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I Haven't been on here for years and i'm trying to get hold of Bobby1 (Phil) I'm not on Facespace or Mybook.....If anyone has his phone number, could you please DM it to me. I'll totally understand if you want to check with him first.

Many thanks in advance guys.

Cupcake (John McGrane)

Message Tikay, he might have a number for him.

I didn't realise he was still alive, Many thanks.

Bloody Nora, John M'fin McGrane.

How are you mate? Been too long.

I'm sure Phil won't mind me passing you his phone number, I'll sort it out in the morning. You can PM him here on blonde, too, we exchange PM's from time to time and generally keep in touch via blonde PM's.

How are the kids? Last time I saw them would be 14 years ago, in Vegas. They must be almost grown up now. What a memory that trip was.

You and I and a few others all went up town once, to some charity gig in east London, then we wandered across to Gutshot. After that - this was 4am or whatever - we were hungry so you took us to some little cafe on a cab rank, all the cabbies were in there.

Then you wanted to see me safely into a black cab, so I got home safe, and some rogue mini cab pulled up. Well, I've been around the block a few times, heard some language, but I've never heard a mouthful like you gave him.

I'm sorry, I'm rambling.

Hope everything is ok with you and the fam.

Will sort that phone number out by the morning, and/or PM you.

WTF?

Post of the week, lol.

Tosser.

I am pissing myself here. Best thing I've read ever ever ever. I'm only 53 y'know.

Hi Tony, I'm great mate, thanks for asking. I remember everything you wrote there, good times. I'm looking forward to catching up with you soon. I've DM you.

I haven't played Poker for a very long time, but now i see everyone's caught up to my standard , I thought i'd start playing again.

See you soon and thanks for your help mate.

John X

Bloody hell, what a blast from the past. Hope you're well, mate.


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Ignore Tikay. He might have been 63 last time I saw you  :D

Blimey, Marky, Dan & Mr Cool must have made quite the trio.

Where was that taken, Marky?

Hi John, hope you are keeping well.

Think it was you or Jen at the Vic back in Marc's USA Poker days.

Hi Mark , How's things mate? Do you remember your little story you told me and a few others, back in the day in Vegas when you cashed for $45,000 and put 2/3 pairs of jeans on the counter of a shop there and the check out girl said something like " That'll be $1400"  :D because you felt a bit flushed after a nice cash and you paid for them. There was some other things i remember, but that stays in Vegas!

Hi Dewi,

  I'm great mate, thanks for asking. How's things with you? Still playing this silly card game are you?

Haha! All good thanks, John. I remember that very well, unfortunately  :'(

Was the only time I played the main, I went in the Armani shop to buy some jeans as I'd run out of clothes after extending the trip for so long. For reasons I now understand nothing has price tags on, and you get otld $500 when you take the jeans to the model at the counter.Young and foolish me just hands over the money and wanders out. Wasn't quite so bad with won money at 2/1, I think even then I might have taken them back at 1.2/1. Only half as stupid as that now, so doing a little better :D

wow long time no see john hope your saving for my birthday bash in vegas next year

Good John Thanks, don't seem to have the patience anymore so just playing a few s&g now and again.

Hello Ironside,

  How are you my good friend? It's been a long time mate. Are you still up there in the outer Hebrides?

not quite that far but yeah still up north, lovely place to live. not been to healthy so not been traveling or playing poker but nothing serious enough to stop be going to vegas next year for my 24th birthday

I'm sorry to hear about your health mate. I hope you're feeling better now. I'm getting nearer to you...I've recently moved to Durham in the North east and I love it here, can't understand a word they say sometimes, but I wish I'd moved here years ago.

Welcome to the joys of North East living.
The spaces, the coast, the people, the scenic views, the price of a pint, the price of somewhere to live, the ability to breathe and to relax.

Yeah your close enough to Newcastle not to need to waste money on buying a coat either

you need to take a spin up north John enjoy the true beauty of scotland

well give me a shout if you come up as far as aberdeen or inverness

Many thanks for passing my details on to John, Tony.

We had a great catch up earlier in the week.  He's living ooop north with a Bulgarian body builder now, at least I think that's what he said.;-)

All of the great sporting moments memories I have in my life don't involve me as a participant and John making the last 3 tables at the WSOP and copping all that cash is still in my top 5 now.

Spookily enough Tony, my number 1 is still the 1985 Black ball final. As you know John is a really good snooker player and told me the other day that since returning to play regularly he wanted to make a century break but had been falling short in the 90's. He's playing a frame the other day where the yellow is tied up and as he's clearing up the reds and colours he asks for a score check from his oppo who tells him that last ball puts him on xx. John works out he can pot the last couple of reds and decent colours and doesn't need to move the yellow to get to a 100 break.

So he plays for the blue and pots it off the last red and then just whacks the yellow off the cushion round the table. At this point the other guy turns to him and says sorry mate, I counted em up wrong, you scored 99 there not 101.

A proper FFS moment but he didn't blame the other guy and said ' I should have checked the scores and done the math myself'

I love proper men, even Bulgarian body builders.

I never knew, or if I did I forgot, that John was a bit of a snooker player.

My memories of John were his 18th place in the WSOP for a third of a milly. I've "hosted" or helped host literally hundreds of players at the WSOP for Wm Hill & Sky Poker, but none did as well as that, though Sue Norsden, a lovely lady but pure recreational, won $330,000 some 5 years later, but the fields were much bigger by then & she finished 300th or thereabouts.

John's WSOP was the one Hachem won, with Andy Black in 5th. It was the first WSOP held at The Rio as I recall.

I remember his exit hand was 8-8, but not much else to be honest. I do recall we all went out for a meal in Fremont Street one day.

Other than that my main memories of John were his horrendous dress sense - oh my, do you remember those dreadful shirts he used to wear? - only Chompy dressed worse than that.  

And, of course, his finely chiselled body & superb posture.


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I never knew John was a snooker player either but I can understand him having an affinity with the cue-ball.

Hi John I hope all is well. x

I'm very well thanks John but I went off poker since re-entries and late registration changed the game.

I've not been to DTD for at least a couple of years now.

Do you play at all in London these days?

John! What a legend, hope you’re keeping well mate

Ha , speaking of legends. Hi Ben.

More leg-end I think - hope you’re well mate

Another one pops in!

Hope life is good, Mr Mayhew  ;hattip;

Life couldn’t be better mate, took a while to get there but things are great. Hope you’re well too buddy 👍🏼

Excellent. Glad to hear things are going so well.

All good here, still ticking along  8)

Hi Ben,

 How are you mate? I'ts nice to hear from you.  I was a one week wonder, where you mate, were a bloody brilliant Poker player. I hope you're doing well my friend.



 John.