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taximan007
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The sun is shining:
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Tuesday 6th May
and I land at Heathrow at 05.50 and it's a nice clear morning with the sun breaking through, must be a good omen me thinks.
Clear security grab a coffee £2, nice to be back lol. I have already decided to head for Readin tonight to play the £10 re-buy, wtf. you have no money and you decide to play poker? well I thought it would be cheaper to sit in a casino all night than book a hotel. Get the coach to Reading, leave my suitcase in left luggage and take a walk, buy now it is very warm, I find a nice park, and crash out. Evening, make my way to Maxims Casino and register for the comp, TD there, young man by the name of Jonathon, very good at what he does, there if needed but not in your face. 33 runners and a nice crowd to play poker with. Top 5 get paid. I don't need any re-buys, and make the FT but knocked out in 8th spot, so no money, but good fun and happy to make a FT on my 1st tourney back.
Wednesday 7th May:
I have decided to go to Nottingham today, this gives me 3 days to try and get something sorted before BB6 at the weekend. Train to Notts and on leaving the station I book a room in a "hotel" hmmmm £17 you get what you pay for, and it will do me. Buy the local paper but not much in there, but do make an appointment to see bedsit next day. Wednesday Evening head for DTD to play the £25 Tourney, everything has been said about DTD and it really does take your breath away the first time you see inside. Tourney, I go fairly deep but thats it, decide to play 50/1 cash, get my £25 back so call it a night. Happy.
Thursday 8th May:
First thing take a look at the bedsit, I take it, £45 per week inclusive of all bills, bargain, nothing special but what do I want for that sort of money. Make my way into the City, find Recruiting Agency, its now 11am, fill in a few forms, then the guy there asks can I start work 2pm THIS AFTERNOON!!!! Is there pope a catholic? bloody right I can. So there I am at 2pm on the production line at the Pizza Factory, never done this type of work before and its different to say the least, but hey I am getting £6 per hour to put mushrooms on a pizza, I ain't complaining. Have to say at the end of the shift my legs are killing me, having been sat on my arse for 2 years. I sleep well tonight.
Friday 9th May:
Make my way to work for 2pm, all is well until 7pm when they knock us off as all work done (should finish 10pm) this is agency/temp work I guess and have to accept it. Now I have a quandary, I either go back to the bedsit and look at the walls, or I could go to DTD and play the £75!!!! this is money I have promised to send back to Roxanne the next day. OK now my weakness takes over and I am at DTD and registered for the tourney. I think there were 77 runners and top 9 get paid, one by one people are knocked out when suddenly we are down to 10!!! and I am still there, albeit shortish in chips, but thats the norm for me, 9th place gets £120, I WANT it so badly, for what seems an eternity I feel physically sick as I KNOW I am going to bubble, then IT HAPPENS, a player on the other table gets knocked out and I am in the FINAL 9, on the button for the final table, goes 1 orbit, no hand, I even let my blinds go, so now I have about 8,000 chips, when the chip daddy puts in a preflop raise, I find AQ and push, he obviously calls which I want and turns over Ace 3, a 3 duly hits the river and I get the £120 I so badly wanted, I am so very very happy.
I have more to update, but at the moment I am on the Library Computer and time is up, so will have to wait till whenever I can find time. For now take care everyone
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jizzemm
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Re: The sun is shining:
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May 14, 2008, 12:14:53 PM »
Great stuff Taxi.. Next time put it on a Word Document, and then copy and paste.. U can use less of your internet time writing then..
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Re: The sun is shining:
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May 14, 2008, 12:29:44 PM »
Taxi , it was a pleasure to meet you and share a table with you on Friday night.
May the sun continue to shine on you until your plans are carried through and you can return to your new home.
Colin
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action man
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May 14, 2008, 05:52:13 PM »
inspiring story. Just goes to show that anybody can get a job if they WANT one, instead of scrounging off the goverment. WP taxi.
Are you staying in nottingham now, and are you still working for the agency? my mate is based down nottingham, and i'll ask him if there are any vacancies for customer service reps etc..
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May 14, 2008, 06:06:51 PM »
All the best m8 with you venture hope you can take down a big win soon gl. Great story
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May 14, 2008, 06:07:59 PM »
WD Taxi. Also, huge props for the degen value of taking a shot with the £75 barrel you had left.
Quote from: action man on May 14, 2008, 05:52:13 PM
Just goes to show that anybody can get a job if they WANT one
you hear that chiprich?
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May 14, 2008, 07:38:21 PM »
Quote from: LeKnave on May 14, 2008, 06:07:59 PM
you hear that chiprich?
LOL
Good stuff Taxi, good to (briefly) meet you at the weekend and it was a pleasure to be on the table with you in the evening Sat comp
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Re: The sun is shining:
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Delighted to hear things have sorted out for you Taxi!!! Hope you're still in the UK for the next Blonde Bash because we barely got a chance to chat this time.
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Quote from: Laxie on May 14, 2008, 07:42:10 PM
Delighted to hear things have sorted out for you Taxi!!! Hope you're still in the UK for the next Blonde Bash because you barely got a chance to listen to me talk
fyp
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Smart arse!
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Tonji
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nice going Taxi
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nice post taximan
good to met you last weekend, it was a fun battle on the £20 SnG Saturday evening.
Be lucky
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Quote from: LeKnave on May 14, 2008, 06:07:59 PM
WD Taxi. Also, huge props for the degen value of taking a shot with the £75 barrel you had left.
Quote from: action man on May 14, 2008, 05:52:13 PM
Just goes to show that anybody can get a job if they WANT one
you hear that chiprich?
Chip still works for Hills
or his Facebook profile says
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suzanne
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Re: The sun is shining:
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May 14, 2008, 11:16:01 PM »
Taxi probably wouldnt want me to mention this on here but I will anyway :-)
As you all know he has arrived with next to no money and has managed to find accomodation and a job to get himself back on his feet. Great acheivement in such a short space of time.
He did mention to me that going back to his bedsit is a bit depressing as he doesnt even have a telly. I wish he had said sooner as I could have brought a spare one down with me.
Does anyone living in Notts have an old TV going spare that they could offer him?
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Re: The sun is shining:
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nice story so far taxi. looking forward to the rest.
good luck
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