Absolutely loved the old Walsall days. Such a shame so many great characters are sadly no longer with us.
Thanks for the bump

Get well soon Marty.  Total legend and wish you all the best my friend x

Happy Birthday Blonde. Long may it continue.
Really enjoyed being part of the forum over the years even if I don’t post much these days,  I always like to check in regularly.
Thanks tikay & co

Thanks Craig.

How are things, you still in China?

A month after that EPT Copenhagen "Update", we were at Walsall, & given your Walsall connections, I thought this might interest you;

The result of Monday's 100 PLHE, the Final of which was played on Tuesday afternoon, was as follows:

21st - Tikay - Blue Square Bubble Boy Envelope. (Free entry into $2,000 1 table SNG).

20th - Osman Mustanoglu, 200

19th - V Williams, 200

18th - Mrs N Peters, 200

17th - G W Wan, 200

16th - Name with-held, 200

15th - Name with-held, 200

14th - B Callinan, 200

13th - O Ayegun, 200

12th - P Kefelas, 200

11th - A Lawrence, 200

10th - S Ruya, 700

9th - Name with-held, 875

8th - Andy Niorman, 1,050

7th - Name with-held, 1,225

6th - Mark Goodwin, 1,400

5th - E Katzi, 1,750

4th - Peter The Bandit Evans, 2,800

3rd - Alan McLean, 3,850

JOINT WINNERS - A Yousif & "Chicken" Joe Koumi, 10,675 each.



Some real familiar names there.

Hi Tony
Yes I’m still in China and into my 6th year here now , 10 th year in Asia. How time flies.

Some blast from the last names there from Walsall days, those really were fun days in the card room and at the bar .

Hope you are doing well and thanks again for keeping this forum alive over the years it really is appreciated mate

Happy Birthday Blonde. Long may it continue.
Really enjoyed being part of the forum over the years even if I don’t post much these days,  I always like to check in regularly.
Thanks tikay & co

Great to have this diary back. Please keep it going Dave

Thanks guys , how do you know that?  It now makes sense.Was that shown on another episode and I have missed it?
Maybe I need to watch the last episode again sober 

So what exactly are these new talking walkers ? Also the one where there pulled off some sort of mask . Can someone explain what’s happened there? TIA

Kinboshi
Saw his name on a bumper thread and wondered what happened to him

Wishing all the best for your daughter Rich

I would say that at least a quarter of the top 32 tennis and snooker players are left handed. I don't think there are nearly so many cack-handed golfers. Why is that I wonder?

Phil Mikelson is not even left-handed - he just copied his dad's swing like a mirror-image and played that way.

left handed clubs are less common, so people usual start playing using right handed ones.  I actually don't thing that golf is really a left/right handed game, certainly not so much as snooker and tennis for example.

Good point, but if that's the case why isn't it true of say, guitarists?

For starters you have both hands on the golf-club.

PS I mean you grip the club with both hands whichever way you play which is why I think Mikelson is a good example.

As opposed to one hand on the guitar?

Yes.

The two hands gripping a golf cub are performing one function and are usually fully connected by either interlocking or ovelapping the little finger of one hand.

Now stop being obstreperous and watch the golf.

Hang on Ralph, I'm really interested in this.

So are you saying that ~ 1/4 of golfers play right handed but they are actually left-handed, including the top 32?

It's not something I've ever researched but as Dave says it's much easier to get hold of right-handed clubs and it's not that hard for a left-hander to play right-handed.

You could not compare it to playing snooker or the guitar where the hands perform totally different functions.

I am left handed . Play Golf right handed , snooker left handed , darts right handed , table tennis left handed , tennis right handed , left footed at football and most importantly drink with my left hand 

Very enjoyable read throughout. Thanks for taking the time out to take us along on your journey .

Thanks Tony , how I have looked forward to reading about  your exploits every day when I get home from work.  
Thanks for sharing and have a safe flight home .

Thanks Craig.

I bumped into Mark Bartlog in Vegas, & asked about Robert Binelli (sp?), the so-called "walking scarecrow".

Both Mark & Robert used to come across to the UK Festivals, including Walsall, pretty sure you would have known both of them.

I could not find a photo of Roberto, but here's Mark Bartlog;




EDIT - just found a photo of Robert, this would have been just after he won the £500 Midland Masters at Walsall in 2005;


http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=16362

Hi Tony

I remember Robert for sure but cannot say the same about Mark unfortunately.
Those Walsall festivals were great times and full of good characters . I do still miss them

Still can’t believe the sad news about  Big Kev. I hadn’t seen him for years but used to go to Equal Chance and the Western with him some times . Two more places full of characters. He would have loved to watch England win last night and certainly would have still been out  celebrating

I definitely recall seeing Kev at both Equal Chance & The Western.

I assume both are closed now?

Coincidentally, I bumped into a chap in Vegas last week who asked me if I had seen Derek Baxter of late. Last time I saw him, rather surprisingly, was at a Sky Poker UKPC 3 or 4 years ago.

A face I was surprised to see in Vegas this year was Micky Wernick, though sadly I never got chance to chat with him.

Or get nipped , nice swerve. 
I heard Derek had not been well but that was a while ago so don’t really know.
How did Micky look? Good to know he’s still getting out to Vegas  these days. I miss those days too

Thanks Tony , how I have looked forward to reading about  your exploits every day when I get home from work.  
Thanks for sharing and have a safe flight home .

Thanks Craig.

I bumped into Mark Bartlog in Vegas, & asked about Robert Binelli (sp?), the so-called "walking scarecrow".

Both Mark & Robert used to come across to the UK Festivals, including Walsall, pretty sure you would have known both of them.

I could not find a photo of Roberto, but here's Mark Bartlog;




EDIT - just found a photo of Robert, this would have been just after he won the £500 Midland Masters at Walsall in 2005;


http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=16362

Hi Tony

I remember Robert for sure but cannot say the same about Mark unfortunately.
Those Walsall festivals were great times and full of good characters . I do still miss them

Still can’t believe the sad news about  Big Kev. I hadn’t seen him for years but used to go to Equal Chance and the Western with him some times . Two more places full of characters. He would have loved to watch England win last night and certainly would have still been out  celebrating

Kevin twigg passed away earlier today, RIP

Familiar to all Luton/London players

Very sad news.Big Kev was a good friend to me and a top man.
R.I.P Big man

Thanks Tony , how I have looked forward to reading about  your exploits every day when I get home from work. 
Thanks for sharing and have a safe flight home .