Almost novel to discuss Poker on here these days, but scenes at DTD last weekend, whilst I was up in Scotland.
They have introduced a new weekend schedule, a £50,000 G'tee £125 on Saturday, & a £50,000 G'tee £250 on the Sunday, both one-dayers so inevitably a bit "sharp", though they did have a 20/25 minute clocks. And for reasons we can only guess at, they were "reg-free" if you regged before it started.
I had bumped into Rob last week & he was musing on whether it would hit the guarantees, which looked very ambitious for 1 dayers.
Well he need not have worried, the Saturday £125 got 662 (SIX HUNDRED & SIXTY TWO) entries. WTF? That must be some sort of DTD record for a 1 day affair.
And that's despite it being during Ramadan, which with the DTD demographic, means quite a few absentees.
Rather oddly, the £250 on the Sunday "only" made 268 entries. Which, compared to 662 for the £125, really seems to emphasise that there's a price-point sweet spot.
When the dust settled, the £125 went to Mark Habbershaw and the impressive Ben Shannon chopping it up for just north of £25,000...
1 MARK HABBERSHAW £12,550
2 BENJAMIN SHANNON £12,550
In the £250, I believe it was a 5 way chop, with the winner being shown as the fella with the best name.
I must add though, great to see two real blonde hard-hitters who had not Posted in yonks in the Diary, Internet Policeman (Retired) Cos, & Lord Chompy.
Incidentally, for those who have not seen them, the Tiny Desk Concerts, all of which are on You Tube, really are very good & feature some great bands.
Sadly, I'm not sure they are making any more, as they were on USA NPR (National Public Radio) & Mr Trump withdrew all funding for PBS & NPR shortly after taking Office.
But, as far as I'm aware, they are all still on You Tube, so a quick search should soon find them.
Agreed, some fantastic finds on there.
Dua Lipa's was great
This one too. So talented.
Nickel Creek?
And Marky went for Dua Lipa, whoever he is.
What IS the matter with you people? Ever tried proper music?
Back home, & thanks to the incessant rain, I think I've only played 2 Rounds at my Club this year.
Yesterday though, I managed a round, though the Lads all cried off with various excuses so I played solo.
Holes 1 & 18 were closed, so just 16, but I managed 5 Pars, which is just 1 shy of my best ever which was on a full 18.
5 Pars is not much to boast about, I know, but it's all relative, & I'm a genuine 27 handicapper, so I was pretty pleased. The front 9 (well, front 8), was particularly good by my standards, with 22 Stabbos from the 8 holes. As always, I fell away back 9 (8), partly due to stamina & concentration issues I think. I eventually ended up with 81 shots/38 Stabbos from the 16 holes. If I give myself a bogey on the 2 closed holes - the Par 3 1st & Par 4 18th - that equates to 90 shots & 42 Stabbos. Does not really count though as I was playing solo, & just 16 holes.
After that, went home, spot of lunch, afternoon nap, then a bowl poker comp at DTD, in which I failed to trouble the judges.
Went up to St Andrews on Saturday for 3 or 4 days, stayed at a nice hotel, & played 2 rounds at St Andrews. It was a sort of mixed golf & tourist break, most enjoyable.
Sadly, not "Old Course Hotel", it was a Golf Resort Hotel 3 miles outside St Andrews, "Fairmont St Andrews". And I never played The Old Course, I played on the Torrance Course at Fairmont St Andrews which was not remotely in the same league.
To be honest, the Course was a little bland, a sort of Links Course but sodden wet, so never played like a Links Course. The wind howled off the sea like a Links Course though. There was one rather splendid hole, the 16th, a short downhill Par 4 with the Green set just short of the sea, where an overhit 2nd would certainly be on the beach. Fortunately, I rarely overhit any shots...
Gill wanted to come round with me as my sort of caddie, so she did so on one of the two rounds, & I made her hand me my club of choice for each shot to help keep her interested.
After last week's bitterly cold weather this week feels completely different.
Played a few yesterday and am back out tomorrow at 1pm
Well that never lasted long, a ton of rain again & the familiar "Course Closed" message this morning means no golf for me today.
How did Wednesday's outing go? 9 holes I assume? Hopefully we can hook up again soon for some more of our Monday adventures at WPGC again soon, I enjoyed all of them last year very much indeed.
Slightly at a tangent, & not related to any potential criminal charges, but can there be anything worse than the life of a working Royal? I can't imagine anything worse.
If you think it through, surely not one person here would swap their life with that of a working Royal, the boring stuff they have to endure daily, and it's consequent total lack of freedom, would they?
What use is a posh house in the country & loads of money if you can't enjoy it & be free to do what you want?
Quick story about Colin (ctbn). I miss the old hippo pictures
I once mistakenly called him "cbtn". To which he replied, in his splendid Scots accent:-
"It's easy to remember, Phil. It is Colin The Bastard N..."
To be fair, he does bear a remarkable likeness to a hippopotamus.
As I'm sure you are aware, he & I are good mates & I love him to bits.
Away from his clown acting at the poker tables, he has a proper job with Network Rail or one of their CE contractors, he is a manager/supervisor for Permanent Way work - maintenance, upgrades, incidents etc.
Was due to retire this year but is going to work on for another 2 years. His health was bad 8 or 10 years ago but he seems fine now. Long may it last, he's a good man.
Incidentally, for those who have not seen them, the Tiny Desk Concerts, all of which are on You Tube, really are very good & feature some great bands.
Sadly, I'm not sure they are making any more, as they were on USA NPR (National Public Radio) & Mr Trump withdrew all funding for PBS & NPR shortly after taking Office.
But, as far as I'm aware, they are all still on You Tube, so a quick search should soon find them.
Gotta be the coolest 57 year old on the planet. Even Thewy (similar age) is not that cool.
Noel & Liam have entered the chat!
Back to the 90s, just like that
The difference is Damon has talent, so GTFO outa here with your Oasis bilge.
Jarvis has to be in the conversation though
That's spooky, Jarvis/Pulp are another, along with Damon/Gorillaz, I have happily rediscovered of late. It's light stuff but has aged well, & Jarvis always puts on a proper performance, with all the hand actions & strange oohs & ahhs. They've been around (on & off) over 40 years, & I think Candida has been there the whole time. She's so crippled with arthritis in her hands she can only play very basic note sequences, but it all works nicely & it's good that they've stuck with her, & unusual to see a lady in her 60's in a pop band. Hard to pick my favourite Pulp work but "Something Changed" is in the mix, & there's scores of versions of it on YT.
For any Pulp fans here, there's a thing on You Tube called "Tiny Desk Concerts" a sort of modern version of MTV Unplugged, The Pulp edition is excellent, with Jarvis at his theatrical best, Candida doing her repetitive note stuff, Webber hilariously cocking up a guitar riff, & Banks (drummer) using his chair as a drum. Well worth a watch, it's in my daily music mix.
Here you go...
I think Banks is playing a Cajon - a Peruvian percussion instrument.
#Invalid YouTube Link#
Even after 20yrs I still can’t post a YT link
As an aside, he could have used a Dube.
Oh I SEE, now it all makes sense.
Tiny Desk Concerts are "stripped down" but it made no sense to me that he seemed to have to make do with just a chair.
Heard you played the APAT at DTD the other week. I bust fairly early on day 1 and after a quick scan around a full casino, I couldn't see or hear you so decided to get on my merry way. Hope you faired better than I did.
Hi Carl, good to hear from you. All good with you & yours I hope.
Yes, I was there all weekend, & as there's such a large crossover between APAT & Sky players, was able to re-acquaint with loads of long-term friends & acquaintances, as well as buffoons like ctbn, aka Colin. As an aside, there's such a strong connection between Sky Poker & APAT I think they should get together & run a Series or whatever. Watch this space.
I managed a £510 cash in Friday's Bounty Hunter, but Saturday's Team affair was something of a humiliation tbh. I was asked to play for DTD - "DTD Degens" I think - and my late invite was presumably as they were short of players, as, myself apart, it was actually quite a strong team of serial cashers. 340 entries, of which 99 make Day 2, & they score points for finishing positions in the top 99. (1 point for 99th & so on). 8 players per team, of which only 3 of us (them...) made the second break, & just 1 made Day 2, which was a young lady. So that went well.
Sunday was the ROE which I had hoped to play, but I swerved it in favour of the DC Cash Game, which I did not want to miss as it only runs on Wednesdays & Sundays. That went well too....
DC cash is weird. Some nights I can sit there all night & dribble money, completely unable to make a hand, other nights it just seems that you make hand after hand. Same thing with the £2-£2 6 card PLO actually. I'm not convinced it makes sense to play, but it's enormous fun.
That was an interesting read. Nice mix of romanticism and realism, too.
As a lifelong Yid (won't catch any of us switching from Brentford), thought I would cheer you lot up before the North v South London Derby.
I was 1 of many who expected Frank to do well. Then I watched the Summer transfer window. We signed an entertaining show pony (Kudus) and 2 men with zero experience of the Prem (Kolo Muani and Simons). Good players, both, but the former will never be suited to English football, while the latter is trying ever so hard, while hoping next Summer to either play elsewhere or put on the 20 pounds of muscle needed. Presuming he doesn't want to be remembered as the new Bryan Gil
So. Do Spurs learn their lesson? No. We sign an Interim Manager (Tudor) with precisely zero experience of playing in or managing in England. He looks like a decent Manager. But what a time and way to appoint him. Can't sign anyone, no local knowledge, and told he's off in 4 months time. Meanwhile our last Assistant Manager (Heitinga) who had local knowledge from Spurs and Liverpool, as well as Managing Ajax, is shown the door.
The first goal at the Weekend is going to be important...
Morning Phil. A nice balanced Post, or at least for the most part...
I should apologise that there's no dedicated Spurs thread so you've had to find a way to post it on the Arsenal thread. Generally speaking, we only have dedicated Club threads for the big & successful teams.
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