I've thought it before but Padraig P and Jesse May are just hilarious.

Also, in the final is a chap called Theo Dalton, anyone who has played on Tribeca over the years will have seen him be succesful in tourneys there as Rabid Rat.

First live tourney I ever played at Luton and I happened to sit down right next to him (having never met him before) and when we got talking I discovered he was a.k.a rabid rat.

Interesting first live table that day as Ram Vaswani and Paul Alterman were also at the same table, didn't feel outclassed at all :-)

Knew you were in the money but didn't know you went on to win it Suz, very well done

xx

When I was a young punk and faux anarchist I was given pause for thought when someone asked.

'What happens when your freedom limits mine ? '.

I think this applies to speech as well as actions.

 
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : Hand Start.
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : Seat 1 : dompe has $1,960
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : Seat 2 : bratman396 has $2,400
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : Seat 3 : foxxster has $2,540
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : Seat 4 : "Lepper" has $1,920
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : Seat 5 : Mr. Nice has $2,520
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : Seat 6 : hutchy24 has $2,040
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : Seat 7 : tomr182 has $960
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : Seat 8 : Swordsman has $1,880
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : Seat 9 : Manny Homer has $1,780
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : tomr182 is the dealer.
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : Swordsman posted small blind.
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : Manny Homer posted big blind.
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : Game [7] started with 9 players.
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[Nov 5 12:55:29] : Seat 3 : foxxster has
[Nov 5 12:55:33] : dompe folded.
[Nov 5 12:55:39] : bratman396 folded.
[Nov 5 12:55:42] : Stakes: 20/40 Current level: 1 Next level in: 4 min. 
[Nov 5 12:55:42] : foxxster called 40 and raised 160
[Nov 5 12:55:47] : "Lepper" folded.
[Nov 5 12:55:50] : Mr. Nice called 200
[Nov 5 12:55:50] : hutchy24 folded.
[Nov 5 12:55:52] : tomr182 called 200
[Nov 5 12:55:54] : Swordsman folded.
[Nov 5 12:55:56] : Manny Homer folded.
[Nov 5 12:55:56] : Dealing flop.
[Nov 5 12:55:56] : Board cards [ ]
[Nov 5 12:56:02] : Stakes: 20/40 Current level: 1 Next level in: 3 min. 
[Nov 5 12:56:03] : foxxster bet 900
[Nov 5 12:56:08] : Mr. Nice called 900
[Nov 5 12:56:13] : tomr182 folded.
[Nov 5 12:56:13] : Dealing turn.
[Nov 5 12:56:13] : Board cards [ ]
[Nov 5 12:56:16] : foxxster bet 80
[Nov 5 12:56:21] : Stakes: 20/40 Current level: 1 Next level in: 3 min. 
[Nov 5 12:56:24] : Mr. Nice called 80 and raised 1,340 and is All-in
[Nov 5 12:56:26] : foxxster called 1,340
[Nov 5 12:56:27] : Showdown!
[Nov 5 12:56:27] : Seat 3 : foxxster has
[Nov 5 12:56:28] : Seat 3 : foxxster has
[Nov 5 12:56:28] : Seat 5 : Mr. Nice has Ah
[Nov 5 12:56:33] : Board cards [ ]
[Nov 5 12:56:33] : Seat 5 : Mr. Nice has Ah
[Nov 5 12:56:33] : Mr. Nice has Flush A7654
[Nov 5 12:56:33] : Seat 3 : foxxster has
[Nov 5 12:56:33] : foxxster has Straight Flush 87654
[Nov 5 12:56:33] : foxxster wins 5,300 with Straight Flush 87654
[Nov 5 12:56:41] : Stakes: 20/40 Current level: 1 Next level in: 3 min. 
[Nov 5 12:56:43] : Hand is over.
[Nov 5 12:56:43] : Stakes: 20/40 Current level: 1 Next level in: 3 min. 

Depends how much time you want to spend driving while your there. Orlando is kind of in the middle of nowhere and parks are really the order of the day. Flushy may have some good ideas since he lived in Florida for a while

A few things I've done and enjoyed:

Go deep sea fishing from a reasonably pctureqsue harbour like in Sarasota on the gulf coast - around 2 hrs from Orlando.

Visit somewhere like St Armands Circle, also Sarasota, picturesque, boutiquey, nice restuarants - a very different America from that presented in Orlando.

Definitely visit the Gulf beaches - any town or city south of tampa likely to be enjoyable. Sarasota has particularly nice beaches. Did I mention Sarasota ?

Parks - a drive out to Busch Gardens in Tampa is well worthwhile - most of the Orlando parks are great fun i think but unless with very young kids I'd probably avoid the disney parks. Downtown Disney and the Boardwalk offer a reasonable night out albeit in a slightly ToyTown way.

Get down to the everglades maybe, great experience but probably 7 hours from Orlando. Maybe the keys, but they're even further south of course.

Again on the gulf coast, north of tampa, somewhere like Tarpon springs maybe, a working harbour of mainly greek heritage sponge fishermen. Get an americo/greek meze maybe ?

If I think of anything else I'll add them but there's a few ideas.

You should have a great time, hope you do

Would all final peeps agree to make it 12 or 15 min levels ? 30 mins is a heeellllllllllllllluva long time for an STT

Love

foxxster (nirvana)

When I sat down to play live on Friday I told the table I was the world's worse shuffler / dealer and if anyone wanted to help out I'd appreciate it. The chaps mucked in and did all my shuffling for me but I thought I can deal at least.

The very first hand it's my deal. Deal kind of went OK but I kept the cards in my hand ready for the flop !

Forgot to burn a card and put the flop cards down including two aces. One of my table matey's had already gone all in and been called, turns out he had KK v A rag. This lead to some vociferous ' I ain't happies' since of course he's got outflopped badly and my lack of burning one and having the cards in my hand (a mechanic ? moi ?) got him quite upset.

He was right to be annoyed but I quietly explained (in a very loud voice :-) there's a way of saying these things to someone and that I didn't appreciate his approach.

Like all these things, storm in a teacup and after the initial minor fracas we're all the best of friends and they seem quite impressed by my beginners luck as I collect all the chips :-)

Point is, I loved all this - the fighting, the arguing, the making up -  and I really liked the aplomb with which all them other guys shuffled and dealt and I think I would really like to be able to do that as easily as them so I had time to work on things like picking up tells and such.

Since I don't play for money really I know I'm just gonna get out more and play as many of these smaller tourneys as I can

Just my thruppence

xx

I cant put specs on my specs.

By the way forgot one of my main points - what a nice chap tighty is - pleasure to meet him

I've been asked the same by the wife.

I feel connected with characters that share a common interest, like going to a gig or supporting a team. Since I'm connecting I start to feel love. Then I go home and tell my partner I feel loving. She doesn't normally ask any more questions.

Just played and won a $20 STT, thought it was bit loose, 3 all ins first hand , I took it down in Gus Hansen esque style. Heads up I bullied like a big bully and thought the other chap was strangely acquiescent even when down to 3 or 4 BB's.

Checked my balance as you do and realised I'd put a fair bit of my life into a $2 STT. Get in my son, hell yeah !!

Friday went to Luton for a bit of live poker cause I'd been rowing with a friend - rare for me to play live - £25 rebuy, loads of fun, met mr Tighty for the first time - he final tabled as well :-) but I made short work of him and went on to take 4th for £370. Not massive but very satisfying. Got outdrawn if you can really call my A5 v KJ (not much in it) - woulda given me quarter of the chips at the table from short stack and some kind of chance I think. Coupla good players playing at the end though so maybe not.

Point was really that I had more fun playing live than I have in all the time online since I last played live in Reno back in April - we should all get out more

xx

Trace, why are you laughing at Lukie's jokes

xx

How much does flushy charge for mentoring ?

Put me down for several hours please, I wanna frighten someone's ass at the poker table

 

I like the Beatles, jolly tight pop tunes and all. But lyrically they are a million miles behind the genius of someone like Morrissey.

Also, being heavily influenced aint always a bad thing in my humble... The Strokes are pop tuningly, achingly brilliant at their best.

Tikay old chap, you nearly had a point listing awful but undeniably popular (and so I assume must have had some merit) 60s and 70s bands.

But you lost me at the point that 'Imagine' was quoted as being something any living lyrcicist could pen. I struggle to conceive of any lyricist not being able to pen equally juvenile, schmaltzy lyrics dressed up as idealism at best or insight and sincerity at worst.

Let's go :-))

Thanks, was good fun, my 2nd 2nd, want to break my duck !