blonde poker forum

Hi Guys,

So busy the last 12 months, but there is now a window to catch up on items that have fallen by the wayside.

First of all I apologies for the lack effort on my part in organising a Blondebash in 2014 at DTD, our only excuse is that we have been rushed off our feet at DTD with all of the 3rd party events and TK/Rich have been the same with the UKPC, but this is something that we should not have let slip, Blondepoker was there at the birth of DTD, with the members signing the petition to help get our doors open.

Whilst events like UKPC's, UKIPT's and WPT's etc will grab the poker headlines, we should be always doing something special for the Blondepoker members. The Blondebash events help this forum flourish and develop the community, once people had met face to face and had a few beers, it made a difference to the forum going forward, I for one, always like to meet some of the more vocal Blonde members :)

One of the challenging issues in scheduling a Blondebash is getting the support of the full cross section of members, Blonde have members that are happy to flick in £10K for a High Roller, to those that grind the pennyrolls to get their shot at a big score, it is a very diverse community, so this time round, I am going to try and put something together that involves EVERYONE, a "Blondepoker weekend festival", that will include a High Roller, Main and a Mini, all with GTD prizepools exclusive to Blondepoker Members - so that noone on Blondepoker is excluded from participating, whatever their poker bankroll.

I have posted this thread up so this actually happens, Blondebash has been on my to do list for last 12 months, so please feel free to stick any suggestions on this thread that you have (Skallie has plenty of non poker fun ideas), and lets set a deadline to have it all finalised by end of Feb as me, Tighty and TK (and Flushy if he surfaces) will have caught up at Sky so we will have no excuses.

Cheers Rob

This looks great! SHall be there and supporting for sure, great idea Rob!

will try my v best to attend, thanks rob

Tighty updates all weekend!!

FYP

Would also love to attend. When will this be? Is there a rough date or even month in mind?

Is there any way to keep the event to people who are 'true' blondes so that there aren't 50 people who sign up in the week before just to get into these tournaments?

What makes blonde special is its community and it would be great if we could keep the events for the real blonde posters.

UKIPT DTD is April, I am suggesting May before the WSOP. Will see what suits Rob and team.

I used to absolutely love the blonde bash weekends and would be well up for attending a future event along the lines of the ones held back in the day. I may be in a minority here but for me the actual 'main event' was always more of a sideshow to the shenanigans, always played in good spirit and not about the buy in or prizepool, more for the banter and bragging rights. Whilst I can sort of understand the logic of the separate events at different buy ins, I can't help but think it would take away from the whole atmosphere and what made blonde bashes unique. Do we really want the low-rolling recs and the big boy pros playing different games or do we want everyone united in a single giant home game with friends from across the poker spectrum? I don't know how set in stone these ideas are yet, but I for one would certainly be much less inclined to come along as things stand. As i say, i may be in a minority but thought it worth putting out there. Good luck with the planning etc and hope it's a big success whichever way it pans out.

good post, i agree

scoop is on in may btw, caters for all levels too

Sounds good rob.

Why not a main with the tiered structure to allow for the mixture in buy ins? I am sure all buy in levels would like to win "the main". I am not sure what they were called.

In.....

Will be my first bash!

This. Blonde Bashes for a lot of people were never about the poker - more about the weekend as a whole, the football/cricket on a Sat morning, the drinking, the shenanigans at the tables, the Tighty SNG's, the 10p/20p cash tables ont he Saturday night, the quiz on the Sunday...then there was a 30 quid comp in the middle of it.

tbf to rob, anybody could organise what you just suggested, hes the first person to really try and organise a blonde bash and done it in the way he'd expect it to be having never been to one (me either)

maybe rob could just put on the main event and a fun side event and some other member could plan the other stuff around it

Yeah Claire has it spot on. DTD tournaments are great for serious poker but the couple of bashes I've been to the complete haphazard nature of the comp is what made it so much fun.

I know Rob's looking at it in a big way with guarantees but I really don't think they're necessary. What matters is everybody being drunk and having fun with the poker being secondary.

Also I think it would be great to have one somewhere other than DTD. Although it's undoubtedly the best card room there is you become a captive audience and that takes away from the atmosphere as the poker takes over.

I remember a few years back in Leeds sitting outside a hotel getting drunk in the sun watching others play cricket on the slabs followed up by pub crawls, a bit of drunken poker and then more pub crawls. Perfect weekend and impossible to recreate at DTD.

If it has to be at DTD which is understandable then maybe try to organise a pub crawl in town. Get someone like Ryan to organise it for the Friday night but don't bother with poker. That way people get to meet each other on Friday, get drunk and have fun then play hungover poker on Saturday afternoon with the people you got to know the night before.

Who's in for the drinking event then?  ;danafish;

Ye I agree with all of that. Don't put any big buy in comps on it's not meant to be a profitable business trip, only have one Main event with a low buy in. Just do it similar to how it was previously: HU comp would be good, a team comp, horse with most not knowing what's going on (myself included) could be entertaining, pool tournament, some sort of flip event preferably with a coin not cards but yeah don't look to put on a £500 comp with a decent gte ppl can get that every week.

Oh, and let us play £2 turnover this time so Amatay can do his bollocks again :P

Roshambo as well, cant forget that!

Could not agree with Claire more.

A blonde-bash hi-roller would defeat the object of the excercise.

Having organised some or all of the previous nine bashes, rest assured that I remember the aspects of them that made them such fun

whatever format we finalise for the poker I/we will try to incorporate some or all of the following around it for people to pick and choose so that the weekend appeals to as many people as possible

-  Quiz
-  5 aside football (sure the dtd dealers would be keen oppo if necessary)
-  Heads Up
-  novelty sngs/turnovers etc etc
-  town centre/night out

a couple of the reasons why we haven't done one for a while, over and above the reasons Rob outlined are that

a) its a fact that it is very difficult to find a single spare weekend without a major event on, before we consider online stuff like SCOOP, such that we would feel confident that sufficient people would turn up and in that environment:

b) Its also imprinted on my mind that in 2009(?) we got 60 for the Leeds blonde bash, which was a fantastic weekend for those that attended but a big let down for the venue (and an embarrassment for me) compared to numbers who said "yes we will come" and 100 for the DTD one in 2011 (?) which also saw over 50 no shows

now there appears to be demand for a bash again, and Rob and team are willing to host then we'll try to make one work and appeal to as many people as possible, but it has to work for the DTD team too.

by working for DTD (or any venue these days) i mean a £30 freeze on its own is not going to cut it as it did for the early blonde bashes, hence the idea for a range of events.

anyway, nothing set in stone yet so all feedback is good 

I agree with everything on this page of the thread, and even understand Monda ;)

All of this

my ever lasting memory of blonde bash is rob pushing my chips accross the line when i was hollywodding after mel had 3 bet me
funny enough my q7 didnt win

rob giving me £50 note telling me to get a round in so i bought drinks for everyone on table and everyone i saw on way to bar
rob asked for his change and me telling him he owed me £42.55 plus a £7.45 tip

not sure i ever got that £50 notes but didnt really care

and the time i played HU holdem where i only got 1 card and my opponents got 2 cards and i got someone to lay down top pair???????????? with no straight or flush possible
i will leave that person nameless

ball less cricket after we told told off for playing cricket outside the hotel in leeds security didnt no how to react
 and 20 blondes hiding behind 1 lamp post in the impossible hope of not being seen


i really want to be fit for the next bB so many good memories on and off the felt


oh not to mention there is a little of poker played some where along the lines

the thing with the bashes are that some people join the forum just for the bash and become life long valued members
long term members always got first pick when seats were scarce but as there is no room shortage in DTD it would be good to welcome new blood
aslong at the majority of the players are long term blondes and not new posters

def in

Only a recent sign up after years of lurking but would hope to come along and get to know a few faces.

These used to be fun, 5 a side and a quick 20/20 bish bash bosh would be lovely.

Would be good to see the old faces and some new ones.

The impromptu curry night (sorry sir, how many poppadoms was that in total?)  and then trying to recreate an impossible sounding position as described by one of the top girls still brings a smile to the face.

Never been to a blonde bash, think the last one was held before my time. But I'd definitely be in, especially if there's curry. Love the idea of it being a low buy in a tbh I couldn't give a monkeys about a guarantee, a mass home game with regular shots and a whole lot of weird rules would be more than enough to get me along for the night. The charity night dtd held a while back remains one of my favourite experiences within poker.

Morning Matthew.

I need to correct a slight misunderstanding before it gets out of hand.

Alcohol consumption at the forthcoming blondebash will not be permitted under any circumstances.

I hope I make myself clear, & I'm quite sure this will enhance your enjoyment of the occasion.

By way of extra curricular activities, I am organising a visit to Derby Locomotive Works on both the Saturday & Sunday morning. Shall I put your name on the list, in case it fills?



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Would be especially game for this, probably even more than the poker/drinking although all 4 would be good

Think I'll call that one.

You organise it and I'll be there.

Tracey Dell would have to be in attendance, and has to be on my table (along with Frank Bruno, Steve Davis, Paul Gascoigne and Bruce Willis).

One idea is that the 'main event' can be done in the style of that comp format that Sam Trickett devised, where people can buy in for three different amounts and there are three prize pools?  Not sure that'd actually work though, but it's an idea.

The other option is to make it a Bounty Hunter as that adds an element of fun and bragging rights to the 'main event'.

Lots of satellites online could get those of us looking at more modest buyins to have a way to take part in an event with a larger prizepool.  Some sort of added value up top would be good, maybe a VIP Platinum DTD Member thing (or similar) that doesn't cost Rob too much :D

What about nicking the format from the world sit n go masters. Lets assume 45 people. We have five tables of Single Table Tournaments, everyone plays and gets a league point based on where they finish. Then we all draw again, play another SNG, same deal. Do that maybe 3-4 times. Then either payout based on league points, or the highest ranked players play a final table or someink.

Sounds potentially complicated, but keeps everyone playing a bit longer and we almost all share a table with each other at some point.

http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2012/12/roberto-romanello-creates-game-changing-tournament-format-9750.htm

Credit where it's due...

As a suggestion for the format, how about randomly selected teams and a series of STTs on Saturday and a turbo MTT on Sunday.
It's all about the fun so make it a charity event and support Emmanuel House.
Maybe Party Poker and others could be persuaded to stump up some prizes?


Oh and then select tables at random to see how many press ups they can do...

Don't even go down the charity angle. Way too complicated and would put loads of people off.

It's either a blonde comp or a charity comp, not both.

Whoops - my bad ;ashamed;

The venue for this years women's world croquet championships is a stones throw from DTD and they accept bookings from "social groups".

If only we knew a posh boy who knows the rules.

another idea, wouldnt it be great to get the feature table up and running for it? and stream it etc. could get tighty/ tikay/ other blondes in the comm box and comment on how bad the plays are! could be great fun

IN.
Travelling 5 Hrs for a Tighty SNG.

Brilliant.

If they had it showing on the screens in the club with a 10 minute delay that could potentially be amazing.

Pointless doing a proper stream as nobody would want to watch it but if you got the right people at the table who knew that their current hand was up for review by everybody in the club in the next ten minutes you could get some real entertainment.

Would be well up for another blonde bash. I remember the gf slow rolling quad aces at the last one!

Don't see the need for anything fancy such as multiple tournaments or multi tiered buyins or charity or anything like that. Just a straight up £30 or £50 briskly paced MTT that'll be done early enough for people to go out drinking.

Hopefully the Jocks,Blonde veterans and the Shrewdies will be able to attend.

the comp needs to be a 1 dayer with everything else spread over the friday and sunday

not everyone will be able to afford to stay over etc etc

piss up friday with option of a poker comp

football on sat morning
main event saturday with some beer garden fun and maybe a piss up after
HU team comp running at same time

quiz on sunday with some beers on the side and a relaxing walk (cause he can)

Up for this defiantly. Don't mind if it's a small comp or a larger one as long as enough notice is given. Would prefer DTD as the venue though. I

In for whatever is decided

Defo in whatever is planned.  If there's multi events I'd love a HORSE comp.

all of the above.

In

Won't be working this so I can enjoy the weekend.

I was thinking of inviting a couple of my golfing friends to the next blonde bash as I thought that a friendly sociable game would be a far more enjoyable experience for them, but I have seen a few posts suggesting that this one should be strictly for established blondes only.

Should I invite them or not bother?

i think the more the merrier for sure. But i guess i understand some points on it. think people are more concerned about people only turning up as a 'blond' to get some added benefits that they wouldnt get if they werent a member. ha after the recent debate on the 'womens' event at the EPT. why not make it a 'blonde' event, higher buy ins for non blondes :D

The main comp should be kept to a low buy-in so as many as possible can attend. This is not a serious comp but a social meetup. Should have plenty of other activities going just like previous bashes.

(devils advocate)

what would people prefer?

a) a small main event as the majority would like, but with DTD running a "normal" schedule alongside (big game etc) to help them cover their normal weekend costs. (this could see all players entering the door able to play the "blonde" event)

or

b) a "blonde festival" as Rob outlined, blondes only but a range of events and no "normal" schedule alongside?

i don't know yet, but i am guessing that option c) £30 main event and fun activities alongside, only, isn't viable economically (for any venue) 

I have to ask - why does option A mean that anyone can enter? Surely DTD can host a private tournament alongside their main comp? Dependent on numbers obviously, but I'm assuming that all most people want is a small main event with relaxed rules and the option poker wise for some tighty sngs and fun cash games, along with the usual drinks on friday/football on saturday am/HU comp sunday with a quiz?

I don't see why not.  Bashes in the past saw lots of newbies join in and then they hung around after.  In the past all you had to be was a member on here.

because at nine bashes so far this has happened

no matter how hard you try its impossible to make it a fully "private" tournament - thats even if we want to - at least in part one of the benefits could be to attract new people to the forum from those who play and interact over the weekend - this has happened at past events

In that case then have a situation where to enter people have to register on the forum and they can do this at DTD? :)

Yes we have always had that to enter people need to be a forum member, or family member, friend etc

what i am basically saying is i am going to find it tough to go to Rob with what the majority of people seem to want, its not the live poker scene of 2005-2009 when venues would subsidise a weekend's events and give a day to a small "semi private" event that couldn't cover costs (no matter how much the bar takings went up!)

Would it not be possible to go with a variation on option a where the blonde game would be an invitation only private event?

Sorry - should have read the rest of the thread before replying.

If pushed, option a would be my preference, but I'm not sure either option would result in something I, personally, would get excited about wanting to play.

Can't we just have a big old home game in one of the wings of tikay's house?

I don't know, but i will be asking (Accepting that the  DTD will be full of a weekend schedule in the rest of the club)

Rob had in mind a "blonde festival". I can see a "multi-prize pool" event (different buy in points for different prizepools for the same comp, the Romanello format that DTD ran for a while) being an alternative to that

the small buy in social comp with lots of extra stuff is the main feedback though, so we'll be away to think!

i mean could do MPP, but one level being for blonde members, say £30, another being for anyone else for £50 or something? seems tetchy but could work with some thought

At other venues that is probably a legitimate answer but as Rob owns DTD he can do whatever he wants.
Whether he is willing to from a business point of view is another matter altogether.
My interpretation was that this would be planned for one of DTD's non-festival weekends, therefore space at the venue wouldn't be an issue in regards to running a blonde comp. This was certainly the case with previous bashes as the venues were not big enough to carry both blonde and their usual events.

I would imagine that a blonde bash brings with it large increases in bar/food revenues, but only DTD will really know that.
If it was a case of a festival or nothing it may be nothing. Prior bashes were largely populated by the recs among the forum, though the membership of blonde has changed somewhat in that time.

Perhaps the Romanello buy in would be best for all.

go to Newcastle? Great for a piss up, genting will allow you to take over their whole cardroom and plan the event exactly as you want. Having a game where others may be offended that you're overly drunk doesn't make it a blonde bash imo.

It's going to be at DTD, our sponsors.

I/We have also had bad experiences with people being "overly drunk" and causing problems at events, but then i'm an old git ;-)

i think a lot of people are going to be put off the idea if it has to be at DTD. Can't there just be an "unoffical" event?

Maybe ask Party Poker to sponsor the event, they are getting all feedback threads etc on here and have a very bad image in the UK market, it looks like they want to improve, spending a relatively small amount to cover costs here and maybe senidng down a rep to get involved (Michelle Orpe?) and changing perceptions etc would seem to be a good idea.

Sounds good to me.......

(Not the overly drunk people ruining it for others)

Where did you have in mind? I'm sure once we(If) gather at DTD we could also arrange something to do afterwards or the next day?

Why would a lot of people be put off if it is at DTD?  If it isn't the most popular cardroom in the UK it must be very close.  I just can't see how you would think something like Newcastle would be more popular.  And Party are partnering with DTD, so if they were involved it would be the obvious choice too.  

There would be no blonde in 2015 if it wasn't for DTD sponsoring the place.  Central location in the uk.  Seems pretty obvious place to have it.

because it has to be an event combined with non members or a festival that doesnt cater to all.

at dtd there would without doubt be more people participating, but somewhere like newcastle/leeds/sheffield/somewhere that isnt north :D would be a more "hardcore" version of a blonde bash, but like I said perhaps "unofficial" would be better and official would be better at DTD.

the very aim is that it caters for all

from rob's post

"One of the challenging issues in scheduling a Blondebash is getting the support of the full cross section of members, Blonde have members that are happy to flick in £10K for a High Roller, to those that grind the pennyrolls to get their shot at a big score, it is a very diverse community, so this time round, I am going to try and put something together that involves EVERYONE, a "Blondepoker weekend festival", that will include a High Roller, Main and a Mini, all with GTD prizepools exclusive to Blondepoker Members - so that noone on Blondepoker is excluded from participating, whatever their poker bankroll."

can't get much more inclusive than that

the feedback (which is welcome) is that a lot of people like the "old" blondebash of small comp and lots of stuff around that, but what i was navel gazing about earlier is how could we get that to work for DTD too.

The Blondepoker weekend festival would undoubtedly be fantastic and if it can be arranged then hats off to Rob and DTD.

Unfortunately Rob has used the word 'challenging' where 'impossible' would be more appropriate.

There just aren't enough Blondes to make this happen on the sort of scale it needs to be at to work in a place like DTD.

If 100 people turn up for this I'll be impressed and that number could easily be catered for alongside the regular XXL Friday/Saturday comps.

fyp xx

It's hard to imagine something as challenging to get right.

Pretty sure if 100 people had shown up a few years back at a bash it would have been a success in most venues. Also pretty sure that 100 people echoing around DTD is not good for anybody.

Literally zero chance I would travel up for a 100 person £30 comp however much 'fun' might be arranged around it. Obv no great loss but I'd be surprised if there wasn't a lot of people in my category. Also think this point means that irrespective of expressions of enthusiasm and interest, the end result would be a disappointment in numbers.

I love alcohol fuelled poker and much prefer a chatty/fun environment but a massive personal preference is that the poker is serious, irrespective of what is going on around the table.

The festival idea with a range of comps, (nice to have something like a DC or HORSE comp in there) - open to all, so it caters for the local members too, sounds like the best idea to me on a first thinking/reading type basis. Busy room, decent poker and plenty of oppos for fun outside of poker and away from the venue. Having fun is a pretty organic thing anyway - hard to organise 'fun'.

If loads of non-blondes attended and then signed up as members, post the event then that would be a bonus.

Long time since I attended my first one of these, I aint exactly ballin out of control (though of course I am rich) but woulda thought a £100 comp is much like a £30 one 8-9 years ago.

Good luck with pleasing everybody on this :-)

If it can't be worked financially to have it at DTD as it would be more profitable for them to go ahead and just run there normal weekend then why not have it elsewhere ? Then the DTD staff don't have to do anything and instead Rob, Simon as well as quite a few of there staff who are members on here could join in the fun without any work involved for them.

If it's going to be a £500 a £100 and a £50 comp across the weekend I feel it would just be like any other festival at DTD and may as well just put a thread up saying lets have a ton of blonde's come to UKPC, UKIPT, the Monthly 500 wkend as everyone's going to make the effort to be there.

Sadly this post sums up my thoughts.

Blonde is less suited to making this work that even was 3 years(?) ago at DTD, when I think most agreed that the turnout was more than a little disappointing.

If Rob, Tighty and others can make this work, it really will be one of DTD's finest accomplishments.

i dont see why a blonde poker festival weekend wont work out well, anyone can sign up to blondepoker to take part in 1 or all the events

the hardcore bB fans who like me are more into the social aspects can pick and choose what to play

the hardcore poker grinders and grind the whole weekend

main event needs to be above £30 inflation et etc would mean a minimum of £50 but £75 like apat or even £100 work in today's environment
plenty of cheap sats to give people a chance to win a seat or even a package
"karaoke" on a friday would still happen but there will be an option for thosewho want to play poker
"quiz" on a sunday can happen in DTD around a sunday lunch with a poker comp to start after

festival open to all that sign up to blonde would be my prefered option

Think we can see one of the reasons why there hasn't been a bash for so long. Rob comes along and announces he wants to do something for the blondes and we get a load of people saying 'no lets have it somewhere else' or 'we need team comps and Tighty sng's' (if I remember correctly we weren't allowed these at DTD).

Times have changed, It isn't going to be anywhere else for a few of the reasons you have all heard:

1. DTD = blonde these days.
2. No other venue would really be interested, there is no way blonde could go to a venue anymore and guarantee 100+ attendees.

Matt is correct if there is a 100 that turn up for this I would be very impressed. So a separate event maybe kicking off before the normal evening game purely for 'blondes' would make sense. Those busting then have the choice of playing another MTT/some cash or just going drinking. If you can get a HU comp allowed then great the rest can be organised by members (football, quizzes etc).

Just my tuppence, would like to make it along but depends on when it falls really.

i actually like this a blonde main event working alongside a weekend schedule blondes who bust can play the other event if they choose

Robs op here did use the phrase "exclusive for blonde members".  I think there's several here who are assuming rob hadn't thought it through and I'm sure he will understand the challenge of getting numbers.  For me DTD is the obvious place to hold it and tbh I'm a bit embarrassed that folks are suggesting it be elsewhere in a thread that Rob started by offering his venue, it's appalling.  

I think the festival idea is something different for a blonde bash that hasn't occurred before and could be a lot of fun. A full weekend gives plenty of time for lots of non poker things to happen and suggestions for those are being welcomed.

Also, a festival type weekend is a great way to get new members, got to register to play, even if there's only one or some events that new members are elegible to play.  At the end of the day, blonde needs new members and a nights piss up in a random town ain't going to get 1.

Running a blonde bash at DTD alongside a regular xxl or similar schedule seems perfect to me.

Basically I think people just want a big home game where they can do what they want and commandeer a few tables and decks of cards for their own games of whatever floats their boats.

I remember at Leeds a few years back there was a crowd of maybe 12 people managed to gather round a table playing dealers choice where the dealer literally made up whatever rules he/she wanted. We were playing for pennies and having an absolute blast!!

Along comes Mr casino floor man insisting that the cash comes off the table to be replaced by chips and that every hand must be raked. 2 minutes later the game breaks and we're at the bar.

It's not about serious poker it's about fun and unless DTD can relax the rules a bit (maybe with a few tables away from the main card room......) it's not quite going to work.

DTD are not going to make money out of this event that's a 100% certainty. What they may gain is a hell of a lot of good will and a reputation for being able to have fun without the requirement of winning a £5k package to St Kitts.......

Love Blonde forum, love DTD. Love the fact this year will try to accomodate all bank rolls, which selfishly suits my low end budget.

I would love to work a way to come along. Not a prolific poster or contributor to blondr (or the poker scene!) but something like this can only be a good thing for all

surely the logical thing is for party to sponsor it all? fixes problems with a lot of members and helps build a good image in the UK. It would show me they at least cared/were serious about improving their image here. They can even use it to get market research etc.

Good feedback Guys. Keep it coming.

My favorite Blondebash was actually at The Broadway - but I own DTD so cant arrange one someway else.

My head is like this:

1. I want to always try grow the Blondepoker membership a little, without is losing its personal feel, so if we can encourage a few more Blondepoker sign ups I dont see a major halm to it, or encourage 'lurkers' to post on threads because they have met a few other members
2. I don't care about people having different views, that's the way this site as has always been, and a good slagging off of DTD never did us any halm, as long as its constructive it usually makes DTD get better, and yes, DTD is a big old place for sure so harder to do 'cosy stuff'
3. I would like winning the Blondebash to mean something thou, more than winning an XXL 25, even for bragging rights, personally I would prob rather win the Blondebash than a UKIPT, GUKPT, UKPC or GPS but I guess that's cause I have been here from beginning
4. I have not discussed a Blondebash with party but I guess we could get them to chip in something, but I think we can find enough money under DTD's sofas to say thank you to Blondepoker members
5. By High Roller, I'm thinking £250-£300 level, Main I am thinking £75-£100, and Mini I am thinking £25-£50, but I am not fixed on this
6. Looking to add some bounties, added prizes and have some fun side stuff, pull in a few favours from high profile players
7. Finances done come into it, I wouldn't even calculate the costs of putting this on, happy to spend a few quid on it, this is not dumb, Blondepoker helps DTD indirectly with opinions and feedback, you can't put a price on that, Blondepoker also means that DTD don't have to have our own forum, which would be a pain to moderate
8. Would be only for Blondepoker members, agree

These are just my thoughts, sure will change after I dissect this thread with TK and Tightend. Any yeh, if someone organised another Blondebash in Leeds etc, I would come with Mr Trumper as long as we were in the UK. Blackbelt events were fun rather than serious poker, so were SPT's, both well attended at DTD, and both run at a loss by DTD, but they don't exist anymore, so something along those lines would not be a bad idea.

Cheers Rob

yep the first bB and the best bB IMHO although the first bB to be held at DTD ran it close
but it was more personal in broadway as for the majority of members it was the first time we had met

Are you saying that if a long -standing member of blonde like myself wants to bring a couple of friends who have never played poker in a serious environment before, although they have played a few home-games and could possibly become regulars in the future should not be allowed to play.

Surely both blonde and DTD should be welcoming newcomers with open arms.

Hi Karibener,

I would do whatever the majority of forum members want. Ideally, if someone wants to bring friends, maybe they could take a few seconds to join Blonde, but hey, whatever people want. Not looking to get picky, just a fun friendly weekend. I think will consult TK and Tightend on everything and print this thread out beforehand, they seem to have a the best knowledge of forum. For me, should be Blondemembers but I won't not sleep at night if the key blondepoker people want to bring a few mates.

on + ve side, we have a 7 page thread on this Blondebash subject, so there is interest, even if opinion is divided a little of format. Glad me, TK and Tighty didnt just organise this without starting a thread!

I refer to me original post, "its challenging because of Blonde's diverse membership", and I want to devise something for everyone. Blonde has pros, recreationals, pennyrollers, high rollers, HORSE lovers (!), players mates, wives and girlfriends, I would like to get everyone together and give them some DTD hospitality.

Cheers Rob

Rexas made an interesting point about how would about a structure where blonde activity/ length of membership/ number of posts could earn you extra starting chips or something? As a bonus for blondes who play opposed to non blondes maybe?
Will be supporting whatever isdecided! Sounds great fun for my first bash

Cash game where half of bottle wine per hour is mandatory, if you don't keep up you have to leave lol. Can't join late sober obv..  ;)

please please please


let me not be onboard the rig for this one!!!!!!!!!

Hmmm, I did think we give every single entry to a free pint to get things going, but could be carnage for my security and not sure whether its actually legal with all UK gambling laws nowadays. We can get round people not being to be able to travel to DTD for 2 days by running an Online Day 1, all needs some thought to get everyone here for over a single weekend, I dread annoucing the date as you know 33% of people will be statistically be busy that weekend, let me try and get this £1M Sky sweat out the way and will print everything off on here before the £1M  PokerStars UKIPT sweat starts 6 week later, too many too many million pound tournies hanging around at the moment.........

Wasn't really a serious suggestion, I know it can't happen in reality  ;djinn;

If its legal.....

not sure who works the door anymore hope its Sinclair and i am sure he can handle 100 drunken blondes

Reminds me of a club18-30 holiday I went on many a year ago. You had to have a breathalyzer test before you could go on the go cart track.
 If you passed the test you were not allowed on the track!! Was carnage

99. I don't drink, remember :P

IN!

I've never been to a bash, hope to be able to make it as long as the date is good for me.

How about something like this for a schedule:

Friday night: £10 satellite to the main event. Maybe a guarantee of 4 or 5 seats would get this rolling?

Saturday 4pm: £100 main event with a 30 minute clock. Play down to the FT.

Saturday 8pm: £20 mini main event with a 20 minute clock. Play down to FT.

SNGs/Cash games throughout the day.

Sunday 2pm: Both Final Tables + SNGs and/or cash games


If you want to get in the £100 but it's beyond your roll, play the sat on Friday night.

Or put up a staking thread, I'll flick in a few quid buying shares. Sure quite a few others will too. I'd say it's almost certain that regular blonde poster that would want to play the main and is prepared to put in maybe £30 of their own money and sells at 1.0 will get in.

That would leave plenty of time for football match, quiz, Sunday lunch and piss ups.

Not read all reply's yet so apologies if covering ground that others have already.

Can you not do an amalgamation of the two?
Brand a normal weekend schedule as "The Blondepoker Festival" - hopefully sponsored by Party?

The blonde landscape has changed since the last Bash and as we all know participation is down just seems too good an opportunity to put some good positive messages about the place into the wider poker community and hopefully drive some sign ups and you never know a few might hang around - you never know we might even be able to drum up a mention in some publications and blogs.

If you can get party on-board it brings the old and the new together. Could sats be arranged?  If you are going to offer a Low/Med/High buy in's it will improve numbers and drive the core membership to Party and give people the chance to move up their Buy In.

Maybe set aside 1 event for Blonde members but have it for any members signed up before that day, use it to drive some sign ups?  50 or 60 of us sitting in DtD with no one else would be an awful waste, it might deliver some romantic memories of past bashes but its not going to do any good helping Blonde long term or the likelihood of it happening again.

Oh and can someone invite Dingdell please.

Works for me.

+1

My main issue with that is if people want to bring friends and family across, many of whom might not really be into poker, £100 is too much for them and 8pm is late for the other game.


Given it's a sociable thing I agree the old £30 is perhaps a little low but £50 seems to be about right to me. Affordable to most and a reasonable prize for the winner.


I should point out that whichever format the bash takes I'm in :)

Sigh 1 MTT and he thinks he is a poker player again.
You do know you are supposed to avoid stress.

I would love for the event to be at DTD but I don't really care about what tournaments are on, just that they are accomodating to as many blondes as possible. If Woodsey is drinking half a bottle of wine every half hour then I'll definitely be flying back from Macau for that cash game :)

In seriousness, I would really like to make it even though I'm half way round the world so the sooner we know a date the better!

I'll come if Cos comes.

Every silver lining has a cloud.

Nando's need a date as well now.

Makes a lot of sense to me, never been to a blonde bash before but as ever things have moved on and if it's going to be a success that means helping out DTD as well, the more the merrier, no harm in us wearing Blonde Badges or suchlike to identify members already and then it gives us a great opportunity to promote the site to non members over the weekend. N doubt it will be great no matter what and I'm sure Rob, Tk and Tighty will do there best t make it a great occasion. Just as long as it happens.

if the dates ok id love to go to this

The one advantage of a dictatorship in a single thread. This is a poker forum, so poker is at the core of the get together. We have a venue and an expert at laying on poker tournaments. So leave that side of it to Rob. Step forward the extra curricular organiser expert, and let them work their wonders and its sorted. Any volunteers? From what I can see of this thread anything different will most likely be a shambolic mess.

the mods (often me, but doesn't have to be (hint)) have organised all the activities at the nine previous bashes

soon as we have a date and finalise the format, we can crack on and announce and plan around that

Yes, on the face of it, it seems pretty simple - until you read the thread.



 

Quite like that format but what about throwing in a plo game on Sunday as well. Would love to be able to make it, please avoid last weekend in month if possible as work demands always increase towards month ends!!!.

Not read whole thread but will chuck a few ideas in away from the main poker game/games.

FUN SnG's - Cheap and cheerful, self dealt. Only need a couple/few tables to play and a mixture of players each time.
Darts - Stick a dart board up somewhere and run a serious comp of some kind and a random comp where all players throw 3 scoring darts to win hidden prizes per score etc.
Pool Table/s- (if space)  Again, a serious kind of comp and a fun one involving all.
New game try out - Whether this be cribbage.....3 card brag.....whist etc etc etc. A chance to try/learn something new.


You get the idea. Doesnt have to be solely poker related even if in a poker environment. I dont envy anyone trying to put this together though, trying to please all and settle on a date that everyone likes.
 

Rob, how about combining this with the DtD golf day at Ruddington on the Friday? They are great days in themselves and would be a good kick off to the weekend. Not sure when it is, but usually around May.

This.

Thoughts on skalie/ someone else through Dtd organising a 24 hr cash game that weekend too? At all levels? Would be good for the club with rake etc could cater for all blondes who don't necessarily intend on sleeping!!
Just a thought

I am running the quiz this time if i make it and can easy do the HU again as dtd is easier to get around

oh really? :-)

they'll be flocking to it!

I did one before it was well received as far as I can remember

Assuming this will be Moved to August due to the Grand Prix announcement and Vegas.

May is unlikely yes, due to the GP

There's a big event in August too

welcome to the very croweded schedule these days

ok the last quiz i host was also at DtD i just checked the archives

and as i said was overall well received i aint as thuck sa o trpe

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=33614.0

Can we have a footy tourney again?  Sure Wales are current champions?

would certainly have one in mind.

4 teams, round robin

probably Saturday morning, not too early, at the local Goals

all depends on interest on the given date

Quick update on this.

Rob asked to meet with me during UKPC to discuss the blondebash, & we had a good session.

Bear with us a couple of weeks, please, as we are currently juggling dates.

Further update with, hopefully, some more meat on the bones, by the end of this month.

Will defo try and pop along been to a couple sky (hitsquad) organised ones which are great fun.

Would play up 2 £150 and get involved with any drinking or activities

Does Nottingham still have the karaoke club chambers and the other type of 'karaoke' club

Chambers is no more I'm afraid

Karaoke machine in DtD for the bash , some karaoke poker if you want to raise you have to sing. I had Robert Williamson iii and David Benjamin playing in London when you guys put me into that comp. we didn't have karaoke machine though

I lolled :)

Bump

I flocking lolled too ;)

Having hosted a blondebash, I think some of you are too concerned about the location. The trick will be getting everyone to turn up. You're all more than capable of carnage once you're inside the doors.

If anyone is going to put together something bespoke and entertaining for you all, it'll be DTD, in fairness.