just caught up with the best updates yet! fantastic effort everyone at blonde. good luck to the Brits and goodluck el blondie in the golden ticket tourney....very good idea this consolation tourney (from a spectator point of view anyway) and am very intrigued to see how the winner progresses with the short stack. cheers. tom

great coverage - a few more pics would be great if you can get away with it...latest chips too if poss. thx!

if Greg Raymer wins again this year it would be an absolutely remarkable feat and very very very good for the game. naturally i would like to see a Brit win but if not then i will be hoping he can do it.

just caught up with end of day one action.... brilliant updates as always and am still chuckling at the muppet pic. thankyou again everyone at blonde. i know i will be knackered by the end of this tourney but my only comfort is you guys will be absolutely hanging....great stuff. Anyone out there got any more thin, fat, ugly, average looking blokes with glasses/ monocles and / or facial hair for Tikay to track down? - reminds me of Anneka Rice zipping about on Treasure Hunt but far more amusing. And did the muppet make it through? can't seem to find a definitive answer

just think you save up all year put 10k down and play and are 1-2on are being out before 2/3rds of the field even take there seat crue sport poker

and you get rivered by a guy in a muppet suit.... very cruel indeed

imagine the prep...10k entry fee, check, ipod, check, shades, check, muppet outfit....

ironside - saw that too on another site - quality. thats why i stick to online poker - would want to call even more than usual if i had that sitting on my right

no news on ben grundy for a while...did he maintain his good start?

127k is my prediction, not too sure who will have it though

Just want to wish eveyone from the UK the very best of luck and thanks to tikay et al for the updates.

thanks to everyone who has responded. as it transpires the neteller account is good and my winnings are safe. i think the transfer of funds then cash out to ladbrokes is a sound suggestion....i gather they have a big week next week too, so maybe not all of it will make it back to my debit card! best, the guru.

hi Bongo - yes it is the first cashout ive had processed and i have never setup a netteller account. the support at UB say i have set up a netteller account and quoted me the account number. i have another email from eworldholdings, whoever that is, saying they  have charged my netteller account $150 - what for i have got no idea. UB are telling me to contact netteller...trouble is i have no contact details and so far can't find any. cheers

hi, am wondering if anyone can offer any help - i came second in 9.5k gtd event on UltimateBet on fri night/sat am....and hence did my first cashout of 1.8k usd. Expected the money to go onto my visa card which i have used to make deposits however i get an email today saying its gone to my netteller account which i have no knowledge of. i also get an email from netteller acknowledging this receipt. what is worrying is that there is another email from an internet company acknowledging payment of something for usd 150. again i no nothing of this. i am worried am getting screwed here but UB have not got a phone number for contacting support and am anxiously awaiting email responses. Can anyone offer any suggestions / help? thx.

cheers ironside, comments noted and my enter key is appropriately disabled... cheers, tom

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my first and probably last post on the forum until i become more qualified at this game i'm starting to love - but just wanted to say DEFINITELY KEEP UP THE LIVE TOURNEY UPDATES - they are great reading for those of us not there, and maybe like me, not ready or capable for the move up from small stakes internet poker. Your updates really capture the atmosphere at these big events and are great reading during the quieter moments of online MTT's.

One more point to add - your forum members all seem to know what they are talking about and you do not seem to suffer from the slaters / baiters / timewasters that plague other similar sites. not sure how you've managed this but everyone here seems helpful and friendly and there is a good spirit to the place. keep up the fantastic work.....it is both innovative and refreshing.