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Regular friendly cash game at hotel nr Gatwick Airport run by and dealt by Tony "The Hitman" Hakki.Superb air conditioned venue with all food and drink provided.Hold Em and dealers choice games available with a 100 / 200 sit down.For further info or to reserve a seat cashgames@btinternet.com / tony@tonythehitman.co.uk.

It's not at the Rio is it ?

Well Karinber - we could nip in for a game at 7.30 Tuesday morning lol

Tonys last game was raked 10%,  is this one the same??

I guess that's one way to make a living from poker.

Was wondering why a "pro" was dealing and not playing.

Ironside seems to think that's ok.

i seem to think whats ok?

i certainly dont think uncapped 10% rake is ok

i certainly dont think a pro dealing and playing in the same game is ok

i do think its ok to let people know of a new place to play

Well call me old fashioned, but only a few days ago when someone new came on OUR forum, it was:

Hi guys, my name is Pete or Andrew or Tony, or whatever. I like your forum etc.

And BTW if any of you are interested I happen to have a game........

Not just blatant spam for a private game in a hotel.

Just my opinion.

you are perfectly correct Ralf, this should be stamped at the time, it's about time this forum had a moderator for when the admins are away......i volunteer ironside, the perfect choice

Apologies to the forum if I have offended anybody.I didn`t want to post a huge message regarding our game but clearly by not doing so I have obviously not made people aware of the facts which are as follows.

We run a friendly cash game in a safe ,secure enviroment at a Hotel near Gatwick Airport.Tony Hakki is sponsored by ourselves and because everyone is aware of his integrity we thought he would be an ideal person to "run" the live game.We use a variety of dealers and sometimes Tony does indeed deal - this is because we have found that people do not want Tony in the game so as I am sure you will all empathise it is hard to please everybody.For the avoidance of doubt we charge a 5% rake BUT with both a MINIMUM level needed before the pot becomes "rakeable" and a MAXIMUM of 25.00 therefore in effect our players benefit both ways.As previously stated we provide ALL food and drink and do NOT allow tipping of either waitresses or dealers and therefore we feel we provide a good value service for people who are fed up with the usual options or indeed the obvious "distractions" of a casino.Of course we understand that it may not appeal to everyone however I am sure you will all agree that it is only fair for people to be furnished with the FACTS before they make up their mind.

Regarding the issue of "Spam" with the greatest respect to everyone I thought the whole point of the forum was to talk about poker of which of course this is.Obviously we try to run our cash game for a profit which I understand is the reason that perhaps people may resent this post but conversely we are not forceing anyone to come.We have clearly got off to a bad start and once again I apologise if we have offended anybody however if you require ANY further information then please do not hesitate to contact us at cashgames@btinternet.com / tony@tonythehitman.co.uk

OK by the true definition of Spam it probably was, but its hardly in the league of the filth I get sent to me every day by email! (Some of which I didn't ask for HeHeHe).

I'm always happy to hear of new games being organised though. Might be worth thinking about a specific category or place to post info like this....and online promotions etc.

Just a thought from a new boy....ignore it if you want...LOL!

i agree that people need to be aware of new games but i dont agree that people just become members to spam which i think that is

Exactly Dan, this is blatant spam from someone who signed up specifically to promote this.
Why not sign up, say hello to everyone, contribute a little and then drop a few hints as to the game you run?
I refer you to this:-
http://www.blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=591.0

Maximum rake of 25, are you having a laugh? If you charge more than 5 in rake per pot then you are seriously milking the game. The only people winning in this game will be the house.

would love to comment but as the biggest spammer on here i think i best be quiet and get back to the ironing  ;D

Your "spam" has been Ok'd by Blonde though. Big difference  :D

first let me say

25 rake = no thank you

second on the spam issue

my understanding of tonys rules on spam are live clubs/casino events are ok (of course in moderation). spamming websites, online card rooms  and affilate codes is a no starter as that is direct compertition to blonde (the old you dont hand out mcdonald's flyers in burger king)

but may i also say DONT join blonde just to spam because that will break the moderation rule if you want to join our community enjoy the live updates and the banter then fair enough, but if every post you make is corperate spam then expect to be ignored

the biggest mistake in this whole saga was spamming with your first post to the forum within 5 minutes of joining

Many thanks again for your comments.

"25.00 RAKE you are having a laugh" ? As previously stated this is actually the Maximum rake so if their was a 500.00 pot then 5% would be 25.00.Of course if their was a 1000.00 pot then the same 25.00 would apply so would equate to 2.5%.With the greatest respect I don`t think you will find many "raked" games where you will get raked 5.00 for a 500.00 pot with ALL food and drink provided with NO dealer / waitress tipping.

Regarding the spamming I did come onto the forum to promote the game so in all honesty I didn`t see any need to hide the fact but again I apologise if I have broken "rules" of the forum.

Despite the negative comments this really is a decent game so if anyone is intersted please get in touch and if not then good luck anyway.

Fixed your post.

Sheriff

NIce one Sheriff :D

OK, let's just sort this out.

I am happy to leave the blondeites to voice their opinion on the rake levels - that's what the forum is for.

Information about cash games is useful to the Poker community, so that's fine too. A bit surprising that the maiden post was to advertise the game, & the alias used was "CASHGAMES", but hey, it's Independence Day (yuk) here in the USA, so lets move on & have fun.

We will see soon enough if "CASHGAMES" intends to be a good forum member & blondeite, & I am happy to give him/her the benefit of doubt for now. 

So for now, it's cool.

Next case.