blonde poker forum

all the details of the event are on http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=18514.0

We would have to apply for a team by the 21st of this month

blonde has a long and triumphant history of success in this event*

teams of 8

on this thread looking for

a) interest in playing it

b) interest in captaining and doing the small amounts of admin

if we have interest of at least 8 before the deadline i can apply for us

if we have interest of more than 8 we can do a selection process or ask a captain to pick a team.

thank you



* go with me on this

Lost me after the bold bit. ;whistle; ;D

provisional interested in being captain of a blonde team

provisionally on my health remaining as well as it is at present

This is our year Tighty. Great APAT team event. Put my name down.

I was part of a very successful team at luton* so I'm happy to step aside and let someone else have the glory this time.

*work with me also.

I was the successful captain of this team*

*nevermind

Ironside, you captain? if you need to pull out for health reasons nearer the time i will take your place. will be a reserve for now

can you get 8 together and apply by the 21st please?

details of how to apply in the link in the OP

ok people can we get some names of people intrested in playing


1) Ironside
2) cormach123
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)

Would love to do it again but 30-31 Jan are probably my busiest days of the whole year, stupid time to hold a poker tournament (for me). Could not guarantee that I would be able to get all the tax returns done before 30th as there is always someone who will bring the information in on the 31st!!!!. (Needs more than one ! in the circumstances)

Go on then I'm in if we get eight

Geo

please add your names to list

Will make up the numbers if falling short.

Interested in playing.  Can't do any worse than my previous appearance in this event!

reserve
sharplee
tighty

ok i have put blonde's name in on the apat forum

hope to be there but as part of an already complete team  :)

Well the team is in.

Just need players now.

we didn't get a place despite playing last year  :(

ugh. they have a tough job (i have done it), demand far exceeds supply

if you'd like to play for blonde......you know where to ask

Thanks  :)

Do we have eight players for the team? This is a great team competition not to be missed.

Rotate you want to play?

It's odds against me laying this as of yesterday due to health of family member I will carry on just now with tightly as vice captain likely to be captain

sorry phone spell check that should be rotty

ok people can we get some names of people intrested in playing


1) Ironside  Capt
2) cormach123
3) GEO
4) sheriff
5) sharplee
6) Tighty   VC
7)
8


need atleast 2 more players

I'll join in if theres room.

Thanks for the offer but I think it would be unfair on my team mates who are still holding out hope of our team getting a place :)

Gwan then.

ok people can we get some names of people intrested in playing


1) Ironside  Capt
2) cormach123
3) GEO
4) sheriff
5) sharplee
6) Tighty   VC
7) redsimon
8) GlennDTD


likely going to need a replacement for me if anyone wants on the reserve list

 Frank Bailie  (cormach123)

happy to be down as  reserve  let me if needed

looks extremely likely i wont be able to make it


1) Ironside  Capt
2) cormach123
3) GEO
4) sheriff
5) sharplee
6) Tighty   VC
7) redsimon
8) GlennDTD

reserve
9) h

Reserve me too of possible!! Looks good

guys i am not going to make it unfortunately

is anyone wanting to take over the captaincy role?

team now looks like

1) H
2) cormach123
3) GEO
4) sheriff
5) sharplee
6) Tighty   VC
7) redsimon
8) GlennDTD

reserve
9) Verndog158

hope you get better soon Iron

i would rather someone else captained than me. any volunteers?

I'll pick it up Rich. Sorry you can't make it Iron best to get yourself in shape for any blonde bash that may happen soooon  ;)

I will look through all details and be in touch with all with plans.

Geo

thanks for taking over george

good luck to the team hopefully get back on the circuit next year after i get a minor op

Rich.
will you still be taking part? If not we can promote Verndog to the team

Can all listed please confirm that they are still able to attend and also send me your polo shirt size for the team shirts. Can you also let me have your nickname you want on the shirt (I assume we will be using forum names?)

I need to get the order in asap as closing date is 6th Dec. I will pay for these upfront and we can settle up in Luton.

Does anyone have a Coral account for APAT as we need to pay the entry fee via a holding tank on there.

Geo

I'm still in.

Shirt size is as many X's as you can get.

Name on shirt = Sheriff

Thanks

Happy for verndog to play instead of me. would make sense all round!

Large size polo

redsimon

I have a Coral account PM me about what needs doing?

Thank you sir.

I'll put everything together and make arrangements over the weekend..

Geo

Still in shirt size xl 

 Polo size,   Large

 Name on shirt,  CORMACH

 Hotel booked.

 See you all in Luton.

Thanks Frank, where are you booked into?

Geo

Hi Geo,
Staying at the Comfort Hotel,  Mill St Luton.

Frank.

Staying there too :)

I have sent a pm to all team members and need a reply soonest as we have to have all registration etc completed by 6th Dec.

Glenn,

Don't know if I'm being whooshed but whenever I add you to the distribution list it defaults your name to "fresh prince of betair." Let me know by reply that you got the PM.

I am planning 2-3 days in London prior to going to Luton on the Friday (big birthday that week so taking some Geo time off and ticking some boxes off for things I should have done years ago.)

Let me know if anyone is arriving Friday night and we'll arrange something.

Geo

yeah it should go to him, before he started at DTD he had a different ID

Thanks Iron

Geo

Will arrive Friday tea time if anythings going off, or meet in Casino Friday night?

Hi guys,

Sorry really haven't been keeping up to date because of the GPPT.

I was formerly fpoba and will reply to the PM shortly.

Glenn

Anyone in touch with Adam Sharples that can give him a nudge to his pm's please

Geo

Seen it.

However, I can't confirm until Friday as I am waiting for someone to pay me £350. If they don't, I have to pull out.

Sent you a pm mate

Geo

Registered us in the holding tank on Co**l Poker and updated the APAT thread to confirm our attendance.

Appreciated Simon.

Geo

Looks like a motley crew.. Good luck see you in Luton

Cheers Carl, looking forward to it.

Geo

We (Sutton Poker) have been given a place after someone dropped out, looking forward to it  :)

I believe the draw is out for event, table 13 attracting the most attention.

 Blonde Poker         Glenn Townsend         2         10   
   Blonde Poker         Richard Prew         6         8   
   Blonde Poker         Frank Bailie         8         9   
   Blonde Poker         George Dickson (C)         10         5   
   Blonde Poker         Adam Sharples         13         1   
   Blonde Poker         Hugh Black         14         4   
   Blonde Poker         Simon Lawler         16         2   
   Blonde Poker         Curtis Ledger         23         7   

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=19178.msg246349#msg246349

Table 18 for me, hope it's a good one :)

Crackin team there.

Is Coral running a book? I would risk a fiver to win.

GL lads x

Im on the infamous table 13, chock full of APAT legends.

Good luck, will look forward to seeing you all down there, I will be the one who is hammered!

I've a sneaky feeling you won't be the only one on that table hammered.

I've a sneaky feeling I'll be the only one on that table not hammered.

Two weeks to go, everyone all booked up?

I am down in Luton from Wednesday 27th with a couple of day trips to London planned to tick off a couple from the bucket list.

Will everyone be available for a meet and greet on the Friday evening? Any suggestions? Was thinking of meal and maybe the Friday evening comp

I'll be in the casino on Wednesday and Thursday evenings if any local blondes want a beer and a chat also

Geo

I Can only get down on the saturday morning geo, booked into the red lion

No problem Rich, looking forward to a catch up Sat/Sun

Geo

Same for me, I can only get down on the Saturday, have to work Friday :(

so jealous i cant play, looks like i am going in for an operation end of october beginning of november and i wont be traveling till after that

Weekend almost upon us. I fly down to Luton tomorrow morning as having a couple of day trips to London before the weekend

I have sent a msg to all players with my contact number if needed

Looking forward to catching up with everyone on Friday/Saturday

Geo

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=19266.0 (http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=19266.0)

Hi lads,, dont know if you have seen this, but Coral are giving all players in the eam event a free £10 bet on Coral after the weekend, you just need to go put your username onto that thread.

Cant wait for this weekend, will see you there, apologies in advances for smashing Adam out of the tournament :)

Look forward to meeting a few blondes at the weekend, see you there.

Good start to the weekend for me. Split at Luton g hu for £680.

Geo

Nice one Geo.

Awesome start, let's keep on going :)

Nice score Geo ,well done.

Nice start to the weekend Geo. sorry I missed you I was in and out of the room last night. Come say hello tonight. What did you think of the new room?

Hi Jim,

Yeah, a really nice cardroom and was made most welcome by all I played with. Looking forward to the rest of the weekend.

Geo

Well done Geo

Nice one Geo.

Conclusive proof that the standard at the G has dropped a lot in the last few years :)

Well done geo.

And good luck team blonde.

wp Geo, gl to the team this weekend

wp sarge and good luck to the team

I have the shirts. Assume everyone will collect at casino

Comp starts at 14:30 they would like us there from 12 for photos. Let me know when you expect to arrive at casino. Geo

Ha, well done Geo.

I had been hoping to pop down to say hi to Steve Ball, aka ice_tiger, but the date has fallen badly, & I can't be there.

Can you please give him my best wishes, & tell him we are all rooting for him to find that 2 outer.

Will find him and pass on the message. Spent a bit time with a pal of yours from next door (and here) what a lovely man and he's convinced me to visit his "bar" on sky forum.

Geo

will be there by 12 :30

Thanks Geo. Steve does not read blonde as far as I am aware, so I can say that he has been quite ill, & has been incredibly dignified & brave throughout. Quite a story, but that's for another day.

The chap with the "bar" Next Door? That'll be Alan, who is "Knottikay" (don't ask...) on blonde. Stoke City supporter, got a young son who is the apple of his eye.

Anyway, gl to you, to Steve, Alan, & all the blondes, Next Doorers & APAT-ers.

APAT is such a wonderful organisation, & deserves more credit than it gets.

Two and a half hour photo shoot? Hope for some very artistic photos of these sweaty old blokes. 

Does anyone have a contact for glenndtd. He hasn't been in touch as yet.

Geo

Tighty will, I would have thought.

I have an e-Mail address for him, but that' wont help, I assume?

Cancel last. He is here. All present and correct and ready to do battle.

Geo

Unfortunately he had to pull out due to his illness

Geo

Good luck gents. I'll be repping the infamous GNF this weekend d.

Tikay would be great to see you as always!

Are they updates anywhere?  Need Tighty there obv ;)

Yeah. This.

Joke event.

::)

Geo gets AK in against 99. Board comes 45678. Looks like he's got about 20bb left.

Geo doubles with JJ v AQ

is Geo last man standing?  Go Geo if so and go Geo otherwise

Sharplea, Geo and I have made Day 2. 5 of the 8 of us are in the points. We're in with a shot here.

GL Tomorrow will  come rail if you go deeper

Wtf? You're not supposed to make the points!

Good luck!

Did my best not to. Never had above average since hand 1. Somehow still bagged up 47,700. Glenn has about the same and Geo has nearly 100k.

Wtf is this?

People made the points!?

Has that ever happened before

GL guys

Best of luck today.

gl guys lets get 'em

Good luck those left, I'm effectively looking out for three teams, Obviously Blonde, and BCPC and also Midland Ball busters which is effectively another BCPC team, all this while completing the last few tax returns for my clients!. There is a live stream on the APAT website.

Good luck today guys.

Glgl

Believe we're guaranteed a team medal, at least third. Probably gonna be us or ballbusters for the win.

Gl guys, hope my last donation to Geo helps.

good luck guys

had to leave early but watching now

Gtd silver. Ahead in the race for gold. Need Geo to outlast Brian Yates no matter what Glenn and I do.

by the by, having not been back to Luton for a while, what a great refurb on the room, and the casino overall too

dealers extremely impressive, whole thing ran like clockwork

well done.

Incredible!!! Gogogo! See what happens when I don't play!

I've bust. Glenn and Geo made the individual money. 20 left and we have a three point cushion over the Ballbusters. If Glenn and Geo make the ft then we win.

going to make you work for your share Adam...

Glenn and Geo stacks, average and the current blinds please

I knew selecting Rupinder Bedi all these years was our fatal error.

there is a live stream

http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=19388.0

good luck the two G's at the G.

Glenn has 100k ish.

Geo has 220k ish.

Brian Yates has about 90k.

Average is 185,000.

Blinds are 4000/8000 ante 800.

19 left.

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i got to deal to Glenn yesterday. Shame his beloved WBA let me down with 5 mins to go in the FA cup

H, tighty, Frank and Curtis, if you can get here for team photo with at least a silver medal, it would be nice!

Gutted.  Literally just landed back in Leeds, so no chance of that.

Brilliant effort today guys, well done.

took advantage of a rare day off to take my kids out

after all, we never do well in this....

(now win it please)

Gutted. There's the six of us though and also a contingency plan  lol! Got to win it first....

Sorry to leave prematurely, but it was an opportunity to spend an unexpected bit of the weekend with the family, so was for a good reason!

Now please just win it!

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rotflmfao

Haha, I'm a Posh fan that was invested in WBA. Apologies for the mixed messages.

I think we need 3 players more to bust to win this...

15 left.

If both are in with 12 left it doesn't matter what Brian does. We win.

Tried to get the live stream up but it's just cycling through an ad for the Aspers event.

it appears to be up now

14 left including our two

our old friend paul pitchford looks to be chipleader

Got it on my Android phone.  I think the problem might have been trying to view it on an iPad.

Glenn just doubled all in pf AK v AQ

14 left

We can't be beaten on points.

We CAN be tied.

If we are, we lose.

It's not over yet...

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well done team!

Good to meet you George. Plus the couple of others I briefly met too.

It looks like you have led the team to a well deserved victory. WD WD WD. to all the blonde players.

(free pint for ya in Al's Bar when you find it Sir) ;)

GOLD!

now go and win the individual please

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With 10 players remaining, we can now confirm the result of the UK Team Poker Championship! Congratulations to Blondepoker for their first victory in the event and also to Midlands Ballbusters for taking the Silver medals and previous winners London Poker Meetup for taking Bronze.

The individual prizes are still to be decided so join us for the live stream: http://www.apat.com/forum/index.php?topic=19388.0

Brilliant news.  Footage of sharplea high-fiving Glenn and anyone else in his path was the clue.

Great effort team, particularly those in action today.

Now gold and silver please for Geo and Glenn in the individual event.

Geo and Glenn have made the final table

sharplea, have you calmed down yet?

it was like watching the duracell bunny for a while there....

Congratulations  Blonde

Not a bad tag line to be associated with, to be fair.

Sharplea - goes like the Duracell bunny, guaranteed!

Yes.

There is a big personal issue involved here hence my nervousness...and I can't stay seated when I'm nervous as hell.

Geo was really good here, he told me to make sure they were updated at all times as well cos he knew I couldn't stop moving!

Great result guys and vbol in the individual now.

Well done lads

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 Can't tell you how chuffed I am. Massive thanks to all team members for giving up their time over the weekend. Will put a proper post up tomorrow when I get home.

Geo

Tightly I have your medal sir.

It's well gold.

Congratulations guys :)

First Leicester top of the league and now this?

World officially gone crazy.

Well done lads.

You lot are an absolute embarrassment to precious blonde teams.

Hmm, well done I suppose.

Congrats everyone

well done guys

totally gutted i aint fit this time next year there will be no stopping me (apart from trying to get a seat in the team) i only have 2 silver medals and really want some gold before vegas in 2020

Finished 9th so a good weekend all round for me. Glenn still there with 5 left.

Tightly. And Curtis I have your money. Can you send bank details and I'll get it over to you.

Geo

4 left Glenn still in 2k up top

gl gl

and we are down to  3

Glenn out in 3rd

great effort  ;hattip;

Well played guys  ;letsparty;

wp guys. congrats!

Congratulations chaps.

Many of us have tried to win this over the years, and we have not even had a sniff.

 :respect: :cheers: ;first;

Many congratulations, guys, tremendous effort.

How important was this man's role?

Brilliant!...very well played guys.

 ;letsparty;

Congratulations folks: )

Massive congratulations to all of the Blonde team.  A superb effort across the weekend.

Along with playing great poker, you managed to ensure Adam kept his emotions in check.  Top skippering :)

vwp guys, congrats

Great result ,getting rid of the dead wood a major factor.

Well done to all involved. Was a very good weekend.

Safe flight to captain Geo (who's probably in the air now thinking about it)

Youuuuu blondesssss!

Well done guys. Great team work

Great to meet you this weekend Glenn, and congrats on the individual comp result aswell.

Congratulations to all the team, fantastic result. I was part of another team but when it became clear we weren't going to trouble the leaderboard - roughly the end of level 2  ;) - I was rooting for blonde. Sat on Geo's table for 6 hours+ on day 1 and the man has some game - never saw him put a foot wrong.

(Briefly) shared a table with Adam as well on day 2, if they ever work out a way to bottle enthusiasm he'll be a millionaire.

Genuinely stoked for blonde to win this after playing in this event so many times! Happy for Adam, Captain Geo (great to see again), Glenn and the rest of the team.

It was a great event, played in such great spirit (and high spirits!) :) Here's to the next one! :)

Awesome result guys  ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

What a weekend.

Huge thanks to all players who took time to attend on behalf of blonde, thanks to Tighty and Curtis in this regards for giving up some rare family time especially, really appreciated.

When the call for players was put out I was chuffed when I seen the dates, I always take my birthday week off and had already decide to tick a couple of bucket list items off my list by taking a trip to London. Originally was going to cost me £300 for 2 nights in London so as I was now going to Luton I got they 2 nights for £90 and then £35 and a 25 min train journey on the Thurs/Fri so a nice saving was made.

Thursday was birthday day for me and as I was alone in Luton I celebrated with a dry night playing the G's comp that night and attained a nice chop heads up for £680 - bonus!!

Saturday and Sunday was so much fun, so many familiar faces from both blonde and APAT that I hadn't seen for a while, some great catch ups. A huge well done and thank you to Tom, Des, Leigh, Matt and Lucy from APAT and to Jim McShane and all his cardroom staff. Another fantastically run tournament in a really smart cardroom. Thank you all so much.

As to the main event, superb performance from all players with a couple of others unlucky to not quite make day 2.

Day 2 seen myself, Adam and Glenn still in, with Adam having played amazingly to grind back from a £4k stack very early in the tourney when his trips were thwarted by a rivered flush, well played young sir, more to follow regards Adams contribution to our weekend.

Down to two tables and we were guaranteed Silver with only Brian Yates for the Ballbusters team between ourselves and Gold. Adam had went out in 22nd, however he didn't stop there. As others alluded to earlier in the thread, this young man's enthusiasm, not only for the game but blonde and the team was amazing. He was all over the tables and the media centre keeping Glenn and I up to date on the state of play and what we needed to achieve the Gold medal. Down to 15 and Adam confirms that if Glenn and I can hold on and both be in at 12 players left or Brian went out we would win.

Whilst this relieved some of the pressure from me as Captain, it was a weird situation, as getting close to the final table and knowing that in the individual comp the top heavy payout structure meant you're looking at 5/4th to get any real return. However my main aim was to get the gold and obviously this has an effect on how I played until it was confirmed we had achieved the team win.

I know there are many who don't like the team comp, however I wouldn't expect them to have signed up to play, I was happy that I had committed to the team event so was comfortable that I may have to play a bit differently at this point.

We got there in the end as anyone who was watching on the live stream would have guessed immediately with Adam running around the cardroom high fiving all and sundry. Your additional efforts were much appreciated mate.

Glenn and I made the final table shortly after this, unfortunately I was short stacked having restricted my play earlier and after a couple of orbits with nothing to go with I shoved my last £97k in on the BB after a button raise with QJ and couldn't get there against A8.

Glenn Townsend:

What a gem of a young man and an awesome performance, to get from 24/24 to then leading and attain a 3rd place finish was a tremendous effort. Really likeable young man with a great knowledge and enthusiasm for the game, as I said at the end of it all, you are a credit to blonde and DTD, very well played young sir.

Not sure if winning gives us automatic entry next year to defend, but health and time willing I'll be more that happy to join the team again next year.

To the team, I appreciate the commitment and efforts from you all, thank you very much.

To all those railing and posting their good wishes and congrats the team thank you all.

Geo

OOOps,

hit reply instead of modify ther - lol

Geo

Great summary of events, Geo.

Glad you and everyone else had a great time Geo. was a pleasure to host such an event. Was tough work but the atmosphere created by the players made the time fly by.

Great to see you again, Jim, and well done to all your team on hosting the event.

Love the new cardroom.  A huge improvement on the old one.

Best wishes in the role going forward.

Geo, pretty sure we will get automatic entry for next year's event as defending champions.

Will post some thoughts up this week. Too tired tonight, an 8am start after not leaving Luton until 7.15pm yesterday to drive to Warrington was not helpful!

To summarise:

Great weekend, even if I did have to sleep in my car!
Cardroom one of the best I've seen in this country.
We won. WTF?!
Didn't have average stack all tournament (bar folding hand 1) and somehow bubbled the individual. Still don't know how.
Glenn coming back from 24/24 to finish 3rd was amazing.
And so much more...

Massive congrats to the whole team, very well played, I was listening to the live stream, pretty much all sunday while completing the last of my clients tax returns!. I guess it could not have gone much better from a personal point of view as the three teams i was railing finished 4th, 2nd and 1st and the individual event was won by the founder of the BCPC Brian Yates. Hopefully next year it won't be on on the last weekend in January and I can attend.

All those interested in another team event BCPC have their annual team event in May this year, is great fun and run over 1 day, so will post up the details soon.

Congratulations to team Blonde..

Excellent result to outlast 30 teams and take home the Gold.

Nice catching up with most of you, hope to see you defending your title next season.

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

How could I have missed this thread?

Please accept my sincere if belated congratulations.