ANYBODY UP FOR A LIVE BLONDE TOURNY?

[divaflava]

I understand where adam's coming from,  he obviously takes his responsibilities very seriously. He has a young family and is trying to get a business off the ground with little capital. From what I've seen, he is a more than a fair player at the level his bankroll supports and the fact that he is sticking to that level should be commended not knocked. comments like "well don't play poker" are a bit carp really.

Mind you, I also think he's in the minority, not the majority here - and Mr. Hawkins has made a good point.

I think £100 makes it an 'event' and is more likely to attract the attention of good players. I completely take the point of playing a forum tournie for as little as you like online but live *is* different.

I imagine most of the up and coming players posting here have now played £10 or £20 re-buys at their casino, or perhaps even £50 freezeouts. I played a £150 + £15 re-buy at a festival for my first live game because I'd started to final table consistently in MTTs on Betfair and wanted to find out whether I was any good. That £165 gave me a very clear idea of where I was and probably saved me a lot of money. It also does not compare to the lower-level stakes games I've settled at for now, even tho' that also has some very good players.

But if it doesn't hurt you in the pocket a bit when you lose, then you aren't playing to your full potential.

If it takes £100 to bring in the better players than that's what it takes. If you don't bring in the better players than it's just the poker equivalent of a star trek fans convention with Data as the main attraction.

But I can see how the suggested date could be an issue.

I can see the logic that if other voices have a say in how the budget is spent, it's difficult to justify £200+ on a jolly when you've just gone skint celebrating the holidays. Perhaps those people could pitch it as an extension of the festivities and budget accordingly, 7 Jan - the 13th day of christmas perhaps? Well, perhaps not but I don't think it should be a show-stopper either.

Perhaps a £100 double-chance nearer Easter would be a better idea?



and 23o rocks...

[snoopy1239]

Hi all.

This is a grand idea.

However, creating a comp that caters for such a broad range of members is a unavoidable nightmare.

But... where there's a will there's a way.

Personally, I think we should make it a double chance freezout. Not only does this stop people being busted first hand, but it also means that if people can't afford the rebuy, they can just play it as a freezout. True, it does mean that the deeper pockets have a better chance, but this didn't stop many playing the Notts event as a freezout. Also, as people keep saying, it's not really about the money as such, so would it really matter if the deeper pockets had that slight advantage over the rest?

We have a cradroom manager in dik, we have a casino with bar, restaurant, tables, etc in the Broadway. To not hold it at this place with this available to us would be a missed opportunity. Plus, it's a fantastic casino and possibly the best in England.

It has to be a weekend so the maximum amount of Blondites can play. And it will have to start early as most double chance freezouts are two day events. We wouldn't want to have to sacrifice the clocks and blind structure to fit it all in.

Anyhows, great idea and I'm up for it whatever happens.

snoopy, a double chance freezeout is a freezeout so why would somebody with deeper pockets have a slight advantage??

Yes. Sry, ignore that point. I'm being really thick with millions of whooooooshes going my way.

It's being an 'I am thick and shouldn't be thinking so much'. - as proven in my thread I just posted.

[snoopy1239]

he thinks 23 off is a great hand!!

I don't know if I have this option available to me, but I'm going to pull it out anyway.

Yellow card!

[TightEnd]

have alook at his new thread "Assumption......"

Post of the day 

[dan]

23 is that not the hand you lost all of smithy's chips with

[ifm]

sssshhhhhhhh Dan, Smithy thinks he was "card dead"

[snoopy1239]

I was!

23 is what I call card dead.

 

[ifm]

it was the 3rd hand you played!!!!!!!!!

[snoopy1239]

it was the 3rd hand you played!!!!!!!!!

yes, well the 2 be4 were rags. 

still card dead. 

[Trace]

    Where is Broadway?

[Royal Flush]

Birmingham according to the earlier posts.

[Trace]

Do me a favour and take the sarcastic head off!

[Royal Flush]

How is that sarcastic!! it is in Birmingham

[NoflopsHomer]

I won't play higher than a £50 fo. Sorry, but I think some people are looking at this more from a financial viewpoint than a chance to meet up and socialise.

[The Camel]

Surely the best thing is to do is go with the majority.

Leave the poll up for a few days and whatever the final result is, we go with..

Fairy nuff?