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Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 7:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
This is a Fox show that's getting ready to start filming from July 31st through August 6th. They are filming 7 shows to be shown at the end of the year.

Here is the info on the show:
http://www.pokerstars.net/poker/promotions/millions/

Right now the people who have made it through the first stage are fighting it out online at the video posting site:

http://memelabs.com/mdc/

Why am I posting this now? I'm one of the people fighting it out on the video site!!!! My husband finished in first place in the 10,000 person qualifying round he played.

Here is the link to our video:
http://memelabs.com/mdc/?play=15452

I contacted the moderator about where I could post on TV Clubhouse about getting votes, and they told me about a thread we have that I didn't even know about!
It's a thread titled:

CAN I GET YOUR VOTES? PLEEEAASSEE!

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We've gotten votes from Metoo and Biloxibelle!!! Thank you so much!

There are people on that thread who need votes for more important things than our going on a TV show though, so please check it out!!!

Now to be completely selfish, go and vote for us! We are Sonofsquid, and we are in the top 16 for votes. You can vote every day!

I will take my laptop and my digital camera, and I will take videos and photos and I will report as much as I am allowed to. I will interview the celebrities and the professional poker players and the other people we're up against and their friends. I will bring it all here to TV Clubhouse.

Surfgirl
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10-11-2003

Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 8:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Surfgirl a private message Print Post    
I just voted for your hubby Gemma . Good luck!
My hubby plays at Pokerstars, play money ..and every once in a while, real money.
He is really patient and sits thru some of those tournys that take for ever to win a few bucks!

I play every once and a while. My hubby will email me some pokermoney .. and I get impatient and usually blow it in an hour or so!LOL

So I know how hard it is to get as far as your hubby did! Good luck, as a poker fan and a TV club house buddy I will be rooting for you!
I promise to vote for you every day.
By the way cute video! You seem like really fun people!

Surfgirl
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10-11-2003

Saturday, July 10, 2010 - 9:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Surfgirl a private message Print Post    
oops double post!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 5:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I play at PS too. Ill go vote Good luck Gemma! HOw exciting!

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 7:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
Awesome! Thank you Surfgirl and Pamy! We really appreciate your help!

There are 9 more days of qualifying rounds, That's 36 more tourneys.

I keep telling my husband that he needs to look at the videos of the other players so he can learn about them and get a feel for their personalities. He is so silly, he doesn't want to increase their chance of being selected over us! He's such a goof!

That's ok, I'll watch them and tell him what I see, and help him with strategy! We're a good team.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 9:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I went to vote and havent registered yet, Im always leary of that but for you I will do it

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Sunday, July 11, 2010 - 9:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
ok voted #94! looks like top vote getting has over 500 so tvchers have some wk to do :-)

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Monday, July 12, 2010 - 7:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
Voted yesterday and again today. After my vote today the vote count was 106

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 12:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
Hey Biloxibelle! I saw you vote! I was at work and reminding (by reminding I mean nagging! ) a friend to vote, and I hit the refresh button and said OH! Thank you! My friend said, I haven't voted yet! LOL! It was you! I looked here and saw your post, but couldn't reply or I'd lose TVCH at work.

Thank you!
Bonnie (my name's in the video, so it's out there)

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 1:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
Thank you Pamy,

If we stay on the front page, I think we'll be ok. I'm not opposed to staying on the top line! LOL!

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 4:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
You're very welcome. Got today's vote in just now. Brings the votes to 124.

Surfgirl
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10-11-2003

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 12:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Surfgirl a private message Print Post    
Now is 126

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 3:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
Good morning! We're at 133 votes! The qualifying tournaments end on July 18th. Then we have all next week to get through and we will hopefully find out if we make it through. We will have to find out because we would need to make travel arrangements and make arrangements at our workplaces.

I find myself starting to think about what we will do if Ed goes all the way and wins the final round against Daniel Negreanu. Then I have to stop myself. It's hard, but keeping myself in the moment is vitally important. No magical thinking is allowed. I'm saving that luxury for later! LOL!

Ed was playing heads up yesterday so he could practice the one-on-one game. He won 4 out of 6 hands. Yesterday before work I showed him how to find out about his standings on line. It was so funny! I felt like I was showing him how to take his first steps on the moon! I told him to type his name Sonofsquid in Google search, and then hit enter. He did, and all of these hits came up. He looked confused and shocked! He found out that he's not the only Sonofsquid out there, some guy in the Netherlands has a music site under that name.

He started to go through the different items dealing with poker, and was really surprised that his stats are out there. It was so funny! He's been on line for so long, but still doesn't quite know how the internet works.

Catbowl
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02-12-2008

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 6:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Catbowl a private message Print Post    
OK...I voted. Now..can I vote every day? Good luck!!
I think I might try this challenge :P

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 6:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
136, WooHoo!

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 4:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
Hey Catbowl! Yes you can vote every day! Thank You!

Biloxibelle, Thank you too! Now 137!

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 1:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
There is one thing about this happening, I haven't been able to get as interested in Big Brother as I usually am by now! Too busy with this to wonder about the Saboteur! LOL! I'm just not right!

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Thursday, July 15, 2010 - 5:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
You're very welcome Gemma. LOL, about BB. I would feel the same way in your shoes.

This morning 149!

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Friday, July 16, 2010 - 5:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
167

Gohan921
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07-16-2010

Friday, July 16, 2010 - 4:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gohan921 a private message Print Post    
I have also qualified for the show. I have the views but not the votes. Please vote for me too. It would mean a lot for my family. http://memelabs.com/mdc/?play=15782

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 7:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
Hey Gohan921! This is wonderful! I hope we meet in LA! Isn't this the craziest thing? I think people can vote for more than one video each day, so voting for both of us will definitely help get us both there. Good to see a new face here at TVCH

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 8:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
Bisc! Thank you so much for your vote! I was sick on Friday, and have just started to feel better. I didn't want you to think I was ungrateful! I appreciate every single vote!

About the name Bisc, is that short for Biscotti?

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
This is the last day of the qualification rounds. Hopefully they all have their videos ready to post so that when they receive the two emails confirming they've won, they are ready to get the video uploaded so people can see them and start voting.

Here is the email they all want to see:



PokerStars Tournament #283016341, No Limit Hold'em
Freeroll Super Satellite
10000 players
$0.20 USD added to the prize pool by PokerStars
Total Prize Pool: $0.20 USD
Target Tournament #283014751 Buy-In: $0.01 USD
20 tickets to the target tournament

Tournament started 2010/06/22 20:00:00 ET


Dear sonofsquid,

You finished the tournament in 1st place. You qualified to play in Tournament #283014751 and are automatically registered for it. See Tournament #283014751 Lobby for further details.




Congratulations!

Thank you for participating.

It's very matter-of-fact, but it's one of the most exciting emails we've ever received!

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 8:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
Here is the next email we received about posting the video:


Dear sonofsquid,

Following your win in the Million Dollar Challenge qualifying tournament please be aware that we have changed the link to the site that we originally stated.

From now on, please upload you audition video to the following site:

www.memelabs.com/mdc

However, this site won't actually be live until Friday June 25. So if you have already created your video please hang on to it until then!


And here's a reminder of the instructions:

. Make a video of you and 2 poker buddies explaining why you should be chosen to go on the show to play for $1,000,000. If chosen, your poker chums will be joining you too - so make sure they play their part!

. The video must be a digital movie*.

. The video must be no more than 2 minutes in length.

. The video must be less than 32mb.

. Please submit the video within 10 days of this email.

. Remember: include your buddies. No buddies, no show!

And here's what to do with your movie:

Your movie should be uploaded to the site mentioned above - with the video title simply being your PokerStars user id.

Once uploaded, a team represented by PokerStars and the studio will carefully go through each submitted movie and find the ones we feel are the best to go forward to the show. So be creative, use your imagination - get lost in the movie experience! After all, this could be worth a million.

If you're chosen, we'll bring you to the studio (expenses paid) to take part in the show.

Please contact support@pokerstars.net if you have any questions.

* Any video quality is acceptable for submission as long as the subjects can be seen and heard. Video cameras, web cameras, cell phones & still cameras with sound and video capabilities are all acceptable video sources.

Gemma120in2002
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07-05-2003

Sunday, July 18, 2010 - 9:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Gemma120in2002 a private message Print Post    
Catbowl, How's it going? I hope you qualified! If so, don't be shy about it and post the link to your video!