blonde & Poker Trillion

[The Camel]

My sources tell me Mr Kollakis and his ever faithful beagle, Robert Cooper, were at the Sportsman for their £500 tournament a couple of nights ago.

I wonder if the SFO knew this?

[The Camel]

Any updates about the status of the phoney shipping magnate?

[AlrightJack]

The conman and his henchman were at the Hilton during the EPT festival.

[tikay]

If you refer to Mr Kalakkis, no, only what's going the rounds, that both he & Robert & regularly playing the bigger Cash games in London, the Matchroom stuff, & the recent London EPT.

Such is life, we've kissed goodbye to the $7,000, & a "friendship" or two I guess. But I'll not forget, or forgive, & I'll stick it in their eye whenever opportunity permits.

As you may recall, I spoke to him when the Trillion thing went tits up, & he totally denied any personal involvement, very convincingly, but then, later, other stuff emerged, & it all started to look very iffy.

What a tale the whole thing was.

He turned up in Vegas for the WSOP one year, in the Media Centre, sporting a Press Badge accredited to "United Nations Poker Representative". I kid you not.

He spoke much of his yacht - Lady K - & notwithstanding what happened subsequently, I'll never forget or regret being invited to spend two little holidays on the Lady K, one in Greece, one in Monte Carlo. Unbelievable memories. He told me that he Leased the Yacht to the UN, & a Government Agency, & that Tony Blair & Princess Di had often been Guests on the Yacht.

The Yacht was stunning, had a Crew of 22, including three chefs. Off Greece, where we sailed around the Greek Islands, we Jet-Ski'd daily, great big powerful Jet-Ski's, Dave Colclough, Rhowena, & I. Then we played poker all night, 6 or 8 of us, including a guy named Lascelle, who I saw at WSOP-E a week or two ago.

Andy Pyrah was a Guest, too. What a wrong 'un he turned out to be, too. I spent a day with Barry Hearn the week before last, in a Meeting, & the Andy Pyrah story made more sense after that.....

After one of the Lady K cruises, it came to "settling up" time. There is a protocol in these things. We played every night, all night, £500 & £1,000 SNG's, but cash never changed hands during or after games, it's not done that way. After the last game, on the last night, it's "settle up" time, & you all sit round the Table & pay your dues.

In theory, we all pay Achilleas, & he then pays everyone. In reality, some liabilities & profits almost cancel each other out. Dave Colclough was £4,500 to the good, x was down exactly that, so x gave Dave £4,500, job done.

I was £3,500 up, & a famous Pro - a Sponsored Pro these days, VERY high profile, was down the same amount. But he was not carrying money (because he was skinto) , & could not pay - which is the ultimate in bad etuiqiette in these situations. One is expected to have the wherewithal......

He said "I'll pay you next week in Blackpool tikay".

This I did not like. I had risked my money, & if I lost, I had the means to stump up, in cash. Now it turned out this Mr Pro was effectively on a bet to nothing. He'd collect any winnings, but would not pay debts.

Achilleas got heavy with him - "pay tikay the money". Our man said he could not, but he would settle me up next week.

"You happy with that tikay?" says Achilleas. "No, not at all", I replied, "it's bang out of order, but I don't wanna make a fuss, I'm a Guest here".

Achilleas threw a strop at Mr Pro, then went & fetched a briefcase full of money, & paid me the Cash, there & then, instructing Robert to collect the Debt when back home. I really thought that was very honourable of him. As it happened, the last I heard, 2 or 3 years later, they'd never been able to collect the £3,500 Debt.

I suppose we swim in dangerous waters, but there are so many bent bastards about these days it's hard to know what's what. And they exist at every level of poker.

I really think people are being born without a shame gene these days.

[booder]

PMSL @ pic  title

[GreekStein]

If you refer to Mr Kalakkis, no, only what's going the rounds, that both he & Robert & regularly playing the bigger Cash games in London, the Matchroom stuff, & the recent London EPT.

Such is life, we've kissed goodbye to the $7,000, & a "friendship" or two I guess. But I'll not forget, or forgive, & I'll stick it in their eye whenever opportunity permits.

As you may recall, I spoke to him when the Trillion thing went tits up, & he totally denied any personal involvement, very convincingly, but then, later, other stuff emerged, & it all started to look very iffy.

What a tale the whole thing was.

He turned up in Vegas for the WSOP one year, in the Media Centre, sporting a Press Badge accredited to "United Nations Poker Representative". I kid you not.

He spoke much of his yacht - Lady K - & notwithstanding what happened subsequently, I'll never forget or regret being invited to spend two little holidays on the Lady K, one in Greece, one in Monte Carlo. Unbelievable memories. He told me that he Leased the Yacht to the UN, & a Government Agency, & that Tony Blair & Princess Di had often been Guests on the Yacht.

The Yacht was stunning, had a Crew of 22, including three chefs. Off Greece, where we sailed around the Greek Islands, we Jet-Ski'd daily, great big powerful Jet-Ski's, Dave Colclough, Rhowena, & I. Then we played poker all night, 6 or 8 of us, including a guy named Lascelle, who I saw at WSOP-E a week or two ago.

Andy Pyrah was a Guest, too. What a wrong 'un he turned out to be, too. I spent a day with Barry Hearn the week before last, in a Meeting, & the Andy Pyrah story made more sense after that.....

After one of the Lady K cruises, it came to "settling up" time. There is a protocol in these things. We played every night, all night, £500 & £1,000 SNG's, but cash never changed hands during or after games, it's not done that way. After the last game, on the last night, it's "settle up" time, & you all sit round the Table & pay your dues.

In theory, we all pay Achilleas, & he then pays everyone. In reality, some liabilities & profits almost cancel each other out. Dave Colclough was £4,500 to the good, x was down exactly that, so x gave Dave £4,500, job done.

I was £3,500 up, & a famous Pro - a Sponsored Pro these days, VERY high profile, was down the same amount. But he was not carrying money (because he was skinto) , & could not pay - which is the ultimate in bad etuiqiette in these situations. One is expected to have the wherewithal......

He said "I'll pay you next week in Blackpool tikay".

This I did not like. I had risked my money, & if I lost, I had the means to stump up, in cash. Now it turned out this Mr Pro was effectively on a bet to nothing. He'd collect any winnings, but would not pay debts.

Achilleas got heavy with him - "pay tikay the money". Our man said he could not, but he would settle me up next week.

"You happy with that tikay?" says Achilleas. "No, not at all", I replied, "it's bang out of order, but I don't wanna make a fuss, I'm a Guest here".

Achilleas threw a strop at Mr Pro, then went & fetched a briefcase full of money, & paid me the Cash, there & then, instructing Robert to collect the Debt when back home. I really thought that was very honourable of him. As it happened, the last I heard, 2 or 3 years later, they'd never been able to collect the £3,500 Debt.

I suppose we swim in dangerous waters, but there are so many bent bastards about these days it's hard to know what's what. And they exist at every level of poker.

I really think people are being born without a shame gene these days.

Even though that's a great shame, it was an excellent story Tikay!

Loving the pic name too!

[Blatch]

nice read Tikay and very amusing pic title

[GreekStein]

nice read Tikay and very amusing pic title

When are you having a home game on your yacht?

[Blatch]

nice read Tikay and very amusing pic title

When are you having a home game on your yacht?

I had one about 3 weeks ago

[The Camel]

Is Andy Pyrah related to Wally Pyrah (former Coral and Sporting Index PR guy)?

[ripple11]

Is Andy Pyrah related to Wally Pyrah (former Coral and Sporting Index PR guy)?

father and son
http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:2_0ORZXG7aEJ:www.insidepokermag.co.uk/othersports/features/44/wally_pyrah.html+wally+pyrah+andy+pyrah&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&ie=UTF-8

[titaniumbean]

PMSL @ pic  title

[The Camel]

If you refer to Mr Kalakkis, no, only what's going the rounds, that both he & Robert & regularly playing the bigger Cash games in London, the Matchroom stuff, & the recent London EPT.

Such is life, we've kissed goodbye to the $7,000, & a "friendship" or two I guess. But I'll not forget, or forgive, & I'll stick it in their eye whenever opportunity permits.

As you may recall, I spoke to him when the Trillion thing went tits up, & he totally denied any personal involvement, very convincingly, but then, later, other stuff emerged, & it all started to look very iffy.

What a tale the whole thing was.

He turned up in Vegas for the WSOP one year, in the Media Centre, sporting a Press Badge accredited to "United Nations Poker Representative". I kid you not.

He spoke much of his yacht - Lady K - & notwithstanding what happened subsequently, I'll never forget or regret being invited to spend two little holidays on the Lady K, one in Greece, one in Monte Carlo. Unbelievable memories. He told me that he Leased the Yacht to the UN, & a Government Agency, & that Tony Blair & Princess Di had often been Guests on the Yacht.

The Yacht was stunning, had a Crew of 22, including three chefs. Off Greece, where we sailed around the Greek Islands, we Jet-Ski'd daily, great big powerful Jet-Ski's, Dave Colclough, Rhowena, & I. Then we played poker all night, 6 or 8 of us, including a guy named Lascelle, who I saw at WSOP-E a week or two ago.

Andy Pyrah was a Guest, too. What a wrong 'un he turned out to be, too. I spent a day with Barry Hearn the week before last, in a Meeting, & the Andy Pyrah story made more sense after that.....

After one of the Lady K cruises, it came to "settling up" time. There is a protocol in these things. We played every night, all night, £500 & £1,000 SNG's, but cash never changed hands during or after games, it's not done that way. After the last game, on the last night, it's "settle up" time, & you all sit round the Table & pay your dues.

In theory, we all pay Achilleas, & he then pays everyone. In reality, some liabilities & profits almost cancel each other out. Dave Colclough was £4,500 to the good, x was down exactly that, so x gave Dave £4,500, job done.

I was £3,500 up, & a famous Pro - a Sponsored Pro these days, VERY high profile, was down the same amount. But he was not carrying money (because he was skinto) , & could not pay - which is the ultimate in bad etuiqiette in these situations. One is expected to have the wherewithal......

He said "I'll pay you next week in Blackpool tikay".

This I did not like. I had risked my money, & if I lost, I had the means to stump up, in cash. Now it turned out this Mr Pro was effectively on a bet to nothing. He'd collect any winnings, but would not pay debts.

Achilleas got heavy with him - "pay tikay the money". Our man said he could not, but he would settle me up next week.

"You happy with that tikay?" says Achilleas. "No, not at all", I replied, "it's bang out of order, but I don't wanna make a fuss, I'm a Guest here".

Achilleas threw a strop at Mr Pro, then went & fetched a briefcase full of money, & paid me the Cash, there & then, instructing Robert to collect the Debt when back home. I really thought that was very honourable of him. As it happened, the last I heard, 2 or 3 years later, they'd never been able to collect the £3,500 Debt.

I suppose we swim in dangerous waters, but there are so many bent bastards about these days it's hard to know what's what. And they exist at every level of poker.

I really think people are being born without a shame gene these days.

Sorry, I just cannot believe this yarn.

You expect us to swallow a story which involves you winning 3 and halfgrand at poker?

Pull the other one tikay!

[Longy]

If you refer to Mr Kalakkis, no, only what's going the rounds, that both he & Robert & regularly playing the bigger Cash games in London, the Matchroom stuff, & the recent London EPT.

Such is life, we've kissed goodbye to the $7,000, & a "friendship" or two I guess. But I'll not forget, or forgive, & I'll stick it in their eye whenever opportunity permits.

As you may recall, I spoke to him when the Trillion thing went tits up, & he totally denied any personal involvement, very convincingly, but then, later, other stuff emerged, & it all started to look very iffy.

What a tale the whole thing was.

He turned up in Vegas for the WSOP one year, in the Media Centre, sporting a Press Badge accredited to "United Nations Poker Representative". I kid you not.

He spoke much of his yacht - Lady K - & notwithstanding what happened subsequently, I'll never forget or regret being invited to spend two little holidays on the Lady K, one in Greece, one in Monte Carlo. Unbelievable memories. He told me that he Leased the Yacht to the UN, & a Government Agency, & that Tony Blair & Princess Di had often been Guests on the Yacht.

The Yacht was stunning, had a Crew of 22, including three chefs. Off Greece, where we sailed around the Greek Islands, we Jet-Ski'd daily, great big powerful Jet-Ski's, Dave Colclough, Rhowena, & I. Then we played poker all night, 6 or 8 of us, including a guy named Lascelle, who I saw at WSOP-E a week or two ago.

Andy Pyrah was a Guest, too. What a wrong 'un he turned out to be, too. I spent a day with Barry Hearn the week before last, in a Meeting, & the Andy Pyrah story made more sense after that.....

After one of the Lady K cruises, it came to "settling up" time. There is a protocol in these things. We played every night, all night, £500 & £1,000 SNG's, but cash never changed hands during or after games, it's not done that way. After the last game, on the last night, it's "settle up" time, & you all sit round the Table & pay your dues.

In theory, we all pay Achilleas, & he then pays everyone. In reality, some liabilities & profits almost cancel each other out. Dave Colclough was £4,500 to the good, x was down exactly that, so x gave Dave £4,500, job done.

I was £3,500 up, & a famous Pro - a Sponsored Pro these days, VERY high profile, was down the same amount. But he was not carrying money (because he was skinto) , & could not pay - which is the ultimate in bad etuiqiette in these situations. One is expected to have the wherewithal......

He said "I'll pay you next week in Blackpool tikay".

This I did not like. I had risked my money, & if I lost, I had the means to stump up, in cash. Now it turned out this Mr Pro was effectively on a bet to nothing. He'd collect any winnings, but would not pay debts.

Achilleas got heavy with him - "pay tikay the money". Our man said he could not, but he would settle me up next week.

"You happy with that tikay?" says Achilleas. "No, not at all", I replied, "it's bang out of order, but I don't wanna make a fuss, I'm a Guest here".

Achilleas threw a strop at Mr Pro, then went & fetched a briefcase full of money, & paid me the Cash, there & then, instructing Robert to collect the Debt when back home. I really thought that was very honourable of him. As it happened, the last I heard, 2 or 3 years later, they'd never been able to collect the £3,500 Debt.

I suppose we swim in dangerous waters, but there are so many bent bastards about these days it's hard to know what's what. And they exist at every level of poker.

I really think people are being born without a shame gene these days.

Sorry, I just cannot believe this yarn.

You expect us to swallow a story which involves you winning 3 and halfgrand at poker?

Pull the other one tikay!

They were playing sngs, Tikay probably folded his way into the money.

[AlrightJack]

So, who's the grimming very famous sponsored pro then?