I couldn't post in here at the time because it hurt a lot, Ger was one of my best friends in poker.

For those who don't follow APAT, Des Duffy did an absolutely wonderful tribute video to Ger back in April, with a lot of comments from those of us who knew him well. Very much worth a watch. It can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/des.duffy.4/videos/294932652647577/ and it's approximately 14 minutes into the show, but tbh I'd just watch from the start.

Button ante was ruled out quite simply because in poker you can have a dead button but never have a dead big blind.

people have said this to me, but you can have a hand with no small blind and nobody bats an eyelid. So why can't you just have no ante on the hands where the sb bust in the hand directly before.?

One person anteing was brought in I believe to speed the game up without reducing the pot sizes in tournaments, its a direct replacement for everybody anteing and dealers having to collect chips from every table.

I imagine this argument basically boils down to "its weird that only some hands have an ante and every hand should have an ante, just like every hand has to have a big blind" so therefore they went with big blind ante in order to stop your exact scenario happening.

Button ante was ruled out quite simply because in poker you can have a dead button but never have a dead big blind.

No tests are needed for any travel to/from the US from the UK now. It's brilliant. Lots of ripoff companies hopefully gonna lose their cash cow.

* Uber prices have increased significantly - probably 25%+ - and not just because of high gas prices

Just to expand on this - I just got back from 11 days and noticed that quite often, there was a massive difference between Uber prices and Lyft prices, so I would always highly recommend checking both before you choose, as it was never always Lyft cheaper than Uber or vice versa, I think we ended up with half our trips with one and half our trips with the other.

Pity you have to qualify for the Vegas event. I imagine a few Brits who are already out there for the Main might have been interested in buying in to this!

Got my dates/flights through from Redtooth for my latest trip to Vegas with them, leaving Heathrow on May 18th (won it in September 2019, was supposed to go in May 2020!) and unfortunately my mate and I have got a four hour stopover at LAX on the way. Annoying as was supposed to be a direct flight as usual but apparently the one from Gatwick on May 19th was cancelled. Always flown direct before - has anyone done the LAX stopover? Is there anything to do nearby or will it just be a case of sitting in the hotel bar for four hours?

Honestly, every time I've gone through LAX, the queues to get through security have been horrendous and at least an hour/hour and a half. By the time you get through those, unless you are on a through ticket, you'll have to check back in again, and if you're on a through ticket, you might not be able to leave the airport.

Joe Grech. also the guys from the Hit Squad.    I have been watching some old WSOP and they appeared on some shows , just wondered if still playing

James Akenhead still plays I think, remember him cashing in some sides at the GUKPT Grand Final late last year.

Karl Mahrenholz IIRC got married and had kids.

Not sure if Praz is still about and haven't heard anything about the Chattha brothers since before COVID. Wouldnt surprise me if they were hoovering it up online tbh.

I should have won it

Cracking weekend though and will definitely be trying to get us in again next year!

Three of us through to Day 2.

Naz 775k
Me 240k
Das 380k ish (can't remember exact amount and counts aren't up yet)

Very thin and hope you've not used up all your run good

No worries we are in the far corner of the bar on the sofas underneath tv opposite machines

Is anyone playing the Friday game? I signed up on Luxon (I hope)

Nope. I will be in the pub by the Premier Inn.

I'll be there for around 1 - 1.30pm ish.

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