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I'm glad golf isn't a test.

I was just thinking the same thing Tom as my swing seems to be in terminal decline.

Oh, I got tapped up last night by one of the USA PLO8 crew.

Decent player actually.

"I want to play the $10k Big O tomorrow Tony, but need to sell some action, I can let you have 50% at 10% mark up if you fancy it?"

Very kind of him to bear me in mind.

There was a time when I may have been tempted, but as always, I learn my lessons - eventually.

Name and shame .  Surely someone I know .
I was bubble after you left the other night, though not stone bubble. Had multiple pots deep to go 1.5 average stack but alas not to be .
Hindsight says the extra week wasn’t necessary but no regrets.
PLO double board bomb pot today at MGM for “fun” though I’m not really feeling it an hour in , hopefully you’re having a better time if you’re still awake !
Decision tomorrow whether to enter the $2.5k O8/Stud8, it was my deepest run last year, including being chipleader briefly late on day 2, but I’m racking my brains and I’m pretty confident that I haven’t played a single hand of stud8, live or online, since.
Go home late Tuesday and should get back in time for the England game all being well.

well played Emma this evening.
Watson is scheduled for playing in Wimbledon qualification  https://live-tennis.eu/en/wta-schedule  she is down at 484

She played so well.   Think they were both carrying injuries.  Raducanu much more aggressive. Stepping further forward on first serve and inside baseline for 2nd.  Coming to the net more too. 

Jovic at least a yard behind the baseline even for 2nd serves.  They both serve about the same speed.

Think I prefer it to Wimbledon.  Easier to get tickets and a really nice place.  My youngest wants to live by there now.

well played Emma this evening.
Watson is scheduled for playing in Wimbledon qualification  https://live-tennis.eu/en/wta-schedule  she is down at 484

Oh, I got tapped up last night by one of the USA PLO8 crew.

Decent player actually.

"I want to play the $10k Big O tomorrow Tony, but need to sell some action, I can let you have 50% at 10% mark up if you fancy it?"

Very kind of him to bear me in mind.

There was a time when I may have been tempted, but as always, I learn my lessons - eventually.

I'm glad golf isn't a test.

Too right.

Amazingly, I play with at least 2 players who don't need a scorecard, they can remember their score at every hole. (Ralph & "Jac" aka Paul Jackson not the Poker Player).

By the time I get to the next tee, I can't remember what I scored on the previous hole. Probably just as well, I'm even worse at golf than poker.
 

[At least from next month I should be free of all the mundane paperwork and FCA regulations.]

I am currently still working, I was due to retire in January but was lied to by the company taking over my business so pulled out of that deal and had to sort another one out. I managed to do that and, in theory, we complete the sale at the end of this month, fingers crossed. I will be staying on for a few months to make sure all the clients are happy, although that will be in an unpaid capacity. At least from next month I should be free of all the mundane paperwork and FCA regulations. 

I don't think there has ever been an organisation I despise more than the FCA. You'll feel good not having to deal with all their pointless crap (I appreciate they do some good, but with an overwhelming amount of crap thrown in)

I never knew you were in Financials? If it's not too personal, doing what?

How's the Eric Clapton tour going? I'm still curious why folks like him &, say, Rod Stewart or Tom Jones still do Tours & gigs. Rod & Tom are definitely loaded, & although EC stuck millions up his nose he's been clean almost 40 years now. I guess they just love the buzz of performing in front of a crowd.

I was involved in the motor industry for a little while (which the FCA regulated). Been out of that for 4 years though, thankfully! One of my best friends still works in insurance for one of the big players in the UK. It's crazy the hoops they have to jump through due to FCA regs. A customer could call in and spend 30 minutes talking and not even get on to the subject of actual insurance, just by saying the things that trigger all their 'FCA alarms'. It's mental!

I don't think we need to worry about EC; he's very deep 9 figure loaded haha.  Tour is on a break until late August when the Norfolk gig happens, and then off to the US for that leg.

...and eventually, last night's poker.

Won't trouble you with too many details, but it was a $250 PLO8 @ MGM, which attracted just 74 entries with 9 paid.

Was a real battle all night and I was in OK shape with 13 left at 10.20pm. It then took 2 hours & 40 minutes to get down to 9 players, including an hour on the actual bubble. A FT of 9 of course means we were playing 5 handed for over an hour, so you have to somehow keep replenishing your stack. (BB Antes too). Tremendous fun though.

The hour long bubble eventually deflated when I bust, only to then realize that a lad on the other table was UTG & had half a BB. But I think I was correct to make the play I did with a lovely hand even though I whiffed the board completely.

So the tl;dr version is "no good".

This morning I have the mother of adrenalin hangovers, or maybe just emotional exhaustion, could barely crawl out of bed. I used to be able to throw all-nighters at poker, straight to work, then rinse repeats, but age has taken it's toll.

Today's poker fayre is $240 Big O here at Orleans.

Here's the point at which I departed last night. It's not as if I missed big money, but the buzz from late stages of poker tourneys is amazeballs, & it's a novelty I never tire of.

I'm glad golf isn't a test.

[At least from next month I should be free of all the mundane paperwork and FCA regulations.]

I am currently still working, I was due to retire in January but was lied to by the company taking over my business so pulled out of that deal and had to sort another one out. I managed to do that and, in theory, we complete the sale at the end of this month, fingers crossed. I will be staying on for a few months to make sure all the clients are happy, although that will be in an unpaid capacity. At least from next month I should be free of all the mundane paperwork and FCA regulations. 

I don't think there has ever been an organisation I despise more than the FCA. You'll feel good not having to deal with all their pointless crap (I appreciate they do some good, but with an overwhelming amount of crap thrown in)

I never knew you were in Financials? If it's not too personal, doing what?

How's the Eric Clapton tour going? I'm still curious why folks like him &, say, Rod Stewart or Tom Jones still do Tours & gigs. Rod & Tom are definitely loaded, & although EC stuck millions up his nose he's been clean almost 40 years now. I guess they just love the buzz of performing in front of a crowd.