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Don't forget Virgin festival satt,tonight 8;30.......pm Tighty for password.

you turn up at 8:30 brendan and i will steal you blinds for first 15 minutes


its an 8:15 kick off

Thank you. I had forgotten!

Thx Iron......typical of me.... Ahrt

I cannot see this listed on Virgin's site.

you need to log in to see it, under special

How do i get the password??? time is running out .. ive been a member for a fair while!!

Help!!

Can someone send me it by pm please

ask on this thread and you shall receive

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=30455.0

1 seat guaranteed for 4 players?

Whats the seat for?

pm sent

same link for you

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=30455.0

I thank you ...

Roll up roll up

32 in so far, that's a whopping 8 seats by my finger counting.  40 would be great - 10 blondes guaranteed a seat at V2



See what I did there with the V2?  The marketing boys will love that ;)

Thats me registered .... Only site i have an account where i am not K9sixtwo though... Tonight Matthew i shall be ...Mufulira...

35 registered now.

Excellent value this - roll up !

RichEO makes it 36 runners, so 9 seats.

Good luck all.

Software says 7 seats. Prizes valued at €150, meaning it's actually one seat per five runners, not the four listed in the software.

shocking error in the software imo. richeo only entered to make up the seats he neednt of bothered

Surely they will honour the information in the "TOURNAMENT INFO" box.......

(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/9148/vfestivalyf6.jpg)

surely you can do the math? 4x30 is 120..if a seat is therefore 150 it would be 5x30..so 1 for every 5 entrants.
quite clear they made a booboo. (would be nice if they honoured it but by no means something they have to do, surely?)

Oh thanks for clearing it up...

guys I have an email from Virgin at 4:51pm this afternoon that states 1 seat for every 4 runners

I can see the prize Pool suggests something else, 1 in 5

I can't advise how to play ie 7 or 9 seats available here, but I will do my very best tomorrow to make sure its 9 seats

Final decision of course with Virgin

fair enough tighty nice one  :)up

now the hard work trying to get one lol

Bravo Tight End....
 ;applause;

My worst blonde tourney yet.  Was final table on an MTT on PKR when this started and donked off all my chips badly :(

Oh well, looking forward to round 2 of the Stanley mini-league on Wednesday LOL.

Dougie.

If I win a seat am I able to give it to someone else? Or am I best donking my chips off before then?

again, that is a question I Have to ask tomorrow.

i thought you were trying to donk em off ages ago

A3 FFS

ps if i dont win a seat i wouldnt mind buying it off you if your allowed

I'll play you heads up for the right to buy it Iron LMAO

1 card 2 card?

Win a seat then decide lol

winner gets the seat loser pays and i'll give you 3 cards to my 1

Has he won the seat yet ?

I've never visited newcastle apart from the Dock's travelling via amsterdam to Gothenburg, Brussells with the TA.

Sound's like a good weekend.

Its a fine casino

with fine sights to accompany it at weekends

So I've heard, some people say they have seen more cloth on a curtain pelmet than the girls in Newcastle city centre on a weekend.

(They also love the Karaoke Iron)

Just one tip, never offer to push Ironside back to his hotel at midnight on a Friday night

did i not get a taxi?

was i sober?

and why was i going back on the friday night when the karaoke was still open?

See you all there

BIt diff from the £200 i spent trying (and failing) to get a seat in the last one

GG ALL

Just played in my 1st exclusive Blonde game and finished 8th, so im hoping Virgin honour the email and the lobby

Thanks for a great tourney and with some luck and good spirits ill see you all in Newcastle!

Morlspin

BTW, I really hope they honour 9 places and they they announce it quick.

Who was 9th please?

ukshark

jizzem was 10th

Hopefully (for me) they will honour their word!

will post when I know more tomorrow

Yay geordie land!  :cheers:

karaoke on Laxie seeing she won the comp she should treat us all to a night on the town

WELL DONE ALL THE WINNERS !!!


CONGRATS :)

 ;iagree;  da iawn wir

Dont bloody remind me...  GL, unless i get lucky....

Great win Dawn -- now its either Bus Eirann or a boat from Cork to Newcastle

Thanks lads and well played to the rest!  Just checked flights.  Should I fly in on the Friday night or is Saturday around 1:30pm ok? 

Promise to have at least 1 drink at the karaoke bar with ya Ironside.   :)up

i am planning on getting the train down on the firday night dont think i could handle a 6 hour train journey followed by a day full of poker

see you there friday iron

So it's best to just arrive on the Friday then?  Should be interesting getting this one past 'himself'.   rotflmfao 

I hope i can qualify for this, its going to be like a mini BB...

 ;pokergods;

Made the comment to try and get you a seat also, as the fcuked up the prize pool ;)

First issue

satellite seats are transferable as long as players sort money about between themselves and inform Virgin of change of name.


If anyone wishes to transfer, let me know and I'll give you the contact details for the right man at Virgin

Did RichEO win a seat ?

Anyone can't make it I'll buy your seat please !

Dougie.

Well done all, darn, why do I always see these AFTER it has taken place.

I hope there will be more

News will be posted on the Internet Poker board

Have you seen the Gala freeroll GBPT comp next Monday?

Yes tx Richard, x

Morlspin and Sharky, check your PMs please

News from Virgin

I know its early but any recommended hotels near Aspers?

even worse for me seeing that..

If this is a general policy as opposed to one for just your Blonde satellite I think it's disappointing as it undermines the concept of everyone winning their seat at the event. It also raises the spectre of someone with no intention of going playing on behalf of other people, possibly winning a seat for a weaker player at the expense of a stronger player they knock out.

And it almost legitimises the actions of a player who won their seat in the weekly final last weekend and who last night won a seat to next Sunday's weekly final using the same account and publically stated they were playing to win a seat for their wife. I was told by virgi (http://travis.bosscasinos.com/re.asp?name=POK&camp=REF5111_0&go=http%3a%2f%2fwww.virginpoker.com)n (http://travis.bosscasinos.com/re.asp?name=POK&camp=REF5111_0&go=http%3a%2f%2fwww.virginpoker.com) that anyone who wins a second seat will have to forfeit it, but after hearing that seats are transferrable beween players I'm not sure I believe that now.

They might just as well allow people to buy-in directly.

 ;iagree;

If someone who has won a seat cannot play, then the ONLY alternative should be cash.

Clearly states that you can only enter this comp by winning a satelite.

I was asked the question by one of the winners last night , I got the answer

As to whether its a general thing or just for blonde I don't know.

I agree, the same player has made 2 attempts to gain entry to the tourney other than winning the seat.  I don't blame the guy for trying but its not really on is it?

Also whilst Rich entered the comp with the very best of intentions but its a bit gutting when he knocks you out & you know he can't play the fessie.

In the terms and conditions for the first Virgin Festival it essentially stated that there was no alternative to a seat and if you couldn't make it then it would be awarded to the next person down in the satellite (there was a lot more detail, but that's what it boiled down to).

But it also had the normal clauses saying the organisers could change the rules whenever they wanted, and I believe there were some flexible decisions made.

I've decided against trying to get into this one so I haven't looked at the T&C's this time, but I would have thought they'd be similar.

have to agree, all seems a bit ridiculous, why have sat only entry when people can effectively just  buy in anyway.

I'm off to win a seat now, it will be on ebay from sunday

Ill buy it... 2 bubbles in 1 week..  :'(

All I can find on Virgin site :

"How can players qualify?
Upon announcement every Virgin Poker Festival will be heavily promoted on virginpoker.com and in the Virgin poker room. All players must qualify online. Virgin runs direct satellites for the main event and satellites for a seat at the regular online Festival Finals to make the event as inclusive as possible."

For anybody who was wondering a seat was awarded to 8th(Morlspin) but not 9th(Me).

Figure that one out!

"Shall we go with the Terms displayed in the TOURNAMENT INFO box or the ones in the PRIZE STRUCTURE tab?"

"I know let's go somewhere in between."

who would run a card room eh !

Hmm thats terrible Imo...

Dissapointing Sharky, personally I'll try the virgin sat's.

Looks like a great weekend in Newcastle, would hate to miss as it's only a couple of hours drive from sunny Glasgow.

didnt they offer you 2 free entries into final qualifiers on Virgin Sharky ??

Yes, but that's not a seat in the festival. In fact it's only 20% of the value of a seat plus the added hassle of having to try to qualify again!

Well, I have been asked to post this by Virgin, so here goes

"For the previous Festival we allowed a couple of seats to be transferred between players on forums because they couldn’t make it. The seats were passed on for cost (£105) to genuine fellow forum members and it didn’t cause any problems.

For that reason we said earlier this morning that we’d allow the same thing to happen for our Newcastle festival in April. Unfortunately, due to the great demand for seats, this decision has now created a black market for tickets with players looking to make a profit by selling their seats on. This isn’t in the spirit of fun and enjoyment that we are trying to create at the Virgin Festivals and therefore we are going to have to take away the option for players to exchange names on seats.

As close partners of Virgin we’re prepared to allow your forum members the ability to give their seat to a fellow forum member on the below conditions:

-          There is a genuine reason why they can’t make it.

-          It’s transferred to a genuine fellow forum member.

-          Both of the above are validated by either you or another known forum mod.

-          The price paid for the seat is not in excess of £105.

 Clearly even this is open to the prospect of abuse but as we’ve worked closely with your forum for some time I hope your members will respect that. Any players found to be abusing it will have £105 returned to their account and the main event seat withdrawn.

Sorry for having to send out such a formal e-mail but we want to nip this in the bud straight away before more bad feeling is caused.

If you wish to publish any or all of this on your forums to clear the situation up with your members then that is fine.

Regards,

Joe"



 

Unlucky Sharky, cant be good hearing that news, good luck with the satellites tho

Obviously im chuffed to have been given a seat, and gratefully accept, so thanks all at Blonde and Virgin for putting on the tourney for us

Just to clarify.

Did morlspin get Richs seat?

Was it 1 in 5 that won a seat?

Are there any more Blonde only sats planned?

Thanks in advance

1 No

2 Somewhere in between

3 If I take a deep breath and get enough beer in to numb the organisational pain , yes

Thanks for the quick response Rich but

1 Whats happening with that seat

2 Can we have this resolved for any future sats so that we are clear before the start & all the confusion can be avoided.

Cheers

1 RichEO's seat cannot be transferred for profit as per the email from Virgin above. If he is playing the event or not I don't know..up to him. If he does transfer, then rules as per that email including verification that its to another forum member, by me.

2 Yes, I have fed that back to Virgin already..they made a mistake, have apologised for that and hopefully no confusion next time if we are fortunate enough to be offered the chance to run more for the blondes

Just to-reiterate, any blondes willing to 'transfer' their seat, i'd be more than willing to accomodate.

Dougie.

I would hope that ANY blonde who was going to "transfer" their seat would give Sharky first offer.

Quite right as well. I'm just posting publicly my desire to attend the event and pay for a ticket.

ditto  please.