blonde & Poker Trillion

[byronkincaid]

sounds like you had a good win there tikay.

[George2Loose]

Cash game. AA vs AA obv. Tikay 4 flushed it

[MC]

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!

lol 

[tikay]

"Lol at tikay winning", you boys have got some once a week! It arose in a weird way, but yes, I did win - sort of.

I had a Roll of £3,000 with me, & was a bit nervous that if night one went bad, I'd be stuck, & have to sit out for the rest of the trip.

The first SNG was a £500 Freezeout, (8 handed) but Mad Marty exited very early, & somehow talked everyone into making it a Rebuy. He then had 7 (SEVEN) Rebuys, & was, obv, first to exit. Nobody else had a single Rebuy, but the Pot was now £7,500. I said there & then that I would not play any further Rebuys, as I could not afford it.

I ended up Heads Up with John Duthie, it was £5k to the winner, £2.5k to 2nd.

Now an etiquette thing arose. John & I were playing cagey Heads-Up, & there were way too many Chips in play relative to the Blinds, due to Mad Marty's excess. After a while, our Host let it be known that we should either finish it within a few hands, go All-In Blind, or chop it up. This was because the other 6 Players were all twiddling their thumbs. We were sort of Level in chips, so we chopped it, & took £3,750 each. Phew. You know what I'm like with Chops, too, so it suited me a treat. John readily agreed to the Chop as it had been me that had invited him to the game, & he was pleased to be part of it, so it was a sort of "thank you", as clearly, he'd own me Heads-Up.

Now I wanted to hit & run, I'm thinking wow, this is good, I'm £3k up, & I wish it were all over now so I could take home a whizz profit.

It was then agreed that there would be no more Rebuys, but we'd up the Games to £1,000 each. I got two or three more Heads-Up Chops, so "held my own" for the rest of the cruise. Very nice, very relieved.

We all had to leave a hefty gratuity at the end, for the Dealer, & it was deemed right to leave a tip for the Crew, too.

I was very relieved not to do money, & pleasantly surprised to make a profit. The fields were good, but with a few soft, or "value" players. There were always 4 players in the game who were value. 5 if you count golden bollocks.

[tikay]

Had an interesting PM this evening, to which I have yet to reply (I'm miles behind with my PM's), but I will reply.

It was from AndyP - Andy Pyrah.

He said that he'd sent me an e-Mail a while back suggesting a Meet in London to have a chat. He also said, "in the meantime, I personally apologise profusely for the way blondepoker was treated".

I think we need to re-wind here.

Andy & I were in regular contact, & he promised all would be well. That would, of course, be his duty to his employers, & is understandable. He spun me a yarn or two, that was obvious, but in his spot, again, it's understandable. But then, when the poo hit the fan, he went AWOL, & he never replied again. I have no idea at what stage his Trillion e-Addy was closed, but that would have possibly explained it - I don't know. As long-time friends/associates, I thought Andy should gave stayed in touch with me "at the death", but one can assume he was getting some pressure from upstairs to lie low (literally?), & let's face it, getting the wrong side of the Trillion owners would not be a good or even healthy thing. 

In his spot - & I've been in his spot, precisely that very spot, I'm afraid I'd take the honourable course, & come clean with the Creditors. But I don't have a wife & kids.

I will go & meet him (& reply to his PM), & we'll maybe see what's what.

There is no chance of ever seeing that money, we know that, but I'm keen to learn more about who did what. I'm trying to report these things in a balanced & fair manner, but if I see clear evidence of malpractice & can lay it fairly & squarely at someone's door, I shall bang on about it for a very long time.

It would be kinda nice if Andy P was to come on here, & use his own words, rather than have me interpret them, of course. But I don't see that happening.

Interestingly, & pleasingly, it would seem that the Trillion powers that were are still monitoring this Thread, so feel free to comment aoppropriately.

 

[Laxie]

To those mystery viewers, I'd have a certain finger raised in the air right about now whilst shouting 'Sit and spin!!!'

[DaveShoelace]

Had an interesting PM this evening, to which I have yet to reply (I'm miles behind with my PM's), but I will reply.

It was from AndyP - Andy Pyrah.

He said that he'd sent me an e-Mail a while back suggesting a Meet in London to have a chat. He also said, "in the meantime, I personally apologise profusely for the way blondepoker was treated".

I think we need to re-wind here.

Andy & I were in regular contact, & he promised all would be well. That would, of course, be his duty to his employers, & is understandable. He spun me a yarn or two, that was obvious, but in his spot, again, it's understandable. But then, when the poo hit the fan, he went AWOL, & he never replied again. I have no idea at what stage his Trillion e-Addy was closed, but that would have possibly explained it - I don't know. As long-time friends/associates, I thought Andy should gave stayed in touch with me "at the death", but one can assume he was getting some pressure from upstairs to lie low (literally?), & let's face it, getting the wrong side of the Trillion owners would not be a good or even healthy thing. 

In his spot - & I've been in his spot, precisely that very spot, I'm afraid I'd take the honourable course, & come clean with the Creditors. But I don't have a wife & kids.

I will go & meet him (& reply to his PM), & we'll maybe see what's what.

There is no chance of ever seeing that money, we know that, but I'm keen to learn more about who did what. I'm trying to report these things in a balanced & fair manner, but if I see clear evidence of malpractice & can lay it fairly & squarely at someone's door, I shall bang on about it for a very long time.

It would be kinda nice if Andy P was to come on here, & use his own words, rather than have me interpret them, of course. But I don't see that happening.

Interestingly, & pleasingly, it would seem that the Trillion powers that were are still monitoring this Thread, so feel free to comment aoppropriately.

 

Andy P in the well perhaps?

[MANTIS01]

Tikay, I thought you were into locomotives and cream teas. Of late we've had affairs with mothers and their daughters as well as high stakes yacht-based cash games. Your life becomes more like an episode of Dallas by the day.

[tikay]

Tikay, I thought you were into locomotives and cream teas. Of late we've had affairs with mothers and their daughters as well as high stakes yacht-based cash games. Your life becomes more like an episode of Dallas by the day.

Please. They were not affairs - they were dalliances.

Anyway, you've heard nothing yet. If the mood catches me, there's so much more.

[Dingdell]

Tikay, I thought you were into locomotives and cream teas. Of late we've had affairs with mothers and their daughters as well as high stakes yacht-based cash games. Your life becomes more like an episode of Dallas by the day.

Please. They were not affairs - they were dalliances.

Anyway, you've heard nothing yet. If the mood catches me, there's so much more.

Can you wait until my breakfast has gone down please? TY.

[tikay]

Tikay, I thought you were into locomotives and cream teas. Of late we've had affairs with mothers and their daughters as well as high stakes yacht-based cash games. Your life becomes more like an episode of Dallas by the day.

Please. They were not affairs - they were dalliances.

Anyway, you've heard nothing yet. If the mood catches me, there's so much more.

Can you wait until my breakfast has gone down please? TY.

Fortunately for me, the mood has now passed.

[NoflopsHomer]

Had an interesting PM this evening, to which I have yet to reply (I'm miles behind with my PM's), but I will reply.

It was from AndyP - Andy Pyrah.

He said that he'd sent me an e-Mail a while back suggesting a Meet in London to have a chat. He also said, "in the meantime, I personally apologise profusely for the way blondepoker was treated".

I think we need to re-wind here.

Andy & I were in regular contact, & he promised all would be well. That would, of course, be his duty to his employers, & is understandable. He spun me a yarn or two, that was obvious, but in his spot, again, it's understandable. But then, when the poo hit the fan, he went AWOL, & he never replied again. I have no idea at what stage his Trillion e-Addy was closed, but that would have possibly explained it - I don't know. As long-time friends/associates, I thought Andy should gave stayed in touch with me "at the death", but one can assume he was getting some pressure from upstairs to lie low (literally?), & let's face it, getting the wrong side of the Trillion owners would not be a good or even healthy thing. 

In his spot - & I've been in his spot, precisely that very spot, I'm afraid I'd take the honourable course, & come clean with the Creditors. But I don't have a wife & kids.

I will go & meet him (& reply to his PM), & we'll maybe see what's what.

There is no chance of ever seeing that money, we know that, but I'm keen to learn more about who did what. I'm trying to report these things in a balanced & fair manner, but if I see clear evidence of malpractice & can lay it fairly & squarely at someone's door, I shall bang on about it for a very long time.

It would be kinda nice if Andy P was to come on here, & use his own words, rather than have me interpret them, of course. But I don't see that happening.

Interestingly, & pleasingly, it would seem that the Trillion powers that were are still monitoring this Thread, so feel free to comment aoppropriately.

 

Someone posted the old AA vs KK vs QQ (where Denis folds KK preflop to Kallakis' AA and Hickman spikes with QQ) video on a friend of mine's facebook wall and I just wondered whatever happened here with Kallakis, Pyrah, etc.

[TightEnd]

as far as blonde is concerned nothing happened. Trillion went under, the book was sold/transferred to Everleaf and we had to write off the £8,000 owed as a bad debt

[tikay]

I was given to understand that Mr Achilleas had his attention diverted by some rather more pressing matters.

Robert Cooper is still around, I saw him quite recently somewhere.

Not seen Andy Pyrah in a while, though he has written to me twice suggesting we hook up or Dinner. I can't be arsed now, to be honest, what's gone is gone, but I cannot stand these thieves who give it all the innocent shite when it comes out on top. If he want to fess up & acknowledge the Trillion thing was a full-on scam, fine, but they are still denying it, or were last I heard.

Life's too short, it's gone.

[EvilPie]

Holy shit!!

Was this really almost 2 years ago!?!?!?!?