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I have just tried to log into the open on Sky tonight,I was asked to provide my drivers liesence no0 or to e=-mail my passport no.

Nobody asked my for this over the last week since I set up my acc.

I was therefore unable toplay in the open, is everyone else getting this, and isn't it a bit beyond accepability.

What if I had no passport or driving licence, does this mean II couldn't play?

I haven't had any problems, did you try and withdraw?  :dontask:

Hi john boy.

Spoke to guy at customers servs.He said it was under Alderney law that this info is required as part of the signing up process.(although he stated that "It hadn't been working recently")
I was just wondering if other players had come up against this.It seems strange it only happens to me?

i've had no problems deposit or withdraw

I know several pokersites that ask for this info...I don't see the point of it really and I ain't giving it.

yes I too refused to give either my passport or my driving details!!

As my money is lodged with skybet, I wonder if I have to give the details,if I want a £5 punt on the 3:15 at Market Rasen.

I thought the sky suits were reading this, An expaination would be helpful.

Can't see why its only me who'se affected?

you trust murdoch with your money but not with your licence number?

just been reading about sky poker on the fiorum

i take it you play through your remote control

if this is the case you will have to connect via the sky box, isnt this charged per minute

or am i a complete knob

I registered yesterday on SkyPoker, setup a SkyBet account and played in last night's open and it didn't ask me for driving license or passport numbers!!

shouldn't do...I don't have it but I am assuming you can open a skybet account and the box will connect through a free phone nr

I think its charged at local rate, but I may be wrong  ;hide;

surely not - this is why i asked

even at 10p a minute, thats a nice £6 per hour on top just to play

can anyone confirm

that would be amazing if that was the case...

I think you can also play on your computer???

Smithy,

you can play through your box, or online via the skypoker website.

If a company asks for your passport or driving license no. - do they verify it?

As long as you got the format right, couldn't you just make one up?

i just wondered with regards to playing through your sky box - i am on my laptop all day at the mo, and when i get home my eyes are need of a break. Was just wondering if you can play via the tv, and at what charge

I haven't played it via the Sky Box, but yes, I'd imagine it's charged per minute as a standard phone call (either local or national).  Either way, I won't be playing like that - that's what my computer and broadband connection are for.

If you've got an LCD telly, link your laptop up to it, and play on your computer but on your telly screen.  TV resolution isn't very impressive though.

I did register an account via my pc, but last night I tried to see what it was like via my TV & Sky+.  After pressing the red button, I got a message saying that if I proceeded any further I'd be charged for using the phone line.  I immediately came out of it.

I'm a bit worried about what ercistoner said as I've not actually played any games since signing up. 

I might have another bash at the open tonight - anyone else planning on playing?

Good evening all.

Thanks again for all your feedback. We've had a big review today and will be making some further changes over the weekend.

On the requests for some players to provide passport details etc, I wanted to explain what's happening. We are licenced in Alderney which, believe it or not, is one of the foremost jurisdictions for gaming in the World. They do a lot to ensure consumers are protected, to ensure operators like Sky are socially responsible etc. As part of licensing conditions, we are required to verify customers so that we can be sure that you are who you say you are, and to be sure you are over 18. For most people, we are able to conduct this check from the information you enter upon registration, but for about 20% of the UK public we need further details to check this (because the data our verification software has may not be sufficient in individual cases to verify a customer) - that is what has been happening to a few respondants here.

As the UK introduces the Gambling Act later this year, you'll see more of this, I'm afraid (i.e. from a much wider range of companies). However, if you haven't moved address in the last 3 years and you are registered on the electoral role, then your chances of being required to provide details are quite low.

It is a good thing, really, that we verify customers. It ensures that we can prevent children playing, and ensures we can also prevent money laundering (which al companies will be required to do from this year).

Hope this helps, and sorry for any inconenience caused.

Enjoy the tables tonight.

Thanks Mr Suit. Could you also clarify what the call charges are?

I just noticed the point about phone charges for TV play. All of Sky Bet's services are charged at a local rate on connection via the TV. This has never really been much of an issue before as when you are having a football bet, you're only online for a few minutes. However, we have had quite a bit of feedback from our TV players about the potential charges, and we're looking at alternatives (there is actually a charge to Sky for the incoming connections from TV players at home, but we are thinking about whether we can offset this depending on levels of play)

Thanks again

Did any of you see Helen Chamberlain and Norman Pace hosting last night? We thought it was the best evening so far, but would like to hear what you thought. I know there were the competing matters of Valentines Day, the Brits (Live) and Bolton against Arsenal, so you're forgiven if you didn't look in!!

So we got 276 entries tonight....some marketing started today, and the site is a bit busier, though only with low stakes cash games at present.

Will be interesting to see how 3 hours goes with 276 players......may be a little quicker tonight in terms of blinds towards the end. Bear with us - as the numbers grow, we're gonna have to tweak that, together with entry fees, start times etc etc to suit different needs and tastes

take it there are "issues" as i can't get onto website.

Not that we're aware of.........can't access the page, or can't log on?

getting the cannot find server / page cannot be displayed message.

not to worry missed it now anyway maybe something at my end but obviously internet is working fine.


When i've got your attention - when am I getting my HD box?

Forgive my ignorance....did you win one, or have you ordered one??

won one about 2 weeks ago

hehe - gotta love that tikay :)  :-*

Ahem.... ;)

What?

Eck, what's your Sky Bet user ID, please, and I'll check it out.....

The account will be closed as it was the staff trial. the username it was "won" under was .......................................


wait for it


Eck  :)up



Some people they get on the telly and goes straight to their head, next he'll be telling everyone he won it ...sigh   ;angel;

PMSL!!!!!

Im on next thursday, just you wait! :P

Ill be there! think i will be duplicating Dewi's tactics's if im on your table. he was on my left last night every time i raised he went all in.  rotflmfao rotflmfao

Eck, I'll check it out with our operations team when I'm back in the office in the morning. I'm sure it will have been ordered, but sounds like you haven't had a call about an installation - apologies. We'll get in touch in the morning.

Thanks, much appreciated.

I watched the end of this.  I was a bit concerned at first when I saw Norman as I remember watching him a couple of years ago playing poker on TV.  He was bloody awful!  However, 2 years is a long time in poker, and he's obviously learnt a lot since then.  I thought he did a good job and gave some good analysis during the hands.  Helen of course was her usual effervesent self.  She's a natural at that role.

I had a problem last night also.  If I typed www.skypoker.com, I got a google page offering me alternative sites (even though www.skypoker.com was one of them).  I could only get in via www.skybet.com.

The last two nights have been fun to watch :)

Eck - I checked this morning and things are in hand. You should get a call about installation next week

Thanks again.

Right better win something tonight and buy a HD telly  rotflmfao

Played tonight and flopped a straight. I won't bother to post my bad beat as can't afford the 50p.
 :dontask:

sky suit,

i wonder if you could do me a favour. Last Saturday, i played in the open and managed to win a bounty for knocking "tramp" out. The prize was entry into tomorrows night (sunday) £4000 gtd comp. Like a complete plank i unregistered from the comp by mistake. my sky poker name is dannyb. I cant register again for the comp because when i unregistered it didn't put a credit on my account my name just disappeared from the lobby

I have sent an email about this but have had no reply.

thanks in advance.

Dan

good call dan.


I also won entry during the trial period, Norman pace was the studio guest (one of the first games of trial i came 3rd) who awarded me entry (Eck) but that account has been closed. New account Eck68 would appreciate it if you could sort it also.

Many thanks

James

My name has appeared in the lobby again.

thanks to whoever did it.

I signed up tonight to look at the software and have a game on the new site. I am looking for a couple of sites as I haven't played online for a while now so am thinking blonde plus 1 more.

Signed my account up and played a freeroll to see what the gameplay is like.

Although it isn't jazzy , I actually really like the simplistic format and it is easy to use.

Get a pop up saying my username has not been accepted after about 30 mins of play.(smithy69) Now I am this username on every site I am registered on with no problems upto now, but it has been declined due to its graphic name.

Am I being pedantic or is this a touch harsh

Top marks to sky

I got an answer via email within 8 minutes saying that it was sent by mistake.

Well done Sky Customer Services (steve)

Had the same message as well, seems to be a bug in the system.

thats ok then i got a message saying my username had to be changed to Newbury1 and to call them if i wanted to change it

me too - Newbury1 lolol

At least they responded quickly unlike some other sites do.

Well done sky

Same Here NEWBURY1 lol

hello to all the newbury1s out there and welcome to blonde

Did you see Du'aine Ladejo play tonight. Norman Pace was questioning why he was making such small bets when he hit trips on the flop and Du'aine replied that he didn't know how to change the amount he could bet.  rotflmfao
Had to feel for him as he hadn't been shown how to raise, but he did manage to call the all in bet when the river gave another guy a straight.

...another TV prize I see !!!

Get in. They must have read my question while I was in the loo.  rotflmfao
I have won a free entry in to next weeks tourney.  ;applause;

I thought it was just another celebrity poker series and I was going to give it a miss but I see they have really pushed the boat out on the celebrity front.

Howard from the Halifax Building Society ads next week?
 

It's not really a celebrity poker show - they're guests with a varying degree of experience in playing poker and they are there for players at home to take out and win prizes. That's why we're inviting poker players from around the country in to take part and why we have the likes of athletes, rugby players, etc. It's more about the enthusiasm a wide range of people have for playing the game. We can't get into chasing big name celebs - we're on air 365 days of the year and don't have the budgets of big chat shows. And I hear Howard off the Halifax ads charges big money...

Don't worry Vic I am better looking than Howard anyway

Cough.  ;whistle;

cant get connected nice waste of a tenner!! cheers sky

pm someone u trust your pw and username to play for u

u wana play it?

Good to see the Sky presenters know what they're talking about.

Just flicked over there now to 846, to see them repeating highlights from "The Open" from earlier.

Blinds were 10/20, Guy made it 60 on the button with  9h 9s ...and the BB called with  Jh 5c

The flop came out:  Jd 9d 4d

...and the BB checked, and the button moved all-in, idiot play obviously.

...but the BB then called after a slight second to think about it, the presenter then announces he needs a Jack or a 5 to take this pot down.

Cringeworthy to say the least.

Three and a half hours totally live commentating on their feet, looking at a projection onto a green floor ain't easy and nobody's perfect! Check out some of the guest comments - the presenters are doing a great job - generally!

Having seen the program live now I for one will not say a negative word about anybody who has to present live for that amount time...............their work is awesome. Please remember that the only person who got nothing wrong was the person who did nothing in the first place

give the guys a break- most of the ones off blonde couldn't even manage to stand for 3-4 hours let alone waffle away (I think tikay could probably waffle for 24hrs str8 tbh). They make the odd mistake but remember the presenters as a rule are people not known for being pro players, they are there to dress things up and make the show entertaining.

 If you have sat a table with tikay you will know he regularly makes mistakes when playing the game (miss reads 7 out of every ten hands).

Sure hells bells won a huge chunk of change in the poker million but I would imagine 90% of blondites have played 100 times the hands she has.

 Norm is a very good player but put him in front of a camera and hes a comedian at heart and his brain goes into entertainer mode rather than poker player (strange but when i sit at a poker table i tend to play like a comedian).

 Tikays on again tonight so why don't we get as many blondites on there as possible and give granddad some real stick.

Yeah why not. looks like my principled boycott will last about 3 days!! God i'm made of some stern stuff   ;marks;

Anyway, they have put the guarantees up to 3.5k and 6k on the sunday.  ;fishing;

 ;iagree;

Like I said on another SkyPoker thread (we need more of them, and APAT threads), the programme's new and is bound to have teething problems.  It's definitely getting better and is easy to watch TV rather than an in-depth poker-analysis show for serious players.

Thought last night's with Curtis and Carlo was good fun, and Tikay is always good value (like he is in the Blonde tourneys...;whistle;)

If I enter, will I be blinded out by 9:30? Getting a train so won't be able to log in till then.

get someone to play first 30 mins for u rod just in case

I don't think you'll be blinded out Rod, but you might find you've only got 4/5bbs at about that time

Anyone about who can play for me the first 1/2 hour?

I'd love to, but can't outdraw like you... ;D

GFY ;D

I would if u trust me! only played it once busted out with my AA :(

WARNING

Tonight's show includes Michelle Orpe.........who, it's widely rumoured, fancies me big time. I refuse to confirm or deny.

But seriously, you just HAVE to watch Michelle, she's just gorgeous.

You've got a PM.

Cheers.

(http://www.gridmodels.com/Girls/Michele_Orpe/mains.jpg)

You're not wrong.  Well, your last sentence isn't wrong...

She has clap apparently, or that's what Tikey once declared on live TV.

That's jut not so. I said she was crap. I think.

Seriously, she really is lovely. Has a Myspace Page too (whatever that is), she told me in an e-Mail last week.

..and to continue with the good news, another of night's Guest is a blonde. Female.

Anyone care to guess her name?

got a feeling tikay wont be the only one getting some email questions tonight lol

Come on, name names, a female blonde, on tonight's show. And I guaantee you know her.

tracet

Nope.

Michelle Orpe and........

flushy

Nope. Better looking, if that helps.

erm who isnt?

btw granddad same rule as the last time a signed photo of the lovely ladies please

ps i hope you nevef kept the last one for yourself

nun
ginger
charmaine
???

dingdell?

Nope.

Nope.

Nope.

Nope.

You have exceeded your quota of entries, & are disqualified.

Is it our resident dominatrix and word inventor?

it cant be the poker geek herself can it? would love to see her in a dress after makeup got their hands on her

Chilli?

Name names. Don't try getting more clues.

Nope

Jen

curry

Who that?

Nope.

The answer is staring you in the face.

please say its jen- i know how much she loves being in front of the camera.

if not rhowena would be nice

Poppet?
Zelda?
Heid?

Mrs C?

You wearing a dress?

Nice to what? (Don't DARE answer).

Nope

Nope

Nope

Oh god, say it's Zelda.....

We have our winner. Claw always beats you guys when it comes to Cryptic clues.

Well spotted Claire!

nice to see on tv as opposed to your ugly mug of course. i agree with reds sentiments btw

It's not, but it's a lovely thought.....

I know Tikay's a good bloke, but these sycophantic posts are overstepping the mark now :)

sure i said rohwena a few posts before claw but i dont mind. two fit blondes and a crinkly it is then tonight.

stillhair?

Great! I'm tuned in already.

You said "if not rhowena would be nice " which is not an answer. Anyway, I disqualified you before that on the grounds of something.

So there we have it - Michelle Orpe, & Rhowena, aka Mrs C.

It don't get much better than that.

How come you get all the good gigs? Is it because you're "Safe"

of course it does- Michelle, rhowena and zelda with no old fart ;)

Listen, I go like a train.

....and we're back.

You're slow, unreliable and permanently late?

struggles to get going if its cold?

You stop and start every 5 mins?

make lots of men in suits tut a lot when you let them down?

or the most obvious of all- a virgin train?

This you must see. Michelle is in a black jobbie, Rhow in a white jobbie, & they both look the bizz. Dunno what Dino is wearing.

i will see when i get my signed photo tyvm no put your eyes back in

would that make it a black and white menstrual show?

boom boom tish !

THIS IS THE GREATEST PUN EVER POSTED ON THIS FORUM.

tyvm I'm here all week.



wonder if tikay will dare nick it and use it on the show?

eeek - Chili to my left!

Finaly made it in to my 1st game... got Mrs C to my left

Darn, i am sat at the taable but away, how the hell do i klick in

check you are logged in on the main page maureen

i have, says i am logged in but there are no fold/raise etc options

i hope they don't' show my first hand again tonight  ;scarymoment;

I am in as DrMarbles - sat next to KeithyB.

537 people - no chance of seeing the end of tonight's tourney either.

I don't think I'm going to see the end of level 1 tonight!

sorted...

Sadly I was right.  473rd :(

UL Claw.  Sounds like you were on a mission there!

doubled up already

i hope he dont f.,.,.,k up the levatating.,.,

I'm out.

KK v AK.  Yet again an ace, on the turn this time - just for a bit of variety.

 ;frustrated; ;technophobe; ;marks; ;grr; ;snoopy'sguns; ;dewi;

I think it needs some work...:dontask:

He did a demo at Luton..... ::)

i'm out

4350 at break in as 47 sooted

just gone 14k pot red nines and flop 6d7d8d allin and hes got kings....oh well

Gone as well, short stack - QJ - 3 callers - one with Aces.

Made the money (just).

i am playing on a PLHE cash table 5/10 cent

and they rake 20cent pots never seen a site rake pots untill they get atleast $1

only played mirco levels on 3 sites before is this usaul?

tony just asked for us to let him know how we got our names so i sent in a email

do you think anyone will believe this

Blonde poker does.