Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[tikay]

Dont knock yourself too much Tony, I like your diary format, it keeps me going at this time, Also you are writing it after what must me a long ardious day and it does not filkter through in my in my opinion.

You sound like you need a rest though, take time and recharge

Thanks Billy, & I do plan to take a rest. For the next hour.

[Snatiramas]

Dont knock yourself too much Tony, I like your diary format, it keeps me going at this time, Also you are writing it after what must me a long ardious day and it does not filkter through in my in my opinion.

You sound like you need a rest though, take time and recharge

Thanks Billy, & I do plan to take a rest. For the next hour.

Right back to work then

[tikay]

Dont knock yourself too much Tony, I like your diary format, it keeps me going at this time, Also you are writing it after what must me a long ardious day and it does not filkter through in my in my opinion.

You sound like you need a rest though, take time and recharge

Thanks Billy, & I do plan to take a rest. For the next hour.

Right back to work then

Already am. Hat three.

[cia260895]

Someone buy that man a drink and a game 

[Tonji]

Someone buy that man a drink and a game 

Jeeves,...a pot of tea for the ol fella, switch the model railway on...& relax.

Fine reading Tikay 

[Jeeves]

Sir, when you awake for the day, you will find your going home list on the laptop keyboard as requested.

I shall be at the Hotel Pool with Carmina and Jessica should you require my services.

Jeeves

[tikay]

11am Sunday.

Awoke as bright as a bright thing, eagerly looking forward to the Midday Tournie at Venetian or Caesars, with Thewy, Kev & Rob, at last I'm free to go out & play.

Exchanged PM's with Jim McShane, luckily, who informed me that the Venetian is a $5,000-er. Oops, a bit dear when I'm so out of "practice", & I'd prob be a bit out of my comfort zone, so the $500 at Caesars it will be.,.

And then, 5 mins ago, a call from the Producer. "Just two more bits to Film to shoot, & one last Interview. Meet me at 11.30."

Bugger. Bugger! This is, of course, entirely Jeeves fault. I shall need to consider whether I persevere with him, but in view of his indiscretions, I do believe it would be entirely reasonable to reduce, or even remove entirely, his most handsome stipend.

So be it. Maybe I can slip into Caesars as an alternate.

Hey-ho, there's always next weekend's DTD Mini-Fessie, though I am working on Friday, Sat & Sun should be cool.

Right, I'm off, & if we can get these few clips to be "one-takes", I might yet get into Caesars midday-er.

A pleasant Sunday Evening to you all, & if you are playing the big Online Sunday Night-ers, good luck.

[Ecosse]

Best of luck Tikay, relax and chill. Great updates all the way from Vegas. Glad young Will (and Eck) done so well.

Dougie.

[tikay]

"tikay" I hear, as I exit the "restrooms" at Caesars this afternoon. I almost dread turning round, as I generally have forgotten the name of whoever it is.

The Gentleman below introduces himself, luckily for me, as I cannot quite "place him". "It's Barry (or did he say "Brian"?), from Luton".

"Hi Barry, how's Vegas been". Da de da.

We chat for a while, & I say I look forward to getting back to Luton soon, as I miss the gang down there, & reading Tighty's Luton stories makes me Luton-hungry.

He says he won't be there this Sunday, as he is "playing" a Fishing (Angling?) Competition, & so I ask if he knows Evil Edna - yes, he does - & does he know she once held the UK Carp Fishing record for a female? (No). Evil Edna, by the bye, reminds me of Eddie Charlton, the veteran Australian snookerist, who has led an incredible life as an Olympic athlete & swimmer, & Edna has led (lead?) a quite remarkable life too, in spheres you'd never imagine.

Anyway, I wish him luck in the Fishing Comp, & he tells me it has big Prize-Money - £5,000.

"Where is it" I ask.

"Boddington Reservoir" says he.

"Where's that?" I respond.

"Boddington".

Ah, I see. But he tells me it's 2 hours ftrom Luton, so that's a clue.

"Boddington is stuffed with good-sized Carp, (he opens his arms to demonstrate how big), & it'll take a 500lb bag to win it".

500lbs! That must be a good few reasonable sized carp, which all have to be caught in x hours I guess. Lovely to see how different folks enjoy their hobbies. Wonder if they have angle-shooting & cheating in fishing comp? Or Bad Beat moaners. ("Can't believe the hook came out, it was huge. Sick, sick, sick").

Is "Angling" sea-fishing, & "fishing" fresh-water angling? That reads daft, I know, but you know what I mean.

Sorry for the poor quality pic. He moved.....

[tikay]

Jim McShane just e-Mailed me these, from "Grand Lux" (?) last night. They look decidedly merry.....

[tikay]

So, tell us the story Jim......

[Dingdell]

Seriously - all this smiling is scaring me....

[tikay]

Bad news - Camel is reading this thread.

Which means he must be out of the WSOP.

Damn.

[tikay]

Seriously - all this smiling is scaring me....

Yup, smiling is so uncool. Except the really cool guys usually smile.

Have you ever noted snat's signature? It's a beaut.

[77dave]

As a non-drinker (sorry Dewi et al) its tough going out to dinner with these 3.

Rob started with a Long Island Iced Tea, then a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, then a pt of lager, then 3 glasses of Red wine.

Julian had a much more respectable night he found the wine list decided to go for a red then stuck with them all night.

Kevin has the ability to discover the most girly drinks avalible in any restaurant. He openly admits to being able to get drunk from smelling drinks. He started with the Red concoction in the picture then moved onto a blood orange Mojito.

As much as then had to drink nothing could of prepared us for the Venetain card room.

In we walk after dinner to discover a table playing $4/$8 limit "HOMO". Holdem/Omaha/Mike Crazy H/L 3 card Irish/Omaha 8.

Everyone paid a $20 ante and we se the flop for free. So 8 handed and $160 in the middle its very hard to fold any hand on any fold for $4  hmm pot odds.

As you can imagine lots of skill involved.

The guy CRAZY MIKE who had started the game left us as his opponent had arrived. They were playing $75/$150 limit Holdem HeadsUp $20k sitdown. He was CRAZY.