ANYBODY UP FOR A LIVE BLONDE TOURNY?

[dik9]

Now if there was a trophy to play for then the bragging rights would be HUGE!! 

[Robert HM]

Is that an offer??

[I KNOW IT]

Is that an offer??

Dont u sleep?

[Ironside]

Is that an offer??

Dont u sleep?

do you?

[Robert HM]

Phone woke me up, work, going back to bed. Got to love internet poker, played a cash game whilst on the phone. $9.94 up but the blooming phone will cost someone a lot more.
Sweet Dreams all

[I KNOW IT]

 good night, playing these American sites, strange tourny starting times.
Are you playing anywhere Ironside

[Ironside]

played 5 games in last 5 weeks

just sat catching up with alot of tv i have recorded and not watched

[Ironside]

only 8 more hours of the bill to go before i can start watching the 2nd series of the 4400

[dik9]

Is that an offer??

YES

[Scottish Dave]

Is it just me or is everyone missing Adam M's point here, the event is supposed to be like a xmas night out, and to much thought is going into, the prize pool, and too many people are already counting the winnings to try to cover the travel expenses, think of it as a social event, without any poker at all, you wouldnt get your travel expenses back then would you, but i know a lot of people would still turn up for the occasion.

So the main factor inb this shouldnt bee getting the prize pool up, it should be getting blondes together for a great laugh and drink etc etc.

If its £50 or less im 99% certain ill be there, as ill need £50 travel money, and im not outlaying more than £100

If its more than £50 buy in, there no chance i can afford to travel down.

PS is there any of this in Midlands or north of england, for all up scots, that yous love so well.

Dave

[TightEnd]

Who knows, if this one works, there might be thought of an event in Scotland......


we'd love to come up and take your money back with us 

[AdamM]

My vote's for the £30 FO.


I say LET ALL BLONDITES PLAY! We shouldn't need to qualfiy to go to our own party IMO

exactly.

What it basically sounds like the Camel is saying is, because travel costs are going to be high he'll need his prize to be higher. The point is this event isn't just an opportunity for the grass roots Blondites to contribute to the high roller Blondites Bankrolls. I don't know exactly what Dik had in mind but when this has been talked about before the idea has been for an opportunity for the little guys to play the big guys at the little guys buy in level. if it's too cheap for any of the big boys to want to play, unfortunate but so be it. I would rather play 200 Blondites at £30 than play 50 Blondites at £100 and I think that is your basic choice.
If the Big boys need more action to make it worth their while then set up some £5/£10 cash games or £100 STTs and us minows can enjoy the £30 comp and some £10 STTs and 50p/£1 cash.

I don't necessarily think this needs to be decided democratically (I would say that as £30 is not winning) I think a management decision is more appropriate. as Tikay said, there may be a chance of added value from else where which should reduce the need for high buy ins.
The Pro's should be treating this as a minor expense, not a profit making trip. if a £1000 1st prize isn't enough to draw your best game, you're missing the point IMO

Stubborn Tikay, me?

[Phil]

I've just read through this and am pretty shocked by how a couple of members have responed to this thread.

In my opinion this is a great idea and we should all do our best to make sure as many Blondes can make it as possible. £30 seems perfect for that, although a £50 is do-able too.

I'm sure if I posted a thread up about playing above my bank roll people would tell me not to, but here we've got people encouraging people to play £100 tournys - despite them saying its out of their budget.

Sats for the game - awful idea, completely missing the point.

For those thinking about the money here, just forget theres any prize money at all. The weekend will cost you X amount and its just a weekend away. It seems ironic that the players with a bankroll are complaining about potential costs where as players who have implied they have less of a bankroll seem happy to just have a good night/weekend out with the people at Blonde and put those flashing $$$$ out of the picture just for a little while.

This a about having a good night out and giving some bragging rights, not about how many Blondes bankrolls we can break in one night.

[byronkincaid]

£100 is not a lot of money. I'm skint, in fact I'm about £200K in debt including my mortgage but I can still manage to save a oner in two and a half months or whatever it is. Everyone thinks their point is more important than everyone else's, well here's mine. I WANNA PLAY THE CAMEL. I sat at his table in Deauville in February and pooped my pants. Too scared to get involved in a pot with him. I want to see if my live game has improved. I want the chance to play top level players for only a £100. WOW £100 and I can play The Camel, Tikay and possibly some other people I've only ever seen on TV before. A £30 freezeout is not gonna get them playing their A game. It would be like me playing a Blonde $5 online tourney or something, yeah I'd like to win but at the end of the day I don't give a monkeys... try to double up early, if not I can try to make some money somewhere else. We're poker players FFS, don't you want to improve your game? £100 could be the cheapest most important lesson you ever get. You could learn stuff that will make you thousands.

Travelling up to Birmingham will cost me at least a couple of hundred. It ain't worth it for a £50 tourney. I might as well sit at home and grind out a few quid an hour like I normally do. Seriously I think a lot of people could be losing out on the opportunity of a lifetime here for a few measely quid. £10 a week how could you save that? Have a few less pints at the weekend. Smoke 2 packets of fags less every week. Come on guys it ain't that hard is it. Cut out one takeaway pizza a week and you've got the money.

AdamM, I will quite happily stake you £50 if this does turn out to be a £100 FO. I consider this to be a +ev agreement for me. Seriously. 

[Phil]

"£100 is not a lot of money"


I'm sorry, I don't agree.

I'm not going to give you a sob story or anything, but to some of us £100 is a lot of money. I can't speak for everyone, but from reading this post so far I think there's a few more blondes that probably think the same.