people would embrace this, and estimated accordingly

Oooh this looks interesting, I'll give it a go :)

I agree, great idea but why not just make them all best of three ?

I'll be signing up presently 

Thanks Ralph. If we get to draw time and the opinion of most is "best of 3" for all games, then we can do that very easily

im in

intensive training starts now

I'm in!  Thanks to Tighty for organising this.

Sheriff

this looks fun

I think it should be standardized with regards to both the amount of games you play, and the type of game you play also, just to ensure parity through-out the competition.


My vote would be for best of 3 in the normal speed STT's.. otherwise it might cause problems later.

;iagree;

I would be up for this, only limitation i have is the fact i could only really play my matches at a weekend.  If my opponents can do this, then i'll sign on.

Nice idea and I'm keen to sign up.

Just wondered though, if there's any chance of some indication as to how long players will have to get to complete each round? 2 days?, 4 days? week?  Or is it more of a "play it by ear" kind of thing (within reason) with no exact scheduling?

I'm similar to Bainn really ( although without the beard of course! ;D ) in that the intended schedule might affect whether I can play or not.

4 days per round is my aim, but this may be optimistic. A week tops.

As there is no set schedule, we can make it up as we go along. Always a useful thing to know!

At least I won't have a problem with my opponent, I'm always online :)

I'm in :)  Great idea for a comp :)

I think I'm going to have to withdraw my entry from this - I'll be away at the end of the month for 9 days without internet access, so guess I'll be disqualified from whatever round is going on then, if I'm still in.  I like the idea of it though, so looking forward to the next one!

I'm in

We have 15 in so far (thank you)

Would be great to get 30+!

A reminder registration closes Thursday lunchtime, draw thereafter

Still, with a load of fish having been in Dublin, most of the real value is yet to enter.....

True. Hope flushy enters as well - I need revenge!

Hmmm, now technically I can't play on Tribeca but I'm sure I can get away with having an account to play a few 10c heads up games.

Count me in so long as my opponent isn't offended by the microstakes!

Jamie.

I'm in too.  That's 17 of us so far...

Right, off to start a thread "How the hell do you play heads up?"

Thanks to Tighty for organising the large portion of this.

I'm being swayed by the "best out of 3" arguments too.

19 of us in now


come on now, roll up roll up..$250 of added value for those who reach the late stages and someone is going to draw me....a guaranteed win for someone and a headstart towards the spondoolies.

Richard when is it going to run? I am away for 2 weeks from Saturday, i would love to play it but wouldn't be able to start till after that.

Step aside, I am in.

It starts on Friday mate. Unfortunately, like Singapore TingTong Kev, you'll have to miss it as we'll be a few rounds in by the time you return.

:D

Ok no worries. Of course i could always enter and hope to draw you, there is a good chance you will just blind away at the same rate as me!

Unsurprisingly, my HU record is poor.

Thanks for mentioning it anyway  ;nana;

I heard you were the tightest player in history.

Untrue, I am the loosest player in histroy with the tightest image. Took years to cultivate it.

I am the opposite! Jen rumbled me.

I sat to Tighty's left at Southampton. He played 3 hands in 7 hours (excluding stealing my Blinds regularly), but turned his starting stack from 10,000 to 27,000.

Meanwhile, I played 200 hands & turned my stack from 10,000, to, well, approximately zero.

There's a moral there somewhere.

So, how do I sign up?

???

Still there Nov.9th

The True Value has arrived.

I am in.

mtt tab, nl tourneys


look for "blonde heads up registration", closes in two days time

Where did Ariston's post go? I was about to mock him,

he deleted it, I deleted mine

I didn't know what to mock but sensed I should be mocking.

Mock me instead, I just signed oop.

would love to play this event but would have to do it on someone elses account (kev??) as I have certain issues with radio bombay (leave it at that please flushy and other trouble makers).

Cant give you access to my account ... ive heard your reputation :D

Would hardly think there is anything in the account worth raping lol. Maybe another word with jabinda jones (or whatever he claimed was his surname) may help. Will have a try tomorrow guys.

If you really cant get it sorted and fancy playing you can use my acct m8.

26 entries so far, thanks all

entry closes tomorrow, lets have a few more please!

Will a mtt start tomorrow night?  Just wondered with us all registering for one.

no, the page is merely a holding pool. It will disappear when the time elapses, tomorrow

ah ha, clever stuff

in theory,  yes

in tribecca, we'll see!

cheers mate. i will play micro stakes so no damage done to your roll (think i can play heads up stts for $1 or $5- I aint playing for the money just the glory, you can keep any winnings). Get registered then and I will speak to you on friday when Im back in blighty with a better internet connection to sort details out.

Ok you are in. Only got $100 in there anyway so i doubt even you can bankrupt me!

Shows the difference in perspective.

If I played HU, my normal stake would be $5 - my idea of micro stakes would be 10c or 30c  :D

I would  like to play this, but as I'm off to Singapore (  ;D ) this weekend with Flushy and Kev, I won't be able to play!

Hopefully the next one, Good Luck all who do play

Singapore ... SINGAPORE ??  am i going to singapore ??  I had forgotten all about it :)

It's getting close.

A search for "Singapore" by user Colchester Kev yields results on 19 different threads.

A search for "Deauville" by user MikkyT yields 21.

(Yes yes, get a job tank)

Although to be fair to Kev, there was that Singapore comp on blonde he had to punt, and he doesn't have any dancing bananas in his signature.

is the new



(By the way that banana smiley name should be changed from sexybanana to ;angel; - it's soooo him!)

and yes... GET A JOB! ;D

I have just entered to make it exactly 32, which will be far too convenient.
Who's gonna join and make it 33?

er, no one hopefully!


seriously though, reg closes at lunchtime, draw will be posted soon after on a new thread.


Will make all matches best of three

i'm in

registration closed, 34 runners


there will be a two match prelim round, 30 others get a bye


Random draw to be done shortly, new thread for details

So it really started an MTT after all, at least I might have a chance to win, as most people are not connected  rotflmfao

I'd still lose!

ignore it, I've rang Aaron and the money is not to be paid out

woo I'm in :D

If I win the mtt, will it screw things up?

If you win first prize, we'll send the heavies round with baseball bats and a van for all your furniture!

Please don't play it!

ooops i'll stop

im taking it down,just logged on


lol

I knocked tank out, who have i got in the next round?

Nov 9 12:44:35] : Hand Start.
[Nov 9 12:44:35] : Seat 3 : Graham0573 has $1,280 <<< who is disconnected
[Nov 9 12:44:35] : Seat 8 : Supa-Monkey has $39,850
[Nov 9 12:44:35] : Seat 9 : grannysmyth has $26,870
[Nov 9 12:44:35] : Graham0573 is the dealer.
[Nov 9 12:44:35] : Supa-Monkey posted small blind.
[Nov 9 12:44:35] : grannysmyth posted big blind.
[Nov 9 12:44:35] : Game [652] started with 3 players.
[Nov 9 12:44:35] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[Nov 9 12:44:35] : Seat 8 : Supa-Monkey has 5h Qh
[Nov 9 12:44:35] : Graham0573 folded.
[Nov 9 12:44:39] : Supa-Monkey called 4,000 and raised 31,850 and is All-in
[Nov 9 12:44:43] : grannysmyth : he may be in trouble
[Nov 9 12:44:46] : grannysmyth called 18,870 and is All-in
[Nov 9 12:44:46] : Showdown!
[Nov 9 12:44:46] : Seat 8 : Supa-Monkey has 5h Qh
[Nov 9 12:44:48] : Seat 8 : Supa-Monkey has 5h Qh
[Nov 9 12:44:48] : Seat 9 : grannysmyth has Jh Qd
[Nov 9 12:44:48] : Stakes: 4,000/8,000 Current level: 15 Level up in: 1 min. Break in: 12 min. Players : 3
[Nov 9 12:44:51] : Supa-Monkey : bugger
[Nov 9 12:44:53] : grannysmyth : domination
[Nov 9 12:44:57] : Board cards [8s 5d Ts 2c Qs]
[Nov 9 12:44:57] : Seat 8 : Supa-Monkey has 5h Qh
[Nov 9 12:44:57] : Supa-Monkey has Two Pair: Queens and 5s
[Nov 9 12:44:57] : Seat 9 : grannysmyth has Jh Qd
[Nov 9 12:44:57] : grannysmyth has Pair: Queens
[Nov 9 12:44:57] : Supa-Monkey wins 53,740 with Two Pair: Queens and 5s
[Nov 9 12:44:59] : Supa-Monkey : psml
[Nov 9 12:45:02] : grannysmyth : oh
[Nov 9 12:45:07] : Hand is over.
[Nov 9 12:45:07] : Stakes: 4,000/8,000 Current level: 15 Level up in: 1 min. Break in: 11 min. Players : 2


 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

Where's ma chips gone!!!

Robbed again ;)

Yea, i almost lost to a table full of disconnected people. I think i lost 8 hands in a row.

lol

You've won overall?  Nice $10k package eh :D

i got u up to almost 20k

before i donked of my chips to a d/c  namely YOU!!

wp

lolol,

You were a tough opponent HU graham but i got a rush of cards and managed to take it down.

LOL I made the hu :D  Sorry, didn't realise that bit :)   Well played Supa, a deserved win

Bhoy, that's poker as they say :D  cheers though, I thought I played quite well!