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Sunday the 14th May sees the running of a very special poker tournament in aid of Poker4Charity / Game for Life. The tournament itself is a standard regular run of the mill £20 buy-in with £10 re-buys affair.

That’s not the special bit. What makes this tournament special is how the funds raised will be spent. As many of you know poker player Maureen McDonnell, who posts on this forum as ‘the nun’ has a 15 month old grandson, Reece who was born with a bowel problem and he had to have all but 17cm removed. This has meant he has been reliant upon machines but these have made him very poorly at times. With Reece spending so much time in hospital life has been tough on his mother Stacey, Maureen and the rest of the family.

As a children’s charity that is so heavily supported by the poker community how can we not want to offer our assistance when a child related to a poker player has been so sick? That is why the proceeds of this event will be spent by Game for Life in consultation with Maureen and Stacey. The money raised may be spent specifically on Reece, they may go to the service providers who have helped Reece and Stacey over the last 15 months or it may be a combination of the two. Every penny from this tournament will either help Reece, his family or kids just like him. The poker community looking out for one of their own. That’s special in my book.

The tournament itself will start at 1pm on Sunday 14th May and will be held at London’s prestige cardroom, The Western Club.

More details will appear later about structures etc. – need to speak to the P4C senior Tournament Director.

In the meantime if you are a deffo attendee please email your name and details to angienewth@poker4charity.org.

Also if any individual or company would like to sponsor this event please PM me.

Thank you for your support.

Excellent news!

I'll do my best to make this one.

Sheriff

Excellent news - first pint on me Curtis  :cheers:

Forgot to mention The Western Club now has a bar open to 2.30am - those that visited in it's early days may remember it as a dry venue - but no more ;tk;

Fingers crossed, this one I really want to attend

Another pint for me to buy then  :cheers: hopefully be the most expensive round I ave ever bought :D

Just this minute confirmed - The tournament director for this event will be londonpokergirl - Mel Lofthouse.

I'll work out a nice long structure ;) 

Not too nice I hope - want to hear the resounding chorus of 'CHIPSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS'  ;goodvevil;

lol don't worry you'll be hearing that shout for first 90mins :)

The Travel Lodge, virtualy next door to The Western Club currently has rooms for £26/night.

I'll be away on a course - but anything around this area is good for me - let us know about the next one and sorry I cant make this one.

Tracey

Wot one is that?

Western Avenue.

I will definately be attending this event and i would hope than any poker player that is able to attend and has a heart will also be there.
If you have children yourself i am sure you will make the time to help improve the quality of life for a fellow players less fortunate child particularly when to do so involves you simply playing the game you love.

dont sit on your bottoms get up and make this small effort.

Thats GREATTTTTTTTTTT news Paul.

With Joe Beevers already committing himself to this one we are already looking at some line up for a £10 rebuy event.

Having never been to The Western Club myself (but heard fantastic things about it) does anyone have any experiences of the club?

I'll be there.....wife and weather permitting!!!

 8)

I'll be there

I fancy a weekend in London so will be there. That and it's a good cause, jadda jadda jadda  :D

OMG.. what can I say....only just seen this I am at work and my eyes are doing their best to stay dry... THANKYOU VERY MUCH...xxxx

I'll come along too :)

 :blonde: I can't find that on the travel lodge website :(

It's ok, I found it, thanks Ang!

Park Royal

are there any good pubs in London?  ;goodvevil;

That depends - are you interested in spending more or less than £3 per pint?

BTW I will also be there - been meaning to go to the Western and this is the perfect opportunity.

London Park Royal
614 Western Avenue,
 Acton, London,
 W3 0TE

Is the hotel addy.

Ang x x

We could always meet up at one of my old haunts in Hackney if anyone is interested.............

Just read about this,a real worthy cause.
I will move earth to be there,I have been interested to hear about Reece's fight since I was told about whilst chatting to tikay in Brighton.
Maureen has allowed us to follow reece's progress,through her postings,so maybe we can now offer some tangable support.
And it will be lovely to finally get to meet "The Nun" at last.

If anyone wants to share a room I'll be happy to go halves with you, PM me and let me know

I'm playing the £500 event in Luton on Sunday, but I'll try and come afterwards.

On t'Saturday?

There's a £300 FO at Luton on Saturday if anyone is interested...

Possibly - but seem people have a problem with Hackney. ;goodvevil;

it clashes with triple bill? blast I have a decision to make

Can you make it somewhere easy to get to cos I'll probably come up on the train. Don't want to get lost in the middle of London by myself!

Anyone up for anything on the Saturday that doesn't involve a 52 card deck and a dealer button let me know.

Any chance your employers would want to sponsor the event Andrew?

That's an idea - I'll send you a PM once I've made enquiries.

do we need a promo code for this as the cheapest i can find is £56

(not 100% sure i am coming just pricing it it case i can arrange it)

tank if i come i think i can find something to do on a saturday night in london that doesnt involve a pack of 52 cards or a dealer

I think the £26 applies to the sunday nights only Iron.

Ang x x

If staying on more than one night, you need to book the other nights seperately to get the discount.

Count me in.

Don't want you there  :D

CHIPS!

you suppling your own fish again?

:o I think Flushy contributes the most to p4c and the prize pool, of course we want him there!!

He also bloody wins them, though!

 ;shark;

Hmmm, not this time ;D

why? isnt he playing ???

I shall do my best to get there.

I've spoken to Maureen many times and she is a fantastic lady who cares about her grandson so much.

she even has a lovely picture of him on here hotmail address!


Hopefully see you there guys :)

Good news that bloke off Casino Casino is attending. :D (yes me :)up)

At last a REAL celebrity........... ;goodvevil;

But eveyone who attends one of our events is a celebrity.

TheTruth mentioned a while back that he would like to organise a tourny in aid of Reece, but then things went quite so I thought maybe it was not going to be possible. Now BANG.. here it is happening.. I have discussed this with Stacey, and we can not express our excitment over it. We are so appreciative  that this is taking place, it goes beyond words. Stacey was a young mum who has coped admirably from the start with Reece's condition,and has never asked for anything, Charitable or other. She takes it like she takes everything.. in her stride. But the star in all this is Reece ........ Reece has survived,  in his short life,  more surgery and infections that probably most of this poker comunity put together will ever have to go through, but each time he comes out smiling, and get this.. from very early months he recognised the tune.. Your Beautiful, James Blunt and dances away to it in a manor that would bring a tear to even Colchester Kev's eyes.We have had him home since last thursday but also know that any time he can get a central line infection which can cause a threat to his life.  For ever person that attends , whether to play or just be there, means so much I don't think you will ever know. I  Thank TheTruth for doing this and also everyone else involved in organising it and attending.. In Advance .. :respect:Thanks Guy n Dolls..   TheNun  xxxxxxx

The suffering of the young,brings a tear to the eyes,they just do'nt deserve it.

Puts into words what I have been unable to express for years when people ask why I founded the charity in the first place - Thank you Eric  ;tightend;

Can I just say i wish I was able to play but I am on a course in France.

I have just been onto the G4L web site which I haven't done before today, and although I haven't got any children it really did bring a tear to the eye. Well done to all the poker sites who have donated but especially all the individuals who have helped it all happen.

Here we are moaning about our slow broadband connection etc etc and there are kids out there to whom a cuddle and a sign of affection is priceless while they go through their own personal pain and suffering. I feel very humbled. 

On the subject of the Game for Life website I have to apologise for it not being updated so far this year - this is something I intend to remedy this weekend.

Likewise, been meaning to go to the Western.....so the perfect excuse!.....(just bring me rebuys every 5 mins) ;D

you will need more than that on my table....

flushy you have been warned any more dribbling and you will be on a table on your own!! :D :D ;tk; ;tk;

Trying .. must try harder tonight,  to find a hotel for the Saturday & Sunday.. Stacey will be able to attend on the Sunday, possibly just for the day but hopes to spend the Sunday night there so she can thank you in person.

Has anyone got any info on where this Western Club is.  I have a feeling it's not too hard to get to but can't find any links anywhere.

Any help appreciated.

http://www.thewesternclub.com

Hope to be there, if not I will pledge another £20 to add to Tanks that I need to pay. Davey how do I pay on paypal via your site?

Click here

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=davey%2enewth%40game4life%2eorg&item_name=TheTank%20is%20a%20Star&item_number=240%2f24&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&currency_code=GBP&bn=PP%2dBuyNowBF&charset=UTF%2d8

Cheers! Is that just for the pledge for the Tanks though?

Yeah

For all other danations there is a paypal and a 'Give Now' button on front page of Game for Life site.

From tomorrow we will have our dredit/debit card machine so people can phone in donations (especially when BT set up the FREEPHONE number) - more details on that later.

Managed to get my room for all 3 of us £26.. Bargain....

Do we need to join the club or need ID on the day or anything?

I did check on the site whether there is anything there on the Saturday but there isn't. Maybe the £50 freezeout for the Vic if anyone interested at 8pm or save the money for chips on the Sunday?

Would have like to come down for the Saturday night as well, but dont really want to leave Stacey to travel to the capital on her own and we both cant leave Reece for two nights running.. one of us has to be with him when he is home.

I will check it out. I am with tank on not wanting to do poker on the Saturday. Was thinking of maybe having a ruby. If enough people up for it maybe we can get a resturant to give a wee discount BUT we all agree to put normal price in the kitty - the excess going to 'The Reece Fund'.

Just a suggestion.

That's fantastic news.

Great! a P4C event that I can finally get to again, will talk (beg) to my babysitter ( mum) and will do my best to be there!!!

Bump 8)

I'm in!! - so exciting as this will be my first live tourney with blonde people.  Finally, one that I can make it to...  see y'all there!!

A sponsor has been found for this event and a cracking deal negotiated. I cannot say anymore at this stage but expect an announcement very soon.

Also a reminder from Angie - if you are looking to attend please email or PM her. The response so far has been amazing but is important for us to have an idea on numbers prior to the day of the event.

Thank you all for your support.

Poker4Charity is very pleased to announce that Spin Palace Poker are the official sponsor of this event.

The event will be called 'The Poker4Charity London Charity Shield in conjunction with Spin Palace Poker'.

The details of the deal are that Spin Palace are making a donation of £3,500 to Game for Life and are paying a marketing fee to Poker4Charity which will bring the total package to just over £4,000. Spin Palace Poker will also be holding a televised online MTT with the reg fees going to Game for Life in June DTBC.

I would like to publicly thank Spin Palace Poker on behalf of all those involved with Game for Life. Special thanks must also go to Blondite AndrewT for persuading his employers to part with the cash.

The money donated means that Game for Life will be able to assist those service providers who have helped Reece so much more.

This is fantastic news..Thankyou Andrew for your help.

We're only too happy to help.

As I'm sure you're all aware G4L/P4C do tremendous work to help disadvantaged children. Compared to the amount of tireless work and effort that Davey, Angie and others do, agreeing to sponsor the event really is nothing in comparison.

I'm sure it will be a great day of poker.

 ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

 Nice one Andrew, and Spin Palace poker.

:respect:

Fantastic news

now all thats needed is 425 to get their cameras there and film the riot :)

I already have some fantastic items that will be auctioned or put up as prizes in the now infamous P4C ONE handed sats - cue flushy the jamiest fish alive......................

Tikay, could we have the blessing of the 425 lot ;)  ??

Maureen has always had my, & many other blondes, "blessing", & will continue to do so. Moral support is important too, & I know that many, many. blondes will be with Maureen, Stacey & Reece all the way.

425? We have already fixed our Venue schedule for May, but I will have a chat with the suits on Wednesday.

Any idea of numbers for this so far?

The response so far has been great, I do need people who are attending to email me their names.

Jeff Duvall emailed to say he will be playing this event, which is fantastic news.

Ang x x

My table - Jeff Duval, Joe Beevers, Paul 'actionjack' Jackson, Flushy, Tank - think theese guys are going to take one hell of a beating or I am going to look very very stupid  ;goodvevil; ;goodvevil;

No Comment  ;goodvevil;

Ang x x

A silly question I'm sure, but is the Western Club and the Hotel inside the congestion charge area?  I know the charge is not in effect on Sundays, but need to know whether I should pay it for the Monday?

Thanks

Jo xx

I am not playing any more, retire a champ i say...

Nah you are fine Jo, its before the congestion zone,  basically M40 change to A40 London
on the left hand side before the shell garage

Congestion charge? They even charge you for having a blocked nose in London now.

Was planning on playing the triple bill at luton that weekend, but f*** it. I'll be at the western instead. Come on Richard, u know it makes sense!!!!!

Hail Hail

How easy is this Venue to drive to?..Was origianlly thinking of coming down on the train but may possibly need to take a car if Stacey is coming with us.

hi guy's,

 I'd love to come, can you put my name down please.



 many thanks.

 Cupcake.

Maureen its really easy
M1, M25 then M40 London
the M40 goes into A40 and its just after hanger lane on the left hand side

if you've driven past the shell garage you've gone too far

i so want to be there let me see how i feel when i get back from blackpool then i will let you know

Thanks Mel..for us it is all about timing as we can't leave the little man for 2 nights ,well both of us can't so we are looking at our options..

Bump  :kiss:

Bumpety Bump Bump Bump

I can't make it. So apologies.

How many Blondes are going?

No need to apologise Trace, thought was there ..tx

BUMP!

ouch


ooops

Is ID required here anyone?..

Oh good point. Looking forward to seeing you Mrs M

Just rang The Western and ID is required.

See you all Sunday

Ang x x

This should have been Blonde Bash 3..

Looking forward to seeing you too Robert..x

And thanks Ang..My son was hoping to come but his passport expired so maybe next time..

Ring them, they may take it, it still IDs him and he isn't going to travel very far.

Hi Maureen,

He will still be able to come, the ID is just to prove who he is. Any probs and we can sign him in as a guest.

Ang x x

Not quite that easy Robert...it is in the post on it's way to be renewed

We sign him in as a guest. No Probs.

Ang x x

cant get down to this sadly,

but i have my own little way of turning a few coppers over ,

with the help of you lot on blonde ,i am willing to go on a

SPONSORED DIET ,MAYBE you lot could sponsor me for every pound i lose

my aim is to lose 1 1/2 stone in 5 weeks, please help me to help

this lovely little kid

i currently wheigh 20stone 9 oz

hopping to get to  19 stone

We will sponsor you a £1 a 1lb Vinni and Good Luck with the diet.

Ang x x

thx north angel ,ill sort a payment olan with the truth

anyone who sponsors me can pay him direct .

Thank you Barry..XXXXXXXXXXXXX

no probs nun when you shown me his photo last week iv been thinking what i could do

btw did you call that number

I'll sponsor you Barry

cheers flushy thats 2

to tell you the truth ,im gutted i got such a poor response .

i thought we was one big family on here

come on guys lets make some money for a good cause

£1 a lb from ;chieften; vinni.

Count me in Vinni, £1 per 1lb

Jo xx

I'll do £1 per lb too

Mel x

Just to be difficult, $2 a lb if you can take a stars transfer Mr Neville, sir.

Cos I can't make the event at weekend, I made a donation by phone the other day.

I've decided to make the trip down for the weekend. I'm going to play Fri/Sat at Luton and at the Western on Sunday.

See you all there!

thx guys every little helps

excellent be good to see all who make it

im 80/20 to make it down for the P4c event, If i do it will most likely entail a detour via luton for the 300f/o on saturday,  ;goodvevil;

Reece decided he had seen enough of us at home and returned to the hospital at the weekend, so although it is the last place we want him to be in it now allows both myself and Stacey to attend the event.....

Nothing serious I hope Maureen

Ang x x

Sorry to hear that Maureen

he knows his nan likes a drink

No Ange nothing too bad ..another line infection so he needs to have extra drugs that we are not trained up to administer, but tx for asking........

hope everythings ok nun ,

such a lovelly kid ,

i weighed myself this morning

weighing in at 9 stone 4 oz

wow what a diet

had my nails chopped and my hair cut

 rotflmfao rotflmfao

I am 99% certain of putting in an appearance on Sunday, not sure if I will be there in time to play though .....

Also I havent booked a room so may not stop over .... although if any single women have a room booked, I may spend the evening chatting them up :D




Yes yes yes ... I know ...  "Safe drive home Kev" ;)

 rotflmfao

Does the Western have a dress code?

I will still be coming on Sunday but I don't think I will be playing, just turning up to see everyone, so if a dealer or chip b**** is needed I can help out with that, otherwise I'll just use that time to get drunk and rail!

See you there! xx

Smart casual War.........which could mean anything  :D

Ang x x

smart casual war... sweet... I've been hoping to wear my camouflaged chinos for a while now... 
Can't wait for this, gonna be a goodun!  how many people are coming now then? 

You will be easy to spot on sunday  :D

Lots coming, we are getting near the 100 mark, but we would love to see more than that  ;goodvevil;

Ang x x

I might well come along - can't really afford to play but it is only down the road from me, so might pop along to say hello.

Having slept on it I will definitely be there, and playing!

See you sunday Claire.

Ang x x

What time are people going to get down there for?

Those of you going to the Western by tube, note that the Piccadilly line through Park Royal is closed over the weekend due to engineering works. Use Hanger Lane on the Central Line instead.

thanks for tube info, much appreciated

I invited a friend to come along on Sunday and he's replied as follows:

"I would be interested in principle, but I can't see how the tournament would work if all proceeds go to charity. What is the incentive to play correctly when it doesn't matter if you're not going to win anything anyway?"

I said that I presumed there would still be a prize pool to play for, and that the 'proceeds' would be the profit that would usually go to the club, the sponsorship and donations etc.  Can someone confirm this please?

Apologises for not explaining how a standard P4C event works.

The Buyin is £20 of which £10 goes to the prizepool and £10 goes to the charity. Re-buys and top ups are £10 of which £5 goes to the prizepool and £5 goes to the charity. This is effectively the same as saying the prizepool is raked at 50% for charity.

The prizepool's can be well worth winning though - ask Ian Bradley who won £2000 at last years North East Charity Shield.

Hope that explains things and apologises for any confussion.

Thanks - that should be enough to convince him to chaperone me!

Aren't you bringing Howard Lederer with you?  :D
See everyone on Sunday.

No Howie's babysitting!

How's the parking in the area? Any at the club?

LOADS of parking!!!!!

Cheers, see you there Davey

My Fav brief will be there..can't wait for my..............................................HUG........................

aww shucks, a hug goes without saying for my fav nun x

I'm coming for sure......go on all last minuters around LOndon...you know it makes sense

wooohoooo Tighty is going,   VALLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

I might have to make a special effort to get there early enough to play :D

Double VALLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

treble   Valloooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Is it walkable from Hanger Lane to the travelodge?

Not too sure.. but I do hope it is wobbleable.... 8)

I say it is. Angie and the kids say noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ;goodvevil;

lol cheers m8, how long does it take, just protecting my sleep time!

I'm planning on getting there at some point but unlikelly it'll be in time to play the main tourney.
Will there also be side games going on so I can donate my bankroll that way?

About 15 minutes

There will probs be other action - not 100% sure that any action other than the main tournament will go to charity or our host WHO HAVE NOT CHARGED US A SINGLE PENNY. If you want bought into the event call us and I am sure we can sort something.

If it is the big travelodge on the North Circular, then yes, should only take a few minutes.

just realised it is a different one.  I'm planning on walking to the Western from the tube station - tfl journey planner says that is 20 minutes but I usually find it well over-estimated - if Travelodge is practically next door, then should be walkable.  Otherwise, tfl website will give you bus routes.

Thanks for that but I've changed my plans now. I've arrived home a lot earlier and a little more sober than I'd planned so hope to make it for the start now

You can assure your pal of this Claw......

With Kev, Flushy, Robert HM and, captain 63 re-buys, Joe Beevers in the field, there will be more value in this comp than any other in the history of t'world. Even with 50% of the prize pool going to a fantastic cause. Big up to the Western for laying on the venue free of charge.

See y'all the morrow. IIIYYAARRR

Look forward to meeting all the peeps I've no seen afore.

Kev + Flushy + tank =  ultimate  VALLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Unforunately i can now not make it down to london for this event and am gutted

Im gonna donate £50 to reece's cause and wish him and his family all the best,


Pab

On my way see you all there.

Just got back, had a great time, thanks to everyone involved and good to meet up with some familiar and new faces.
I went out in 12th, which I don't mind, but you should see the fish at the final table, including a pie eater from essex!  :D

Just got home from a cracking day out.  Somehow managed to win the thing at a final table full of Blondes (from memory TightEnd, Alfa666, Wardonkey and Colchester Kev!!!!!!!)  TightEnd managed to break Joe Beevers' record and ended up at 68 rebuys, which meant that 2nd place still resulted in a small loss for the day!!  :respect:

Loads of familiar faces there, everyone seemed to be having fun.  The Western did a cracking job in hosting this and it proved to be a great venue for poker (including the most comfortable chairs I've ever sat on at a poker table!)

Other memorable moments - Flushy bought a massive oversized wine glass in the auction which someone else managed to smash at the end of the evening, I managed to win a raffle prize with each of the 5 tickets I'd bought on the day (thus ending 31 years of abject failure where raffle tickets were concerned), Kev was paid £40 to wear a Game4Life beanie through the entire event.......In short it was another great P4C event in the company of a lot of great and generous people.

Many thanks to Davey, Angie and the rest of those involved in the organisation.  Best wishes to TheNun, Stacey and of course to Reece, for whom the funds were being raised today.

Sheriff

Fantastic venue, good company, 68 rebuys  ;tk; and 2nd place......and best of all a lot of ££ raised for an excellent cause for one of our own.

Still recovering from the shock of Colch reaching the final table and losing yet again to Sheriff Fatman heads up depsite starting with a 3-1 chip advantage.....the shame, the shame!!!!

Well done mate it sounds like a great day and many £££'s have been raised.

Just arrived back from the event, having spent a chilly night in a lay-by on the A1 (after numerous failed attempts to keep eyes open while driving!).

I would like to add my thanks and congratulations to the organisers, venue, sponsors, players and everyone else involved for their part in a special day.

Congrats’ to The Sheriff for using my chips wisely at the heads up stage with ‘Twiggy’, and to Twiggy himself for truly stunning/commendable display of generosity during the re-buy stage. :respect:

Well done to all involved and best wishes Best wishes to Maureen, Stacey and Reece.

And to add my bit as well - many many thanks to everyone involved - my first blonde event and my girlf and I had a great time... live poker has always been too serious in my experience, but Kev & Flushy's antics amongst lots of other great banter assured this was not the case.  Much respect to the Western for laying it all on - great venue, and to the P4C lot who put a lot of time in to organising it all. 

Thanks everyone, good luck and bring on the next event!

Cheers,

Joe & Sheridan

Thanks to everyone involved with Game4life ,  all very special people doing a fantastic job !!!.
 Great to meet a few more Blondes, on this occasion i dont think i insulted or upset anybody and i can only apoligize for not doing so , and rest assured i'll get you next time.  :D

Great to see Mr tightend get a well deserved 2nd place, Mind you any idiot can run deep in a tourney if you re-buy 68 times !!!!!!!!!! :D He started with £10.......then £20........then the big red £50's came out, what a truely generous bloke he is.

Even after defeat to Mr Sheriff having a 3-1 cheaplead (he also offered to chop it 50/50 at this point, and take the trophy)
How nice is that !. However Curtis politely refused as he also wanted that pretty little trophy sitting at home, that's how much it mean't to the both of them.....now that's two great gladiator's doing battle ..........No that's a load of B*ll*x, it's only a silly card game ! :D.

Well done to the both of them.

Thanks to dave & angie for such a nice time.

Cupcake  x

just to echo what everyone else said - nice to meet more of you, and what a great event.  Well done to Dave and Angie for getting it all organised for such a great cause.  And a big thanks to Maureen for buying my dinner when I'd spent my last pennies on a second rebuy!

We would just like to say a few thanks to everyone that attended and made this a very special day. A very big thanks goes to Angie and Davey for instigating the idea along with all the  Game For Life team who worked very hard to make this event happen.   Thanks also to Mel, London Poler Girl 1 ...who did a superb job as the Tournament Director. This team makes a big difference to peoples lives...

                                              THANK YOU..

A massive thank you to both The Western Club for allowing us the free use of the room and also for there very kind donation and Andrew from Spin Palace Poker who arranged sponsership for the event, and obviously Spin Palace for agreeing to it.

Also thankyou to the Sheriff and Jeff Duvall who were on Stacey's table and rebought for her...making her day last a bit longer. Flushy and Kev for the entertainment value.. and Ginger for her Raffle Ticket selling skills. Tightend for trying to break the rebuy record and Wardonkey for trying to break the Nosleep record..and Also a mention to Robert HM ..a true gent.

But a the big THANKS goes to all of you that came along and gave up both your time and your hard earned cash, we will not thank you all by names as each and everyone of you that either attended or donated via the charity, due to prior arrangements, ALLl made this a day a very special day that will remain in our hearts forever.

Love  Stacey , Reece and myself thank you and God Bless you all...

TheNun..xxxxxxxxxxx

Sounds like all had a fantastic time.

How much was raised for Reece?

Think they got up to around £3k....  not bad going eh!!... apparantly £2,999.98 came from Tighty's rebuys...

lol


Mr Tighty obviously ain't so tight afterall then....

Well it went like this

I had a result or two last week and I was late leaving home, so I took a bundle of £ hurriedly and drove down

thetank was dealing and I got big hand after big hand cracked...we all know AA nine ways is pretty useless....with about half an hour to go of the rebuys I still had no chips! At this point I stupidly asked tank if I could have 10 rebuys at once. Well he wasn't going to say no was he?

then i kept losing with made hands to outdraws


So that was that!

Wanted to play proper poker in the freezeout stage so bought another 10 at the break and went from 5000 chips at the start to 70% of the chips in play heads up....was delighted. However I needed to win or equal split 1st and 2nd to get out of it but Sheriff the fish did me cos he wanted to play to win that trophy! By that stage all I wanted was the trophy too! Shallow? Moi?.

All in all, only £150 out of pocket and Reece gets the £ needed...Result!!!

Finally, I was very proud to be asked by Davey and Ang to take the various electronic equipment to the Pasque Hospice for terminally ill children in Luton this week. I know this will be a very upsetting experience but am happy to help in distributing some of the goods bought with proceeds from events like this

You are most welcome Claw.. but you did not need to thank me.. my thanks are with you..x

Just to say thank you to everyone. It was a great day and I am glad everyone had a fantastic time.I have just walked into the house but felt the need to add to this thread - I will do so in more detail later after some food and rest.

Mine and Angies reward is to see everyone having a great time and the knowledge that the money raised will make so much difference ....... oh that and the letters Angie and I have received informing us we are now banned from a the casinos of a national chain.

EH??? For running a charity game?

I just asked Angie about this, and I must say it's an outrage.

Not sure as they won't give a reason and in my case have said that the decesion will NEVER be reviewed. Haven't been in the casinos that wrote to us in a year or so.

What he said  ;goodvevil;

Had a fantastic day, it was great to meet Maureen and Mr Nun and Stacey, oh and Davey for thinking Mr Nun was Maureen's son  :blonde: and Well Done Stacey for winning the STT  :D

A few people made me laugh yesterday.....

Tank after receiving his certificate and telling his joke "how do you sell a pig to a deaf guy"

Matt who bought just about everything in the auction, including a coat which would easily house a family of 6.

Kev proudly telling me and suzanne he had made the final table....with shouts of Fish and B***ard.

Vince's girlfriend eating his kit kat, only to tell him it was for his own good  :D

Cupcake for not letting me cut his label off with my teeth.

Jamie for outbidding himself in the auction.

Jo and Pav playing snap, with Jo nearly breaking Pav's fingers.

So many stories and laughs I would be here all day  ;goodvevil;

Thanks to Mel for TD'ing, Jane is now official raffle ticket seller, flushy you gonk for breaking that glass that i wanted grrrrrrr.

It was a fantastic day and all for a great cause, Many Thanks to everyone including Andrew from Spin Palace for sponsoring the event.

Ang x x

Name & Shame.....

Let me think on that on that one.

On an aside - Angie said 'I have NEVER been banned from ANYWHERE before'. I couldn't actually say that myself with a straight face  ;goodvevil;

 ;iagree;

Had a fantastic day, it was great to meet Maureen and Mr Nun and Stacey, oh and Davey for thinking Mr Nun was Maureen's son  :blonde: and Well Done Stacey for winning the STT  :D

I will never live that one down... :D

"cough" "cough"  ::)

I can only repeat what has been said already, what a fantastic event and a big  :)up to Angie & Davey and for everyone else involved for making it such a fun day with the end resulting in helping a brave little boy.

It was great to finally meet up with some blondes and what a great bunch you all are.

Looking forward to seeing you all again at BB3

Best wishes to Maureen, Stacey and Reece xx

Just a quick note about the glass.....spent £100 on the bleeding thing, was sat playing "western roll" a game we invented (class game) when there was a sudden silence after a loud smashing noise. There was my 4ft wine glass smasged to bits....


AndrewT was last seen running down the A40....

PMFSL  ;goodvevil;

you should of let my bid of £50 stand, i so wanted that glass  :D

Ang x x

and like she said to me "except the lobby, but that doesn't count"  lol   ;goodvevil;

I have decided not to name and shame for 24 hours as there is a situation that needs to be sorted first. Many people will already have guessed which chain it is given their previous objections to the work we do, but I  ask please do not name them on the forum, at least until we have sorted out the other indirect issues that need sorting.

Er, yeah.

I was just saying my goodbyes to people before I went to catch the last tube home and had my holdall over my shoulder. As I turned towards the door I felt a slight brush against something.

It's strange how your perception of time alters in certain situations. I turned round in time to see the glass slowly and gently make its way down to the plush floor, where its fall was soflty cushioned by the luxurious carpet it smashed into a million bits.

I stood there staring at the mess as the room fell silent. Silent, that was, except for the raucous laughter emanating from Cupcake, who came running across to offer his condolences rip the piss out of me. The other big glass that the Western owned was swifty taken in and hidden.

I waited for a bit to help with the clear up once a dustpan and brush arrived, but none appeared to be coming. Wary of the time in catching my train, but conscious of the mess I'd just made, I was sort of paralysed, not knowing what to do. Thankfully, Cupcake offered some sagely advice - 'I'd just leg it if I were you'.

So I did - I went off to the station, to find I had indeed missed the last tube back into Central London. I got the tube to White City, then walked to Shepherd Bush Green, where I waited for a bus to Marble Arch, then another one to Newington Green, and then had to walk from there - it took hours.

Result, not only am I wracked with guilt, but I am absolutely shattered (pun intended) after getting nowhere near enough sleep.

Flushy, I will reimburse you for the glass - I suppose it saved you having to get the damn thing home.

Smashing  :D

I would like to point out that the £40 was pledged to the "Reece Fund"  ...I would have wanted at least £400 to wear it for 8 hours !! ;)


GFY !!


Jealousy, pure unadultarated JEALOUSY !!! :)



Trip report to follow... bear in mind i have Dublin and Blackpool to write up yet !!


But I must say what a great day I had, such a laugh ... Very very special day.

lol... :D :D


Sorry Andrew......it's all true , i told him to leg it !!!!, and then when he left i told everybody " That Andrew's well out of order , i told him to stay and at least clear it up " :D


I took one look at the glass smashed to bits then one look at an pale faced Andrew and pissed myself laughing , shouting " QUICK GET A CAMERA"

(couldn't have happened to a nicer fella !!!)
Cupcake..

One of the funniest moments for me was when Lee's phone went off, his ringtone is a/his kid singing "Happy Birthday..." at the top of his/her voice. This was RIGHT in the middle of Davey's opening speech.

The poor lad went bright scarlet  rotflmfao

Had a great time, thanks to Angie and Davey for organising it all.

A few bits I remember:

Tanks first words of his speech "Piece of Piss"
Matts shouts everytime he rivered someone, in his posh voice!
Roberts face when I asked him "How about I sit on your lap and we can do it together?" (Talking about dealing of course!)
The disaster of Flushys glass smashing
Richard, Kev, Andy and I in one car, Mel, Jo and Thomas in the other... all searching for food late on a sunday night!
Jo, Kev, Richard, Andy and I in the tiny travelodge lift and some plonker on level 1 has called for it, I say "What idiot needs the lift", the doors open and who is it? James! (drunk as a skunk!) so he meets us on level one and we all spend ages in our room eating KFC and waking up our neighbours!
Then as they're all leaving Kev says "Poppet... room 314 tomorrow morning!" LOL!!

Excellent weekend :D

Ummmm, he wasn't drunk, he's always like that!

Sorry if I seemed a little anti-social, but I was feeling VERY poorly, and ended up calling it a day rather early and headed off to bed ( I think I put my last bit of energy into power selling the raffle tickets, threatening to body search takes it out of a girl you know)

Well done to Angie and Davey for all the hard work, and a the Western for putting up with us all at no charge. (Oh and a big thanks to my babe Flushie, for putting up with a poorly me all weekend too! xx)

Jane xx

I can only echo the sentiments that everyone has expressed here - it was a wonderful event, easily the best live event I have yet attended.

Somewhere between the "spirit of Blonde" camaraderie amongst the players, the Western Club's excellent facilities and Davey and Angie pulling out all the stops, how could it have been otherwise?  :D

Thanks to everyone involved for a wonderful event, it was truly a pleasure to be part of it, and my best wishes to Maureen, Stacey and Reece.

Adam

Thanks to everybody for turning up to P4C at the Western.

What can I say but fantastic to see everybody supporting the Reece fund and thank you for digging into your pockets .  £4750 was the total amount for the day, so 1/2 to prize fund and 1/2 to P4C .   

Thanks go to Poppet, Tank, Flushy and Jo for dealing all day, and then Robert "the lawyer" who I had to tell off for looking at peoples cards!!!  Naughty.  If i'd had a ruler you would have been slapped ;)

Western, fantastic venue and will be there in a week to help them deal for the festival

Also can I say that the owners of the Western, dug £300 out of their pockets to help Reece.  What a lovely gesture

Here is the picture of the wine glass broken :)  Sorry its a bit of dodgy piccy but camera phone was nearest thing hehe

See u all soon

Mel xx



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Thats ok, was quite pleasureable having Jamie touching my leg under the table as a bribe to deal him aces ;)(He didn't really! :)) But honestly, I enjoyed dealing after I'd played my 3 hands and got knocked out! I was being given evil glares by andy, angie, robert and jamie because I kept dealing them a load of crap!

lol thats all part of being a dealer,  give them 92off all day long :)  make em work haha  if only :)

pics from p4c at the western


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Jeff at the Western
Mark Strachan handing over the losing bet

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Maureen, Stacey and Simon from the Western

Richard "tightend"

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Tank

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My pictures can be seen on poker4chairty forum.

http://www.poker4charity.org/smf/index.php?topic=1220.0

Hope the link is ok mods?

link fine

That's a bit harsh Tighty, I hope you're donating it to P4C then when she pays!

Sheriff

rotflmfao

How much officer?  /:-|

according to Kev, £10 just about covers it

Kev's an extortionist!

Oh Yeah....  ::)