Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[tikay]

Would you never think just to go on the drink for the day,serious question

Edit just remember reading the other day you don't really drink,but you did say it's a democracy.Do you not like pubs ?

 

LOL.,i don't mean just to get pissed.Sitting in a bar talking and catching up with friends can be just as interesting as going to a museum and such

I'm not very good at pub-talk type social interaction, I need to be DOING things, so no.

I'm also a bit screwed up about what alcohol does to otherwise decent folks, & the effect they in turn have on those around them.

I used to drink - a lot - but when I realised what a complete cock I used to make of myself, & how my dumb, ill-mannered alcohol-induced behaviour affected others, I quit drinking. On my 21st birthday, actually.

I never want another hangover like that. To suffer those sort of hangovers regularly, suggests to me either a love of pain & hurt, or "in denial" alcoholism.

Quitting drinking was one of the best decisions I ever made. To be fair, the list is small.....

I agree on the excessive drinking making good people knobs,i include myself in that when i drink spirits so have stopped since what's the point.I doubt i'll stop drinking in the near future as i enjoy the social aspect of it in my life.

My point was more so, that when you go to places like mentioned above obviously more time will be spent discussing "that lovely train" or summit like that instead of just having a chat.But if that's not your thing then fair enough.

21 is a really young age to stop drinking when you had started.If it made you happier though then great it wouldn't me so i don't see that ever happening.

The one thing that bothers me most with how much i drink is its stopping me spending more time playing/trying to improve at poker.I may re-asses the situation as far as that's concerned see what happens.

Anyway i've rambled enough,have a fun day out

Best decision I ever made. I'm inclined to do everything to excess., so it would have destroyed my life. I've had THE most wonderful life, (more in business than personally, I'm poo at personal relatonships), and that would not have been possible if I were a drinker.

I really do have a phobia about clubs & bars, too, with all that "din" & chatter, it actully freaks me out. I've spent my whole life making excuses to dodge such occasions, even weddings. I am quite upset with myself that I swerved, for example, Thewy's wedding, but I can't help it - it's a big, BIG phobia for me.

I was in Swansea recently, I arrived at at about 3am, I was working on something.

My hotel entance was guarded by Security Guards, as there was a club next door. There were lovely girls galore, & fine lads, all totally blown away by alcohol. I saw it in Broad Street, Birmingham, too, & in Newcastle. Pretty young girls, dolled up for the night, pissing in the gutter, puking on the pavement, tights all torn, skirts up their arses.

I can't explain how said I find all that scene, kids who have lost their dignity so young.

Of course, I did the same thing as a kid, but I was lucky, & got out of it somehow.

[byronkincaid]

Mick McCool's blog is back, & as usual, it's one of those reads where you never quite know what to expect. It's like the first bend of a F1 race, you half expect a car crash, & are almost disappointed if you don't.

It's jaw-dropping stuff, where Mick holds his hands up to some past misdemeanours, a lot of self-deprecatory stuff, & almost no attacks on others - Neil Channing apart. There's a bit of history there, & Neil can look after himself, so I guess that'll be OK, though Neil is much brighter than he looks & sounds, and is probably not an opponent I'd deliberately target.

Well worth a read though, all of it.

I get a mention, but for once it's not a personal attrack, just a passing, & not at all offensive, comment on the trip the old fogeys had to Duxford.

One thing did touch a nerve with me though, & for once, it was not Mick who I was at odds with. Mick wrote.....

At the start of the interview all my chat strategy and plans of not sticking my hoof in my big gob went down the pan, as l was forced to talk about my exclusion from Dusk Till Dawn, again! After a few minutes blubbering about DTD and Casino Juice, l had a bit of a handbag session about Channing's Audio Biography

I have to say, I thought Jesse was a bit out of order there, though I do understand that sensationalism is the fashion these days, & if Jesse could goad Mick into saying something less than pleasant, it'd be good for the Poker Show.

So I suppose it was inevitable, but I really did think it was wrong. I like Eddie very much - admiration & respect in big dollops - & I get along splendidly with Jesse, & have done for years.

I was so miffed by this, I decided to write to Eddie & air my view, but then decided it was  probz best not to, as it's so hard to accurately convey one's precise feelings & points in writing, & I'd mess up. Being as sharp as a tack, he'd probably invite me on, & I'd walk into the same trap, too*.

Hard to imagine me defending Mick McCool, too!, but you know what I mean, there was no need to pour more petrol on the McCool-DTD fire, & goading Mick that way was a bit out of order imo. I guess controversy is the current fashion, but that was like a red rag to a McCool bull.

Anyway, I'll chat it through with Eddie when I next see him I think, & no doubt he'll rip me to shreds, but it won't harm our relationship, he's brighter than that. An unequal battle, that one, I prefer to take on lesser mortals if I'm forced to fight. Weird, me.

* In fact, for commercial reasons, I probably could not be a Guest on that Show. That's my excuse, anyway......

clearly they like a bit of controversy, aren't boyles sponsoring fullflush now the guy who goes around calling people "fags" and "retards", I think he is presenting their show or something soon.

plz be telling them that I will happily fight fullflush, smellmuth, tony g or even patrik antonius on camera for 100% rakesback and a few live donkament entry fees. obv not greekstein tho. i ain't that stupid

[tikay]

A quiet start to this week, just blogging & Forum stuff, elsewhere, & playing Online Monday & Tuesday evening. I'll drive down to London on Tuesday, as I have an early start on Wednesday, & I can't be doing with rush-hour traffic.

Wednesday I'm in the Studio all day, being "the stooge" in some screen-tests for female TV Presenters. A whole day on the casting couch, who'd have thought? I so love the variety of "work" they give me, no two days the same. I'm the PTP-er that night, too. A double-gig is always welcome.

Friday I'm attending a photo-shoot, ready for some Autumn & Winter Promotional stuff. Been sent a whole list of required poses, including one thats really taxing me, "anticipation". In a head & shoulders photograph, how do you express anticipation?

The Live Show on Saturday, then a post-midnight poodle down what will be, I hope, a deserted M4, for In-Poker at the Cardiff GUKPT on Sunday.

Life is good. When I'm not grumpy.

C & A?

Lol, no, booder & his cardigan got that gig.

It's for Sky Poker, so you will be able to see my face more often. Lynam is getting worried now.

This is good news.Thoroughly enjoy your witty banter on SP.

Oh god does this mean more orford to?

On a more serious note,having read this excellent thread,i dont know how you do it posting on here,posting over there,doing the show,running here there and everywhere!!

With the stamina you've got you must be a great lover!

You certainly get my admiration, you bring joy and laughter to many.

Long may it continue.

Thank you very much.

Yes, Orford is on the Photo-Shoot, too. I think there are 4 or 5 of us.

We work in "teams" now at Sky Poker, Producer/Presenter/Analyst, so Rich is my current "partner", though these things tend to be dynamic, so it my change again soon. (And we both get "spares" now & them, so get to work with others, too).

I "perform" 20 times better on TV when I have a really good Presenting Partner, & Richard is certainly the tops. He's Posting his new Blog today, so I expect to be spite-panned. To be fair, I give him plenty of grief, too. It's a sign of affection.

How do I manage the workload? I thrive on it, as some racehorses do, the more work I get, the more I enjoy it, & the better I perform. It's Catch-22 though, as I'm always behind with things, & that's my driver I suppose. I need to have a session elsewhere today, as I've been AWOL for 4 days, but I'm feeling a bit odd today.

Insecurity "helps", too. Insecure people hate days off, that's fret & worry time. I've been insecure every single day of my life, & that looking over your shoulder thing is horrible, but such succcess I've had has been, effectively, caused by insecurity.

I'll pass on the "great lover" comment.....except to say, yes, I do go on a bit.

[tikay]

Mick McCool's blog is back, & as usual, it's one of those reads where you never quite know what to expect. It's like the first bend of a F1 race, you half expect a car crash, & are almost disappointed if you don't.

It's jaw-dropping stuff, where Mick holds his hands up to some past misdemeanours, a lot of self-deprecatory stuff, & almost no attacks on others - Neil Channing apart. There's a bit of history there, & Neil can look after himself, so I guess that'll be OK, though Neil is much brighter than he looks & sounds, and is probably not an opponent I'd deliberately target.

Well worth a read though, all of it.

I get a mention, but for once it's not a personal attrack, just a passing, & not at all offensive, comment on the trip the old fogeys had to Duxford.

One thing did touch a nerve with me though, & for once, it was not Mick who I was at odds with. Mick wrote.....

At the start of the interview all my chat strategy and plans of not sticking my hoof in my big gob went down the pan, as l was forced to talk about my exclusion from Dusk Till Dawn, again! After a few minutes blubbering about DTD and Casino Juice, l had a bit of a handbag session about Channing's Audio Biography

I have to say, I thought Jesse was a bit out of order there, though I do understand that sensationalism is the fashion these days, & if Jesse could goad Mick into saying something less than pleasant, it'd be good for the Poker Show.

So I suppose it was inevitable, but I really did think it was wrong. I like Eddie very much - admiration & respect in big dollops - & I get along splendidly with Jesse, & have done for years.

I was so miffed by this, I decided to write to Eddie & air my view, but then decided it was  probz best not to, as it's so hard to accurately convey one's precise feelings & points in writing, & I'd mess up. Being as sharp as a tack, he'd probably invite me on, & I'd walk into the same trap, too*.

Hard to imagine me defending Mick McCool, too!, but you know what I mean, there was no need to pour more petrol on the McCool-DTD fire, & goading Mick that way was a bit out of order imo. I guess controversy is the current fashion, but that was like a red rag to a McCool bull.

Anyway, I'll chat it through with Eddie when I next see him I think, & no doubt he'll rip me to shreds, but it won't harm our relationship, he's brighter than that. An unequal battle, that one, I prefer to take on lesser mortals if I'm forced to fight. Weird, me.

* In fact, for commercial reasons, I probably could not be a Guest on that Show. That's my excuse, anyway......

clearly they like a bit of controversy, aren't boyles sponsoring fullflush now the guy who goes around calling people "fags" and "retards", I think he is presenting their show or something soon.

plz be telling them that I will happily fight fullflush, smellmuth, tony g or even patrik antonius on camera for 100% rakesback and a few live donkament entry fees. obv not greekstein tho. i ain't that stupid

Embarrassingly, I don't know who or what "fulflush" is, probably best left that way judging by your comments. Does he say these things to peeps faces, or Online?

I hope I'm never in a position commercially to have to engage with guys like that. I guess that's why Eddies a zillionaire, he knows what the public wants. He'll manage fine without my head-count.

I'm actually really down right now about how society is becoming so aggro, & it's so reflected on blonde. I don't know what to do about it either, that's the thing, the tide of unbridled rudeness & aggression is coming in fast, & I'm not King Canute. I really "lost it" yesterday, & I'm still mulling over where I go from here.

The total devaluation of decency, honour, & good manners, was so, so rapid.

[outragous76]

erm................. im feeling a bit behind the times here .................... whats the craic with mick mccool and DTD? I get on well with mick and always have a friendly chat when i see him at big events. Seems like a nice guy. Not that a press hoo har will change my mind about him as an individual but would quite like to know what went on

anyone got any links to stuff?

[byronkincaid]

Does he say these things to peeps faces, or Online?

dunno about face to face, doubt it, but certainly in interviews and online

[tikay]

erm................. im feeling a bit behind the times here .................... whats the craic with mick mccool and DTD? I get on well with mick and always have a friendly chat when i see him at big events. Seems like a nice guy. Not that a press hoo har will change my mind about him as an individual but would quite like to know what went on

anyone got any links to stuff?

Groan.....

I should not really answer this, but I'll try, as it puts my comments about last week's Poker Radio Show in context.

In brief.

He attacked them, in his Blog, quoting confidential stuff, thats his right, arguably ill-advised, but that's his right,

So DTD Banned him, that's also their right.

It was aggro for a while, Blogs, Podcasts, Interviews, da de da.

It calmed down.

Mick asked to be reinstated, as he is within his rights to - he only lives just down the road, so it's poker heaven for him - but thus far, they've stuck to their guns, as is their right.

Mick wrote in his Blog recently that he's calmed down, & is trying to get himself sorted out, be less aggro, be, perhaps,  a little more discrete as to what he says, how, & to whom.

So Jesse opened the Poker Radio Show with a DTD jibe, & off Mick went, he took the bait. Hence the quote I C & P'd a few Posts above, from Mick's Blog.

Everyone wants aggro, but I was surprised & disappointed Jesse did that. The wounds will never heal if peeps keep re-opening them.

[tikay]

Does he say these things to peeps faces, or Online?

dunno about face to face, doubt it, but certainly in interviews and online

There's a thing. Wonder how I guessed that?

[GreekStein]

Tikay I'm offended - you didn't mention I was the star of one of those blogs! lol

Me and Mick can both be a bit outspoken online at times. I hope he won't mind me saying he a lot so than me but it seems he wants to make less enemies now, as do I and we agreed to put any bad blood behind us.

I'll certainly share a drink with him at the next live event we both play, possibly even alocoholic!

[tikay]

I just spent 4 days watching poker, talking about poker, making TV Shows about poker, commentating on poker, & yet I've not  touched a single card, or played one hand.

So I was gagging to play tonight, & I thought I'd trundle down to Luton.

It transpires it's a £20 rebuy, with £5.75 juice (that's nearly 29%) - & it's self-deal. Got 14 runners last week, & the Final started during the Rebuy period.

Think I'll pass on that.

I want to hire a big bus, & get every Cardroom Suprervisor in it, & take them to DTD. "Look, THIS is how to fill a Cardroom boys". It's not THAT difficult.

Why do you think it is that so many local cardrooms are sooooooo bad when there's clearly demand for good poker tournaments up and down the country.Out of the 3 casino's in newcastle the smallest "name" casino is by far run the best.I hardly ever play live because it's run so bad,last time i did [i]i played at aspers and there was a young lad playing it was clearly his 1st time live and within 5/10 minutes the td asked him to move to another table as he was next bb. The lad looked pretty confused and wasn't sure what to do so just looked at him so the td said very aggresiively "what am a speaking french shift other to the other table" nice way to go on with paying customers[/i] I said to the rest of the table he was out of order which he heard so i just stared at him was expecting to get barred lol i hear people have for less,doubt i'll go back

Ugh......

I guess that's why DTD are so successful, & most other B & M Cardrooms are struggling.

I know this sounds arrogant, and the Kidz will all be on my case, but I reckon I could triple the footfall in most Cardrooms in the UK within 3 months, given the chance.

Marketing, a good product, (well organised poker) & Customer Care. It's that simple.

[tikay]

Tikay I'm offended - you didn't mention I was the star of one of those blogs! lol

Me and Mick can both be a bit outspoken online at times. I hope he won't mind me saying he a lot so than me but it seems he wants to make less enemies now, as do I and we agreed to put any bad blood behind us.

I'll certainly share a drink with him at the next live event we both play, possibly even alocoholic!

EVERYONE has starred in at least one of the Blogs - I ain't got all day to list them all!

[tikay]

I just spent 4 days watching poker, talking about poker, making TV Shows about poker, commentating on poker, & yet I've not  touched a single card, or played one hand.

So I was gagging to play tonight, & I thought I'd trundle down to Luton.

It transpires it's a £20 rebuy, with £5.75 juice (that's nearly 29%) - & it's self-deal. Got 14 runners last week, & the Final started during the Rebuy period.

Think I'll pass on that.

I want to hire a big bus, & get every Cardroom Suprervisor in it, & take them to DTD. "Look, THIS is how to fill a Cardroom boys". It's not THAT difficult.

Why do you think it is that so many local cardrooms are sooooooo bad when there's clearly demand for good poker tournaments up and down the country.Out of the 3 casino's in newcastle the smallest "name" casino is by far run the best.I hardly ever play live because it's run so bad,last time i did i played at aspers and there was a young lad playing it was clearly his 1st time live and within 5/10 minutes the td asked him to move to another table as he was next bb. The lad looked pretty confused and wasn't sure what to do so just looked at him so the td said very aggresiively "what am a speaking french shift other to the other table" nice way to go on with paying customers I said to the rest of the table he was out of order which he heard so i just stared at him was expecting to get barred lol i hear people have for less,doubt i'll go back

This is the sort of thing that worries me about playing live for the first time.

I'm itching to play live for the first time but would hate for a bad experience to spoil my enjoyment of a game i love.

Can't shuffle either which is not helping my anxiety!

Where do you live?

Live Poker is the nuts.

Tell me where you live, & I'll arrange for a friendly face to show you the ropes on your first event, or I'll come with you if it's somewhere I can reasonably get to.

Alterbatively - fingers crossed - the 2009/10 SPUKT might be announced soon (I choose my words with care, there...) & if you come along, we'll make sure you have the best days poker you've ever had.

[tikay]

I reckon that Tikay must have woken up in a very very very strange place the morning after his 21st birthday celebration.

In a way, you are right, Ralph.

I woke up with this monsta hangover, & just saw the light. Decided there & then, this makes no sense. No sense at all. And that was that.

As an aside, it was not a "celebration" either.

My Dad - who I loved above all else, then & now (he's long passed on), forgot it was my 21st birthday, (we did not celebrate them as mandatorily as Kids do these days) & I was very upset. I reminded him, & he got his wallet out & gave me a fiver. "There you go Son, enjoy yourself".

If I had to list the Top Ten most awful moments in my life, that'd be Top 5, maybe Top Three.

I forgave him, of course, it just hurt more because I cared about him so, but if you love, you forgive easily.

And therein lies the clue as to why I've never celebrated a single birthday since, mine (no regrets), or others. (Which I feel really bad, & selfish about). Not one, ever.

I'm the same with Xmas. Don't send me cards, or give me Pressies, as I don't give Cards or pressies to a single soul, except when in a serious long-term relationship, where it's kind of mandatory, & I "have to".

During my working life, I escaped to Africa, or Hawaii, every single Xmas, just to avoid all the parties, the invites, (peeps get so upset when you decline their invites) the commercial nonsense.

I broke my rule & went to Xmas Dinner with a very good friend last Christmas, & it was the best Christmas Day I've had since I was a young boy.

I know, I'm a bit odd, but there's reasons for most things.

[pokefast]

Mick McCool's blog is back, & as usual, it's one of those reads where you never quite know what to expect. It's like the first bend of a F1 race, you half expect a car crash, & are almost disappointed if you don't.

It's jaw-dropping stuff, where Mick holds his hands up to some past misdemeanours, a lot of self-deprecatory stuff, & almost no attacks on others - Neil Channing apart. There's a bit of history there, & Neil can look after himself, so I guess that'll be OK, though Neil is much brighter than he looks & sounds, and is probably not an opponent I'd deliberately target.

Well worth a read though, all of it.

I get a mention, but for once it's not a personal attrack, just a passing, & not at all offensive, comment on the trip the old fogeys had to Duxford.

One thing did touch a nerve with me though, & for once, it was not Mick who I was at odds with. Mick wrote.....

At the start of the interview all my chat strategy and plans of not sticking my hoof in my big gob went down the pan, as l was forced to talk about my exclusion from Dusk Till Dawn, again! After a few minutes blubbering about DTD and Casino Juice, l had a bit of a handbag session about Channing's Audio Biography

I have to say, I thought Jesse was a bit out of order there, though I do understand that sensationalism is the fashion these days, & if Jesse could goad Mick into saying something less than pleasant, it'd be good for the Poker Show.

So I suppose it was inevitable, but I really did think it was wrong. I like Eddie very much - admiration & respect in big dollops - & I get along splendidly with Jesse, & have done for years.

I was so miffed by this, I decided to write to Eddie & air my view, but then decided it was  probz best not to, as it's so hard to accurately convey one's precise feelings & points in writing, & I'd mess up. Being as sharp as a tack, he'd probably invite me on, & I'd walk into the same trap, too*.

Hard to imagine me defending Mick McCool, too!, but you know what I mean, there was no need to pour more petrol on the McCool-DTD fire, & goading Mick that way was a bit out of order imo. I guess controversy is the current fashion, but that was like a red rag to a McCool bull.

Anyway, I'll chat it through with Eddie when I next see him I think, & no doubt he'll rip me to shreds, but it won't harm our relationship, he's brighter than that. An unequal battle, that one, I prefer to take on lesser mortals if I'm forced to fight. Weird, me.

* In fact, for commercial reasons, I probably could not be a Guest on that Show. That's my excuse, anyway......

clearly they like a bit of controversy, aren't boyles sponsoring fullflush now the guy who goes around calling people "fags" and "retards", I think he is presenting their show or something soon.

plz be telling them that I will happily fight fullflush, smellmuth, tony g or even patrik antonius on camera for 100% rakesback and a few live donkament entry fees. obv not greekstein tho. i ain't that stupid

Embarrassingly, I don't know who or what "fulflush" is, probably best left that way judging by your comments. Does he say these things to peeps faces, or Online?

I hope I'm never in a position commercially to have to engage with guys like that. I guess that's why Eddies a zillionaire, he knows what the public wants. He'll manage fine without my head-count.

I'm actually really down right now about how society is becoming so aggro, & it's so reflected on blonde. I don't know what to do about it either, that's the thing, the tide of unbridled rudeness & aggression is coming in fast, & I'm not King Canute. I really "lost it" yesterday, & I'm still mulling over where I go from here.

The total devaluation of decency, honour, & good manners, was so, so rapid.

Sure its not a new happening,but i've noticed recently how decency standards seem to have dropped.

The amount of times i'm regularly in town and hear children ( some young and some not so young ) speaking to their parents like they are something off the bottom of their shoe is sadly on the increase.

If i'd dare to speak to my parents like that even now at 36 i'd be very sorry very quickly!

As for forum aggro,could this just be another one of those moods that effect fora from time to time?

[byronkincaid]

a fiver in those days! hope you spent it wisely and bought a house with it