Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Marky147]

Recognise the face, but a name escapes me.

[tikay]

Recognise the face, but a name escapes me.

Clue - he's a good swimmer. Apparently.

[DaveShoelace]

Sofa , , , , , , king?

[tikay]

Sofa , , , , , , king?

WINNER!

Some character, him, & tremendous company.

He taught me to levitate.

[The_nun]

Sofa is the most loveliest , funny and genuine fella.

[tikay]

Sofa is the most loveliest , funny and genuine fella.

It was wonderful to see him yesterday, & he's not changed one bit.

Put some weight on, mind.

His latest thing is selling electronic cigarettes.

Never heard a bloke with such hilarious & enjoyable poker table talk.

PS - Great news about Stacey, & The Little Big man having a sister now. Wonderful.

[The_nun]

Cheers.

[tikay]

Arguably, the most surprising news story of 2014?

It's really hard to imagine what it must feel like to be in such a situation.

There is a fair bit of hurtful mocking on Twitter & the like, just as there is towards gays & lesbians, but it's pretty pathetic, as most of us simply cannot begin to imagine how conflicting it must all be.

I suppose there are worse things to endure, but it can't be a great feeling to put up with complete randoms poking fun.  

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/11024272/Boxing-promoter-Frank-Maloney-reveals-he-is-now-living-as-a-woman-called-Kellie.html

[horseplayer]

Arguably, the most surprising news story of 2014?

It's really hard to imagine what it must feel like to be in such a situation.

There is a fair bit of hurtful mocking on Twitter & the like, just as there is towards gays & lesbians, but it's pretty pathetic, as most of us simply cannot begin to imagine how conflicting it must all be.

I suppose there are worse things to endure, but it can't be a great feeling to put up with complete randoms poking fun.  

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/11024272/Boxing-promoter-Frank-Maloney-reveals-he-is-now-living-as-a-woman-called-Kellie.html

Yes bit of a shock good luck to her.

Often hear it said why dont more footballers/sportspeople come out? Look at the reaction to this tells you everything....

[tikay]

Arguably, the most surprising news story of 2014?

It's really hard to imagine what it must feel like to be in such a situation.

There is a fair bit of hurtful mocking on Twitter & the like, just as there is towards gays & lesbians, but it's pretty pathetic, as most of us simply cannot begin to imagine how conflicting it must all be.

I suppose there are worse things to endure, but it can't be a great feeling to put up with complete randoms poking fun.  

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/11024272/Boxing-promoter-Frank-Maloney-reveals-he-is-now-living-as-a-woman-called-Kellie.html

Yes bit of a shock good luck to her.

Often hear it said why dont more footballers/sportspeople come out? Look at the reaction to this tells you everything....

Yup.

On the one hand "why don't they out themselves", & when they do, the ignorants abuse them.

Some of the comments on Twitter are pretty dreadful. I always thing "if only the boot were on the other foot, how would they deal with it?".

[AlunB]

Arguably, the most surprising news story of 2014?

It's really hard to imagine what it must feel like to be in such a situation.

There is a fair bit of hurtful mocking on Twitter & the like, just as there is towards gays & lesbians, but it's pretty pathetic, as most of us simply cannot begin to imagine how conflicting it must all be.

I suppose there are worse things to endure, but it can't be a great feeling to put up with complete randoms poking fun.  

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/11024272/Boxing-promoter-Frank-Maloney-reveals-he-is-now-living-as-a-woman-called-Kellie.html

Yes bit of a shock good luck to her.

Often hear it said why dont more footballers/sportspeople come out? Look at the reaction to this tells you everything....

Yup.

On the one hand "why don't they out themselves", & when they do, the ignorants abuse them.

Some of the comments on Twitter are pretty dreadful. I always thing "if only the boot were on the other foot, how would they deal with it?".

Interesting to see his views 10 years ago http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3666155.stm

One suspects he was overcompensating back then.

And yes I am aware that being transgender is NOT the same as being gay.

[celtic]

Arguably, the most surprising news story of 2014?

It's really hard to imagine what it must feel like to be in such a situation.

There is a fair bit of hurtful mocking on Twitter & the like, just as there is towards gays & lesbians, but it's pretty pathetic, as most of us simply cannot begin to imagine how conflicting it must all be.

I suppose there are worse things to endure, but it can't be a great feeling to put up with complete randoms poking fun.  

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/11024272/Boxing-promoter-Frank-Maloney-reveals-he-is-now-living-as-a-woman-called-Kellie.html

Yes bit of a shock good luck to her.

Often hear it said why dont more footballers/sportspeople come out? Look at the reaction to this tells you everything....

Yup.

On the one hand "why don't they out themselves", & when they do, the ignorants abuse them.

Some of the comments on Twitter are pretty dreadful. I always thing "if only the stilettos were on the other foot, how would they deal with it?".

FYP

[tikay]

Playing the UKPC Omaha, which is a £500 re-entry, gulp. Most exciting though.

34 runners so far, my table includes Chinese Frankie, Sean Belton, and John Burberry.

On an adjacent table, Willie Tann got a full double up on the very first hand.

Have hit a few hands already, and so, unusually, my nerves have settled early.

55,000 from 50,000 starting.

[tikay]

Limp UTG with A-A-J-10 DS, all red.

Limper, then Sean Belton makes it 1,000, two callers.

I Gascoigne it.

Sean folds, 2 callers.....

Flop is all black, K-K-10, peeler pots it.

Back to starting.

[tikay]

Getting lively now.

Sean pots it after everyone limps, I call on the button with 9-8-7-6. It looked so pretty.

It is so nearly my flop, 3-4-8.

Someone takes off, there is a reraise, I retire gracefully.

2 players get all in for a 40k pot.

Winning hand was a pair of twos.