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Question about Uk Poker Championship

EpokerEpoker Member Posts: 101
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I became aware today of this years UK Poker Championship - thru a certain video of Jake Cody and a roulette table - and it had me wondering the story behind its change of sponser because I thought the event was a Sky Poke invention. (A article here states it too: https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/sky-poker-launch-uk-poker-championship-2014/{subjects}/article/1218927). Anybody any ideas?
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,210
    edited February 2018
    Hi @Epoker

    Yes, the Jake Cody video was "interesting" on several levels......

    The UKPC was sponsored by Sky Poker for a few years, but Rob Yong, who owns DTD, always owned the domain name and the rights to stage it at DTD.

    As it turned out, his ties with Party became very strong, as he struck some deals with them culminating in their current partnership.

    Rob and I go back pre-DTD on both a personal and poker basis, we are close friends, and he was happy to allow Sky Poker to continue to sponsor the UKPC. However, the club was by now branded floor to ceiling in Party promo material and banners, think even the loo rolls were Party branded, so it became a bit awkward, for all three of us equally (DTD, Party and Sky).

    So we called it a draw, and all moved on.

    I continue to wish Rob and DTD every success. The whole DTD story is utterly fascinating, there have been some real challenges, but he seems to have achieved his dream, so good luck to him.

    I could almost write a book about how DTD came into being, and the challenges and court battles he faced, but maybe that's another story for another day.
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  • EpokerEpoker Member Posts: 101
    Thanks for the concise answer as always Tikay.

    Yep, I agree the success of DTD, especially as a rare independent, really is a great thing.
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  • EpokerEpoker Member Posts: 101
    Also, just having a look at the place, via Google maps, and noticed the closed down ISIS nightclub next door. I wonder why that didn't do well. :)
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,210

    YW, @Epoker
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  • Angmar2626Angmar2626 Member Posts: 886
    Epoker said:

    Also, just having a look at the place, via Google maps, and noticed the closed down ISIS nightclub next door. I wonder why that didn't do well. :)

    FWIW Isis was a strip club that tried to remarket but closed down after a few 'incidents'...
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  • Jac35Jac35 Member Posts: 6,492
    Angmar2626 said:

    Epoker said:

    Also, just having a look at the place, via Google maps, and noticed the closed down ISIS nightclub next door. I wonder why that didn't do well. :)

    FWIW Isis was a strip club that tried to remarket but closed down after a few 'incidents'...
    And if you're really old then you'll remember that place as Black Orchid
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  • MISTY4MEMISTY4ME Member Posts: 6,355
    edited March 2018
    And if you're really old then you'll remember that place as Black Orchid

    ....and there was me thinking I was a 'Spring Chicken'

    BLACK ORCHID was a great nightclub, had some fantastic nights in there with a few of the Forest Lads........ though taxi back to Sheffield was a bit pricey!

    I wondered what had happened to it.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,210
    Lots of bad stuff happened in that strip club, then a kid got stabbed to death & there was a bit of a riot go off, & that was that.

    It was run by James, who used to play at DTD & fancied himself as a decent player, but he was a full-on roffler.
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  • hhyftrftdrhhyftrftdr Member Posts: 8,036
    edited March 2018
    Jac35 said:

    Angmar2626 said:

    Epoker said:

    Also, just having a look at the place, via Google maps, and noticed the closed down ISIS nightclub next door. I wonder why that didn't do well. :)

    FWIW Isis was a strip club that tried to remarket but closed down after a few 'incidents'...
    And if you're really old then you'll remember that place as Black Orchid
    We have a Black Orchid in York. Very attentive service in there, a friend tells me.
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  • Jac35Jac35 Member Posts: 6,492
    Tikay10 said:

    Lots of bad stuff happened in that strip club, then a kid got stabbed to death & there was a bit of a riot go off, & that was that.

    It was run by James, who used to play at DTD & fancied himself as a decent player, but he was a full-on roffler.

    It was odd because he didn’t look anything like a strip club owner ;)
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  • oynutteroynutter Member Posts: 4,773
    Jac35 said:

    Tikay10 said:

    Lots of bad stuff happened in that strip club, then a kid got stabbed to death & there was a bit of a riot go off, & that was that.

    It was run by James, who used to play at DTD & fancied himself as a decent player, but he was a full-on roffler.

    It was odd because he didn’t look anything like a strip club owner ;)
    What do strip club owners look like?
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  • Jac35Jac35 Member Posts: 6,492
    oynutter said:

    Jac35 said:

    Tikay10 said:

    Lots of bad stuff happened in that strip club, then a kid got stabbed to death & there was a bit of a riot go off, & that was that.

    It was run by James, who used to play at DTD & fancied himself as a decent player, but he was a full-on roffler.

    It was odd because he didn’t look anything like a strip club owner ;)
    What do strip club owners look like?
    James
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  • oynutteroynutter Member Posts: 4,773
    edited March 2018
    Richard Orford?
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 172,210

    This be James, full name James EftekHari.



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