ANYBODY UP FOR A LIVE BLONDE TOURNY?

[phil_and]

I would not bother for a £0 buy-in.  Part of the thrill of a tourney for me is that it involves risking something to win something. Guess thats the "gamble" in me 

Would prefer £50-£100 freezout but would play for £30 as well. 

Why not make it a £25 event with one rebuy?  Seems to be the middle ground to me....

Phil.

[Pokerron]

Adam, if you had invested the energy spent on this thread on marketing your shirts, or playing low limit tourneys online you'd have the extra bloody 50 sheets by now!!!

[dan]

from what i can remember £30 fo wasnt an option at 1st and everybody who said they didnt want to play £100 said they would rather play for £50. then a £30 fo was added to the vote which i thought was slightly silly because if you were going to vote for £100 you would still vote that but if you were going to vote for £50 you might go for £30 instead.

what i am trying to say is that if the £30 option wasnt there i think the £50 option would be ahead in the voting and there wouldnt be an arguement as that is what seems to be a happy medium

[AdamM]

Adam, if you had invested the energy spent on this thread on marketing your shirts, or playing low limit tourneys online you'd have the extra bloody 50 sheets by now!!!

welcome to blonde. don't know if your post was meant to sound as aggressive as it did

I may well personally be able to afford £100, it's more the principle that the tourney should be accessable for as many members as possible, and I don't think £100 dies that

[Robert HM]

Welcome Pokerron to the Blonde Forum.

[Royal Flush]

it's more the principle that the tourney should be accessable for as many members as possible

So we agree on £0?

[dan]

flushy are you serious about £0?

if so, do you think it would make for a good tournament, you would take risks you wouldnt, normally play hands you wouldnt normally (although im not sure this is a good example to use on you ) people will be glad to get out so they can play side games

[AdamM]

no Dan, I think for some reason he's trying to wind me up.

[Phil]

This thread is starting to get ridicolous.

Royalflush - you know exactly the point Adam is making, and you're taking it to a stupid level. We are all poker players, we all want to play for a little money, even if it's a sweetener, but we haven't all got the bankrolls that allow us to play for £100.

Somone else said that even if we played for a fiver it would help keep the mind focused, that is exactly the reason we need a buy-in just so it's actually a contest not so its "worth playing for".

So far no-one has objected to £30, so that seems low enough to me. £0 would also be fine, but everyone is willing and able to stump up £30, we may as well go for that.

[Longy]

Im definitley interested in this event and would probably play even if it was a 100 freeze. I have to say to be fair to all that we should aim for a lower buy in including myself. I understand the point being made by the camel et al, that he wants the prize to be significant enough to mean something to him. Yet if we want to play for more money i think side action can easily be put on to accomodate the higher bankrolls. I think the point is that this is meant to be a BLONDE tournament and therefore should be made to accomodate the greater majority. I think alienating the smaller bankrolls would be totally against the spriit of blonde. Come on guys lets comprimise and have a good weekend.

[Rod Paradise]

Well I'd certainly want to go & play in this (even if it is all the way down in Birmingham) - mainly to put faces to names.

£100 on top of travel/accomodation & the pain of sharing a car with Dave & Teacake is a bit much... I think a £50 Double Chance is fair for the 'main event' & various levels of SNG's & cash games will allow the bigger money players to get some value as well.

Tikay, I'd love to see a Blonde Festival in Cincins - but would be happy to take a trip to Birmingham for one as well - to meet more blondeites if nothing else.

[RED-DOG]

Im definitley interested in this event and would probably play even if it was a 100 freeze. I have to say to be fair to all that we should aim for a lower buy in including myself. I understand the point being made by the camel et al, that he wants the prize to be significant enough to mean something to him. Yet if we want to play for more money i think side action can easily be put on to accomodate the higher bankrolls. I think the point is that this is meant to be a BLONDE tournament and therefore should be made to accomodate the greater majority. I think alienating the smaller bankrolls would be totally against the spriit of blonde. Come on guys lets comprimise and have a good weekend.

 

[Royal Flush]

By no means am i trying to wind anyone up. I dont think i am taking anything to a stupid level. Here is an example

Last 4 players Camel, El Blondie, Tikay and small stakes blonde player. If the payout was say 1200-700-500-300 the blonde player would probably figure these guys will kill each other and he might sneak 2nd/3rd.

Now if the buyin was £0 with a small freeroll prize and its the same 4 players, then the small stake player can now 'show his/her game' and have no money pressure. Thus a better chance of winning.

This is my point, if its a blonde tournament then i think it should be played in the spirit of blonde.


Dan the point you make about "taking stupid risks" well do you think that all the £100+ players wont take those in a £30 comp? I think that £0 will provide the "fairest" game and give us the true blonde champion!

[Phil]

Tikay in the final 4? Now I know this is a wind up. 

[Royal Flush]

I said Tikay because i thought that would set up Ironside for a joke but you nicked it!!