Something for the weekend?

[Colchester Kev]

Taking my dad to Vinopolis in London on Sunday for a spot of wine tasting 

Ah, that explains the mysterious listing in the TV magazines for the weekend.

Sky Sports 1 - Sunday

1pm-4pm - Live Wine Tasting from London

PMFSL 

[Geo the Sarge]

Tricia and I are on grand daughter sitting duty this weekend. Princess Ailee staying for the weekend means a very busy and tiring time for grandad Geo.

Grand daughter! You didn't seem old enough Geo  Cute girl though

My weekend is going to be taken up looking after our wee one, she's got chicken pox so we're not getting much sleep at the moment.  Maybe get an internet tournament in in the evenings.

Sorry to hear that big guy. best wishes to the wee one for a speedy recovery.

geo

[AndrewT]

My weekend is going to be taken up looking after our wee one, she's got chicken pox so we're not getting much sleep at the moment.  Maybe get an internet tournament in in the evenings.

I hope she takes the chicken pox a lot better than I did when I was a kid.

'MUM - MORE CALAMINE LOTION NOW'

[tikay]

Poker6 with around 20k added by bluesquare....how could you go anywhere else grandad? This was one of the best events of last year and cannot be missed imo

It's a bit weird, I was looking forward to it, but now I am just wavering a bit.

Short-Handed play is a weakness for me, so that's maybe not the wisest way to invest a grand. And I've built a decent bankroll, &, well, I'm a bit odd with Bankroll, the more I have, the more I seem to want to try & protect it.

Plus, I do better in smaller comps, between £200 & £500, & the atmo in these is lovely, it's kinda more intimate than being squished in with a few hundred others.

I do agree though, the Bolton comp is a beaut, & fair play to Blue Square for adding £20k, great stuff.

Same with Vegas, I was agonising, "shall I go across & play the Main Event, I'd love to, but $10k is a lot of nice little comps in the UK, that'd keep me going for 6 months over here". Then Poker Week said they'd like me to go across with & do some work (= earn some money....), & a few other "commissions" fell my way. Suddenly, I was not bothered about the Main Event, Compo & me can just play comps around Town, have some fun, no pressure, I can do my "job" properly without worrying about playing too much, & I'd come home with more money than I went with.

Vegas's bright lights hold no appeal for me, I can enjoy myself in Walsall or Cardiiff in a £200-er just as much. I think age brings with it caution, & the long view, as to Bankroll. I adore Tournament Poker, & want to play it for a while yet. I see these guys shelling out a grand every week, for little return, & many of them are having to "nip" left right & centre, & I think, "well, each to their own".  In the real world, a grand is a shed-load of money, but in poker, we can easily get blase, a grand here, a grand there.

Being old is a bad thing Russ.

[lazaroonie]

Poker6 with around 20k added by bluesquare....how could you go anywhere else grandad? This was one of the best events of last year and cannot be missed imo

It's a bit weird, I was looking forward to it, but now I am just wavering a bit.

Short-Handed play is a weakness for me, so that's maybe not the wisest way to invest a grand. And I've built a decent bankroll, &, well, I'm a bit odd with Bankroll, the more I have, the more I seem to want to try & protect it.

Plus, I do better in smaller comps, between £200 & £500, & the atmo in these is lovely, it's kinda more intimate than being squished in with a few hundred others.

I do agree though, the Bolton comp is a beaut, & fair play to Blue Square for adding £20k, great stuff.

Same with Vegas, I was agonising, "shall I go across & play the Main Event, I'd love to, but $10k is a lot of nice little comps in the UK, that'd keep me going for 6 months over here". Then Poker Week said they'd like me to go across with & do some work (= earn some money....), & a few other "commissions" fell my way. Suddenly, I was not bothered about the Main Event, Compo & me can just play comps around Town, have some fun, no pressure, I can do my "job" properly without worrying about playing too much, & I'd come home with more money than I went with.

Vegas's bright lights hold no appeal for me, I can enjoy myself in Walsall or Cardiiff in a £200-er just as much. I think age brings with it caution, & the long view, as to Bankroll. I adore Tournament Poker, & want to play it for a while yet. I see these guys shelling out a grand every week, for little return, & many of them are having to "nip" left right & centre, & I think, "well, each to their own".  In the real world, a grand is a shed-load of money, but in poker, we can easily get blase, a grand here, a grand there.

Being old is a bad thing Russ.

nice to hear a poker player with a sense of perspective. I often find it tiresome when I hear of the sums of money being thrown around by poker pros - I often wonder how much these people can really afford it, and how much of it is all "front".

I have never operated with a bankroll - in my professional life I earn more than enough money to keep me comfortable, and also could afford to spend a bit on my poker. Its funny, cos my missus wouldnt think twice about spending a grand on something or other for the house, but a grand on apoker tournament (where I would at least have a chance of making some money back) ?? I would need to think about that a lot.

A thousand quid is still a lot of money. Although if tonights tenner rebuy at the stanley is anything like the last time I was there, I will probably be close to spending that tonight 

[Bongo]

I'm off to Manchester for a bit of stag do.

Also means I'm going to get some football practise in... Team Wales will win(a match)at the next bB!maybe

[KingPoker]

I'm off to Manchester for a bit of stag do.

Also means I'm going to get some football practise in... Team Wales will win(a match)at the next bB!maybe

Good stuff, dont make it too obvios thought, i want good odds from ITB!

[tikay]

Poker6 with around 20k added by bluesquare....how could you go anywhere else grandad? This was one of the best events of last year and cannot be missed imo

It's a bit weird, I was looking forward to it, but now I am just wavering a bit.

Short-Handed play is a weakness for me, so that's maybe not the wisest way to invest a grand. And I've built a decent bankroll, &, well, I'm a bit odd with Bankroll, the more I have, the more I seem to want to try & protect it.

Plus, I do better in smaller comps, between £200 & £500, & the atmo in these is lovely, it's kinda more intimate than being squished in with a few hundred others.

I do agree though, the Bolton comp is a beaut, & fair play to Blue Square for adding £20k, great stuff.

Same with Vegas, I was agonising, "shall I go across & play the Main Event, I'd love to, but $10k is a lot of nice little comps in the UK, that'd keep me going for 6 months over here". Then Poker Week said they'd like me to go across with & do some work (= earn some money....), & a few other "commissions" fell my way. Suddenly, I was not bothered about the Main Event, Compo & me can just play comps around Town, have some fun, no pressure, I can do my "job" properly without worrying about playing too much, & I'd come home with more money than I went with.

Vegas's bright lights hold no appeal for me, I can enjoy myself in Walsall or Cardiiff in a £200-er just as much. I think age brings with it caution, & the long view, as to Bankroll. I adore Tournament Poker, & want to play it for a while yet. I see these guys shelling out a grand every week, for little return, & many of them are having to "nip" left right & centre, & I think, "well, each to their own".  In the real world, a grand is a shed-load of money, but in poker, we can easily get blase, a grand here, a grand there.

Being old is a bad thing Russ.

nice to hear a poker player with a sense of perspective. I often find it tiresome when I hear of the sums of money being thrown around by poker pros - I often wonder how much these people can really afford it, and how much of it is all "front".
I have never operated with a bankroll - in my professional life I earn more than enough money to keep me comfortable, and also could afford to spend a bit on my poker. Its funny, cos my missus wouldnt think twice about spending a grand on something or other for the house, but a grand on apoker tournament (where I would at least have a chance of making some money back) ?? I would need to think about that a lot.

A thousand quid is still a lot of money. Although if tonights tenner rebuy at the stanley is anything like the last time I was there, I will probably be close to spending that tonight 

Me? A poker player? I love you Laz.

You wonder how many guys can afford it? Many of them can't. Trust me.

[Geo the Sarge]

My weekend is going to be taken up looking after our wee one, she's got chicken pox so we're not getting much sleep at the moment.  Maybe get an internet tournament in in the evenings.

I hope she takes the chicken pox a lot better than I did when I was a kid.

'MUM - MORE CALAMINE LOTION NOW'

And I hear you still drink it to this day Andrew - lol

Geo

[Sark79]

 ;
Than Sunday back up the farm to carry on sorting out my farmhouse and the garden which i hope to move into about a year from now. So excited, gonna post some pics of it to prove the view from it will be on par with tikays derbyshire!

You have bought a farmhouse.  Nice one,  I want to do that at some point in the future and also get a camper van like Robert.  I need to start building up the bank account first though

[KingPoker]

 ;
Than Sunday back up the farm to carry on sorting out my farmhouse and the garden which i hope to move into about a year from now. So excited, gonna post some pics of it to prove the view from it will be on par with tikays derbyshire!

You have bought a farmhouse.  Nice one,  I want to do that at some point in the future and also get a camper van like Robert.  I need to start building up the bank account first though

Nah i havent bought it, it belongs to the family farm from which my great uncle passed away last april. As i have always worked and helped out on the farm, and the fact im the only one oft he grandchildren to actually want to stay in the countryside, the family have agreed i can have it for as long as i want rent free. So I hope to live there til i hopefully go back to college and pass out which should be around 6 years then look to build on the land after that.

Edit, think id better put an 'o' in countryside!

[Sark79]

ok ,  cool  .

[ariston]

Tony the biggest comps I have ever bought myself in for was robs home game a couple of years ago and even that was won online and transfered across from a site. I think the biggest ammount I have ever got out of my wallet (which was my own money) was the odd £500 or £300 event. I would not stump up a grand to play every week I am just lucky with qualifiers and the odd bit of sponsorship here and there thats all. I am playing the poker6 for someone who wanted me to play a couple of events at the wsop for him but as I am not going he has decided to put me in some UK events instead.

[Dewi_cool]

I'm off to Bolton as well, and agree with Tikay & Russ, I would never pay 1K to enter a tourney,getting there sober is hard enough

[The_nun]

You mean my fav Taff will be only a stones throw away and i will miss seeing him...