Well hopefully most of the Blondites will still be around when the coverage begins (I must make it past level 3 this time) :-)
Went for dinner with Thewy, Colclough and John Shipley.... and not too many bad beat stories doing the rounds.
I played an STT for the main event with YoYo to my left. I was first out after another at it merchant Roland De Wolfe got me all in and hit his flush.
YoYo made it to heads up with 4000 euros at stake and no deal was agreed. Somehow the chips ended up in preflop. The two hands were Q3 and 55. You can guess which Julian had!

There was a congregation around the computer earlier as *call the police* ... there is no net access in the rooms. Roland was not best pleased!
The place itself reminds me a bit of Deauville. Apparantly there are 60 wine bars.... so i am sure the players will be entertained. The casino is huge. Over 35 poker tables i think, and I reckon there will be 230-250 players....