Wow, I head to the other side of the Atlantic for a year and so much has happened!

I'd like to applaud Rob for his determination and enthusiasm for this project. It WILL be a success, of that I am sure.

The "Big 3" it seems have acted collusively "within the letter of the law", verging on "underhand" in my opinion. This is a last ditch attempt at trying to brush DTD under the carpet, which it obviously won't be, with such a crack team onboard and the unbelievable support that has been generated by the poker community.

My letters of support have already been sent to the OFT and the Competition Commission. Every little helps!!

**SKA**

Yeah iTunes requires Windows XP or 2000 to run. I also found out on the morning of my bday that fact. Fantastic job Apple. Sill though, iTunes is the most terrible piece of user-unfriendly software ever.

Download EphPod and you'll never look back. Does everything you'd wanna do with ur iPod and more. Have fun!!

http://www.ephpod.com/download.shtml

Quality. I've kept up reading this thread since it's beginning. Shame the updates will come to an end but can totally understand the reasoning behind it.

As for doing everything in-house, that's even better. Don't sell your soul to these monsters!!! DTD will be 10 times the poker club for it and you know it!

Good luck with the venture, I'll try and stay up to date with everything from Canada. No doubt I'll swing by in 2007 to see this place with my own eyes.

Scott

Some more Bill Hicks.... brilliance!!

"Tell you, the worst kind of non-smokers' the kind where you're smokin' and they just walk up to you and start coughin' ... [starts coughing affectedly] I always say, '****, you're lucky you don't smoke. Thats's some cough you got there, dude. I'm smoking, you're coughing. Wow.' That's kind of cruel, man. Going up to a smoker and coughing. S***! Do you go up to crippled people dancing too, you f***s? 'Hey, Mr. Wheelchair. What's your problem? Come on ironside, race ya!'"

Now and again Im prone to the odd cig, but I can take it or leave it, never get any cravings or anything. Sometimes it would be the only thing to get you through a shift at the Casino. God knows we're not allowed to drink!!! Guess I'm lucky. Simple fact is.... I enjoy smoking now and again and I'd like to decide for myself what to do and not be told what to do. Bill Hicks had it right...

"I smoke, if this bothers anyone, I recommend you looking around the world in which we live and... shutting your ******* mouth."

"Non-smokers die every day. Sleep tight! I know you've employed some kind of.... eternal life fantasy because you've chosen not to smoke. Let me be the first to pop that bubble and send you hurtling back to reality – because .........  you're dead too. And you know what the doctors say: '****, if only you'd smoked – we'd have the technology to help you. It's you people dying from nothing who are screwed."

Offensive? Maybe. Hilarious? Definitely!!! True? Undeniably.

Gotta love him.

... you can organize yourself a drink, hot food and a toilet trip all in the space of 5 mins, on the hour every hour.

Try manually clearing everything except cookies. Should workl! I've had no problems with Firefox.

4th Gen 20 Gig iPod still working after 2yrs and a bit. If it freezes/mucks about, hold Play+Menu for 5 secs for a soft reset. Usually sorts it out. But yeah, formatting and updating firmware is always another good one to try. Oh yeah, DONT USE ITUNES. Goto http://www.ipodlounge.com for good (better) 3rd party iPod software. EphPod is the best programme out there imo.

Good luck!!

Fantasic pics!! Will be good to see how it changes over the months. I have a few mates in Nottingham who used to work at Smilin' Sams, including Odin-Dealer who I'm off to Canada with!! Small world. He's glad to see it being put to good (better) use.

I honestly believe this place will be a huge hit. All business projects borne out of passion seem to be more succesful than projects started up because "there's a niche there" or "that will provide a nice return".

Gratz to hear it's all going full steam ahead. Love the name, and the location/premises sound tip-top. Should hopefully be dealing poker full time when I head over to Canada in the new year. They have a spangly 24hr card-room latched onto the Casino, with leagues with PRIZES!!!!! How's about that then? A casino in tune with their market!! I shall report back in the New Year with any findings.

Till then, best of luck with the venture, I have no doubts!!!

SKA

Hah!!

Anyone else seen the news that Southampton have called for an investigation into betting exchanges? Quite a fair amount shifted, comparable to the outcome of the FA Cup! BetFair have signed an agreement of understanding with the FA so will help out with any investigations apparently. Interesting stuff!! Watch the exchanges and not what people are saying it seems.

Didn't see that one coming at all!!! Harry's back at the helm at Fortress Fratton. How did you exchangers do then? P&L wise? Always been intrigued by them, but I'm not really a gambling man, the green beize of the poker table is as far as my fluttering goes Im afraid (and that's not too much like gambling to me tbh, it's the ultimate mind game).

No Yogi we didn't unfortunately!!

I'm a relatively new Blondeite but I had the pleasure of meeting a few there!! Seems you can't swing a cat in any card room without hitting one.

I'm gagging for some more live poker action already :-( 

- SKA -

Posted a few pics of the final table and the event in general over at http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=4295.0 .

How's that for promptness?

Enjoy!!

Final table time!!

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