Think you’re good enough to take down the founder and organizer of PokerCoder? Think you’re good enough to win the 16GB iPod Nano that Logic Bureau have put up as the price on his head? This is his message to you!

I suppose I’ve just gotten tired of making the same old death threats to people who put me out, so I thought I’d make a karmic adjustment. Care of my company (Logic Bureau) I’m giving away a top of the range, brand new, 16Gb iPod Nano as a prize for whom ever manages the incredibly difficult task of putting me out of the competition on the 9th. It’ll even be engraved as such so you can taunt me with it at every event there after.

Anyone who’s been to the last 2 or 3 of these events will know that this prize could go before I even take my seat. So in many respects it’s a lottery to see if you’re at my table. However, I’m feeling good about this one. I’m not going out early this time and I think the idea of a shiny prize for knocking me out of the competition will make more of you play more loosely, giving me a better chance of making it past the first 10 out and winning one of my own Loser shirts

The new iPod Nano is a sexy little minx. Go check it out.

Bring it on suckers!

Roll up, roll up. The log awaited Adobe sponsored London Poker Tournament, PokerCoder 7, is finally here and this time we’ve got a couple of special extras for you. The event is in 3 weeks time on Tuesday February 9th at our regular venue the Loose Cannon Poker Club in EC4. A short walk from Canon Street and Bank tube stations. Places are limited so be quick. Read more

The event went very well as usual. I possibly drank a teensy weensy bit more than I should have, but I blame the the clubs new batch of beautiful Eastern European waitresses, who kept plying me with JD’s. I thought it was just me, but apparently Dr Love was as bad. Of course the difference in age showed the next morning with me having the hangover from hell and Dr Love just feeling like he was still a bit drunk - grrrr.

On a celebrity note, John Davey (the founder / organiser of Flash on the Beach) was there to show his support and he’s given us 2 tickets to FotB to give away and some exclusive FotB Tshirts, which won’t be available until Fotb on the 20th but some of you lucky winners will get yours in the post in the next week

The Adobe support was great as usual with Gemma and Andrew in great form. Our thanks to Robin Charney from Adobe who couldn’t be there on the night but who gave us the greatest box of crap I’ve seen from Adobe in a long time. Don’t get me wrong, that’s not a critisism. On the contrary, the crap-in-a-box that we get at every event is for our first 10 losers as booby prizes and there is some truley collectible Adobe schwag in there (way more interesting that the winner’s prizes ).

True to form, I sat down at my chosen table last, having finished my announcements and introductions. The people at my table gave a collective sigh. Not one of admiration, but one of “oh God, he’s the organiser. He’s going to kick our asses”. I calmly advised them that this was never the case, with smile that said ’see you on the final table sucker’. Then I promptly went out in joint 10th place. No. Not 10th in the tournament. I was the 10th person to get knocked out of the tournament and if it weren’t for the fact that I was joint 10th, I should have had to wear a Loser’s T shirt home

But on to happier things. The Winners.

1. Nicolas Soucaille
2. Jens Meijer
3. Jolyon Russ
4. Romain Gemon
5. Jeremy Adrian Quinton
6. David Fowkes
7. Nigel Quashie
8. Thomas Vian
9. Andy Bryant (1st time at Pokercoder - a special well done)
10.Michael Potts

Ok, be VERY fast! We have 2 tickets to give away to two of our members to Flash on the Beach. Very kindly donated by John Davey, FotB founder and organiser. As you probably already know Flash on the Beach is held in Brighton once a year and as the years go by the dates of the event get ever closer to it not being euphemistically named (in a couple more years we’ll actually be able to go onto the Beach). It is one of the best events of it’s kind in the world and if you want to be inspired, amazed, entertained, educated or network, it is a great event to attend, with some of the best speakers in the world at it.

So if you’re a PokerCoder member and you’re a developer or creative email us at seanmcsharry@logicbureau.com and tell me why YOU deserve this ticket.

But remember it will be in YOUR name so it’s non transferable and you HAVE to let us know by 5pm tonight and you HAVE to be a PokerCoder member !!! I’ll let the winners know by email tomorrow.

Thank you all for registering. For those of you with outstanding questions against your entries, please reply to me asap. I look forward to seeing you all tonight

We kick off at 7pm sharp. If you’re not sitting at your table by 7:15 then you’re going to miss the start of the tournament. If your name is not on the list in the previous post (below), you’re not coming in.

Ok, so obviously there are problems with sending out a bulk email to over 400 members which has the word “POKER” in the title. This leads to all sorts of ISP spam alarms and local firewall filters firing off, not to mention that your email client often sticks your advanced event registration notification straight in your junk folder, even if you do receive it. We are working on a solution but this is not straight forward. In the mean time if you follow us on Twitter you will be told without fail as soon as you should have received such things, so please, please follow us.

Another problem seems to exist: People do receive their advanced members registration notification. They click “yes” to confirm their attendance (presumably they see the CONFIRMATION page afterwards - if not, please let us know) and then we DON’T see their entry appearing in our database. So, I’m going to publish a list of names of those attending, which I will update daily. I think this will be a useful piece of transparency, as if you have clicked that you will be attending and you do not see your name, you can notify us and we can trouble shoot the problem AND put you back on the list.

Final list:

1. abe azam
2. AJ Silvers
3. Ajeet Dyondi
4. Alam Gill
5. alan jeeves
6. Alasdair McLeay
7. Alejandro Giraldo
8. Andrea Ottolina
9. andrew coates
10. Andrew Porter
11. Andrew Shorten
12. Andy Bryant
13. Andy Hayes
14. Andy Smith
15. Anthony McCormick
16. Antonio De Donatis
17. Attila Miklosi
18. Badr Luqman
19. Barry Shaw
20. Ben Doran
21. Ben Goode
22. Braam Genis
23. Byron Manley
24. Carlos Roman
25. charlene higgins
26. Chris Ellis
27. Chris Linseman
28. Christopher William Sees
29. Colin Miller
30. Daniel Love
31. daniel mountford
32. Daniel Tenner
33. Daniel Wood
34. Danny Burnside
35. Darren Brown
36. Darren Cronin
37. David Burrows
38. David Caygill
39. David Fowkes
40. Demian Braithwaite
41. Divesh Premdeep
42. Dominic Crowhurst
43. Dominic McAdden
44. eamonn faherty
45. Elin Sjursen
46. Emma Wilkinson
47. Ernesto Quezada
48. Etienne Mercuriali
49. Filippo Angelini
50. George Bridgeman
51. George Medve
52. Gishantha de Silva
53. Greg Fleming
54. hamza ahmad
55. Iain Lobb
56. Irvin Suntokee
57. Jamie Badman
58. Jens Meijer
59. Jeremy Adrian Quinton
60. Jethro Grassie
61. Jo Pearce
62. Joe Lister
63. John Cotterell
64. John Davies
65. john racle
66. Jolyon Russ
67. Jonathan Craig
68. Karim Salah
69. Karl Bunyan
70. Kevin Bahadoor
71. Kelvin Luck
72. Kevin Robertson
73. Kim Holland
74. Kirna Koria
75. Liz Myers
76. Leon Mills
77. Louis Biggs
78. Mark Dooney
79. Mark Stanley
80. Martin Burke
81. Matthew Don
82. Mathieu Labey
83. Matt Conn
84. Matt Cooper
85. Matt Sutherland
86. Matthew Press
87. Michael Hayes
88. Michael Potts
89. Miguel Sanchez
90. Mikko Tormala
91. Mitesh Jadav
92. Neil Bennett
93. Neil Duggan
94. Niall McCormack
95. Nick Gerig
96. Nick Grimshaw
97. Nick Kuh
98. Nick lockington
99. nicolas soucaille
100. Nigel Quashie
101. Oliver Loftus
102. Patryk Seredynski
103. Paul Dering
104. Paul Evans
105. Paul Johal
106. Paul Ormandy
107. Paulo Rego
108. Peter Hall
109. Peter Keating
110. Rasmus Knutsson
111. Rich Clark
112. Richard Leggett
113. Richard Lord
114. Ritchie Fisher
115. Rob Bateman
116. rob gibson
117. Rob Hinchcliffe
118. Rob Lewis
119. Robert McCardle
120. Robert McMichael
121. Robert Thurston
122. Robin Charney
123. Robin Harrison
124. Rui Cruz
125. Roland Swingler
126. Romain Gemon
127. Ross Freeman
128. Saumitra Dubey
129. Sean Hakansson
130. sean mcsharry
131. Sebastian Kassier
132. Sebastien BenMBarek
133. seetharamaraju vadlamudi
134. Shaun Pearce
135. Simon Baynes
136. Simon Knowles
137. Stephen Pearce
138. Stephen Rose
139. Steve Rigelsford
140. Stuart Gleave
141. Stuart Lees
142. Surya Kona
143. Tero Pikala
144. Thomas Newton
145. Thomas Vian
146. Tom Chislett
147. Tim Wilson
148. Tomas Vorobjov
149. Vanja Spremo
150. victor woode
151. Vladimir Exil
152. Wai Man
153. Yasmin Fostok
154. yates buckley
155. Yuk Fung Allan Au
156. Zoltan Bornemissza

If you clicked to attend and you’re not on it then email me

If you’re not a member of PokerCoder or you’ve never been to a PokerCoder event, then now’s your chance. Go to www.pokercoder.com and then to the Registration page. Fill out all your details and provided you qualify under the sponsors restrictions, you’ll be attending the adobe web professional poker tournament in the UK, and it’s FREE

It all kicks off at 7pm sharpe. There will be up to 100 entrants and Adobe are supplying all the prizes. The first 50 entrants get ALPT VI event Tshirts. It’s an incredible opportunity to network with peers, potential employers and Adobe representatives. This is the place to meet fellow professionals and ask questions and the free beer makes it even easier

The first 10 people out get special LOSER Tshirts and their choice of old Adobe crap, uh, sorry, I mean rustic, antique, collector’s crap, uh, swag. Wow, awkward.

The final 10 on the final table get special WINNERS Tshirts and will be offered the Adobe Web Suite point product of their choice (see the Prizes page on the site).

The tournament champion will get a suite of their choice, the champion’s bracelet and a ticket to Flash on the Beach which is a couple of weeks later.

Adobe are putting a considerable tab behind the bar which will open at 7:30pm. The whole event usually finishes a little before midnight and for those who like the idea of cash games we usually put some cash tables on later in the evening.

To learn all about what’s happening and where, go to the website. To be kept updated on what’s going on with PokerCoder events, in real time, I strongly suggest that you follow the PokerCoder Twitter as well.

Hi all. The 6th Adobe sponsored PokerCoder event is around the corner now.

If you are a PokerCoder member (which is pretty easy. You just have to have signed up for an event previously and qualify as an entrant) then you will be receiving your member’s advanced notification this morning allowing you to register (or not) with one click.

Please Note: IF YOU CLICK “YES” ON YOUR NOTIFICATION THEN YOU WILL GET TAKEN TO A CONFIRMATION PAGE. THAT’S IT. YOU ARE CONFIRMED! NO MORE EMAILS ASKING ME IF YOU’RE CONFIRMED. READ WHAT THE EMAIL AND THE CONFIRMATION PAGE SAY. UNLESS YOU HEAR OTHERWISE, YOU’RE IN.

So, get clicking. For those of you who aren’t members yet, please go to the PokerCoder site and read up on entrance requirements and the general registration page will be open to you all tomorrow morning.