Stokes

by Stokes
Submitted by: snoopy on Fri, 09/11/2007 - 7:47pm

 

What is your BlondePoker username?          

Stokes

Which area do you live in?


London

What is your marital status?

Single

Do you have any children and/or pets?                        

Nope

When did you start playing poker?

About a year ago online. Intermittently in home games for years beforehand

Where can you be found playing live?

Green room at poker events

What is your favourite online site?

Ladbrokes, of course

What is your handle there?

CONTENT_MGR

What is the harshest beat you have inflicted on an opponent?

Catching runner-runner eights, holding 8-7o after pushing all-in versus A-A on an A-Q-8s board

Who are your poker heroes?

Marcel Luske

Who is your best friend in poker?

My buddies on the Laddies Poker team. Raj Modha and Beverley Pace were also very free with their poker advice for a muffer like me.

What are your greatest accomplishments in poker?

Falling off my chair dead drunk during a home game, not breaking anything, and coming back to win the game.

What is your most embarrassing moment in poker?

Believing a Marty Wilson story until the punchline.

Which Blondepoker thread did you enjoy the most?

None as yet, but I marvel at the hand-by-hand updates.

The thing I love most about BlondePoker is?

The handy card icons. Brilliant.

My biggest pet hate in poker is?

Unpleasantness at the tables.

What are your main interests outside poker?

Football, squash, writing, football, eating, drinking, football and football (I am a die-hard Leyton Orient fan. How sad.)

Tell us something about yourself none of us would know

I have done a lot of charity work out in East Africa

What is your favourite pie filling?


Steak and kidney

Who is your favourite singer?

Tom McRae, Jonny Cash

What is your favourite song?

"You'll never beat the Orient" (to Southend)

Who is your ideal man or woman?

Isla Fisher

What is your favourite holiday destination?

Kenya

If I could change one thing about myself I would?


Lose more weight than poker, rather than vice-wersa.