Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[EvilPie]

The only disappointment is that Matt Russell jumped on board. Quality Bum Hunter him.

Just catching up after a few days away in the sun.

Can't find words to describe how happy this sentence makes me feel.

Well played fella and enjoy the rest of your trip.

[tikay]

Am in a serious dither today as to what I will play.

I have narrowed it down to this choice....

Caesars Palace, Noon, $240 NLH. I really ought to play a NLH Tourney, not played one for 5 or 6 months, maybe even this year. I cashed in one at DTD in November, I think, & can barely recall playing one since. But it's like riding a bike, you never forget, & I have a programmed way of playing NLH. ("Badly"?.....).

Venetian, 11am, $600 Omaha 8/Stud 8. I assume this is Limit, if it were PL I'd not miss it for the world. Just think $600 is a bit much when I am so awful at Limit. Would be amazing fun though. Hmm, set fire to $600.....

Venetian, 4pm, $1,100 PLO. I adore PLO, 2nd only to PLO8, but at $1,100, this will attract the better players, & I'm almost certainly the value.   

In almost any size PLO8, I now genuinely believe in myself, & would have a decent shot at cashing, but $600 for Limit stud/Omaha 8, or $1,100 for PLO, not so much. Gotta know where to draw the line as to ability.

Incidentally, whatever I play today will NOT be on the Stake, (nor was yesterday), I am just not good enough in these particular ones.

If I play the $240 Caesars PLO on Wednesday, and/or the $365 Rio Carnevale PLO tomorrow, these WILL be on the stake, as we seemngly agreed yesterday. (The $240 Caesars was part of the original, agreed, schedule). 

Most likely? The $240 NLH @ Caesars, at Noon.

Bring back the PLO8 stuff I say.

Sod it, the $600 stud O8/Omaha O8, even though it is Limit, looks like getting the vote.

NOT on the stake, though. Trust me.....

[tikay]

The only disappointment is that Matt Russell jumped on board. Quality Bum Hunter him.

Just catching up after a few days away in the sun.

Can't find words to describe how happy this sentence makes me feel.

Well played fella and enjoy the rest of your trip.

Sod off.

Can't believe you sneaked in. Gonna hurt so much paying you.

[tikay]

Bugger, out of time again, gotta go. Why is there never enough hours in the day?

Reminders to self......

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Gouty

Tom

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SeMANTIC

Catch up on PM replies, sorry, I am wayyyyy behind with them.

Mehtab

Did you know that when Channing won his WSOP bracelet, he had hundreds of "good luck" messages whilst playing the Final, via various platforms - FB, Twitter, here, BBP, PM's, all sorts, & after it was all over, he replied to EVERY SINGLE ONE. Proper Pro, him.

Not forgotten this, or yesterday's question from Dwayne, will deffo reply to all.

Not enough hours in the day, here.

[Karabiner]

Not on the stake my arse, I'm IN !

After twelve hours sleep and in the mood to rip new arseholes I refuse to be excluded so there.

Unless you are implementing "the clause".

[tikay]

Not on the stake my arse, I'm IN !

After twelve hours sleep and in the mood to rip new arseholes I refuse to be excluded so there.

Lol. You are truly mad, Ralph.

Guess I can't really refuse, but optimism must be your strong suit.

[MereNovice]

Tikay, you know about trains...

I'm currently sitting at Birmingham Snow Hill choo-choo station, as my train is delayed.

Why is it delayed, Tal? I pretend I heard you ask. Well.

You know the lady who does all the prerecorded announcements? Turns out she recorded more than the stops and a couple of standard "London Midland apologises for this train being made of balsa wood and sticky back plastic".

The train in front of mine is also delayed and that, we learn, is the problem. A slightly robotic lady enunciated the following over the tannoy:

"The 17.22 service to Dorridge is delayed. This is due to disruptive passengers"

Disruptive passengers?

DISRUPTIVE PASSENGERS?!

This got me imagining the day she did the recording session.

"This is due to a delayed preceding service"
"This is due to a signal failure"
"This is due to today's inclement weather"

Just a couple more, please, Melanie:

"This is due to disruptive passengers"
"This is due to the enslavement of mankind by cyborgs from the future - damn you John Connor!"
"This is due to the driver suffering from Bradford AND Bingley"
"This is due to a late-running episode of Bargain Hunt"

Are there any others, Tikay?

Birmingham Snow Hill was a magnificent, Cathedral-like edifice back in the day, the exact opposite of it's ghastly new neighbour, Birmingham New Street, which I rank as truly the UK's worst railway station by a considerable distance.

Snow Hill used to be part of the Great Wesrern Railway empire, & was on the now long defunct Paddington to Wolverhampton via Birmingham line.  Now sadly, it has been demolished/tarted up & it a sort of Toytown Station with trams & all sorts there. The original perished during the Birmingham building boom which I much regret I had much involvement in.


The 2nd & the last of the photos below features an iconic GWR "King" or "Castle" Class loco. Ooohhhh.

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I remember the photo of snow in Vegas that Jim Posted, so I searched for "Snow" in my Diary & found this.

Incred, or what?

I know the lady who recorded all those wonderful announcements; her name is Anne.

[Tal]

Snowing in Vegas is acceptable for at least two reasons.

One is that you can do it in 2-7 draw games (a method of bluffing for those who don't play what the Yanks call 'lowball').

The other is that Nevada means snowy (or something similar) in Spanish.


Rain, on the other hand...

[Tal]

Mere, is that a level? Is her surname Ouncement?

If not, apologies. The world just got smaller.

[MereNovice]

Not on the stake my arse, I'm IN !

After twelve hours sleep and in the mood to rip new arseholes I refuse to be excluded so there.

Lol. You are truly mad, Ralph.

Guess I can't really refuse, but optimism must be your strong suit.

I too would like to be included.

[MereNovice]

Mere, is that a level? Is her surname Ouncement?

If not, apologies. The world just got smaller.

I'd never thought of that before. I must remember it the next time I see her - I bet it will be new to her too.

[booder]

Not on the stake my arse, I'm IN !

After twelve hours sleep and in the mood to rip new arseholes I refuse to be excluded so there.

Lol. You are truly mad, Ralph.

Guess I can't really refuse, but optimism must be your strong suit.

I too would like to be included.

Ditto

[MereNovice]

Not on the stake my arse, I'm IN !

After twelve hours sleep and in the mood to rip new arseholes I refuse to be excluded so there.

Lol. You are truly mad, Ralph.

Guess I can't really refuse, but optimism must be your strong suit.

I too would like to be included.

Ditto

I'm pretty sure that knottikay and TRIP5 also wanted to be included in everything so it would be easier to adopt an "opt out" policy, I believe.

[tikay]

Sigh.

You must all have more money than sense.

Methuselah, Anne Ouncement, and Liverpool Bloke, all BOOKED.

Made a pleasing start, the plan was to sit out the early Stud Orbits, but I was dealt monsters twice and had to complete. Chopped both, and both were 4 way pots, so our starting 12,000 is now just north of 13,000. Very early days though. Can still make the Noon Caesars affair if I put my mind to it.

[redsimon]

You becoming a limit poker addict? Welcome to the dark side