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There is a possibility that I will move to Europe in August of 2007 after the finish on the 2007 WSOP. The question I have is where would I live and why????  Here are some of the questions that need to be answered, I plan to be in Europe for one year:

1) Travel / I will be playing all EPT and all major comps, I need good transportation
2) Poker / I would think that being close to DTD would make sense
3) Cost / What is the difference between, say, London or Nottingham
4) Car / Would I need one or would I hire CUPCAKE as my fulltime driver
5) Things to do / I want to play golf, sight see, have some fun other than poker
6) Friends & poker players / Where do most poker players live


Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated :cheers:

1) The Midlands has good road, train, & most importantly, Rail Links, to all of Europe.

2) DTD is in Nottingham, in the Midlands.

3) The East Midlands (Derby & Notts) is the cheapest place in Britain to live as to House Prices. About one third of those in London.

4) Nope, you are a crazy yank driver, don't bother with a car.

5) The Midlands has Britain's best selection & varietty of Golf Courses. But be warned, we have hills......The best countryside, the Peak National Park is just up the road. Nice train stations, too.

6) Thewy lives in nearby Notts, DC 45 mins away in Birmingham, Mr Cool ditto, Maria 30 mins away in Grantham, I'm in Derbyshire. Are there other top players, I think thats all of them?

Get yer fat arse over here. Nice to hear from you yesterday, by the way.

nottingham would be good its cheaper than london and close enough to london/luton and birmingham for day travel also close to EMA (airport) so you can travel round the UK and europe easy

you can fly to the scottish highlands for £35 if you want to sightsee or golf

Anywhere in the midlands, good transport, plenty poker, easy access DTD.

Failing that, anywhere in Yorkshire, gods own country.

tikay i think you have britain and england mixed up again

Yorkshire is fantastic but the midlands sounds more to suit your needs, lots of places not ness. a city.

Would have to be Ipswich. We have:

No airport
No poker rooms
No hills
No known big poker players
No football team (anymore)
No idea why I live here  ;carlocitrone;

what about me!

And no Roads. Lots of tractors trundling along "main roads" at 3mph, using red untaxed diesel though, & no licence plates. I love farmers......

Whilst you say Europe, reading between the lines I think you actually are considering Britain (mention of DTD, London etc).

1) Any city of any size will be close enough to an airport to get you direct to places like Copenhagen, Dortmund etc.
2) Well, then, that's Nottingham, isn't it?
3) London is more expensive than elsewhere, but unless you want to live in the arsehole of nowhere like Middlesbrough then no place is cheap. Especially with the crowbar-beating the dollar is taking on the exchange markets, when you convert sums in your head you'll get a heart attack.
4) In London, no. I live here and have never even learnt to drive. You'd only need one if you have young kids. Out in the sticks a car is needed as the public transportation is a bit hit and miss. Of course, you'll already know how much of a pain London taxi drivers are... :)
5) Golf courses are everywhere, so are fun things. There are more fun things in London, but there's more of everything in London.
6) Most poker players live with their heads in the clouds, but with their souls in the gutter.

Hope this helps.

Good to see you used the phrase "main roads" in its loosest sense! Anyway, Rookie might like tractors?

 :goodpost:, ya I guess u r right about it being Britain

grown men liking mechincal machines next you will be telling me people chase trains

I have a tree house on the market for $400,000

But for you i'll bring it down to $370,685

:)up

TIMBER!!!!

how about some fresh bananas and Good American beer ;D

monkey tee-total!! ;)

though if you are coming over here - i'd bring plenty of your own alcoholic beverages.

(unless you like warm flat beer!! :D)

Nottingham would obviously be a good location for DTD, however I would possibly suggest being somewhere slightly nearer to London to allow you the freedom of being within easy reach of either, especially London for air travel. Be aware that the nearer to London you live the more expensive it will be. With apologies to anyone from Milton Keynes, the place looks like a concrete jungle but it would be ideal in location being about halfway between London & Nottingham, don't ask me house prices cos I ain't got a clue I was thinking more in terms of geography lol. I'm sure grandad, oops Tikay, would introduce you to the delights of British Snail or whatever they call themselves these days so a car is not so much of a necessity. As for golf I ain't got a clue but 2 certain uk individuals might be worried about a hustle so please declare you correct handicap. I doubt if this helps much but GL all the same.

The Midlands is, imo, better, served as it is by excellent Airports at East Mids & Birmingham, even Coventry.

The problem with the "halfway to London" idea is Luton Airport - truly & undoubtedly, the world''s worst Airport, in every single respect, by a country mile..

I have hired the firm of "RAM & MARC" to negotiate all my high stakes golf match, I have also hired "LD" to take care of all my PR work, press release in the works ;kneelsucker;

luton might be the worst airport but as its the home to easyjet you can flyh from there to many places other airports dont serve and cheap too

Yep - Sleazyjet to Schippol & the world's yer oyster - usually cheaper than from the UK as well.

The reason I brought up being close to DTD is I will assume there will be more poker there on a daily basis than almost any where else. I was not impressed at all w/ the Vic in London, the casino in Birmingham was nice!!!!!!!!

I guess it would be nice to be a short taxi ride from a place I can play everyday, then when I need to travel I will need a train, a plane, or maybe a CUPCAKE!!!!

Living in North London I personally find Luton Airport to be ideal for short haul cheapo flights, parking is a lot cheaper than Heathrow or Gatwick and it only takes me 20 minutes to drive there. As for the interior of the airport and services available I'm not too fussed as i use an airport purely as a gateway to go somewhere else.

Parking is probasbly dearer, after you've taken into account the time it takes to get through the Queues at Luton "Airport", especially at the East Jet Desk. They had ONE check-in Desk serving THREE flights there when I flew to Nice a few weeks back, & I queued non-stop for 4 hours in different queues.

Never again. East Mids or Birmingham, turn up & fly, simple, & the Budget airlines are well represented there too.

I'e had no experience of East Mids or Brum airport but judging by what you say re the budget airlines it sounds ok. I did however forget to mention the roadworks currently on the M1 which means travelling by car from London to Luton takes quite a bit longer presently. I was just thinking in terms of geography & location for Brian to try and give him the best of both worlds for sightseeing poker and travel.

i was thinking of somewhere between nottingham, birmingham and london...

i found coventry....

scrap that. Don't move to coventry!!!!

GOD NO!!! - DON'T move to Coventry!!!

So how about a quick lesson on the cardrooms around there!!!! Here is what I already know:

1) Vic London / u can have it
2) DTD / expected to be big
3) Birmingham / nice place, do they have any action

When I am in Vegas there are 10-20 comps a day at different casinos from $20- $1,000, cash games all over from 2-3 NL to what ever u want.............................  what do i expect over there on average and will I be able to play 40-60 hours a week live!!!!!!!

Or is it a traveling thing where u have to go to a different place everynight to catch the bigger games or comps???

Geographically, The East Mids is central to all the UK action Brian. Plenty of action in Birmingham & Walsall, Luton is 90 mins down the road, Stoke 45 mins, Sheffield half an hour, DTD & Gala Notts 5 minutes.

But as to travelling around, well, Britain is not Vegas. Thank God.

You're having a laugh if you think MK is a concrete jungle, though it's a popular misconception, usually repeated by people who have never been here, or only come for the shopping.   MK has 28 parks  (not including swing parks )) covering 4500 acres with 20 million trees I'll have you know!

Come on - even the cows are concrete ;)

:D  But they are in grass fields!!   

if your looking for a game you can beat there is ..............................
scrap that thought they can beat you too

If you actually mean anywhere in Europe, you should try Vienna.  Easy to get to all the EPTs, great local cardroom in the Concorde and one of the safest cities in Europe.

Can you just specify the bold bit as the best countryside in england. Wales has the most beautiful countryside in the uk!  ;)

Tikay doesnt believe that Wales is part of the UK  ;ifm;

It's a colony.

The cost of living seems to me to be very high and getting higher in this country compared to the US.

I also try and not to think of wales being in the uk!!!

I know tk loves wales, in fact secretly i think he loves it more than england!

Doesn't help the fact that the current exchange rate is $150-£1!! :D

I'd go for Birmingham or Nottingham.  45mins from me :0)

Nottingham and Birmingham have good airports although Birmingham is more commercial than Nottingham. Nottingham is more for charter flights to malaga, mallorca, spain etc but has others aswell

Poker rooms are very friendly up here in gods country :)

Thats more like it mate.....you will love it over here. As for location I think the Midlands would be perfect for you, as many have said you will have easy access to most places from around there and have many friends within a few hours at most.

The cost in London is truly ridiculous when you compere what you have for your dosh against what you could have in say Tikays manor.

I can just see John in suit and hat driving you around so yes, Cupcake for transport but beware he might be expensive as you know how much London cabbies make :D

The Midlands has loads of golf and Soccer teams and you would only be 1 hour away from Sheffield where you can take Sheff Utd as your adopted UK football team.

good luck mate

thank you sir

That's not nice to take the mick out of an American by pretending that Sheffield Utd is a football team!

I'd echo what others have said.  You want to be near to Nottingham and that'll give you access to nearby airports and you're still not far from Birmingham, and not a million miles from London.  Some lovely areas around Nottingham and a pretty decent standard of living.

Good grief Mel, how long since you've flown out of East Mids?

Scheduled traffic in February was 165,000, Chartered 52,000.

Destinations include Jamaica, The Gambia, Kenya, Orlando, Cuba, Dominician Replublic, & Mexico. The Budget Boys do all the usual European destinations, BMI &  British Airways fly from there too.

well said that man.my area is not the greatest but there are some great places to live in notts.

I have a 5 bed house with a granny anexe just me there sometimes.....you're welcome to the run of the house - just promise occasionally you'll walk to the bathroom with just a towel....... ;whistle;

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I thought that Stanstead was the present holder of that particular title....

oops about 2 years, ;) 

No way - Stansted is actually quite nice, one of the best designed Terminal Buildings in the World, too, beautiful roof trusses & lots of natural light. Got it's own Light Railway, you know.

The worstest is, deffo, Luton, followed by Mombasa, Luton, YumDum International (I kid you not, that's the name of the Airport in The Gambia), Luton, Charles de Gaulle, Luton, Heathrow Terminal 3, & Luton.

Hi Brian

I met you in Vegas I was cupcakes Bitch being dragged around the RIO carring his bags of freebies.

Nottingham city centre has 360+ licenced Clubs/Bars/Pubs in a square mile of the city centre.

There is a massive amount of new build rental accommodation available check out www.rightmove.co.uk.

But the most important thing is Nottingham has the only HOOTERS in the uk.


Regards

Robin Hood

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Last time i was there you wouldn't have thought you had just walked into a hooters it was like walking into the ugly version of hooters i mean these girls were MINGERS all of them just horrible didnt stay for very long it was my birthday and didnt want them dragons dragging me up on stage.Any ways peterborough is a nice location and has a really nice well done out strip bar calles angels.



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really nice well done out strip bar calles angels.

Hope its a little nicer than the 1 below DC's house, right Baron ;carlocitrone; :cheers:

Wow, just seen this Brian...........the $$$$$ the weakest it's been for 26 years and you want to come too England.


Sounds like a great idea buddy !!!!.

There all Mingers mate when you don't stand a chance.

Regards

M

i have taken many a departure through the Terminal in Luton Airport, sometimes with folks like bill or ben sat next to me, on the same plane and without delay and with excellent facilities.. That does not infer to me Luton is the worst.!

Brian can & will make his own mind up!

Nice try Paul.

But it's official. Luton Airport is a pile of poo.

yeah i know but i hope you get my point ..... ;) ;D

It's all irrelevant, he's staying at my place and I'm buying smaller towels.   ;D

See you in the Concord then.

They have a private terminal for special guests of which the rookie would be included. Easy check in and out etc and private jets. Luton is ok.

Has to be London for game selection.

The Sportsman, Palm Beach, The Vic. Then the less legal venues, Gutshot, Western, Big Slick.

You have the best transport links, 1hr30 from Nottingham on the train, less than that to Luton, the other way it's less than 1hr to Brighton.

The only thing that stops it being the instant choice would be the cost.

AHHH, what a day out, a trip to Hooters, over the bridge to watch Notts County and then back to Hooters to watch the entertainment.

Brian, I think youve pulled........

I'd suggest either around Oakham (if you want to be part of a community) or one of the villages in the Vale of Belvoir (if you want privacy). Hour and a half drive to London (I drive quickly; it might take a little longer at 55mph) via either A1 or M1, 20 mins to East Midlands Airport/DTD/Nottingham. Birmingham, Manchester and Newcastle also within a few hours drive at most.

More real eastate for your dollar than pretty much anywhere else that meets your criteria.

If I had your money I'd check out  http://www.humberts.co.uk/search.dtx?&officecriteria=2
 
The only downside is you'll get nagged incessantly by Adam M to show at his world famous £10 home game in Grantham (although, it would, again, be only 20 mins away).

Actually, Can I borrow £1m off someone, I quite fancy this:-

http://www.humberts.co.uk/details.dtx?propertyid=96E69275-F504-45ED-B5FD-61A956DA2997

It's ridiculous what you can get or £1500 a month outside London...

http://lettings.humberts.co.uk/details.dtx?propertyid=7041A30B-3FF9-45AC-9385-8218B8A84AD4

Personally, I’d avoid Nottingham like the plague – DTD notwithstanding. An American equivalent would be somewhere like Detroit.

However, there's a lot to be said for a city like Nottingham for someone like you though. It has the highest ratio of women to men in any English city, so that might be of interest. The downside is that it's the gun capital of England so there's a fairly high chance that someone might unload their shot at you when you've just shot your load, which might end up being quite painful, even for an American.

Stick to London. It's dirty, expensive and there are too many people, but if you want to be at the heart of eveyrthing the country has to offer then it has to be London. Anywhere else will just seem like you’re watching life go by, but in London you’re actually living the life.

LOL thats the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard, I live in Nottingham and have lived in London and Notts is the same as anywhere else.

If your a drug dealer you might have a chance of bumping into someone with a gun (like anywhere else) otherwise its fine. Its a great city with lots to do a see, don't beleive everything thats written in The Sun and The Daily Mail.

Just another fact about the Women to Men ratio in Nottingham.  It is a falsity that people keep brining up over and over again.  This was maybe true over 100 years ago, so u are a little too late Brian!!

Tikay, used to be able to pull easy then ;)

I am always a day late and a dollar short!

 rotflmfao rotflmfao  I'm sure there a still a few chicks around.

and you dont have to worry about being a dollar short because if there are chicks around then they are bound to be going cheep............






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