Live & Interactive Update - Blue Square Poker 6 from Bolton, Day One

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Evening everyone, welcome to Bolton!

THIS thread will be the interactive one, where we need your banter & nonsense, & will include Pictures. The "other thread" will be the "Facts Only" Lite Update, or as snoops has christened it, The Funeral Update. 

snoops is setting up the miserable Update as we speak.

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If you want to read the "bare bones" Lite Update - Facts only, & non-interactive, please go here....

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=12018.0

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Start of play has been delayed by a football match which has apparently over-run.

We expect to start within 15 minutes of the footie finishing.

We are hoping to have a special Guest Updater tonight if he is available - Wayne Rooney. Apparently he is doing his best to get here asap.

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At present, there are 96 confirmed runners, thats 16 tables, split into two flights of 8 tables each.

Flight Two will start at around 9pm, even if Flight One is not complete by then.

There are a good few poeople here, all oohing & aahing as they watch the football, which is apparently England v Some Foreign Cheating Buggers. Or so I'm told.

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Why did they send Roony off? I thought you were allowed to go for the tackle.

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For those who did not do geography at school, Bolton is a suburb of Bolton, between Manchester & Liverpool sort-of-ish. Or between a rock & a hard place I guess.

We (sloppy & I) had a most interesting chat with the taxi driver who took us from the station to the hotel, we chatted away merrily the whole way, & his total contribution was when we arrived & he mumbled  "£4".

And when we arrived at the rather posh & lovely Grosvenor Casino in Moor Lane, there were 3 staff behind the Reception Desk, so sloppy went to the end one, a pretty young lady, who promptly told him "I'm not on Reception". Welcome to Bolton, as they say.

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Why did they send Roony off? I thought you were allowed to go for the tackle.

It's like Online Poker - it's rigged.

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Whilst a motley crew is watching the footie and waiting for us to lose on penalties, may I take this opportunity to have a rant.

Often, I travel up to these British destinations, seated uncomfortably in my traffic surrounded Ford Fiesta, continually wondering why on Earth I don't take the trains.

So, several weeks ago, I decided to make the change and befriend Virgin.

For a while, everything was hunkey dorey. Spacious trains, nicely airc-conditioned, with nice, friendly service. I'd sit back, strech my arms, and relax whilst the train took me to my destination.

Then, today, I sat on my Virgin train from Birmingham to Manchester, wondering why I don't take the car to these places.

In fact today, I endured the journey from Hell.

First off, the train was heaving. Surely they know how many people will be boarding, yet we still have to squeeze in prams, Chelsea pensioners, and people with breathing problems. So many people were standing it was unbelievable, I must have brushed aside 3 grannies to grab a seat (I take no prisoners).

So, with sweaty overweight men breathing down my neck and knocking me in the face with their bags, I sat patiently waiting for the ordeal to end.

An air-conditioning system that barely made a murmur, children literally having screaming compeititons, babies wailing as if the World was about to end, teenagers kicking my seat, mobile phones with bloomin' crappy chart ring tones blaring away, old biddies arguing with folk and claiming there seats had been reserved (wrong carriage!!!)...

Golly, I had to use all my four year of online poker experience to maintain my discipline and compusure. Otherwise, a Ned Flanders explosion would have been inevitable.

Anyhow, I'm here now, and, thankfully, have just walked into a nice fresh spacious casino. The vodafone is coughing and spluttering, but we have a connection at least.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Hmm, shall I take the car or the train next time? Tough decision, I think I'll fly.

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Whilst a motley crew is watching the footie and waiting for us to lose on penalties, may I take this opportunity to have a rant.

Often, I travel up to these British destinations, seated uncomfortably in my traffic surrounded Ford Fiesta, continually wondering why on Earth I don't take the trains.

So, several weeks ago, I decided to make the change and befriend Virgin.

For a while, everything was hunkey dorey. Spacious trains, nicely airc-conditioned, with nice, friendly service. I'd sit back, strech my arms, and relax whilst the train took me to my destination.

Then, today, I sat on my Virgin train from Birmingham to Manchester, wondering why I don't take the car to these places.

In fact today, I endured the journey from Hell.

First off, the train was heaving. Surely they know how many people will be boarding, yet we still have to squeeze in prams, Chelsea pensioners, and people with breathing problems. So many people were standing it was unbelievable, I must have brushed aside 3 grannies to grab a seat (I take no prisoners).

So, with sweaty overweight men breathing down my neck and knocking me in the face with their bags, I sat patiently waiting for the ordeal to end.

An air-conditioning system that barely made a murmur, children literally having screaming compeititons, babies wailing as if the World was about to end, teenagers kicking my seat, mobile phones with bloomin' crappy chart ring tones blaring away, old biddies arguing with folk and claiming there seats had been reserved (wrong carriage!!!)...

Golly, I had to use all my four year of online poker experience to maintain my discipline and compusure. Otherwise, a Ned Flanders explosion would have been inevitable.

Anyhow, I'm here now, and, thankfully, have just walked into a nice fresh spacious casino. The vodafone is coughing and spluttering, but we have a connection at least.

Beggars can't be choosers.

Hmm, shall I take the car or the train next time? Tough decision, I think I'll fly.

Serves him right for taking one of Wooly Jumper's Plastic Trains.

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   Tikay and snoops, wish all blondites good luck please

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Here is a list of the intersting & fascinating sights & landmarks we have seen in this fascinating town.























 

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  Tikay and snoops, wish all blondites good luck please

Thank you Dewi.

Ladies & Gents, I must tell you that Dewi won his seat for the Cardiff Classic last night on Blue Square, & played incredibly well so to do, the last three players were World-Class. I believe he's the first Welsh person ever to win a satellite.

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A loud silence indicates that England have been beaten in the World Cup, after 3 of England's finest footballers were unable to convert penalties.

So the Poker will start very soon, I believe.

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Spotted so far.....

George Geary

Chubbs Nowab

Kevin O'Connell

Womble

Ariston

Paul King

John Hewston

Pat Murray aka mickey Pearce from Fools & Horses

Mark, who is a director of Sporting Bet!

Rumour reaches me that J P Kelly, scheduled to play, may not in fact be able to. I gather he's had a dental operation, & it's 50/50 if he will be well enough to play. blonde wish him well.

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well done dewi