Thanks for the info guys. Will have a look at the Casino Gran Madrid.

Hi Folks,
       Can anyone supply any info on live games in Madrid? I will be travelling in and out for a while and would like to find a game.
Cheers! Hendo.

Looks like this will be a cracker! Wish I was home!

For here TK very nice place, thanks for the pointers!

Now win it, & pay for the taxi back to Gatters!

Great bunch of lads play there, bookies, car salesmen, retired villains, Estate Agents, an opera singer, Sid Harris, all sorts.

Not to sure about retired villains , the whole table are a set of crooks ! Enjoying it Tony, thanks again!

For here TK very nice place, thanks for the pointers!

In Brighton station , now to find the casino!

Thank you TK will have a look.

Brilliant Dino, that'll do nicely, thank you. Just need to figure out how to get there now!

Any suggestions for a game close to Gatwick tonight?

Send me the details please Ironside.

Bet sizing on the turn and speed of bet on the river make these both easy calls.

What hands is he 3 barrelling oop

AJo

You don't really pay attention, do you?

LOL! You really had to be there for that to make sense.

Very strange finding yourself the villain in a piece! For what it's worth I neither called for the clock or new the guy who did. We were on the same table earlier in the festival. The hero of this story had ruffled his feathers earlier.
 Bad beats & tweets didn't pertain to this hand.
As for the way I played the hand, badly I agree, but certainly gave the hero food for thought.

The definition of a bad beat is when you get your money in as a clear favourite and end up losing. I never get my money in as a clear favourite, so do not suffer bad beats. My computer, therefore, is as good as new.

Brilliant....sounds so like me!

The rule that prohibits checking the nuts on the river last to act is a silly and illogical rule. Checking the nuts on the river does not have to be collusion. I explained it in this thread: http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=47604.30

Looking at it from a different angle, I can see why you were annoyed by what happened; especially as you bubbled, and especially as the guy was clearly checking so as not to take chips from his friend. So it was collusion by the letter of the law. However, it's not like it was some master plan by the two of them to fleece the table through their cunning underhand ways. It really was just one mate not wanting to take chips off another mate. Nothing sinister. Now obviously those who take poker real serious will still be outraged by this since it definitely breaks the rules. But the two guys involved in this 'collusion' almost certainly don't take poker too seriously, are just playing for a laugh with the lads, and will be totally confused and bemused if they get into trouble. The question is, would you sooner guys like this continued to come play in your tourney, or would you prefer to drive them away? If you drive them away then everything will be done properly, with no grey areas and the rules rigorously enforced and followed to the letter. But you'll find that your games are not as fun (or profitable) any more since the only players who are left will be those who take poker oh so seriously. And they will all be wearing ipods.

'Serious' poker players would be doing themselves and everyone else a favour if they stopped pulling up beginners/recreational players on technicalities such as string betting, supposed collusion etc. If the offender knows exactly what he is doing and is doing it deliberately to gain an advantage, then fine - call the floor. Otherwise, let it go. Stop driving the recreational players away by being a stickler for the rules!

What a fantastic post!!