Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[gatso]

Diaries everywhere all of a sudden, & peeps getting all tilted about where they sit on the Boards.

you truly make me laugh kendall. you're such a drama queen about stuff like this ^^^^^^^^ imagining people getting tilted when nothing of the sort is happening and you did it last week on another thread that I can't recall quite now yet when your house is swept away in a tsunami you're all chilled out

[roscopiko]

Where is the info for this weeks event please ? I tried googling it and also went on Sky poker site but couldn't find anything,is it a 1 day event ? what time does it start ? That's all a wanted to know really.

post #340 has details

http://www.newcastlepoker.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10793&page=9

[mondatoo]

Where is the info for this weeks event please ? I tried googling it and also went on Sky poker site but couldn't find anything,is it a 1 day event ? what time does it start ? That's all a wanted to know really.

post #340 has details

http://www.newcastlepoker.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10793&page=9

Cheers.

[kinboshi]

An hour later, phone rings again.

"Natwest Bank here Sir, can we have a word?".

I just about contained myself.

"YES, if it's quick".

He said he was from Bank Security, & asked for validation, which I grumpily gave, almost under duress.

Then he said he wanted to check some of my Card transactions.

10 minutes later, after he had reeled off 5 transactions - all "immediate" (i.e., by telephone) I had made yesterday, I knew I was in trouble. I had not made a single transaction. My cards have all been "compromised", & a good bit of money charged to them, with an unknown amount possibly in the pipeline.

Fuck, I don't need this, I thought, not right now, please.

But the geezer was calm, & nailed it. "Don't worry Mr Kendall, we will reimburse the funds immediately, by this evening, cancel your cards, & send you new ones in the post tomorrow".

How good is that?

PS - Having been grimmed by Tighty for £470 on Monday, I'm thin on cash, & don't have any cards right now. Wiiiii, I'm poor! It'll do mer good to be skinto again. I've been there before. More than once.....

Was this for a credit card or debit card (or cards)?

[The Camel]

A readers request.

Piece of music by a band beginning with "C".

Coft Cell.

lovely thanks. and fyl.

This is one of my top 3 songs of all time.

Fantastic stuff.

[outragous76]

i love the song too, but im afraid im in teh David Gray generation - nonetheless a top chooooooooonnn

[The Camel]

I head home today, which I'm dreading facing, then tomorrow, onwards to Newcastle for the SPT on Saturday.

I enjoy the SPT weekends enormously, but they leave me mentally & physically drained for days after.

The pre-start stress levels are pretty high, as there are always moans & groans about seat availability. Every Event could sell-out twice, so it's awkward. We try to be as fair as we can, but sometimes Rules need bending, they just do. We've had a big problem at Newcastle, as so many want to play it, so it all got a bit hot.

I have an allocation of seats for every SPT to allocate &/or donate as I see fit. I do so using my own moral & business code, & I tend to get a bit uppity when some ill-mannered oaf tells me what I can & can't do with Sky Poker's seats. For every Seat I give away, £100 goes into the Prize Pool. End of story afaic. "Oi, what about a seat for me, it's not fair, you have no right?" is not optimal.....

I fully expect some heat this weekend, as I've looked after a few people, who as far as I am concerned, ticked the right boxes. It's mainly, & usually, "regular" players who are in a hole, or had some misfortune. If I need to defend that, so be it. Sky Poker know my line on this. I won't be telling any porkies as to who got Seats from me & how.

The Newcastle leg of the SPT also gets a bit "beery". Marv. But I have a lot of good pals up there, too, with whom I've pokered for 10 years or more.

For the first time ever, I'm scheduled to actually play the event, which will be a novelty, though if there is any serious grief over seat allocation, I'll donate my seat, I can't be arsed with all that nonsense, I really can't.

Should be a good weekend, if we can avoid controversy over lack of Seats.

I plan to head South on Sunday morning, bright & early - maybe 7am - to kick on with sorting out my house. I might go to DTD in the afternoon, or Luton in the Evening, or just swerve both, as Sunday will be a very big night Online for SP, with the TSP Finals taking place.

Our very own Jakally is in with a shot at winning Membership of Team Sky Poker, so good luck to him on Sunday evening.  I cannot show bias, but......

I'm in for Saturday.

Really looking forward to it.

It's been a very very very long time since I played on your table Tikay, maybe we'll meet at the final!

[MANTIS01]

My Bank rung me yesterday morning. They do from time to time, I have something called "Personal Banking", which sounds a bit precious, but it's not.

I get a few dubious priveleges from Private Banking, some good, some not so, but it has one golden advantage - I can ring my bank & speak to "my man" any time, any day. Sounds odd that, but I spent 20 years trying to ring my bank & going through 27 bloody "Press 2 for Option 7" nonsense. For that alone, it's worth it. 

So, my man - or on this occasion, his Deputy, rung me yesterday morning. I was not in the best of moods, & am particularly sensitive about Client-Service Provider relationships.

"Mr xxx will see you next week Tony"

"He will?"

"Yes"

"It's a 200 mile round trip, why does he need to see me?"

"He can advise you how to better invest your cash"

"He can?"

"Oh yes. You have £x in your current Account, he could advise you about that, it's not very sensible, you know".

"Thank you for that".

"You could inverst in some Shares if you wished, you know, it's quite a good thing to do"

"I already did - you hold all the Share Certificates, & have done for 30 years, & you tried to charge me £10 per share certificate per annum to store them safely".

"We did?"

"Yes, you effing did" I said, starting to lose contiol now.

So this spotty 23 year old wants me to drive all the way to Loughborough so he can advise me on my money.....

I said "You can come down to see me in London if you wish".

"You don't understand, Sir, we can't do that sort of thing, it's not cost-effective".

I do understand, my good friend, believe me, I do. 

Yeah, such an annoyance when your personal account manager hassles you about the crazy amounts of cash in your current account.

[tikay]

A readers request.

Piece of music by a band beginning with "C".

Coft Cell.

lovely thanks. and fyl.

This is one of my top 3 songs of all time.

Fantastic stuff.

What are the other two, Keith?

Not sure I could narrow mine down to 3, but  if I could have 25, this would be included. Cheesy, but special, & great memoriies for me as a young man in my 20's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNJysUv6OcQ

[tikay]

OK, now I'm a wee bit cross with ya too.  ("Join the que" says he) 

FFS!!!  You never get to play the Sky events.  You've got the chance and you were looking forward to it.  You already know there's possibly going to be grief over lack of seats for the event. 

A)  Even if you give up yer seat, there's still going to be people who aren't happy because they missed out.

B)  For the people who DO have seats, the chance to play next to 'Sky Poker' himself gives them a buzz. 

I say - don't be silly and give up your seat!!!  If not for yerself, play it for the other people who would like a chance to play at your table.

True, Dawn, but I suffer from a peculiar fetish - I actually enjoy my work, a lot.

I always find it sad, & perplexing when folks hate their jobs. I've done OK down the years, but not because of much skill, more that I always enjoy what I do (you cannot succeed if you don't enjoy it), & by energy & enthusiasm, which share the same source.

 I'll give it a go, & I'm sure I'll enjoy it, but if I'm honest, I'd rather be working. I also share Tighty's insecurity, except I am far more insecure than him.

[The Camel]

A readers request.

Piece of music by a band beginning with "C".

Coft Cell.

lovely thanks. and fyl.

This is one of my top 3 songs of all time.

Fantastic stuff.

What are the other two, Keith?

Not sure I could narrow mine down to 3, but  if I could have 25, this would be included. Cheesy, but special, & great memoriies for me as a young man in my 20's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNJysUv6OcQ

Other 2:

"Sally Maclennane" The Pogues
"Only You" Yazoo.

Went to see Yazoo at Newcastle on their reunion tour a couple of years ago and I think they win my favourite all time song.

[Karabiner]

A readers request.

Piece of music by a band beginning with "C".

Coft Cell.

lovely thanks. and fyl.

This is one of my top 3 songs of all time.

Fantastic stuff.

Please tell me this is a level, it hardly even qualifies as music.

Unless that is we're discussing the comparitive merits of 1980's "music" which is generally considered to be the most dire musical decade since Joshua brought down the walls of Jericho with his trumpet solo.

[tikay]

Where is the info for this weeks event please ? I tried googling it and also went on Sky poker site but couldn't find anything,is it a 1 day event ? what time does it start ? That's all a wanted to know really.

You should have received an e-Mail with all the details today, Ray. I did!

1 Day Event. (So, FAST).

2pm start, but arrive early, as I want to interview you for the TV cameras. That should be immense. I'm so gonna rip you. The part of the day I'm most looking forward to, actually. I'll have a translator in vision.

And please stay in the Tourney a while, because once I exit the Tourney, I'll be on the microphone, ready to abuse you. Promise.

[Eck]

A readers request.

Piece of music by a band beginning with "C".

Coft Cell.

lovely thanks. and fyl.

This is one of my top 3 songs of all time.

Fantastic stuff.

What are the other two, Keith?

Not sure I could narrow mine down to 3, but  if I could have 25, this would be included. Cheesy, but special, & great memoriies for me as a young man in my 20's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNJysUv6OcQ

Can't believe you nearly got that one through, Hotel California came out in 1977....20's oh my.....

[tikay]

A readers request.

Piece of music by a band beginning with "C".

Coft Cell.

lovely thanks. and fyl.

This is one of my top 3 songs of all time.

Fantastic stuff.

Please tell me this is a level, it hardly even qualifies as music.

Unless that is we're discussing the comparitive merits of 1980's "music" which is generally considered to be the most dire musical decade since Joshua brought down the walls of Jericho with his trumpet solo.

Ralph, do your research properly, please, that's most unlike you.

The Eagles never existed in the 80's - they broke up in early 1980, & never reformed until '94.

Hotel Cal was from the golden decade of music - the 70's. (I wonder what % of blondes were even born then?).