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Hi blonde,

I'm looking to sell 50% at 1.5 in this years WSOP Main event. Will sell in minimum 0.5% chunks. 1% = $150 or £99.43. Exchange locked at todays 1.508.

I've never played this event before, but heard only great things. Aside from the usual reasons everyone gives for the Main Event being incredible value, I believe I specifically am worth the markup I am changing for the following reasons.

-I've played poker professionally for 3 years, with probably 1/3 of my volume coming from live tournaments, a lot of that being in very well structured tournaments. So whilst I've never played a 2hour clock before (and the adjustment is not to be underestimated from what I've read), I am used to playing deepstacked tournaments with long clocks (played several WPT and EPTs with 75min clocks, as well as countless other tournaments with 60min clocks. I think this point is overlooked by many.

-Not a Vegas virgin. I've only been twice before, but I still think that gives me a significant edge over the many first-timers than aren't used to the style of play out there.

-Preparation. Unlike many who fly out just for the main, including all the qualifiers, I will have been in Vegas for 2 weeks prior to the tournament, so will have adjusted my body clock, sleeping pattern and just generally will be well adapted to Vegas by the time the tournament starts. I think this is quite key. It goes without saying that I will be well rested before each day (hoping for multiple days...) and drinking will have ceased completely by the time it starts.

-Money experience. Almost nobody can claim they have experience dealing with the money jumps that the Main Event could involve, but I have experience playing for decent amounts of money that much of the field won't and have never been fazed by money jumps even when they were 10x my networth :D

-To quote flushy, I get shit done. Albeit on a smaller scale to him. I've had outright wins in DTD Monte Carlo (77k), Spanish Open, Sky Poker Tour, Eureka Poker Tour side event (all around 10k), as well as an online outright win for 21k euros. Playing for the win is my style, although passing up small edges to preserve stack in soft fields and ICM work are things I've built into my game in the past 12 months. Other notable scores include a 4th place in a second DTD Monte Carlo for £22k and a 5th place in a LAPT Side Event for 15 million pesos :D. For all results see hendon mob. http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=186500

-Confidence. I've had a sick heater over the last two weeks and my confidence has really been boosted by it. I believe confidence is massive in this game, and you can be assured I'll be fully in the zone coming into this event. Poker is my life. This is where I've been building up to be since I started playing. I am insanely motivated to play this and do well.

-Trust. I must be in the top 5 in terms of number of packages sold on blonde, maybe even the top 1. I've never had a single problem with any investor in any single issue (in before never made a profit gag) I've been backed before by Keith Johnson and James Keys for about 12 months without issues. I've held numerous sweepstakes and been the escrow for many thousands of pounds in the past.

-Sweats. I don't just leave these threads, I provide constant updates and always give lengthy TRs for investors.

OK now the one clause...

- I reserve the right to buy back all action sold should I have a huge score between now and the event. Chris Brammer included this clause in his package last year and whilst it caused some controversy, it was general consensus that it was reasonable, and as always, if you don't like it, you don't have to buy etc. I'm talking a 6 figure score for this to actually matter. Very unlikely, but there is SCOOP this weekend, Wembley and other WSOP events prior to this so who knows? I'd just like to play for all of myself should I get very lucky in the interim. Also any $ arising from sponsorship won't be part of the package (Only cos I saw it in other ME threads).

EDIT: Forgot to say, all funds must be received before I fly, which is June 23rd. Payment by bank is hugely preferred. But can do stars, or cash if necessary. Would rather not chase people for $ in Vegas if I'm honest.

OK thanks for reading and flame away!

The team:Stato 5
Belton 2
Amatay 1
Adam Picken 1
Keys 2
Scotty77 1
Jakally 2.5 PAID
Flushy 10res
Claypole 2
Neeko 1
Redsimon 1
Eso Kral 1.5
DMorgan 1
Action Man 3
Lion Rampant 1.5
Ian Gascoigne 2
Jack Allen 2
Leatherman 1
Rehamn 1
Lucky 2
Keith 3
Matt Harris 0.5
MC 1

Stato res 5%
Belton res 1%

1 pls

1 pls fb when to send

2 please

1 plz

2.5% please.

res 10

Decided to buy some before reading this thread, but found it entertaining nonetheless

1 please

You are not helping my restraint.......

That's it for me - I'm done, did say "no more" but the posh one has a small return from last thread AND Celtic decided to Facebook message me at 2.30am to tell me and the rubdown if when Alex wins would have been unbearable (and he's great value at 1.5 in this)

In my head also I am using the remote winning from Saturday for staking lol

1 pls

An additional 1% please. This is going to be a pretty heavy antirail between now and main event.

1% please Alex. Bank details as before?

1.5% pls

1 please, can take it off returns from the Sunday package

3%

LionRampant 1.5% by pm.

Everyone booked so far, flushy 10 is reserved.

Got about 20% left probs now.

Bank same as always yes.

Thanks very much all.

I wont send - lets settle up after SCCOP package as per Dan?

Yes everyone that has a piece in scoop we'll settle up after that :)

2% please.

Cheers Ian.

2% jack allen also

1% of the Golden One please.  ;)

OP updated, 9.5% left

0.5% Matt Harris

Shipped monies today from bank. Good luck!

edit: sorry wrong thread lol

I'll take 2% please Alex.

Booked, thank you. 7% left.

Keith Johnson 3% booked, 4 left

Uno please sir

Make mine 2% Alex....:) - so 1% more

done. 2% left

1% mike Harrison.

REST. I'm such BALLER :)

Great thanks Nik. I owe you £200 then (£300 scoop refunds), cash at DTD ok?

Yep no worries

All done as per facebook...good luck

1% freed up if anyone wants?

Received from most people now, sending a nudge PM to others now :)

I'll have it if its available. Cheers.

Nice one. You have my details?

Yes will ship in the morning.

Shipped by bank.

Good Luck

Making sure I don't knock it all in!

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Unreg and buyin again- you surely don't wanna be lumbered in seat 1 for 10 hours

Agree, that really would be awful.

get another dinner voucher too.

Can see Mitch multi regging and un regging now :)

Ah ok ty guys

What if your meant to win in that seat tho and u unreg and get coolered???

Plus poor form switching seats :p

You can unreg?  I dislike the middle seats more, must be weird.

Haha <3

can confirm you get more dinner vouchers, rakebackgrindersftw

Flushy and Keys have failed to pay up despite numerous pms and personal contact, I said in OP that I'd like paying before I flew out (23rd) and then in PMs I said by today at the latest or else I'd need to organise alternative backing. I've not heard from either of them for a while except Keys when he wants me to lend his horses some $$ lol. Flushy booked 10 so a pretty big chunk, which is really annoying to have to try and shift now. I think better to post in the open what's going on rather than shush it all up.

So anyone who'd like a piece there's up to 12% going now. 1% = £100.

Ha, I thought the same

If i can pay stars will takes 1% pls... Dont want to be in middle of dispute so if original backers sort your cash out, happy to give up my share

Yes np, send $150 or £100 to 20alex430.

$150 sent, GL

Go on then Alex, I'll have 1%.

Please confirm and I will ship £100 to your bank account.

uno percento.

Will take another 3% mate

Another 1.5 please mate. PM me bank info.

All booked thanks very much chaps.

He's just useless and disorganised - you'd get the cash. Keep a bit back for him and it's on me otherwise - can send cash in morning if needed pre travel.

I'm already in Vegas and have seen him in person. There's still 5 ish available but have swapped 4 total so not really fussed if I sell anymore.

1pc more pls and back from Slovakia on Weds evening so will ship on thurs

Go on! 1% please!

booked cheers lads!

you got details callum?

Wow come on man. I took a day off blonde yesterday, saw your pm but you said you would sell it on if you didn't hear from me and obv I knew you would have no trouble selling 2% so didn't bother replying. Bit bigtime I know but I was busy with other things and am 99% sick of blonde atm.  I didn't think you would stick the knife in like that tho, the implication of your post is that I'm always on at you asking for money or something, in reality I borrowed $300 for literally 5 minutes while waiting for Keith to come online, and you have heard from me since, like when I gave you a lift in to town for nick+plinton's thing.  So harsh.

Also, now that you owe me money instead of the other way around, I could count on the fingers of one hand the people I owe money to.  Meanwhile if Flushy were to make a list, you might have another 1000 page thread to your name, and I did warn you about Flushy months ago.

WAL

No Can you message me let me know if you pref stars or bank i can do either.

I just hate the whole bigtime thing. People pretending to have the lot taking pieces left right and centre but don't pay up and ignore messages / are rude / dismissive. I'm sick of it and Jamier-Host's post the other day is precisely the attitude that I hate - "come on chill out, flushy's good for it he'll pay up eventually".

Why should I sweat it out? I've rarely dealt with the guy, and he's taken a 4 figure chunk, and isn't responding to PMs and says he doesn't have the $ when I see him in person.

Keys, agreed definitely not on the same level. But you should have had the courtesy to contact me and cancel your piece rather than ignoring me and waiting for this, just looks better on everyone. I didn't want to have to write that post believe me. I only mentioned lending your horse money because I hate the way that you don't respond to pms about this stake, ignore the fact that I asked for the money before I flew (whereas 25/27 investors managed to adhere to that), yet come on skype asking for a favour involving lending money. You just think you're above it all.

I hardly think you giving me a lift into town counts as a tick in the favour column, we were driving anyway, it made literally no difference to us and you live 30 seconds away lol.

Keys I owe you 69.16 for the ISPT so that translates into 0.7% of the main if you want, or will send it to you bank right away.

Think you also owe me around 40e for the hire car in Marbella (completely off the top of my head), call it 1% and bury the hatchet?

deal

Surely that could have been sorted by a simple phone call? A slightly outdated method of communication but very effective

Alex doesn't make international calls, even if one of his friends is wandering the streets of Prague, lost and alone.

rofl. its true.

Why doesn't everyone just post who owes them what, and for how long, post screen shots of there account balances and rough guides to our net-worths? For ultimate transparency.

Or we could keep private business private, like grown ups.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=49127.0

Absolutely this.  Bit out of order to post the above on the forum that possibly wouldn't have been here if it was not for the guy too.....

main problem is doing deals/business with someone thinking that their rep is fine when actually a bunch of people have had problems with them and it just doesn't get brought up.


for ultimate transparency lilDave doesn't owe me a penny, and I don't him a penny. honestly no idea how we're at that point but weeeeeeeeeee i'm only down like 35p to his grimming tekkers so far.

such bad etiquette

I'm trying to dig that thread up where I owned your face off, grimmed you publically then danced and celebrated about it obnoxiously in your face! Will be great for morale.

Mannnn can't find it :(

Cliffs for you all.

Staking thread of some description (iv been looking for aboout 30mins) Andy ends up owing me money in £ and is paying $  and is giving me bants about how I always grim him him for change when we send money (I owe $1100 I alway ssend $1,098.07 etc) and how he's going to take great delight in grimming me to.

I say oh god well I guess I have to coming tell him what the XE rate is (lets say its $475 for E.G) he send $473.81 or w/e then posts in the thread how he's grimmed me pops on skype with the party avatar rubbing me down at which point I post the ACTUAL SCREEN SHOT OF THE XE.COM conversation and the amount he really owed me was like $455 so I was up $18 n the coup and looked like a huge fkn legend in the process.

Great times.

Mondatoo was railing the whole thing hopefully he comes ITT and confirms how amazing it was.

Anything that tilts the Wayman Warrior I find funny, but that was extra special, also can't find it though :(

Story checks out, wish I could find the thread :)

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=55138.15

 
tbf that's gold

To be fair, I don't know you but offered to send you cash as you seemed stressed about collecting in time to play.  Not quite the same as just saying chill out and wait!

Was arguably my greatest ever moment.

£100 transferred to your account for my 1%

A++

Alex are you sold out now?

Will take a few percentiles if you are still selling. Would bank transfer or stars immediately when I get back from work on thursday.

No worries if not

Best of luck

Wtf. I've just been told about this thread.

I'm contactable here, twitter, Facebook or by phone. I have zero messages from you through any of these mediums.

You saw me once in rio and asked me for it. Had just lent out $6k (3k 6max day) or 2 buying of whatever it was. Said I will be in rio every day and to come get it whenever. I'm in here now as always with it on me. Table 104.

The shit has hit the fan  j peg

You said nothing of the sort, you just said no. I then sent a pm on blonde saying I needed it by monday or else I'd cancel and look for alternative backing. You've also been on blonde and posted in other threads over the last few days and ignored this. I've defo been fair here.

OK so playing 1c tomorrow, here's the final list of investors. Pls contact me ASAP if you think I've got anything wrong.

Stato 5      5
Belton 2      2
Amatay 1      1
Adam Picken 1      1
T Mar      1
Scotty77 1      1
Jakally 4      4
Honeybadger 1      1
Claypole 2      2
Neeko 1      1
Redsimon 1      1
Eso Kral 2.5      2.5
DMorgan 1      1
Action Man 3      3
Lion Rampant 1.5      1.5
Ian Gascoigne 2      2
Jack Allen 2      2
Bobalike 1      1
Rehamn 1      1
Lucky 2      2
Keith 3      3
Matt Harris 0.5      0.5
MC 1      1
Mike Harisson 1      1
cheap wetsuit      1
Borntobubble 1      1
Mitch      1
Nick Hicks 3      3

Should be 2.5% yh after buying another 1% of the freed up stuff which was shipped Friday?

GLGLGLGLGLGLGL

Gl son x

glgl

edited eso ty sorry!

NP's bud
Gogogogogogogo

Amazon 398 seat 3 is the dream ticket :)

Table is amazing, except Jake Cody just sat down two to my left, but it's a dream table apart from that. Updates on my twitter. Using the my stack app as well which links to pokernews.com so you can sweat that too.

@cambridgealex: Urgh, guy opens 1600 at 300bb, I flat KK. He cbets 3600 on 877 I call. Q he bets 3500. I call? River blank, check check, he has AA. 19k

@cambridgealex: Won one, i raise JT, guy leads three streets into me,  having defended his bb, I raise river he calls. Board KT8J3. 26k going into dinner returning to 150/300 with antes!

Stayed out of jakes way all day then just got tangled in avoidable clash, won't post hands but I lost a big pot and am now grinding 15k. I'm not vhappy about my decisions though maybe fine, but it's over now, moving on.

11.8k last level of day 200/400.

Just not happening at all today. R/f 3 times to Jake since losing the big pot. Either he knows I'm not gonna spew it in in this comp and is putting me under lots of pressure or he's had big hands and is expecting/waiting for me to blow! Probably a bit of both.

Either way I'm letting him have it and grinding so hard. Rewards will come I'm hopeful :)

maybe he's reading blonde  ;whistle;

3b called 25bbs bb vs btn with 77 anddddd held vs A4o :) Much needed morale and chip boost before close of play. 21300. Very tough day.#wsopME

Nice how long left?

ok stage one complete, made day two after one hell of a grind today. 27250, so obv not great, but still plenty, returning to 250/500.

Even with Jake there, I'd say it was one of the softest tables I'd had all summer. Such a shame not to get hands/spots and to get coolered KK into AA for a chunk and also have a clash with Jake that I was trying to avoid but couldn't. Will PHA the hand.

Day off tomorrow, back on it Wednesday. 2 hour levels are so exhausting, this is hopefully gonna be one hell of a slog.

Seems like a hard grind Alex

Good luck to you and the boys for Day 2

Well played Alex was railing from twitter. Good luck Wednesday!! Sleep well

wpwp,  gl on Wednesday

2137 Aaron Potter CARMEL, IN, US 32,100 Amazon / 427 / 2
2138 Alexander Goulder GB 27,250 Amazon / 427 / 3
2139 Binh Ta San Gabriel, CA, US 52,050 Amazon / 427 / 4
2140 Edward Unsworth RIVERSIDE, CA, US 3,750 Amazon / 427 / 5
2141 Roy Carter CARROLLTON, TX, US 65,400 Amazon / 427 / 6
2142 Nashaat Antonious REDINGTON SHORES, FL, US 79,600 Amazon / 427 / 7
2143 Joji Mikubo JP 56,350 Amazon / 427 / 8
2144 Ryan Olson WESTCHESTER, IL, US 85,925 Amazon / 427 / 9

Looks good, 3/4 "no results found" and only 1 result >10k amongst the rest, binh ta who came 5th in a 1k this series.

GLGL Day 2.

Sounds like a bye to day 3. Get crushing lad could only be easier iof you had me at your table... i joke! Will be drunk railing again, seemed to work last time so gonna give it another go for you. Have drinking sessions planned Wed/Thur/Friday/Sat so its only fair. Happy to drink on Sunday as well if you make it that far!

Good luck dude .

gl alexander goulder

GL today m8!

Very best of British Alex.

GL today Alex

Cheers guys! Very excited. Got 8/9 hours sleep with only one interruption. 55bbs is plenty. Feeling good.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOO

VBOL, keep the dream alive!

GL today Alex

All the way dude

I don't want temp fate, but I'm literally on the most incredible table ever. Folded first 18 hands then picked off super obvious bluff to reach tournament peak of 33,250!

So happy here and we're not breaking today whoop.

So frustrating being card dead again.

35k going into 400/800 last level before dinner.

2hr clock big hedge etcs! Run good when it counts.

Folded T7hh to an open when I could've peeled, board ran out 982hh and I make flush and straight on river and would've trebled up vs AA and a set.

Steamed.

Good time for a break.

(http://i.imgur.com/qNPQ4C3.gif)

Finally found a hand-  kings, a guy limps (yeh they still limp at 800bb) I iso and he donks for pot on Axx

#wewillgetthem

Found another monster 99. Guy donks for over pot on KT7.

It's ok though, am sat near the door so I can bang my head against it without missing a hand.

Boom, finally! KQ vs JT on JT9 for a full double to 54k. SO happy! #wsopme

Great. now remember how long the structure is and play as you have for the last 3 hours.

Nit image is way easier to expliot in this, and you can find some great spots.

You got a great chance in this specific tourney if you keep it simple for 4 days then go for it.

110k!

 
Another day at the office, but he looks happier now.



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99300 for day 3 :)

99300 Nice! blinds 600/1200 ?

Nice one! GL

Great effort Al, good luck for day 3 m8!

800/1600 blinds when we return.

wpwp, gl for day 3

Nice work.. GL for today :)

yes m8. gogogooo

Table draw. Looks a bit tougher than my other tables but still OK.

Sean Smith - from UK, 1 cash in 2011 for £65 at DTD
Tzu Yen - US - 3 cashes on the US circuit, one for $14k
Patrick Renkers - Dutch high stakes MTT, shevmouse online, got lots of decent results, best being 93k score in amsterdam classic in 2010. Threat.
Robert Sichelstiel - US - 5 cashes between 2005 and now, highest is $5k
Dane Lomas - Young US grinder, 9th in aussie millions main in 2010 - probs decent
ME
Christoph Lovett - US - plays decent buyin mtts, 30k cash in the main 2 years ago the biggest score.
Robert Salaburu - finalled the main last year. Known for acting extremely quickly in hands. Been known to tilt people up. Threat.
Jorge Pardo - Spanish midstakes grinder. 2nd in estralla main in 2011 for 41k biggest score.

btw

Entries: 6352 Remaining Players: 1,753 Places Paid: 648

so about 1/4 of field remaining.

Good luck tomoz . Should be in the $$$ soon

Best of luck mate, I'm sure Salaburu won't affect you like some others but be careful. It was tilting to watch at times! Keep the dream alive, no need to rush things.

VBOL as always buddy. Whatever these guys have, you have tenfold imo

Rooting for you today, Alex.

First bad table of the tournament. It's pretty tough and I've had a bad start, down to 55 but back up to 75 now.

Having said that, one of the guys I thought was good just defended his bb vs me and open mucked the flop lol.

(http://i1147.photobucket.com/albums/o541/tikay2/NEW%20ALBUM/3a3_zpsf9fcdea3.jpg) (http://s1147.photobucket.com/user/tikay2/media/NEW%20ALBUM/3a3_zpsf9fcdea3.jpg.html)

Dbl barrelled KQ on Aj74r gave up river, guy mucks! Result! Up to 115 again.

Booom, glgl

good luck Alex...any known players on your table ?

Main event 8th place finisher last year Rob Salaburu.

He plays so fast and weird is quite tricky. Nice guy though, thought he was gonna be douchey from the tv coverage last year. He just 3bet my utg open from utg1 and folded to my 4bet 8)

Fast Players can give the impression they're not thinking ofc....lets hope hes not reading this  :)

Off to bed ....hope you're chipped up in the morning

This guy just got moved to my table!

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=minh+high+stakes+poker&client=safari&hl=en-gb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=WT7fUczdMqujigfC-IGoDA&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=320&bih=444

Wow I'm out.

Open cutoff Ad Kd to 5100 at 1200/2400, btn makes it 11200, I'm playing 98k so make it 23200 to snap a jam. He peels.

7h 5h 5d there's like 52k in there, I bet 18k he shoves I call off 57k more and lose to 5c 2c. Gutted obviously. Was about 400 off the money.

SIGH. Ul mate, sounds like you played v.well considering structure, always next year!

Thanks everybody for the backing, support and GL messages. Really sorry not to at least cash.

I've written about the key hands here already, there really weren't many at all, so a full TR write up won't be that interesting, but I've blogged about the experience as a whole and how it feels now having bust, which hopefully you'll find interesting.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=51305.msg1808478#msg1808478