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Ejection stories please.

Hmm.

We had an arsey Dealer - "NO 'PHONES ON THE RAIL", "PLAYERS ONLY IN THE TOURNAMENT AREA" & so on.

I'm vaguely aware of a bloke stood behind me. I turn round to look, it's an unkempt elderly chap about my age. Dealer repeats PLAYERS ONLY IN THE TOURNAMENT AREA.

A few minutes later, rinse repeat. I give the bloke a withering stare.

The bloke is too thick to take a hint & now Dealer shouts "FLOOR, REMOVE THIS SPECTATOR". I turn around & see him slinking away.

It's was only when he polled up to me at the break that I realised it was Chompy. He's not aged well, though the weird thing is I'm almost certain we used to be the same height.

Won't bore you with too many details of my demise in the $1,100 Big O Bounty affair at Venetian as I don't want to make it sound like I'm complaining, it was one (another) of those days when I could not do much right.

The highlight - well lowlight - was flopping a boat in the BB in an unraised pot. I was holding 7-7 on the 10-10-7 flop. He had a 10 so he bet it. I think I played it badly, but bottom line is he the turn was a 9 & he was holding a 9 as well. He bet half pot on the River & I fell for it... Have to be so careful with "under boats". 

So after sliding down the ladder I went for a flip strategy & went up & down for an hour or two before eventually visiting the luck well once too often.

Only positives were I never took the rebuy, as I would have only got 20BB or so, & I won a $200 Bounty in somewhat fortunate circumstances off a shortie.

Ummed & arred about playing the nightly $200 NLH @ Orleans but swerved it in the end, was a bit tired.

He was briefly on my table & was strangely quiet (poker-wise, not chat wise) but he ran up a giant stack early doors. Hopefully he did finish 4th & had a nice payday.

Morning all.

First up, I think/hope there's some good news about animalpoker. I'm not 100% certain but his name is Rob Price so I think he ran 4th for decent money...

Do you ever do Rutland Water? that is much more of an effort, but they have Ospreys.

Been past it but never round it. Will at some point though. Flies are a killer at Grafham this year, need a snood and shades biking.

Ejection stories please.

$250 WSOP Daily Staredown, late regged, 200-400, third hand, AK utg+1 900, old roffler with no clue 1800, two callers, me all in 25k, snapped! "How much is it?" K9dd, two diamonds on flop, etc

The other one I was stood by a tournament table for a couple of hands learning how to best utilise a short stack in five-card PLO. "You can't be in the tournament area sir..." Shuffles a foot to the left. "Sir, you can't be there, you'll have to leave. FLOOR!"

I am the official cuckoo listener this year. Went for a DofE practice walk with my youngest round Grafham Water.  Heard one there too, so 3 different places, and again at parkrun last week.  Don't recommend Grafham in 32 degree heat, but have got myself a splendid sun hat.  

I do a circuit of Grafham Water three or four times a week on the bike. Nine miles approx. Never get bored of that route.

Just kidding, I haven't read it yet as chompy wants to present me with a copy in person.

Sold out

Link to the book please.

Not being published this one. There's material in there not suitable for public consumption, including the Foreword.
Got another one in the pipeline for the end of the year though. This one will be published, a collaboration. I'll stick a link up when it's out.

Can confirm Vegas in the summer still the same. Wiggly everywhere, me getting ejected from a tournament by the table clown after three hands and then getting ejected from the Venetian poker room by an overzealous dealer. No sign of the salmon pink trousers fortunately.

Used to go round Grafham on a bike at least once a week when I wasn't working.  It is much the same route walking.  Shame the main cafe is shut, as can't get a bacon roll right now (the flapjack at the other cafe is pretty good).  Good to see the swallows are back to deal with all the bastard flies.

My MP, Ben Obese-Jecty, goes up there fairly frequently.  Seen a few pictures of him there on his bike. Out last MP was invisible, this fella is everywhere. 

Do you ever do Rutland Water? that is much more of an effort, but they have Ospreys.

Think the results have shown the Birmingham wildcards were right.

There is an interesting situation for Wimbledon.  Chwalinska has come through qualifying to the French Open semis.  So if she gets a wildcard, she will be seeded for Wimbledon.  If she doesn't, she has to come through qualifying.  That is clearly absurd, and given we don't really have 8 deserving women players, then she should get a wildcard.

So women's wild cards will look something like Serena, Chwalinska, Xu, Stojsavljevic, Dudeney, Swan and Dart.

Assuming Jones gets in the main draw automatically, think we have Burrage, Watson and Klugman fighting for one wildcard.  Think it is likely Watson misses her first main draw since 2010 (ignoring COVID).  Don't see how you'd put Watson over the 5 Brits above, unless she can go deep in a tournament in the next couple of weeks.

I have to suffer the salmon pink trousers on the golf course, several people there think we are a couple.

Ejection stories please.