The Blonde Forum Saga - warning VERY LONG POST!

Ok, so where do I start? Well I will start by saying I am banned (for life I am led to believe) and so is my wife Charmaine (more on her stroy later)

There are alot of rumours and speculation going on at the moment so I thought I would set the record straight.

It all stems back to the ipoker thread I started where I questioned the integrety of the software (The thread is I believe still on the blonde poker forum) - I was given a hard time by certain people - understandable to a certain extent I suppose seeing as Blonde's own cardroom runs on ipoker. But the fact remained that the ipoker has a flaw in it. The client software does not check with the server software to validate what you see on your screen is infact what the server is sending. This to me is a great security threat. Ipoker finally admitted there was a problem and that it would be fixed in a time scale of 2 weeks. 2 weeks came and went so I posted to ask when the update was going to be released, I was fobbed off by ipoker so i posted my feelings on what I thought would happen, basically nothing, they would forget about it and sweep it under the carpet. Dont get me wrong , the thread became heated on many occasions, too many to post here but like i said, it is still available to read on the forum - although the thread is now locked. There were also various pm's on the subject, some heated. One I remember was from Kev which said something along the lines of "if you dont like it here, then fuck off and make sure the door hits your arse on the way out!"

In my mind, this put certain people "on the back foot" with me as it were - I can understand why but imo it was not necessary. This is where the problems started.

About a week ago I posted on the staking board that I was looking for a few horses to stake on 25c 50c level. I also decided to back a few horses in the $10k on Trillion. Blonde had certain rules about staking/asking for staking - these rules were on the forum. It was pointed out to me by a post on the thread that I had not followed the rules and unless I did, my post would be deleted. I had forgot to put the start time of the comp and also I did not mention it was on Trillion. I ammended the post. Tactics were then switched by saying that I could not stake someone who had less than 300 posts (one of the rules) - the rule said "You may offer to stake players, or ask for staking, but only if you have a minimum of 300 forum posts" - Now i read this as meaning you could not post asking to be staked if you had less than 300 posts and as I had started the thread, I could stake anyone I wanted to. Well there was an argument that ensued over this point - it was not heated at all. Some others agreed with me and posted to say so, others disagreed. It was clear these rules were not clear and indeed they have now been rewritten. This thread has also been deleted so you cannot make up your own mind by reading the contents. Then they changed tactic again by implying that I was forcing people that I staked to sign up to Trillion through my affiliate link which was not true - indeed two of the people I staked already had Trillion accounts (probably downloaded through Blondes own affiliate link). This was a cheap shot at me, the 3rd attempt imo to make me angry and I posted that I thought they were out of order and just using it as an excuse to wind me up. Other people also commented on the thread that they thought the certain memebr was being very picky, one member even went as far as to hint that it was just a personal attack on me. Anyway, I was banned! No email, no warning, no reason. I am led to believe that it is a permanent ban although with no contact from Blonde this is not 100%. It pissed me off a little, not that I had been banned (because I knew certain people did not want me on the forum) but the way in which it was done.

Now my wife also had an account on Blonde, so she posted her thoughts about the subject - again it has been deleted so you cannot read it yourself but it said something like "I fell the treatment of Paul was very unfair, he has a strong opinion and voices it. It seems his opinion does not agree with certain members of Blonde so he was banned. So you can have an opinion, you can post your opinion on the forum, but be warned, if it disagrees with certain members, your post will be removed and you may get banned. I fully expect to be banned for this post which will proove my point"

Well she was right, she was immediately banned and her ban is indeed for life, she had an email confirming this today. My wife has done alot for the forum, posting birthday threads etc.... she even won a blonde award at one of the blonde bashes. She is one of the kindest people you could meet who is not nasty to anyone.

Now banning me as I have said only annoyed me off because of the way it was done, ie no email nothing, and not even for a valid reason imo, but the banning of my wife really pissed me off - that post (which as I have said has been deleted) was one of the only posts I can remember where she voiced her opinion - and for that she was banned.

Now for my part, where I did overstep the mark slightly but I was so angry at the banning of my wife. All of the stories above where I refer to "certain members" well mainly it refers to Kev (If you go on Blonde you will know who I mean). Below is an msn conversation i had with Kev the night of the banning of my wife (warning foul language)::

M3Boy says (00:24):
ban my wife???
M3Boy says (00:24):
wtf for?
M3Boy says (00:24):
for expressing her opinion????????
M3Boy says (00:25):
ban me yes, i dont give a shit, but to ban her???????
M3Boy says (00:25):
all she has done for blonde?
M3Boy says (00:25):
u kow there will be an uproar about this
M3Boy says (00:25):
are you going to ban every member that sticks up for her?
M3Boy says (00:25):
you will have none left!!!!!!!!
Kev says (00:26):
Paul ... just give it up will you,
M3Boy says (00:26):
no i wont
M3Boy says (00:27):
you banned her for what?
Kev says (00:27):
I didnt ban her for your information, but thats irrelevant
M3Boy says (00:27):
its not fuckin irrelevent
M3Boy says (00:27):
trust me!
Kev says (00:27):
you want to make out its me thats doing all this ... fine , think what you like
M3Boy says (00:27):
pick on her is an insult to me ffs
M3Boy says (00:27):
well whoever it was
M3Boy says (00:27):
pass the message on
M3Boy says (00:27):
i know im banned for life
Kev says (00:28):
pass what message on ?
M3Boy says (00:28):
its what some wanted, I can live with that
M3Boy says (00:28):
but to pick on my wife, now uve made it personal
M3Boy says (00:28):
by you i mean the royal you
M3Boy says (00:28):
funny how people know im banned for life before me
M3Boy says (00:29):
she expressed her opinion and you banne dher
M3Boy says (00:29):
thats a fuckin joke! and u know it
Kev says (00:29):
I think you will find that you have been banned for 72 hours as per the email that was sent out ...
M3Boy says (00:29):
i never got an email ffs
M3Boy says (00:30):
i have had 5 people tell me i am banned for life
M3Boy says (00:30):
who deleted the thread also? they show nothing that warrant a ban ino
M3Boy says (00:31):
leave the threads up and let people decide
Kev says (00:31):
well all i know is that you have been banned for 72 hours as per the email ... during that 72 hours the team will decide on the length of suspension or ban
M3Boy says (00:31):
its already decided ffs im not stupid!
Kev says (00:31):
and no, enough is enough, i wont talk about this to you any more Paul, what is the point
M3Boy says (00:31):
no we will talk
M3Boy says (00:32):
at the blonde bash
M3Boy says (00:32):
you can count on it!
M3Boy says (00:32):
im fuckin pissed off!!!!
Kev says (00:32):
is that a threat ?
M3Boy says (00:32):
what fuckin threat?
M3Boy says (00:32):
dont twist my words
M3Boy says (00:32):
im not in the fuckin mood!
Kev says (00:32):
i asked ... is that a threat ... its a question
M3Boy says (00:33):
read what i said! I said we WILL talk
M3Boy says (00:33):
ban me fine i dont give a shit never have never will
M3Boy says (00:33):
but ban my wife?? fss
M3Boy says (00:33):
ffs
Kev says (00:33):
i have nothing to say to you about the banning Paul ... thats a collective decision
M3Boy says (00:33):
bollox is it
M3Boy says (00:34):
so u had a collective meeting tonight did you?
M3Boy says (00:34):
to ban my wife?
Kev says (00:34):
if we meet up anywhere, i will gladly have a beer with you as always, but i wont ever discuss a decision that has been taken by a team of people
M3Boy says (00:35):
cop out
M3Boy says (00:35):
leave the fuckin thread up. or at least her last post
M3Boy says (00:35):
so people can see what she wrote and was banned for
M3Boy says (00:35):
then let people decide
M3Boy says (00:35):
but u wont cos u know ur in the wrong
M3Boy says (00:36):
u expect people to forget about banning me? ur probably right there
M3Boy says (00:36):
but do you really expect people to forget about banning Charmaine?
Kev says (00:36):
ok ... no point carrying on this convo, you are obviously wound up and we arent going to get anywhere ... plus I am knackered and need to go to bed
M3Boy says (00:36):
PLEASE!!!!
Kev says (00:37):
goodnight
M3Boy says (00:37):
you have done more harm than you could possibly imagine banning her
M3Boy says (00:37):
fuck you to
Kev says (00:37):
cheers !

The conversation then continues some minutes later :

Kev M3Boy Paul
M3Boy Kev what?
Kev M3Boy Charmaines account has been suspended for 24 hours, it gives the mods some time to get together tomorrow when more are on to discuss it
M3Boy Kev and?
Kev M3Boy just passing on the information is all
M3Boy Kev why are you telling me this?
Kev M3Boy so you know what is going on ... jesus, thats what you asked me isnt it ?
M3Boy Kev no
M3Boy Kev i didnt ask you anything
M3Boy Kev i dont give a fuck tbh
Kev M3Boy M3Boy says: ban my wife??? M3Boy says: wtf for? M3Boy says: for expressing her opinion????????
M3Boy Kev you have abnne dher for having an opinion
Kev M3Boy you did ask me ... i have now answered
M3Boy Kev thats all i need know
Kev M3Boy ok ... im off to bed. see ya

I have since apologised to Kev for the way I spoke and wish I had worded things differently, although I still stand by what i was saying.

M3Boy Kev just for the record Kev, the way I spoke to you the other night was out of order and I wish I had spoken differently but its done now. I still stand by what I said, just wish I worded it a little (well alot) better

So why am I putting this up here? Well there are I am told some threads on blonde forum at the moment that I would like to comment on, but obviously being banned, I cannot. So those threads only have one side of the story to them - no, the threads do not name names but it is clear who the threads are about.

The whole situation got way out of hand and I genuinely believe that I was not wanted on the forum since the ipoker thread and that if I was not banned for this, then it would be for something else in the not so distant future - fair enough doesnt bother me tbh.

It was the banning of my wife Charmaine that really got to me and yes I did loose it (as you can see above) I could of doctored that conversation, but I want people to know the whole story so they can then make up their own minds.

If anyone has anything to add or comment on please feel free. I will only delete posts that are untrue.

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Poker update........

Live poker has been a bit of a washout lately, have not played much since the £300 at Equal Chance. I am hoping to play the omaha and main event at the Gutshot fessie next week. (The Gutshot main event should be 25% cheaper if I can rake enough on Poker Trillion - as you can enter live events with your RakeBack at a discounted rate!). There is also a Rake race happening in May where the top 20 play off for a $4.5k WSOP mini package - Currently I am top :)

Online has been sick for the last couple of weeks - started with $500 on Poker Trillion (1st may) and tried to spin it up but lost over half of it in first week, so I played the Trillion Treat and the $5k guaranteed - Finaled both but failed on a 1st or 2nd place but still netted just $1.5k.

I have invested quite a bit of time watching video's of online cash play and also watching known winning players play online which has improved my game. With the bad run I had online cash last year I had turned into a bit of a nit and was missing out on value bets + a few other bad habbits had crept in.

Have been hitting the cash tables hard since then (also a few other final table appearances) and am currently on just over $4k. I have lost a couple of sick hands for big pots but have also hit two straight flushes this week and been paid on both!

Playing on Poker Trillion gets very deep very quickly as you can buy in for 200BB's. So sitting with over $1k at $1 $2 is very common.

I have also been playing more and more omaha with success.

The payout structure on Poker Trillion is a good one, under 50 runners means only top 5 get paid. So when only 31 enter the Trillion Treat $100 comp (with $5k added), getting in the money is such good value with 5th paying $600 and 1st almost $4k!

So all in all, this year (with the live scores I have had >£8k) is looking good. It needed to be to be honest after last years poor performance where I only made a few £k.

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Well I must admit, ive been a little lazy with my blog - but whats new? lol

Pokerwise, things have been good. I final tables the £20k at Equal Chance for the 2nd time in a row, but again failed to get the job done and came in 4th for just shy of £3k. I must admit, I love this comp - excellent slow structure allowing for plenty of play.

Next came the Blonde Bash held at DTD. Me and the good lady travelled up to Nottingham on the Friday - with her sister in tow. She has been a little down recently and thought she could do with a weekend away. So, only one double room though meant 3 in a bed which you think would be fun no? NO! Damn she can snore for England! lol

Although the Bash was good, I had mixed fortunes. Took £1k with me. Went out on the Friday night to Chambers - a karaoke bar. Got completely smashed! Was even dancing AND sang! OMG - good job it was late so most had disapeared by them "phew"

Expensive night, with our 3 drinks costing £15 a time!. Was having a good night, then disaster struck when I decided we would head for DTD at 2am. Taxi driver took us there via Grimsby I think! Tosser! I managed to do £200 in a 50p £1 nlh cash game in about 10 minutes - very stupid but was good fun! Richard Trigg did similar.

So, the next morning I am a little worse for ware and was scared to look in my Wallet to see what last nights little adventure had cost - I felt SICK when I saw I only had £475 left WTF?!? Still, was a good night, just not sure it was £500 good though.

So, onto the main event - I felt as sick as a pig - I was so hot. Didnt last very long and decided to play the £50 comp DTD had on - I missed the start so I was about 15th on the alternate list. You only start with 4k but by the time I got my seat I started with 3100 and blinds of 75 150 and soon to be 100 200. I picked up no cards but there was one guy to my right you was raising almost every other hand - He was my target to get chips from. Everytime I could I would move all in on his raise - I managed to recover and then hit a couple of hands which saw me on 14k - just above average, but in 3 hands I was out - to be fair I should of been out on the first hand where I have raised in late position with 66 and called from the Button. Flop 6 4 8 rainbow. I checked to him expecting him to fire a bet, but he checked it back. Turn was a K. I again checked and he did also. River bought a flush and I checked again, he then bets 3000 to which I just flat call. He turned over 5 7 - He flopped the straight with a flush draw! How do I only loose 3000 on that hand? Reason is I played the hand so badly and he hit the flop a little too much.

Not much drinking that night and an early night

Sunday came and there was a £30 omaha tourney which I entered. I love playing omaha, such an interesting game - well I went on to get 3 way and I had 1/2 the chips in play - all 3 of us wanted it wrapped up (for different reasons) so a chip count was done and I collected £100 less than 1st place anyway - so a nice £500 profit.

All in all the weekend only cost me £200 - not bad from being £500 down after the first night of drinking!

Online is going well. I have moved to Poker Trillion and have made a few final tables and am beating the cash games! Hopefully it will continue.

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Whats been happening ..................

Well since my last post, I have been back to Equal Chance every Monday and Friday (4 comps in all) - I love the place!!

In all 4 comps I have managed to accumulate alot of chips early on but have managed to bust out in the "2 table" crapshoot mode. This is when the blinds are way to big for the stack sizes (Av stack = under 10xBB). To me this stage is get chips for the final table - you just need a hand or two to go your way.

The good thing is that because it is such a crapshoot at this stage, it rarely takes more than one level to go from 2 tables to the final table - meaning you CAN play on the final table as the ratio of blinds to the av stack size is alot better.

Playing very well there, but it does seem to be a good place for me early on. I seem to hit every draw I go for in the eraly stages AND get paid off. Typical example was last night - I had shown a bluff early on with 7 4 o/s calling a raise and flop and turn bet, only for them to check the river so I took the pot and showed. Afterwards I limped into a multiway pot with 6 9 only for the flop to come 669 but more importantly got paid off! Then this poor lad raised my BB from 1st position to 450 (blinds 25 50) all fold to me. By now I have over 20k from the origional starting 6k so I am seeing a flop here with my 3 4 o/s. Pretty obvious he had a BIG pair AA or KK. Well the flop comes A x x. I have no hand no draw and check, he checks behind. Turn comes 2. Maybe he has KK and I can take the pot away from him? So I bet out 700. He calls. River comes 5. I check and he bets 1200. I move all in, he calls and has AA - It gets better,,,,,,,, so he reloads and I have now busted 3 players and have a mountain of chips and am controlling the table. I have a short stack to my right and the SB and BB have both had their add on and are under 5k. It is folded to the guy on my right who limps in for 200. I am the c/o and decide to raise here and pressure the short stacks. I make it 900 (My hand 5 7 o/s). SB folds, but the BB (same guy who I busted his aces) moves all in. It is another 1900 to call. I am going to pass until the guy to my right also goes all in for 1500. So now I have massive value here and cannot pass. I appologise to them both, call and turn over 5 7. I am up against AK and A9. Flop x x 7 x x and I take them both out. So at the first break I have 32k.

Thats the sort of thing that happens to me there - I also think I am playing better because I enjoy the actual club and the people though, but I admit, things like that certainly help!

I also went to Luton on a Sunday for their £100 f/o. I didnt really want to go, as I do not like the fact that they have cut the starting chips to 7500 but we had a house full of kids that were sleeping over, so I decided to go anyway.
Wish I hadnt, I didnt enjoy the comp, the structure was not as I was led to believe (ie 100 200 then 100 200 with 25 ante), it went 100 200 then 200 400 then 200 400 with 25 ante. This jump is too big imo with only 7500 starting chips.
I busted quite early from the comp and things got worse, I ended up doing £400 in the cash game as well as having to be subjected to threatening behaviour from 4 guys who had had too much to drink. Thankfully they calmed down though.
It did piss me off a bit though as I felt it was not my place to stand up to them, but no one else would. not even the cardroom staff! (to be fair to the staff though, they were short that night).

So thats my live scene since the last post. The plans for the next week or so are to play: friday at Equal Chance the 321 at DTD this weekend, the monday at Equal Chance, the £250 omaha at the Springfest then off to Newcastle for the weekend for the Virgin fessie. I may not play both the 321 and the omaha though - will see what funds are like.

As for online, I have started my challenge (mentioned at the tale end of last year) although I didnt start with £1000, I started with £800 with the intention of playing £100NL 6 max. It was a bit short for that level but I was hoping for a good start. It did not happen and infact it got worse! Together with playing a couple of comps (which I said I wouldnt do) and a loss of 8xbuyins, the challenge looked all but over. However, it is not all doom and gloom. I decided to play $50NL with the remaining $300 - still 6 max. I have done alot of research online and watched vids on how to beat $50NL - one of the best ones I saw was by pokertrix. The style of play is very basic, not exciting at all but it does work! I have a tendency though once I have reached $150 on a table to start to play "poker" which is bad because at this level i find it does not work most of the time.

Anyhow, after a week of this - total of 6600 hands (3 tbls and sometimes 5 tbls)I have doubled the roll to over $600 , running at 9BB/100 - which I feel is good - hopefully I can continue at this level. This is without the "loyalty bonus" I am entitled to - not sure how much it will be but probably around the $100 mark I would guess.

Thats it for now...........

£5k guaranteed at Equal Chance

This was a £50 buy in with an optional top up costing £25. 5000 chips for each so effectively a 10000 chip £75 freezeout.

Over 80 runners for this, what a good turnout for a Monday night comp.

I must admit, I love the place and is now my new poker home.

The comp itself went very well, it was only a 20 minute clock but I found the chips/structure ok. There was still room to play some "proper poker".

I found myself on the final table again in good shape, was playing very well again and felt I had it in the bag. It was my Final Table and I was running over it with some considerable ease, then 5 handed the poker gods popped up and said "not tonight sunny!".

UTG raised to 45k which I flat called on the button with Kings. At this point I was 2nd in chips and they were 1st in chips (although not by much) Circa 200k each from the 800k in play.
The flop comes 6 7 9 rainbow. They continuation bet out of 50k and I instantly moved all in for 100k more. I had made this play a few times before and taken down pots without contention so I was just waiting for this exact situation in the hope they got boored of me doing it.

In the end they decide to call. On their backs, they have AK. I turn over KK to the table amazement lol.

The turn card comes an Ace - Marvelous! lol

So a 5th place finish for just over £500 not a bad nights work. Very gutted as I thought that comp was mine for the taking. I still lost with dignity though as always.

I will return again on Friday for a similar comp, this time its a £6k guaranteed comp for £60 with an optional £30 top up for 6000 chips a time!

3 final tables in a row? I think so :)