Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[TightEnd]

Yueqi Zhu   27000   Amazon / 411 / 1
Niklas Toorell   7400   Amazon / 411 / 2
Cai Zhen   95300   Amazon / 411 / 3
John Holley   21200   Amazon / 411 / 4
Tony Kendall   22600   Amazon / 411 / 5
Robert Price   31000   Amazon / 411 / 6
Bradley Ruben   8500   Amazon / 411 / 7
Paul Francoi Tedeschi   70800   Amazon / 411 / 8
Benjamin Dobson   18000   Amazon / 411 / 9

seat draw in

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[Amatay]

you got Rob on your table. Poker name is Animal. he's a good lad and plays plo8 for a living. Say hello for me. gl Tony

[tikay]

you got Rob on your table. Poker name is Animal. he's a good lad and plays plo8 for a living. Say hello for me. gl Tony

Thanks amatay.

I know Rob very well - he is VERY competent at PLO8.

Here is a short piece I wrote about him next door this morning......

The guy to my immediate left today, Robert Price, is a "poker friend" of many years standing. Without exaggaration, we must have shared tables in a dozen or more 12 PLO8 Tournaments in Vegas last year & this, he & I both play the Vegas PLO8 "mini-circuit" which consists of a really odd bunch of misfits & eccentrics. He is VERY aggro, sometimes overly so.

I don't actually recall sharing a Final Table with him though.

He also went deep in the WSOP $1,500 PLO8 in which I cashed last year. There is a photo of him in ony of my Vegas Blogs LAST year, he was wearing an England shirt, whilst we were playing PLO8 @ Binions or wherever, & simultaneously watching England on the plasma screen during the World Cup, or Euro12, or whatever it was.

He will be a right pain to me today, as he has position, is seriously aggro, & has a VERY wide & creative range, & is not afraid to make very thin calls.

Part of me wishes him well today, he is a lovely fella, & part of me wishes he implodes by being over aggressive, as he usually does. I'm sure you can understand my mixed feelings.

He is from Cornwall, & so has hundreds of cousins & nieces

A chap next door responded thusly.....


How does he manage his cards/chips with so many thumbs?

Very good Sir!

[bobby1]

All the best today Tony, go get em.

[Kev B]

Great day's work Tony, superb even.

[Doobs]

Good luck Tony and good luck to Rob as well if he pops by.  Hopefully you'll both dust off somebody else's chips.

[tikay]

Good luck Tony and good luck to Rob as well if he pops by.  Hopefully you'll both dust off somebody else's chips.

Thanks David. Don't think Rob is a Member here, but I will pass your comments on to him.

Good luck to you, too, not the least because you could get me out of it......

[tonytats]

Gl today tikay

[bobAlike]

Gl today tikay

[rfgqqabc]

Gl all, you might have a younger member for team splitpot next year!

[tikay]

Had my first "proper" meal this trip yesterday, in fact, probably the first time I have had a sit down meal in Vegas for several years. I don't do meals or social dining, as I have poor social skills in that department.

Thewy, Dylan & Ryan, all of been such kind loyal & supportive pals invited me, so it was hard to say no, really. I'm glad I went, too, it was most relaxing, & enjoyable.

I purchased some $$$'s from Dylan, & may purchase some more from Thewy before he & Dylan fly home today, as it looks like I may need them for the Main Event, & very few folks out here seem to have spare $$$'s for sale. I also conned all three of them into buying a bit of my action in the $3k PLO8.

We went to "Gordon Ramsay" in Caesars Palace, & all 4 of us had the same meal - fish & chips. I have a very unrefined palate, & short of steak & kidney pudding, Fish & Chips is just about the nut meal for me. 4 main courses, two afters, & soft drinks all round came to $165 I think.

Most enjoyable, thanks lads.

Click to see full-size image.

[jakally]

Good luck today Tony.... hope you have a great time.
Pass on my best wishes to Ben too.

[tikay]

Good luck today Tony.... hope you have a great time.
Pass on my best wishes to Ben too.

Thanks Neil.

Ben who?

[tikay]

you got Rob on your table. Poker name is Animal. he's a good lad and plays plo8 for a living. Say hello for me. gl Tony

Found that photo from last year of Robert Price.

[tikay]

Ahh, here's a better photo of him. Took this myself. No, I did.