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Next Tuesday, at Aspers Newcastle, the first of the "2006 William Hill Grand Prix 2" Land-Based Satellites takes place. I'm muchly honoured, and a little surprised - no, a LOT surprised - to have been asked by Wm Hill to go along to each of the Land-Based Super Sats & oil the wheels, as it were, using, I'm told, a microphone as an oil-can.

The Boy Thewy will be there, too, (except in Dublin), & you'll be mightily relieved to hear he will not be playing the 4 Land-Based Sats. He'll just be there to quaff plenty of red wine, generally put himself about, & doubtless tell his tales of derring-do. Bobby1 wil be on hand too, doing his Corporate Meeter & Greeter thing, in that trademark 1978-style suit.

I'd be hugely embarrassed if I had to address an audience of 3, so do me a favour & get your butts up to Aspers next Tuesday evening. It's a £100 rebuy, with a £6,000 seat guaranteed, and all excess cash paid out in prize-money.

If you are really good, I may even be able to persuade young Chili to attend as well, she's as keen as mustard keen to play or visit all the UK venues, so that's be kinda handy. She went up to Newcastle Grosvenor a few weeks back & seemed to find a Chili Fan Club almost immediately, so I know she'll be very welcome. She may even play it, if so, when she bets, call her, she generally has rubbish. Trust me, I know.
 
There you go - Aspers, Newcastle, next Tuesday.

We have further Super's at The Sportsman in London on Tuesday 5th September, The Fitzwilliam (Dublin) on Friday September 8th, & The Broadway (Birmingham) on September 27th. I will remind you about all of those nearer the time. Trust me, I will......!

I don't have the numbers to hand (help, please, bobby!), but I gather the Prize Pool for the overall 2006 Wiliam Hill Grand Prix 2 will come to around £350,000, and thats BEFORE Wm Hill add their £500,000. Thats serious lolly.

If you cant get a note from her indoors to get to the "Live" Sats, you can also qualify online, on Wm Hill, for as little as £2.

The next online qualifier is this Sunday at 19.00, buy in is £120+£10 and there are three daily qualifiers for that at 16.00 20.30 and 23.15 costing £13 each, you can also qualify for these daily comps in sats at 14.00 16.30 and 19.15 for £2.

Oh yes, hands up, yes, this is a bit (a bit?) spammy, but Wm Hill are, in effect, paying the rent here, via their 425 Branding of our Forum, so I hope you'll excuse me on this occasion. (Don't tell the Mods, please).

Anyway, Aspers, Newcastle, next Tuesday. See you there, I hope.

Sounds good, will try and get to the Sportsman one next month.

Me too, if I dont win online before then ;)

are any coming up north if not i might have to make a raiding trip south of the border for an attempt to quailfy

Yup, we are coming wayyyyy North - Newcastle, how much further North can we go?

Get yourself down there next week Iron & you'll not regret it, Newcastle is a bonny little town.

When I saw the title of this post I sooo hoped this was a pm to me that had been posted on the forum by mistake........but no the old boy still hasn't realised we are a match made in hell heaven.

I'm going to the sportsman hopefully so see you all there!

Tracey  8)

bit of a trek to newcastle what time would it start

i would have to check flights as onoly certain ones can take wheelchair users

could be priced out by the late booking of travel too

We start at 8pm, & you could, if you really tried, be on the 9.15 flight home.

Yes, it sounds like an excellent event.  I will be there with knobs on - so to speak.  Don't know in what capacity be it buyer of drinks at the bar, shmoozer or added value to the comp but looking forward to it.

As Tikay said my first trip to geordie land was only a couple of weeks of ago and had a grand time of it.  They say its friendlier the further north you go (as long as you stop at the border lol), I dont know who "they" are but i can attest to it.  :D  See some blondes there hopefully!

Don't tease me Trace, things are REAL bad in that area these days. My best offer this year was bobby1....!

I'm gonna try to get to the Newcastle one, I've been looking for an excuse to check out Aspers, I've heard good things about it, and I sooo want a seat on th WHGP

If anyone wants a Live Update of this, let me know, & I'll see what we can do. Jen & snoops will not be available - they need a Post-Vegas break, but we would manage if push came to shove.

Update you say?  Well if its called for I would like to give it another bash.  Should be fun.

Gazooks - the thought never crossed my mind!  ;)

I think the word is Gadzooks (Wasn't he a dragon?)

No, this is a different Gazooks. A sort of "well I never" sorta thing.

Well I think it's the same, a sort of medieval Gordon Bennet.

No no no no no. No.

Dragons are female, surely?

I know a few females that are dragons, not sure if it cuts both ways though.

i'm biast of course,
but the grand prix was the best event i played last year;
great structure, lotsa added money & it's captured on celluloid...
the addition of 4 live supers for this years event is a great way to add some variety into the mix...
contractual obligations will see me at the bar, most probably slurring all sorts of wayward advice,
it should be fun

I forgot to mention, Poker 425 will be there too.

Get in!

I would just like to point out that the only thing 1978 ish about my suit was the price.

Seriously, I have spoken to the guys at Aspers today and the response has been very good so I am looking forward to seeing some of you up there on Tuesday night. Please come and say hello and either Thewwy or myself will be glad to buy you a drink(he is a sponsored pro with an expense account, I am wearing a £19.78 suit,so ask him first :)up)

With a seat at the William Hill Grand Prix gauranteed and £164k added to the prize pool of the TV event this is going to be a great chance for a regular poker player to take on some of the top names for a first prize of £175k.

Good luck all.

So good, he said it twice.

I am a techno whizzkid arent I?

2 years in & now you tell me my expense account covers bar bills  :D

...also covers buy ins  ;)

lol, ok the beers are on me.

There was a Godsuki who was a dinosaur/dragon - it was a baby version of Godzilla who arrived to try and add a bit of comedy to a serious childrens cartoon (a dinosaur/dragon equivalent of scrappy doo - both failed to improve on an excellent cartoon concept)

Also wasn't the phrase "Gadzooks" used by the television character Timothy Claypole (the jester) in the childrens program "Rentaghost"?

Or is this my bizarre warped mind running amok on a quiet friday afternoon in work?

ahhh Rentaghost, an alltime classic,I have to admit to fancying Alf Roberts' wife when she was in Rentagfhost tho I was about 8 at the time.

Miss Poppov i believe.... Can't remember how old i was but i cant get the sight of jester kicking the backside of the pantomime horse out of my mind  >:?

So can you confirm whether "gadzooks" was a catchphrase of the jester or am i going mad?

(Ok some of you will point out that i already am mad ;))

gadzooks was indeed his catchphrase.

Phew - i would say that i will sleep easier tonight but i am a little concerned with the amount of brainwashing drivel my subconscience has stored from when i was a child!!  :D

I'll get there early and come by train if this is true ;letsparty;

no probs Keith, I will be there around tea time. I will tell the guys to double the float.....

If anyone wants to try to qualify but cannot make any of the land based qualifiers the next online sat is Sunday night at 7 o clock with a buy in of £120+ reg. Two seats are gtd and at the moment it looks like the event will be undersubscribed.

Good luck if you play.