killing the goose that lays the golden egg.  Just sounds like betfair premium charge all over again.  Amazing how these senior ceo exec types on £500k+ a year are so short sighted and so clueless.  Yet they keep killing these huge businesses which have monopoly positions for their own short term gain.  How can you earn so much and be so clueless?

100% agree.

They know they are the biggest so instead of trying to make it even bigger they think they can use their power to bleed every last penny out the system.

The only way they will stop is if the players pull in same direction and stop playing there stop signing up etc.

Obv so many won't as the big pp and flashing lights allude us all and brain fry our minds. It's a real shame and I certainly won't be doing it anymore. Enough is enough. Time to stand up and fight for the future of poker.

I would imagine showing a final table EPT nowadays isn't very productive at all to signing up people who have never played poker.  The poker cage, imo, although being cheesy, is much more likely to appeal to the casual types who have never played poker before online to encourage them to sign up.  Players like VCM winning EPT's is priceless though.  Stars must truely be gutted they didn't send a film crew to cover that EPT.  Like Alex says though all the planning for TV is done in advance and they can't plan once the attractiveness of the winner is done.

How does anyone know that it is planned in advance ?

I think it was a shame that they dropped the UKIPT from their televised tournaments.  It showed the 'grass-roots' players getting involved in decent prize money - an accessible EPT really.  However, the cost for televising these events isn't insignificant and I guess they want a direct return on this investment (in terms of new customer signups and deposits, etc.).

I certainly think there's a greater ROI on many things they do (or could do) compared to sponsoring pros who no one outside the game has any clue who they are. 

Completely agree with this.

I think they decide before hand which tournaments will be televised and which won't. A few weeks back they showed Vicky Coren winning it in a brief clip so I severely doubt they'll show the whole tournament highlights

Yeah that's what my friend said too. If this is the case then shame on you Stars, shame on you.

Even my friend and his friends who have no idea of how to play poker but read the guardian religiously and telegraph etc knew of Vicky's win and of her 1st ept too.

I'm sure if it was mike Mcdonald or someone like that it would be shown. Just lol tbh

Nonsense, they decide before the tournament starts which they televise and which they don't. They ran seriously bad that VCMs win was one of the stops they didn't televise as it would've made cracking television and they've been running the "first two time champ" story throughout the shows so they'll be gutted they can't show it.

So you think this cage programme is better than any of the ept stops? If you are trying to show how amateur players can win a huge sum of money from a small entry then surely stick with the online qualifiers who have been getting in for cheap?... mix that up with good professionals that show some personality at the table and poker looks very enticing no?

Did you actually read what Alex and baldock posted?

Yes I'm just asking Alex's views on what he thinks about the concept ?
And also Imo of course I think they can find better ways of promoting online poker/pokerstars live events etc.

And before anyone starts it's got nothing to do with the fact she's a woman. I personally feel she is one of the best ambassadors for poker. Her personality and wit is a cut above 98% of the other pros imo.

I think they decide before hand which tournaments will be televised and which won't. A few weeks back they showed Vicky Coren winning it in a brief clip so I severely doubt they'll show the whole tournament highlights

Yeah that's what my friend said too. If this is the case then shame on you Stars, shame on you.

Even my friend and his friends who have no idea of how to play poker but read the guardian religiously and telegraph etc knew of Vicky's win and of her 1st ept too.

I'm sure if it was mike Mcdonald or someone like that it would be shown. Just lol tbh

Nonsense, they decide before the tournament starts which they televise and which they don't. They ran seriously bad that VCMs win was one of the stops they didn't televise as it would've made cracking television and they've been running the "first two time champ" story throughout the shows so they'll be gutted they can't show it.

So you think this cage programme is better than any of the ept stops? If you are trying to show how amateur players can win a huge sum of money from a small entry then surely stick with the online qualifiers who have been getting in for cheap?... mix that up with good professionals that show some personality at the table and poker looks very enticing no?

I think they decide before hand which tournaments will be televised and which won't. A few weeks back they showed Vicky Coren winning it in a brief clip so I severely doubt they'll show the whole tournament highlights

Yeah that's what my friend said too. If this is the case then shame on you Stars, shame on you.

Even my friend and his friends who have no idea of how to play poker but read the guardian religiously and telegraph etc knew of Vicky's win and of her 1st ept too.

I'm sure if it was mike Mcdonald or someone like that it would be shown. Just lol tbh

About time imo. Maybe now they don't have a free loader on their books, they can look at making their mtt structure bigger and better to bring more traffic onto the site.

Not sure if anyone saw last night, but pokerstars are running a new show called the 'cage' or something.

I'm just wondering where and when (if) Vicky Coren's EPT San remo is gonna be shown? My friend told me other week she was watching an ept show and it said they weren't showing it? I just cannot believe this information is true surely?

The show last night was the most boring out of date relevance I have ever had the torture of watching... terrible move by stars imo. Are they really that desperate ?

Nice to see you last week at Luton Eso, you are looking well.

Good luck in your new projects and hope they are successful x

Cheers Dreenie it was good to see you too!!

I don't know if you saw but that guy you were flirting chatting with won the main event and didn't get chance to tell you at the time but he is a pretty dece stake online cash player to my knowledge.

Ps your red bull rant from a diff table was funny to observe.

Are you still doing anything to get into the chef side of the restaurant business?

Lol! I honestly think I've fallen in love ... hope he wasn't bluffing when he said he didn't have a gf 😉

I nearly fainted when they said £3 lol! In the end a guy to my left insisted on buying me one, felt a bit bad cos it wasn't that I was being tight I just felt principal wise it was very high...

I haven't really tried to get into cooking much recently, I've been playing more poker, hoping to win the SM so I can buy something of my own haha

Probably look to flat swap somewhere soon which is closer to the west end and try and find somewhere there, literally no use working in London when u live in Surrey.

Cool will defo try and watch some videos... Gl x

What % of the game do u think makes up of you being emotionally stable and not letting anything get to you personally in order to win consistently over just pure knowledge of the game itself?

Do u believe people can still win if they are playing lower table count without HEM/poker tracker or is all this stuff a must use nowadays?

How long did you go before you bought this software? And do u find it critical to have it when playing your schedule night in night out?

Gl and defo want a copy!

I'm also a huge Chris Moorman fan (genuinely), but anyone wondering why he isn't sponsored probably only needs to check this thread. I think I've written more on a post-it note.

This post seems more than slightly unreasonable to me and perhaps even more unnecessary.

Chris has never been a prolific blonde poster and that has been less so over the years with his online and live commitments combined with his travel schedule. He has however done an 'In the well' on blonde.

I've only spoken to Chris a few times and he's always come off as a very well meaning guy irl and I've never heard anything of the contrary from anyone in poker when Chris's name has come up which is very rare these days.

This thread was created by Tighty and someone messaged Chris to let him know it existed. He took the time to come and answer questions and I was pleased at his honest responses, particularly with regard to his stable as it always intrigued me that everyone I talked to a while back was backed by Moor. He also came back 5/6 days later to reply to some more posts.

He hasn't done the hard sell at all on here with his book. He could have definitely done that if he wanted and blonde would have supported him but that's seemingly not his style and fair play for that.

Maybe he is someone that doesn't want limelight and a sponsorship deal. Maybe he is someone who hasn't been offered one because he doesn't thrive under media spotlight. Who knows? I don't recall him mentioning that he was upset because he doesn't have a deal somewhere. Reputation wise there are few who are more deserving and I think to the Blonde community, that matters most.

Best post by far.

Nice to see you last week at Luton Eso, you are looking well.

Good luck in your new projects and hope they are successful x

Bump!! Ha


How's life mate ? Poker ? Thoughts on newcastle/pardew ? Planning on going to the derby in December ?

Obv going to the Derby, you coming up again ?

Yeah come on Mondy,  the fans want some gossip, how's life and poker etc, you playing any of the spin and gos? 

Hope your well x