Come On...These Guys Give Us Everything.

Right, its been four months since i last wrote one of these, i appologise for that but trying to salvage a uni degree sort of took command for a while...one exam left on Thursday (Lets hope that doesn't flop) and then its down to job hunting for me...lord knows what ill take going forward but yeah, should be interesting.

Ive decided to write this to express my emotions on something that is close to me in some ways but also miles away in others. That being the owners of dusk till dawn, the company itself, the things they do and (in this instance) the recent WSOP sattelite problems. Now id like to make very clear from the outset i understand that next to nobody will give a damn what is written here, im a £20-£100 player, with the backers to put me into £500 events about twice a year...i understand that to most people i'm utterly useless at the game. But this blog post isn't about me at all, so whatever.

Dusk Till Dawn is one of the most influential voices in the UK poker community, run by some of the most committed and dedicated people you will see for miles around. They have spent lavishly to give us players everything we want. Good structures, good tournaments, added value. All that type of stuff. Sure changes have had to be made to turn it into a full casino, but in today's climate, can you honestly blame them?

The thing is, while DTD does have some pitfalls, and id be the first to admit them along with the rest of you. They do not, for one second, do us down in any way. And quite frankly people need to start giving this place, and the people that run it, ALOT more respect than they currently do because recently, its been crap.

It is not our right to all these added bonuses, its not our right to expect everything to be perfect when we go to the club. Sure we'd like it like that, but name me a time youve gone to a business and walked away, thought REALLY hard, and found NO faults at all? None, Zip, Nada.....yeah, thought so.

My main gripe has to do with a blog from one of the owners (Read it here)...Reading this makes me realise a number of things, and while i could write entire essays about it i wont, ill just summarize my points.

1. Rob works his sodding arse off, along with Simon, Alex and the rest, to make sure we have the premier place to play poker in the country...do we ALL give them the respect they deserve? hell no.
2. The decision to reduce the sattelite seats is fine, moving goalposts isn't a good thing i agree, but when your gonna have people pledge then go back on their word? DTD have all the rights in the world to change it as a result of that.
3. Anyone who did go back on there world should take a long bloody look at themselves. While the odd one or two might have had legit reasons, most of you just went to play a fancy new tour...instead of supporting your mate's tournament? where the potential is far greater than some random ass series that's been about all of a month? its pathetic.
4. Before i hear any crap about "aww yeah but i don't see you helping blah blah piss moan"...yeah, that's cause im a student that lives off his loans alone, i broke the bank to play the UKIPT last month to be part of history with the club, and if i had had the money or the backers (and been 21) id have snapped this up. so shut up and sit down...
5. To all you people who think you can start barking out demands entirely on the basis that "well if you don't we wont play and you'll lose more money"...grow up, i understand you all want an edge but seriously, its that kind of attitude that sees things like this pulled out of the market, and don't deny for one second that if DTD closed, you'd have ALOT less value than the little bit off the odd tournament here and there.
6. Rob, Simon, any of you...if you actually go off and read this, What you do for us players does not go unnoticed, sure this event is a flash in the pan, the overlay sucks but it happens...but at least some of us don't consider what you do for us a god given right...you guys are sodding amazing for what you do and everyone should appreciate it...or at the very least shut up moaning when you change something cause you don't want to get rained on...

Sure, ive got things id change at the club, things id add...but ill eventually get round to mentioning them in the appropriate ways, i wont go emailing pissing and moaning because something that, in fairness, doesn't actually have to be there...gets removed all of a sudden, its just stupid.


Anyway, enough of me ranting like a lunatic. Just read this through and take note, this place is great, its people are amazing, respect it like we should...cause think about it, if we lost it, nothing could truly replace it the same way...

...And to be honest, i don't want no replacement...