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How about adding a Bad Beat catergory to our forum? each member can tell their bad beats stories and each time they do they can(optional) donate 50p to Poker4Charity via a Paypal donation link.

This is what I posted on another thread:

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=2131.msg54350#msg54350

However I maybe persuaded by the optional bit, let's see how the debate goes.

Extra charge if its a "badbeat" on a play chip table ;D

Yeah, compulsory £50 donation for ALL playmoney "bad beat" stories!


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I dont like this idea

1 It encourages bad beat stories and we dont want em

2 some peeps can afford to tell 100 bb stories per day, some can't

3 how do we know who'se paid and who hasnt?

4 why wait until you have just lost your money before you donate to charity

How about this...

The forum is bad beat free, just like it initially was.

I agree, we have enough bad beats without sharing everyone else's, the idea for donations for charity are good, but stick to RED DOG blonde type sponsrship donations.

Just my opinion, not feeling very confident today, due to a bad beat ....................blah

I have been suggesting a "Bad Beat" section for several months now.

Purely for selfish reasons. So I don't have to read the damn things.

The charge (not donation!) should be at least £5, and double if it's dressed up as

A "how would you have played this hand....."  jobbie

 >:? ~: ::) ??? :o

 :)up

usuall the trigger for me seeking advice and tips from other player is losing a hand I mis-played. I think there's a clear difference between Bad beats and strategy discussions but the odd bad beat story is ok as there's usually something to learn from them.

I have to agree with you there Adam

Yes Adam, thats a horse of a different kettle of fish

I agree with Adam too.

If members are seeking advice on where they went wrong or if they could have played it better, then I'm all up for it.

Although there may be problems with a fining system, how about starting off with a bad beat thread where people can have a moan. They get it off their chest, and those who don't care aren't forced to read it. Every1 wins. No fee applicable.

The point is Adam that if the hand that was "misplayed" started by being in front.

And then ended up being behind, it is a £10 minimum "Bad Beat" under my new guidelines.

 ;)

I don't mind, as long as it's confined to the one thread

I've posted Bad Beats before but I clearly mark them BAD BEAT, DO NOT READ. if anyone then does so, they have themselves to blame. a genuine need for feed back is different, like the AJ I made the horrible call with last week. I think bad beat stories are ok as long as the poster is prepared to be told why it was actually their fault.

"So I'm in the BB with A2 suited and there's been a raise and a re-raise..."

or

"I'm first to speak and I have K,J. I raise to..."

Perhaps the "punishments" should only apply to bad beat stories that are caught trespassing out of


The Bad Beat Reservation.

 /:-|

Hey! Those are my normal plays.  :'(

you're turning into a right little Hitler about this aren't you /:-| /:-| /:-| /:-|

i think it's a great idea, create an entirely different section for those who want to tell each other about how they lost this and that and leave the rest of us in here having some fun.
Call it "hand analysis and bad beats".
It is very tiresome looking at new topics, getting halfway down then discovering it's building up to a whinge.
Or how some say "yeah i'm in the 10k tonight, need to get my own back after last night when i raised with.................zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!

How about adding a Bad Beat catergory


Is this a good idea?  9 (45%)
 
Is this a bad idea?  8 (40%)

Undecided  3 (15%)


Total Voters: 20

Just for those who didn't vote but would like to know the result.

So we're undecided then


to quote Nemesis:

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Personally i dont think the bad beat section would be a good idea as firstly it creates endless arguements as to "what specifies a bad beat, what criteria does a hand have to meet to qualify?" etc etc. i once saw an article regarding bad beat stories which i agree with, here it is i'll let other blondites form their own opinion....

http://www.pokerineurope.com/pokerarticles/detail.php?articleid=740

i know of another site where they have a seperate section for bad beats and you cant help but laugh at how worked up people get over these beats. it always seems to be the same people posting continuously always blaming everybody but themselves for their endless bad fortune.....

how ever in a constructive, supportive envoroment like this people offering critisism would be good. 

I don't understand how there can be a movementt against a section. if you're not interested in a topic don't read it. I only read the Tourney threads when there's specifically someone I know in the comp in question, doesn't mean I want it removed. one mans bad beat story is another mans cry for help.

love that article ;D ;D spot on.

WE ARE NOT INTERESTED

anyway, his royal luckyfishness has long decreed that this place is bad beat free........

long may it remain!

Somewhat surprised there's not been a smutty retort to this post yet. Come on Red.

he`s waiting till Tikays back....he`s an expert on that sort of thing ;D

Well alternatively we could simply appoint AdamM as Blonde's official Bad Beat counsellor.

All Bad Beats could then be PM'd to him rather than posted on the forum.

Adam could then award T-shirts for Bad Beat of the day/week/month etc.

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I'll bad beat you