There was no letter in my mailbox so I phoned up to see if I was barred aswell, but they would not tell me, after keeping me waiting for 10 minutes, they said "I had to come to the casino in person to check". I'll take that as a "yes" then. If people are barred just for being with me, then I guess they must have barred the no 1 suspect.
I'm being really nice on the outside but inside I am pissed off, I spent over £1000 on food and drink in the Boardway at the Blondebash, and even made the effort to go and tell the manager this was the most fantastic casino I'd been in. I've been singing the praises of the place in the card room and the staff to anyone who will listen, and they made me feel like something on the bottom of their shoe, typical.
This does however raise the subject of casino employees and card club owners coming to DTD. The law is that I can let them in but they would need permission from their organisation to cover themselves, not me or DTD. Wouldn't it be great if we could hold a "casino dealers / staff" poker tournament in DTD, and Gala, Grovesner, Stanleys and the rest of them let their staff play in it. What halm would it do?
Something tells me that this will not be allowed, but I'd love to do it. On the circuit we've had some great laughs with casino staff playing heads-up back at the hotel and having a few beers, a lot of them love poker, but I know this is actually not permitted either. At DTD, I will welcome any person connected with a card club or casino with open arms and but them a beer.
Well, I guess I had better not let my feelings get hurt too much, I love playing the UK circuit and I really hope that Grovesner dont barr me (plus anyone connected with me) from playing their festivals. I was hoping that I would escape under the radar because we are only doing a poker club but alas, its not going to be so easy. This is why I got out of business in the first place a few years ago, you've got to watch your back 24hrs, there is always someone who doesn't like what you are doing.
Anyway, we had a long meeting to discuss our internet cafe today. We are going to have 50 internet terminals and use will be free of charge. We need to pick a poker room to go with who can run satelittes for the club etc. Everyone will have different opinions on this so I thought I would do a poll on Blondepoker before Simon Nowab approached the poker rooms and see if they can help us.
On another more positive note, Simon "Aces" Trumper will be joining the Dusk Till Dawn team when the club opens to be our "Poker Host". His role will be varied but mainly to ensure that we cater for the best interests of poker players in everything that we do. He will be advisng on payout structres, blind stuctures, the regular monthly tournamant schedule, major festivals - basically everything to do with live poker. He will also be helping beginners on a variety of poker subjects. Simon's role will be full time and he will be moving to Nottingham when the club opens.
I first spoke to Simon about this role before we even found the premises for the club, maybe over 9 months ago, and we have been in constant contact since. He was always been in a very strong negotiating position (although maybe did not realise it) as I only had a short list of 1! He agreed agreed to join before he parted company with UKbetting a couple of weeks ago, as his role won't really start till the end of the year, therefore there is no conflict with his 2006 sponsership.
So, Nottingham is going to be the home of Chubby and Aces very shortly, as their roles are both conditional on relocating nearby the the DTD club. I think most people will agree that Aces is a very good fit for what we need, I always said that I would recruit a professional poker play to ensure that we did things for the players - not for profit or convenience, and I don't think there are many more honest, friendly and approachable pros than Aces, he always makes time for the junior players on the circuit and always gets on with everyone (except Barry Greenstein).
Okay, gotta get some rest, I have put a poll on "What is the best Poker Room for DTD"
