Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[77dave]

Tikay, your Luton reports really are getting bad all the key juicy pieces of info that you just to serve to us are being forgotten about.

we need to know

Full english or chips cheese and beans?

Have you dropped your food on the floor recently

What technique are you using to get in and out of the toilet

How are the hand dryers

How is the smokers cage.

Have you fallen asleep in the comfy chairs while waiting the comps to start.

Have you been told you have no idea how much trouble you were in

Well

[tikay]

I did the Show in the Evening, with Michelle Orpe, & she became slightly unwell midway through, & needed to leave the studio for a while during a break, & never returned in time for the re-start, ooh-er. So I moved across to the Presenters position & Camera, & did my first ever Live Presenting session. Thoroughly enjoyed it, though it was a bit "on-the-hoof", as I had nobody to "throw to", but Orpe soon returned. I can now put that on my TV CV - "experienced TV Presenter". Not to boast, either, but I was faultless, for nearly half of the entire 90 seconds.

He He, you can pay me the $10 you said you'd give me for pretending to be ill so you could get 'Live TV Presenting' on your CV. You did brilliantly bearing in mind you were so tired Mr Tikay. You can't be having the Grandad Snoozes all the time when we're married you know, I need a lot of attention.....Shock Horror haha

xx

Michelle Orpe! Post more!

Hope you are feeling better.

Oh, & stop shouting.

[tikay]

Tikay, your Luton reports really are getting bad all the key juicy pieces of info that you just to serve to us are being forgotten about.

we need to know

Full english or chips cheese and beans?

Have you dropped your food on the floor recently

What technique are you using to get in and out of the toilet

How are the hand dryers

How is the smokers cage.

Have you fallen asleep in the comfy chairs while waiting the comps to start.

Have you been told you have no idea how much trouble you were in

Well

Tomorrow, I promise. It's late.

[77dave]

or early

[tikay]

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[tikay]

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[MANTIS01]

Quote from: Nursey

He He, you can pay me the $10 you said you'd give me for pretending to be ill

Er, I'm feeling ill myself. Will you look after me Nursey?

[Karabiner]

Tikay, your Luton reports really are getting bad all the key juicy pieces of info that you just to serve to us are being forgotten about.

we need to know

Full english or chips cheese and beans?

Have you dropped your food on the floor recently

What technique are you using to get in and out of the toilet

How are the hand dryers

How is the smokers cage.

Have you fallen asleep in the comfy chairs while waiting the comps to start.

Have you been told you have no idea how much trouble you were in

Well

Tomorrow, I promise. It's late.

Blimey Tony, you must have played that DC game for nearly twelve hours !

[turny]

tony please dont take my question the wrong way as im just curious and you may have answered this question elsewhere and if so i apologise. but here goes.....


did you ever pay michael maccool regards the bet u had ((£100 i think) that you would personally turn luton cardroom around within a month?
or do you see yourself as succeeding and if so has he paid you?
is this still one of your personal crusades or have you given up on the place other than the occasional visit.

Marriott Hotel, Edinburgh, Sunday Morning, May 4th

I'd forgotten all about it, to be honest.

Given up? Me? Give up? I don't do give up Paul, you know that! I change my mind sometimes, but never give up.

Mick has since returned to Luton-G & played there several times, had no complaints as far as I know, but I have never thought to ask him his views on whether he thought things had impoved. Clearly, some things have, others have not, but it's a long road we travel, & Luton-G remain  a work-in-progress for a while yet.

Mick & I went through a difficult period, originally because he had some issues with blonde, & blonde Updates, about which he wrote at some length about me on his, if I may say so, rather splendidly penned-blog, & he followed that with a mocking piece about me as to that rather embarrassing, & I had assumed wholly tongue-in-cheek " tikay - UK Poker Legend" article that appeared on PokerNews without my prior knowledge. I never "bit", or threw any stones back, & have refrained from responding in kind, & shall continue so to do. We share Tables a lot at DTD these days, & we've established a rapport enabling us to share tables & have a little banter.

As such, we never mentioned the Luton thing again, we were non-speakers for a while, so it was hardly relavent in the greater scheme of things.

He can owe me the £100, I'm in no rush - it was not about money really, it was about "doing" something rather than just moaning. In the event that the bet were ever settled - either way - the money would go to Charity.

thanks for the reply tony.

hand on heart do you really think things have improved for the better at the g?
a number of regulars including tighty dont seem to be to impresses at the moment judging by there comments on the g casino thread, do u think there gripes justified?

wanted to speak to carmel tonight but she wasnt around and then i left without checking again. It's time something was done, not sure what but its definitely time. Sitting behind a computer and spouting off on here isnt getting us anywhere so really someone has to take it upon themselves to do something. Maybe get the players commitee back up and running again?

And there you have common-sense at work.

We can all moan all we like - it's not that hard to moan, actually. Being constructive takes a touch more nous though. And patience, too, as in poker, is a wonderful asset.

But the Gold Medal goes to the "I told you so" Brigade. It's hard to imagine anything more pointless than "I told you so", but I suppose it satisfies those who say it, in some teeny-weeny way. That apart, never achieved anything, though.

tony i hope your "moaning solves nothing" jibe wasn't aimed at me , i was merely asking what had come of your bet with mick. i think its common knowledge that the cardroom has not improved in the time period that you yourself spouted off that you would help achieve.  so my enquiry was whether the bet had been settled.

there is no "i told you so" brigade as far as i can see and im certainly not in that catagory. there is nothing i would like to see more than luton become the cardroom it has the potential to be. and im pretty much certain that those doing the so called "whinging" are of the same feeling and im sure the majority of them are doing as much as they can to help the cardrooms cause.

No, the "moaning" jibe was not aimed at you.

"Common knowledge it has not improved". Well, we are debating that, here & now. I've set out my views on that here & elsewhere at some length. Just my opinions.

There most certainly was "I told you so" on the Luton thread. It was not, repeat not, by you.

(tikay) "spouted off". Do we really have to describe a good, civil, polite & constructive debate as "spouting off"? I'm very sad you see it that way. If you wish to have a debate with me, that's terrific, but I won't accuse you of "spouting off", because that's derogatory in the extreme.

Youi asked the question about the bet, I went to some lengths to explain the position very clearly, & fully, as I saw it.

you are right tony to describe your post  as "spouting off" is wrong please accept my apologies x

[tikay]

tony please dont take my question the wrong way as im just curious and you may have answered this question elsewhere and if so i apologise. but here goes.....


did you ever pay michael maccool regards the bet u had ((£100 i think) that you would personally turn luton cardroom around within a month?
or do you see yourself as succeeding and if so has he paid you?
is this still one of your personal crusades or have you given up on the place other than the occasional visit.

Marriott Hotel, Edinburgh, Sunday Morning, May 4th

I'd forgotten all about it, to be honest.

Given up? Me? Give up? I don't do give up Paul, you know that! I change my mind sometimes, but never give up.

Mick has since returned to Luton-G & played there several times, had no complaints as far as I know, but I have never thought to ask him his views on whether he thought things had impoved. Clearly, some things have, others have not, but it's a long road we travel, & Luton-G remain  a work-in-progress for a while yet.

Mick & I went through a difficult period, originally because he had some issues with blonde, & blonde Updates, about which he wrote at some length about me on his, if I may say so, rather splendidly penned-blog, & he followed that with a mocking piece about me as to that rather embarrassing, & I had assumed wholly tongue-in-cheek " tikay - UK Poker Legend" article that appeared on PokerNews without my prior knowledge. I never "bit", or threw any stones back, & have refrained from responding in kind, & shall continue so to do. We share Tables a lot at DTD these days, & we've established a rapport enabling us to share tables & have a little banter.

As such, we never mentioned the Luton thing again, we were non-speakers for a while, so it was hardly relavent in the greater scheme of things.

He can owe me the £100, I'm in no rush - it was not about money really, it was about "doing" something rather than just moaning. In the event that the bet were ever settled - either way - the money would go to Charity.

thanks for the reply tony.

hand on heart do you really think things have improved for the better at the g?
a number of regulars including tighty dont seem to be to impresses at the moment judging by there comments on the g casino thread, do u think there gripes justified?

wanted to speak to carmel tonight but she wasnt around and then i left without checking again. It's time something was done, not sure what but its definitely time. Sitting behind a computer and spouting off on here isnt getting us anywhere so really someone has to take it upon themselves to do something. Maybe get the players commitee back up and running again?

And there you have common-sense at work.

We can all moan all we like - it's not that hard to moan, actually. Being constructive takes a touch more nous though. And patience, too, as in poker, is a wonderful asset.

But the Gold Medal goes to the "I told you so" Brigade. It's hard to imagine anything more pointless than "I told you so", but I suppose it satisfies those who say it, in some teeny-weeny way. That apart, never achieved anything, though.

tony i hope your "moaning solves nothing" jibe wasn't aimed at me , i was merely asking what had come of your bet with mick. i think its common knowledge that the cardroom has not improved in the time period that you yourself spouted off that you would help achieve.  so my enquiry was whether the bet had been settled.

there is no "i told you so" brigade as far as i can see and im certainly not in that catagory. there is nothing i would like to see more than luton become the cardroom it has the potential to be. and im pretty much certain that those doing the so called "whinging" are of the same feeling and im sure the majority of them are doing as much as they can to help the cardrooms cause.

No, the "moaning" jibe was not aimed at you.

"Common knowledge it has not improved". Well, we are debating that, here & now. I've set out my views on that here & elsewhere at some length. Just my opinions.

There most certainly was "I told you so" on the Luton thread. It was not, repeat not, by you.

(tikay) "spouted off". Do we really have to describe a good, civil, polite & constructive debate as "spouting off"? I'm very sad you see it that way. If you wish to have a debate with me, that's terrific, but I won't accuse you of "spouting off", because that's derogatory in the extreme.

Youi asked the question about the bet, I went to some lengths to explain the position very clearly, & fully, as I saw it.

you are right tony to describe your post  as "spouting off" is wrong please accept my apologies x

Thanks. We shall have babies & that. You can be Mum.

[tikay]

Tikay, your Luton reports really are getting bad all the key juicy pieces of info that you just to serve to us are being forgotten about.

we need to know

Full english or chips cheese and beans?

Have you dropped your food on the floor recently

What technique are you using to get in and out of the toilet

How are the hand dryers

How is the smokers cage.

Have you fallen asleep in the comfy chairs while waiting the comps to start.

Have you been told you have no idea how much trouble you were in

Well

Tomorrow, I promise. It's late.

Blimey Tony, you must have played that DC game for nearly twelve hours !

That is correct! We were thrown out at around 6.30am eventually. We had been told they were shutting at 5am, but there were a hundred or more Norwayers in the place, all having fun, though tired & distressed, & I don't think they'd have gone if the place had been bombed. In fact, they'd have not heard the bomb - it was somewhat "loud" & rowdy, shall we say. But the most extraordinary atmo I've experienced in a cardroom in my life - will do a DTD report later, I got some things to do right now.

[tikay]

Quote from: Nursey

He He, you can pay me the $10 you said you'd give me for pretending to be ill

Er, I'm feeling ill myself. Will you look after me Nursey?

In her Nurse's uniform. I should add that she's put a fair bit of weight on since.

[tikay]

I have some business to sort out in Brighton at Midday tomorrow (Wednesday), & I have to collect someone at Feltham en route. That's too far, & too early, for me to manage tomorrow morning - it's 4 or 5 hours - so I'm heading South now, & will stop over somewhere down South tonight, so that the journey in the morning is not so bad.

I have two weeks Blogs to write for Sky first though & some messy e-mails.

But it's just too lovely outside to sit indoors right now.

Isn't Spring the most wonderful time in England?

[tikay]

One teaser before I go.

In the often fractious DC game at DTD last night, it all went off a couple of times, & here's one example.

Two Asian Gentlemen - & nobody else - were in a big Super-Stud hand.

Mr Low-Stack rams the Pot, & Mr Deep Stack calls. The Pot is, let's say for ease of explanation, about £500. Due to being Pot-Limit. Mr Low-Stack has about £25 "left behind".

After 4th Street, it's clear Mr Deep-Stack has the hand all wrapped up. But he never bets the "last" £25, & it's checked down. This is a sort of "custom" among the more chivalrous players these days - always leave the guy his Fare home.

As a result, they were openly, loudly, & repeatedly accused of soft play, & collusion, by two other players.

Harsh, I thought. OK, we play Cash to take other folks money, that's OK, but nobody else was in the hand, & I think in these circumstances, it was perfectly acceptable.

[Nursey]

Quote from: Nursey

He He, you can pay me the $10 you said you'd give me for pretending to be ill

Er, I'm feeling ill myself. Will you look after me Nursey?

In her Nurse's uniform. I should add that she's put a fair bit of weight on since.

Of course I will look after you, and TK if you're gonna post naked pics of me at least pick the better ones

And yes I have put on some weight and you know you love my child bearing hips and womanly curves haha