blonde poker forum

We need to know if we should do more of these type of events or just stick to the crypto style tournaments in the future, this vote is very important please make your vote.

IMO, all blonde tournaments should be exclusively for blonde forum members. :)up

I agree with Nemesis

the Titan thing was an excellent comp, a job very well done.
There were some teething problems but it was different to what had been done previously, and these probs have been sorted out now.
It is definitely the way forward, if you must include pokernews then maybe do it as a challenge?
I do think that by insisting on blonde only we are cutting off our own noses, do our own blonde only comps and TonyG's comps, we lose nothing then do we?

Tony,

There were a few MINOR bad vibes regarding the titan freeroll.

1. No debit cards (well visa delta anyway). Not specific to the freeroll i know but it stopped me playing.

2. Some confusion over the prize money.

3. People entered who shouldn't have played.



However....

It was free.

There were loads of other ways to deposit.

The original $5k and all rebuys appear to have been paid and the other $5k i'm sure will be as well.

At the end of the day it was the first event and some mistakes were made which is acceptable in my book. Lessons will be learned i'm sure.

No point in learning lessons if you are just going to give up though.




Next time just make sure everyone knows who is invited and clearly state the terms of entry/payment etc beforehand.

There is absolutely no way that these great value comps can't run in conjunction with the other existing blonde comps.

There are people who wish the great value as well as those who just wish a mates game. There is room for both if they come as one package great but if it takes two does it really matter ?

Blonde will benefit financially from more freerolls like this one but will still continue to have the same feel from it's orginal blonde tournies.

Nobody must enter any of them if they don't want to.




The titan freeroll seemed to go down very well until the top 2 were discovered as non blondes.

I hope i can play in the next one.

Sandy

Take it as part of the learning curve.

These comps are good for Blonde as they bring in the $$$

If that means that a few players from another forum are thrown into the mix, then it's worth the sacrifice. We'll still play our exclusive events. The odd mixed multi won't hurt anyone.

The problem here is that Blondites like to be in the know. They want to know where their money is going to end up before the comp starts. As long as everyone is well informed, there should be no problems.

So, as I said, you live and learn. It's in the past now, time to move on.

I enjoyed this event and I think the next one will be even better.  :)up

Darn, Henrik nipped in b4 me.

Yeah, what he said.  :)

*cough, cough*

Agree with IFM  :)up

tony, i did not play in the titan event mainly because i left it late and couldnt deposit. from what i hear there were a few problems but nothing that doesnt seem to have been sorted. i dont think that it was bad for blondepoker i just think it could of been explained a little more clearly. i personally think it is great if you can get us events with added prize money.
i think i need to set up a netteller account though as i dont want to have to keep making deposits on a credit card and then not being able to withdraw

tony the competition was a well structured event.people just got annoyed because they didnt know what or when they would be paid.I for one really appreciate what you tried to do.people have commented on the forum that people with small bankrolls shouldnt play poker but some of us fish will play over bankroll to be part of a great forum and community.i for one respect your decision whether u withdraw or carry on with blonde.I think alot of it was teething problems and a lot of payers not knowing where they stood. it will be a great loss if you do withdraw but all the best in what ever u do         pokerram

Yeah i tell you what was Wrong AA KK QQ AQ AQ all losing, all well ahead cept the KK which hit AA (but i flopped K and river was a A)
I never moan about an  RNG but I've played here a total of 3 days and lost with Quads 3 times??????

Other than that the tourney was good, I think it's nicer if its forum members only as the best thing about these games is the banter. i don t really see these events as a chance to win big, i see em as a change to get together online and have some fun

I like this idea as well.  Maybe once a year, the annual TonyG Comp Invitational Battle.

I enjoyed this structure of blinds.  However, $2,500 chips is a quite a bit too much to start.  A sitter lasted almost 2 hours but at least the number of sitters was limited. 

Other than that I thought this was one of the best tournaments out there.  Major props for putting this together blondepoker!!

I agree with Mex's point, I only want to play the blonde forum tournament's for the banter, socialising and having a laugh and if i win any money, well thats just a bonus. :)up :)up :)up

i am happy with blondepoker.com tournys aslong as its made clear they are not forum tourny, forum tournys should be a total different ballgame

It maybe worth having two sorts of tourneys.

One set just for the forum member with passes and another for those who come on via affiliate links to keep the forum alive. It will be stressed which is which though.

I definitely think that is a good idea - as has been said the main problem with this one was the fact that it wasn't made clear that it wasn't a forum only affair :)

it was very clear it wasnt a forum only affair but people didnt want to listen

Ahh ok, I didnt play, so didnt pay a huge amount of attention :)

This says it in a nutshell!  :)up

Thanks, done something right today then  ;D

Agreed  :)up

I didn't so much mind whatever the prizes were for the freeroll, i was just really pissed when I heard non-blondies where in it and actually won!

Forum users only tournys would be nice.

forum only tournys happen once or twice a month and are promoted as that
but as this is the blondepoker.com forum they have every right to promote
tournys on here aswell and those tourny would be open to everyone
they should just be clearly marked

Having cashed in about 2th i would be tempted to say good for blondepoker...i would caviate that and say however i would prefer comps to be blonde only and everybody to be crystal clear on the set up. I wasnt suprised by the lenghty back and forward on the titna tourney.

half the fun of a blonde comp is that you know the folks playing and can have a chat or a moan in good spirits. that was lacking somewhat as there were obviously folk we didnt know and who werent blonde

most of the points made i agree with and especially the possibility of 2 different comps clearly labelled

happy sunday folks

I'm totally against rebuys for 8 levels, thats nearly 3 hours!!!

I'm assuming this was solely for the Titan tourney. I have enjoyed every other Blonde tourney far more.

yeah 10pm start and 2 hours and 40 minutes of rebuys was OTT it was nearly 1am before the rebuy period ended

Jeez guys, give us a break. How unlucky could we get. At least a 100 of the entries were genuine blondites and none of us were good enough to win it.
My thanks for the support of all the early posters such as ifm and henryk.
This website (including forum) is still less than a year old. We are not professional businessmen. We are not profession web designers. We are going to struggle and we are going to make mistakes. BUT I'll promise you one thing. We will learn from our mistakes and rarely make them a second time. We will also rectify any wrongs.
Everyone who finished in the money, should now have been paid in full
1. a % of the first $5,000
2. a % of the rebuys which was just over $2,000
3. a % of the extra $5,000 for having more than a 100 players
This was achieved at the cost of a lot of hassle & aggrevation to Tony G. he came up with the deal in the first place, and he has now battled to ensure that we have come thru with what we promised. Yet he has received no thanks just a shedload of abuse.
If anyone believes that they have not been paid in full, please drop me a PM and I'll get it sorted.

For future events
a) i don't really understand the difference between a forum tourney and a blonde tourney
b) we will try our damndest to ensure that ONLY blondites can enter. Hopefully via a password system or something.
c) we will try and schedule the tourneys for a 730 pm start on a monday evening
 

A) a blonde tourny is a tourny anyone can enter if they enter it thru a banner on the homepage a forum only tourny is a tourny that only forum members can enter via a password
B) see above i think there is room for both
C) thats would be stupid but 10pm with nearly 3 hours of rebuys is equally stupid

I loved the 10pm start. I didn't like the length of the rebuy period. 10pm start, 1 hour or no rebuy = perfection 4 me  :D

I think cos the original thread got so long people were missing things. Thus people complaining about stuff that had already been explained.

The tournament didn't replace anything so i find it difficult to see why some are seemingly very upset.

Sure it wasn't perfect but it has put lots of money in blondites pockets that wasn't there before and most of it didn't come from the blondites themselves.

Sandy

I enjoyed it.  Didnt win any cash but I played probably the best all round poker Ive played so far and lasted about 3 hours with no rebuys and was bloody lucky to go out when I did (imho ;))

Free tourneys are free tourneys in my book.  Sure it would be nice to play against forum member but we can have other events for that.

Well, so far Tony it seems that people consider these events to be good for Blondepoker.

I agree. The financial rewards will help to develop Blondepoker into a force to be reckoned with whilst also giving Tikay enough money to get his roots done.   ;) :D

I look forward to the next comp.  :)up

Sorry ElBlondie but I think you are being a bit precious.
Tonyg asked for feedback on the tourney and got it, I dont think anyone was abusive, whingy maybe but abusive ... no.

I did not play in the tourney but 2hrs and 40 mins of rebuys is a bit over the top.

I think everyone appreciates what Tonyg is trying to do but maybe this time he got it slightly wrong, we all live and learn and now he has got the feedback he asked for.

I played in this (my first blonde tourney) and I have to say it was the most enjoyable game I have ever played. People were friendly and the banter was fun which helped me to relax, i was extremely nervous and a little starstruck to be honest. I was lucky enough to make the payout and from originally thinking I would get $25 I am delighted to see that I won enough to fund my losing streak on $3 stts for the rest of the week woooohoooo. The 10pm start personally suited me great as im a bit of a night owl and only play when kids are in bed. The rebuy period did seem a little long but as this lengthened the game you will get no compaints from me  :) So I would like to thank all involved in setting up this game and look forward to the next one. Keep up the good work  :)up

Its just my own personal opinion:

1. I guess Tony G has become involved in Blonde Poker to help generate additional revenues to pay for the Live Tournemant Updates, improvements and maintenance of this site as well as peoples wages.

2. There are limited ways that a web site can generate these revenues (and therefore at least cover its costs). Poker Sites will pay money for new sign-ups to their sites, they see it as an advertising cost, as a % of the players that sign up from BP will end up paying rake on their sites. If new sites keep opening and new players come into the market, there will be ongoing opportunuites but there has to be a limit of the number of sites any one player will use regularly.

3. Holding tournaments for BP members where the site adds money to the prize pool is a "win win" for everyone.  BP poker players are getting +value in a freeroll, BP and the site win aswell. BP members should be over the moon with this approach, as they are still using this site for ZERO, NOTHING, FREE.

4. BP started off with about 100 of us taking the mickey out of eachother on the web but now has 15x that membership. It is too big to please everyone now. but as long as it continues to do a good job for 95% of us, that's a result. We as members are users of this site, not the owners, nor do we spend 15 hours a day working to improve the site. We just log on and expect everything to be perfect.

5. Tony G is a new face in our "community" and maybe that's why he's got a bit of stick, I bet any amount of money that if Tikay had organised this Titan tourney, there wouldn't have got as many negative posts.

6. However, personally, I think the Titan Tourney was not marketed or administrated well, I did not play in it and I use BP everyday. I think BP tourneys are a great idea, but would like to see regular structure of different tourneys accross all bankrolls.

7. I would like to see BP develop into a site where we could play online, knowing we were contributing to the running of BP by paying a % of our rake to them instead of just another site.

8. I am not sure of the ongoing viability of setting up BP comps to get new players onto different skins, I would rather see a link to 1 site where we played through a BP skin, but I don't know enough about the poker business to really give an educated view on this subject. This way we could play online contibuting rake to BP and have our own BP tournaments.

Good luck with the next one Tony.

Cheers Rob

Good post Rob, but i disagree with some of it. I think if tikay had organised it there would have been just as much talk.

Okay Flushy, maybe I exagerated, but would you bet me your entire poker bankroll that Tikay would have got equal or more negative posts v a new person organising it? If you would, stop gambling and get an office job.

 Hopefully see u at my home game so we can get our revenge! Nowab is after you!

Cheers Rob

rob i think it was just teething troubles with the admin of the comp tikay wouldnt have gotten so much abuse as he would have bounced the ideas off his collegues before he did it and therefore no teething trouble

i am hoping that tonyg will shut everyone up with a fantastic new freeroll for all new accounts on noble

Agree Ironside. I wouldn't have a problem with people giving you grief about the BP comps you organise as you're on the hit list. Cheers Rob

:redcard: for mr yong

OK a blonde (as in probably dumb) question...is this site just a news/forum or is there a blondepoker gameroom coz i cant find a download button ?? If not then why not?? I have spent the last couple of weeks reading through loads of threads and im guessing some of you guys run/work for different sites. If blonde had its own site then im sure judging on the growing popularity of the forum it would attract a substantial membership which would pay for members only tourneys and avoid the confusion over the titan tourney. Additional touneys with other sites could also concur involving  blonds/non blonds but still make the site a buck or 2...ahhhhhhhhh geez its late and i should be in bed...gonna regret this post in the morning lol

blonde doesnt have its own card room, but that isnt ruling out a card room in the future as anything is possible, but 1600 members wouldnt be enough to run a successfull cardroom you would really need 100,000 members with most of them being fish

So we have 1599 players and you!  :hello: