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A poker related one to report today, as David Sklansky has died, aged 78.

More famous for his books than his achievements at the tables, especially The Theory of Poker, which was something of a revelation when released.

His reputation suffered somewhat in later years, particularly with his connection to the Brandi Hawbaker dramas that led to her suicide.

Given that I have a stack of his books within my collection, I thought it was worthy of a mention.

Silent reader, but always enjoy your life musings. Apart from the Jeeves Diary, yours is number one on here.

Speedy recovery and good luck remembering which tablet to take when. Oh, and try to rest up a bit and take it easy awhile.

Speedy recovery Tom 

Isn’t it great that we have an NHS that can respond like this.
Yeah, there are snags and snafus sometimes, and the catering can sometimes be less appetising than we’d like but, when it comes to the nitty gritty stuff about taking care of us when we might not have done it delivers.

I’m sure you’ll be back out there on the golf course soon Tom and in the meantime I hope Mrs Red is tending to your every need as you recover.

Insane levels of winningness.

How many SCOOP titles this time, & in total?

And he seems to do it in any & all variants.

https://www.pokernews.com/news/2026/03/patrick-leonard-all-time-scoop-leader-15-titles-50864.htm

he is 4th in $500 warm up with 18 left and and 3rd in $1k with 28 left , so chances for another tonight

Looks about right.

Welcome to the club Tom.

What he said:


Geo

Looks about right.

Welcome to the club Tom.

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Don't talk to me about tablets. Surely this can't be right.


Thanks for all the good wishes guys. I'm very touched. X

[In short, George did not exist and I find that the defendant's evidence about George was untruthful]

https://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/Ch/2026/645.html&query=(solomon)+AND+(spence)

This is a judgement in the case where Alan Solomon sued millionaire Alan Spence for horse racing bets between them.

Any pro gambler should bookmark it as it is a complete wiki for all the tax issues about gambling (and also child support courtesy of Tony "the hitman" Hakki vs Secretary of state https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Civ/2014/530.html ). 

between the legalese there are some interesting nuggets it's clear the judge doesn't suffer fools gladly.

In both his first statement and in cross-examination, the defendant gave elaborate details of his supposed relationship with a bookmaker called George.....

...The detail about George provided by the defendant is implausible and was, in my judgment, intended to lend credibility to a story which is entirely fictitious. There was no evidence as to how George knew the defendant, came to approach him at Goodwood or knew where he lived. It is improbable that the defendant would not have recalled George's full name or telephone number, particularly if, as the defendant said, George had given him a business card which he had later thrown away. There was no documentary evidence of George's acceptance of the bets or any other evidence of their meetings. In short, George did not exist and I find that the defendant's evidence about George was untruthful.

Update.

Tom is still in hospital but is unable to post on blonde as the Hospital WiFi blocks "gambling sites".

After he was transferred to Coventry on Friday night/Saturday morning, they got him sorted out quite quickly. As I understand it, they found he had some heart issues so they ballooned & stented him up & now he's in fine fettle, slept like a log last night & feels great this morning.

He just has to have an echothingy now, then, fingers crossed he should be able to go home. He's hoping that'll be today, but medication availability on a Sunday may prevent that.

Once he's back home, I'm sure he'll update you properly.

Good to hear you're on the mend Tom. I had exactly the same, 2 stents and a balloon. The day after I was released Bramley and I were off up to Plockton for some peace and quiet car camping.

Bugger is the meds I'm stuck with daily.

Geo