Vegas & The Aftermath - Diary

[Dingdell]

Yes Fonzie is in Panto at Milton Keynes theater this December

As Captain Hook in Peter Pan

Some people may think of this as a come down after all the tv work he has done but panto stars get paid enormous amounts a week to appear in these things.

Seating at MK - anywhere between 900 and 1400 depending on the seating arrangement, lets assume 1000 for the panto. Ticket prices from £17 to £26, lets assume mid price of £22. Number of perfomances is approx 50 including matinees according to their web site.

Total income per night (gross) £22,000 plus programme, food and drink sales
Total income for the tour £1,100,000 and that's probably on the conservative side.

Not a bad little earner. Based on anecdotal evidence through the grapevine about another panto a few years ago Henry Winkler must be on at least £20k a week plus lower payment during rehearsal time.

Heeeyyy. 

[AndrewT]

The Fonz has done Captain Hook in Wimbledon and Woking the past two years - as Dingdell says, it must be a nice little earner.

[The-Crow]

I will try and get an interview ,   with Pictures

[MANTIS01]

I will try and get an interview ,   with Pictures

Please get a picture of him with both thumbs up going "Ayyyyyyyy"

[kenjude]

I see i nthe news today that Tikay was spot on with his "bmi look ripe for take-over" prediction a few months back.

[Karabiner]

The Fonz has done Captain Hook in Wimbledon and Woking the past two years - as Dingdell says, it must be a nice little earner.

Was Abu Hamza not available ?

[AndrewT]

The Fonz has done Captain Hook in Wimbledon and Woking the past two years - as Dingdell says, it must be a nice little earner.

Was Abu Hamza not available ?

He was too busy coming last in the World Peekaboo championships.

[kinboshi]

The Fonz has done Captain Hook in Wimbledon and Woking the past two years - as Dingdell says, it must be a nice little earner.

Was Abu Hamza not available ?

He was too busy coming last in the World Peekaboo championships.

Wish he would play hide and seek.  He can hide first...

[tikay]

Back, after 3 days offline from blonde - so much to read, so much to write......

First, this may be on blonde already somewhere, but did you see this? (With acknoweldgement to Poker News.com).

Great picture, too. It's Compo's 5-3 hand, at the Sky Poker UK Tour Leg One, at DTD, when he called all-in against a Raiser & an all-in-er.

But a great interview, I thought.

http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2008/10/compton-interview.htm

[tikay]

To try & catch up.....

Sunday, I went to DTD, to play the £100.

Busted about 15th, but witnessed a real Lord Linton of Lenton moment, when Pete got involved in this hand.

He had made one of his serial-Raises, he had plenty of chips, he made it, I think, 700 at 100-200. Shortie behind, with about 3k, shoved.

Pete muses.........we know he's only bothered about calling as it will show what filth he's been Raising with. Pete then says as much, rhetorically. "If I call, do I have to show?".....

He does not have the price, but he eventually calls anyway. Shorties proudly Tables his Aces. "Please don't outdraw me Pete?" he pleads.

So, it's 

versus Pete's, err, 

And it's all over on the juicy flop, which was accompanied by oohs & aahs.....

 

Yup, a flopped House for Aces man.

The River was more gasps than oohs & aahs.....

 

Incorrigable.

[tikay]

After the DTD Tourney, I sat in a £2 £2 DC Game, & in the main, it was fairly playable, with a few decent players, Wadey, Basha, Pete Conduit, and one complete numpty, a sort of Bingo Bill, who doubled up my £200 sit-down very first hand.

We had only been playing a short while, & stacks were still shallow, most had sat down with £200 or £250, & I had about £400, thanks to the early 2xup.

Then this happened.....

I select 6 Card Hi-Lo.

It goes, as per, £2, called in every spot, (5), I call unthinkingly on the Button.

The BB then pops it to £10, again, Called everywhere, & like a sheep, I Call too. Well, you never know, was my unthinking thinking.

I am holding   

Hard to excuse the Call really - this is 6 Card, & my hand has very limited scope to improve, or have hope of extensions, it's a very "flat" hand, & this is, after all - 6 card, when the Nuts are needed. So yes, a shocking Call really.

We see this flop.....

 

Hmm. Top set - temporary nuts. Might be able to pinch this.

Then all hell breaks loose. SB Pots it, £60 I think. Called in FOUR Spots.

Wow.

What to do? Well it can improve to a boat, but otherwise, that's it. The flush draw must be dead. I am holding three (7-7-4) of my own outs. There's no low-draw really.

I decide I can take it here & now it, & Pot it, about £350.

My heart sank, when it went Call, Call, Call, Call, Call......

Oops.

Well, we do have the temporary nuts, but can it hang on?

And what has everyone else got? Any clues, I never found out?.

I guess someone is on the nut flush draw, someone the 2nd nut flush draw, middle set, maybe two of them have a wrap around the J-9, & perhaps some optimist called for value with A-2 or somesuch.

The turn was, I thought, a bad Card - 3.

So I'm holding another of my outs now, & what's more, the Low-Draws have now come into play.

I'm really not sure how many bullets I have to dodge now, but there must be dozens. There cannot be many wholly "safe" cards, in fact. I'm pretty sure my arse is twitching, though.

I really rather liked the River, in fact - another 3. NUTS!

Now, I know it was a shocker of a pre-flop Call by me.

And I think - think - my flop Re-Raise was ill-advised, because I can't be favourite here, surely? I'd hoped they'd all Pass, but that went wrong.

What would you do on that Flop, given the Action in front of you?

OK, it's the best hand right now, but given the likely range of holdings round the table, flushes, straghts, maybe lows, what were the chances of this hand scooping the lot? Slim I'd have thought, but if any of you maths boys know the answer, I'd be curious to know.

Thanks.

[tikay]

I was doing "Play The Presenter" one night last week, & got into convo with the players - that's part of the MO, maybe the main reason.

And I ended up chatting with 2 of the top twenty in the Sky Poker League, "lJAMESl" who writes to me already, "SIMUK", & "Rolfus". (SIMUK is 2nd in the League I believe).

One thing led to another, & it ended with me agreeing to meet them at DTD on Sunday, & buy them all a drink.

I forgot all about it, until Sunday, when they all turned up at DTD, including one who'd come all the way up from Gravesend!

We had a chat, & swapped rounds of drinks al nght. And it emerged that these three lads eight table - EIGHT-TABLE! - on Sky Poker. Which takes some doing, I'd have thought. But they do OK, & were playing 4 figure deep, & winning big, in the big Hold-Em Game in DTD on Sunday.

Here they are, not one of them older than about 9. Terrific lads, very well-mannered, too

[AlexMartin]

I think u played it fine, the pot is so big that you are getting a decent price even if "behind" to a big combodraw. I like it more if you are a little deeper as you can price out the drawing hands. Makes a huge difference that the low draw is backdoor. If it was J84 you cant do this.

[Royal Flush]

Tikay the 2 7's in your hand are not your own outs, you have to use 2 from your hand and 3 from the board, see us internet only folk even know that.

[gatso]

enough poker, let's get back to trains

have you seen this Tony? a chinese idea so trains don't have to slow down at stations

http://www.snotr.com/video/1401

utter madness