I've been looking forward to the World Seniors championship, so I checked it out on Channel 5 this morning.

One frame matches. 900 seconds (15 mins) per frame and if it's not finished in time who ever is in front when the buzzer sounds is the winner. Oh, and there is a shot clock, meaning that a player must strike the ball within 20 seconds of the white coming to rest.


What an utter load of unmitigated bollocks. Veterans of the game with a lifetime's worth of tactical knowledge running around the table like schoolboys. Everyone involved should be ashamed of themselves.

Lad I used to play League Billiards & Snooker with is refereeing at this.

I'll tell him you said he should be ashamed of himself
Mate of mine is reffing there!

Caught up with it last night on iPlayer.

What drama.

Been a great tournament so far, and would love Ronnie to do it, but Trump is looking very solid.

Battle for the ages going on here between Willo & Higgins!

Golden Nugget have changed a few of the Mixed Games dates & details in response to feedback. I've not looked at what's what yet, but worth checking.

The revised schedule is on Twitter, here...



https://x.com/GNLVpoker/status/1915527605908103328

Great, Kessler has had the Big O moved to before I have arrived. Back to the more expensive Big O at the Wynn then :/

To be fair, am still holding a grudge against the GN for the tax issues a few years ago, and their rake has been at the extreme end for a while.  Also, not a big fan of them offering seats as part of prize money on top of the high rake.

I don't like their cardroom staff, on the tourney side of things and hever have.

The guys & girls that run the cash room are great, but it's team shifty up at the top end in the summer.

I wouldn't play there if I didn't have an ITIN, as they're shithouses.

If you play, or have played snooker and you saw Luca Brecel last night then you, like me, will have been astonished.
It was the most dazzling display of natural talent that I have ever seen, and I was there when Alex Higgins, Jimmy White, Ronnie O'Sullivan and all the other naturally talented players were in their pomp.

It was totally effortless, even his bridge hand had no tension in it. Instead of gripping the cloth it just lay there limply, like a stranded jellyfish, while its owner stroked in fluent, fluid, frame-winning break after break.

It's on the BBC iPlayer if you missed it.

Caught some of it, and was astonishing. Ding must be wondering wtf has happened

I've been a bit manic, so only got to catch the 2nd day of Ronnie's 1st match.

At least it wasn't dragged out, and Ali was on his way home lively

Brecel is deffo an odd one!

Think it was Ralph posted about him on here a long time back when he was still a kid.

Supreme talent, but obv struggles in the discipline department.

Haha! This was 20 years ago, so he definitely took your advice on the snooker.

I've not seen Iwan for a long time, either, glad to hear he's good

What a temperament he has though. Such an asset in a tight match.

Didn't have the best temperament when he came to my old man's club with Iwan Jones & Jeff Burke...

Was a load of the Laddies players up at the club for a £30 rebuy dad used to run a couple times a year, and Conor Tate took all his dough in the big cash game

Thanks Marky.

I just caught up with the Kyren Wilson v Lei Peifan match this morning. What drama. I'll have no tooth enamel at all left if it carries on like this.

Willo at it yesterday, too.

In for a good Championship if this is how it continues!

No trip here, so will be getting my dinero's worth out of my PokerGO subscription this summer!

Look forward to following along here, and hopefuilly some Blondes get scooping!!

Seeing Aria/Wynn gradually creep it up little by little so their cheapest comp is a monkey buyin, I think a stay at the Orleans is in my future next time I go out during the summer!

 Can't blame them, as they're the best cardrooms, but would eat too much into my food budget

The Wynn old duffers game is $1,600.  Would definitely have preferred $1K, as 1.6 makes it more expensive than the standard WSOP games I am playing, which feels the wrong way round.  Would be happy with more games around $500.  Like $1,100 for a turbo big O also feels too much.  Though the fact $1,100 now probably isn't far off what $800 was 3 or 4 years ago, so probably isn't so bad.

The price of poker is definitely going up

I've got an ITIN, so could just stay at the Nugget and play there when I do go back.

I'll only be doing 1-2 weeks going forward anyway, I get too tired for the longer trips, and can't work as easily away anymore.

What a terrific write up. Thank you.

I caught this the next morning, and it was epic.

Not quite as good as reliving it through your write up, Tom.

Top bombing, sir!

No trip here, so will be getting my dinero's worth out of my PokerGO subscription this summer!

Look forward to following along here, and hopefuilly some Blondes get scooping!!

Seeing Aria/Wynn gradually creep it up little by little so their cheapest comp is a monkey buyin, I think a stay at the Orleans is in my future next time I go out during the summer!

 Can't blame them, as they're the best cardrooms, but would eat too much into my food budget

Very late to the party, but congrats to Tighty! Fabulous news

Congrats on the Herbies, Mr Kendall!

I will make it to an APAT this year, when I can muster up a co-pilot, or make it there and back without too many stops.

+1 to both!

Let's be avin' ya, cosvaldo 

Congrats mate!