The Rail sponsored by Ladbrokes Poker

[tikay]

An interesting thread, with lots of good points.

Of course, we'd prefer that blonde Cardroom Revenue was sufficient such that we did not have to accept Sponsorship from competing Sites. But it's not, so we do......blonde Cardroom revenue is running at about 400% avove it's levels of 18 months ago, but costs have increased, too, & we want to improve the Site, the Updates, &, most of all, pay the Staff properly.

The Wm Hill Sponsorship goes towards (but does not meet) the Update Costs.

The income from the Poker Trillion Deal, (aside from providing some joint Promotions with Poker Trillion which benefit our Members) has, if I'm not mistaken, all, or nearly all, been passed across to Kev to use as he sees fit on the blonde Cardroom - Freerolls, Added Value, whatever he decides.

A significant % of the income from the Ladbrokes Deal has also been passed to Kev for him to use on blonde Cardroom Promotions as he sees fit.

So as you can see, most of the Sponsorship Income has found it's way back to those who play on the blonde Cardroom, & thus, in turn, to you, the Members. Assuming you play on blonde, that is.

We recognize that there is a possibility that allowing rivals to sponsor parts of the blonde Forum may act against the best interest of our own Cardroom, but until & unless more folks play blonde, it's Hobson's Choice.

We are grateful to all those Sponsors for their support, just as we were to DTD last year

We don't believe the Sponsorship detracts from the blondePoker site (overall) in any way. THM, the yadstick by which most UK Poker Fora are judged, do much the same thing.

blonde is now profitable, financially sound, secure, with no debts, & no liabilities. An admirable situation, all things considered.

We thank all Members for their continued support, &, in partricular, the Staff for their endeavours..

[taximan007]

I think it speaks volumes for the popularity of blonde poker to the masses that company's such as Hills and Laddies want to get involved.

Good Luck to all and long may blonde poker continue to flourish.

[ripple11]

I don't mind them at all, doesn't affect the forum for me at all.
Very noticable that kev has been trying to get value and adding prizes to comps.
Personally I think that such added value comps should be restricted to those that actually use the cardroom, not just signed up. At least the value goes towards those that support the room.

 Maybe the next stage as the amount we are offering through partners increases, is to take that a stage further and only giuve out passwords to active rakers. We've been a bit nicey nicey to be frank lol

Agreed with active rakers to maybe some comps......ie the "free" £300 live seat comp run recently .a fantastic added value offer!

[SuffolkPunch]

Members really should play on Blonde. There's easy money to be had most Friday's when I get back from the pub.

[Claw75]

I don't mind them at all, doesn't affect the forum for me at all.
Very noticable that kev has been trying to get value and adding prizes to comps.
Personally I think that such added value comps should be restricted to those that actually use the cardroom, not just signed up. At least the value goes towards those that support the room.

yes, our financial flexibility is greater, so Kev has a budget to spend which goes back to the blonde players. He never used to!

You make a good point about the potential restrictions. We've introduced that we only give passwords out for third party added value comps to those who have blonde card-room accounts. Maybe the next stage as the amount we are offering through partners increases, is to take that a stage further and only giuve out passwords to active rakers. We've been a bit nicey nicey to be frank lol

how about some semi regular added value tournaments with a $$$ plus FPP buy in?  If there was value to be had it might encourage people to build up some points playing on blonde, and in the interim it's a bit of a 'thank you' to those that play there regularly.

[TightEnd]

Good idea

I hope his Lordship, the Overlord of the card-room, considers this

[jizzemm]

IMO all added value blonde comps should be for people who rake on the blonde site, simple as that..

[Colchester Kev]

IMO all added value blonde comps should be for people who rake on the blonde site, simple as that..

All good feedback ... Plenty of ideas for me to look at, thanks all.

[Geo the Sarge]

Members really should play on Blonde. There's easy money to be had most Friday's when I get back from the pub.

............sigh

I will have my $20 dollars ready for you again tonite Suffolk, whilst enjoying the updates.



I don't really like playing online, I'm crap at it, however I do try wherever possible to support the Blonde orientated comps that Kev sets up. My way of saying thank you for all the other benefits of being a member of this forum.

Any additional benefits through links with other sites is always welcome IMO.

Geo

[kinboshi]

I don't really like playing online, but I love outdrawing that mug Kin.

FYP

[SuffolkPunch]

Members really should play on Blonde. There's easy money to be had most Friday's when I get back from the pub.

............sigh

I will have my $20 dollars ready for you again tonite Suffolk, whilst enjoying the updates.



I don't really like playing online, I'm crap at it, however I do try wherever possible to support the Blonde orientated comps that Kev sets up. My way of saying thank you for all the other benefits of being a member of this forum.

Any additional benefits through links with other sites is always welcome IMO.

Geo

Aha! One mug opponent already. I'll have to make sure I stay sober enough to turn the lappie on now. Laters!

[marcro]

I think it is a terrific endorsement that you can attract such paid sponsors, well done.  A lot of hard work and sacrifices have made BP what it is today and I am glad to see that the stakeholders are starting to get their just rewards.  Keep it up.

[Grier78]

I am currently playing all my cash on Full Tilt due to beta testing Poker Tracker 3, as soon as they do a release with support for Blonde then I will switch all my cash play to Blonde as I don't get any rakeback with FT.

For tournys I will prob stick to FT due to better structures, with the exception of any special Blonde comps.

[M3boy]

I was under the impression that PT3 now supports ipoker.

[JaffaCake]

Goooooo Ladbrokes!!!