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And we thought they were the fish, http://www.antesup.com/grandslam.php (http://www.antesup.com/grandslam.php)

they are fish but scottish fish are better than most countrys top players

Yup, just goes to show how great we really are! When our fish can take on the supposed cream of Europe and win.

I said we, can't believe I've just associated myself with a bunch of skirt wearing, deep fried sheeps bladder eating bunch of nancy boys.

Credit where it's due. They got the job done and don't deserve to be called fish.

I say well done to them.

Even a blind squirrel can stumble accross the nuts occasionally.

Hence you still being in contention near the top of the Cincins leaderboard. 8)

Fnar fnar! That grinding took a lot of (profitable) work I'll have you know.... You know how many good hands you get in 16 hours worth of cash game poker!? At a time, I add honestly, where I was almost broke due to a rather expensive xmas shopping spree initiated by wifey! I became a grinder. Long live the grind!

Congrats to the Scots, I hope that this leads to a bit more respect in various circles.

However their victory doesn't make the way the team was selected in any way correct.

Good point, how was the team selected ?

what can i say lucky its in our blood.

I received an email from there head coach, he seemed to hear about my famous Blondebash Top Jock victory and wanted to meet me to discuss joining the scottish team.

I need to email him back to arrange a meeting

Scottish Dave

Selection process

Do you play poker?  If yes go to next question, if no - do you punt in the Maybury Casino?

Next Q - do you punt in the Maybury Casino?

Nah, more like

Do you play poker? (optional, this is not really that important)

Do you punt in Gala Maybury? (If no, your questionaire is complete, thank you for your time, but we will not be requiring your services)

Do you punt regularly in Gala Maybury? (If no, your questionaire is complete, thank you for your time, but we will not be requiring your services)

Do you lose vast sums of money on Gala Mayburys gaming tables? (If no, your questionaire is complete, thank you for your time, but we will not be requiring your services)

Are you one of our...ahem, I mean, Gala Mayburys top 6 punters in terms of money spent and lost at the gaming tables? (If no, your questionaire is complete, thank you for your time, but we will not be requiring your services)

If you managed to answer yes to all but the first question, then CONGRATULATIONS, you've won a place in the Scotland team for this years grand slam!

What a bunch of bitter bunnys we all are.

There are some decent players in that Scottish team, regardless of any hoo-ha about how they came to be there.
TBH if a Gala Maybury team played a Cincin's tem, I wouldn't fancy our chances.

I did sincerely congratulate them - but their success doesn't make the selection process correct

Well done to them, I'm just curious as to the selection process, I recognise 3 of the guys from the Maybury all ,as Tank says, very good players. Our problem in Scotland is that we have no organisation that represents Scottish poker which is a real sin. If you see how well it is done with the Irish and there poker...well enough said really.
 Still well done the Maybury boys !

Are any of them coming thru tonight?

lest hope so, more dead money!

do we need anymore after all the cin cin boys are going to be there

mind you tank aint playing so on second thoughts bring em thru

tank aint playing, he will be dealing instead. So looks like myself or teacake are going to win it  ;) ;)

Liam Flood chose captains for the countrys involved, the captains went on to choose the teams. Liam chose his buddy as captain for Scotland who is also the manager at Gala Maybury. He chose the team entirely made up from Gala Maybury players, a set of players he knew. There was a bit off hoo-haw a couple of weeks back when a paddypower rep came on the board to tell us about online qualifiers for the English and Irish teams.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=5083.0

Perhaps it's better for a team to be picked from one venue. The players all know each other so there is a stronger team comradary and thus they are all likely to perform better as individuals. Not sure how much of this theory is relevant to poker though.
 
It seems to me that paddy power have missed a great oppurtunity in not hosting online qualifiers to play for one's country but instead picking the players from a local cardroom.

The lack of an online qualification process for at least some places in the national team appears to me to be somewhat counterproductive to the cause of promoting their poker website. I thought that was the whole point of hosting the grand slam in the first place.

There is so much mileage in an event like that Tank, qualifiers could have been held all across Scotland as well as on line, I just think it was an opportunity missed, but am still chuffed that they won.
I also think that I could pick 5 boys from Dundee that would give anyone a run for there money!!

Last time I was in Dundee 5 boys ran after me for my money.

but they were only primary scool kids pal ;scarymoment;

Thankfully the primary schoolers didn't catch me up. If they weren't all on '20 Richmond a day' they mighta mugged me for my shoes instead of pulling up after 50 yards, coughing and weezing.

Eat your heart out mikkyt, Im lovin watchin you squirm, WOOSE

Strange first post, Why attack someone with your first post, it makes no sense. 

Why dont you tell us about yourself and get to know the blonde posters.

Just a retaliatory thing. Only natural to defend yer pals if they are being trashed. At the time, MikkyT was rather vocal in expressing his dissatisfaction.

There was some criticism of the way a Scotland team was selected exclusively from Gala Maybury players.

Philip Stars, the aforementioned captain, is certainly not a fish. All the best to him, and Rory Matthews, in the Poker Million.

To those wanting a Scotland team more reprsentative of the whole country, I have it on good authority (from the captain of the Scotland team that is going to play in the upcoming ICHUC 4 nations competition) that the qualifiers are looking to be recruited from all over the country. Those who punt in Dundee and Edinburgh having as much chance to represent their country as those that punt in Glasgow.

That's the plan anyway. More details will follow shortly after the ICHUC confirm the dates for the event.

Welcome to blonde Kizzy. Mikky is currently "on holiday" so he probably will be unable to reply to your post for a while. :D

Not defending my pals here Bertie The Bus, but I feel if people will join blonde to dig up an old thread just to trash some one with their first post, why bother joining at all, seems like a waste of energy to me.  When most people join, they tend to introduce themselves and contribute to the site in a more positive way.

I'm sure Kizzy is a nice person, but all i am saying is first impressions are the lasting ones.

I think you'll find that Kizzy and Phil Starrs might in some way be related

Phil Starrs? as in the Drag Queen entertainer?

I met a relation of phils whilst inside. He plays at cincins too