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At 59?

Are you serious?

Good luck Tony.  I am missing this year, but will be at Goliath.  

Say hello to Rob, hope one of you brings home the bracelet and I can carry it on next year.  Would love to be at the mixed O8 tomorrow., one of my favourites.

Thanks David, will pass on your comments to Rob though I imagine he'll see it. Me winning a bracelet would be like Snow Knight winning the Derby, but as you know, Rob has a real chance.

Not sure about next year, will need the Gods to smile on me. Fingers crossed see you at Goliath though. Really enjoyed that last year.

Tomorrow - Omaha Mix (O8, PLO8 & Big O) is a fabulous affair, as is the Big O. Hopefully things don't go wrong, but would deffo consider a  2nd bullet. The Big O has TWO opening flights, so no 2nd Bullet needed there but would consider playing both flights if push came to shove.

You still running 1k per day, plus Park Runs? Winning the battle of the scales?

PS - Oh, when we were in Portugal golfing earlier this month, with, amongst others "typhoon13" (Trevor Pearson) & the twat James Moult, we heard a Cuckoo. Also heard a nightingale, but failed to see either.  

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. 

Am still running at 1km a day, was exact yesterday, and still 85.x kg on the scales. I don't know how many weeks in a row I have done parkrun now. I know I miss one in 2 weeks as going to the tennis.  Kind of glad really, it is getting a bit more gruelling in the heat, so have deliberately slowed down.

Also made my ice hockey debut at age 59 on Friday. I was the most shit there by a margin, but didn't fall over.  Was fun, but kind of terrifying. 

Just a quick update before Wimbledon.

Kartal is out for the grass season.  Raducanu has suffered through illness for a couple of months, but is due to play Queen's next week.  There were rumours she'd play Birmingham in the Telegraph, but it didn't happen.  Hoping she flies now she is back with Richardson.

Going to start with Birmingham, as I think they got the women's wild cards exactly right.  Swan has come back with a few ITF tournament wins.  Dart seems to have put last year's unfortunate event behind her, and is now playing well.  You could argue Stojsavljevic or Xu, but Mika has the more recent form. Alicia Dudeney has come off US college tennis and won about 5 ITFs (something people expected.Radjecki to do), and fully deserves her place (must have won close to 80% of her matches?  Give all these five wild cards for Wimbledon and think Fran Jones gets in automatically, so doesn't need one. 

There has been talk of Serena getting a wild card after doubles at Queen's.  Also assume Klugman gets one, as she did last year.  Not sure she deserves one as she is ranked about the same level as 18 months ago.  Maybe one more goes to Burrage over Watson, though not sure either should either. Will see how they do before Wimbledon.  Don't think any of them can have complaints if we only have 5 GB players with main draw wild cards (would put Burrage in above others, Watson hasn't shown anything for 3/4 years.

Men is much tougher to get a wildcard.  Jan Choinski scraped into the main draw on ranking, and Draper gets in as it was decided before he lost this week's points.

Definites must be Pinnington Jones, Fery, Samuel, Harris and Fearnley.  Think a few others have got lucky with Draper and Choinski's main draw appearances or they would be fighting for one spot.

Think you must give one Dan Evans as was near the top quite recently. Felix Gill maybe, as a solid improved, if not more a clay courter.  They gave a wild card to Tarvet in Birmingham, which felt a bit random. Crawford has just won a challenger.  Wendelken has been really solid. Broady hasn't done enough?  Could be any 3 from 10 though, so a good run by any of them in Birmingham, Nottingham or Ilkley could see any of them in.  Am assuming it is unlikely any of them get through qualifying and a couple of rounds at Queen's.

Think Searle must miss out even if he is a bit of a golden boy.

Don't know if any ex-champions are asking for a wildcard this time.

apropos nothing, but I just stumbled across this image. Look at the state of those three. And yes, one of them is wearing a genuine MAGA hat.

Been in bed all morning with Vegas Aircon chest & sniffles.

 
Day 2, yesterday, was that little $200 O8 @ South Point. Nothing to report really. 20k starting & a turbo structure, early doors the cards were kind, ran up a decent stack, then the cards turned & barely won a hand after 2nd break, eventually departing about 23rd of ~100 or so. Good fun though.

Today is Day 3, $240 Big O here at Orleans tonight, 6pm.   

good luck at the Orleans today, no vegas for me this year been 9 years absent, maybe next summer

Thanks Simon.

Really looking forward to it. I'm staying at Orleans, so just jump in the Lift & I'm there. 6pm start (Vegas time).

9 years? Fingers crossed for you next year. You'll recognize all the Dealers & Floor, nothing has changed.

Health stable? Fingers crossed for you.

Good luck Tony.  I am missing this year, but will be at Goliath.  

Say hello to Rob, hope one of you brings home the bracelet and I can carry it on next year.  Would love to be at the mixed O8 tomorrow., one of my favourites.

Thanks David, will pass on your comments to Rob though I imagine he'll see it. Me winning a bracelet would be like Snow Knight winning the Derby, but as you know, Rob has a real chance.

Not sure about next year, will need the Gods to smile on me. Fingers crossed see you at Goliath though. Really enjoyed that last year.

Tomorrow - Omaha Mix (O8, PLO8 & Big O) is a fabulous affair, as is the Big O. Hopefully things don't go wrong, but would deffo consider a  2nd bullet. The Big O has TWO opening flights, so no 2nd Bullet needed there but would consider playing both flights if push came to shove.

You still running 1k per day, plus Park Runs? Winning the battle of the scales?

PS - Oh, when we were in Portugal golfing earlier this month, with, amongst others "typhoon13" (Trevor Pearson) & the twat James Moult, we heard a Cuckoo. Also heard a nightingale, but failed to see either.  

He's a horribly abrasive & small-minded man who dislikes me, & the feeling is distinctly mutual. And I know it will soon kick off between us, despite my best intentions not to get involved in any bad blood at the table. He's the sort who can start an argument in an empty room & we have a lot of history.

Early doors & we play a small pot which is checked down, it's a chop & the Dealer splits the pot.

3 hands later he suddenly complains that the Dealer short-changed him by 100 chips. Imagine starting an argument over 100 chips....

I have no idea if he's right or wrong, nor does anyone else, but he's getting very agitated now. I cba with all this & toss him a 100 chip across the table with a bit of a cutting comment, "there you go sunshine, happy now?" sort of thing. He gives me the mother of all dead eyes & I know trouble is brewing...

But not a problem, as he tilts off his entire stack the very next hand with an inexplicably poor play & he's history. I just about resist the temptation to give him a send-off.

Love this
I hate having nonsense at the table in cash games, but in tournaments I find it entertaining especially when they tilt it off afterwards.
You’re still better than me in mtts , I’m 0/3 and -3100 so far.  
Was great to see you though, and you can’t escape me at WSOP as I’ll look up your table number to say hi .
Hopefully get time for proper catch up rather than 30 seconds at breaks !
Catch you Monday if not before I think - WSOP O8 mix deffo my favourite one of the trip

Hi Rob,

Yeah, see you Monday. I'm playing a $240 Big O at Orleans tonight, too small for you, 6pm kick off, next stop the WSOP Omaha Mix tomorrow.

I went across to WSOP @ Paris last night as I accidentally discovered that I needed to get "re-verified". What a faff. I was fully verified last year so no idea why I needed to do it again.

Walked into the Registration Room & there's 12 staff sat at computer stations assisting folks to get verified. They are open 22 hours per day, I guess 3 shifts, so imagine the cost of that.

My bloke was dead helpful, & knew what he was doing, & it still took 45 minutes. Had to give him everything except my Blood Type.

I really don't understand why we have to jump through so many hoops to play a WSOP event. We can walk into Venetian, Wynn, Bellagio, Aria, GN etc etc with a Rewards Card, pay in, & that's that, don't even need ID. What's so different about a WSOP event?

Meh.

And then I had to pay $25 to exit the Car Park. Luckily, it's only $20 Monday - Friday.

See you tomorrow. And hopefully the next day too....

PS - I bumped into the (self-styled) "PLO Professor" last night, Dear God, please don't be drawn on his table tomorrow. He's less humble than Trump.

Good luck Tony.  I am missing this year, but will be at Goliath. 

Say hello to Rob, hope one of you brings home the bracelet and I can carry it on next year.  Would love to be at the mixed O8 tomorrow., one of my favourites.

nice read mondy happy to hear your doing well

Cheers mate <3