[Can't wait to read about the last 15 years.]

Bugger! Dont know how I've managed to miss these updates. Very nicely done, thank you.

Can't wait to read about the last 15 years.

 

+1.

Would love to read about what's been happening since you moved on from GUKPT & then the Eureka Tour. That must have been best part of 15 years ago.

He's been mainly turning up on the same flights as me, or stays at a 'friends' half a mile from where I stay in England for a few days or when I'm in Scotland he 'surprises' me and tell me he's close by if I want to meet up. Yet somehow we have avoided each other for the last few years (outside of poker events) despite living a few miles apart in Malta.

And at Christmas Illuminations event a few years back. As Celtic says, we've ended up on the same flight to and from the UK randomly, usually on adjacent rows, at least three times. To help prevent this occurrence we usually share travel dates, but when we forget to, it always seems to happen. 

Couple more articles since I last posted them here.

https://www.poker.pro/poker-news/wsop/wsop-2025/close-but-no-more-cigars-yet-for-brits-at-the-wsop/

https://www.poker.pro/poker-news/wsop/wsop-2025/uks-frankland-4th-in-25k-high-roller/

I've been very busy recently, but as soon as I have time I'll post a longer update about what i've been up to for the last 15 years.

Latest Report of Brits in Action in Las Vegas:

In this edition:

Benny Glaser's 7th Bracelet
Rob Cowen Goes Close
Tikay's Double-Double
And Much More


https://www.poker.pro/poker-news/wsop/wsop-2025/brits-riding-high-as-benny-binks-bracelet-no-7/

Latest News from the city in the desert. Who’s been eating the dessert? Tikay perhaps?

https://www.poker.pro/poker-news/wsop/wsop-2025/more-british-success-in-vegas/

Latest article just published, including a further update on Tikay's adventures!

https://www.poker.pro/poker-news/wsop/wsop-2025/first-uk-bracelet-two-near-misses-on-wsop-opening-weekend/

I’m writing a series of articles throughout the WSOP, following the fortunes of Brits (including Blondes) at the WSOP and other Las Vegas events this summer. Here’s the latest piece in the series, including a section on Blondes in Vegas. Hope it’s OK to post these here?

https://www.poker.pro/poker-news/wsop/wsop-2025/british-adventures-in-las-vegas-begin/

How much mark-up is appropriate when you’re selling action? Should you charge more to your friends on facebook than you would be likely to charge on an open marketplace/staking site?

Would you back someone at 1.5 mark-up?

I’ve written an article about this, interested to hear other views on this. Keith, what’s your take on how much is both reasonable and fair? Obviously it’s an open market and people are free to choose whether to back someone or not, but are friends being gouged by sellers overcharging those who they know are likely to buy regardless of the mark-up?

https://www.poker.pro/poker-news/wsop/wsop-2025/uk-players-selling-action-at-the-2025-wsop/

I am indeed still doing a bit of writing here and there. Just published this piece about Brits to watch out for at the WSOP.

https://www.poker.pro/poker-news/wsop/wsop-2025/british-outlook-for-the-2025-wsop/

The article that won the GPI award, which was referred to in a previous post was this one:

https://www.poker.pro/poker-news/a-further-investigation-into-the-existence-of-the-botfarm-corporation/

There is also a follow up, published last week:

https://www.poker.pro/poker-news/i-hate-house-bots-and-i-cannot-lie/

   I can now cross off being on the *official* whatever happened to? thread from my bucket list

Whatever happened to Jonathan Raab?

Last I heard he was living in Malta. Dunno what happened to him there, he was at Stars for quite a while I believe, not sure what he’s been up to recently.

Well, not much, been out of work for quite a while, but hoping to get back to something full time again soon. In the meantime, have started writing a little about live poker again. This is the second part of a series on live poker restarting that I’ve done. Been a bit rusty as haven’t really written about poker for years, but I intend to do a few more, so hopefully the writing skills will improve a little over the next few articles.

https://pokerindustrynews.com/poker-news/live-poker/back-to-the-future-part-2-issues-and-challenges-of-restarting-live-poker/

Good to be back

Its an interesting discussion, shot clocks have upsides and downsides, some of which have been noted here already, but one potential downside which hasn't been brought up yet is what the impact on table chat/sociability will be once everyone has become hypnotised into watching clocks ticking down. People say poker is getting boring, so maybe this is not the answer to putting fun back into the game, although I definitely agree that some de-tanking measures need to be put in place.

Even better if he's lactose intolerant as they won't even make it as far as his stomach.

Needs more love

Hi Tony, long time no see, hope you are well. Saw this and thought you might like it. Cruise liner shaped abandoned hotel for rail buffs.

http://trib.al/3O1qNhy

Extrmely sad news. Condolences to his family and a great loss for poker and particularly for this forum. Have many good memories of times with Dave. His heads up against Barry Neville in Manchester is one of them, but I think my favourite was sharing drinks with him in the Bellagio at the Fontana bar, on the day after he got a new tatooo. It was an enormous image of a women on his arm and even he was shocked, saying he never asked for it to be that big. Will be sorely missed. RIP Dave.

I seem to vaguely remember this, it was the first GUKPT Grand Final. I think he may have been acting on the advice of his 'manager', the recently mentioned in this thread Malcolm Muskett, due to his tendency to blow huge chip stacks very quickly at this stage of tournaments.