Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Tal]

I like self bestowed: "The Dazzling"

Now THAT one was perfect, even though he gave it to himself.

The Dazzling Cornelius

I haven't seen Dazzling for years, ever since he was barred from the Broadway after abusing a dealer.

I would imagine a lot of the Broadway regulars were very sad to hear he was barred......

He once performed the most remarkable card trick I've ever seen.

Picked up a deck, seemed to shuffle it thoroughly.

Then dealt out 6 x 5 card poker hands, each one slightly better than the previous one, culminating with a royal flush as the last one.

It really was amazing stuff.

He did that stunt every time I saw him, & I still don't know how he did it.

A most remarkable man is Con.

You don't get people like that online At least, you don't get to know that there are people like that online.

[bobAlike]

I like self bestowed: "The Dazzling"

Now THAT one was perfect, even though he gave it to himself.

The Dazzling Cornelius

I haven't seen Dazzling for years, ever since he was barred from the Broadway after abusing a dealer.

I would imagine a lot of the Broadway regulars were very sad to hear he was barred......

He once performed the most remarkable card trick I've ever seen.

Picked up a deck, seemed to shuffle it thoroughly.

Then dealt out 6 x 5 card poker hands, each one slightly better than the previous one, culminating with a royal flush as the last one.

It really was amazing stuff.

He did that stunt every time I saw him, & I still don't know how he did it.

A most remarkable man is Con.

You don't get people like that online At least, you don't get to know that there are people like that online.

I used to get on with Con really well but f*ck me was he annoying. I remember once at the Rainbow where I was doing my nuts on the roulette he came over to me and asked for some money as I had a coupl of hundred in front of me. I declined and stated I was in a hole. He sat by me and then as I placed my bets he grabbed some of my chips and started playing the oposite side of the wheel. That was the only time I've ever raised my voice to a pensioner.

[tikay]

I've been trying to put together an article for Bluff on nicknames for a while now. I used to love it as a new player that everyone on LNP had nicknames, the Rock, the Bandit, the Devilfish, Gentleman, the Pink Lady (!), Debbiefish (!!).

Have to admit tho, when I first played with Simon Trumper and he proclaimed 'That's why they call me Aces' as he slowrolled some poor sap who's three bet shoved, managing to make the brave call, I started to go off them. Not enough nicknames about these days, all the young kids who have moved from online to live (and therefore started off as nicknames) don't have any good ones. Toby, Jake, Pez, Brammer, Moorman, Grafton all need good nicknames, and I don't mean the Squid, which means nuthin, or any of those nonsense ones!

As I've said before on TfT, my love of nicknames comes from these sporting greats, now three not two, with Billy Twelvetrees (36) joining Fitz Hall (One Size) and John Eales (Nobody - as nobody's perfect) as the best.

Congrats to Mr Elegance (and the boys) tho, one of the real good guys, always been very kind and friendly to me and a true gent

Echo the final para.

There used to be a RL player with a great nick, Martin Offiah, aka Chariots.

Think that was before he put on a little too much weight though.

[Tal]

Ian Diamond White is possibly my favourite darting nickname.

[Jon MW]

I coined "Have chips" Will Fry.

Very good indeed.

6/10.

Self given nicknames don't count.

I never have or never will call Mr Trumper "Aces".

Biggest highlight of my poker 'career' was being called Jon "The British Cowboy" Woodfield in a WSOP update - because I've always thought the same about self given nicknames

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News is breaking of an explosion at Beijing Airport.

It was, apparently, a suicide bomber, protesting at police brutality.

The package in his left hand is the incendiary device.






Seconds later....

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[kinboshi]

I like self bestowed: "The Dazzling"

Now THAT one was perfect, even though he gave it to himself.

The Dazzling Cornelius

I haven't seen Dazzling for years, ever since he was barred from the Broadway after abusing a dealer.

I would imagine a lot of the Broadway regulars were very sad to hear he was barred......

He once performed the most remarkable card trick I've ever seen.

Picked up a deck, seemed to shuffle it thoroughly.

Then dealt out 6 x 5 card poker hands, each one slightly better than the previous one, culminating with a royal flush as the last one.

It really was amazing stuff.

He did that stunt every time I saw him, & I still don't know how he did it.

Sofaking used to do the same trick.  His sausage-like fingers were surprisingly dexterous for a lad so big.  Could have been a contender you know...

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There was a macabre postscript to that tragedy.

A terrible thing, but it is a struggle not to smile at the commentary 15 seconds in....

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In whatever paper I read an article in this in on sunday, it took something like 2 hours for the scene to be photographed, analysed and cleaned up! Passangers could arrive and not realise  what had just gone on. Protesting about police brutality and a lack of compensation. The police put him in the wheelchair supposedly.




God I love the internet. Pretty incredible stuff from a 97 year old.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/07/the-pixel-painter-a-97-year-old-man-who-paints-using-microsoft-paint-from-windows-95/

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In whatever paper I read an article in this in on sunday, it took something like 2 hours for the scene to be photographed, analysed and cleaned up! Passangers could arrive and not realise  what had just gone on. Protesting about police brutality and a lack of compensation. The police put him in the wheelchair supposedly.




God I love the internet. Pretty incredible stuff from a 97 year old.

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/07/the-pixel-painter-a-97-year-old-man-who-paints-using-microsoft-paint-from-windows-95/

Adam,

Please don't Post that sort of shite here, we don't do art, or Rate My Kettle sort of stuff.

We do interesting things here.

Here's a London Trolleybus. In the snow.

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Saw this on 2+2 and wondered

Had 2337 in the Bb see a free flop 4 way, lead a 37Kr flop, older dude with iPad and sky poker patch calls, K turn, I fire a good sized bet, he calls, my hand is almost always good here and as I decide what my next action in another ****ing K comes on the river, I check he fires small I wanna puke and fold, lucky ****

Ha!

Guess it would be hard to plead "Not Guilty" to that. I am very well-respected on 2+2, I have the coveted "LolPro" status there.

I don't recall the hand, but I'm pretty sure I know the kid concerned. He keeps an Online Diary, where he recalls, in aching detail, every street of every hand he loses (how can these fucking idiots call) & every hand he wins (trapped the fish a treat).

He claims he is 100% staked for both cash & Tourneys, & appears to have several backers in each.

He educated us all, too, telling us how badly we played every hand. It was after the WSOP $3k Final, which was streamed, & he said did you see how lolbad they all were. If I just had the money to enter, I'd wipe the floor with them.

Shortly after saying that, he somehow got the lot in pre with 7-7-8-9, which must be as near to the worst starting hand in PLO8 as it is possible to get. 7, 8 & 9 are the so-called "bandit cards", & if you have any of those in your hand in PLO8, it is immediately devalued. He had all of them!

He bluffed endlessly, too. Bluffing in PLO8 needs extreme care, there are only certain specific boards where you can even contemplate it. 

Yes yes, of course mate. Plays poker every day of his life, does not have a penny to his name, & his arse is hanging out of his trousers. Proper pro, him

Anyway, I plead guilty, but my mitigation is I'm a fish. I know a lot about concrete though, if that helps?

That tickled me all weekend, thanks Simon. He was not the worst player I encountered, & if time permits, I'll write about him in due course. A classic case of do not disrespect technically bad players.   

I'm aching to go back & play PLO8 & PLO for a week or two, if time, circumstances & money permit. Never had such a good time.

Yeah I read his diary thingy/ trip reports in the "las Vegas Lifestyle" board.

Glad to see its not just me that thinks he is not the worlds greatest too

That be him.

It is an endless series of how do all these idiots get lucky against me all the time, when I'm so much better than them?

Anyone who has the temerity to beat him in a hand is a (a variety of adjectives deleted), & when he wins, it's all skill baby.

The poor lad does not understand how poker, & life, works.

 

I have read loads of poker blogs including this guys, in fact it's what I do a lot at work. I find it fascinating how people play and blog and how the playing styles and blogging styles are so similar. If anything it's taught me to be prepared to play both tag and lag in live events if needed.

Pretty sure yours is the best blog tikay because you never really know what will be on here. Sometimes I wake up in the morning and turn my thingy on and I have been on wiki looking at bridges when I returned from the pub. Wtf?

Ruprt E
Alex
Pokerdad

These are all in the top 5 along with anything Channing writes. His writing is getting better as he is getting older and grumpier. Imagine what he will be like at your age Tikay?

Thank you Mr G.

Do you have a link to Rupert Elder's Blog, please? Never seen it, but he's a very intelligent chap, with his own ideas, & not one to follow the 2+2 peer pressure, as so many sad souls feel obliged to.

And PokerDad, too, please. Who is that?

Agree precisely as to Channing. As he gets older, he writes better & better, & gets grumpier & grumpier.

Vegas was great with him around. When a problem arose, he was usually around one of the Cardrooms, & always ready to help with "table/player" advice etc.