pocket fours, runner runner straight? This is like being on The Club.

As an example in the Jan main event facing young Ben vinson i 3 betted AQ on a rag queen high flop...i then went on to win the event

Blimey, this is news to me, first I've heard of it all...day.
I thought I heard Nick Slade say he won it on TV the other night?

Hevad must have stopped drinking the Red Bull as he was nothing like the idiot of WSOP 2007 when I walked out of the Rio behind him last month. Lost a Snatty-amount of weight and pretty quietly spoken.
I'd bet he's embarrassed by the way he actied last year but it got him a lot of air time, which is probably what he wanted.

48lb is a major achievement Snatty, top work. Like I mentioned the other night you've got me at it too.
I dropped from 115kg to around 98kg after breathing problems surfaced and the weight loss helped a lot. But I've stuck 9kg back on over the last year, mainly thanks to inactivity before and after that hip replacement thing.
Now I've started hitting the gym five days a week for the past fortnight or so and I'll soon drop below 100kg again. Once I'm there I can stay there; it's true what they say you have to change your lifestyle either on the food or the excercise front. There's feck all chance of me cutting out takeaways, as I live on them, but gym I can easily fit in. One hour is enough time to burn 500 calories and it's something that's worth doing anyway.
Keep it up, have no doubts you'll get where you want.

Anyone know anything about this? The channel has just launched and I've caught a bit this afternoon. Good to see Patrick Kinghorn back on TV.

I must admit I save my true game face for the higher end stuff

If only you were around long enough for anyone to witness it...
What's it like leaving Luton in daylight?

And those people are generally much nicer table companions than the nit-pickers and know it alls.

Not sure I go along with that. Most of the more experienced players I've come across are the best craic at the table and more than happy to help out the newbies.
The rookies are the ones that tend to take it too seriously imo. They've seen it on TV, players sat there stoically, and think they should do the same, as in sit and not say a word, so as 'not to give away any tells'. What a crock.
No word of a lie, I played the Tuesday night rookie tournament in Luton a while back with a mate and, as we pulled into the car park, a guy was getting out of his car wearing iPod, baseball cap, shades and hoody top. Albeit the hoody bit wasn't up at that point. They behave the way they think poker players are supposed to behave and are no value at the table.

We have someone on this thread complaining that crap, novice players are playing in higher-stakes tournaments?

Have poker players started hating money?

Not complaining as such, just posing the question. I don't mind playing with newbies/donkeys, as most of my best results have come in large fields of them in Vegas. Just an observation really.
Friday nights in Luton have changed massively over the past year or so. I've had tables where I haven't known a single player. Don't mind at all but some of the old brigade get very annoyed with their 'is it my turn', '"I'll raise" when there hasn't been a bet post-flop' antics.

This has become a more and more common occurance in Luton over recent months for whatever reason, and I'm sure in other places too. Players that have only ever played a couple of times live, or never, going straight for £100 or bigger tournaments.
We had a cracker last night, Ipod plugged in the whole way, never knew when the action was on him and played a flopped set of nines rather generously against Dick Lynch, checking it down on a particularly unscary board. That didn't stop Uncle Dick getting more and more annoyed with him as the night wore on.
Of course he got cards and was still going strong well into the final two tables. But should these young dudes start off at such a level? I learned the live game playing £20s, £30s and £50s at the Gutshot. The new breed of player seem to think they warrant going straight in at the top level when, of course, they don't. Seb who? rofl

I've got a new man-bag - proper jobbie!

Present. Delighted. So cool.

anything like this one?
http://www.germes-online.com/direct/dbimage/50246618/Shopping_Trolley_Bag.jpg

Brothel owner (less frowned upon)

Gambling gets a bad rap imo. Stick to what you know and, if you can make a profit out of it, then what's the harm?
Although most people do lose, that's true.
Whether these statistics are right I don't know but I've heard that on Betfair...only 0.7% of customers make a profit of £40k per year. That ain't many.

If you stopped running A6 suited into aces in big Sky Poker (poker analysis for fish, by fish) tournaments you'd be a lot better off.

OK, I'm in, I'll put in 60% of the money no worries





























Celtic obviously, don't sponsor any old donkey...

I've been updaying by phone to Jim, whose been updating to y'all.

The boy done good again.

Rob wins $50k

I win $140k

Julian wins $180k

Call it a draw...we've certainly had worse Vegas trips between us.....

Don't forget, The Sicilian also lasted nearly two hours in one of the Venetian deep stacks too

WD Julian imo