blonde poker forum

hi just to let u all know in case people are wandering spoke to emma on online support and she stated that because we didnt generate 5000  of rebuys it is not added to freeroll.dont know if i was ignorent or whether other people didnt know either . thks to tikay and tonyg for a great structured tourney     pokerram

i am going to speak to them now if they dont pay out the rebuys i would say its theft
and will contact tonyg to sort it out

to be fair to tikay, he did say that he was very very busy this week, and that he wasnt to sure wheather or not the rebuys would be added, he said he was hopeful that they would.

I dont think tony G mentioned anything about the rebuys either.

However, i do believe that we were promised that if the tourney had produced 100+ runners, that it would become a $10,000 freerole. Yet this hasnt happened, this is the main issue that i am concerned about, i am just waiting for Tony G or anyone else that knows, to come on the board today, to offer clarification on this.

Dave

Ironside, could you please find out about the issue i have posted above mate.

I didnt actually cash, but its not about me, but thats not the point, its the principal.

Cheers Bud

Dave

dave the other 5k will be sorted during the week and is going to be paid by tikay

Dave,

Tikay has posted about the 10,000 dollar aspect.  Blonde are doubling the cash and I believe winners should PM Tikay for the details.

As for the rebuy cash, I have just been blanked by Titan's online support about this.  I think it is a con by Titan if they keep the rebuy money as it turns the tournament into a guaranteed prizepool rather than a freeroll with rebuys.  I'm particularly concerned as I had two rebuys and would not have done this if I had known i was simply saving Titan money.  If they are keeping the rebuy money (over $2000) then they should at least be paying half to blondepoker.  Its certainly not a good way to go about retaining players.

Cheers,

Dan.

I made two re-buys also,

I was under the impression it was adding to the prize pool

Had I known it was not, then I would have played this as a freezeout

If this money does not get added to the prize pool I will close my Titan account

I didn't cash by the way, but it is the principle IMO

i thought id let everyone know because i always thought rebuys was added as on pokerstars.mixed views on titon as it was a well structured tourney although some complained about the slider but seems to me titon was hoping we would pay for our own freeroll while they got 100 plus new members.I cant see many blondes staying with them or am i just IGNORENT  pokerram

Good man ironside, im glad this is sorted.

Also goodpoint by Bw and Dan, didnt look at it like that. need to make sure we get a fair deal then.

Good work, by all.

It just shows you, dont mess with Blondites, we are too stuborn lol

I take it this is being paid to Tikay and he's passing it on?

i would hate to think that Tikay is picking up Titans mess and making good himself.

blonde is paying it the 100 runner thing wasnt titans mess

i beleive reading between the lines that the deal was blonde would have 100 sign up

they didnt they had 90

also this wasnt a forum comp it was a blonde comp whichmeant that none forum members could play by clicking on the banner and signing up just like we all did

It seems TonyG assumed that the rebuys would be paid out.  On an earlier thread he said "This look like it will be a masive event with re buys for 8 levels the prize pool will swell."

At least if the non-blondes cashed they will have a hard time claiming the second half of their prize from tikay  >:D

did u speak to titan support ironside.tonyg thread was the one i read danmonkey woulnt have rebought if i knew it wasnt being added

That sucks - there shouldn't be any reading between the lines when it comes to money - it should be clealy understood.

i for one thinks its terrible that Tikay is paying anything at all - why hould he - he works his nuts off for the forum - as far as I know gets little if any reward apart from hassle - more recently - and is expected to pay out £5k.

Does anyone else here think that something smells in the kingdom of blonde titan poker?

last night was the last dealings blonde had with titan as far as i know

but i think the problem lay with the event not being discribed properly

to attract people and also the problem that people thought

this was a blondeforum tourny

it wasnt a forum tourny it was a tourny for anyone who clicked via the link on front page

so whats going to happen with the winners who arent Forumites?

For instance the winner was a Non-Forumite, and i take it he wont be getting paid his other 1,250?

Therefore it might not cost blonde an extra 5K, it might only cost them, 3K.

I know this isnt the point, and that Blonde should NOT really be paying a single penny out for Titan.

Or is the 5K that ironside's talking about going to be split, percentage wise, between the actual forumites that did cash?

Confused???, me too. >:?

I would imagine Dave that blonde will pay Titan the extra 5k then get them to pay it out to the correct people.

By correct people you mean actual Forumites, and Not 'No-Namers'

correct people are the people that signed up via the banner

its a big shame this as all took away the memories of what was the best tourney i had ever played in.friendlt atmospere well most of the time and intense poker

I'm sure Tony and err Tony <g> will be speaking about this with Titan on Monday, to see what the score is peeps.

I didn't play, but I can understand the frustrations of those who did .. let's give them a chance to find out what is what :)

Heid
xx

I can understand the frustrations as well, after we saw the rebuys I was thinking to myself that what ever cash is shown it will be increased by 140%, i.e. the extra 100% from blonde and 40% from Titan. I know it sounds strange but I would forgo the 100% from blonde as I would rather get the 40% from Titan. I owe blonde a debt of gratitude but I owe Titan stuff all, they owe me!

but all 124 runners signed up via the banner, so we are back to square one, with Non-Forumites getting paid extra now!

not all 124 runners signed up via banner only 90 people did

but IMHO people who finised in the money will get there money double (excluding rebuys)

if it comes to 5k then fine if it comes to 1k then fine

does anyone know if they didnt sign by the banner how they was entered into the tourney

some blondites already had accounts on titan and PM'd tonyg there username he added them
and i believe a few people actually got live support to add them just before the start

thanks ironside

i had nothing to do with the titan freeroll so all questions will get answered in time by tonyg

i have asked the titan support as too why the rebuys werent added  they said all players were paid

i told them the rebuys werent and they will get back too me

but i think i will leave it to tonyg to sort out

i agree with you but emma off support did tell me it was because we never raised 5000 so they wouldnt be added but in which case they wouldnt be added in any case because it would just cover the prize money . They seem to be giving differant answers now or ignoring question wonder if its worth a poll to see how many blondes would have rebought if they knew these facts.I only wanted to claryfy our position and acted on what the site told me.

Has anyone actually received any payment for their placing.

I'm yet to receive a dime for my illustrious 23rd.  ~:

I think it's best to wait until TonyG gets an official position from Titan before making any judgement. I'm sure the live help don't know the ins and outs of the deal and may just be giving the answer that seems to make the most sense (to them).

I thought TonyG said last night that rebuys would be added at a later date due to a technical issue?

no i said that after asking why the rebuys were not showing on the buy ins

How about no-one plays in the site till it gets sorted.....

allready taken my money out

it's all been a bit messed up, instead of posting a list of conditions/prize money etc. we had answers scattered over several threads.
I believe from memory it was something along the lines of:-

it was a $5k freeroll if less than 100 people signed up
if it were more than 100 then BLONDE add $5k (not Tikay)
Blonde get a fee for every new member signed up through their affiliate link
All rebuys are added to the prize fund

The only issue is whether the rebuys are added as someone has since said it won't, this is clearly a misunderstanding as both TK and TonyG said it would.

if it was more than 100 sign ups titan were too make it 10k not blonde
but people were told runners then some people were added that were blondites but couldnt sign via banner
so we had 90 sign ups which meant a 5k event tikay said blonde would make up the other 5k as he
and others thought it was 100 players

if that's the case he's a fool very nice chap ;D
seriously though, why should he?

save your questions for tonyg if he stays online long enough to answer them

I went to the site before the comp specically to raise money for rebuys, it was a last minute decision as I wanted to play as long as possible, I started with enough for two but didn't have to buy any, I was always under the impression that any rebuy money would be added on.

I'm withdrawing the little I have left on there and uninstalling the software - it's the same as BetFred's anyway.

I shall do the same as soon as I've finished in my big $0.05/0.10 game :D :P

this sucks, doesnt look they can put cash back on your credit card :(

How is everyone else taking money out?  I dont have a neteller account.

Well how's that for a scam then?  Only reason I played the damn freeroll is because we were told we'd be able to take the money back out again afterwards!!!!

Sheesh!

You cannot withdraw to neteller UNLESS you deposited through that method, it's a pisser.

The main reason I play laddys is the Banking is hassle free and not the utter ****** most sites like Titan Adopt to make it virtually impossible to withdraw low amounts.

i think its the same on alot of the american sites, pokerstars is the same you either have to withdraw it into a netteller account or have a cheque..

I don't believe that site - you can only withdraw over a certain amount???

I want my money back and my account closed.

Trace whats the minimum, you can with draw?

Also Willhill has changed their minimum withdrawal to £2. There should be no such thing as a minimum withdrawal, I mean its a JOKE, its OUR money and we CANT withdraw it? wtf? They expect us to just waste it, or deposit more money. 

It's Theft I tell you, THEFT!

10

but can't remember if it was $ or £

why dont you just deposit up the minimum then withdraw?

Not being funny Flushie, but why should I?

It's my money and I want it back, and I never got the sign up bonus they said we would..

I would imagine if you had read the T's + C's you would see a withdraw min. So thats why....

OK OK Mr Noughty Pants..........

rf   why shud i have to make a second deposit?
if they accept the first,whatever the amount,they shud return it.  simple as.


i didnt bother to enroll in titan as i know its from the former noble poker peeps, who reneged on previous guarantees and CHaNGED cash out criteria to withold my lousy $29.


leopards and spots spring to mind.

not all online experiences have a positive expectation.

if the T's and C's say it then i cant see whats wrong...

What a joke. You people are arguing over the most ridiculous small sums i mean seriosuly you think TONYG meant for this to happen? How much are you all arguing iover $20? $200 what difference? It wlll be sorted eventually there really is no need to sit there and cry over it.  If you are that short of cash id suggest you dont play poker. For anyone whose entire bankroll was on the line, you can play my account. PM for details.

It was a freeroll and you all expect the EARTH. What a joke Poker is.

They were offering something for nothing. This doesnt happen in the world usually. I would be grateful for anything you received.

I'm sure your comments are noted but not everyone has a bankroll such as yours. Please accept that at least.

you certainly missed the point ther dubai, the amount is irrelevent.

Not at all. As per usual Greed set in. They are getting something from nothing and they still moan.

The situaiton will be sorted you know it, i know it, there really is no need for the moaning to be going on. TonyG wil handle it im sure. 1 Email was suffice id guess.

Oh and i done over 50% of my bankroll at Newmarket today. So im not in a position to be comfortable. I just think a little patience should be shown here as im sure the situation will be rectified.

Hope everyone gets it sorted.

But remember it was a freeroll after all.

OK leave it like that then, please

i have absolutely no doubt at all it will be sorted (i doubt they will upset TonyG, he makes them money), the point is that they obviously didn't intend to forward all money because it would have happened automatically if they had.
Anyway it wasn't free at all, the rebuys cost money, the amount irrelevent

I just think there has to be a level of tollerance. With a bit of luck everyone wl be paid the full amount and the event be a complete success.

I disagree, although i didnt play in the event its not acceptable what happened, and as yet there has not been a decent answer.

You not thnik 1 email is suffice Flushy until a statement is given?

I mean innocent til proven guilty and all that. Might be a simple technical fault?

This might have been the case, but there was a whole mess leading up to it and now after.

It was a pain to get in, there was supposed to be $10k and the rebuys were supposed to be added. On top of that the poor guys who won it havent been told how they will get there added money.

I do agree sometimes things go over the top, but we are all like women here, and use any excuse to have a natter!

i know!!! im the same but when people are actually going out of their way to do you a favour it seems a bit much! I mean it appears that Tikay is going to have to pay the $5k before any assurances from Titan are given. This doesnt seem fair to me.

But lets hope alls well ends well.

Good night and good luck Blondes that are due more money than they received. I would just ask that they give the site time to respond before heaping undue pressure on both Tikay and TonyG.

Night.

Cheers Dubai  ;D

I've just had an email from Titan saying they were crediting the rebuy prizes.

Not got access to Titan here so cannot verify this.

My account has been credited with £££

ditto , but as i didnt deposit using neteller i can only withdraw via bank draft :(

What happened is that we only got 91 runners from blondpoker & the rest for Pokernews so the prize money did not go up. please read this thread: http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=2591.0


Also please note that I did post saying that we needed 100 runners by the 13th 23.59 GMT for it to be a 10k Free Roll

Please take a look at this thread: http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=2473.msg62328#msg62328

I have been doing all I can to get the most value for all blondites since day one and I always like to do what I promisse, there was a lot of confussion about it being a 10k event once it got over 100 runners, I always said that this had to happen before the 14th as it takes time to set up the prize pool. I am sorry about this whole thing with Titan, I have been stressed about it for 2 days since everyone was away at Titan first thing I did this morning was call the Tiatanpoker CEO Micahel Katz.

Tony G, you were still hammering on about getting 100 runners and how huge the pool INCLUDING all the rebuys,

was going to be AFTER Wednesday.

Some of us have fairly good memories you know.

We paid out nearly 12k on this event.

Look Guys, I don't have the time to sort this Titan situation tioday, I am on the way back to Walsall for Day Two. I am aware there is a lot of "noise" about the Titan jobbie but I have not read ANY of it - none at all, as I was busy at Walsall all day Saturday. With so much going on at Walsall - playing AND Updating, I just can't start even looking at the Titan problem, because once I get into it, it's gonna take me an age to sort.

I will sort it on Monday.

I do say this though. Everything that you were entitled to, & everything I promised you, from the Titan Freeroll you will get - every last penny. (Though blonde will NOT be paying any money to the "imposters"). I absolutely promise that.

So I'd be kinda grateful if we give it a rest for today, there is no point arguing amongst yourrselves about it, nothing is gonna happen until Monday, & I ain't about to run away from what I've committed blonde to. So I'd prefer if you don't argue any more today about it.

It's Sunday. Have a good one.

Amen to that one, and pass the lemsip, oh infected Leader :)

what time does walsall resume today?

I'm out of Lemsip Heid - I'm down to the Bob Martins.

I've already had 3 phone calls about my post 15 minutes ago.

For the avoidance of doubt, the target of 100 runners, insofar as it affected the value of the Freeroll, will be deemed to have been achieved.

So it's a $10,000 Freeroll.

OK, I'm off to pick Jen up fom her Hotel - WHAT a story she's got to tell about her hotel at  5am this morning! - thence to Walsall for Day Two of the Grand Prix. Play starts at 3pm, all Day Two-ers get a free brekkie from 2pm onwards.

So, I'd be grateful if we couild all enjoy what's left of our Sunday, & tomorrow we will sort out the Titan stuff.

xx

Hello all,

This is my first visit to the Poker 425 blonde forum. I hope those of you who played in the Blonde Poker $5000 FR tournament at Titan Poker on Friday enjoyed themselves.

In answer to the many posts I read in this thread:

ALL RE-BUY FEES THAT WERE RECEIVED DURING THIS TOURNAMENT WERE DISTRIBUTED AMONG THOSE PLAYERS WHO FINISHED IN THE MONEY.

I'm sorry if there was any mix-up - this certainly wasn't intended. There was just a bit of confusion over the definition of a $5,000 Guaranteed Prize Tournament. To clarify this one step further - over $2,000 were received in re-buys (and add-ons if there were any), and this is the additional amount that was distributed today to the top players.

Congratulations to all top finishers. I hope you enjoy many more exciting and lucrative tournaments at Titan Poker.

Sincerely,

Ellis Shuman
Titan Poker Marketing

Well, I can't complain. $200 extra for 23rd isn't to be sniffed at.

snoopy i got 200 for 16th place surely this is wrong so ill keep it in titan account until this whole mess is sorted       pokerram

*Sigh*

I only want my £5.46 back.   pmsl

We paid out money to all  today everyone in the money got $200. It is your money do what you like with it.

I want my £5.46 back, but only way I seem to be able to do that is credit the account with more to wthdraw it out.  Not very user friendly.

It is my money but I can't do what I want with it.

Just put enough in so your balance meets the minimum withdrawal amount then withdraw...hardly rocket science ::)

carefull i got shouted at for suggesting that.....

it appears T's and C's dont mean anything these days!

This thread has saddened me enormeously.
If someone at blondepoker such as tikay, myself or Tony G promises something the we will deliver it. We are not con artists or scam merchants.
In this case we were dealing with Titan poker who are perhaps to put it mildly struggling with their new organisation. Perhaps that is the nature of new internet poker rooms and perhaps that is why they give away free money to attract new people to the site. I have been quite frustrated with Titan at times but at the end of the day they have thrown a whole bunch money at blonde and it's members. Their only crime may be that they are dis-organised and have lacked clarity in what is going on.
All prize winners should now have been paid in full.
a) from the original $5,000 prize pool
b) the rebuys pool
c) the extra added $5,000 for 100 runners or more
The winner did not receive c). He was in fact the only one that wasn't a blonde member. (I believe that there was some confusion over the guy who was second but he signed up via a blonde link)
c) was not paid by tikay. It was paid by blondepoker ltd. (which is owned by me, Rhowena, Tony G, tikay, Jen and Jo).

I really do think that it is a shame that there is so much neagtivety around this. It was a great event, great fun and a shedload of free money. Why doesn't that make blondites happy ? If you guys were happy with the whole thing, then there is nothing that would make tikay happier.

Well, we got there in the end......

I am glad Dave made one point in particular - several posts made the point that tikay would pay the $5k. I fact, it was blonde, not me personally, & I apologise if I have given the impression that it was me. I assumed it was understood I was talking on behalf of blonde.

Next case.