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Here's a lovely piece from another Arseblog contributor about yesterday's parade and North London really being red:

https://arseblog.com/2026/06/the-parade/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky

Best of luck today Tony.

I'll be scouring the pokernews updates before I go to bed and hoping for a several pages long squeeze in the morning.

 

ICE HOCKEY?

At 59?

Are you serious?

Probably mentioned it before, but my eldest has been playing for 4 or 5 years.  At the end of the season they have a team Vs Dads/friends/partners game.  She has asked before, but this was her last season as she'll be at University..

So I was on the ice when a game was going on, and we won despite me.  I even hit the puck, well more it hit me.  Most importantly, I didn't fall and changed shifts quickly enough.

They gave me player of the tournament, clearly referencing the kid getting a primary school medal for finishing last in the egg and spoon race. I now have a pair of skates and at least 3 years to work out how to use them.  Alternatively, I can now retire unbeaten.

And I did get in.at 1 am on Friday and still do parkrun; and didn't lose a penny playing poker on Friday night.  All the positives.

You are a braver man than me David.

Hopefully your Daughter was proud of your efforts.

What Uni is she going to, & to study/read what?

Am more proud of her efforts.  She has an offer from Cambridge to study engineering, she is bang in the middle of A levels right now.  So with a strong tailwind, she'll be playing for the Cambridge University ice hockey team next year.  You should see her "house" for next year if she gets in.

Good luck later today

Biggie today, $1,500 WSOP Omaha Mix.

Registered via WSOP Live, now awaiting Seat Draw.

Was 100% sure it was a scammy thing, so never pressed "OK", but a quick google appeared to confirm it was genuine.

Awoke to this message on the Home Screen of my 'phone......

Day 3 was the $240 Big O at Orleans at 6pm last night.

Had a good deep run before departing in around 57/266. Nothing special to report, all standard stuff. There were 36 paid so I had my eye on the first cash of the trip but with 60 odd left I got quartered in a 240,000 pot, & then went for the quick bounceback but ran into what became nut nut.

ICE HOCKEY?

At 59?

Are you serious?

Probably mentioned it before, but my eldest has been playing for 4 or 5 years.  At the end of the season they have a team Vs Dads/friends/partners game.  She has asked before, but this was her last season as she'll be at University..

So I was on the ice when a game was going on, and we won despite me.  I even hit the puck, well more it hit me.  Most importantly, I didn't fall and changed shifts quickly enough.

They gave me player of the tournament, clearly referencing the kid getting a primary school medal for finishing last in the egg and spoon race. I now have a pair of skates and at least 3 years to work out how to use them.  Alternatively, I can now retire unbeaten.

And I did get in.at 1 am on Friday and still do parkrun; and didn't lose a penny playing poker on Friday night.  All the positives.

You are a braver man than me David.

Hopefully your Daughter was proud of your efforts.

What Uni is she going to, & to study/read what?

ICE HOCKEY?

At 59?

Are you serious?

Probably mentioned it before, but my eldest has been playing for 4 or 5 years.  At the end of the season they have a team Vs Dads/friends/partners game.  She has asked before, but this was her last season as she'll be at University..

So I was on the ice when a game was going on, and we won despite me.  I even hit the puck, well more it hit me.  Most importantly, I didn't fall and changed shifts quickly enough.

They gave me player of the tournament, clearly referencing the kid getting a primary school medal for finishing last in the egg and spoon race. I now have a pair of skates and at least 3 years to work out how to use them.  Alternatively, I can now retire unbeaten.

And I did get in.at 1 am on Friday and still do parkrun; and didn't lose a penny playing poker on Friday night.  All the positives.

After all these years, I still gawp at the sheer size & scale of Vegas, & especially the Casinos.

If you've not been to Vegas I doubt you've heard of South Point Casino (except betting experts), where I was yesterday, and it's 12 miles out of town on the I-15, beyond which there's nothing but desert for 250 miles until LA.

Try & grasp the scale of these....

South Point, 2,163 rooms, 3,000 car park spaces

The Orleans, 1,886 rooms, 2,650 car park spaces

Paris, 3,672 rooms, 3,800 car park spaces

Venetian Resort (including Palazzo), 7,264 rooms, 8,709 car park spaces.




And for context, largest Hotel in the UK....


Royal National, 1,630 rooms, 120 car park spaces




Vegas is BIG.