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Title: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: tikay on November 06, 2006, 10:22:07 PM Went down to Cardiff yesterday for their monthly £250 Freezeout (10,000 starting chips, great structure, 45 min clock).
Travelled down with Red & Chili, arrived with 15 mins to spare. The Welsh boys are tremendous fun, & it was great to hook up with them all again, especially Doc, & his two quite splendid & beautifully-mannered sons, Martyn, Viv, Mark Williams, James, Matthew Stevens, Roberto & Bro, well, too many names to remember. We had a little meeting of the blonde Ex-Smokers Club befor the comp started - sofa-king, Chili & myself. We were all quite pleased with our efforts far. Both of them had a pop at me over the possibility that I may start smoking again at Crimble, but they both know the real score with me & ciggies. So, the comp starts, & we have a bathroom break after 3 hours. Suddenly, I'm aware that everyone is stood round in a group, & Mr Manager is bringing out a sort of Birthday Cake - 4 candles, one at each corner, all lit, & they present this to cake to......me! On the cake is a pic of me - taken at a comp - with a BIG stack of chips (how they find THAT?), and it says at the bottom - "tikay - 4 weeks, NON-SMOKER". It was all down to James Fisher - aka Sofa-King, aka 23 of spades. He's truly a lovely fella - handsome he's not - but his heart is in the right place, a real top bloke. Something of a magician too - he was running card tricks on us for hours - extraordinary ones, too. To everyone at Cardiff - we had a smashing time, & all being well, we will be back this weekend for your Fessie. Thanks Guys. Sorry if this is a bit boring, but I like nice stories. I'm an "up person", see? Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: RED-DOG on November 06, 2006, 10:40:05 PM The guys at cardiff were great. Well, all except that Sean. What a trouble maker he turned out to be. Sheesh!
Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: thetank on November 06, 2006, 10:41:37 PM Sounds like a weak 23 spades to me. :D
Glad to hear a happy tale. Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: suzanne on November 07, 2006, 12:23:51 AM So, the comp starts, & we have a bathroom break after 3 hours. Please tell me you are kidding.....3hrs!!! Awww really nice gesture sofa :)up Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: Graham C on November 07, 2006, 12:45:39 AM oh man I love the cake!
4 weeks, great going Tikay ;applause; Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: RED-DOG on November 07, 2006, 12:56:50 AM The cake
Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: Poppet7 on November 07, 2006, 02:29:48 AM Aww that's really nice! Lovely thing to do sofa king!
As for the 4 weeks of being a non-smoker tikay - KEEP IT UP!! xx Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: TheJagster on November 07, 2006, 08:39:37 AM Very nice story - Congrats on the 4 weeks Tony - Wish I could do the same.
DO NOT let it go to waste!!!!! Did they auction off who had first go at it with a big carving knife? Bet they'd have made a fortune! ;) ;angel; ;nana; Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: sofa----king on November 07, 2006, 09:26:24 AM thankyou tk and red -dog and chilli,it was a pleasure to have yall down,your all dead money in my eyes so the cake was worth it lol,hope to see yall this weekend,i got a little trick lined up for tony,yes it do include a sheep,and yes one of you will be tied up,,but on a serious note,its nice to have a good laugh when you go to these poker nights coz its not all about the money its about having a good time,money is allways a bonus (ul tk about the bonus thingy)see yall fri,sat,gl in amsterdam tony and dont ewe wear yourself out m8.......
Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: Royal Flush on November 07, 2006, 01:11:03 PM The cake Just thought i should explain that stack. The Grosvenor festival chips are coloured like this 25-Orange, 100-Grey, 500-Green, 1000-Purple. So it was about starting chips! Mystery solved. What a nice gesture though, and congrats to Chilli and James aswell. Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: tikay on November 07, 2006, 01:13:57 PM The cake Just thought i should explain that stack. The Grosvenor festival chips are coloured like this 25-Orange, 100-Grey, 500-Green, 1000-Purple. So it was about starting chips! Mystery solved. What a nice gesture though, and congrats to Chilli and James aswell. I think I was sat in someone else's seat, truth to tell...... Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: Chili on November 07, 2006, 04:28:38 PM I wanna say - thanks to Sofa---king for entertaining us on Sunday - Well not me cos i was still in the comp - but thanks for looking after the early exiters ;D ;D
Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: tikay on November 07, 2006, 04:30:45 PM I wanna say - thanks to Sofa---king for entertaining us on Sunday - Well not me cos i was still in the comp - but thanks for looking after the early exiters ;D ;D OK, OK........ Pish! I still can't bear to think about my Exit, on of those super-dooper-too-bad-to-even-discuss jobbies. Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: thetank on November 07, 2006, 04:31:54 PM Where did Bono finish?
Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: Chili on November 07, 2006, 04:34:32 PM Was Bono there? No but better still Matt Stevens was - and those boring spats between any hands at all were made all the more pleasurable for my eyes. Thanks Matt. Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: booder on November 07, 2006, 04:35:53 PM nice to see you cashing again chilli.......................was Matthew on the cider?
Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: Chili on November 07, 2006, 04:38:50 PM Thanks boo, didn't notice the cider but did notice the chain smoking. Was a bit jealous - but it passed!
Are snooker players not allowed to smoke on TV anymore? Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: tikay on November 07, 2006, 04:41:00 PM Was Bono there? No but better still Matt Stevens was - and those boring spats between any hands at all were made all the more pleasurable for my eyes. Thanks Matt. But you were in every hand, or usually are..... Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: Chili on November 07, 2006, 04:43:32 PM Was Bono there? No but better still Matt Stevens was - and those boring spats between any hands at all were made all the more pleasurable for my eyes. Thanks Matt. But you were in every hand, or usually are..... Not in latter stages - had a better view of Mr Stevens ;izimbra; Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: tikay on November 07, 2006, 04:47:08 PM Was Bono there? No but better still Matt Stevens was - and those boring spats between any hands at all were made all the more pleasurable for my eyes. Thanks Matt. But you were in every hand, or usually are..... Not in latter stages - had a better view of Mr Stevens ;izimbra; Ahh, so THAT's why you slowed down......it all makes sense now. PS - Well Done on cashing - that big payday is just around the corner. You played well good. Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: Chili on November 07, 2006, 04:53:31 PM Was Bono there? No but better still Matt Stevens was - and those boring spats between any hands at all were made all the more pleasurable for my eyes. Thanks Matt. But you were in every hand, or usually are..... Not in latter stages - had a better view of Mr Stevens ;izimbra; Ahh, so THAT's why you slowed down......it all makes sense now. PS - Well Done on cashing - that big payday is just around the corner. You played well good. TY mate. Lets hope so eh! I'll Keep on plugging away and having a laugh in the meantime. Cant complain really!! Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: Royal Flush on November 07, 2006, 07:13:10 PM nice to see you cashing again chilli.......................was Matthew on the cider? He doesn't drink..... Title: Re: Cardiff - here's another nice story. Post by: North Angel on November 07, 2006, 07:14:12 PM nice to see you cashing again chilli.......................was Matthew on the cider? He doesn't drink..... Much |