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Happy 10th Birthday Blonde Poker . I can't believe its been 10 years since It all began .

There has been so many people come and go over the years, I wonder how many people are left from day one when it all began?

Heres to the next 10 years  :cheers:

Joined forum ten years ago tomorrow, that decade has whizzed by!

I feel old :(

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This was, I think, the first ever thread on blondepoker.

It was also, as far as I know, the first ever interactive Live Update on a poker forum.


http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=2.msg7#msg7

On that first ever page, bobby1 (Phil), karabiner (Ralph), & I KNOW IT (Craig) all posted.

Karabiner was not even an OAP at the time.

Thanks Craig. blonde has had quite a journey in those 10 years, & so have you, if you think about it. You used to be a Walsall regular, then it was India, now China?

How many left who signed up on Day One?

These were the Day One sign-ups, in the order they signed up......

tikay

elblondie Now lives in the Philippines. Left blonde in March 2009.

karabiner

bookiebasher

Chris V

chunkymick. Used to be a regular in the Derry & Notts Comps, had a lovely wife, Nicola. Not seen either for ages.

bobby1

NewportLad

jbsc7769 Moved to Greece, last I heard was working for PokerStars.

I KNOW IT

LuckyBlind

AMORC

undertaker Pete Seager, another Walsall regular, created a new blonde Account a while back, can't recall his alias.  

DTD-Nick.W

thepokerwhore Maiden Post was "Any news on Boeken...I guess your luck runs good when you are banging the host of the EPT shows"

byronkincaid

This was el blondie's departure - "36% blonde Shareholding for Sale"

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=41063.0

Dat Two sign-ups included....

ironside

AdamM

rupert

MilkyBarKid (He got the lot at poker, last I heard).

slowmo

redsimon

On Day 3, these entered the fray, never to escape.....

TightEnd

reevio

Juniorsenior (originally named "Junior")

wsopin05 (This was Brian Wilson, what a story he was).

Julian (Thewy)


The next day saw....

Yogi-Bear. This was Danny, then TD @ Grosvenor Blackpool, now at DTD

portfolio

The Camel

Camel's opening Post?


and post "Mad O'Rourkes Pie Factory - How to Get There".

I thank you

And this stunning pearl of wisdom was an early Post by which well-known blonde?



" You're going to be out on the bubble occassionally. someone has to be."

wow.
Lot of water passed under the bridge since then.

I seem to remember there used to be a way to see your membership number.

Congratulations to all the owners, admin and old timers, you should be very proud of your community.

What did happen to Portfolio?  He was good company at those early Blonde Bash's.

if you click on "Members list" at the bottom of the front page you can play around with the list...

eg click on date registered and the list comes up in the order people joined

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?action=mlist;sort=registered;start=0

Mortals can see the membership number of a member by hovering over the view profile icon under the name and avatar, the link will show

Got it now.

If you click on the name, the membership number is the last figures in the address bar.


http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=24

He last posted in 2009.

I can't recall the detail, but seem to remember he had a young lady, also a blonde, who was extremely unwell.

10 years eh?

That means tikay has dedicated almost 5% of his life to blonde.

That's because you are old.   Helo , iechyd da i chi ac yn eich un chi .

Happy Decade Blonde. Who'd a thunk aye Tony. xx

You must be in your late 30s by now Maureen.

 Getting there Tom.

Yes it has been some ride for Blonde and myself. I even had a short stint living in Florida during 2007 as well.
Im pleased Blonde seems to be on the upswing again now with new threads every day. Long may it continue

Ironic that the first ever thread was a Blonde update and now they are no more. They are sorely missed so I hope they return again soon.
I for one found them great for keeping intouch or seeing how my old mates were getting on from the other side of the world.
Great Job Tony , Tighty and co and wish you all the best for the future.

Agree about the updates, I think most people on here really enjoyed them.

What do you do now Craig. Whenever I think of my poker days you are always in my thoughts. Who was it on our table that time at Blackpool that we both wanted to deck  ask politely to tone it down a tad.

Howard Plant?

Don't recall it being Howard, you watch it will be some popular Blonde member.  ;ashamed;

You have nailed it there, Craig. New threads this month will be the highest for a year, they are already the highest for 10 months, & this is the key to forum activity.

I think we were all a bit like a married couple, where it had gone a bit stale, & nobody was making an effort. Now we are all trying to make it work, kissing, naughty stuff upstairs & all sorts. Whether it is sustainable remains to be seen, of course, but at least we are all trying.

I don't mind Howard's company TBH but he can get a bit loud.

Wow, 10 years!

Well done to all those that have been here since the start.

You could genuinely write a good book based on some of the stuff that has happened in these four virtual walls.

Made some actual friends on this forum.

Love it, if poker is dying, I'm happy to go down with this ship.

Has anyone called the police yet?

Great thread Dewi.

Solid

Happy Birthday!

(Probably regret saying this...) If you are looking for volunteers, I'll have a bash at doing an update if you ever decide to restart them.

Tighty and Keith doing an update.  Could be epic :D

If only we had a time machine....

http://web.archive.org/web/20050113100815/http://www.blondepoker.com/News.htm





http://web.archive.org/web/20050324192837/http://www.blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?board=1.0

"Game for Life announces first President"

Wonder what that job entailed.

Buffet ordering?

 rotflmfao

Hi Maureen, hope you are well . Im currently running a sports bar in Shenzhen, China. Great place just a short ferry ride from Hong Kong and Macau so plenty of things to do. Yes we had some fun times at the poker tables back in the day . The guy in Blackpool who was annoying everyone was Harry Demetreu (sp?) if I remember correctly  :D 

Always in my thoughts and you and your family are a true inspiration x

look away Maria, Yes it was Harry.

Congrats blonde...the Coronation Street of forums.

jbsc7769 was/is Simon Cook, moved to Australia a few years ago. No longer works for 'Stars, settled down married with a child I recall.

Happy 10th birthday Blonde. Long may you continue. A big well done everyone concerned with running it.

Wow. Lots of hands dealt since then.

Thought i signed up on day 1, but day 3 aint bad. Must have been busy days 1&2.

Its been emotional.

Strong!!

I'm sure I would have still played poker without Blonde, but I don't think I would have enjoyed it anywhere near as much.

You must have been Junior Minor 10 years ago.

I do remember you binking at Walsall and what a massive surprise it was for everyone :)

Even a blind pig finds the occasional acorn.

I am one of very few players that likes and needs variance to work its magic

Wow, 10 years! What an achievement.
Congratulations tikay and everyone else involved in creating a forum which still draws people back day after day, even a weirdo like me who doesn't even play poker!

Long may it continue xx

True words.

I can count among the friends I have made on here my husband and my best friend who was also our bridesmaid :)  Also had a blondeite as our MC!

Very true Maureen, & google translate is rubbish   ;) xx

Quite new to the blonde party, fantastic site, here's to the next 10 years, and Tikay's 50th again ;D  ;danafish;

I would have also still played but not sure I would have ever turned poker into a job and fantastic lifestyle that I'm very fortunate to have now if it wasn't for Blonde.

Here's to the next 10 years

You got married????? who to when where details please.  ;gobsmacked;

Diolch. Dewi,

Did Jack Reacher buy the shares in the end? Also did he reveal who he was?

No, & no.......

Dennis O'Mahoney purchased them originally, then later, after some jiggery-pokery, Flushy purchased them off Dennis, & hoovered up a few other small shareholdings, including, I think, those of Harry Demetriou. Flushy has around 70% I think, Snoops & Jen 3% each, & I have the rest.

This time next year. Mugs, or what?



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QFT.

You have no idea how hard I'm now trying to get a blonde Live Update. It might just be very soon, too.

The Camel factor has spurred me on.



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Surprise? Bloody miracle, if you ask me. It was Greg's first "big" Tourney, too.

Dave C won it, Greg 2nd, Stu Fox 4th, & Trev Reardon, Henning Gradstad & one Ali Mallu all cashed.

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=11032


We did a whole Live Update, start to finish, by TEXT.

I was texting it to jbsc7769, as there was no wifi there, & 3g & the like never existed then, so jbsc was doing the Posts. Think I sent over 600 texts, sheesh.

Poker was in it's boom years at the time, & we all sort of had the mood.

Gatso and I got hitched last July :) Holdorfold was bridesmaid (along with Hannah) and RobertHM was our MC for the day. A handful of other blondes, past and present, were among the invited guests.

Although Dan no longer posts on the forum and I am a very infrequent visitor thesedays, we certainly owe a lot to this place :)

Wow, I always wondered where Gatso had gone...

Congrats to you both!

Confirms that I do live in my own little world :D

The figures in the thread seem way more than I ever expected.

What is the value now do you think?

Why were they so valuable back then? Because of the poker room? Advertising etc?

at the time it was a far bigger concern, the cardroom funded 4 members of staff, updates etc from EPTs etc

it turned out we were in a bad cardroom contract, then fell foul of ipoker's changes and it became a different ball game of survival, sponsorship once we had to leave ipoker. a very stressful time indeed

then of course the poker market changed too, so its altogether different than it was back then

Fair cop, and Tikay gets his 3-5% a year from TFT which is not the worst for an investment portfolio he enjoys :)

Congrats Both. X

Thanks Mo:) dan and I actually met in person for the first time at the charity game for Reece back at the Western. Quite astonishing all the water thats passed under the bridge since then, but most importantly its been lovely to see Reece growing fitter and healthier and into a fine young man - hope he, you and the rest of yhe family are keeping well x

Where do I fit in to all this? That's what I want to know.

You're like Blondes favourite comfy slippers.

Why does Gatso no longer post?

Just looked at his last posts and there's nothing since 2012.... :S

I like Gatso! Get him back here

every now and then the planets align to create quite spectacularly unlikely happenings.

I'm not talking about blonde you barmpot. I'm talking aboutmy rrelationship with Claw.

The last I heard we were going steady.

Loool

Wasn't Brian Wilson the bloke that B4Matt and Red-dog told me used to be in The Beach Boys?

Oh yes - I still owe you a second date!