blonde poker forum

option 11 is to pick a site at random each week

as everyone has more than 1 prefered site you can vote 3 times

pokerchamp is a prima skin

i thought it was gus hansens site

which one is Betfair on???

crypto

Nice one Ironside,

But do we need another poll about the price and format ?

We can worry about that when we have decided a site.

I play bet365 alot - is that crypto - it says it is powered by microgaming - any ideas?

365 is a prima skin

thanks ironside - vote submitted!

no UB?

never mind, picked 3

i did ask for a list of sites gave 3 days and no one mentioned i missed out UB
how i missed out UB i dont know

pokerchamp.co.uk is a prima skin......................pokerchamps.com is Gus Hanson.....................confused I know. when the name was registered it no one was aware of the problem. Pokerchamp.co.uk deals with the UK mostly.

guess which i voted for??? :D

Same as me I would imagine  ;)

as the result seems to be coming clear can someone list the crypto skins for us

will hill
betfair
ukbetting

and I can go to any of these and find the same game?

You certainly can me ole boy.

It will come under the same name on all three sites

Something like:

 'MTT123456 - NL - Texas Holdem - $30'

If thats the case, how come you dont get pople saying " Its great here on betfair" and get the reply "waddaya mean, this is william hill"

Actually you do get that!

only the other night i had a semi bad beat on the river, and typed in:

"thats Betfair for ya"

...And some guy replied:

"No wonder you got beat, you don't even know what site your on, this is Will Hill Ya Pr1ck"

I just laughed, re-stacked, and took all his chips for being such a doofis!

Sometimes I think I must be getting old. I try to keep up with he street talk, but what exactly is a "doofis" when it's at home?

Ok how is this:

I just laughed, re-stacked, and took all his chips for being 'A Sandwich short of a Picnic!

Ahh, got you now. I call it a Red-Dog moment.

You do get some tourny's and such that are specific to that particular skin, there's the blue square bubble tournys for example.
Actually on hectorjelly's blog he even posted some instructions on how to make the skin your on look like the VC skin, said it was more attractive than Bsquare etc..........
Ian

I will happily partake in a blonde tourney once my internet at home gets sorted out! (end of the month)  Just let me know the dates / time etc Im good for most midweek nights!

I'm not fussed. I'll win whatever the site.

 ;D

[Now that's fighting talk]

Judging by the Avatar, i can see why...lol...

...Now thats real fighting Talk!!

Here Doggy Goggy.....Here Doggy Goggy.....

An "Avatar"? Wassat?

<----------------------------

Its the Daft wee Picture that we all have Under our name on the Left

Im on about 5 other Forum's and thats just the Official Name for it.

Ah, gotcha. But mines on the left........

5 other Forums? Wow! I'd be interested to hear how you think the blonde forum measures up against the others - & I do NOT want you to blow smoke up our arse, we are trying to build a good Forum here, & feedback is vital, especially if it is negative, so long as it's constructive & well intended.

I know we need to do some housekeeping on ours, stuff has got a bit mixed up, but help is on the way very soon, & we can soon sort that.

I happen to think we have the best bunch of Members - albeit not many of them yet - but then I would, wouldent I? But we are determined to keep it "fun", non-flaming, & interesting. On those criteria, how are we doing? You can reply via the Personal Message Service if you wish.

Hey Tikay,

To be perfectly honest, when i read yesterday that this Forum had only been up and running for 6 month, i was really surprised, as you seem to hit the Nail in the head as they say!

The other Forum's i was talking about weren't all Poker Forums, 2 of them are for my Football team (Glasgow Celtic - No comments from any Blue Noses please lol)

The set up on this site is great so far, Colour system is pleasant to the Eye and probably the most important aspect, is that its extremely user-friendly.

Another thing im really surprised about is the Friendliness of the Members on this board, i was only on the Forum about 30 mins and my name was mentioned on a new Thread, not to mention Numerous 'Hi's' and 'Welcomes'.

To many forum's are infested, Now-a-days, with guys who use this type of medium For whined-up's and to provoke arguements, Usually Daft Little narrow-minded youngsters (says me whos 24) with nothing better to do.

(Im not really Mr Computer, Or Mr Forum, so you would probably be better to ask someone else, more Clued up them me, for advise on Forum's.
But i will keep my eye open on other sites for the Silly little things that make the big difference on forum)

Having a section on the massge board dedicated to feedback, suggestions and ideas for the site, would be a great start. I've seen other sites do this and it works a treat. People love brainstorming.

Snoopy, thanks, the Forum is about to undergo a revamp, so we will take that on board & give it some thought, Ironside had similar, & valid, views too.

Dave,

Thanks. The point about the mermbers being friendly is the one that counts for most with us. And saying "Hi" to new posters is a growing trend on blonde - just good manners really, if someone came to join in a conversation in a pub or whatever, you'd do that, so why not on a Forum? Niow, if we can just find a way of getting rid of Red-Dog. And the other problem we have is that we have a few members from the colonies. You know, Scotland & other counties. That's counties, not countries...

You support Celtic? Wow, way to go. Congrats on winninig the League again last week.

Gotta go, my battery nearly flat. Laptop battery, that is.

i think it's a great forum personally, lots of features etc. just imagine when you've got the number of members like we have on the betfair poker forum, pretty much one posting per thread every 30 seconds at peak times

keep up to good work, and get a new battery for that hearing aid

its nice to know that you guys in england are still getting ruled by us scots and welsh

fact in the last general election the tories won the popular vote in england but because the scots and welsh wanted labour labour you got


you trying to provoke a reaction? celtic had the league won untill the last minute of the last game of the season when they conceeded 2 goals to gift rangers the title

you trying to provoke a reaction? celtic had the league won untill the last minute of the last game of the season when they conceeded 2 goals to gift rangers the title



last 2 mins of the game that is!!!

And i go to all the games home and away, and i was at Firpark (Motherwell's ground) the day they Threw it away, one of the most sadest days of my young life!!

BTW ironside your obviously from Glasgow, you never said what side of the devide your from?

PS did you notice the newest member's name is 'RFC' i truely hope it doesn't stand for what i think it stands for  >:(

lol it could be  :o   Personally i am starting to get a bit worried by the amount of peasants oops...i mean scottish people on the forum...still i suppose the rise in popularity of poker was bound to reach the peasa..i mean scottish eventually, it must be the brave missionaries that are trying to spread the word to the skirt wearing savages...still it will be years before they can actually play the game. ;)

My god kev i hope noone takes that the wrong way hehehe

lol ... im in colchester mate, they havent invaded here yet ...you blackpool boys should be afraid though lol

and im sure they know im only joking ....... ;)

Funny, it seems to me that its a Scot, who is asked to assist with all the Techy requirements on the Forum, and its also a Scot, who has orginised this Poll, and the pending Blonde Tourney, which looks to be held on Crypto!

With regards to Scottish folk not having the Talented ability to Play the actual game, all i can say is...

...Bring it on Kevo :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* lol

Colchester Kev should'nt consider himself safe in Colchester...In the Jacobite Uprising the jacobite army got as far as Derby on foot before division took its toll and they turned back ....Now they can come from glasgow in a car pay the M6 Toll and be in colchester in about 7- 8 hours...

Now Owain Glyndwr there's a true hero....

Sorry to bring it back to Poker but could someone explain to a technophobe ...me.. what is the difference between "skins" and what sites they refer too???

Bloody hell, im off down to B&Q to get some wood for a barricade......

As for the skin question, ...A skin is basically the main poker software site  ie crypto...dressed in various guises , a main poker site is used by lots of different companies who use the main sites software, but the appearance and branding of thier sites is different.hence same thing in a different "skin"
now i know this probably makes no sense at all, and someone (prob Ironside) will explain it much better than i can..

ha ha dont panic mate, i let the cards do my fighting. ;)

Ironside, i ment to ask, when are you closing the Poll(and declaring a winner) and when are we planning this here Tourney?

Well I reckon there will have to be a format poll

Freezeout/rebuy

And a game poll

No limit/pot limit

And of course a price poll

$5/$10/$20/$50/$100

Any other polls that I've forgotten ?

 ;D

What Day of the week?

Hi Ruru,

The Betfair Forum has one posting per thread every 30 seconds at peak times eh? Well we sometimes get as many as 10 a day. At peak times that is. Small is beautiful.....

Just wait till we grow up.

Yes and if youll notice ive Drafted in one of my good friends, and member of our home poker evening...


...The newest member.....Patman!! (Welcome Pat)

is he a postman ?

Welcome pat, and enjoy.

Yup, welcome Pat. First post awaited.......

i set the poll to run 7 days

after that it will be closed

He's drafted in more than just Pat. Let me warn you guys - Dave starts out all nice on a board - but ignore every windup he tries when he's bored at work ;).

Although this seems a very friendly forum, so he'll maybe save annoying the hell out of everyone for the other forums he's on ;).

I'm sure I'll have seen a couple of other posters on here as a couple at least seem to play in the Riverboat in Glasgow as well.

Hello folks,

Rod

If Dirk Diggler is a porn star...... Then Rod Paradise MUST be... lol

And what with all the sweaty socks joining, are we giving away a free deep fried mars bar with every registration or something ? ;)

Seriously though welcome to the forum guys, the more the merrier. :)

Yeah, what's with the Scots invasion of blonde? Nice to see, but curious why so many are joning recently. I sure get the impression (to be serious for a mo) that tournament poker has neglected Glasgow, & there is a huge & eager market there for poker which is as yet untapped. There has been massive interest in the new Clubs in Glasgow.

Once they are up & running, I intend to come up & take a look at the Glasgow scene, & maybe sample their tea.

 ;D Porn star - I wish......

Well the invasion of the last couple of days is Dave's fault - we've got a small forum for the poker school we're in & he recommended the forum.

BTW Deep fried Mars Bars are so last year - the latest one's Pizza Crunch (a pizza, dipped in batter & deep-fried). And we wonder why Scotland tops the heart disease rankings  ???  ::)

Pizza crunchs rock, can get em at one chippy here in Blackpool (amazing its ran by midlanders liek myself not scots) battered mars are so 90's battered xmas puddings are the best anyway

EWWW!!!

(Mind you Blackpool is officially part of Scotland  ;)

Anyway - the one that got the press wound up not long ago was:



Anyway - to get back on topic (slightly) - I'll need to get my finger out & get my home internet connection sorted or I'm gonna miss out on this tourney.

I went to Glasgow once and ended up in a pub in a place called Eausterhouse or something like that. Anyway, whithin 5 minuets I'd got myself batterd

 :o Easterhouse is such a nice place as well.

Hey Rod you joined mate, welcome, i hope your treating the regulars nicely now?

and what do you mean im a whined-up guy?? :-*

Has an actual game been decided upon yet.

How bout Omaha Hi/Lo Limit. Seems to be all i can win at currently.

HEHEHEHE

Yogi

ewwwwwwww no no no no

i was thinking more along the lines of PLO8

surely NLH or PLH is what we will play!

why not NL razz?

yes surely its got to be Texas , weather PL or NL im easy

How Bout Shifting Sands.

Give us Blackpool boys a chance.

HEHEHEHEHE

Like I even understand it.

Yogi

again id stick up another poll and let democracy decide!

nope i am putting my foot down on this it will be pineapple

Yeah Pineapple.

Is that the one where u discard b4 or after the flop???????????

Who cares which

We Want Pineapple.

Yogi

Look out, we are very nearly back to "sponge bob square pants "  again lol

Damn, i was really hoping for 'Satsuma'

i'll see if i can get some No Limit pineapple

what about happy familys???

cripple mister onion

if we play no limit snap bluewolfie might have a chance

ha feckin ha doubt i'll be able to play tho goin by my last venture into a forum tourney

When we play this tournament perhaps we could finish two minutes before the end, or miss out the last level of blinds. When we have the predertimed winner, just end the tourney?? It seems a few only want to pay attention to a part of the season / tournament.
The FULL season /tournament matters and if they do not have the bottle to last the full 90 minutes, hardly the fault of the SPL for not playing 88 minutes in the last game of the season. And for the record only one goal mattered, the second was irrelevant.
I found it highly amusing when a C*ltic fan moans about late goals, let me say, if the matches were only 85 minutes long, they would be in mid table obscurity. I have lost track of how many referees have added on 5 minutes to allow that extra goal or penalty. (or even worse, deny a Hearts penalty in the penultimate game of the season. Then have the cheek to send Pressley off for diving when the cameras showed it was a clear penalty.)
Anyway, time to climb down from my soap box. As in poker, as in football, the best team / player will win over a season.

On a different note, how do you have a second and third vote (which i think someone said in an earlier link?)
Do the crypto sites accept NETeller? As you say ironside, not sure how everyone forgot Ultimate Bet as they are in the top five sites (in size) according to Poker Pulse. (and probably higher if you take into account the Prima Skins)

first i aint a tim or a hun i am a dandy don

when voting i just put a check next to the 3 i wanted and hit vote

guess alot of you only voted once or twice

think ukbetting accepts neteller (better ask ACES) i just need to find a user name and password for one of the crypto sites

I know you are a Don ironside, dont panic.
Yes NETeller is a HUGE part of me deciding where I play poker, it is just so comvenient.
I will be interested to see where their new policies take things. Not sure whethre I like the different level on offer. Does anyone know if that menas the funds are more likely to be reviewed?

neteller is the only way for me to play poker as i dont and never will own a credit card

i fund my poker from a $5 freeroll win that goes from site to site moved using neteller

having never funded or withdrawn from neteller i dont think it will affect me untill i have

7 figures in my account sometime in 2050 (when 7 figures are like 3 figures now)

OK, translation for the English speaking world.

"I aint a tim or a hum, I'm a dandy don".

Means....

"I do not support Rangers, or their big brother Celtic, I support Aberdeen"

Just thought I'd clear that up.

It doeant have to be a "credit" card. I dont have a credit card either, I hate them, but my Connect Card (debit card) also has Visa Delta on it and is thus accepted on most sites. I just dont like giving it out, only 100% really trust one, maybe two, sites.
NETeller is a god send. Shame Paypal no longer accept gambling sites but, if you are taken over by E-Bay, expect the US commissions to put some pretty tough stipulation in there!
A hun is a derogatory terms (kind of) for A rangers Fan. I 'tim' is a tramp from the streets of Glasgow, often seen selling the big issue.
Fuuny to think back, whilst not the Big Borother, Aberdeen were the most successful side north of the border. Even funnier, so were Dundee Utd!.
A tenious link, you guys watching Big Brother. Gee I want that Sam chick. Hot as....something really hot.

"I found it highly amusing when a C*ltic fan moans about late goals, let me say, if the matches were only 85 minutes long, they would be in mid table obscurity. I have lost track of how many referees have added on 5 minutes to allow that extra goal or penalty. (or even worse, deny a Hearts penalty in the penultimate game of the season. Then have the cheek to send Pressley off for diving when the cameras showed it was a clear penalty.)"

Funny you mention Hearts.

Didn't they lodge a complaint about the inesman who awarded a penalty for fun ?

Let me think who were they playing ? mm.....

Intercasino poker are also crypto i believe.

Sandy

I'm slightly confused. Why aren't the crypto skins being polled individually. We can only choose 1 to play, can't we?

No we can all play, through all three skins, as they are only a skin (portal) to the actual Tourney!

PS Sandy, go on big man, where you at Fir Park that day, i was there, Gutted

Where you in the Bouncey Bouncey at ibrox during the Bellamy show?? Magic

Are these skins downloadable from the same site then?

No they all have there own specific site.

The three site that i know of that are on Crypto are:

1/ Betfair ( www.betfairpoker.com (http://www.betfairpoker.com) ) This is the one i use, although doesn't accept NETeller
2/ Will Hill ( www.williamhillpoker.com (http://www.williamhillpoker.com) ) Unsure about NETeller
3/ UKbetting ( www.ukbettingpoker.co.uk (http://www.ukbettingpoker.co.uk) ) Unsure about NETeller

William Hill does allow NETeller.

From the Wm Hill site:
Neteller is a new payment method available to US Dollar account holders. Neteller accounts can be opened by visiting the Neteller website.
In order to transfer Neteller funds to William Hill you will need the following information from Neteller :
Your Neteller Account ID, Your Neteller Secure ID
Rules :
Neteller can only be used on US Dollar accounts with no outstanding funds from other sources.
Any money received by Neteller must be sent back to the same Neteller account. The Neteller account can only be changed if you have a zero balance and no open bets.
=======================================
I unfortunately now have a  account, not a $$ although that said, Iam thinking perhaps I can use it, NETeller just convert to $.....perhaps.

i think they do convert, when i joined NETeller, i scecifically asked for a $$ account as im also on www.pacificpoker.com (http://www.pacificpoker.com) and www.fulltiltpoker.com (http://www.fulltiltpoker.com)

For anymore questions about Net teller Click here: www.neteller.com (http://www.neteller.com)

Sorry Dvae, I was not that clear on my last mail. I do need to keep my NETeller as a  account. It used to be $$ but I was thinking when it comes to depositing, I can time in the amount in Dollars as I would with any site that accepts it, and that amount is taken from my  in $$ in that makes sense. As clear s mud...lol.

Crystal.....lol

perhaps for simplicity, although it's second, we ought to go with stars. I'd prefer Laddies but thats a distant 3rd.

I'm a regular on laddies, so i would prefer it, but you can't argue with the poll.

I just didn't understand why betfair and will hill weren't being polled separately if they were different site.

http://www.wagerlogic.com/clients/client2.html

That shows all the crypologic skins that are all connected.

Interpoker does have neteller firepay etc etc.

Maybe Tikay can set up as affiliate to get some revenue for the site before anyone signs up.

Dave, I stay on the East coast so wasn't at either game but you may have heard me curse a few times.

Sandy

Fekk me, i didn't realise there were 10 sites connected through it, that makes it far better, its the best By far!

The poll should Stand



PS hey look who aint a Newbie anymore....Im a Junior Member, woohoo!

Well blonde DO have an affliate deal with Wm Hil, as with many other sites. The Wm Hill one can be accesed by clicking here......

http://travis.willhill.com/re.asp?/name=WHPO8camp=REDF1405_0

If you want one of the other sites, & we have an affiliate deal with them, just say, & I will locate the link for you.

But it aint really blonde policy to spam our readers all day long with affiliate links, we try to earn our income in other ways.

Methinks Dave is impressed with Henrik's info.....!

And Dave must have set the record of fastest ever Junior Member. Good stuff Dave. And thanks for bullying all your buds into joining blonde too!

It's a bit quiet on the Tournament front in Europe right now, due to the WSOP, but once it returns to normal, we do Live Updates almost every weekend, & you & your buds look like being welcome additions to the fun on Update nights, which is when blonde traffic is at it's highest. We will be doing the WSOP Main Event, but due to the time difference, I am not certain how much traffic will result. But the blondeites, as a team, all join in & we have a bit of fun, usually at the expense of the French..... But for sure, we follow & update the news & info on all blondeites in the tourney.

Seconded

Well I do not intend to try & influence the result of this. But if we go the Stars route, we have someone who will set up a private tourney for us, no prob.

i can set up a private tourny at stars in under 30 seconds as can anyone that has a real money account and a good clean record
i already held a private tourny for the FM2005 OTF

anyway this weekend is the betfair 10 seat give away and that will be the choosen live update event

Not entirely accurate Ironside! You also need to have earned 2000 lifetime FPP's I believe.

you wont get a clean record in under 2000fpp (couple of hours play)

you can earn 2000 FPP's in under a couple of hours??? You must be playing something like a $5000 game then!

The Betfair 10 seat give away? I'm playing the William Hill 10 seat give away. But I think that's the same thing.

the crypto 10 seat giveaway (5 seats reserved for blondie players (if i have to sit thru it and 5 of you guys dont make it to the final your in trouble))

ive had a wee look back through some of the other updates and it does look a bit of a blast, ill be glad to join in, thx again for the warm invite!

Dave

Dont you think, in the name of democracy, we should let the poll decide?

I do, absolutley. I think it goes to show how well everyone thinks of PokerStars though, they are up against ten sites with Crypto and still they are right up there!

That was my point.

I don't use Crypto, can anyone tell me how the blinds and clock compare to stars? Also do the either sites allow you to set that sort of thing or are you stuck with what you're given. It would be nice if, as it's a private game, we could set it up how we like it.

That's a valid point Adam. It's OUR tourney, after all......

Maybe Dave can sort something with bet365 when he comes back from Vegas?

Does it have to be a private tourney ?

I reckon it may be better if we just agree on the same one.

After all that wsop qually was a great craic.

The 15k guaranteed is great value every night. We could award points on last one left etc. I feel a forum league coming on  ;)

I'm with you on that one ariston.

Well Ironside will sort it, I'm sure, we nominated him.
 
The more observant amongst you may have noticed that Ironside has been quiet (by his standards) the last few days. He aint too well, and was seeing the quack again this afternoon (Monday).

I am sure - to be serious for a mo - you will all join me in wishing him well. Get better soon Big Man, we miss you.

Yes, I did notice, but didnt like to stick my nose in, still he,s been on today, asking awkward questions and blathering about lapdancing, so I hope its business as usual

the poll doesnt finish till 6pm wednessday

it does look like most people want crypto or stars

with a good few wanting vc/laddies/prima(including pokerchamp vote)

so wednessday i will have a look at all the sites and pick a few events

and get polls up for them

 did deside on pot limit razz?

yes, I sent him a pm and he replied that he is not 100% but he is getting there...Personally i think he is taking time off to compile data for his forthcoming book....A guide to Lap dancing clubs with access for wheelchairs. you have to admire the man for all the research he is ATTEMPTING to do ;)

Talk of the devil  :o

You tell 'em Ironside, show 'em who's in charge. Wednesday you said, Wednsday it is. Still, you don't lack for advice, eh?

Sounds to me like you are on the mend, if you have been asking awkward questions, & "blathering".....

OED - Blather - to talk nonsense, foolishly.

Ok Ironside, if you insist on having a $100 freeze out on Stars or Laddies I suppose I'll just have to go along with you, even if it is on a wednesday

But remember, you cant have your own way all the time

nuff rubbish guys i am off to bed guys coming to fit kitchen at 8 30am so i need to get to bed before i have to get up

$100 :o i was hoping it was gonna be a $10 maximum.... we aint all tv superstars you know ;)

Cobblers, if I had your money Id burn mine

Then we would both be skint lol

LMAO  ;D

This Forum gets more like "The Comedians" every day.

"I need to get to bed before I have to get up"......!

ariston... like the idea of a league
RED-Dog... so you have money to burn?
tikay.... Comedians? Hmmm I blame it on you.
ironside.. get well soon and hope kitchen fitting goes well
Robert HM.... go get some work done

$100 is too much for me too. Happy with $10-$30 ish. I'm sure there'll be a poll soon. The buy in needs to suit all pockets, favouring the emptier ones. Especially if it's going to be a re-occuring game.

I'd be VERY KEEN for it to be a private game rather than us all hitting an existing game. I'm a bit disillusioned with online MTTs ands am not playing many ATM but would be happy to make an exception to play with my fellow blondites. I would like it to be strictly members only and have the password messaged to us rather than posted.

Could we have a second site vote to split the top 3 or 4 like Nightfly is going to do with the payout poll. would give those that voted for sites that aren't goping to win a chance to swing their vote.

I agree that the buy-in should be affordable to all. As for sites, I think we should see if one would be willing to add value to a MTT for blondites.

now you're talking.
there's quite a few of us and many of us would be paying into a site we dont normally play on.
I think we need to poll VC/Stars/Crypto/Laddies in a second vote but before that someone needs to find out starting stack, clock, any added value, payout, etc. then we can make a more balanced decision between us. I'm quite looking forward to this.

I'll give a 20 min clock on betfair

is that cyrpto?

yeah. i'll even make it 2000 starting chips if you fancy an absolute epic but the rewards wouldn't justify that unless you made it at least 50 which might turn one or two people off.

I think it's more about the community aspect than the money isn't it? a chance to have a private blonde game rather than part of anyones poker income.

I like the idea of 2000 chips 20 minute clock for 20. sounds like a right laugh.

im not in Vegas  :-*

I really dont mind what the buy in is guys, $10 to $30 is fine by me, this comp isnt about the money anyway, its more serious than that ;)

No limit, or Pot Limit Holdem is the best to go for, wider player base that way!!

Ditto, i like that action!

20 ideal, 2000 chips great! clock doesnt bother me!

well i'll sort out whatever format you want if the vote goes the right way ;) Right, I'd better get back to kissing hands and shaking babies...

RuRu, do you work for Betfair, just the way your talking about it makes me think you do?

Yes Dave - fearlessly offering the best WSOP satellites anywhere online! (now if that doesn't deserve a yellow card, I don't know what does)  ;D

Well you convinced me Ruru !

 ;)

also qualifying the best players; scott gray (short handed event), julian gardner, karabiner...  ;D

Yup.

Yellow Card for Ruru, for shameless spamming. Or spamless shaming.

how many yellow cards make a red? just so I know before my T-Shirt venture is off and running. www.shuffleupshirts.com will be the address and I'm looking at Aug 1st as an official start date, though once I have the equipment I might be doing some pre-start promo stuff / pre-sales / comps

Yellow card

This man awards HIMSELF a Yellow Card! That's not allowed. Yellow Card Rescinded.

Adam, you have been a supporter of blonde since day one - in fact, you may have been our first member. And on our very first Live Update, from Copenhagen, when the server in Denmark fell over, you did it for me via text, late into the night. And you've contributeda number of articles & I have another of yours "in stock".

So you will get all the help you want from blonde with your new venture.

Oh, & a Yellow Card for spamming.

wow, looking at it I was 1st to register on day 2, so not quite first member, but certainly long serving. I've got a few of the designs I'm trying to decide on for your freebie. Either;
"PROBABLY BLUFFING"
"KING OF THE AT IT MERCHANTS" or
"BUBBLE BOY"

Here's your first order.

It needs to read....

"Young-ish. Official".

Whats your name on Betfair, havent seen RuRu on it yet!

PS gonna give me some prettier Flop's please (my nicknames davebhoy - just so you know when to give me those Flops)  ;D

Adam.
can i order one with a piture of the bisto boy on the front, with a caption that says 'hmmm i smell the nuts!'
ta

lettering only to start with but customised slogans are no problem. I have the equipment to add picture designs later. Without the picture, I'm not sure you want to feed people with smelly nuts jokes ;)

Nearer the time I'm going to run a comp stream regarding designs.

ok, look forward to it

Dave, I can't play our satellites as I'll be over there looking after our players, although if I have time (and turn this week's winning streak into a fortnight!) I'll play the $1000 tourney towards the end.

Rest assured, I'll look out for davebhoy and pull the right levers at the right time ;D

There you go - it's official - it's FIXED. They have a lever they can pull!

I knew it, I just did.

Well it's actually a very complicated series of levers and pulleys. As a failsafe, there's a series of leaky buckets of water used to time the levels...

ruru can you sort the structure out to add a running ante that will make it a more skillfull game?

Lucky bassa, any jobs going??

ironside, I'm sure we can do a running ante but I don't know how popular it would be.

Dave, believe me, all this travelling takes its toll on you after a while - just look at tikay! ;D

yeah yeah sure.....must be terrible getting paid so swan about the neon bricks of Vegas sunning yourself, and taking in the Women / tourney!

Im so glad i work in an office in Glasgow!!!  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

but you can't find a deep fried mars bar within a thousand miles of Vegas!!!

Now sing..."You've got to ac-centuate the positive..."  ;D

when does the lever puller get back off his holidays ruru? I only managed 16th on sunday! Is he back for this sunday? I would like a Tshirt with 2 aces that simply says "look at/eat/feel my nuts" (delete as you feel appropriate).

the only reason people dont like running antes live is because it slows the game down looking for the guy who tried to get away without paying the ante,

with a running ante it helps prevent the crapshoot in the middle

if you like i will optimise a structure for you

deep fried mars bars, how do you know about those little beauties??

Where are you from anyway?

ireland (dont hold it against him)

Why would anyone hold it against him? Its not as if he scottish or anything.

so how did you get your nick russ? is it cause you go on and on and on and on

explained on page one of this thread but yes obviously.

guess kev could be "ariston twice as bad" then

Is RuRu from Ireland??

good man, where abouts? ive got friends from Cork!

But if your from Dublin, please dont shout at me for befriending the Corks!

*I have nothing but love and respect for Both of yous*

NO to the running ante. Sorry Ironside but I know the discussion has come up else where and it was generally agreed it sucked.
nice stready friendly structured private game.

How would you keep a private game anyroad? Are these things password protected or will anyone who happens to be 'passing by' be able to enter?

I've never been to Scotland but I will have a deep fried mars bar when I get there, although I don't think it's safe to eat more than 25% of one. The battered pizza also intrigues but only to the extent of my "I'll try anything twice" approach (doesn't apply to cauliflower, brussel sprouts or betting into Yo-Yo!)

password protected, could be sent as an IM on blonde to everyone or just posted generally for any blonde viewer to pick up

the former. sent by IM

Excellent cheers fella's, I will wait for news RE the time / date then  :)

Sounds silly to some but I will personally only play on an online site that has signed up to P4C. No site gets my money if they can't spare a K to P4C.

So for me it would have to be either - VC, Corals, BlueSquare, Empire or Party. I understand Betfred are joining this week.

At the end of the day I am happy to go with the decision of the majority but I will not play if the choosen site hasn't signed up to P4C.

ruru sort out betfairs memebership to P4C and anyone contact stars and see if they will join

forget stars the tourney is on betfair, look at the fun we had on sunday night!

Dave, I'm warming to you, you know! ;D

Will look into the P4C thing - I don't think they've ever approached us.

im slightly scared by that comment, but ill take it in the best possible way  :-* :-* :-*

Ruru

I can assure you Betfair have been approached on a number of occassions. If you guys are serious give me a call on 07985424036.

See what you've done now - all this talk about a blonde tourney could result in a bit more dosh for P4C.

Way to go boys!

at the moment there is one vote in it

Tough on bad beats, tough on the causes of bad beats! You know it makes sense...

I think it's been mentioned be4, but it may be worth staging another poll with the top 4 sites. You never know, the people who voted for the less popular sites might opt for Victor Chandler.

I do hope not

VC ! Not if they have ever played it.

but you cant keep putting up different poll's, were will it end, you can try and twist it everyway you want, but at the end of the day, this poll decides, and it looks like Crypto or P'stars.

Decision is final at 6pm.

As the tourney is just for fun and not substantial stakes maybe we could donate some of the prize pool to P4C aswell. Would be nice if we could persuade the site to donate the rake from the event (As well as making sure they have joined P4C).

the reason we need a second poll Dave is that we want as many people in our community to be happy with the decision as possible. I don't think democracy need necassarily be taken to it's extreme though. if we have a second vote between the top four and there is no CLEAR winner Tikay should pick one based on the structure. if, like in the vote above there's only 1 vote between stars and Crypto but Tikay decides to go with stars, thats ok.

I agree Adam.

I only made the suggestion because it's such a close race.

yes mate, It was me that suggested a second vote in the first place. I usually play UB or Laddies. I have a stars account I rarely use and have set up a betfair account specificaly because of the voting so far So I'm pretty happy to go with whatever the second vote shows. I've never been happy with VC, mainly because of the old gang / collusion thing being talked about on forums alot when I was a new player and it's kinda stuck so I would be uncomfortable with a VC win but as it's a distant 4th I dont think that's be a problem.

Guys, my take on this is that we could put up poll after poll after poll...what we REALLY need to decide is .... Do we just want a low cost friendly game of poker which would suit every member of this forums pockets (which I am 100% in favour of) or are we looking too deep into it regarding which site/structure etc etc ...this isnt about the money, its about bragging rights/friendly rivalry and if we can make a few coppers for P4C along the way then all the better. If say Tikay or Ironside had arranged a $10 tourny on say PokerStars, and said "right this is what we have done, all those that want to join it is on "date" "time" and 10% of all the take is going to P4C, and the site is donating all the rake, It is an exclusive tourny for registered members of this site and if you are up for it please be there", It would have been far better in my humble opinion ...( and remember , everyones opinion is valid here , even mine :).)
I say lets not lose ourslves in too much red tape, lets just get a tourny organised that we can run each week/fortnight/month that everyone can afford and let the FUN begin.

I agree largely with that. we've narrowed it down to two main favourites. I would be happy with a game on either. As it's not really about the money though, I think that makes the structure MORE important. I want to enjoy my game after all. poll after poll may still be necassary to decide on stake and times though. perhaps just a couple of days on each poll though.

Indeed a good structure, affordable buyin and hopefully raise some cash for a good cause and i'm sure we would all have a ball :)

i just think the vote should stand

1/ the crypto has 10 different site to play on, giving everyone, 10 different chioces(this should be reason enough)

2/ We have a Blondite who works for them, who as already posted saying , any structure / Clock / buy-in we want, he can get set up for us!

If george bush can control the world with one vote, im sure we can play crypto with one vote!

I'm not against Crypto. As I said, I've set up a betfair account specially. lets move on to buyin / day / structure debate then

im free most nights (midweek) apart from wednesday!! so:

Monday, Tuesday, thursday, or Sunday would be ideal for me.

Buy in - wouldn't mind anything up too 20 / 30

Structure - i think Ruru should set it up to start with 2000 chips as opposed to the standard 1000.

Clock - 30 mins!

debate please?

My suggestion

Crypto

No running ante

2000 chips, 30 minute clock

Buy in's up to 50

10% off prize pool to P4C

Of the remaining 90% Payouts to top 5...flattish structure 35%/25%/15%/10%/5%

Tuesday best for me, but any other midweek night possible. Not Friday/Saturday.

Start time not before 8.30pm UK time

that sounds pretty good.

Nights for me, Tuesday ideally, if not thursday or sunday. Please not Monday
buyins, 10 or 20.
50 is too much for me at the minute
prize structure seems about right.
2000 / 30 min clock
earlier than 8.30 is ok for me but I dont mind 9pm for tightend to make it

Why can't the site pay part or all the rake to charity?
I don't mind charities, i just like to choose my own.
I know this sounds bad but i have my own policy as regards charities and i would much prefer to have the choice of which one to donate to.
Ian

I understand that but I think 10% off the top, particularly if matched by the rake is a good idea and, if you feel P4C is not a charity you feel you can support you are, of course, free not to play.

The point is for all to play surely??
If i prefer to choose a charity of my own liking why should i be excluded?
Charity is charity after all.
Ian

perhaps ruru/betfair can help with regards the rake?

I wouldn't like the charity issue, or any other disagreement for that matter, to stop anyone wanting to play in an event which should be a lot of fun and is, I would think, about bragging rights/ribbing as much as any  involved.

Let's not get het up about the charity thing. If we want to help P4C, then we can do so in our own way, no need to make this an issue here. Keep it simple, it's been hard enough to decide on a site so far. We will end up with polls for which charity then a poll for how much then a poll.... you know what I mean.

All we need is a fun game, good structure for a few quid and a fair amount of ribbing to make the bragging rights the most valuable of all :o)

fair enough. maybe once the games are regular we can talk about P4C events.

Exactly, its now been 2 week and all we have done is find a site! lets just get the tourney up and running, and i know for a fact it will grow in popularity every week. then we can sort charities out!

this wasn't started to fund a charity anyway, it was suggested to give us a laugh and a good time!!!

si lets do that, and sort the charity later when it grows

we havent found a site yet the poll doesnt close for 2 hours and 4 minutes

oh for goodness sake, someone PM me next february, when we are ready will ye!

a time limit is put on a poll for a reason

next time i will put on the poll its open untill dave says he want the poll to stop

Take control ironside. You know what you are doing. You've got more posts than anybody maybe, except perhaps tikay.
Others, I suggest you refer to ironside before starting any more polls.
One suggestion, can polls be a little bit shorter, less debate and more action that way.
Lets keep it simple.

i could make the polls shorter but unless i include a few week days and nights and a weekend its not really a democracy as certain people can only read and reply to the forums on certain nights


the buy in is simple to work out it cant be to big otherwise smaller players like myself and kev cant play and it can be too small otherwise the names wont play

so its somewhere between $20 and $50 depending on the site and the night and if we can get a private toruny or if we are going to be joining in the mass ranks

ironside if you look at the quote above yours, you will see that it wasnt me who dicided, it was some one else who said "ok lets move on"

im happy to wait till 6pm, i just want this tourney to go ahead pretty soon.

if you feel im intruding on Your poll, ill stand back and not say another word then!

1/ I didn't start any poll's , i havent even started a thread!

2/ thats exactly what im trying to say, make the poll's shorter and we can play sooner

the problem is guys we can decide what we want with open polls but doesnt mean we can get what we want

we need to contact the sites in question (apart from stars) to see what they can offer us first

then we can poll on what we are offered

betfair (crypto) wont be to hard to work round either that or i beat ruru up instead of taking him to dinner next time


but it has to be open to all crypto skins


if anyone else wants to organise this i certainly dont mind this is an unpaid assiginment and no matter how it comes out someone is going to be pissed off

you are doing a wonderful job ironside, we all apreciate it. we'll let you/tikay decide between stars and crypto depending on what structure they can offer us.

robert, i don't feel i have to check with anybody before i start a poll. i am as much part of the blonde family as anyone, and i am just trying to help move this along.