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What was to be a wonderful weekend for me personally, started out with a minor nightmare ... whilst driving down with Jane we stopped off at a service station for a coffee and a bite to eat. I somehow managed to pay for the grub but then lose a tenner from the till to the seat .... £10 down before we had even hit the rip off toll bridge LOL.....

Any way, we get to Cardiff, unpack in Stalag 17 (etap hotel) and head of to the future inn to meet up with a few of the motley crew ... a few Bevvy's and then on to the casino to meet the rest of the guys, I love the blonde bashes, a chance to meet up with old friends and make new ones, and new friends were definitely made on this trip ... Mr & Mrs Boldie, a lovely couple ... the same with Mr & Mrs Laxie, she is as mental as a box of frogs, but what entertainment ... mr Laxie has some real gems on his phone too ... the hamster one still makes me laugh when i think about it.

Hinge & Brackett were there too (Shogun & Duke) what a lovely couple they make... ;)

Paul & Charmaine , always a pleasure to spend time with ... (when paul isnt talking about poker OBV.)

plus the usual suspects ... Jizz , Rod, the ITB boys ,Brendan... etc etc etc ... I think the only plank i saw all weekend was when i looked in the mirror in the bathroom :)

Saturday started with the footy ... I think I played 2 minutes in the first game and the whole match against the ladies ... what a scream that was ... some amazing goalkeeping displays were evident, Jizz saving a penalty with his face was hysterical, but goal keeper of the day must have been Laxie, I had 2 shots ... well I call them shots, they were more like thunderbolts, I hit them so bloody hard and sweet they were bound to bust the net , but NO !!! Laxie saved them ... with her TITS!!! .... I offered to rub them better though :).
Despite my limited appearance, I managed to con a medal for being on the winning team and was chuffed with that.

Onto the bash proper, and despite struggling through the pre bash presentations etc without a microphone, we managed to get a framed certificate and a couple of blonde shirts to Turny in recognition of all the hard work that he puts in to organise the footy, he does it every time without waiting to be asked and it is always a roaring success and enjoyed by everyone who makes the effort to take part. Brendan also got a framed certificate to celebrate his induction into the hall of fame, well deserved Bren, congrats mate.

The comp itself was all a bit of a dream for me, i never picked up any hands that can seriously damage your stack, no small/medium pairs that you have to lay down to a post flop raise etc ... it was all rags or raisng hands, and i was getting plenty through without having to show any cards.

Obviously I had my share of luck, I had ACES 3 times throughout the comp, and every time i got paid in full... v QQ (Mrs Boldie ... 99 (Sheriff) and 10 10 (rookie) .

By the time we had reached the final table I was pretty short on chips and was card dead for ages ... then i managed to get them in with AJ v Jimmys A9 and got a much needed double through... and it just kind of went from there.. I know Mel has stated that she was outdrawn as usual ... but she must have forgotten that during the final table she raised, the guy next to her re raised all in, and I looked down to see AK, although I had the re raiser covered , mel had a few more than me at the time and would have been seriously crippled if she called, so I pushed and Mel dwelt for ages before calling with AJ ??
The re raiser hell 99 v my AK and Mels AJ ... Board comes QQAKQ to knock out the 99 but give Mel a share of the pot ... She then got all her stack in to a pre flop re raise holding 66 v 88 but the board came a straight and again Mel survived with a split pot .... I can be 100% honest and say that the only time i ever got my chips in behind all comp was when it was heads up and even then i had a good chip lead and decided to take my chance ..

Mel and Myself heads up and I see 22, I raise, Mel pops in a hefty re raise and i dont like it, I ask her if she has a pair, she says yes ... I ask if she is being honest, she says yes , I ask if she will show ? .... she says she will as long as i show what i am passing... I fold my deuces face up and she shows J3 off and scoops... This played on my mind for the next few hands and although I know it was the right pass, I knew that Mel now thought she had my measure and would use that re raise again and try and get me off a hand,  a few hans later into the heads up, I look down at J9 of diamonds, and raise it up, Mel announces raise and after fiddling with her chips for what seemed like ages, announced all in.... I think she is at it and trying to get me off another raised pot, and insta call with the soooooted J9 ... mel tabled A8 and the flop was dealt ... well it wasnt the worst flop i had ever seen, it came with the K & 10 of diamonds giving me 2 cards to catch a diamond for the flush or a Qfor a straight ... I didnt have to wait for the river as the very beautiful 2 of diamonds showed up on the turn leaving Mel drawing dead and me as bB5 Champion .... bloody hell, i was gobsmacked ... almost as much as everyone else was when i won it LOL ....

So I get my hands on the Trophy (and a very beautiful one it is too ) and the cash ... which believe me, looked equally as beautiful as the trophy.


Many many thanks for all the texts and handshakes from everyone , and the round of applause when i walked into the quiz on Sunday morning was amazing, ty for that.

I hope the next blonde bash is bloody ages away, i want to stay the champ as long as possible, cos we all know lightning never strikes twice in the same place dont we ....   or do we ;) 

once again, thanks to everyone for their support, and i wear the crown of bB5 champ with immense pride and I promise not to gloat on about it .... well not too much anyway ;)

Neverends.

Great post mate and again, a very well done to you.

Had to shave twice through that -- wd Kev

Nice one Kev  ;hattip;

Any photos of the trophy presentation yet?

great report Kev.........gutted to have missed it

Just scroll up to the top of the thread, you can't miss it.

;whistle;

Great read Kev and well played ;applause;

Couldn't have gone to a better bloke, (well maybe me of course).

Don't go spending it on that fabby chick you had on your arm at Cardiff.

See you soon..........remember Waterford is only E500 !!!!!

 ;applause; ;applause; ;tightend; ;tightend; :respect: ;tightend; ;tightend; ;applause; ;applause;

It was me with 99 in the hand you were talking about,i was pretty drunk by this point and happy to make the final table in my first ever live tourny.Congrats on your win Kev.
After i got knocked out i played an ohmaha sng with bev,jen,snoopy,norman,ironside,simon nohab,and a couple of others.(completly out of my depth as i could barely pick the cards up).Brilliant to meet so many of the characters of BLONDE i have been a serial lurker for a long time and was a little worried about not knowing anyone,but having a ciggie outside Ironside introduced me to as many as he could so thank you mate.I had a great day,i wish i could have made a whole weekend of it.to all i didn't meet hopefully next time i'll get a chance.
colin

It pains me to admit it, but it's true. Kev = Legend.

Was lovely to see you and Jane again Kev ,  i always look forward to a chat and a hug  :)

Was wonderful to see you win the comp , then hand the money over to Jane !!!!! men there is a lesson to be learnt  ;D

Yep, when you win, make sure your missus isn't there or get your prize money as a cheque.  That's what you meant wasn't it Charmaine?

Not exactly Kin lol

OK, just one shameless chirp ;)

Nice Pic Kev.

I see you also have the HEADS UP WINNERS in the background ;)

 ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

:)up  SHIIIIIIIIIIP!!!

Nice one Kev, very well done mate  ;applause;

Absolutely DELIGHTED for you!  After all the time and effort you put into the forum you are well deserving of the win for a change!!!  The fact that you're hooked up with a Chicka who has good taste means it will be spent well, so better again. 

A for me chest...OMG...it STILL hurts!  I'm not sure if it's from the goal keeping or laughing so much as there's no visible bruising, but either way...was well worth it. 

Did nobody tell u BB6 is next month.... ;ifm;

WD Kev and worthy BB champion..

 :)up

My first bash and it was as amazing as I thought it would be, I had met some blonde's at other comps and without exception all the new people I met were of the same mold. The community is wonderful and should be embraced and supported to the fullest. I for one will support it in whatever small way that I can (I can be found giving away money most nights on the Blonde cash table). The weekend was run with humour and efficiency (yes even the quiz) and I look forward to others.

Well done to all (deliberate omission of names as you were all great)

Ger

Congrats to Kev and all the final tablers... apologies for semi-hijacking your thread but I couldn't find an 'official' thanks for BB5 thread...

Big thanks to everyone who had a hand in organising the weekend, it was top notch! This was my first Blonde bash after just lurking around the site for a long while now and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was great to meet and chat to some new poker-ers and thanks also to everyone for being so friendly and welcoming, even though I was with Mr Dale! ;) ;)

The side games were great and the whole weekend had a brilliant atmosphere... I'm looking forward to the next one already!

Cheers
Sloggs :)

What can I say. Well I awake in Germany on day 3 of my four day tour and finally get some internet access. So onto blonde I go and there it is.........a walking, talking miracle. Now I know miracles are supposed to be of the walk on water variety, part the red sea, water to wine but this one is just as good if a little smaller. Kev won the blonde bash. He becomes a member of a small but elite group of players who have this distinction. Kev I am dead chuffed that you won it but you cannot win without galant losers along the way as Matt will tell you so big up for Mel.

Todays German word is Pilz...........mushroom. Todays game is to get it it used at least 6 times in todays meeting on budgets

Kev I look forward to sharing a Guinness with you in Waterford

Phil