blonde poker forum

I was introduced to the site by Div (who doesn't post much, but is still around).  I think he can take the blame for Teacake, Patman & Scottish Dave as well.

Who ate up huge chunks of your life by bringing you on to blondepoker?

my dad,appolo on here.

I only have myself to blame...

Not sure exactly who was the person responsible, it was a joint effort between Lee (Leehack) and Flushy. We all found the forum at around the same time, though I remained a lurker for a while longer before finally joining up.

Hit my 100 day mark today, so I officially have no life!

cant actually remember...lol

i was on uk-poker and was looking for a new site i think..!

it's all hazy

Noticed one of my friends from uni poker had it as a link on our website so popped on to see what the story was. And waa laa...

Playing a Luton festival event in April 2005, I was sat next to some bloke aged about 150 who had just started a website.  We chatted between his frequent dribbling (he seemed remarkably coherent for his age) and he encouraged me to sign up.

I did so the next day.  The shock must've done something strange to the old man because a short while later his hair went white overnight!

I was googling poker in January 2005 (new addictive hobby1) and found the old blonde main site...yellow background etc...

I emailed the old fella and said "are you going to do a forum?"

he replied "yes, soon. Can i tell you about the 11.07 this morning from Derby to St Pancras?"

on 31/01/05 I signed up, and here I am.

I found it by accident..........following a link, then another.........I've not found my way out  :)

was searching for info on the Cincinnati Club at about 11.30 one night, and stumbled upon this place. I spent the next three hours reading the forum, but was perplexed about a forum called "blonde". The name didnt mean anything to me at the time....

Des and Tikay @ the first APAT event.  Flushy will be happy.

Got fed up with the unhelpfulness of the BF poker forum and ended up here.

Playing a tourney in Luton, was told about the whole 'live update' thing.

Ding ding ding - same for me. When the txtspk yoof took over the BF forum, just about every decent poster left as well.

I found here from the link in the Will Hill software.

Colchester Kev is the guilty party.................we met at Cardiff APAT.

Think I was the 30th person to join blonde. Tikay use to write some tourny reports on THM forum and shortly afterwards blonde was created and he asked people to check it out. Being one to support new ventures I joined in the first few days.

I think it was willy hill link to the forums, not 100% sure.

Was searching for the 05 Monte carlo millions updates on google and found a link to blonde from the millions website, And since then i spent 68 days, 3 hours and 39 minutes using this great place.

When pokerplayer magazine was first published i started using thier forum and the most interesting posts seemed to be generated from another forum, I asked the poster for a link but he wasnt sure if he was allowed to post links so instead gave me a code to break, he said "these certain hair coloured girls are meant to have more fun".

So after employing some of the retired enigma code breakers of World War II and a couple of private detectives, 6 months later i joined up to blondepoker.com.

Ben Grundy, over 2 years ago now.

Jesus!

I sat next to Thewy at Notts a few times in close succession and we'd got chatting. then one night I got moved to a table with 1xSB left and was sat next to Tikay. I came back from the SB to win the tourney outright and had a long chat with Tikay about Thewy, poker in general and DC. we exchanged email addresses and I ended up being added to an email group consisting of about 20 players, most of which I think are lurkers and occasional posters here.

We got a blow by blow account of Blondes conception and development and the sites launch and then later the forum were anticipated by the email group. I was out on day 1 but was member 2 on day 2. I forget who beat me to it that day. some mug who doesn't post much I think.

the tone on THM forum at the time had become especially unpleasant and the Blonde forum was a huge breath of fresh air.

Can't remember who gets the blame, but will think on it and get back to ya. 

Well this one i am not sure about, it may have been Scottishdave , teacake or Thetank,  i am not 100%  all i remember was I stacked one of them in a tourney at the time.

Rod did it for me. (ooh yeah)

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/3233 plug

Not guilty on the newmanseye front your honour.

another one!....luckily someone had posted a link on there!!

 Decider showed me the way to go , when we used to have a home game back in the day.

You told me!!!!

knew we should have banned her early doors

more to the point who invited poppet?! lol

Internet search engine for me.
Christmas time 2005

 Td Th

I knew about it through THM forum and visited it occasionally but it was AlrightJack who told me i should sign up, so blame him!

i believe it may have been our good friend  *** **** (identity concealed as he is currently in a safe house fearing reprisals).

October 08, 2005 is the date i registered , but started browsing around July /August .
I think i first came on to view the live updates ......... all pauls fault really  ;)

Someone called Tikay, and i thought if I ever want to see this man again I'll have to stalk him on the forum........so far so good  ::)

I was looking for some new pornography site ;bumwiggle; ;boltpp; ;kneelsucker; And this one hits the spot.

It was a guiness drinking,welsh man sat to my left at the apat event in newcastle.
Goes by the name of dewi

Blame thetank

I seem to remember stumbling across the Poker 425 show ( in the days when it was actually on channel 425  :D ) and Jonny Gould's deep voice compelling me to "check out the Blonde Poker forum".

The force was irresistible and I'm so glad it was !!   ;thankyou;

For me it was searching for updates for the Amsterdam Masters 2006, top of the bunch was blonde.

correct..

Wrong, it was Scottish Dave who told me about Blonde, almost 2 years ago  :o

If I remember correctly it was pretty quiet then (I think it was during the 2005 WSOP), Tikay, Red Dog & Ironside were the main posters although Dave managed 500 posts in less than a week  :D

I was searching for Leeds Casinos in Google after LeKnave turned 18 (March 06?) and i came across it, and then we registered for the forum.

Then i showed it to LeKnave then him and I to all the other Miners.

Sounds plausible, apart from the bit about LeKnave turning 18.

rotflmfao

Was banded around from a fair few people for me.. can't remember the specific person... but I'm glad I popped to see what the fuss was all about

Gus H.

grandad introduced me. It was around the time of THM going stale a few years ago and he was posting tourney reports on there and mentioned he was starting a site with DC. It was also around the time that I went full time player so some of the stuff on here was essential to keep me sane.

I knew of RobertHM from THM and met him at a Poker Million Party and he said I had to try Blonde.

Ian Bradley...a few years back.

A Friend of ours was playing at Luton back in April 2005

I think it was from THM, saw a live update was been run,Joined (member 301)and within a few minutes,not only had his chip count,but a pic of him at the tables too!!

Never looked back.

Heid suggested I check out the blonde forum when we met at a Betfair marketing shindig.  I commented there that I'd ventured onto the betfair forum a couple of times and really didn't like the vibe, and she told me blonde was much nicer, which it surely is (mostly!) :D

Loving the new avatar Keithy  :)up

GOOGLE

Think i was one of the first to join blonde back when THM went a bit wonky, i originally posted under the name of Hustlah but for some reason had trouble login in(blame ironside ;), then Tractor it was.

That is incorrect. It was the 11.04. There never was an 11.07 to St Pancras from Derby. I am on the 09.04 tomorrow, I'm excited already. Stops at Leicester only, then non-stop all the way.

er........is that to give everyone else the chance to get off ?    ;tk;

I think some guy named Colclough and some old guy named Tikay

Started playing live at Notts Gala in early 2005 and was messing around on google looking for more information about the casino. I found here and signed up about 2 years ago. If you look back in the archives about half the threads on here were about Notts and the membership was very Notts bias.

I loved writing those reports, I really did. I wish I still had the time, they were fun to do, & informative, if not exactly entertaining. I still write them "in my head", I have loads of thoughts I'd love to commit to paper, but I never seem to find the time. My life seems to be full 24/7 these days, I've been so lucky, but regrets, well I do have  few.

Thats true, we were very Gala Notts orientated in those days, as was Rob, the then Manager, who supported Gala Notts heavily via blonde.

sadly, not too few to mention.

To be honest, many of us "get off" on trains, so to speak.

Chili at Notts Gala. Well... her Blonde Poker shirt actually. Wow, can't believe that was over a year ago.

And, in turn, it as me who introduced Chili to blonde. I had become friends with her at Gala, & liked her company. It was only a year or more later that I had a shock - it turned out she was a female. I'd just not noticed.

Eh? Chili's female?!

Apparently. There are clues, I'm told.

Protruding ones LOL

I first heard about Blonde in the tribeca lobby and lurked a while before joining....wow that was a agesssssssss ago

Looks like I'll have to investigate further. Terrible job an' all that but for the good of the people...

Nutters......   Yes for me it was Tikay, think I overheard him the week before talking to someone about the site, so I sneakily logged in and lurked for a week.  The next week we got chatting but didnt know he was Tikay, so I told him there was someone called Tikay who posts all the time on all the threads (good job I didn't slag him off).  So he said "yes, that would be me" and the rest as they is history.

I sat next to the blonde one in the £500 freeze at walsall for most of the day on new years day 2005, he was scribbling hands on a pad and mumbling about some lazy old sod that couldn't get out of bed and that he'd made a big mistake and was gonna have to do all the work himself etc.

Anyway he mentioned the site and i spotted the forum sometime later, that tourny report is still on the main site somewhere, chubbs won it (and the £300 the day before lucky sod) blonde one was 3rd i think and i was out first hand of the final sigh.........

There was an old man in the Casino where I play wearing a Blonde shirt, I forget his name.........PJ.....TJ......JK.....something like that!

Actually, it was not New Years Day 2005, it was January 2nd 2005......

But the rest is correct, he did make a mistake in selecting his blonde business partner, I am a lazy sod!

That's aboot the 6th Post in this thread which refers to an "old man", or grandad". One of them even suggested a "dribbling" old geezer.....

Enough, the lot of you, I can still go like a bloody train.

 :redcard:

This one?

(http://danny.oz.au/travel/mongolia/t/57147228-derelict-train-carriage.jpg)

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=4333.0

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=4333.0

Interesting for me to cast my mind back and read a welcome thread after I just signed up - it was the day after I had just shared a final table with a few of my earliest poker buddies - Fish Royale, Satty, Jo, Ginger and a day or two with the likes of Alfa, Jaggers & Trace. Also met Robert HM and Suzanne that weekend. Think the cat was there too, nottingham ? Got a welcome from a chap even older than me !

Nice memories of those times.

Hadn't realised it was 2 + years ago and still remember thinking what a friendly place it was. How things change :-)

My first post :

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=161.150

A google search on cincinattis poker club brought me here. Nice to see I got a sarcy welcome from kev.. he hasn't changed much has he.

It was Mystic Meg...erm Dave at cincins who mentioned blonde and that's what made me sign up...best thing in poker I've ever done.

Did you Google 'Blonde galleries' too?

Always a pleasure, never a chore :)

I just had a thought I haven't introduced anyone!!!  OK must call up all my mates and get them on board  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

neverends.

Tantrum and I tried to get a nice young man on board last night (oo er) but he's not shown up  :dontask:  Probably terrified  ;D

Did you say young man !!! ;mexicanwave;

sorry Rainbow - he's married.....maybe he'll bring some friends (if he ever shows up!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEwlnByCJoM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEwlnByCJoM)

That seems to be a bad Link Bone - it's a Video of Clive Dunn singing "Grandad".

:)

Poker425

I used to play the £2 MTT's on Crypto and then saw there was a poker 425 forum being publicised by Will Hill. Joined up then and there. Never thought I'd end working here though. lol

Sorry Tikay try this one instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zptR6mada38 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zptR6mada38)

I think I got here via the Hendon Mob site.

You are redeemed!

There were a few bananas on that train, eh?

It's always trains or bananas on here.  Now both at the same time...

You work here??? First I've heard about it.  ;scarymoment;

Suzanne, just before BB4. What perfect timing! Only I got confused with registration in the wee hours and have ended up with this pathetic handle of 'RAO'. Oh well, 'an Aussie rose by any other name would still get beat'!!

Its OK, we can still provide a tenuous link to poker for you.  They've just opened a restaurant by that name in Caesars Palace, so you're 'Vegas-themed' after all!

plus it's the noise that the lion at MGM grand makes. Rrrrraaaaaaaaaoooooooo

I found Blondepoker via Google when I was looking for tips on playing crapshooty rebuys (after my first trip to The Riverboat), and found an article Snoopy had written. I sent the link to Rod, Teacake, Dave, Patman, and a few others.

Dave then went one further and found the forum section of the website. After he'd been on it for a few days he sent something to the rest of us suggesting we join, and saying he had already spoken to the 'top man' on the site.................Tikay.

The Rookie, when I met him last year in Monte Carlo. Thanks Brian!!!

Broadway APAT

Tikay advised on my membership. He said I could join for a special guest discount. He only charged me £345 for an annual pass.

 He also gave me a "Certificate of Authenticerty", hand signed.

Bainn - we met at the Scottish APAT along with his lovely assistant Harmony! See you soon peeps!

God

On a F***ing Suzuki ??

Christ on a bike? (I thought it was a Yamaha, btw)

the bestest film in recent years, i know the script off by heart ;)

Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.: What did Evel Knievel want?
Jimmy Rabbitte: God sent him.
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.: What?
Jimmy Rabbitte: God sent him.
Jimmy Rabbitte, Sr.: On a f***ing Suzuki?

claw, kev
you're both mistaken
jesus rode a harley davidson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFq3ODYCzJM&mode=related&search=

Jesus may have ridden a Harley, but god sends people on Suzukis ;)

No, no, no!

I remember it from school -

"jesus christ, superstar, rode round the corner on a yamaha"

Showing your age there, Claire...

I thought he came down the hill in his triumph.

 rotflmfao rotflmfao

I'm with you there Kev - absolutely brilliant film, some classic lines in there.

Yes, you got a special discount. Boss......

Around the Sky Studios, Miami Vic is known as the God of all things in Feltham, Colnbrook, & even parts of Staines.

for me it was the updates for the grosevnor grand prix last year, got into a big pot with a blondite on here sheriff? i flopped a set of kings v set of 9's v two pair v flush draw. flush came with me scooping a small side pot  ;reallyamsorry;

No one. There was a discussion about the Blonde forum on THM when Mark "Bad Book" Strahan was banned, so I decided to take a peek and see what all the fuss was about.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=15881.msg329439#msg329439

I never realised that you were the SB in this hand until now!

Trace T during a Limit HE game one night on VC,  I had heard of it before while reading a conversation between two players on pokerstars while I was observing, but I had no idea what 'Blonde' actually was until I was told by Trace

I would like to hear the story about the "main" operaterors at Blonde found each other (Snoop, Jen, DC, Tikay ect)

Seems like an interesting bunch of characters to say the least!!!!!!

Dave & I kinda knew each other "across the tables". He was a star, I was in awe of him, I was a muppet grinder, we both knew that. But I think he noted my table behaviour & manners, he goes for that sort of thing.

He had endured a torrid time when we first got to know each other, he'd done his bankroll on a shocking run of bad luck/form, & some business interests had gone belly up, so he was on his uppers, financially. How did he solve that? He went back to the £20-ers at Walsall. After enduring a long "no finals" spell, he suddenly went white hot, won comp after comp, & was soon back playing with the big boys. We chatted aboot this run at the time quite a lot.

Soon after, my long-term Partner (10 years) Wendy decided it was time to move on, & I got a "Dear John" letter, & I was devestated. (Still am, actually). I had retired already, aching to spend the rest of my life with Wendy, & suddenly my life was empty. So I threw myself into poker writing - initially Tournament Reports on The Hendon Mob Forum, (which were well-received, if I may make so bold, & I loved doing them) & then on to contributing stuff to Poker In Europe & CardPlayer. I often stayed up all night writing, as I was not sleeping well at the time, & it took my mind off Wendy.

Dave had already decided to start blonde, with Rhowena, but needed a writer. We bumped into each other one night at Walsall, he offered me the role, & a share in the company, & I went away to think about it. I saw him in Brighton a few nights later, & we shook hands there & then.

Jen was vaguely known to me as a dealer at Gutshot in London, but we were not on speaking terms as such.

She was recommended to me by Jo Handman, & I was doing Live Updates "solo" at the time. I asked her to do one with me, at Walsall, & she was just magic, I could see in an instant she was golden. I was due to fly to Vegas a week later, & I ummed & arred about asking her to come across & Live Update the 2005 WSOP with me. In usual tiikay style, I left it until the last minute before plucking up the courage to ask her to come to Vegas, so I eventually 'phoned her. "Hi Jen, will you come to Vegas for the WSOP please?". "Yes, when do you want me", she said. "Err, umm, tomorrow.....?"

She said "yes", DC & I sorted out the Vegas hotel & flight costs (considerable, & out of our own pockets) & we were up & running.

Jen & I had such a ball in Vegas. We worked 16 hours a day, then went for breakfast. She is such a fascinating conversationalist, we would chat after a 16 hour Update for 4 hours then fall asleep at the breakfast table! I have a huge weakness & fascination for highly intelligent folks, & Jen is as sharp as anyone I have met.

We went all over Europe together, Updating, Paris, Barceona, Copenhagen, Vienna, what fun we had, always dining & me listening to Jen orate on every subject under the sun. We went for a meal in Paris during the WPT & I was so busy listening to a Jen tale that I walked straight into a plate glass door, which was firmly shut!

My other blonde & TV committments with Poker 425 meant we had to find another Updater, & it was Jen that found snoops, bless her.

It all goes back to Jo introducing me to Jen, without whom life would have been so different, her Live Updates have become our trademark. They were described rather unkindly as "Conference League" Updates by another site recently, but she gives blonde exactly what the blondes want, & thats all that matters to me.

God Bless Jen & snoops.

And the nut flush is a blondeite as well!

BigArmo - and the rest of blonde have regretted it ever since ;D

Snoops and Jen - sat down and chatted with them after my exit from GUKPT in Bolton.

Have spent nearly 4 days of my time since Jan on this site and met some great people in the process.


ps great post Tikay re Jen...

I've no idea.

Stumbled across it by accident, not sure if it was a good thing or not ;)

 ;iagree; :goodpost: ;slavedriver; ;oopsy; ;noflopshomer; :blonde: ;dewi; ;busted; ;booboo; ;envious; ;boltpp; ;all-in; ;fold; ;stickaforkinme; ;kneelsucker;

Doctors report the world's first case of Smiley's Tourettes ;)

Blimey!....must keep up with the footy scene......hadn't realised that Man Utd and Chelsea had fallen that far.

lol..I was about the post something similar. There's only one place I would ever consider reading the updates on. It's not just the cards I want to know about, I want to get a feel for the place aswell..Noone does that better than the Blonde team.

Back in the day, Flushy was a provisional MMM Member (still is actually, membership can be revoked at any time though - now go fetch me a vodka red bull) and passed on useful sites etc he had come across.

He was banging on about blonde for ages, telling me to go post something. Eventually he linked to my blog on a thread, where there were some nice comments and a few less nice ones. Thought I should come on and explain myself. Managed to upset someone and get my first post censored but after that I liked many of the posters and stayed on and have been a relatively well behaved inmate since although I remain committed to insurrection and anarchy.