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This week's Poker 425 is a lot different to the usual fare.

In the Anchorman's seat is a pink-tied Johnny Gould, & both Ted Giddens (tie-less of course, but he'd had a shave) & myself are the "wafflers". No table this week, we do the Parky-style armchairs thing.

Word of warning first - if you usually record the show, allow exta time. We scheduled a 1 hour show this week, & when I left the studio, The Wormster was all in a tizz, as we had run a total of 1 hour & twenty minutes!

Most of the show is a Review of the year since March, when Poker 425 first aired.

We go through the highlights of each month, & pick a personality from each month to discuss, & we review the Wiliam Hill Rankings as they stood each month.

I've never worked before on the show as "joint waffler", & I don't really know if it worked, but time will tell, & we can judge better when the show airs.

The last 10 or 15 minutes is pure "out-takes", including.....

74 cock-ups by Compo.

47 cock-ups by Jonny.

3 or 4 Rhow bloopers.

An interview that went VERY wrong with a chap called Chili. Good runner & hurdler, it seems.

An old boy hard at work in the Press Room at Vegas.

The Wormster in a scuba diving ouitfit in Helsinki.

Two interviews with John McGrane - "Cupcake" - that did not go as planned.

A mere handful of tikay bloopers - pre-blonde hair, ooh-err.

11pm, every night from Wednesday onwards, Channel 425.

Don't forget to allow extra time - it's a good hour, if not exactly a good hour.....

Looking forward to it.  :)up

So Tikay, now the holidays are over, when do you get a holiday?

Just awaiting the letter.

Dear tikay,

Much as we have enjoyed working with you.......

oh boll**ks........................

The interview with Cupcake was the first time in his life he has ever been lost for words. He was speechless. Watch it, starting Wednesday.

me lost for wo.....................................

Must be a different Cupcake......hello chaps ;goodvevil;

Hello bobby1, good to see you

Hello bobby, hope your feeling better now! Leeds is'nt that bad!

Reminder and autoview on Sky primed and ready!

Can't decide whether to tape it or not tho!

Yo Bob, how's yer belly for spots?

Hi Bobby,

 Hope you're keeping ok, Dan & i are probally going to this Blonde bash thingy in Brum, If your near ,pop in !!!!.

Cupcake.

Sky + says it is only on for 45 mins should i record the program after (virtual racing) to be sure?

splinters up his a**e

hehe

If the poison isn't sucked out soon he will die, what will he do.....

baggsy not me.

'I'm a fashion shepherd, not a sheep'

Tikay's turning into Sid Waddell.  :D

ROTFLMFAO

Quote from my 9 year old on seeing Ed and TK say with their legs crossed:

Jake:   "They're gay!"

Me:  "No they're not!"

Jake:  "Why've they got their legs crossed like women then?"


Precious!!   LMFAO

Nice bloopers....

"Nice Tits" indeed TIKAY


TUT TUT

Very entertaining  ;tk; ;tk;

Classic I told you you heard it first , Sid Waddel is the future of World Poker commentary

The f-ing and blinding was a disgrace.  ;tk;

Chili doin a runner was quite funny  rotflmfao

Problem with chili's run was that the exit from that room in the rendevouz was behing the camera!! oops!

I enjoyed it.

Was hilarious!   Bless her.

I disagree with one small point you made Tikay, when you said Schaefer's mate Carl Olson is just an all in merchant. Schaefer has said that out of the 2 of them Olson is the better player. He is ranked number 11 in the pocketfives online tourney player rankings if I may quote-


If you check his poker stars results you see that he has won over $200,000 on that site alone and he is also one of the most respected posters on the 2+2 MTT forum. I know you played with him at Deauville but there could be any number of reasons why he thought going all in was the best way to play at that time. Perhaps now you might see some reasons for his play instead of thinking (the way I saw it anyway I know you're not trying to be rude) that he's just a fish. It may well be the case of course that he's a good player who for whatever reason played badly at that time?

Thanks guys. i for one am glad to be of service to amuse fellow blondites  ;D


Flushy - Cheers for pointing that out.  I did spot the exit doors as i turned around and did dually head towards them and out, but like my driving, i never take the direct route!!

 :D :D

I just say this byron.

I sat with Carl Olsen in Deauville for 2 days. I only ever saw him make one play - all-in. He moved all-in EVERY hand he played. He got chips early & could bust anyone. So that was the extent of his play - all-in every time. He went all-in with underpairs 4 times while he was on my table, & hit his set 3 times, & 4-flushed the other.

That, I am afraid, is all I have to judge him on. It would appear he is a vey good played based on what you tell me. So be it, I'm happy to apologise if my remarks were deemed to be rude. But I can only comment on what I have seen personally.

Brandon, again based on what I personally watched, has great subtlety to his game, & won Deauville, & was 2nd in Monte Carlo. A real class act. In my opinion.

There's no need to apologise for anything, it's just an interesting debate IMO. I didn't realise you played against him for so long. Perhaps he is a good online player and a fish live? It was probably one of his first live events as it was mine, I just like sticking up for the internet qualifiers as I am always one myself if I'm playing a big tourney. As a journalist you have to say it like you see it, I was just making the point that in this case there might be a bit more to it.

I agree byron. It's possible that I judged him harshly, or too soon or just badly. My comments, with regards to Deauville ONLY, were accurate though. He was an all-in merchant in Deauville.

Brandon WOULD say that Carl was the better player. Brandon is one of the nicest Gentlemen I have ever met in poker. Self-effacing, modest, polite, brings his Mum along when he can.

I find it odd when I'm described as a journalist, but I suppose you are almost right. Pseudo-journo, maybe. I have yet to get my head round the bizarre twists & turns my life has taken in the last 12 months. But it's jolly hard to comment critically on players who are better than me. But most football reporters, say, can't play the game, but feel able to criticise those who do. I suppose it goes with the teritory.

There's an oddity here. I play the game at a certain skill level. Competent up to a point, but no great shakes. Somewhere, in football terms, between Division One & Championship I suppose. Deffo not Prermiership, & I would be in the Championship Relegation Zone. But, strangely for one who is usually fairly modest & humble, I DO have a self-belief that I can judge the relative merits of players, even though they are all a lot better than me. A fine line we tread, eh?

OK finally found it, if you have the time read this thread. The quotes are from day 2. It is bog standard 2+2 forum advice/internet tournament play that if you have less than 10 BBs there are no moves other than all in or fold. He sees his play as totally normal you see it as being a player with no moves other than all in. It is interesting how people perceive the same thing in totally differnet ways.

http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1801506&page=0&fpart=all&vc=1 (http://archiveserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1801506&page=0&fpart=all&vc=1)

Myself and mrs jammer have cable tv (ntl in nottingham) and I can't seem to get poker 425, which is pretty infuriating...

Does anyone know if I'm missing something, and if it is possible to get the channel on ntl? Much obliged!

One of the funniest programs on TV.

Seriously I'm pretty sure it's Sky only

That's food for thought Byron. Perhaps I need to watch him when he has a big stack. It was my recollection, maybe flawed, that he had plenty of chips when I sat with him. But we can't argue with the result he got in Deauville. I busted out 16th or 17th on a goddam-awful "all-in lunge" after playing as well as I can for 3 days. He damn near won the thing. Kudos for THAT.

You dont actually believe the pocketfives online ranking do you?

I don't know what you mean by believe? I believe it's someones opinion of who the good online players are. Are you saying he's not a good player then?

No, i'm not saying he's not a good player - i'm saying the pocketfives rankings are not a true indication of online rankings. There are several players who appear on there even though they are losing players, there are several names who appear on the list even though they have only won 1 big tournament - even if the tournament was several months ago. I know quite a few good online players, both professional and amateur who have asked for their names to be removed from the list as they dont wish to be assosiated with it. If you are not a member of pocketfives then it is unlikely you will considered to be ranked, also if you only play one specific site it is unlikely that you will be ranked.

Enjoyed the show and Tikay did his best to wind up Johnny Gould.
For those that don't know, Johnny Gould hosts a show called Brainteaser on Channel 5 and he alternates shows with the very nice Alex Lovell.

http://www.alex-lovell.co.uk/

I went on the show last April and I didn't get to meet Johnny as it was Alex's turn. Which was a good result in more ways than one as I went on to win the show.