IMPORTANT - Changes at the blonde Cardroom.

[TightEnd]

VC have kicked a bunch of winning players off their site, a couple of threads about it on 2+2

this is prob the best thing that could have happened no? they kick you off they can't fine you anymore

trouble with affliiate thing is that we are all already signed up everywhere, need new forum members/new players, also need to give RB to be competitive ldo. why not do under the table iPoker RB

GL

The trick would be to go an affiliate route where the degree of overlap with our players exisiting accounts is small, or where some arrangement is made to classify players with us

Don't also think any under the table rb on IPoker survives too much longer

Could go to a new network and open up a new skin but the set up costs are HUGE relative to likely income, liquidity is low on a lot of the networks accepting business, and we lack economies of scale to cope with those costs.

[Eck]

Is my money safe?

How much can I withdraw if it is?

Sorry to hear about this but forgive me for thinking of myself here.

Hi Eck

There is no indication that money is anything other than safe. As you can see above the cage has indicated that all balances will return to customers as the end of the notice period

Withdrawals now, as you can also see I am urgently seeking an answer to that. I would hope no problem in withdrawing anything now but until I have it in writing that they will allow this as of course they should, then I am in the same boat as you

Thanks Rich

Hadn't fully read all of the above.

[luther101]

Is this even legal?

Gl Tikay/Tighty et al in fighting these phuqqin crooks.

[TightEnd]

Is this even legal?

Gl Tikay/Tighty et al in fighting these phuqqin crooks.

Half serious comment. Give us £xxxk and I'll find out. Might get a trip to Belize out of it lol

[AMRN]

as if online poker didn't have enough of a bad reputation already - it's unbelievable that providers can restrict people from playing simply because they are winning players. for me, that kinda brings the whole credibility of online poker into question.

[Pawprint]

Would I be right in saying that the best thing for Blonde at the moment would be for everyone to wait on withdrawing their balances until you get things confirmed ?

Obviously, knowing that the cardroom is closing imminently means players want their money out, but I don't want to do that straight away if it has a potential impact on you guys in the way of more fines.

As long as the balance is safe in the cage and will be returned at the end of the notice period, I'm happy to wait.


I'm not talking about much money for me personally, but a lot of small balances all adds up, I guess.

[luther101]

Is this even legal?

Gl Tikay/Tighty et al in fighting these phuqqin crooks.

Half serious comment. Give us £xxxk and I'll find out. Might get a trip to Belize out of it lol

Belize -  'owned' by Lord Ashcroft, who also lists the Conservative Party as one of his many aquisitions in the not too distant past!

[ViiperUK]

bit of a silly question really but are these 2 team qualfiers still getting played in next couple days for APAT team championship, thought here would be best place to ask.

[tikay]

Is my money safe?

How much can I withdraw if it is?

Sorry to hear about this but forgive me for thinking of myself here.

Hi Eck

There is no indication that money is anything other than safe. As you can see above the cage has indicated that all balances will return to customers as the end of the notice period

Withdrawals now, as you can also see I am urgently seeking an answer to that. I would hope no problem in withdrawing anything now but until I have it in writing that they will allow this as of course they should, then I am in the same boat as you

Just to re-affirm that one, as it's critically important to the Players.

All the Players will get all of their money. There is no suggestion whatsoever to the contrary.

What remains unresolved is if blonde will be Fined because the Withdrawals will obviously outweigh the Deposits, & thus we wil be in breaach of the mysteriously unfathomable Ratio Rules. You should see the algorithm!

So the Players will get their money, but blonde may end up with a whacking great fine. The lesser of two evils really.

[Claw75]

I've got no money in blonde at the moment and you can be sure i won't be giving i poker another penny after reading this. Hope you guys manage to get something sorted out elsewhere soon. All sounds very shady to me but i'm guessing the costs of getting this to a courtroom are just too much to consider and it's 'safer' just to cut the losses and get out.

[TightEnd]

bit of a silly question really but are these 2 team qualfiers still getting played in next couple days for APAT team championship, thought here would be best place to ask.

Yes

[ViiperUK]

bit of a silly question really but are these 2 team qualfiers still getting played in next couple days for APAT team championship, thought here would be best place to ask.

Yes

ok np's

[TightEnd]

Would I be right in saying that the best thing for Blonde at the moment would be for everyone to wait on withdrawing their balances until you get things confirmed ?

Obviously, knowing that the cardroom is closing imminently means players want their money out, but I don't want to do that straight away if it has a potential impact on you guys in the way of more fines.

As long as the balance is safe in the cage and will be returned at the end of the notice period, I'm happy to wait.


I'm not talking about much money for me personally, but a lot of small balances all adds up, I guess.

Yes very much so, thanks


However once we were informed we have to announce with a duty of care to the players we have and once we have announced we accept that players are going to be nervous and some will want to withdraw

The financial consequences of people withdrawing might be unattractive if fine ratios are not waived but got to be open about what is going on

[Claw75]

bit of a silly question really but are these 2 team qualfiers still getting played in next couple days for APAT team championship, thought here would be best place to ask.

Yes

and one more spot up for grabs now

[hector62]

I wonder if Mr Channing and the other owners of Blackbelt Poker are on a similar deal with i-poker. One of their unique selling point was to offer coaching and tutorials rather than rakeback.The upshot being that the more players they tutor to become winning players the bigger the fine they will get from i-poker!