Tony Bloom to take over? [Merged threads]

[NF9]

you lot are f***ing DICKHEADS.......

 

[bhaexpress]

As long as his Heart is in this Club and he calls a Spade a Spade then he'll be a Diamond. Has to be better than the Joker at Smellworst Park.

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

I hope his cash-flow isn't as tight as a TILT machine.

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

Apparently he's been with a few birds who has massive RACKS

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

He better not be OFF-SUIT in his judgements

 

[Icy Gull]

you lot are f***ing DICKHEADS.......

I think you've gone and BUSTED yourself there

 

[Storer68]

First public mention of this that I have seen.....

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/6776-tony-bloom-to-back-brighton-football-club

Tony Bloom to Back Brighton Football ClubUK Poker Player to Take Over at Brighton Football Club
by Rebecca McAdam | Published: May 18, 2009 | E-mail Author



Poker player, professional gambler, and football betting expert, Tony Bloom will take over from Dick Knight as chairman of Brighton Football Club.

Tony “The Lizard” Bloom has more than $1.3 million in lifetime poker winnings including his recent second place finish in the $100,000 no-limit hold’em challenge at the Aussie Millions 2009, which earned him a nice sum of $403,890.

Bloom will use the profits from poker and gambling to bankroll Brighton. “I’ve been a football fan and a gambler since the age of about seven or eight. My interest in both developed at the same time,” said the 39-year-old Englishman.

His first move will be to make the £60 million switchover to a new 25,000-seater stadium in Falmer.

Bloom has successfully cashed 28 times in his poker career.

 

[NF9]

First public mention of this that I have seen.....

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/6776-tony-bloom-to-back-brighton-football-club

Tony Bloom to Back Brighton Football ClubUK Poker Player to Take Over at Brighton Football Club
by Rebecca McAdam | Published: May 18, 2009 | E-mail Author



Poker player, professional gambler, and football betting expert, Tony Bloom will take over from Dick Knight as chairman of Brighton Football Club.

Tony “The Lizard” Bloom has more than $1.3 million in lifetime poker winnings including his recent second place finish in the $100,000 no-limit hold’em challenge at the Aussie Millions 2009, which earned him a nice sum of $403,890.

Bloom will use the profits from poker and gambling to bankroll Brighton. “I’ve been a football fan and a gambler since the age of about seven or eight. My interest in both developed at the same time,” said the 39-year-old Englishman.

His first move will be to make the £60 million switchover to a new 25,000-seater stadium in Falmer.

Bloom has successfully cashed 28 times in his poker career.

It was in NOTW Aswelll...
http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/sport/308704/TONY-BLOOM-ING-GOOD-Millionaire-poker-star-is-betting-on-Brighton.html

 

[Superphil]

That was in the papers yesterday Doh!

 

[The Large One]

Can someone answer these definitively for me?

To what extent is he going to 'bankroll' the club? Does anyone KNOW how much capital that equates to?

Someone on here said he is seriously minted. Does that mean his winnings and 'other business interests' have made him what would need to be an eight-figure fortune that he can easily transfer into capital to put into the club? Has that all - or mostly - come from gambling? If so, would he therefore pass the 'fit and proper person' test (often casually and usually sloppily) imposed by the Football League and FA?

What I'm confused about is that the only figures publicly banded about are the reports saying he has won $1.3m in poker tournaments (that's £848,358 at today's exchange rate). That's obviously not enough to bankroll the club.

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Shit - It's Groundhog Day (again)!

 

[NF9]

Can someone answer these definitively for me?

To what extent is he going to 'bankroll' the club? Does anyone KNOW how much capital that equates to?

Someone on here said he is seriously minted. Does that mean his winnings and 'other business interests' have made him what would need to be an eight-figure fortune that he can easily transfer into capital to put into the club? Has that all - or mostly - come from gambling? If so, would he therefore pass the 'fit and proper person' test (often casually and usually sloppily) imposed by the Football League and FA?

What I'm confused about is that the only figures publicly banded about are the reports saying he has won $1.3m in poker tournaments (that's £848,358 at today's exchange rate). That's obviously not enough to bankroll the club.

The family are worth alot more, over 50M I believe

 

[Digweeds Trousers]

I too am a successful gambler and have approached the club with a view to invest.

Mr Knight declined to consider my proposal to invest a proportion of the £11.37 I won on the Grand National.

It is the 5th successful 'cash-in' in my gamling career in 2009.

I won £5 from a colleague in a bet as to who would win the Arsenal vs Chelsea FA cup game.

My sister is yet to pay me the £10 she owes for a bad call she made on Britains Got Talent.

With a number of other succesful epsiodes on the fruit machine in the local pub I am confident that they club may reconsider my involvment in investing a significant amount of my winnings.

I wait for their feedback

 

[Twinkle Toes]

Can someone answer these definitively for me?

To what extent is he going to 'bankroll' the club? Does anyone KNOW how much capital that equates to?

Someone on here said he is seriously minted. Does that mean his winnings and 'other business interests' have made him what would need to be an eight-figure fortune that he can easily transfer into capital to put into the club? Has that all - or mostly - come from gambling? If so, would he therefore pass the 'fit and proper person' test (often casually and usually sloppily) imposed by the Football League and FA?

What I'm confused about is that the only figures publicly banded about are the reports saying he has won $1.3m in poker tournaments (that's £848,358 at today's exchange rate). That's obviously not enough to bankroll the club.

Exactly. He must have amassed any fortune he may have through other means. Hmmmmmmmm..

 

[NF9]

Exactly. He must have amassed any fortune he may have through other means. Hmmmmmmmm..

He invested alot in properties aswell I believe

 

[Whitterz]

Funny isn't it?, Falmers on its way, and Tony Bloom takes the seat at the helm. He probably has pieced together a cunning plan to sell the Falmer stadium to developers to turn it into a large out of town Casino

 

[portslade seagull]

Funny isn't it?, Falmers on its way, and Tony Bloom takes the seat at the helm. He probably has pieced together a cunning plan to sell the Falmer stadium to developers to turn it into a large out of town Casino

Yes Falmer is on its way because its being financed by some-one with the money...which without we wouldn't have had a prayer because the banks would not lend what was required....

 

[Norman Baker suck my lozenge]

Eat me i'm a sweetie ,i'm a choclate covered treat.

 

[BensGrandad]

Who is Tony Blooms father,, if Ray is his uncle I would presume that it is either Arthur or David who both played for Worthing in the 50s.

 

[Walkers Cajun Squirrel]

So it has been confirmed then. Happy with it?