Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[tikay]

Can you PM your bank details please Mr T, thanks.

Apologies for getting all behind, I've now sent you my Bank Details via PM.

No problem, £85 winging its way over now.

Received, thank you.

It's pretty good how Internet Banking works these days.

We used to send cheques, they took 2 days to arrive via Post, then 5 days to clear, now, we click a button & the cash is snap there, instantly. I know that, on occasion, they make us wait a day or two before it "counts", but it's much improved on the old days.

It's not often anyone has a good word for the banks these days, & they can be a pain, for all sorts of reasons, they are damned if they do & damned if they don't in some matters, but they are definitely better.

Strange how really successful businesses always seem to get bad press - Apple would be a great example, &, dare I say it, Ryanair. BT is another, Sky TV ditto.

Think there might just be a bell curve thing here. Think of a Business like Skoda, or Aldi. Both mocked & reviled not so many years back, both got excellent reputations now. In 5 years time, maybe they'll be on the downward side of the graph.

Anyway, I'm rambling.

Carry on, as you were.

PS - The Payments Page has been updated to reflect that payment, see.....

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=25486.msg2041602#msg2041602

[engy]

could you send me your bank details as well please tikay, I have 2% is that right? £170?

[tikay]

could you send me your bank details as well please tikay, I have 2% is that right? £170?

Yup, confirmed, 2%, which is £170, & I've just sent you my Bank Details.

[the sicilian]

Bank deets please Boss

[tikay]

Bank deets please Boss

Be with you in two jiffs Mr Spangly Bloke.

[arbboy]

Banks details for me as well if I have a percent.  I think I put my name down ages ago. 

[tikay]

Banks details for me as well if I have a percent.  I think I put my name down ages ago. 

You certainly did, you have 1% booked.

Bank Details via PM imminent.

We gonna get the lot on the Darts tonight?

[arbboy]

Banks details for me as well if I have a percent.  I think I put my name down ages ago. 

You certainly did, you have 1% booked.

Bank Details via PM imminent.

We gonna get the lot on the Darts tonight?

Bad start.  Looks like taylor got a black eye? 

[tikay]

Banks details for me as well if I have a percent.  I think I put my name down ages ago. 

You certainly did, you have 1% booked.

Bank Details via PM imminent.

We gonna get the lot on the Darts tonight?

Bad start.  Looks like taylor got a black eye? 

Yes, and did you notice that despite it being so obvious, the interviewer never mentioned it?

[arbboy]

Banks details for me as well if I have a percent.  I think I put my name down ages ago. 

You certainly did, you have 1% booked.

Bank Details via PM imminent.

We gonna get the lot on the Darts tonight?

Bad start.  Looks like taylor got a black eye? 

Yes, and did you notice that despite it being so obvious, the interviewer never mentioned it?

That would have been agreed pre interview i am sure.  Taylor would have used his influence to make sure it wasn't mentioned.  Wonder what the story behind it is?

[Marky147]

Banks details for me as well if I have a percent.  I think I put my name down ages ago. 

You certainly did, you have 1% booked.

Bank Details via PM imminent.

We gonna get the lot on the Darts tonight?

Bad start.  Looks like taylor got a black eye? 

Yes, and did you notice that despite it being so obvious, the interviewer never mentioned it?

That would have been agreed pre interview i am sure.  Taylor would have used his influence to make sure it wasn't mentioned.  Wonder what the story behind it is?

Acting normally around someone that doesn't care who he is?

[Tal]

I wasn't here for the start of this diary, but, every now and then, I read through the first few posts of a diary, if for no other reason than to see or remind myself how it started. Kind of a "what was the question again?" moment.

Fair to say a lot of poohsticks have passed under the VATA bridge since this post:

Day -1.

OK, I'm all set for Vegas.

The cat (Angell) is safely installed in the local Cattery (he not happy), the milk is cancelled, all the bills paid. To hell with the lawn, it only grows again.

So Sunday morning it is, to join no doubt a 3 hour check-in & security queue at Gatwick.

I stop off on the way to pick up Dave "Compo" Compton, who lives right by the Airport. Stansted Airport, sadly. So, 2 hours from Derby to his house, another 90 minutes to Gatters, 3 hours queue, and that's before the 10 hour flight. Am I not looking forward to that? Oh well, a good book will help, I'm reading the story of DNA right now, mind-boggling stuff. Also the "Google" story - wow, them boys turned advertising on it's head.

We are booked into the Hollywood Resort (formerly the Aladdin), along with the rest of the Poker Week crew - Rhowena, Steve Meehan (blondeite "wormster"), Billy (cameraman), & Tim (Sound, Editing & Camera). They travelled out a few days ago, to organise the bars, I imagine.

It's my second trip to Vegas, I went in '05, but I overdid it that year, too much work, too much play, & not enough sleep nearly killed me. I was Updating, doing 425 work, writing a Daily Diary, & playing. Too much.

I was Sponsored into a $1,500 WSOP Event, (my first & last) & managed to cash, a big thrill, but I don't plan to play any WSOP jobbies this year. Compo & me, when not working, will cruise the gaffs & find nice little comps around town, & I'm looking forward to that part immensely.

Work-wise, the idea is to record 3 editions of Poker Week out there, & do some "Postcard from the Strip" stuff for Sky Poker. We have interviews lined up with some tidy faces, too, including Stu Fox, & one P Hellmuth Jnr.

Vegas, as a City/Town, whatever, does nothing for me. Architecturally, Wynn's apart, the place is dull as dishwater. Any place that advertises a 1/20th scale-model of the Eiffel Tower - real plastic mind - is never gonna flick my switches. And the heat.....43c, way too much, so it's feast or famine, unbearably hot outside, &  over air-conditioned inside. The scale, & number, of Hotels is awesome, beyond belief, they are huge. But if you wanna play Tourneys, or Cash, 24/7, Vegas is the place.

A big "thank you" to Poker Week & Sky Poker, who are picking up the tab. I know, I'm a jammy git.

OK, that's it for today, I got a queue to join.

Name that tune.

It's wonderful to be here,

It's certainly a thrill.

How easy is that, for starters?

Mr Fox popped by the Broadway on Saturday night and was in fine spirits. He has always struck me as one of the good guys (this is where someone usually shatters my illusions, but I very much hope not).

[david3103]

Vegas, as a City/Town, whatever, does nothing for me. Architecturally, Wynn's apart, the place is dull as dishwater. Any place that advertises a 1/20th scale-model of the Eiffel Tower - real plastic mind - is never gonna flick my switches. And the heat.....43c, way too much, so it's feast or famine, unbearably hot outside, &  over air-conditioned inside. The scale, & number, of Hotels is awesome, beyond belief, they are huge. But if you wanna play Tourneys, or Cash, 24/7, Vegas is the place.


I get the feeling that your switches get flicked by the place thes days. How much has it changed?

[vegaslover]

Vegas, as a City/Town, whatever, does nothing for me. Architecturally, Wynn's apart, the place is dull as dishwater. Any place that advertises a 1/20th scale-model of the Eiffel Tower - real plastic mind - is never gonna flick my switches. And the heat.....43c, way too much, so it's feast or famine, unbearably hot outside, &  over air-conditioned inside. The scale, & number, of Hotels is awesome, beyond belief, they are huge. But if you wanna play Tourneys, or Cash, 24/7, Vegas is the place.


I get the feeling that your switches get flicked by the place thes days. How much has it changed?

Was thinking the same. That post sounds like a typical 'grumpy old men' post and it's from 2007 when all of us had a much bigger buzz about poker.

Nowadays, Teeks loves the place!!!!!!!!!!

[Eso Kral]

Hi Pops

I have today sent £85 to your acc ending 3932 but couldnt change the reference which is the one always on there