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OK, "best online  EVER" MAY be  slight exaggration, but not much, I think you'll agree.

Fancy seeing THIS field tonight?

21 runners, including the following fish......

The Rookie, Brian Wilson - 2005 Bracelet Winner

Lucy Rokach - Best Lady Player in Europe, possibly the World?

Lawrence Gosney - 2005 Bracelet Winner

Roland De Wolfe - 2005 WPT Winner

John Shipley - WSOP Main Event Finalist

The Camel - QPR Supporter & Jake's Dad.

Stuart Fox - Due a big win

Kevin O'Connell - Drinks for England

Rob Yong - The Dusk Till Dawn visionary.

Greg Junior Hill - cant say too much, but his William Hill Grand Prix performance was awesome.

Robert Cooper - The Vic EPT third, & Poker Den Winner

Achileas Kalakkis - Twice Poker Den Winner, third in the Pacific Open

Paul Parker - Talks for England.

James Curry - CinCin League Winner. Don't know him personally, but from chatting on the 'phone, lovely lad.

6 internet qualifiers.

Oh, & the REAL DEAL - yours truly......!

It's an Invitational Freeroll, & the winner gets a seat to the Monte Carlo EPT, plus €2,000 expenses.

And a novel clock - 2,000 starting chips, blinds start at 10-20, then 15-30, 25-50, 50-75, 75-150. So after FIVE levels, it's still only 75-150, and then the clock gets slower - 4 levels at 15 minutes, 4 levels at 20 minutes, 4 levels at 25 munutes, then 30 minutes all the way. But I should have it sewn up by then.

If you fancy watching this table of rocks strut their stuff, just go to the "EPT FINAL INVITATIONAL" on Sporting Odds.com - you do NOT have to deposit any money to watch - and if you correctly Forecast the 1-2-3 in the correct order, Sporting Odds will give you $200, just to add a little interest. Entries must be Posted on this thread before 8.30pm tonight.

I know this is a bit of a chirp, but this is SOME Line-Up - The Rookie, Lord Lawrence Gosney, Roland De Wolfe, Lucy, Camel, Stu Fox - there is gonna be blood on the floor!

My game plan? Ooh, aggressive as ever, mixing it up with these rocks big time.

8.30pm TONIGHT, Sporting Odds.com.

I will Post their usernames shortly.

1. Stuart Fox
2. Rookie
3. Roland de Wolfe

Usernames, in no particular order, are.....

Brian Wilson - "47rookie47"

Lawrence Gosney - "shyanne"

Roland De Wolfe - "FREEDOM47"

John Shipley - "saphire1"

Stu Fox - "FOXXY"

Lucy Rokach - "boccaccio" (anyone know where that name comes from?).

The Camel - "LoftusRd"

Kevin O'Connell - "pokerlate"

Greg Junior Hill - "_Jnr_"

Achilleas Kalakkis - "THE DON"

Robert Cooper - "WPTPROCHIP"

Rob Yong - "yongsta"

Paul Parker - "2jackoffs"

James Curry - "Jamieboy11"

tikay - err, "tikay".

1. The Camel
2. Kevin O'Connell
3. Greg Hill

Ben - did you not see my name on the list?

1. James Curry
2. Roland De Wolfe
3. Brian Wilson

'boccaccio' no idea, sounds lik bread!

Unbelievable. theee entries so far, & they all seem to have forgotten somebody. They'll learn. I'm a banker.

1. Tikay
2. Paul Parker
3. Rob Yong

1.Lawrence Gosney
2.Roland De Wolfe
3.Brian Wilson - "47rookie47

Good to see the site looking after Achilleas Kalakkis, im sure he is short of a few quid for the M Carlo entry.

1 Shipley
2 Parker
3 Internet Qualifier Number 4 :)

lucy
keith
paul

1, John Shipley
2, Lucy Rokash
3, The Camel

i go for;

the rookie
camel
de wolfe,

with tikay to blow a massive chip lead at final table

The Camel
The Rookie
Junior

Granted the names given in this list would make an allstar "live" poker tournament - but online is a completely different kettle of fish............

Who will be first out?

oh sorry mate, totally missed you!

1. stuart fox
2. rookie
3. roland de wolfe
21. tikay

1. John Shipley
2. Greg Hill
3. Foxy

You kept this quiet, when were the qualifiers?

stu fox
greg hill
the camel

Of course its kept quiet. Welcome to the cliquey world of poker.

Lawrence.
Shipley.
Tikay?!?

I have the faith


1. The Camel
2. Tikay
3. John Shipley

Good luck everyone :)

and Roland you are my 3-1 fav for first elimination :)

3) Parker
2) Shipley
1) Rokach

but also ur favourite to win..go figure..

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEedge

i got you in as third bud

im playing for 3rd

1. Lucy Rokach
2. Stuart Fox
3. Achileas Kalakkis

 rotflmfao

Can't wait!

i go for...

1. Me
2. Foxy
3. Keith 'the hump' Hawkins

in that order.

1.boccaccio
2.LoftusRd
3.FREEDOM47

"welcome to the cliquey world of poker" & "you kept that quiet"......

As ever, I will tell you exactly how all this came about, seeing as the jibes have begun.

"you kept it quiet".

I have made it clear on several occasions that Sporting Odds.com pay me a retainer to do various stuff for them, but also that I am uncomfortable with spamming on blonde for Sporting Odds.com - I need to be whiter than white here, as blonde has an anti-spam policy. So I get involved with them & for them on ALL sorts of things. Pro-Ams, TV Programmes (two x Peoples Poker Challenges), Networking with their Clients, Monthly Articles, Pro-Tips (yes, chuckle if you wish.....), advice to Newbies, (ditto....)  the monthly tikay tourney, some other stuff that is in the pipeline, emptying the rubbish bins, fetching the sarnies. Largely speaking, I try & keep Sporting Odds.com & blonde seperate, I do not use blonde as a tool to promote SO.com, but if something interesting happens, I tell you. An example would be the monthly tikay tourney, in which many blondes have a bit of fun.

I have no idea how & when the Internet Qualifiers got their seats, in fact I am not even sure they had to qualify, truth is, I just don't know, &, in truth, it's not really of great interest to me, as it's none of my business how they did it. They may have just selected 6 of their most loyal players, or larger punters, I really have no idea.

They did do a deal with Cincins to provide a seat to the winner of the Cincins League in January, and this was widely publicised on blonde, though not by me.

"welcome to the cliquey world of poker".

They also asked me to find "a dozen or so" decent players of varied background, ability & achievement, such that a tidy line-up would ensue. I believe I have delivered on that request. I could have invited any number of permutations of players, but not everybody was eligible - all invitees has to be un-sponsored, as the winner has to wear the SO.com shirt in Monte Carlo. Some, for example, El Blondie (Littlewoods) Thewy (William Hill) & many other "names" were not eligible. Others, such as, selecting one at random, WPT Winner John Gale, were not available. I could have come up with literally hundreds of permutations of players, but I had a brief from, SO.com, & I think I've delivered. No two people on earth would have come up with the same list, & nobody can say I am wrong or they are wronmg. It's just the way it panned out, it's a subjective thing - if you want to substitute "subjective" with "cliquey", feel free. I was asked to do a job, & I did it to the best of my ability. And I'm well proud of the field I assembled. "a decent field of varied background, ability & achievements".

My seat? I never asked for it, & never thought for a minute I would be given one, & I never put my name forward, but they invited me, & I accepted, & I'm well grateful to them.

Heaven only knows how much hoohah would go off if I went & won the seat for Monte Carlo, but I guess they reasoned they were on  pretty safe ground there.....

There you go, that's what it says on the tin.

Now, I gotta go. The eldest Cat is doing his furball trick - throwing up on my new rug. I need her to get well sharpish - she's playing for me tonight.

Giovanni Boccaccio:  14th century Italian writer and poet.  His works had plenty of sex in them and his best known work The Decameron was made into a soft-core skin flick in the 1970s.

Ac

Greg Junior Hill, Rob The Yongsta Yong, Tony Tikay Kendall


To make the last 3

 :goodpost:

The only people who bring up Tikay's Tournament on SO are Blondes promoting a great tournament structure with a cheap buy-in. And a good bit of banter. 8)

Lucy told me that boccaccio was "a medieval rake". Sounds about right.

For what it's worth... probably very little... I think it's a cracking field Tikay.  Good job.

 ;applause;

Just to point out when i said "you kept that quiet" it wasn't a "jibe" at all, just an observation.
No offense intended, i guess you just think that smiley really is me...........

Did you not see Rob on the William Hill Grand Prix?  ;)

Good luck Tikay.

I must tell you a quick Lucy story.

I rung her about summat this morning, she did not recognize me, no surprise there.

I said "is thare anyone in authority there?"

"I beg your pardon" she says incredously.

"Is the man of the house about?" I went on.

"And who, may I ask, are YOU?" she spat.

Eventually she clicked, & I said "that's 1-0 to me Lucy".

"But it will be one all if you are on my table tonight you fish" she responded kindly.

So, if you have you to nominate your 1-2-3, bear that in  mind. It's gonna get personal between me & the Animal. I think she's gonna have to avoid me until we are heads-up. Then she can't hide.

No prob ifm, I was happy for the opportunity to put the record straight.

BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID

Tempted to change my mind and put you in the top three now, better not, in case you take over the keyboard.

1/ John Shipley
2/ The Camel
3/ Greg Junior Hill

If i get this correct and win the $200 ill officially put it behind the bar at the BBII, only buy about 1/8th of a pint each but hey, i aint made o' Money!

Rearrange the following words: 'misread', first hand', 'busted'.  ;scarymoment;

Dave - do you know James Curry - "Jamieboy11"?

If so, Post something about him here please.

Thanks for the offer of the drink, but you've got no chance. You appear to have forgotten someone. And don't forget, online poker is rigged, & I've got  man at SO.com who pulls a little lever for me. Which is why I do so well in the tikay tourney, see?

Iron must be joking. Me afraid of Lucy? She's a woman! ;scarymoment;

Weren't you second out last time....? ;tk;

Hope the lever has been fixed this time, good luck tonight tikay. :D

yes mate, i do know James.

I first met him when he was running his own DJing and Karaoke Business (very successfully too i may add), mostly round about south Lanarkshire, but then branching into the actual city centre.

He is a smashing guy who always has time to help you out if you need anything, TBH tho i hadnt seen him for over 3 years, and had no idea he had got into the poker game, until a few weeks back when he came to CinCins one night, and we got talking again.

Turns out he joined the cincin league quite late, yet still managed to make the top 9 and then go on to clinch the online seat 2 weeks ago, so his skills at poker cant be too shabby.

sorry i have nothing else to tell about him, but as i said i havent seen him for a few years and have no experience of his poker play.

i really hope he does well tho, as he is a genuine great guy.

You never know if i ask him nicely, i might persuade him to bring his Karaoke equipment to the BlondeBash II! - now theres an idea?

Scottish Dave

wow free karoke in the blonde bash 2 i cant wait

I was second out last time? No, thats WRONG.

did i say free Iron?

i forgot to mention, 10% for his manager  ;D ;D

he was FIRST out

1. Lawrence Gosney
2. Stuart Fox
3. Lucy Rokach

Thank you for pointing that out Mr Fish.

I'm off for my pre-comp nap now.

Good Luck all Blondes in this.

In no order at all;

Foxxy
Junior
Camel

(Tikay you can't win - you would have to take Snoopy to WSOP to do the updates and thats not on).

its monte carlo not the wsop

$200 for getting the top three in order. I'm going for:-

1. internet qualifier
2. internet qualifier
3. internet qualifier

 :)up

you can tell he is a bookie

Thanks Nakor, but you have to nominate the first 3 in correct order, so I am taking your entry as being in the order Posted, unless you change it.

And by the way, it's the EPT Monte Carlo, not the WSOP.

I will go for:
Achileas Kalakkis
Roland de Wolfe
Paul Parker

Presuming that we are naming the top 3 of the names given and ignoring the qualifiers.
I was surprised not to receive an invite as Casino Casino winner :)up, but I am away for the EPT anyway. :D

1) John Shipley

2) Brian Wilson

3) Lawrence Gosney

Was assuming If you go to Monte-Carlo to play you would win, thus would buy into World Series honest.  Good Luck.
(OK so I should read all the words rather then get excited about free money :) )

Yes my order as posted
1)Foxxy
2)Junior
3)Camel

1. Gosney
2. Internet qualifier
3. Cooper

gl Tony

1) The Rookie (as long as he doesn't start playing that 7 4 sh*t).
2) Junior
3) John Shipley.


  Cupcake.

ye of little faith i say burn thee witch burn

My picks

1. The Camel
2. Kevin O'C
3. Brian W

foxy
kendall
rokash

Rokash

Shipley

Fox

THE CORRECT ORDER WILL  BE-

FOXY

JUNIOR

CAMEL

I thankyou. :D 8) :D

1: Camel,
2: Foxy,
3: De Wolfe.

Do me proud guys!!!

1) Lawrence Gosney
2) Lucy Rokach
3) Greg Jnr Hill

 :)up ;goodluck;

Anyone chance someone wants to make a book up on this to add some interest..

Im sure you will get plenty of people having bets on it

Good luck to all! This sounds great tikay, brilliant list and excellent idea...

Tough as its on the net so certain players are more suited to playing on it!

Shipley
Foxy
Parker

Those are my choices, though greg could break his online rut, and lucy could crack the comp playing against a high volume of "live" players...

I'm going to be different (no surprise there)  and say an Internet Qualifier 1,2,3

so:

1.  Internet Qualifier
2.  Ditto
3.  Ditto

you have copied diceman's suggetion trust you to look over someones should and look at the answers

Crikey, there are some nutters among the blonde crowd!

Just to make sure I have at least 5 PRO supporters for the event, if I win the seat tonight I will give the foolhardy 5 who picked me to win (Robert, The Baron, Silo Graham, neeko and Jim D) 1% each of me in Monte Carlo.

Really looking forward to it, although Jake may get the controls if I'm ever heads up in a pot with Lucy. She scares the living daylights out of me!

Oi! I blooming picked you as well Mr Dromedary!

You said I would come second!!!

OOps I put you second ... to Ms Scary though!

So we are on the same wavelength...

0.5%?

:-D

And Ms Scary .... I did mean that in the nicest possible way....

::::gets coat::::::

Nice one Keith xxx
The Brief will be in the text box, small though it is, cheering you on.

1.John Shipley
2.James Curry
3.Lawrence Gosney

keith if you knock paul parker out 3rd and get HU with lucy i am sorry mate but your going to have no chance as i will be supporting lucy $200 is $200 for crying out loud

1. Achileas Kalakkis
2. John Shipley
3. Paul Parker

btw Tikay I haven't been to the sporting odds poker site before but reckon its one of the ugliest/most unprofessional looking poker sites I have been to. The toolbar looks like one of the templates that comes with Microsoft Frontpage. Moan at the designers if you get a chance and good luck in the tourney!

$200 is $200 agreed.

But 1% of a million Euros is more!  :ironside:

sorry i lose count at 5

I have my PRO cheerleaders outfit on Kieth............So lets go kill'em

1 John Shipley

2 The Camel

3 tikay

Keith, If I make 100 entries, all with you as my nominated winner, how many 1%'s of you do I get?

And someone inferred Achilleas Kalakkis hardly needs the money. This much is true, we'd all like to be a £biilion behind him, & I exaggarate not.

But I've played, at a guess, over 25 or 30 single table Live SNG's with him, usually at £500 or £1,000 a pop, and let me tell you, he's THE fiercest competitor you could ever wish to meet. Nobody will be trying harder than him  tonight.

I wish them all Good Luck. They are gonna need it.

The Camel will layeth the smacketh down!

Some people are too clever by half...

I would offer to swap a % with you tikay, but 5% of nothing equals what?

I  have just made it home from Las Vegas, no sleep last 2 days but I will be ready!

Good luck to evryone, just remember I DONT MAKE DEALS :D

I have only been picked by cupcake to win??? alot of 2nd place finishes????? Is this a comment on my heads up game ;goodvevil;

Yes....... ;scarymoment;

1.The Camel
2.John Shipley
3. Tikay Tikay Tikay Tikay Tikay Tikay (Mis-read under pressure cost u a win  :()

BA

Ok - I go for

The Rookie
Lucy
John Shipley

1st. The Don
2nd Tikay
3rd Foxxy


Sandy

Swap a % with you Keith? Don't get ahead of yourself man. I'm fussy who I swap with. And I'm well looking forward to this.

1-camel
2-rookie
3-foxy

Just to be different

21st Tikay
20th Roland
19th Yongsta (if he had the same yucky luck he had in Cardiff)

See I put you on the top of this list tikay, is that worth 1%?

how do I get into the game??

Lucy is OUT, busted by John Shipley. A lot of bets 1-2-3 down already!

Roland De Wolfe is OUT, busted, I think, by The Rookie.

JamieBoy is OUT, busted by Achileas Kalakkis who sucked out on him big time, A-( (fully) v AQ, all-in Pre-Flop

Lawrence Gosney is OUT, busted by Riobert Cooper

It was Foxxy, AJ vs A2.

Camel is going to town!

Flopped a straight flush vs suspected nut flush.

GOOOOOOOO



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Carl Cox is OIT, another victim of Robet Cooper who is huge already

Baron - can you try & do the Live Update?

Rookie is OUT, busted by Achilleas, he's the suck-out KIng

Robert Cooper just took out an internet qualifier, seven high board with two hearts. Coopers 99 held up vs the j10 of hearts though.

Correction, The Rookie survived!

Shipley just took out the Rookie and an internet qualifier in a 3 way all-in spectacular. AA vs Rookie's 66 vs qualifiers AJ.

ya, ran into AA twice, great game though, lots of action

Harsh beat with the JJ vs Q10 which hit running 10's brian :(

ya but i got real lucky the prior hand against him

Yes tikay sorry.

I'm on it

yongsta wins a Nottinghamshire race with Jnr TT v AK and his TT holds up

Tikay has 1957.

The year he became 40!

Junior is short. He doesn't have many chips either.

John Shipley motoring well after that massive 3 way pot where held held AA vs 66 and AJ.

Yongsta moving nicely....

The Don has fallen to Shipley.

He held J8 on a board of J26 (2 and 6 were clubs) and shipley called with 54 clubs. Runner, runner straight.

Thanks Aaron

Junior back up to 1215.

Go on son!

KroAceII doubles up with 44 vs 57 when short stacked.

4 hits the board and he's back in business.

Next hand he's busted - AK vs Shipley's JJ.

Shipley is huge.

He has chips too.

Foxxy gone.

Button raise with K8 finds the SB with TT. No help.

HAMEREN! doubles up with QQ in the SB after the button (2jackoffs) has raised pre flop with A3.

tikay bullies his SB (jernmand) off the pot after he smells a weakish limp.

Junior down to 300 after an all in with 57 spades runs into QQ from another shortstack (jernmand).

Junior up to 750 910 vs 95

Now K6 vs AJ. A K hits and Junior is up to 1700!

The Camels AQ holds up vs A5 hes now on 3800 odd.

Jern is out TT vs Q8. A Q flopped.

FINAL!!

HAMMEREN1 trebles up AT vs A9 vs A6.

No help for anyone.

tikay is gone.

TT all in 2 callers and one had AJ on a KJX board.

pkerlate is gone. All in on the button for a grand or so. BB, WPTPROCHIP, calls with K4 sooted.

K on the river changes nothing.

Good work sir.  :)up

WPTPROCHIP is back in it after a huge 8k pot with KK vs a bluff from sundiszno with Q8 on a A high board.

Great viewing.

 ;iagree;

Great job Baron

Cheers mate.

Junior gone. He was on the BB and moved in on his SB limper with 45 sooted. SB called with AT and made a straight.

Yup - And it sure did HURT  ;tk;

Awesome stuff here guys.

Camel raises min from cut off. Both blinds shipley and WPTPROCHIP call.

Flop Kd 8d 5h.

Checked around.

Turn 10h.

Shipley bets 800 WPT calls Camel mucks.

River Qc.

Shipley bets 1800 WPT calls in a shot with K2.

Shipley shows A2 hearts before mucking.

Camel up to 4380 after a flop of QTT with 4 limpers.

Shipley raises with KK from mid-late HAMEREN1 is all in on BB with AQ. No help. He's gone.

Shipley is in for a HUGE bag of luck today....

Nice work all.... Action

Lots of nicking and SB vs BB stuff here.

MASSIVE pot for the Yongsta.

Sundiszno limps. Yongsta in SB raises to 1200.

Sun goes all in for 5k+ with AA. yongsta dwells before calling with QQ.

Flop 9TJ,

Turn K.

Ayyyaaaarrr!

Sun gone 2 hands later 9T vs Shipleys AK.

Shipley hits 2 kings!

YONGSTA wins an 18k pot. Raises happen pre flop.

It comes rags but the turn brings a T and the chips go in.

Shipley shows JJ Rob shows TT.

The Ship aint sunk yet tho. He has 3k ish. Now it's nearly 4.

Paul Parker has quietly gotten to 10k. No only is he silent he's not been in a huge pot in ages.

Camel gone. A9 vs Rob's KK.

Rob on 20k.

who's left in?/ how many?
rough chips?
Please

Rob Cooper 12k
Rob Yong19k
Paiul Parker 9k

blinds 200/400

Shipley gone. I missed it but WPT had sevens and fours!

Maybe it was 74!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Robert

Yong still on 20k or there abouts, Paul Parker and WPT are both still on 10ish.

Blinds 3-600.

WPT takes down a nice pot with KT after runner runnering 2 pair. He's back on 10k after the loss of a few blinds.

Who is WPT?

Robert Cooper, he's won the Poker Den a few times.

The fact that the last five players were all the 'big' players just shows once again the class rising to the top.

WPT up to 15k. Paul P down to 5.5k. Yongsta still on 20 odd.

12k Pot Yongsta moves with A8 Paul P calls with AQ and holds up.

Ballsy play.

WPT = 16.5k Yongsta 13.5k Paul P = 10.5k

i got disconnected from site after getting knocked out and wont let me back on anyone else have problem

Yongsta with a huge all in reraise on a 567 all diamonds board. Back up to 15.5k.

Another all in. 18k.

Rob back on 19.5k due to aggression, balls and pure will.

4 minute break.

Any help with this update for 10 mins would be appreciated.

At the break

rob 19541
PP    7938
Robert C  14521

Gl paul and rob!

Anyone know how they all got in this, was it a normal sat? if so what was the buyin?

No, you could try reinstalling. Unlucky btw mr shipley.

RF see tikays replay in the first couple of pages that explains the event

blinds 800 / 400

Rob sitting out and getting blinded out

rob still sat out his blinds being taken

RY 13500
RC 21300
PP 5000

The dynamic has changed slightly since RC and PP are BOTH after the blinds that RY has posted.

despite calls from the rail for the players to sit out and allow Ry back in

The game goes on. That is poker.

RC 26k

Ry 7.5k

pp 7k

I think it's become a bit of farce tbh. RC is going to win easily now. :(

If just one of them offered to sit out I think it would force the other to do so also. Having said all that, if I was in the same position with an EPT seat on the line. I'm not sure what I'd do.

very very dissapointing IMHO

Feel so sorry for Rob,

Unlucky big man...........get back in there and stuff'em

Also having problems logging on aswell maybe this is robs problem

Ry OUT - he never reconnected.

RC lots

PP not as many.

When the same thing happened when Reddog was playing a heads up he sat out until the other player reconnected.........that's decent poker. Winning through disconnection isn't imho.

WINNER - who cares

[edit - lets see how much trouble that gets me into]

[edit edit - I am not sure if I should now alter this to the actual winnner or leave as is]

Rob Y gone, genuinely gutted for him. :( He was playing the best of the three before the break in my opinion. I won't criticise the other two, maybe they had the observer chat off, but...there you go.

I agree

 :goodpost:

What should have been a spectacle, has ended in a farce.  

Does the rookie not have a deal with USA poker?

The worst thing is knowing what a top bloke Rob is
he would have sat out without even thinking about it
showed class like RED-DOG

Gutted for Tikay too.
 

do we know the reason for Rob's disconnect and failure to re-connect.

It seems unfortunate , and its alright for us to say what we would have done in that situation, but we have to remember that for a large proportion of these players, this is their livliehood, and a free entry to a million buck tournament could be major benefit to them.

in a normal online comp i would expect that to happen Laz ... However, this was 3 players that knew each other and not total strangers, ...a chance missed to show poker players in a good light has been missed IMHO.

it's not tikays fault.

Errr this is an invitation event Laz.

It takes a big man to do what Red-dog did, I reckon they should be ashamed of themselves.

Of course not, but he may feel like he bears some responsibility because he chose these players (I don't think he should). It was a cracking tournament up to the break though!

As updater I'm gutted.

IMHO Rob was owning these two at the time.

I think the word we need here is fear.

Thanks Glad you get the point

i was in earlier but couldnt get back in - so reckon connection problems

Def as invitational think the other players should have done something

Also sporting odds have got to look into it if its a disconnection problem

Canuck did the same thing for me when we were HU in the Sunday Blonde league after my connection went screwy. Genuine class.

First off all.... Damn Rob - Feel sorry for disconnection. But it happens now and then at Sporting unfortuanly....

and congrats to winner WPT - Well played

It was true an experience to play you guys. Tough opponents i sure must say....
I won one off the qualifier heats and have played poker for about 8 months now.
I struggled and kept getting crappy cards and sure not the luck... (Str8 flush against my nut flush)  :blonde:
Agressive play at start - Damn....

Thanks for an experience and lessons to learn

I'm working my way up...  ;)

Make no mistake about it Robert Cooper isnt skint! LOL, so the winning the tournament doesnt have THAT much benefit to him

I have met RC a few times and always found him to be polite and helpful. Guess we are just lucky that we have an extra good friend in Reddog who is more likely to need the cash (no offence Red) but would prefer to win it in a different way. Poker is a game of many styles and although I don't particularly like what has happened I can only accept that that is what happens on a regular basis on the net and not everyone is as well versed in blonde manners as some of us are.....

Having met Rob Yong a few times im pretty sure he would have waited for another player to reconnect.

No Doubt

Thanks guys. Sporting Odds donated £500 to my charity for my last home game so i'm not sore at them. Ben Walton said that their server went down and disconnected me (I could still log into Crytpo and Stars so it was not a problem my end, and we tried to get back on on 2 different Pc's with no success). These things happen.

In terms of the other 2 players, maybe they did not know that "yongsta" screen name was me so it wasn't personal. However, I don't really know Robert Cooper, but knew the writing was on the wall when he immediately raised in the SB to take my uncontested BB as soon as I disconected. I have nicked so many of Paul Parker's blinds in the past that I could sit out for the next twenty years and I'd still owe him a few blinds so no problem there either. Personally, I would have sat out but that doesn't mean what they did was wrong, just maybe a little bit opportunistic, which I guess is part of the game.

Although I had 50% of chips in play, I was 2 hands away from being busted, and it was a freeroll, so thanks to Tkay for inviting me and maybe I'll get better luck next time.

Cheers Rob

OK, let's try & clear this up.

The Disconnect was at the Site's end, not Rob's. I have chatted with Ben Walton at Sporting Odds, he's pulling his hair out - tonight of all nights for it to happen - but as blonde knows only too well, software glitches are par for the course, & they ALWAYS haoppen at the worst moments.

I chatted with Rob too (been some busy night in the tikay home, I can tell you), & he's clearly very disappointed, but he knows the score. It was a Freeroll Invitational, & he & Ben have good relatiions prior to this, & still do, as SO.com donated a heathy sum to Rob's Charity recently. SO.com will certainly bear Rob in mind in the future, & cometh the moment they will try & make it up to him somehow. I regret it too, but it's just one of those things, & when all is said & done, it's only poker & money, nobody's been hurt. And we have no idea if Rob woulda won or not, but he was clearly favourite to do so. Sometimes things turn out for the best by the weirdest routes.

Sit Out or Play when the Chip Leader has been disconnected? In the heat of the moment passions get aroused, & we all have strong feelings one way or another.

Truth is, if €12,000 was at stake, many would play on. I'm not sure what I'd do - I like to think I'd Sit-Out, I generally do when it happens in H-U or SNG's, but I've never been in that position when €12,000 was on the line. Or offline, as the case may be. And what if one of the two remaining players sat out, & the other did not? It ain't as easy a call as some might think.

Another day, another bit of fun. Life is never dull, eh?

Very generous of you Rob, still thought it was dissapointing though good luck.

Flushy asks if Rookie has a deal with USA Poker. No, he does not. He has one-off deals with all sorts of peeps, as many do, but he was contractually available, keen & willing to play Monte Carlo in Sporting Odds apparel, had he won tonight. €12,000 is a lot of money to anyone, even the Rookie, & he was well up for it.

Cheers for the explanation, someone should give him a damn deal, he is so funny!

Im sorry the way it panned out Rob,as you had a favorites chance. I initially thought you were coming back at any moment.The game soon takes its own dynamics, it doesnt take long.Robert played well and then had the good fortune of not having to beat you (poker is all about good and bad breaks).It would be a shame if he felt he couldnt enjoy his victory because he played well. Sincerest commiserations and best of luck in the future.

Well said Paul.

Tony,

Poker players will be poker players. I can imagine the final table of that comp. people will have worked hard to get there, and they will do whatever it takes to get to their goal.

It wasn't fair, but hate to say it, but life isn't fair.

One more notch on the Karma-o-meter for Rob, and no harm done.

Don't feel bad, it wasn't a farce, it was a good match, and the disconn. could have happened to anyone.

I can't say how I would have acted being in the same position - I don't think anyone could.

But at the basest point, you don't control the actions of anyone - they are ultimately responsible.

You brought a great field together - you can't control how they run.

Don't feel bad.

It is bad luck for Rob, you get all kinds of breaks and it is a shame he had a bad one tonight. Watch him play in Monte Carlo now and win the comp :D

I do not have a "contract" w/ any site at this time, have not found the right deal yet. I wore the USA poker shirt in the 888.com for Mr Cool.

Well played by all, thanks Tikay for the invite, will see everyone in Monte Carlo 8)

Who was playing under the account 'WPT'?

Robert Cooper.

I hear the comedy club are looking for new talent.

It was a great tournament and a real shame it didn't get played out the way it was intended but these things happen in the cyber-world.  In fact, I believe this is how Chris Moneymaker won his seat to the WSOP as his oppo had a power failure, which allowed the moneyman to come back from a 3:1 chip deficit and win (correct me if i'm wrong).

Tikay - many thanks for the invite, i thoroughly enjoyed it and i believe it was a great experience for all the players and spectators alike.  I feel SO.com have set a real marker here for other sites in terms of added value.  Its about time internet poker gave something back to the punter and this was a real innovative idea. - excellent stuff!

Re: Robert Cooper - Dubai is right.., he is not poor (drives a Bentley coupe with a personal reg plate and arrives at poker comps by helicopter) but he has as much right to win as anyone else and he played well by all accounts early on and may well have won without the server problems. - who knows.   Unlucky Rob - get your revenge in Monte Carlo... or you could always ban him from your club  :D :D.

jnr

I didnt know that about moneymaker, intresting.