Re: Broadway, No. I think i'm a member but i've never plucked up the courage to play in a casino B&M game.
(Think i'll be changin' that (old!) profile piccy, i look like a serial killer )

 Great result!

 (Saw Killing Joke in mid Eighties (Digbeth Civic, B'ham) with Paul Raven on bass who sadly died this week (heart attack @ 46!))

... I even managed to grind my way though Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,....

Your a better man than me,i found this book painfully self indulgent/pretentious and managed about half before giving up.Diceman is a bit rambling but there was an interesting South Bank documentary about George 'Luke Rhinehart' Cockroft who explained his thinking behind the 'Dice life' and how he actually lived it for a while which made the book clearer.

 I know both the Broadway and Walsall are well represented on this and other forums but i'm curious as to whether anyone plays at China Palace or the Gala (Hill st) ?
 I've had a wander past the Gala but it always looks a bit "iffy" to me so i'm interested in peoples opinions on it and if the Blondepoker schedule is up to date (the car jockey on the door seemed to be a bit vague)

 Most opinions welcome
                                      Mr Smeeeth 

  firstly, i think i may have been a bit misleading in my orig' post i AM a cheapskate though haven't been a student for several years (the "get some students in" bit  came from "Student Grants" (Viz)  favorite complaint about"overpricing").
   But to expand on my original post i believe the success of places Such as Grov' Wallsall and the Gutshot has been achieved by offering Poker to the "Masses" using such things as beginners tourneys,cheap freezeouts,womens nights etc..
 With the advent of Poker now making it to the dizzying heights of ITV1 on weekday nights i think it would be a wasted opportunity on Broadways behalf if it did not cash in on its potential to be (central) Birminghams premier cardroom.We are supposed to be the second city and it seems odd that there is such a dearth of "decent" places to play.I was really suprised that the Grosvenor on Broad st did not jump on the bandwagon several years ago and find it even odder that the Rainbow (Hagley rd) didn't reopen it's card room when it had been there years before Poker had even made 's twighlight zone.
  I do actually believe Poker to be a current "fad" so i think the more rooms that open and encourage people into them the more people will be left when the "bubble" bursts to populate the remaining rooms

 yours  Smeeeth 
 

 Great to know there is a cardroom opened in central Birmingham (about time),however Richard i am a bit put off by the fees/schedules offered.As a terminal cheapskate i find that  20\50 rebuy tourneys are a bit steep and know i'm not alone in thinking this (BrumBilly was possibly hinting at this).
     I'm guessing that when the Broadway takes off you'll consider some additional "cheaper" freezeout/beginner type tables (you never know you might get some students in ).
incidentally how is the Backgammon working out?

 All the best Smeeeth