Who's Mr happy then ?? lol

Thanks for the insight Jamie

Good luck on your wsop trip Big G.

lol tell me who's "Mr Happy" you mean Russell???

Yeah, I see your point, maybe the mgrs at D2D should be more flexible and allow then time out if booked as holidays so they can plan to attend some of the higher paying festivals.

I also think some of the guys get fed up of being treated like cattle fodder!

lol the blatch, nope i'm not.

Why over the past 6-8 weeks have in excess of 12 good dealers left D2D? Even the bar staff are leaving ! Is it so bad working there? your thoughts please ................

what's Green and dangerous and lives under water???

A frog with a machine gun!

Its a game of skill you know

If you see Blatch round the pool send my best wishes

A true story about Neil Blatchly, A couple of years back before Neil’s Bristol win he used to play at a casino that I use to grind at. We had spent about 3 Saturday nights at the same table. We chatted, he told me about his day job and we got on well. On the 4th Saturday we both ended up at the same table again, at about midnight I went broke (in for £700) I told the table I was going to go home reload and I’d be back (about an hours round trip) Neil would nt here of it, he went to the cash point got £300 out and told me to give it back to him next weekend.

I was amazed, I ended the night £7 up and a friendship commenced. Now onto current events, I understand people’s disappointment over their losses but lets be under no illusion money was paid to him with the knowledge that it was going to be gambled, by the very nature of the word gamble there are no guarantees.

Yes, he could have warned people that it wasn’t going well, he could have stopped taking money and loosing more. But all of us that play poker know what its like when you are chasing, you know you are making bad decisions but we still chase. I’m sure Neil was in the “chasing” zone

Neil is a good guy with a big heart that has made a mess of his life, no amount of name calling or threats are going to resolve the situation. Just think for one minute what it would be like to be Neil, right now, just imagine the pressure that he must have been under for months. His life is ruined, by his own doing? Yes. Of course if he had won over the past year he would have been a hero, but as we all know a gamble can go one way or another. For my part I hope Neil is well and can find a place where he can rebuild his life.