It was noted last night that Iron had pen & paper with him at the table to take notes, there are others that do likewise.
Just a thought, however as Blonde are looking to make this a regular update on the monthly comp and it looks like the comp will increase in numbers in future making it more likely that good hands and exits may be missed. Would it be possible to make up small pads of hand notes to be made available to the tables so that tables may be able to note down interesting hands that are missed by the updaters?
Something on the lines of post-it pads pre marked with:
Blind level............
Bets pr-flop................. Flop Cards..XXX
Bets post flop.............. Turn card..X
Bets post turn............. River card..X
Bets post river.............
Cards shown............... P1..XX P2..XX P3..XX etc
Winning hand.....xxxxx
Pot size..............
?
I'm sure these pads can be printed up and produced at a decent price.
Just a thought
Geo
This is an interesting idea but when I'm playing I would have to say that this is the last thing I would want to do - i would rather concentrate on my game. But if people want to do that let them - all information is gratefully received.
I am obviously disappointed that we are unable to be all to all men/women, when updating it's difficult to watch 8 tables at a time when there are three of you and then get back to the desk to report on the hands. I have great admiration for the likes of Snoopy, Jen and all the professional updaters who make it look so easy. I love reading their reports as they bring the whole tournament alive.
The difficulty is covering everything, it just isn't possible, we would need a crew of at least 10 to do that - especially early on. One updater per table, and two people typing the information in. Think about it - as soon as you leave the table to get back to the computer you miss any more action that happens - it's just one of those things. Thinking about it further - we would need at least 11 people - we would need a runner to take the info to the typists! Start playing more on the Blonde card room people - they need more money to provide these free services to you.
Regarding who we report on - you have to take the action you see and report accordingly - and I for one was more likely to report on players known to the majority of Blondes as it's a countrywide (actually world wide these days) forum. I tried to inject some local colour and included players like Richard Berridge.
Having said that this competition was played very fast, a lot of players appeared to play this as a one day competiton and what should have been a two day comp only lasted one. We had our first player out in the first 4 minutes and Tikay wasn't even there!! Therefore you can only imagine the amount of action that took place all at once, it was very difficult to report two days action that was actually condensed into one!
I'm sure that as the blonde updaters get to know the local players they will be included more, it's very logical, I'm sure had updaters from Nottingham reported on a Luton game the criticism would have been the same.
As for saving money by using local reporters, I haven't cost Blonde a penny. I volunteered,I haven't taken any expenses even though they were offered.
I'm sorry if my reporting didn't meet everyones requirements - the fact that I was a last minute stand in is no excuse, I should still do a job properly or not at all - but I did what I could.
Thank you to DTD and especially Simon Trumper and Danny, we were very well looked after with food and drink (although no alcohol passed my lips) from DTD. Thank you so much to them for looking after us so nicely. It was a good comp and next time I would prefer to be playing it!
Again apologies if I/we missed people.
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