Discussions about: Staking - Betfair Football Trading

[jaxxstorm]

when blatch stated the stake was now worth 260% ish, did this mean he some how figured he could get around 300k to pay back the stakers, lol.

has anybody contacted the police?

Someone needs to put "Police have been called" in the thread title.

[TheoneTwo]

This was was only 3 months ago, must be nice to be about bust by then and still be able to turn up at events and chat to everyone and act like this.........

[celtic]

I wish someone would call the police, so we stop getting people asking if they have been called.

[dik9]

I've been beating myself up about how I could be duped in. I do understand people saying how could George not have known? The point is that I trusted Neil. And he never did anything to suggest he was busto. I must re-iterate he always had wads of cash BEFORE this venture took off.

A scam of this nature cannot work on it's own it either needs a team or a genuine good guy. It is not your fault George but I would think that a number of investors (even if they had doubts) would fall for it due to your good name and presence in the poker community.

[lurker22222]

Blatchly has been posting to the Facebook group under the name "Mark Hawkins", when he was rumbled he deleted all the messages from the Facebook page.

[Murph1984]

This was was only 3 months ago, must be nice to be about bust by then and still be able to turn up at events and chat to everyone and act like this.........

"I lead out,he check-raises me"

[DaveShoelace]

A true story about Neil Blatchly, A couple of years back before Neil’s Bristol win he used to play at a casino that I use to grind at. We had spent about 3 Saturday nights at the same table. We chatted, he told me about his day job and we got on well. On the 4th Saturday we both ended up at the same table again, at about midnight I went broke (in for £700) I told the table I was going to go home reload and I’d be back (about an hours round trip) Neil would nt here of it, he went to the cash point got £300 out and told me to give it back to him next weekend.

I was amazed, I ended the night £7 up and a friendship commenced. Now onto current events, I understand people’s disappointment over their losses but lets be under no illusion money was paid to him with the knowledge that it was going to be gambled, by the very nature of the word gamble there are no guarantees.

Yes, he could have warned people that it wasn’t going well, he could have stopped taking money and loosing more. But all of us that play poker know what its like when you are chasing, you know you are making bad decisions but we still chase. I’m sure Neil was in the “chasing” zone

Neil is a good guy with a big heart that has made a mess of his life, no amount of name calling or threats are going to resolve the situation. Just think for one minute what it would be like to be Neil, right now, just imagine the pressure that he must have been under for months. His life is ruined, by his own doing? Yes. Of course if he had won over the past year he would have been a hero, but as we all know a gamble can go one way or another. For my part I hope Neil is well and can find a place where he can rebuild his life.

If Mark Hawkins was Blatch, then this guy is too, because Mark Hawkins posted word for word the same story on the FB page.

[Sweat]

I do find it pretty amazing reading all these stories about what a bad bloke Blatch always has been.

Where were you all when he was the hero of the forum?

Must say it all smacks of after timing.

As has been said time and again, blonde is a ridiculously 'cliquey' forum - standing up against well respected members rightly or wrongly is a futile thing to do.

So it seems with arbboy's banning. Sad.

Most forums are the same, though. Regulars and those known either off the forum or those who hold a 'rep' are always given more protection.

lol @ these 2 ignorant posts from 2 new people to the forum

arbboys ban was because of the way in which he posted - how he said not what he said i guess

please dont make yourseleves look rediculous by talking abou things of which you know nothing about

hindsight is 20/20 - most of the people here are telling stories after the event. I was one of the people who blatch freeroled on - given what i knew of his previous staking (and these are with friends) i had no reason to doubt him

ask yourself the following question, has anyone ever owed you money? - Do you go round blabbing abou tit and talking abou tthem behind their backs?

You might want to have a think about the context of my comments before taking offence.

It's the same in any community, internet or real life. People stick by those they 'know', regulars or those with the rep. Newbies need to earn that respect, like now, for example - you having a pop as I've only just registered but have the audacity to speak out.  

I was not having a go at anyone on the forum or, indeed, the actual forum itself and it's user base. I was simply making an observation on communities in general.

[Richard Gryko]

I do find it pretty amazing reading all these stories about what a bad bloke Blatch always has been.

Where were you all when he was the hero of the forum?

Must say it all smacks of after timing.

As has been said time and again, blonde is a ridiculously 'cliquey' forum - standing up against well respected members rightly or wrongly is a futile thing to do.

So it seems with arbboy's banning. Sad.

Most forums are the same, though. Regulars and those known either off the forum or those who hold a 'rep' are always given more protection.

lol @ these 2 ignorant posts from 2 new people to the forum

arbboys ban was because of the way in which he posted - how he said not what he said i guess

please dont make yourseleves look rediculous by talking abou things of which you know nothing about

dont think ive ever seen a post that so clearly demonstrates what the poster was attempting to refute.  

[Google]

Blatchly has been posting to the Facebook group under the name "Mark Hawkins", when he was rumbled he deleted all the messages from the Facebook page.

omg this is amazing

[Boba Fett]

Blatchly has been posting to the Facebook group under the name "Mark Hawkins", when he was rumbled he deleted all the messages from the Facebook page.

Anyone got a copy of what he posted?

[GreekStein]

Bookiebasher - I'm pretty sure I speak on behalf of everyone when we say I wouldn't blame Jim one little bit for not saying anything about his own dealings with Neil that might have aroused suspicion. Whilst he might of known about Neil being a degen, bookie makes his money from degens. Without being sure Neil was doing something dodgy with the money he was in a position where he couldn't say anything imo. /

I remember a couple of times when he bought me a meal before comps at DTD and paid for a £50 massage I was having when I finalled a comp I was playing for him. He also picked me up once from another station and took me to DTD to help me save on a  redic peak time trainfare to Notts. This is why when he did something arrogant or showy I still thought he was a good guy and these instances outweighed the arrogance within him. I'm not trying to sing his priases at all as it's not hard doing things like this with other people's money but these are the sort of reasons why it was easy to be sucked in by those who knew him.

Also, I know this thread is clowded with stories about Neil doing bad things etc which makes him seem a crook from the start - it really didn't look this way for the most part and everything was certainly hidden very well.

The one funny thing that's only come up since talking to people now is that he told people he was buying his flat at so many different times. Either he bought billions of them or he had a 4-year completion.

[DaveShoelace]

Blatchly has been posting to the Facebook group under the name "Mark Hawkins", when he was rumbled he deleted all the messages from the Facebook page.

Anyone got a copy of what he posted?

See below

A true story about Neil Blatchly, A couple of years back before Neil’s Bristol win he used to play at a casino that I use to grind at. We had spent about 3 Saturday nights at the same table. We chatted, he told me about his day job and we got on well. On the 4th Saturday we both ended up at the same table again, at about midnight I went broke (in for £700) I told the table I was going to go home reload and I’d be back (about an hours round trip) Neil would nt here of it, he went to the cash point got £300 out and told me to give it back to him next weekend.

I was amazed, I ended the night £7 up and a friendship commenced. Now onto current events, I understand people’s disappointment over their losses but lets be under no illusion money was paid to him with the knowledge that it was going to be gambled, by the very nature of the word gamble there are no guarantees.

Yes, he could have warned people that it wasn’t going well, he could have stopped taking money and loosing more. But all of us that play poker know what its like when you are chasing, you know you are making bad decisions but we still chase. I’m sure Neil was in the “chasing” zone

Neil is a good guy with a big heart that has made a mess of his life, no amount of name calling or threats are going to resolve the situation. Just think for one minute what it would be like to be Neil, right now, just imagine the pressure that he must have been under for months. His life is ruined, by his own doing? Yes. Of course if he had won over the past year he would have been a hero, but as we all know a gamble can go one way or another. For my part I hope Neil is well and can find a place where he can rebuild his life.

If Mark Hawkins was Blatch, then this guy is too, because Mark Hawkins posted word for word the same story on the FB page.

Im pretty certain Blatch is also at_the_bar_d2d

[ThudNBlunder]

Blatchly has been posting to the Facebook group under the name "Mark Hawkins", when he was rumbled he deleted all the messages from the Facebook page.

Fairly obvious it was him when he started directing personal abuse against me!

In reply to some of the earlier 'if you knew he was bad why didn't you tell', for myself it was because I never had anything to do with any of his 'schemes' and I wasn't aware he'd started this one. If I had been the 'goodness of my heart' motive for running it would have set alarm bells ringing immediately!

[Google]

Im pretty certain Blatch is also at_the_bar_d2d

I know mods hate this but.......IP CHECK!