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20 players remain, blinds going to 3,000-6,000

check out www.apat.com for yesterday's blog of events ( which appears to have failed on us when we need it to work )

so we will put some chip counts on here for friends and family through the afternoon


overnight counts as follows



1.


gerald stanley 16,000
terry aylward 46,500
jason boulton 40,000
duncan hodgkins 90,000...duncthehat
alex gabriel 156,500
paul lammas 24,000
phil starrs 93,000


2.

charlie curtis 71,500
glenn wisbey 55,500
mihcael patterson 53,500 ...mickyp
hazel tuley 28,000
philip toomer 75,500
craig kelly 127,000

3

steve talbot 77,500
stephen paterson 33,500
ken jones 65,000
richard davies 85,000...RichD
james eccles 72,500...Eck
alan brady 24,000
david whitehead 67,000


any requests etc, post on here and we will fill you in in due course

4 blondes left in

winner gets £3,000, seat into an EPT Season 4 event, trophy and the chance to be pestered by me for ages


Meanwhile, in shock news, tikay is awake.

any of these guys have points?

We are underway and have lost Paul Lammas and Hazel Tuley early


points? rich Davies reached the final table in Wales

Steve talbot had points in Newcastle

with bB4 clashing with an online apat even i am hoping that no one near top of the leader board scores alot of points as it will make it hard for me to catch up

Hi how is Stevie P getting on, chip count if possible, heading up there in the next hour or so.. thx

next exits are Gerald Stanlet, David Whiteford and Jason Boulton

Whiteford was eliminated by Charlie Curtis in a 100,000 sb/bb pot AQ vs 1010 all in pre-flop


Steve Patterson is still in semi short stacked

15 left, money starts at 13

all finsihes from 18 up recieve ranking points

dont leave it too long

when i turned upo in newcastle at 6 30 pm they werre heads up

mind you in birmingham we were just starting the final

Eck has doubled up


Raise from chip leader Alex Gabriel

Eck min re-raises with AA

Gabriel pushes AQ

called


Eck's bullets hold up in a 220,000 pot. Now chip leader-ish

next hand Eck raises, no action. shows KK


form's a wonderful thing

micky p was outdrawn by RichD to exit 15th, Ken Jones ran 88 into AA to exit bubbling in 14th

Great updates, hows Stevie P's stack looking now?

Still on 70ish but in the money.

u up there pal? cheers for the update - im leaving in 30 mins once i get ready

Alex Gabriel out in 13th, A10 vs Phil Starrs' 10 10

any chance of a charlie curtis chip count pls?

was alex the guy who moved all in end of day 1 in brum only to have me wake up with aces

No, but Geo is texting me.

Glenn Wisbey out in 12th AQ vs Talbot's 77

Terry Aylward out in 11th, A4 shortstacked vs Starrs, K5 in bb, 5 on river

10 left hand for hand

Please!!!! How's Charlie doing?? X

yes, in truth this time he overdid his AQ. Min raised he could have got off it, left himself shortstacked

Hi Any update on Philip Starrs?

over 100,000 and in reasonable shape

one to go til final table

very fast this afternoon is it that hot down there they all want to go sunbathing?

well placed knocked out two players this aftrnoon 130,000 chips approx

Thanks

Great updates, Ecks other half here! How's he doing?

Eck is breathing deeply, looking perplexed and thinking "how on earth have I got this far?"


or at least that is what it seems like


in truth he caught a break when getting massive action with his AA and is probably second chip leader now behind Starrs

Thanks for that, Eck looking perplexed? never! Cheers 

final table yet?

How is Stephen P doing? cheers..

have u left yet newb

how you doing Debbie? Why are you not in edinburgh?>

We have a final

Craig Kelly raises


Rich Davies re-raises

Kelly thinks for 10 minutes pushes all in

Davies, barely covers him and  faces a decision for his tournament, calls


Kelly   Td Ts
Davies  Ahrt Qd

board  Js 4h 7c 8h Qh

chip counts to follow

board

no i havent left yet but im only 15 mins away

chips for final


James Eccles 237,000
Phil Starrs 210,000
Rich Davies 192,000
Philip Toomer 170,000
Charlie Curtis 155,000
Duncan Hodgkins 119,000
Steve Talbot 96,000
Alan Brady 66,000
Stephen Patterson 58,000

blinds shortly go 6000-12000

Cheers for the gr8 updates hun appreciated.

bit stepp only 12x bb for average stack

its only 4 pm thought apat was trying to give us a decent structure to play

maybe a rolling back of the blinds is in order

Hi Anne-Margaret, doing great...how about you? Thought Luton would be suffice but wishing I had went to Maybury. You going?

we are underway with blinds at 5000-10000, 6000-12000 next

first hand of final we lose Charlie Curtis in 9th

A9 in bb vs Starrs Q10 on button, money going in on a 10 9 2 flop

Duncan Hodgkins out in 8th Jx in bb on a Jxx flop vs Starrs' AA raised on button. Starrs has approx 50% of chips in play now

Would it be risky to bet on Starrs winning from here?

Good luck Eck!!  Just pretend you are a mad scandie :)

not really he is was probably the most experienced player in the field at start of yesterday if anyone knows how to play a final table with a huge chip lead its him

Stephen Patterson doubles through Alan Brady with KJ vs A10 and then eliminates Brady with AK vs J6

Alan Brady out 7th


Starrs 600,000, Eck 200,000, Davies 200,000, Talbot, 100,000 Patterson 100,000 Toomer 100,000

Steve Talbot is out in 6th

sb/bb battle with Starrs


no raise preflop flop

7 10 q

check check

turn 5

talbot bets, starrs raises, talbot pushes

starrs doesn't want to call but is priced in for a sliver more..250,000 chip pot

Starrs  5 3

Talbot Q 8

River



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.......



..........


3


down to 5

James Eccles knocks out Stephen Patterson in 5th

Patterson had hung on shortstacked all final and pushed with  Kc Qd in the cut off

Eck called with  9s 9c on the button

board 

 Qh Js 6h 9d 5c

Chip counts


Starrs 650,000
Eck 275,000
Davies 200,000
Toomer 170,000

20 minutes til a break

Very well played by Stevie - he's a very consistent player at OfficePoker tourneys and no surprise he made final.

Thanks for the great updates TightEnd.

treak time

chip counts

Phil Starrs 629,000
James Eccles 340,000
Rich Davies 176,000
Phillip Toomer 158,000

prizes £3000 + ept seat, £1750, £1000, £500

how is eck on the forum right now? shouldnt he be playin!!

Ecks other half on the forum folks! sorry for the confusion...

ECK to get absolutely Schooled HU and make 2nd. lol :)

Any piccies of the last four?

Interview with Eck

TE: "So Eck, how do you feel right now?"

Eck "Still very nervous, I have been shaking for the last twenty minutes"

TE "Is this the biggest poker game you have been in then?"

Eck "It is only my second ever live event"

TE "Really?"

Eck "Yes I only took poker up 18 months ago, I played a blonde bash and now this"

TE "Tell us about the final table so far"

Eck "my biggest hand was me raising on button to 40/- with Jc9c. BB called, flop 8 5 2. He bets out 40/-. I called. I didn't think he had much. Turn Ace. He checked, I represented it, he passed. I then breathed out!!"

TE" Well played."

Eck "only if he passes! apart from that it has been small pots wherever possible and blind on blind battles for me"

TE "Plan from here?"

Eck "just take it as it comes. I have position on the big stack and he is desperate to win the trophy. I think I can take advantage of this"

TE "Good luck, a lot of blondes are ecking egging you on. "

Eck, "thanks"

afraid not, too busy trying to do the job as well as update.

just an amateur updater..... ;)

just got back from Edinburgh after a rubbish tourney (my play not the tournament which was excellent again)

did not stay around to say thank you for a well run tournament

please tell every one

We are about to resume

as we stand Davies has tied Wayne Parker for 2nd in the Player of the Year rankings

Should he win he would move to within 2 points of leader Mark Donnelly.

Nonsense, I taught you everything I know... ::)

Wish Eck all the best from the useless Mugs who got sent home early yesterday.....


 ;tightend; ;tightend;

slipping down the table,

C'mon Eck,  get it won sir  ;goodluck;  

Philip Toomer is out in 4th

He raises with QQ, Eck comes over the top and Toomer calls

Eck shows AK

K on flop and Eck seals a 450/- chip pot to put himself right in the mix 3 handed

Eck is on fire

Sb with 10 9, unraised pot

flop 7 8 J giving him the straight

chips fly in and when on their backs Rich Davies shows  J 7 for flopped two pair

turn and river are blanks and Rich Davies departs in 3rd

heads up Eck has a chip lead!

 ;goodluck; Eck

wot was TK doing at Edinburgh castle today?

Cmon eck, youve got it in the bag............................................

Nice one Eck

Gud luck...

Heard ur no good at HU tho!

GL Eck, get it won!

A positive message on an APAT thread?

You're not the real Flushy!!! :D

HU has been dramatic and see-saw with the pokergods turning against Eck


Phil regained the chip lead by constant aggression until all the money went in pre

Phil had K9, Eck 10 10

flop K K 9!

this left eck with 85/- out of the 1.3m in play and visibly shaken. Nervous all day he was tantalising close to victory until that flop

Eck then outdrew QQ with 10 5, two 5s on the board to double up, did so again and then lost the final hand with an up and down straight draw against top pair flopped. He missed


Eck therefore finishes second and the Scottish Amateur Poker Champion is Phil Starrs from Whitburn

OUCH!! :(

Unlucky squire - well played  ;applause; :respect: ;topman; :respect: ;applause;

Unlucky Eck, well played.

unlucky Eck.. tough way to lose

 ;applause; ;applause; great effort

Gtreat coverage Tighty, just got in for the last hours coverage after the monster drive home.

Well played Eck great show

the last hand Phill with 10 8

flop 10 9 7

Eck with Q J

unraised pot, all in on flop

turn A

river 4

presentations ongoing now and Eck has been given a rousing reception by a horde of blondes including Kinboshi, jjandellis, londonpokergirl, bainn, harmony, geo the sarge, micky p and others

A real fighter, and a great performance. He should be chuffed with his result.

Congratulations to Phil too, a worthy winner and a fine player


thats all from me

see you in Luton for bb4!! 

Unlucky Eck, but well done on a great result!

ffs Eck. Are you ever gona win a HU match? Get crushing the $6/$11 HU stts on Stars on your return.

In all seriousness tho, tht was a fantastic win, well done my son.

What were the payouts/extra prize for 1st (like EPT seat in 1st one)

well play Eck sir  ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

Great updates Tighty thank you

Well played Eck, Congratulations also to my good friend Glenn Wisbey from Cornwall Poker finishing in 12th place, very nice result mate

Good effort Eck...


He's saving the HU wins for BB4 obv.

Bevvy's are on u @ bb4 :D

gg eck

Gutted to see Eck didn't win, he really deserved to, I met him on the first table and when he told me today he had been nervous all along I was amazed as he seemed very in control in the early stages.  Never scared to raise with bugger all.:)

Can i say I had a fantastic time in my first proper tournament and a lot of that was because of the many Blondes I met over the weekend.  Lovely people one and all. :respect:  think I will need to look into one of these Blonde bashes sometime. ;letsparty;

Just home from the tourney having railed Eck and my mate Stevie P.

Very well played Eck, and as we discussed, can't believe Phil risked all his chips on a K9 after you had pushed with the 10's.

Great to meet you and hopefully we'll get together again soon.

Top man.

Geo

Fantastic work Eck!!! well done:)

nice meeting you DAN DAN and all the other blondes, there is room for the next blonde bash!!!  shall I put your name down?

Well done Eck - thanks for the updates Tighty - thanks APAT for what sounds like another great comp!

And when you come DAN DAN - pack Sark in your suitcase, he's got no excuse then :)up

Was wanting to come along the road today to say hi, but couldn't get away.

Sounds like a good time, enjoy yourselves tonight all those who don't have to travel back. Well done Eck

First off well done eck, great effort bud.As always thanks to des,tighty and sleeping beauty tikay[pictures to follow shortly! ]A pleasure to meet for the first time ,bain and harmony,the sarge,foggy and his goood lady,londonpokergirl(mel is actually crazier than me)Glorious and the list goes on.Also met a couple of supposed poker players cant remember there blonde names ,one was called kyboshi or some thing ,the other jjlandrover(aka bar code) they should no better by now to try and beat me at sit and go's
Thank's for the weekend every one RESPECT

Sory forgot the sheriff

Sherriff with his t Shirt with 'I BEAT ANOREXIA' on it classic ;applause;

Very well played ECK and very unlucky M8, it was a pleasure meeting you.
It was my first APAT event and most enjoyable it was too. Must be by far the friendliest event in the UK and the best organised. It was great meeting all the Blonde's including DanDan, Dewi,  Des and loads more

 ;scarymoment;

Thanks for all the encouragement folks it was very much appreciated. Didn't have much expectations for my 2nd live event so would have been happy with second before it began. But getting HU slightly in front and i knew he was so desparate just for the trophy i thought this might give me an edge. He actually offered in a deal all the cash if he could get the trophy i just wanted him to confirm this before i told him no deal (i know flushy will be disgusted but hey ho not playing for 2 days to throw it HU)


Chilling now with a glass of wine as was driving today and getting a bit hyper after my fourteenth can of irn-bru!!

thanks again, and Horneris I will totally understand if you want to substitute me in the HU, otherwise you'll have to do it on yer own again. But i will buy the beers tho

Just want to say a special thank you to the blondes in Edinburgh. Dan Dan and Ed sorry i missed you before you had to go but thanks for the nice message on my ciggies packet. Cheers to Bain and harmony we had a very enjoyable few beers discussing the "quite average canyon"  rotflmfao (you had to be there)

Great to meet Mickyp, great fun at the table, ImMrchips, GeotheSarge, all glasgow contingent Laz (I never get any cards!! alright i had aces but they don't count cause it was the first round), Teacake, Billy (newmanseye), Scottm for the first time (hard luck mate you were looking good and playing really well, thought you were going to go the distance) and also Laz's bro unfortunately didn't get much of a chance to have a chat, but hopefully will get another chance, if the invite for the home game is still open I might have a few more brownie points after handing over the prize money when i got home.

Nice to meet the previous winners  ;tightend; ;tightend; Kinboshi and JJandellis (if only i could play HU), also Glorious. Didn't really get a chance (proberly cause i'm not the greatest at introducing myself) to Sherrif and Mel ( Tikay only realised i was a blonde when we down to about 20)

Finally a huge thanks to tighty, Tikay and Des for a superb weekend had a blast and can't wait to see most of you in Luton and please don't take the piss when it's on the telly  ;hide; sure if forgotten loads but more wine is calling and might even think about playing some more tonight (ffs do i have a problem!!)

Gutted for you mate  :(

But what a performance  :respect: ;applause;

Very well played Eck..Respect!

Great result Eck, unlucky not to get first prize  ;woohoo;

Congrats to Phil and unlucky Eck (not that I know who u are sorry), a crazy harsh way to lose.

Thanks to Des, Tighty and Tikay for putting on another great event.  I think we all appreciate immensley the work you guys put in, not just on the day but in the weeks and months preceeding.

A point aside, apologies I had to get away Des, Ill be honoured to help out next event.

One point for next time, can you make sure you invite the Scottish popstar wannabe guy again, hes not my cup of tea, but if he brings his girlfriend along again Ill be a happy man indeed - Des I am expecting some crafty pic coverage, dont let the side down!!!

Well done to Phil and Eck.  Just completed my six hour drive home and have stopped steaming after donating all my chips on a steal 5 minutes into the final table!!

What a donk after 2 days hard work.

Roll on dublin.  Thanks again especially to kinboshi and jjangelis for their support over the 2 days and thanks for a place to crash last night lee.

Des Tighty and TK are really building something special here


Spooky corner::

Wales knocked out the bubble with pocket aces
Scotland knocked out the bubble with aces

Final table. Wales a massive all in battle first hand knocks a player out
               Scotland ditto

Wales finish 8th
Scotland 8th

surreal!!!

Right bawbag!! did exactly as you suggested played 3 won 3. final hand of 3rd one I had  Tc Td he had  Aspades Qh (understandable at fkn least!!)    Qc on the flop but a lovely    Th on the river. At least it held up once tonight pity it was for $5 not a couple a bags and an EPT seat which i totally forgot about actually till the missus mentioned it when i got home. gg gn gl and gfy  :-*

hahaha. pmsl.

Im glad you followed my advice.

Wel done again today + your now our HU star player. (still leg 5 tho)

 very unlucky eck , i was rooting for you , still , 2nd place is not to be sneezed at , well done

Agree with everything Max says, especially about Beckham and his missus!!! Anyone know how far he got, i was sat next to him for a while and he was a bag of nerves poor lad, I sent him outside for a break when he went from 3.5k in chips to 42k in half an hour, he couldnt pick his chips up!

Nice work APAT guys! I was a APAT virgin and ill be defo coming back for more! Well run and great atmosphere all round!
 
TTTTTOOOONNNNYYYYY GGGGEEEEEE!!!!!!!

I exited in 20th after coming back to the 2nd day shortstacked.... Went on some mad table blowup late on in the 1st day....... I hate that 800/1600 level........ I got to stop raising so much!!!

Big shout out to any of the Table 1 guys! Esp TONY GEE and the youngster!!

Lamm (red cap)

Can anyone tell me what the deal is with Dublin pls? what date etc? thanx X

Dublin. June. Confirmed details in the next few weeks


David Beckham and his missus...Jamie and Tara. Livened up my weekend. He wasn't too amused when I asked him whether he was in McFly or Busted?  He lasted til late on first day. As a special treat for APAT members I arranged for tikay to interview them for Poker Week (Sky Sports channels Thrus/Fri 26-27 April)...look out for the interivew...lol

Just got back from Edinburgh and want to say a big thanks to all the APAT team who worked tirelessly to put on an excellent event.

I thought the venue was super they really looked after us with great dealers, staff and buffet! Oh and a dice table which was a bonus.  ;whistle;

Played with some v.nice folks, hats off to duncthehat, he really steam roller-ed the first table I was on, never really knew where I was so tried to stay out off his way. He really deserved a big cash and was v.unlucky to have the B.B. wake up with a monster.

Played the £20 rb in the evening at the Maybury (10th  :( ) where I had to endure a nice "are you bullying me chant" when I went all in  Ad Jd, only for the main event winner to turn over  Aspades Ahrt  :dontask:

Highlight had to be the crazy sng, where we had to keep getting told to keep quiet as we were having too much fun!!

Thanks again to Tikay, Tighty and Des, my conclusion is that for players who can't afford big buyin tournies (me) this is such an excellent event, it provides a real benchmark for your longer game and personally I have taken alot from it, watch out in the next one!!

Shame I couldn't make this weekend.  Sounds like it was a blast as usual.

Congrats to everyone involved, especially RichD for making it 2 final tables in a row.  What an achievement!

 ;tightend;

oi less of the crazier than you :)  didn't you want Lee's sausage lol

The less said about lee's sasuage the better,me thinks.

Can I also add a big thank you to Tighty, Des and Tikay too for working their buts off all weekend, well apart from when Tikay was napping (AGAIN) that is.

I hope to god my interview with Tikay never sees the light of day, especially as Posh and Becks were on straight after me. :(

rotflmfao

Just got back from Edinburgh after a top weekend.

Big thanks to Des, Tikay & Richard for yet another fantastic event.  Also thanks to Gala for looking after us so well, the staff & dealers were excellent and the buffet was top notch.

I went out 22nd in the end.  I had a playable stack but got moved to the table of death with chips everywhere, every pot was getting raised early and I couldn't find a spot to get my chips in first.  Eventually I found AK in the SB and all fold to me and I push (actually I had only seen the king and decided they had to go in).  MickyP was in the BB with only a few thousand more than me and made a brave call with pocket 3's.  No help and I was out, good call mate.  Absolutely gutted to go out.  I felt I played really well all day, I had laid down some big hands and kept my patience when things were not going so well.  No complaints.

Returned on Sunday to rail the final.  Well played Eck, so unlucky with the K9 insta call by the champion for all his chips.  Well done to Mr Starrs for a great performance.  I feel the standard of APAT events is getting better all the time, it was a real grind on Saturday and some top poker was played.  Must tell everyone about the play of the tournament by Kinboshi.  All fold to button who raises the standard amount.  Dan is the SB and goes into the tank for several minutes before flat calling.  The flop is jack high rainbow and Dan bets out, the button quickley puts him all in for his tournament.  Again he goes into the tank and folds pocket queens face up... the button showed pocket aces, amazing fold.  My chips would have been in so fast pre flop,  but thats why he is the English champ and I'm not.  Amazing play mate.

The APAT goes from strength to strength.  The atmosphere is truely unique and the tournaments are so much fun to play.  I cannot wait till Ireland, see you all in Dublin.

I know I am going on a bit now, but a quick quiz question to end with.

Q:  How does a 10 player SNG freezeout with a £10 buy in end up with a total prize fund of £290???

Answers on a postcard...

I blame Kinboshi...or possibly the dealer.

 ;iagree;

I thought the standard of play in the sng was exceptional and it took a great player to win it!!

 ;carlocitrone;

 :birthday:

 rotflmfao

Thanks to all the APAT guys for an amazing event again, it was only my 2nd event but did seem even better than Cardiff which was tough to do! And hey to all the people who i spoke too during the weekend

Now to make it to Dublin and catch Mark in the points  :D

question??...who won and am i still points leader??????

Your still points leader, I think i'm 4 or 5 behind..i have 30

I'm going to win in Ireland...so you'll be behind me then.






























(possibly)

hehe you would say that :)

ok i have given you guys a chance having missed the last 2 live events due to injury but i will be on the charge in the remaining 3 live events in which i expect 3 FTs and 2 wins just got to hope i can then hang on with the online series (i suck at online poker)

You all got no hope......i left early Saturday to give you all a chance, but nothing..... i plan to stay top and not score and points and nobody will catch up....not even the might Ironside!! ?     MMMMWWWAAAHHHHAHAHAHAHA

Hi all - Jason Boulton here.   Big hello to all I played against and well Played Mr Starr.

Can I now stop beating myself up about the All in with A8o when I really didnt need to!    16th - what was I thinking.

My freind Ken went in 14th!!  - What a drive back to Wales that was.   Mutual sympathy.   Well played everyone and Ill try my best to get to Ireland.

Do I get some points then? 

hi Jason, welcome to blonde m8, nice meeting you on Friday

You too mate.   Had a cracking weekend.   Thanks to all running the tournament too it was really enjoyable and organised really well.  Met some good new friends too.

Talk about moving goal posts!  Cracking fun - especially my nines turning a set on the turn to Tikay's paired ace.  Wasn't the last time he was 'knocked out' - but like Lazarus, you can't keep a good man down.

...it'll never happen...way too soft!!

He wouldn't let me rebuy... :dontask:

When is Dublin APAT ? im deffo coming to that one. 

Jimbo, congrats on second mate.

Des, Did you get a round in ?? and public opinion states that you should sponsor me as official railbird and piss taker for all future APAT events !!

rotflmfao

Whats the difference between Des and a coconut ??
















You can get a drink out of a coconut !!!

only one of the bounties is edible....

One's thick and hairy, and the other's a coconut.

:dontask:

but if you give both a crack with a baseball bat, the sound is curiously hollow...


or maybe I was dreaming

Desmond, I cant believe the stick these mugs are giving you, sort out my sponsorship deal and I will deal with them. ;)

After Sponsors, are you doing the marathon?
If so put me down for 10p a mile.
 :)
PS Safest 10p I have ever bet. :D

Marathon ??  I thought they were called snickers now ;)

No, I successfully evaded a round in Edinburgh! :)up  I can handle everyone but you Kev.......

banned.

sacked.

lol...hired again...perfect media credentials....

A big Thank You to everyone who attended the weekend's Scottish Amateur Poker Championship. It was a success because the players, dealers, Manager (Ally Myles), Des & Tighty, all made it so. Enormous fun!

I am afraid I was a little under the weather all weekend, so a special thank you to Tighty & Des for carrying a passenger this time.

As for the crazy SNG, the £10 thing that made £290, I can officially confirm that Compo is a lucky fish.

Here's to next time!

How do you know THAT?

I can't deny it, but curious as to how you knew!......

It was in the celeb 'spotted' section of Heat magazine.

was he in the background of the Mr blobby shot?

Well, another APAt event, and another success, well done to our Tikay, Des & Rich and of course the staff at the venue.

I have to say that i am proud of Harmony for putting in a sterling performance, her 4th live event in a field of 130 good players led to 34th place finish.  She even held her own against the eventual winner and his "Speech play".  As for me, well, for once i go in ahead and come out behind but i did get pass the dinner break this time, so i am improving.

A big round of applause goes to "Eck", what a performance by the man, and even when fortune dealt that blow, he was determined to fight his way back into it.  We can all learn a great deal from him.

And to all the Blondes we met, some for the first time, it was great to meet up and Harmony and i are really looking forward to BB4.

As for the Sunday SNG (?), well, compo hit his runner-runner-runner-runner to win, but well done to him.  The Fish

Have to admit that i don't normally drink, but it was a ruddy good time, but you forgot about -

"Stubbed toe valley"

"The Hoover dam, a big drop well made"

All the best to you and Debbie.

I would just like to say well done Eck on a top performance...... the poker gods can be cruel at times!

Big thanks to Tikay, Tighty, Des & all the Maybury staff for a first class weekend...........apart from my poker that is!

It was really good to put so many names to faces, roll on Ireland!!!!!

Didn't Tikay help build the castle?

:dontask:

WP Eck and all the other blondes what monied.

After my two live event hiatus I will definitely be in Dublin (seat permitting) Hope to see some familiar faces there :)

Just reading some of the posts and have to say I thought Harmony played really well too - 34th pretty good.   Pleasure to play for so long on her table and also Mr Starrs.

See you all in Dublin....   

i saw you there, said hello but you just kept on walking by

i am not famous enough, i will have to win in Dublin

Really? I do apologise. I was actually rather unwell, but had been obliged to go up there to do some filming for Poker Week with Dave Compton.

The entire 3 hours we were there - walking up & down those steep ramparts, paved with the unevenest bumpiest cobbles ever seen, was a nightmare for me, & I was very out of sorts with myself.  I dread to think how bad the Filmed stuff will look, I was not at all with it.

Anyway, no offence intended, & I do apologise.

i will let you off this time, you was suited and booted

i could have introduced you to Mrs Nosey-p

she will not be going to Dublin so i will be of the lead

I would just like to say a real big thank you to the APAt team, Tikay, Des and Tighty, for putting together yet another brilliant tournament for APAt members, this time in Edinburgh.  'Twas a great event, fine venue and location and the APAt team and Casino staff did a fine job of having things run very smoothly for us players, giving us such a fine opportunity to play a deepstack tourney like this. It was my first APAt event in which I played and, though very nervous, I really enjoyed myself and settled into it. I have to say that I am very pleased with my play and outcome and especially dealing with the speech play fired at me.  Now I have come home and am itching to play again!

It was great to meet up with "old" friends once more (Tikay, Des, Richard, Mel, Sheriff and Dewi), and wonderful to make new friends (Hazel and John, Steve and Margaret [first met at Newcastle but without exchanging names!], JayCBee1 [welcome to Blonde from Bainn and myself, thank you for your kind words,and it was interesting to be on the eventual winner's table for most of the first day, was it not?!  We three were the surviving members of the original line-up on that table, before we were moved!] and Glenn, [glad my chips helped!] and Philip who took me out but was a real gentleman about it!), and especially put faces to names on the fora and get to know people better! So glad to meet you all especially,  Digger (thank you for your kind words, but beware, next time...! Bet you are quaking in your boots now...!), ThinkerJE, mickyp, Foggy and Jean (sorry I missed you to say goodbye), DanDan (good to actually chat and trust you will be able to make a future BB!), Compo, Kinboshi and Michelle, JJandellis, Geo the Sarge and Glorious. If I have forgotten anyone, or got their name wrong, I do apologise.

It was great to meet Eck and watch this guy play so very well in only his 2nd live game.  What a player and what a real good guy - Bainn and I thorougholy enjoyed meeting you and look forward to seeing you again and meeting Debbie soon at BB4.

Also, what a family the Blonde forum is... I am thrilled and proud to be a part of it all.

I have to say that I had the most amazing SNG on Sunday night -  a real madcap, interesting and fun game!  Rounded a wonderful w/e off very well! Thank you folks!

I would also just like to thank those who railed from afar, in particular our good friends, Brendan, and Kevin and Karen, and all those folk who know they have given me much encouragement and support - in particular Bainn - could not do it without you and so glad you introduced me to poker and the Blonde forum.  Proud of your play too and your promise re: not playing the infamous hand - but so sorry it would have come good this time...grrr!  That's poker, isn't it!  Thanks for a brilliant w/e!

Look forward to seeing you all at BB4.  Take care.

Yes, it was suit & proper suit & shirt job, for the Cameras. Then back to the venue, change into APAT shirt, then change back again for the "wrap-up"...... Not the best of days for me to be doing the quick-change artist thing.

Next time, I'll be back to normal, & will tell you a train story. You can see the trains coming & going out of Edinburgh Waverley from the Castle, that's pretty cool. I tried to coincide an Interview with a train soundng it's klaxon, but we could not manage it. How sexy would that have been? I could have said "and that's the 12.17 Edinburgh-Kings Cross GNER, stopping at......."

Did you know that.......hello - HELLO - is anyone there?

 rotflmfao

Yes, it was suit & proper suit & shirt job, for the Cameras. Then back to the venue, change into APAT shirt, then change back again for the "wrap-up"...... Not the best of days for me to be doing the quick-change artist thing.

Next time, I'll be back to normal, & will tell you a train story. You can see the trains coming & going out of Edinburgh Waverley from the Castle, that's pretty cool. I tried to coincide an Interview with a train soundng it's klaxon, but we could not manage it. How sexy would that have been? I could have said "and that's the 12.17 Edinburgh-Kings Cross GNER, stopping at......."

Did you know that.......hello - HELLO - is anyone there?


Sorry, I have messed up the quotes!


Sounds like you are feeling a little bit better.......that's good......you take care, Tikay.  You did a grand job at the w/e considering you were not 100%.

Excellent stuff lovely lady, and love the signature.

geo.

Thanks very much. LOL re: the sig!

Forgot to say that we had a lovely drive back home in beautiful weather and I have quite fallen in love with the immediate surroundings we saw in the locale of Edinburgh.  Although I was nervous I also know the w/e did us both the world of good and I have come back home tired and yet refreshed from a real good w/e away!  Cheers, APAt and cheers, Blonde. :)

i am also new to the blonde forum. i now know were all the apat members hang out. i did not speak to you (HARMONT26) but i did see you there, hope to see you in Dublin were i will introduce myself to you. and i agree it was a great weekend