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SKY have added another 20 places for said tourny.  There is a sat 9.30 tonite ( £12 - 1 seat for every 5 entries )  or buy-in direct £55

Tourny starts 4.30 saturday at Harbourside  Bristol. Up to now it's max 140, payin down to 20th.  Me n missus got seats, just wondering if any blondes fancy wandering down there

Lights, camera, action  -  ALL-IN,   busted  but entry to APAT national   ;hide;

Yep I'm in.....sounds like a good day out!

I think its a 1pm kick off though !

did you get email ?

starting off with training sessions and a coupla SNGs i think

Schedule:
1.00 pm - Player registration opens
3.00pm - Tutorials for players from a selection of Sky Poker presenters
3.30pm - Registration closes
4.00pm - Tournament starts
10.30pm - End time


sry got original start time wrong   

Thanks for that info Tex.....no I didn't get any email !!??

Thats a shame ...a 1pm start would have made it a better tourney.

Why not have a tutorial/training at 1pm (for those interested) and start at 2pm?

thats what i would have thought

copy of email i got, but payout structure is different according to the tourney lobby :-


Tournament Details

Location: Gala Casino Harbourside, Bristol
Date: Saturday 29th September
Prize Fund: £7,000 Gtd
Payout Structure: Winner £2,000, 2nd £1,000, 3rd £750, 4th £600, 5th £500, 6th £400, 7th £350, 8th £300, 9th £200, 10th £150, 11th £125, 12th £125, 13th £100, 14th £100, 15th £75, 16th £75, 17th £75, 18th £75
Tournament Type: No Limit Hold ‘Em Freezeout
Max Players: 140

Schedule:
1.00 pm - Player registration opens
3.00pm - Tutorials for players from a selection of Sky (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Poker (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) presenters
3.30pm - Registration closes
4.00pm - Tournament starts
10.30pm - End time

Blind Structure
3,000 starting chips.
Clock - 20 minutes all the way.

Level 1 25-50            Level 7 600-1,200
Level 2 50-100          Level 8 800-1,600
Level 3 100-200        Level 9 1,000-2,000
 
Break - 10 minutes     Break - 10 minutes

Level 4 200-400        Level 10 1,500-3,000
Level 5 300-600        Level 11 2,000-4,000
Level 6 400-800        Level 12 3000-6,000

Buffet break - 45 minutes   

If for any reason you will not be able to attend the event please let us know by clicking here and emailing us as soon as possible.

We look forward to seeing you in Bristol!

Best Regards

The Sky (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Poker (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Team

Useful Information

If there is anything that you would like to ask or check with us please do not hesitate to contact us.

Dress code: Smart/casual. No sandals, white trainers, shorts, football shirts, hoodies or hats are permitted. As the event will be filmed, any clothing with poker related branding will also not be permitted.

How to get there:
Explore Lane, Bristol, BS1 5TY
Map and driving directions

Please visit the Gala Harbourside website for further details and to pre register for the casino.

Accommodation
The Ibis is the closest hotel to the casino, if this hotel is not to your liking the Visit Bristol website provides many alternatives.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at help@skypoker.com

 Thinking about it,(and before tikay shouts :D) almost all the 140 players will have to join the casino on the day....so a mid afternoon start is about right.....at least I can now have a lie in!

The Witney (inc. Carterton) Mob (well, two of us), will be there. 8)

Me shout? as if.......But yes, that's exactly why a 4pm start was chosen. Almost all of the 140 players will need to Register as new Members with the Casino, hence the 4pm Start.

The Payout Structure & Blind Structure shown here are exactly what I designed.

Blind Structure.

I was asked to devise a structure for 140 players, to start at 4pm, have a buffet break, & finish by 10pm, so, by necessity, it's pretty fast, in fact it mimics (in Live v Online relative speed) "The Open" on Sky Poker nightly. In fact, it will NOT finish by 10pm, it will run on beyond midnight, but don't tell Sky that......;). But I have to be back in Central London by 10am Sunday morning, so I hope it does not run much beyond Midnight.

Priize Structure.

We wanted a "headline" First Prize, & we've done that, (£2,000), & consdidering it's intended as a fun/community day, we wanted payouts to go down to 20th place.

Enjoy!

I will thoroughly enjoy it even if i bubble. Fridge stocked up and told kids not to answer the phone till we get back Sunday

The Snat will be going and taking the legendary TomTom with him so should end up on a beach near the venue soon then

I've decided to break my routine and get my fat arse away from the PC .

Looking forward to meeting any Blondes who are going ..............(plus any members of this forum).

I am there too, registered last night. See you there guys.

we flying down tonite so will probably go and join casino to beat the stampede tomorrow and "case the joint"

As per last time, a fair few of the Sky Poker staff will be on hand to help out. We'll be filming interviews with players, so don't forget to wear some clothing. I couldn't make the last event because I was involved in a high speed boat chase after a drugs raid on a warehouse, but I'm really looking forward to seeing Bristol's glamourous Harbourside and the fabulous five star Ibis hotel. If you need me, I shall be in the Presidential Suite.

Regards,

Vic from Miami

any idea when its likely to be screened ?

The value will also be in attendance, see you all at the bar.

Sky expect to record scores of interviews, in fact almost all the Players if time permits, & the Interviews will begin airing next week, & will continue to be screened for a goodly while.

I live in Bristol, so will pop by for a drink or two to say 'hi'.

Anybody not able to make the long trip to Brizzle? I'll happily play in anyone's place, or go on a reserve list..

Huge logo alert ahoy!!! :)

Just got home and the new shoes that were ordered in February have finally arrived.........ooohh the excitement of it all and no I am not posting a picture. Only problem is do I wear the silver ones or the the alphabet ones

Should be a good day - as per usual I have left booking the hotel til last minute (which means it's still not booked) so unless I get a room I'll be on the latte's all day  :(

See you tomorrow

sky website says 116 players so 4 places left!?......get down early.

Good luck to everyone taking part. Hope a Blonde wins it.

I made the final table (for one hand!!), finishing 10th... rookie was still in with a reasonable ammount of chips, I'm not sure if any of the others were blondes.

Anyone able to post results for this? would be appreciated. A couple of team Officepoker attended this I believe.

Geo.

I run so bad...

Ps, didnt realise that was you Rio! Sitting to my left, well played and unlucky.

Really good day, I came 44th in the main tournement but very enjoyable thanks to all at Sky, look forward to next event.

Had a brilliant time, placed about 50th. Had Jason Barrasford and DP Fitzgerald on my table, sadly my TT didn't hold up against DP's KK

Took down a £20 SNG so some consolation

Well Ben...... who won?

Geo

I had a great time - came about 47th (I think) having played a total of 6 hands in nearly 2 and a half hours but it was still great fun (won a sit and go aswell  ;cupcake;)

I don't know Geo.

Ok mate.

Thanks

Geo

I believe it was the luckbox who luckboxed out on me, dont know his name tho, lets call him, luckbox.

Lol- unlucky pal.

Was interested to find out how Terri and Colin (apothecary & Mccoll) got on.

Geo

I think apothecary went out around 35th. Not sure about mccol.

I had 3 members of his family at my table when we were down to 2 tables... hence my arriving at the FT with just 7k chips!  ;ashamed;

LOL, 12 left... He was on bb, and there is a raise in MidPos, then a reshove allin from sb, he now dwells up and calls, mid pos also calls too.... There hands? :

SB QQ
MP AT
BB 22 -WTF

board : 2 x x 2 x

SICK..

Then final table, he is on sb, passed round to him, 4/8, he raises 10 more, i shove from bb with 66 for 35k on top, and he beats me into the pot with..... yep, 22..

board Q 3 2 4 4

Rio have you received your prize money yet?

Found it a bit strange that it gets paid into your poker account, but fair enough i guess. But still haven't received any payment at all!!!! Starting to get annoyed now!

Unlucky that hand, I had just been moved to the table and DP was playing it very cutely until you moved in on him, unlucky to come up against a bigger hand, I have know idea why I pushed out of the blind with 44 only to come into an under the gun caller with QQ.

hi scottbufc and TEX FITZ , It would seem we were all at the same table without knowing we were all Blondeites.. Perhaps some form of tattoo or branding may be in order.
Anyway, another thoroughly enjoyable Sky tourney.
Geo ,thanks for asking , i went out about 35 ish and Apo about 25 so there goes another last longer........
TEX my Sherlock Holmes instincts deduce you must be Dave from Boro.SnGs were good fun and I hope you and your good lady got home safely.
Hope to see you all again soon, perhaps at a BB
Cheers , Colin

Cheers Colin,

Glad you both had a good time.

Now get them electrics fixed!!

Geo

Entry was paid online and not unusual to have the pay out online as well, same as the event in Dublin this weekend.
I would assume that the team responsible for making the pay outs would do this after the weekend.

No, nothing recieved yet.

I was supposed to play in this but was let down by my babysitter, my mate took my place instead (aussie lady called Robyn 50ish) she rang to tell me how she got on and im sure she said a bloke took her out when she pushed with QQ and he made the final table but went out 10th  rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

Did she say what hand this bloke had?   ;ashamed;

To be honest, I don't recall knocking out any 'aussie lady'... they're normally really loud, right?  ;scarymoment;

I met Robyn on the way into the Gala and distracted her long enough to manage the journey in the lift..something she hates.....really nice lady.

A change is as good as a rest........well that's what they say and I reckon on Saturday they were right.
Four and a half years ago a very nervous forty year old walked into the Grosvenor in Luton. It was a venue with less pretention then but I knew it had a good quality cardroom. It was a Tuesday night. I sat in my seat and my right leg would not stop shaking. All I was doing was shuffling the cards. My first ever live tournament.

I had forgotten as most of us do just how daunting your early visits to a casino to play live poker can be. Saturday reminded me just how much fun the start of the poker journey is. Yes there were hardened keen amateurs in the room and the odd proffessional but there were also a large proportion of complete or near novice players. There is no doubt to my mind that Sky are bringing new players to the game, and this in a UK specific way. I think as a player this can only be a good thing for the game.

So I find my way to my seat and who do I get sat next to. The legend that is.......Brendan Hartnett. What a thoroughly top man he is. So we were both sitting opposite a rather striking looking lady. Now I would say that Brendan and to a lesser degree myself have a reasonable read on other players round a table. We are having trouble working out whether the lady in question is doing one of the best novice but not a novice acts or whether she is truly a horrendous player. Either way the view was pleasant and we both avoid the said lady until she meets her untimely demise. She had for the 40 minutes that she had been at the table totally terrorised the table with an aggressive I do not care approach.

After I get knocked out reraising with AQ suited (will I never learn how to win a turbo) I meet the lady as I leave the cardroom. We go and have a drink at the bar. It was Paulina's first ever live tournament. She was there with other members of her radio show (GWR Bristol - and no Tikay that is not a railway line) and a couple of competition winners. She thoroughly enjoyed the experience though she did have a run in with a gentleman on the table. Novice players make mistakes. Anybody who has more experience has a duty to try and share their knowlege in a way that does not intimidate those around them. We spend a thoroughly enjoyable hour just chatting about the game the next steps she could take and what she can do about rude people at the table.

I spent the rest of the night playing one table sit and go's and just had a tremendous laugh. Didn't cash and did not really care. Just enjoyed playing and chatting.
A quick thank you to the Nutty_1 for sharing the journey with me and buying lunch.
One last point. There was a bloke working his knacks off. We know him as Tikay and he did a superb job.

I wore the alphabet shoes..........

I was sat next to the guy who does the GWR breakfast show - very nice guy.

He had never played poker before, but the Sky people had given them a quick tutorial, and he also had a hand ranking chart with him.

Twice he made a house on the river, and had to get his chart out to see what he had (and then still checked both times).

This was followed by a wonderful smile, full of surprise when he was told he had won, and was given a large pile of chips.

Apparently, they had been talking about this event all week on the show, and even ran a phone in comp. where the winner got to play in the event.
I don't know who at Sky had this idea, but it was an excellent one, and is just the kind of PR poker needs.

The only dissapointment was when the presenter made a loose call to knock a semi-serious player out, and the knocked out guy goes off in a huff, and refuses to shake the presenters hand.

Apart from that had a great time (my first time playing live.........and it showed), and will definitely be looking to play some more live.

Congrats to TK and Sky for a v.good event.

Photo please.

May wear them tonight or Wednesday...........or maybe I will wear the silver ones or the ones with flames on them.........or the ones that look like trainers, or trainers or slingbacks.......maybe high heels

This one certainly is! Friend of Matt Dale's, goes with the territory I assume. Like Matt, really nice, really loud.......

I can't find words to do sufficient injustice to snat's shoes, so let me just comment of the various Posts (Rooks, Rio - oh, & Rio, why did you not make yourself known to me?) as to the payment to all those who cashed at Bristol on Saturday.

The money was always intended to be paid into the Sky Accounts of those who cashed.

We took details of all those who cashed (we hope....) but the Tourney never finished until about 0200 Sunday. The Sky Staff, who had worked 14 hours without a break, then spent the night in a local Hotel, before going home Sunday.

They have all turned in for work in Feltham & elsewhere today, & the details of prizes to be paid have today been sent to Sky at Harrogate, to enable payment to be made.

Apologies for the short delay, but it was not really possible to transmit the info any sooner. I hope this all makes sense, & you understsand.

Any problems with this, please let me know.

Many thanks for all the nice comments.

ye that was me sitting to DP's left. Dave from Sunderland actually but emigrated to haltwhistle

Brilliant evening and great SNG after, think we had more fun than the final table

Me and Jo stayed at travelodge then got 10.00 flight up to Newcastle, got home safely about 12.30ish (after watching Red Arrows from the runway - great north run )

sh*t, shave and shower then off to pub for £5 SNG's

Gotta prime for APAT newcastle saturday, what a hectic life, don't even have time to sign on

Had a great time on Saturday, real spirit around,.The sky staff were hospitable to everyone, and the game was fast but fun. (20 min blinds). Nice to see Rookie and Alan (Rio) make the final table.A pleasure to sit with Snat for a while,except for the donk to my left, who took great pleasure in piping up "string bet"at the aforementioned Pauline, in her first ever tournament, lucky it didn't put her off,and she truly got her own back on the P@@@t, when he made a mistake of betting out of turn,by asking him if he needed lessons!!.

I finished 23 rd when my allin raise, was met by four callers!! seems the open play travels well.

Enjoyed a couple of profitable hours at the cash tables, and after hammering it back down the M4,was tucked up in my own bed (bliss) by 2 am.

As said earlier, Tikay played mien host to perfection, what's that guy on, and can i have some..............and I hope his efforts to get the lovely GWR presenter, to the blonde bash comes to fruition.

Looks like sky have a great product here, hope the tend it well,and more players will come into the game.............oh and thx for the teeshirt guys.

PPS. in true 'Indestructible' style, I whored my way to an interview, hope they use it.

I have introduced myself previously, APAT Newcastle I think it was! (But don't worry about it, I know first hand how the memory plays tricks with advancing years!! :))


Money now in SkyPoker account. :D

I would also like to add my thanks to all concerned in putting the event on... and I look forward to the next one. I've found my level now... a room full of people who have never palyed before!! :D

;applause; :)up

This was truly a fantastic day - even though I had a horrendous journey to get there, it was so totally worth it.

Echo'ing the other comments, in my very inexperienced opinion, I thought the tournament was run really well.  The venue was superb and the staff and dealers were great (I must thank Wayne, table one's dealer at this stage for continuinely prompting me without getting the arse, which he really couldhave lol).

This was my 2nd live game, the first being a quarter of the size of this one.   I was a nervous wreck to say the least. I had not eaten all day, I was rushed getting there, I knocked over my coffee, I folded my big blind (don't ask!) and I nearly fainted (even though I was chugging red bull and shoving choclate down my gob in a vain attempt to get the sugar levels back up.  I thoroughly loved it though, but felt so ill that I decided to push even though I knew the lovely Rachel (aka MRSH probably had me beaten .... I have to admitI just wanted to get out of it by that stage as my tummy was crunching so hard I was in pain by this stage (I know, what a complete novice tit hahahahahahahaha).    I found the nerves was more to do with not really knowing the rules and feeling like a tit because of it.  Online play takes care of not\knowing the rules properly and I have vowed now that it was a very good lesson to learn, granted one I probably should have got under mybelf BEFORE playing live lol.    It was silly things like trying to raise odd amounts, my cards being over the line slightly, my chips being too close to the 'absent guys' chips on my right, leaving the table (cos I was going to faint) just before my blind .... all of which were pointed out to me firmly but nicely by the dealer (and consequently all of which added to my already nervous state he he.

Anyhoo's, I then stuffed my face with the enormous burger that was dished up, had a great laugh with MRH and MRSH, smoked 4 fags in concession then jumped straight into a £20 SNG which I took down WOOHOO. £100 quid does nicely for your nerves.  I found the SNG a very different experience as the table was talking the whole time, there was fantastic banter (Jimi at Sky, luv ya to bits and thanks for dealing in that game).  I then bubbled on a £10 SNG and even felt brave enoough to offer to deal in that one which funnily enough wasn't taken up on hahahahahahahaha  BUT I have to say by that stage I really did feel loads more confident and can't wait to get more live hours under my belt.

The only 'minor' thing that would have been beneficial is if the sky 'suits' had name bades on saying that they were the suits as I would have liked to have spoken about leagues, forums and other things and also wanted tthe opportunity to say hi, congrats on a great day/site etc etc.

Was great to cuddle TK again (and again and again, how many cuddles did we get lol)  ;D    Met Terry and Colin (great wedding piccies) but can't believe I missed other blondes, I am in a dream world most of the time though, and my eyesight is crap so those teeny tiny labels didn't help!

Oh, and Rookie, wd on final table, very unlucky on that hand.

Mich/x

I too would like to add my thanks and appreciation for this weekends tournament,
again it was a great event.

We met some very nice people, and reacquainted ourselves with others.

The sky staff as always were very friendly and helpful,  and presenters and pro's were a delight to meet.

As for Tikay, what can I say, he is such a nice person and I think a good reason why Sky is becomming so successful. A great ambassador for poker.

So I would like to say a big thankyou and can't wait for the next one.

Michelle: have sent you a pm let me know if you get it.

Terry

I'd like to add my congratulations to Tikay and all at Sky, the event was really good and for me more enjoyable than Birmingham because I felt more relaxed knowing slightly what to expect this time, got moved to sit on Snats and Brendan's table for a while before Snats went out (the shoes have to be seen to be believed) and then they broke the table up - only to find I was still on Brendans table where he saw me go out.

Didn't get to speak to DP but both Mark and Jason were really friendly and willing to help everyone (well me anyway so that counts  ;D).

Anyways I thoroughly enjoyed it and hope they have more planned soon.

So who did win the event?

Carl Chrilly, from Spondon, in Derbyshire, (£2,000), with Dave Fifield, of Hanworth, in 2nd, (£,1000), Tom Larham in 3rd, (£750), Matt Wilson from Leeds in 4th (£600), Daniel Filer from Bristol in 5th for £600, & Jamie Fortherrgill of the Swindon Massive in 6th for £400. I think Rookie was a very unlucky 8th.

Thank you for the two gifts Terry - the lovely gold tiepin, & the silver Cowboy Hat!

In fact, Michelle, the Sky Suits - indeed everyoine - DID have nice big name Badges. Incredibly, the bag containing them was stolen on Friday Night, & those tinsy winsy jobbies were a last minute get-out-of-trouble attempt which were hastily cobbled together on Saturday morning.

Sorry about that.

Hope you got home OK on Saturday night, & well done on winning that SNG - you looked well pleased about that, & rightly so.

Extract from my blog....

Then it all went Pete Tong!! Very next hand all fold to me in the SB (1500)... the BB has just 1500 more chips, for a total of 4500... I have 6c8c and put him all-in... he calls with 93o. I catch an 8 on the flop, he finds a 9 on the turn... he now has 9000 chips. Next hand it folds to me on the button, I only have 84o but figure that the SB wont want to put his newly won 9k in the middle without a real hand, the BB hasn't played a hand since I've been at the table... so I raise it up to 10k! :-) Matey pushes the rest of his 9k in, the BB folds... my 84o, even with it's triple-gutshot straight draw and two flush draws, was no match for the pocket tens... he now has 21k!!!

Matey Boy in question was Dave Fifield, who ended up 2nd for £1000!!! Nice comeback that man.

you are very welcome,
however, thinking about the gifts maybe it should have been a bracelet. lol, and I hope you wear the hat at next years wsop lol, I want a photo posted on blonde.haha with you on a horse, and your team riding possie lol 
take care

Terry

Oh you're kidding me hahahahahahahahaha  who on EARTH would want to steal a bag of name tags  rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

I do indeed then take it all back, I am prepared to grovel, I can grovel very well, I have got the art of crawling backwards whilst deep bowing off to a tee now (tight pvc suit optional for this performance) lol

Ooohhhhhhhhhh you will be in trouble if she sees this Tony (email on the way ;-) Shes not loud at all!! Just likes to put her point of view across :-) In fact she couldnt praise you enough saying you were the perfect host and went out of your way to get some SNGs going even tho the casino was against due to chips or something??

Rio she did say that you had AA and even spiked an A on the board so no bad beat story, she went out 80ish so early on ish.

Phil thank you for looking after her in the lift, I know she is VERY nervous about getting in them and avoids them if possible. Lovely lovely lady who i have not known for very long but loves her poker and like me strives to become a better player.

Im gutted I missed this especially as it was so close to where I live :-(

Maybe next time ...

Sounds like you all had a GREAT time

Then I'm still not convinced it was me?? I don't recall having pocket Aces all day?

For all you skypoker players there are a couple of clips from the day on you tube

Notice cameo appearance from fat bloke

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q79eVDyHxDU

Oh you're kidding me hahahahahahahahaha  who on EARTH would want to steal a bag of name tags 

They were in a rucksack which was stolen in a club on Friday night. Panic!

Antipodean is, by definition, loud, as is "friend of Matt (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=272) Dale (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=272)".......;)

We did have a few little problems sertting up the SNG's. No chips, no dealers, just minor issues like that.

But we got there in the end, & ran about 20. And to be honest, I think the players had more fun in the SNG's than anything else! Just £5, £10 & one or two at £20, (no reg fees), real "fun" poker, as it should be.

Wish i hadn't clicked on this link.  :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R95w8YsXlS8&mode=related&search=

Just another question, who were the 2/3 photorgaphers working for, they bascally snapped all night long!?

crimewatch  ???

Sky Poker & Peppercom, who are Sky Pokers PR peeps.

No shot of the shoes tho :-(

Nice clip x

Will the pics be published anywhere or made available in any way?

Just for you lovely lady I will give you the option of silver or alphabet

They will all appear on "The Open" on Sky Poker, Channel 846, at some stage.

Hopefully, some of them tonight, as I'm doing the Show, with DP. A bunch of them appeared on Monday, when I last did the Show.

Theres me thinking there was going to be a nice feature in one of the monthly poker publications!