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Im in already! Do we get an email confirmation Tikay?

yo tony, playing the £100 scalp today and the 500 tomoz?

yo tony, playing the £100 scalp today and the 500 tomoz?

Yeah qualified online on Tuesday night, some bloke getting it all in with 66 against my AA first hand made it a walk in the park from there.

Recommend anyone to have a go at qualifying, never seen such a bunch of serial folders!

6 Handed + Serial Folders = Stuart Qualified

tuff you forgot to add that we are planning to be at EVERY leg of the tour!!

Had the opposite problem in my semi. Folded through the first two levels I think, due to no flops being seen without at least one 10BB raise coming-in.

Quite handy tho, called a couple of the raises with monsters in position and doubled-up both times, basically won two hands and gained my seat at DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)!

Bit of a scare with the second DU, called a 12BB raise with QQ in cut-off, board comes 29Q and OOP raiser goes all-in for 3xPot, have to call as flop is rainbow, he turns over 10J, but thankfully turn is blank and river is a 2 for the boat.

P.S. Tony, bring your Valium as both Julie and I have qualified, so you're not going to get a very quiet day!

lol have to call as you have the nuts

;bump;

Anyone else qualify in last night's DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) satellite?

I saw Redbull and a couple of other faces I recognised but couldn't put names to them all.

Yes I'll see you there mate.

You at the 3-2-1 this weekend?

Yes, & yes!

Forgot to memtion how much money Sky (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Poker (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) were adding to their sponsored tour.

Can you just turn up on the Saturday and enter or is it online qualification only?

Bainn and I are looking forward to playing in the Inaugural event on the 13th.

Have to say it was great to win my seat playing Live at DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) last night.

AAAYYYYAAAAARRRR!!!!!! YOU GO GIRL!!!!

I got through at DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) last night too. Looking forward to it. Can't seem to find the structure/stacks for next Saturday. Are they known yet??

Well played  the dynamic deo.........Bainn and Harmony......Wtg .

Well played  the dynamic deo.........Bainn and Harmony......Wtg .

+1   ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

Any news of confirmations for online qualifiers tikay?

Just like to see stuff in writing ;djinn;

Can you just turn up on the Saturday and enter or is it online qualification only?

According to the DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) website its 5000 stack & 30 minute clock - not heard a word from Sky since qualifying

Qualified online for £2.65 - never played live before (but from what I've read on here what a place to start)

Might just change my username to Lamb to the Slaughter!!

Harmony and I got our seats last night, see you on the 13th.........

will there be alternates allowed into the event?

why was it limited to 140?

...
If you'd like to play Leg Two, on November 15th, ...

can you only qualify on Sky (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Poker (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062)?

cheers

Steven

where?

May try and qualify, Be good to get up to DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/), espcially if I can satty in cheap!

Well played you two......good luck!!

Hi Paul,

It's limited to 140, because it's a basic policy for Sky Live Days  that the Tourneys finish at a reasonable time, & we aim to be done by somewhere between Midnight & 1am usually. So if the field size had been any larger, it would have either extended the Tourney beyond what Sky consider a reasonable finishing time, or mean't a dilution (speeding up) of the Structure to get the Comp finished in time. The working hours of the Camera Crew & Sky Staff also have to be taken into consideration - they start work preparing, at 11am, & start filming interviews & suchlike with the Players from Noon onwards. So to expect them to work much beyond 1am or 2am is a bit too much.

The three Live Days (excluding the Boot-Camp) Sky (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Poker (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) staged in Season One all adhered to this policy, & worked extremely well, & the tourneys were just about the right length. Bear in mind, with play beginning at 2pm, even the Players would not be able to have the stamina to play beyond 12 hours really.

All Sky (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Poker (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) UK Tour Season Two Events will be limited to similar field sizes, with the exception, of course, of next June's Grand Final, which wil be an all-singing & dancing 2 day jobbie.

Players can stay all night if they wish, of course, as there are usually lots of "fun" SNG's, Heads-Up Matches, & that sort of stuff going off. The Venues will be open to regular Members on the day, so you would be welcome to come along & join in the fun later if you wish.

For those reasons, plus the fact it's a "Qualification only" Event, I don't believe Sky (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Poker (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) would be accepting Alternates, but I'm happy to ask them on your behaf.

If you'd like to play Leg Two, on November 15th, field capacity likely to be 140 again, (beware, incoming spam), Online Qualification will start shortly after Leg One is out of the way. I'd suggest, though, that you try & qualify early, as all the Seats for Leg One went within less than 2 weeks, even though it was Online Qualification only, except for the 20 Seats allocated to DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) for which a Live Super-Sat was held last week.

There is clearly a huge demand for events such as APAT's & Sky (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Poker (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Tour days, which are well-run, have added-money, & cater for enthusiasts, so it's actually tough to meet demand without diluting the experience by shortening the clock or making them last longer.

Hope to see you at Leg Two, if not this Saturday.

In, although a cynic might say that the sat had been timed to coinside with the football, thus ensuring a higher turnout of females, relative to what would have been expected, than males.

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Yes wd to all blondes who got a seat, very nice 'overlay' with so few players. Looking forward to it.   

yes was harder not to get a seat lol just how i like it!

well played trace see you saturday

Shouldn't this be in Live Poker?

No, Snoopy always post's article links on The Rail.

Will anyone who's going to this be passing J10 of the M42 (just north of Brum) on your way and be able to give me a lift?

Long shot I know...

What's wrong with that big global warmer of yours?

They are replacing the exhaust manifold bolts on his jalopy as some have snapped, and so they have to take the a lot of stuff off to get to it (the turbo, the head of the engine block, etc.).

As you may, or may not know, they need to elongate the holes so that they can tolerate some stresses and movement of the engine (some of the holes are elongated and some are round, and it's a known problem with the round ones snapping the bolts).

Any other questions, just ask.

It's a balancing act between elongating enough to tolerate stress but remaining tight enough to prevent excessive movement under heavy torque.

It's a balancing act between elongating enough to tolerate stress but remaining tight enough to prevent excessive movement under heavy torque.

I would come get you Dan but id have to drive past DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) to get there  ;D

The train isnt much is it from Birmingham way? I know its not as good as a lift all the way, but ill happily pick you up from the train station or something if its any help.

yes I can come to Luton next week end

Crow is v keen to play, his favourite hand is a folded hand, he hates aces

good luck Paul & Maria

well done maria..nice win before your holidays

well done maria..nice win before your holidays

Thanks babe xx

Ok , the Crows spies have the final results


PLACE   PLAYER       PRIZE
1   Maria (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=258) Demetriou (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=258)           £2,100
2   Royston Finch            £1,200
3   Davyd Wright              £798
4   Scott Winnard              £510
5   Thomas Mccready         £500
6   Nichiei Hicks                 £270
7   Paul Pitchford                £210
8   Kimberley Ploszanski       £156
9   Mark Lamb               £114
10   Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1692) Turnstill (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1692)                   £84
11   Wayne Barber                £84
12   James Limmer               £84
13   Brian Brown
14   David Shaw
15   Jeanette Bryan
16   Gregory Allen
17   Charles Overton
18   Neil Godfrey
19   Andrew Rhodes
20   Mark Wilton
21   Steve Hutchinson
22   Christopher Mann
23   Marc Jelfs
24   Darren Dennis Rumbold
25   Jonathan Walker
26   John Richardson
27   Jason Krstic
28   Michelle Bennett
29   Norman (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2500) Pace (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2500)
30   Claire (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1679) MacGregor (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1679)
31   Timothy O'mahoney
32   Lee Smith
33   Darren Alden
34   Nick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=307) Jenkins (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=307)
35   Daniel Warren
36   Ian Morgan
37   Marcus Bremner
38   Paul Tuff
39   Steven Munnings
40   David Louden
41   Daniel (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=84) Phillips (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=84)
42   Paul Haycock
43   John Wood
44   Anthony Bruce
45   William Knevett
46   Julie (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2542) Holness (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2542)
47   Matt (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2115) Russell (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2115)
48   Deran Hutchinson
49   Stephen Jennison
50   Sarah Widdop
51   Sarah Parsons
52   Sarah Bates
53   Neil (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2489) Giblin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2489)
54   Cole Davis
55   Valerie Ring
56   Neil Blatchly
57   David Compton
58   Barry (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1143) Carter (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1143)
59   William Wilson
60   Stuart (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2557) Hopkin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2557)
61   Ian Bennett
62   Will Tomlinson
63   Alistair Pacey
64   Jamie Herbert
65   Colin Hinds
66   Leighton Holmes
67   Richard Burton
68   Luke Sweet
69   Howard Whittingham
70   Michelle (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1333) Orpe (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1333)
71   David Wigley
72   Tina Standen
73   Matthew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2572) Wadham (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2572)
74   Anthony Hayes
75   Mark (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1552) Gray (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1552)
76   Donna Tattersall
77   Harry (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1054) Briggs (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1054)
78   Edwin Ridley
79   James Eflekhari
80   Eric Donaldson
81   Robert Caple
82   Christina Johnson
83   Gordon Anthony Casey
84   Nicholas Higgs
85   Stuart Atkin
86   Mark Lincoln
87   Scott Marsh
88   Helen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1683) Wilcox (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1683)
89   Sean Breslin
90   Andrew Muller
91   Carl Crilly
92   Bob Drummond
93   Peter Conduit
94   Caroline Morgan
95   David (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2102) Jones (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2102)
96   Helen Russell
97   Christopher Mason
98   Craig Davis
99   Colin Wallace
100   Christian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1678) Briggs (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1678)
101   Darren Roe
102   Muzelley Mccredy
103   Adrian Bennett
104   Valerie Morris
105   Kevin Standen
106   Ovidiu Coroian
107   Nigel Lovell
108   Shameen Jivraj
109   John (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1814) Wright (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1814)
110   Geoff Melton
111   Stephen Fenton
112   Robert Clague
113   Kevin Brooks
114   Chris Filus
115   Richard (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2550) Orford (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2550)
116   Adam Jones
117   Glenn Barratt
118   Jon-paul Pettitt
119   Tracey (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=444) Dell (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=444)
120   Kenneth Iredale

FYP

The first footage from Saturday's Sky (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Poker (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) UK Tour will be shown on tonight's Show, & features an Interview with none other than Mother Hen.

Scott Winnard is better known as Photurian on Sky (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Poker (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062)

Or as PT to his mates.

nice one Scott

Hmmm, as Tom has pointed out all the payouts posted are wrong. I think that is DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)'s payout structure and SKY had their own for the night.

Hmmm, as Tom has pointed out all the payouts posted are wrong. I think that is DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)'s payout structure and SKY had their own for the night.

2   Royston Finch            £1,200

Please note, Leg Two will be at The Broadway, Birmingham, on Saturday November 8th.

When will the satellites start?

boo - can't make that weekend now :(

Double boo!!

(note to self - halve the Toffoc order)

Really want to qualify for this but I suck at satelittes (even more than normal poker - before Gatso says anything!!), so am having 1 last go at qualifying tomorrow and if I don't manage it then I might not make this one either.

I suck at satelittes (even more than normal poker - before Gatso says anything!!)

Really want to qualify for this but I suck at satelittes (even more than normal poker - before Gatso says anything!!), so am having 1 last go at qualifying tomorrow and if I don't manage it then I might not make this one either.

Damn, need to remember to play satellites if I want to qualify.  They on every night?

Seems to be.....8 seats last night.

come along now Flea - if Jon's qualified it must be a piece of, er, pie.

...

Cool.  Now I just need to learn how to play poker...but if Jon MW can qualify...

Cool.  Now I just need to learn how to play poker...but if Jon MW can qualify...

Really want to qualify for this but I suck at satelittes ...

Can I have the blonde luck now please...I'm 0/2 on trying to qualify.

Any news on the Sky (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Poker (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Blog? Still seems to be down...

http://blog.skypoker.com/

still down and sick and tired of telling them!

A 404 should be pretty easy to spot...

Do you have some internal DNS that's pointing the testers to a different server?

A 404 should be pretty easy to spot...

Do you have some internal DNS that's pointing the testers to a different server?

A 404 should be pretty easy to spot...

Do you have some internal DNS that's pointing the testers to a different server?

The blog is supported by an external company...

I hope they don't charge very much.

Anyway 1/2 so see you there.....

It's all been skill and talent so far.

So yes, I'm wishing you the best of blonde luck as that might be your best chance of qualifying.

meant to say best of luck aswell - be good to have more Blondes in the comp.

See you both there ;)

whee - now free for this!  Just the small matter of qualification to attend to! ;D

Tonight at 8:30.

:)up

are you in?  (just trying to assess the value ;D)

The valooooo is there.

I've already qualified, surely thats enough value?

Are you out yet?

40 runners tonight in the sat.  ...

... I'm sure that at least 15 are blondes!  ..

... 8 seats up for grabs.

..

;goodluck; to those still left in

Therefore 8 blondes should get through - what's wrong with you slackers.

that happens all the time!

shouldnt

grrr - down to two tables and the two shorties are openly soft playing one another!  :tikay:

shouldnt

Well done Claire and the other blondes who qualified (Ripple and Jakally I think) and UL the Crow who bubbled it.

Well done Claire and the other blondes who qualified (Ripple and Jakally I think) and UL the Crow who bubbled it.

Report it, it is cheating simple as.

neither of em made it

Still a little word in their ear that this is unacceptable behaviour, never hurt.

lol, nice one guys, blonde invasion of Birmingham FTW.

Very well done to all the blondes who have qualified for the Sky (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Poker (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) UK Tour, Leg Two, at The Broiadway, November 8th. Satellites continue, so let's hope a few more qualify.

The "usual" Sky (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Poker (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) crew will be in Birmingham, already confimed are, I believe, Roichard Orford, Michelle (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1333) Orpe (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1333), & Norman (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2500) Pace (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2500), & I think Tim Peters may be there, too.

See you there!

shouldn't you be winning a tournament somewhere just now?

monkey boy, kin, photurian, keithy and joobie for tonight's seats imo!!!

(hope I've not bokked you all!)

Could only manage 3rd. Got busteded big time.

Unlucky, you not gonna tell us the bad beat story?

Norman & I are doing Tonight's "Bounty Hunter" Open, please e-Mail into the Show & let us know how you guys get on in the Satellite for SKUPT, Leg Two.

The e-addy is.....well, it has "@" in the middle, but I can't remember the rest.

Don't forget now, I am relying on you, & Norman will be interested too, as he will also be at Leg Two.

Ask Norman when his Eurovision play is on in Portsmouth or surrounding area, and blag a couple of freebies off him for me please :)

OK, I'll ask him. I can't imagine he lowers himself to appear in Portsmouth though. Brighton, yes, but Portsmouth, for goodness sake.

Uncle Bert lived in Portsmouth, he was a Screw (Prison Warder), but he had to have his leg off, & they would not allow him to carry on with a wooden leg.

Ask Norman when his Eurovision play is on in Portsmouth or surrounding area, and blag a couple of freebies off him for me please :)

The sidekick says Southampton Mayflower Theatre, August 11th to 16th, 2008. Southampton being, like, posh.

He says look forward to seeing you there.

Noooooooooooo, Rookie is registered for this.  The boy runs good!!!

August 2008 is good ... now where did I leave my time machine ... sigh !!

might play this in the hope of been on kins table and spite calling him

Take Ginger up the West End, it was a real fun show (although think Les Dennis is doing it at the mo).

Take Ginger up the West End, it was a real fun show (although think Les Dennis is doing it at the mo).

;ashamed; rotflmfao

I won't be trying for the this tournie as I will be at the Middle Eastlands watching Spurs get spanked.  ;smackedbottom;

Does Kev know?  Is there somewhere you have to put your name down to be on the list?

how long are the levels in thhis thing

10 minutes.  So deepstack for you.

how long are the levels in thhis thing

10 minutes.  So deepstack for you.

Kinboshi saying he is going to qualify for this, is a pretty big level imo.

ive got the man of the moment next to me im jpp on skypoker

rooks is sitting out at minute givin us mere mortals a chance

Tosser.

:)

You knew my need was greater than yours.

Just win a seat would ya.

ffs why are people making such heavy weather of it. The standard that have already qualified shows that it should be a doddle.

;goodluck; all the non-fish blondes left - and Kinboshi

Guys,

I'm Fortunatus on Sky, should have mentioned that earlier.

Leigh

I thought the cream was meant to rise to the top?

And we've got left in Leigh and Dan - that's just not right

Come on Dan,

Get busy you fish

Are these run every night? Would be nice to qualify!

Are these run every night? Would be nice to qualify!

oh man, I feel like I'm the only blonde not going!  Best have a bash at this!

Just qualified again for the semi, on sky for Broadway

Its go to be tonight it has to be.

Can i just wish all the other blondes playing at 8.30 the best of luck just dont nick my seat  :redcard:

Good luck too all

ANYONE can qualify.  Me, JonMW and sharplea are examples of this.

don't forget meeeeeee!

I fully expected you to qualify.

I think they are fella.  Get yourself qualified, you have a record at the Broadway... ;)

Luckbox

Luckbox

out in 33rd - lost a big race :(

blame me

oh yes - it's all cia's fault :D  To be fair, you turned up after the crucial hand!

can i buy in the birmingham Sky (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Poker (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) event on the day of the tourny if so when is the registration open, and how many can get in??

Fairly sure the answer is no and that it is by qualification only.

Here we go again 15 mins time, good luck to anybody trying.

playing this for the first time..5900 first break

ive had some huge hands but not made the most of them cause im a fish,lol

gl all

good luck you two.  Any other blondes still in?

sigh....card dead after the break pushed with QJ called by 77..J on flop 7 on turn..standard

gl all still in

Looks like tonight is the final satellite

It was and i bubbled again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tournament Details
Entrants   126 Entrants
Max players   126

Hummmm 14 left and birmingham are not running a live qualifier! I rang them last night to see when it would be and they said they will not be holding a qualifier just hosting the event.

Who get sthose tickets???

Any indications yet where the 4th and 5th legs will be?

Hummmm 14 left and birmingham are not running a live qualifier! I rang them last night to see when it would be and they said they will not be holding a qualifier just hosting the event.

Who get sthose tickets???

No, there were not 14 left.

9 were allocated for Sky Presenters/Analysts, included in those 9 seats were a few special invites which Sky made.

The remaining 5 were allocated to The Broadway, (which they paid for) & we understood they would be running a Super-Sat for them. Maybe you were told wrong by The Broadway, or maybe they have chosen to allocate those 5 seats by a different means. 

It was always the case that 126 Seats would be made available for Online Qualification on Sky (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062) Poker (http://www.skypoker.com/poker/sky_lobby?aff=1062), & those 126 have, I believe, all gone now.

I didn't try for this as I was going to see City V Spurs. This game will now be played on the sunday. Bah  >:(

when is the edinburgh leg?

What is ITB doing in this photo?

(https://www.skypoker.com/uktour/images/photos/skypoker_uk_tour_leg1-13.jpg)

What is ITB doing in this photo?

(https://www.skypoker.com/uktour/images/photos/skypoker_uk_tour_leg1-13.jpg)

looks like my exit hand - it's probably just his natural reaction when I turn over the cards I've pushed all in with!

was it not aces then?

was it not aces then?

I rather liked the 'photo of Chili at the table looking all "superior".

What is ITB doing in this photo?

(https://www.skypoker.com/uktour/images/photos/skypoker_uk_tour_leg1-13.jpg)

tonights qualifier for Edinburgh - 3 seats and I came 4th lol !!!

Got a seat for Edinburgh  :)up

Who's playing this weekend in Brum then?

Who's playing this weekend in Brum then?

:hello:

 :)up

You there boshi?

any last minutes sats for this like last time?
missed the qualifying for this and wouldnt mind playing

No Paul, I'm sorry. All seats long gone, & a long Reserve List.

Even Seats for Leg Three, in Edinburgh, January 31st, are almost all gone - just 12 left last I heard.

unfortunatly cant make edinburgh, luckily i have my grand final seat locked up already!

hopefully i will get in the 4th event as i really did enjoy playing this event.

is the alternate list already in place for saturday? how do they work a reserve list in a qualifying event? surely they dont have sats to a reserve list?

This is going to cost me a fortune in outdraws but i'll have to get a seat now....(any chance of an employee discount on the lever??  ;angel;)

Good luck to all the Blondes at the Broadway today.  :)up

Did a Blonde win?  :dontask:

nah - nearly all the blondes were out before dinner!

I have been searching Sky for sats to the DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) game in June and cant find any. Are they not running any yet or am I looking in the wrong place?

I have been searching Sky for sats to the DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) game in June and cant find any. Are they not running any yet or am I looking in the wrong place?

i know they taking direct buyins for it suzanne but not sure about sats.

rather suprised they taking direct buyins seeings as the rest of the tour was sat only

Aye I noticed you are in already :-)

Can someone ping me if the notice any sats announced ...thank you.

I have been searching Sky for sats to the DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) game in June and cant find any. Are they not running any yet or am I looking in the wrong place?

Hi Suzanne,

The Satellites for the £25,000 Guaranteed SPUKT Grand Final at DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) on June 13th & 14th have been running for a few weeks now - my Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) blog has the details.

There are, I believe, Satellites every Sunday and a weekly final, with SNG's daily.

Entry fees range from £3 (in in 8 to weekly Final) to £6 (1 in 4 to weekly Final), or there is direct buy-in to the weekly Final at £22.

1 in 10 of those in the weekly Final get a Seat to the Grand Final.

Alternatively, there is a direct buy in to the Grand Final available at £220.

Hope this helps.
 

Hi Suzanne,

The Satellites for the £25,000 Guaranteed SPUKT Grand Final at DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) on June 13th & 14th have been running for a few weeks now - my Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) blog has the details.

There are, I believe, Satellites every Sunday and a weekly final, with SNG's daily.

Entry fees range from £3 (in in 8 to weekly Final) to £6 (1 in 4 to weekly Final), or there is direct buy-in to the weekly Final at £22.

1 in 10 of those in the weekly Final get a Seat to the Grand Final.

Alternatively, there is a direct buy in to the Grand Final available at £220.

Hope this helps.
 

A couple of seats are being given away to the SPUKT grand final for free on a well known news website about poker, obviously I cannot possibly spam the web address of said news based poker site, but you can probably all guess.

Thanks Tikay........I must admit I've being looking like Suz, all over the website for a couple of weeks.........talk about keeping it quiet!

It was mentioned by me on my Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Blog about three weeks ago, & we mention them on the Show almost every night.

You do read my Blog, right? And watch the Shows, yes?......

out of interest tony what was the reasoning why the grand final is direct buy in when the rest of the tour has been qualify only?

I thought it was mandatory? You're saying it's not? FML.

A couple of seats are being given away to the SPUKT grand final for free on a well known news website about poker, obviously I cannot possibly spam the web address of said news based poker site, but you can probably all guess.

It was mentioned by me on my Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Blog about three weeks ago, & we mention them on the Show almost every night.

You do read my Blog, right? And watch the Shows, yes?......

A couple of seats are being given away to the SPUKT grand final for free on a well known news website about poker, obviously I cannot possibly spam the web address of said news based poker site, but you can probably all guess.

would it be a uk poker news site or world wide?

A uk one, pm me if you cant crack the code

It was always planned to be exactly that Paul, & we have never suggested otherwise.

The Individual Legs were £50 nominal seat value, for a £7k Guaranteed Prize Pool, & due to the need to complete in a single day, & capacity constraints, we rarely offered more than 125 seats per leg, & these all went very quickly via Online Qualification.

The £25,000 Guaranteed Grand Final is a different kettle of fish entitely, with a Seat Value of £200 + £20. We have far greater capacity available to us, & it will be a 2 Day Event, so those 4 things change the dynamics considerably. To make the Guarantee of £25k, we need 125 runners. I'm hoping the field will in fact be considerably larger, & the Prize Pool therefore that much bigger.

We believe the Option to buy-in Directly is a benefit some of our Clients will appreciate - not everyone has the time, or inclination, (some even forget) - to Qualify Online, so it's a good alternative entry route for those that can afford it.

All the Seats for Leg 5, in Swansea, have long gone, & once that's over, Sky will concentrate on Promoting the Grand Final.

Parallel with the SPUKT, Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) are also busy right now with the "Viva Las Vegas" Promotion, which offers £12,000 packages. So, a busy time for Satellites across on Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) right now.

Are you are enjoying playing on Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker? (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042).

i never suggested that sky ever suggested otherwise that the grand final would be not qualifiers only merely asked a question why they have decided to allowed direct buy in.
you answered that for me thank you.

as for enjoying playing on sky the answer is i rarely play on there nowdays, i dont like the site that much and only really play it for satallite purposes.
anyway im to busy playing on blonde most of the time!

out of interest as i have not got the time or the money to play both blonde and sky or the other 300 or so sites we are encouraged to play here on blonde which sites are the most beneficial to blonde? is there one i should be playing instead of blonde?

But is the profit % higher for us playing on blonde than ladbrokes for example?

Does $1 of rake earn blonde say $0.25 for playing it on blonde cardroom, $0.10 for playing it on Ladbrokes?

Minted Poker has the highest percentage.

But is the profit % higher for us playing on blonde than ladbrokes for example?

Does $1 of rake earn blonde say $0.25 for playing it on blonde cardroom, $0.10 for playing it on Ladbrokes?

yes but i only have time and money to regularly play 1 of them so to save me the guilt trips which is the most beneficial to blonde?

i play blonde 95% of the time and i thought that this was best for blonde as a whole if its not let me know and il switch my bankroll across to were it is more beneficial.

so do u suggest we withdraw from blonde and deposit on minted? better for blonde?

bearing in mind i can only play 1 site of course

Typical bloke - can't multi-task.  ::)

lol i think 6 tabling on blonde most of the time on blonde is multi tasking enough  ;)

Unless you're on the phone, making dinner and feeding the cat as well I'm just not impressed...

Parallel with the SPUKT, Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) are also busy right now with the "Viva Las Vegas" Promotion, which offers £12,000 packages.

# All Package winners will be provided with Sky Poker branded clothing, the wearing of which is compulsory during participation in events, notwithstanding the requirements of the event organiser.
# The promotion by Package winners of any other gaming product or service is prohibited and Sky Poker reserves the right to require players to change clothing that bears any branding for other gaming product or services.

tikay, I want to qualify to the WSOP on Sky so that I get to do the usual hookers, blow, stripclub, vegas thing with you cos presumably you'll be out there with sky looking after the qualifiers again?

so on the sky website they are saying these are £10K packages not 12K, perhaps you made a mistake?

at the end of the day it doesn't really matter if flights, hotel, seat and hookers comes to 10K or 12K or whatever and obv sky have the exchange rate to worry about as well.

but if it is a 10K package isn't £100 juice on an online £1K sat a bit expensive? (I fully realise that I can piss off and play somewhere else if I wish to ldo :) )

https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?action=show_static&page=pkrpromo_wsop

and also I read this


what happens if I get to the final table and FT offer me 2 mill and a sponsorship deal to wear their shirt instead? Andy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) Black (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) did it to Party if you remember. 

Tony, following on from that explanation, whats to stop any qualifier from breaking the T and C's? I had a look through them just now, and I'm no RobertHM, but I can't see any punishment for breaking them apart from disqualification - which would be a moot point if you've already started the tournament, Sky can't exactly get you thrown out of the WSOP Main Event once it has begun.

And there, in the first sentence, you have it. Someone agrees to abide by legally based T & C's, then says "what's to stop me breaking it"! Sums it up, really.

And no, Sky could not get anyone "thrown out" of the WSOP, nor, I fancy, would they even try.

It's very simple. By agreeing to abide by the T & C's - which you have to, to play the Site, you accept the T & C's. It's a Contract. And if you fail to fulfil a Contract, or break it, there are any number of legal remedies available.

tikay, thank you for your comprehensive reply. I keep on forgetting that when I ask you what I think is a simple question I will be tieing you up for the rest of the afternoon. Please feel free to ignore me in the future.

Firstly I really hope you get to go to Vegas. I thought the other blonde updaters were great, snoops was incredibly funny, but I can only vividly remember reading the ones that you were involved in. Monaco with 1K SNGs on the boat and that great ivey hand, Ireland with ariston offering to help but only lasting 2 minutes, Paris for IIRC the WPT that Roland won, Vegas with you and Jen having dinner with Andy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) Black (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=469) in the year he got to the final. So if only purely for my own selfish FREE entertainment I hope you get the gig.

I wonder if Chili were to qualify for the WSOP on some internet site having paid an entry fee of course and she gets to, as you say top 20, if FT or Stars or whoever offer her a 5 mill package that will secure her financially for the rest of her life, if you would advise her to take it or not. I wonder if FT would be prepared to pay the legal fees if Rupert did decide to get litigious. I remember asking you about AB at the time and you said he had been offered such a ridiculous amount of money that he couldn't turn it down. Obv your viewpoint is from a different angle these days.

I guess the GUKPT juice looks kinda cheap then at £60 :)

Thanks again

Without reading the whole thread(apologies) are Sky actually giving the winning satelite qualifiers anything for expenses or $$ for wearing their apparell, or is this all in with the package which is funded by the players?
iirc Stars gave hotel accom if you wore their logo

personally, i think its a bit much to ask players to wear any pokersites branding unless the site are offering something in return - if 10 players are paying 1K each for a 10K sat then there is no added value. ultimately you need to do your homework before deciding on where you are going to try and qualify.

The package includes a Hotel Suite at The Rio, return air tickets for two, expenses/spending money, &n being "Hosted" & wined & dined, (doing the Vegas thing).   

As I Know It said, Stars do a deal for the hotel accommodation. The cost of this is not included in the package. If you agree to wear the Stars gear, they give you the hotel - they're essentially paying you for you to do something. Therefore, it is a contract (certainly moral, dunno if it's actually legally enforceable, certainly not if the player is American, as Stars aren't going near a US court any time soon).

Now, with the Sky deal, it appears to me that the whole cost of the package (flights, hotel and buyin) come out of the player buyins (£1100 buy-in, one in ten qualifying). Therefore Sky aren't actually offering anything for the gear.

If they instead ran a £1100 sit and go, with a cash prize, you could fly to Vegas, stay in a hotel for two weeks, play the WSOP and wear what you wanted.

If the buyin to the final tournament was $1000, with one in ten qualifying, then Sky could offer the hotel and flights as extras, which the player could accept in return for wearing the gear.

As it stands, any extras Sky provide (a couple of meals, the chance to listen to Tikay's train stories) might well be worth wearing one of their T-shirts whilst playing, but it would not be worth having to turn down anyone offering something extra for the final stages. You could also argue that simply by being there and being interviewed/having TV cameras watching you, you were providing a service to Sky.

This is exactly what I meant
.Are Sky actually offering anything extra as a incentive to wear their clothing which is not being funded by the players initial buy in?
"noted" Dinner with Tikay is worth a couple of bob grantedTbh I think 99% of players if got to the latter stages of wsop main event would take the $60k offered by the sites for wearing a polo shirt and cap and think sod the consequences

Sod that! I think Tikay would have to give me the couple of bob and skip the dinner tbh!

...

It's very simple. By agreeing to abide by the T & C's - which you have to, to play the Site, you accept the T & C's. It's a Contract. And if you fail to fulfil a Contract, or break it, there are any number of legal remedies available.

dont get me wrong - if there is added value then I think that is reasonable. nice suite at the rio ?
better look out one of those skypoker shirts in xxxl


;)

Question for the legally minded.

Are terms and conditions of a competition a contract, enforceable by contract law?

And if they are legally a contract could they not fall foul of being deemed 'unfair' contracts?

tony has the structure and chips been decided for the spukpt final yet?

I'm staggered the way poker players think sometimes.

Jon - turn that question on it's head.

...

Do we really want to see sites wriggling out of them, as you are suggesting players might be able to?

No Paul, not that I'm aware of.

We know pretty much what we want fom the weekend, structure-wise, & it'll be announced in due course, on here, on Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042), & on my Blog.

No I was asking the question, are they legally definable contracts?

No I was asking the question, are they legally definable contracts?

tony has the structure and chips been decided for the spukpt final yet?

Is the Brief around? He might be a better one to ask unless Tikay has unwittingly become legally qualified!

http://www.skypoker.com/uk-tour-final/

http://www.skypoker.com/uk-tour-final/

Thanks Nick, I'd forgotten that was already published.

That answers Paul's original question, & his supplementary.

Apologies for misleading anyone.

Pretty decent structure, I think.

yes excellent structure though day 2 isnt on there though i imagine it will still be good

These are sky players - they are not expecting a day 2 surely?? Sorry Tikay - it was a joke...

http://www.skypoker.com/uk-tour-final/

So u don't have to qualify for the live final? u can just buy in directly at DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)?

yep

So u don't have to qualify for the live final? u can just buy in directly at DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)?

can you?

my understanding is you have to buy in via Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042)

I'm staggered the way poker players think sometimes.

Jon - turn that question on it's head.

If a Poker Site fail to deliver on it's T & C's - does not pay out the winners, or pay it's bills, for example - there'd be uproar. And quite rightly so, Sites are obliged to deliver on their promises & committments. It's part of the Terms & Conditions we agree to when we play on any given Site. (Poker Trillion excepted).

And this cuts both ways.

Nobody has to accept the T & C's of any site.  But if they do accept them (& they have to, to use the Site) they must accept them, just as much as the Site is obliged to deliver it's committments.

It's a two-way street, not a one-way street.

Do we really want to see sites wriggling out of them, as you are suggesting players might be able to?

To be honest, I'd imagine someone at Sky put the T&C about the shirt in there simply because it's the sort of T&C you get in these WSOP packages, without really giving it the level of thinking we have here.

Given the amount of money Sky have put into building their poker room, I doubt they'd have any trouble matching any offer one of their players might receive from Stars or Tilt, and it would undo a lot of their hard work if they were to suddenly get a lot of bad publicity for treating their player like a serf.

No (first para) it was put in deliberately, I imagine, after last year's experience, when one of our players went very deep, & the shirt-hawking/money dangling was very evident.

As to Para 2, you are assuming Sky would not look after any of their players who went deep. That's incorrect, & I think it's a little unfair, & presumptous, to assume they'd treat one of their layers like a "serf", as you know I'd not associate myself with that sort of thing. But they would insist - absolutely insist - on "first dibs", quite rightly in my view.

Will (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2593) Brewin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2593) made 118th last year, & got $40,000+ for his troubles. On top of which Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) looked after him "suitably" in my, & Will's view, by rewarding him with a WSOP-E seat, & potentially more sponsorship. Will was delighted with his treatment by Sky, & remains a very big player on Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) to this day - he tops our Leaderboard most months.

why is this particular T & C there? because presumably having a sky shirt at the FT of the WSOP would be worth massive amounts of money to sky. we can tell roughly how much money, it's many millions for stars and FT. presumably it's not worth quite as much to sky as they can't accept american players but still must be a lot of money right?

so this T & C is saying not only will you not be able to cash in by wearing a stars shirt, we may make millions from you and we don't have to give you a penny. If this was a freeroll then fair enough. If the sat was juice free then perhaps fair enough.

If only 10 players play this sat then sky make £1000, if 19 players play they make £1900. Is that not enough? If I run a sat in my house and charge £100 to play and say the T & C is that you have to wear a shirt saying "Byron Pwns LDO" is that a fair contract? I won't make millions if that shirt gets on a particular TV show. Sky will.

When I asked this question yesterday it was something I was slightly interested in and hadn't really thought through. I had no intention of ranting about it. Having thought about it I think this T & C is very very unfair. It seems to be almost the opposite of APAT doesn't it? APAT add value. sky suck it out of you.

meh, whatever.

That's not what I said - you've misread. I'm not saying Sky would do that - I'm saying that they'd be idiots if they did, so they wouldn't.

Will (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2593) Brewin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=2593) made 118th last year, & got $40,000+ for his troubles. On top of which Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) looked after him "suitably" in my, & Will's view, by rewarding him with a WSOP-E seat, & potentially more sponsorship. Will was delighted with his treatment by Sky, & remains a very big player on Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) to this day - he tops our Leaderboard most months.

You can buy-in directly, as of now, if you wish.

I'm not sure if you can buy-in at DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/) though - you can certainly buy-in via Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042), & have been able to do so for some weeks now.

If seats remain available nearer the time, it's possible - just possible - that a Live Super-Sat may take place at DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/), but don't bank on that, as I think all the Seats will go quite fast.

If you want to be sure of a Seat, qualify now, on Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042), (the qualifiers would be right up your street George), or buy-in via Sky (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042) Poker (https://www.skypoker.com/secure/poker/sky_lobby?aff=4042).

I hope you play the Event George - the structure looks excellent, & well-suited to your game.

The TV Cameras will be there all weekend too - & if I get to interview you, I will HAVE to ask one question - "so Rup, you have children, yes, so what are their names?".....

Oh, I see - you are right, I misread your Post, & the intentions behind it. My apologies.

And you are, of course, absolutely right.

Still, it enabled me to slide a little spam in, eh?

A player in the WSOP has a small, though non-zero marketing value. Sky and the player may well decide that a fair market price for this is 'a couple of meals, drinks, meeting Tikay etc' in which case everyone is happy. If the player makes the money and gets to the later stages, they gain considerably more marketing value. We may all have every confidence that, once again, Sky and the player will agree on a fair market price for this extra value (WSOP-E seat/whatever). Again, everyone is happy.

However, given this, why do Sky feel the need to put in a clause in their T&Cs which essentially states 'we reserve the right to set the fair market price for this added marketing value at zero and force the player to agree in advance'?

If Pokerstars had come along and offered your guy last year a WSOP-E seat and seat in next year's WSOP as well, then wouldn't Sky be shortchanging the player by not offering him this as well? A player is surely entitled to maximise the value of something he has (his marketing appeal in the WSOP). As a company with shareholders, Sky is obliged to do this at every turn. Trying to prevent the player from doing the same just seems a bit off to me.