It being Ramadan should make no difference to numbers as gambling is Haram for followers of the Muslim faith. However I live in the real world and suspect that it probably does. Ho hum, life goes on.
My first job after university was in one of the livelier William Hills in NW London - the clientele was full of characters.
One day two of them got into a massive row about something or other.
One of them said to the other 'You shouldn't even be in here - you're a Muslim'
To which the Muslim replied 'You shouldn't be in here either - how that judge only gave you a suspended sentence for throwing that traffic warden through that shop window I'll never know'
So lovely to hear from you Andrew.
Do you & your brother still play Online poker? One of you was "Dr Marbles" iirc?
Still in touch with Claire/Claw? Anyone else from the old gang?
What are you doing these days?
No - out of the poker game. I qualified for the Seniors last year so gave the seniors event at the Irish Open a spin and managed to make the final table. Standard of play just like the old days - nitty and stationary, reraises with super-premiums only. Managed to bust in the most seniory way possible - facing a river bet on a two spade board I worked out that he could only have been on a flush draw so called his bluff only to learn I'd misread the board and the river club was actually a spade.
When I went down I couldn't believe how big the IPO was - back in the poker boom they held it in a hotel but it's now in the big RDS conference centre and people were there from all over the world for the ten days. I had no idea that poker was still a big thing.
I play a weekly Zoom quiz with Claire Dan and Curtis which is a fun way to while away an hour or so - we're in a league where we play Only connect style games against other teams.
I work in cybersecurity now - trying to keep one step ahead of the AI which may either save us or destroy us.
