Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Kev B]

Great posts Tighty and Tom.

I remember as a young kid of 17 going to the scrap yard at McGuinness in Middleport. In those day's (70's) cars were stacked three high in rows as long as the eye could see. You could buy the part you needed already taken from the scrap cars and placed I racks but this way was much more expensive. Plus it took the fun out of scouting the yard for the correct car and sniffing out the required parts. Health and safety would have fits if they saw this nowadays, and probably for good reason too but these places saved us poor people with old cars fortunes.

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Great posts Tighty and Tom.

I remember as a young kid of 17 going to the scrap yard at McGuinness in Middleport. In those day's (70's) cars were stacked three high in rows as long as the eye could see. You could buy the part you needed already taken from the scrap cars and placed I racks but this way was much more expensive. Plus it took the fun out of scouting the yard for the correct car and sniffing out the required parts. Health and safety would have fits if they saw this nowadays, and probably for good reason too but these places saved us poor people with old cars fortunes.

OMG! I knew Fred McGuinness well. I used to buy stuff there all the time.

Car breakers as we knew them are a thing of the past now Kev. You have to have special facilities to deal with waste oil, battery acid, petrol, brake fluid etc .. and allowing a punter to crawl beneath a car that has two other cars balanced on top of it would be impossible. There would be law suits flying in all directions.


My dad and I were in a scrap yard in Barnsley once and my dad was carrying a Cortina bonnet across the yard.

"Watch out for that oil" Shouted the owner, and my dad promptly fell down a big hole.

"If you call that an oil, what do you call the black stuff dripping from that engine?"  

"Grease".

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Great posts Tighty and Tom.

I remember as a young kid of 17 going to the scrap yard at McGuinness in Middleport. In those day's (70's) cars were stacked three high in rows as long as the eye could see. You could buy the part you needed already taken from the scrap cars and placed I racks but this way was much more expensive. Plus it took the fun out of scouting the yard for the correct car and sniffing out the required parts. Health and safety would have fits if they saw this nowadays, and probably for good reason too but these places saved us poor people with old cars fortunes.

OMG! I knew Fred McGuinness well. I used to buy stuff there all the time.

Car breakers as we knew them are a thing of the past now Kev. You have to have special facilities to deal with waste oil, battery acid, petrol, brake fluid etc .. and allowing a punter to crawl beneath a car that has two other cars balanced on top of it would be impossible. There would be law suits flying in all directions.


My dad and I were in a scrap yard in Barnsley once and my dad was carrying a Cortina bonnet across the yard.

"Watch out for that oil" Shouted the owner, and my dad promptly fell down a big hole.

"If you call that an oil, what do you call the black stuff dripping from that engine?"  

"Grease".

Excellent.

Was he wearing a coyte?

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My wife plays poker that way, a lot of women do.

And oops I forgot about tiredness to add to the challenges we face. A blind, tired, dithering, incontinent, old pantless woman. We are all fucked.

Eh?

You forgot the neuralgia. Nobody cares.

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Great posts Tighty and Tom.

I remember as a young kid of 17 going to the scrap yard at McGuinness in Middleport. In those day's (70's) cars were stacked three high in rows as long as the eye could see. You could buy the part you needed already taken from the scrap cars and placed I racks but this way was much more expensive. Plus it took the fun out of scouting the yard for the correct car and sniffing out the required parts. Health and safety would have fits if they saw this nowadays, and probably for good reason too but these places saved us poor people with old cars fortunes.

OMG! I knew Fred McGuinness well. I used to buy stuff there all the time.

Car breakers as we knew them are a thing of the past now Kev. You have to have special facilities to deal with waste oil, battery acid, petrol, brake fluid etc .. and allowing a punter to crawl beneath a car that has two other cars balanced on top of it would be impossible. There would be law suits flying in all directions.


My dad and I were in a scrap yard in Barnsley once and my dad was carrying a Cortina bonnet across the yard.

"Watch out for that oil" Shouted the owner, and my dad promptly fell down a big hole.

"If you call that an oil, what do you call the black stuff dripping from that engine?"  

"Grease".

Excellent.

Was he wearing a coyte?

Yes, and big boowits.

[Kev B]

Great posts Tighty and Tom.

I remember as a young kid of 17 going to the scrap yard at McGuinness in Middleport. In those day's (70's) cars were stacked three high in rows as long as the eye could see. You could buy the part you needed already taken from the scrap cars and placed I racks but this way was much more expensive. Plus it took the fun out of scouting the yard for the correct car and sniffing out the required parts. Health and safety would have fits if they saw this nowadays, and probably for good reason too but these places saved us poor people with old cars fortunes.

OMG! I knew Fred McGuinness well. I used to buy stuff there all the time.

Car breakers as we knew them are a thing of the past now Kev. You have to have special facilities to deal with waste oil, battery acid, petrol, brake fluid etc .. and allowing a punter to crawl beneath a car that has two other cars balanced on top of it would be impossible. There would be law suits flying in all directions.


My dad and I were in a scrap yard in Barnsley once and my dad was carrying a Cortina bonnet across the yard.

"Watch out for that oil" Shouted the owner, and my dad promptly fell down a big hole.

"If you call that an oil, what do you call the black stuff dripping from that engine?"  

"Grease".

Dave and Fred were the brothers. Dave mostly keeping an eye out in the office and Fred on the yard/parts area. About 10 years ago I did the drive of Dave junior who apparently didn't see eye to eye with his Dad and had nothing to do with the business.

Have spent many a happy hour rummaging through their yard.

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Feel GREAT this morning, & I'm very very confident of cashing at Binions today.

It's $220 (or $240, I forget which) PLO8, & I'm going to give them old farts hell.

They'll all need colostomy bags when I'm through with them.

Should be an easy field, too, as it's Seniors Day at the WSOP, thus removing most of the opposition at Binions.

Amazing scenes in the Rio corridor this morning, with the Seniors Event starting at an unlikely 10am.

Geezer in a mobility scooter came into the Media Centre & requested a structure sheet.

Seth Palansky says "it's on the website Sir".

"Website?" says the old boy.

"Website, you know, on the internet" says Seth.

"Internet?" says Mr Wrinkly.

Seth gives up, "OK, I'll print one off for you".

"Print one off what?"

And so it continued.

There's even free coffee & toast for all the players, & the queue at both Starbucks was 100 yards long at 9am - old people like to make sure they arrive in time.

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Young reporter (baseball cap on backwards, says "bro" at the end of every sentence) just came into the Media Room, clearly exasperated that he has been assigned to cover the Seniors Event.

"These boys don't so much slow-play, as play slow, bro".

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Question for you.

What do these people have in common?


Andrew Flintoff (Cricket bloke).

Monty Panesar (Cricket spinner bloke).

Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin bloke).

Rowan Williams (Archbishop bloke).

Gerry Adams (Irish bloke)

Michael Eavis (Glasto bloke).

[KarmaDope]

Question for you.

What do these people have in common?


Andrew Flintoff (Cricket bloke).

Monty Panesar (Cricket spinner bloke).

Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin bloke).

Rowan Williams (Archbishop bloke).

Gerry Adams (Irish bloke)

Michael Eavis (Glasto bloke).

They're all blokes.

Whats my prize?

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Question for you.

What do these people have in common?


Andrew Flintoff (Cricket bloke).

Monty Panesar (Cricket spinner bloke).

Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin bloke).

Rowan Williams (Archbishop bloke).

Gerry Adams (Irish bloke)

Michael Eavis (Glasto bloke).

All offered jobs as poker analysts by Sky?

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Come on guys, it's not hard.

[Doobs]

Guess they all won beard of the year.  Pretty sure two have

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Tony

I was wondering if you thought of folding to a min-cash and then trying to spin it up ??   A min-cash is still a significant amount of money . You know that was my strategy the other day . For me I am not embarrassed by bagging a small amount of chips which you mentioned you were . I have gambled too early and been impatient a few times at WSOP and always regretted it.  You never know when YOUR card rush is coming but stay in the game as long as you can to give them Poker gods the chance . At the end of the day 2.5 k is better than nothing so why look to gamble? Get the cash then review where you're at .
I also think that the days are so long at WSOP that tiredness is a huge factor , it's easy to make mistakes , which means I avoid spots in the last level without a big hand . Get me to day 2 , give me a good nights sleep , a new table draw and let's see where we go .  
I also think smallball is often a better strategy than looking for a double up. You know I mentioned Shaun Deeb from my table the other day. Min raise 5-6 times an orbit, picking on weak big blind, small C- bets , playing down the streets . He went from 5k to 30 + k in chips in about 2 levels and never once was he all - in . Absolute masterclass which I will not forget and will take forward with me. Maybe something you might consider .
Me back in Florida. Had two good days of cash at the Luxor , got even on the trip and decided I didn't fancy another 14 hour day with the wrinklies in the Seniors and I got a ton of brownie points by flying in to Tampa to accompany my lady to her Edward Jones convention.
Hope everything goes well for the rest of the trip and remember there is  no shame in a min - cash . It's good for the wallet and another FLAG . Win Win IMO

You bet I thought about it Simon, I agonised about it for ages, hence all those thought processes.

And if I was 10 minutes from cashing, & had 10 Bigs, yes, I'd lock up the Min-Cash.

But creeping over the line with 2 Bigs, as I have so often in the past? Nah, I'm done with that, & I think my Stakers want me to (try to) play properly.

I've been doing it wrong ever since I began. Have a look at my Hendon Mob, & count how many wins I've had. It won't take long......


http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=3265

Think there are just 6, in 12 years, from some 60 odd Festival Final Tables. It's not good enough to do that.

Was great to see you in Vegas, & I was thrilled you cashed again.

What are your thoughts on the US Open so far, & the track?

What about this, too?

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=65599.0


 

[celtic]

Gerry Adams as a sky analyst would be hilarious.

Beards is the link innit?

Saw that glasto bloke today. Has incred facial hair.