"Dusk till Dawn" Poker Club In Nottingham Diary (by Rob Yong)

[snoopy1239]

I think it depends on the individual. For me a 1k Freezout would be about the most I would be prepared to stump up, but I still put 100% into the £30 freezeout at Gala.

[M3boy]

Im with Rob on this one.

There is a discussion concerning bankroll management on another forum, Implying that someone who has gone broke online should now play $5 STT's to build up his Roll again.

I know I could never do this - for the same reasons Rob mentions.

[turny]

Rob,

This may be a daft question but why does somebody who doesn't need the money play in big cash games?

It must affect your ability to play your best?

Ignore this if you like but i may not get the chance to ask anyone else and i always wondered why.

No problem, the reasons are in order of importance:

1. Winning online is tax free and there is nothing better than buying things such as a car, TV etc with gambling winnings. No matter how much money you have, treating yourself or you loved ones with "free money" is a great buzz.  The bigger you play - the more you can win. Most of my "money" is tied up, so cash is king!

2. I am a reasonable winner online at these stakes, according to my poker tracker I am over $450k up this year. Part of the reason for this is that I play v players who play outside there bankrolls, therefore this gives me a massive egde in the long term. If I stick £10k all-in on a draw, I can pull up again and eventually I'll hit or they will keep passing. My swings are sick, for example in Jan, I won $190k, in 2 days last week I lost $88k. I always quote in $$$ as I use poker tracker.

3. I am a gambler,always have been all my life, and have to bet bigger to get my that gambling fix as my standard of living has increased. I enjoy poker for the risks, not the theory of the game, when i lose £25k+ pot it makes my stomach churn. I have just lost a £18k pot 1 minute ago, with a set of 9's v runner runner gutshot, its a sick feeling, and I have kicked a chair accrosss the room, but that makes winning all the sweeter.

4. You cannot get regular games at these limits without travelling to Vegas, so its convenient to play online.

5. I am banned from most casinos in UK now, so playing poker means online or abroad.

6. It helps pay into big comps so i am freerolling aswell. doesnt take many $25k wpt bellagios to put a dent in the cashflow.

Hope this answers your question. Rob

how honest and open is this guy!

most people would say mind your own business but not rob always open and helpful to all blondes

nothing but respect to you rob and roll on the dtd opening 

[robyong]

Sorry I've not posted for a week, I have had the most awful flu so I have spent the whole week playing online poker from my bed.

I have some  news that Blondites may find interesting and hopefully will be  pleased about.........Dave Coleclough has decided to join DTD as our Poker Ambassador.There is a lot of history behind this so I'll tell you how this has come about, I'd like to be totally clear about tihs due to the  "Blondepoker Link".

Dave had been involved in the concept of the Dusk Till Dawn Club, we looked at properties together 18 months ago. However, Blondepoker had gone from strength to strength and DTD was a long away from becoming established, and still is. (if you look at earlier posts in this diary, the club was originally going to be called "The Blondepoker Club" - not "Dusk Till Dawn").

Also,at the time Dave got involved with the Cincinatti Club in Scotland and Blondepoker's plans for their online card room progressed quickly, so DTD remained a separate entity to BP, but we agreed to work together for the benefit of both parties in the future, if DTD ever got off the ground.This is still inteneded to happen when the Club opens in April 2007. I have had a number of conversations with TK and DC over the last 6 months about working together with Blondepoker but delays my end with the licencing has meant DTD is 6 -9 months behind.

Since DC recently decided that he wanted to focus more on his poker career, we have talked about DC's potential involvement with DTD and over the last 4 weeks we have had various discussions on a purley poker related role.

Anyway, today we managed to agree some terms and I wanted to tell people at Blonde first before news came out, also DC wanted me to use the Blonde forum to anounce it. Daves role will be roughly as follows:

1. Represent DTD exclusivley at poker tournamants in UK, Europe and USA
2. PR DTD within all forms of media, online and offline
3. Play at DTD, in the live club and online (under his real name - Full Tilt style)
4. Assist with TV work in the Club
5. Contribute regulary to the the DTD web site with articles and poker blog
6. Questions & Answers to DTD players, live and online
7. Help build the "Big Cash Game" in the live club using his contacts (Bellagio Style)
8. Promote DTD to high profile players accross the world (hopefully get them to come over)
9. Use his contacts in poker to benefit DTD as needed
10.Generate plays for DTD, live and online

Some good people getting involved with DTD as we get closer to our opening date...........

[NoflopsHomer]

Rob, are you playing the EPT Dublin event?

[robyong]

Rob, are you playing the EPT Dublin event?

Yes, i' booked in on day 2

[Pab]

Whats the easiest way to buy in direct for this event?  I looked at doing it through stars but you have to a supernova player or something. Dont want to wait until i get there as i know a few ppl who went to barcelona only for it to be sold out, any help appreciated, thanks

[Sunday8pm]

I quite regularly watch you and Grundy on them tables Rob.

Its ultra sick, £50k swings a day would kill me, $10 swings can be frustrating enough!

GL with the club, ill be sure to pay a visit on opening night

[luckyblind]

Whats the easiest way to buy in direct for this event?  I looked at doing it through stars but you have to a supernova player or something. Dont want to wait until i get there as i know a few ppl who went to barcelona only for it to be sold out, any help appreciated, thanks

Pab, you can wire the money over.

To reserve a seat, you must pay the €5,000 entry fee (which includes a €250 registration fee) in advance. To do so, please send funds to the following account, by October 16th 2006 at the latest:

Bank Name: Bank of Ireland
Bank Address: Camden Street, Dublin 2
Account Name: Irish Casino Clubs Limited
Account Number: 74628669
Sort Code: 90-01-13
IBAN #: IE60 BOFI 9001 1374 6286 69
BIC #: BOF IIE2D

[Jim-D]

Whats the easiest way to buy in direct for this event?  I looked at doing it through stars but you have to a supernova player or something. Dont want to wait until i get there as i know a few ppl who went to barcelona only for it to be sold out, any help appreciated, thanks

Pab, you can wire the money over.

To reserve a seat, you must pay the €5,000 entry fee (which includes a €250 registration fee) in advance. To do so, please send funds to the following account, by October 16th 2006 at the latest:

Bank Name: Bank of Ireland
Bank Address: Camden Street, Dublin 2
Account Name: Irish Casino Clubs Limited
Account Number: 74628669
Sort Code: 90-01-13
IBAN #: IE60 BOFI 9001 1374 6286 69
BIC #: BOF IIE2D

You do realise its the 17th today?

[Jim-D]

I had a little feeling that DC's sponsor would come from DTD and have to say that it looks like a match made in heaven,

Good luck to Dave and all at DTD.

Jim.

[Jim R]

Rob good choice with DC, when I think of your club the only benchmark I can use is Chelsea and the only word is WOW.

Cant wait.

[ariston]

Very good choice with DC rob and sure its gonna be a successful partnership.

[robyong]

Rob good choice with DC, when I think of your club the only benchmark I can use is Chelsea and the only word is WOW.

Cant wait.

I had a little feeling that DC's sponsor would come from DTD and have to say that it looks like a match made in heaven,

Good luck to Dave and all at DTD.

Jim.

Thanks. Its not costing quite as much as Chelsea and I don't have as much money as Roman Abramavich's pet guinee pig, but thanks.

In terms of DC, I know there will be "mixed" feelings on BP, as he was the founder of the site with TK, and chose to leave. I can say with absolute 100% truth that had NOTHING to do with a potential role with DTD, there had been NO discussions AT ALL before the announcement about DC leaving Blonde. I can also say that I do not expect DC's role with DTD to have any detrimental effect to BP, we are NOT competitors, we intend to work together, with TK being the point of contact with DTD. Myself and TK have always had a good relaionship, he was one of the first people I met in poker.

When DC left Blondepoker, he needed to get a sponsorship deal, the same as all of the top pros. All players who play for DTD have to contribute in additional ways apart from just "wearing the shirt", so we agreed number af areas that he could help out in. He is going to work with me and help promote DTD, but his role will always be poker related, with no involvement in the business side, thats suits us both. 

I am sure that there will be a few people who will view this recent news as "Dave Coleclough leaves BP to join DTD". This is simply NOT true, but I can't stop rumours or the "so and so's" that spread them. The reasons why DC left BP have NOTHING to do with me and are NOT my business. DTD is a totally different business to Blondepoker, I am investing over £4m of my own money into the operation, we are not a competitor to Blondepoker, we are a FRIEND. Some of you may remember, when BP opened it's card room, I stopped posting on here, as I felt that it may be unethical to pr DTD on BP because DTD was going to have its own card room. This is how I do business, and how I will continue to do so, cause it works.

I wanted to make these points, its better out in the open and made 100% clear, Rob

[Jim-D]

As you have used my quote here id just like to say that In no way was i suggesting anything untoword happened here Rob, And apologise if it sounded that way.

After 1st reading about Dave leaving blonde to gain a sponsor the first thing that came to my mind was how much sense it made for him to join team DTD to go along with the other top pro's you have with you

Jim.