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« Reply #90 on: January 11, 2011, 02:33:33 PM »

Tisdale is another up and comer. Great job at Exeter.


Blackwell is another re-tread, offers nothing new. At these types of jobs (where you know its a stepping stone to better things if you are successful) you might as well go for young talent rather than the same old same old of the Blackwells
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« Reply #91 on: January 11, 2011, 02:38:28 PM »

Ferguson, D    1/10
Oldfield, D    6
Blackwell, K   10
Paul Tisdale    10
Robson, M    10
Andy Scott    12
Hart, P    12

Looking like a done deal then. Would still love to know why he went to Preston but would be OK with him coming back. Obv him and Daragh have kissed and made up.
He'll be taking over one of the best squads in the league and am expecting Boydy to have a blinder tonight. Should take care of Brentford and will have a few quid on us scoring 4+ at 7.2 for a bit of interest.
Prediction is that, if he does take over as looks likely, he'll get us up again, we'll be bottom of the Championship next December, and he'll go to Ipswich or somewhere.

Ewww @ the overround on that book.

Whose prices are those?

I don't think Peterbrough will go up this season (unless they win the lottery of the playoffs), Brighton, Southampton and Huddersfield are all far too well equipped to fall away.

One of those teams might skid to a halt, but to expect two to fail is pretty optimistic.
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« Reply #92 on: January 11, 2011, 02:45:22 PM »

Fantastic news for us Cherries supporters that Eddie is staying. I'm sure he's destined for great things....but not just yet Wink

lol he went from 1/4 to 1/25  this morning to join Palace !!
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« Reply #93 on: January 11, 2011, 03:00:41 PM »

Skybet prices but doubt they'll have taken more than a few quid and all of it will have been for FerJu, who's gone from 1-3, through 1-6, to 1-10 today.
The overround is Trigg-like but good on'em for at least putting up a token market. Good for Poshies who want some sort of indicator as to what's going on.
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« Reply #94 on: January 11, 2011, 03:00:56 PM »

Joe Lewis hands in transfer request after club turned down an offer from a Premier League club.
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« Reply #95 on: January 11, 2011, 03:06:31 PM »

Skybet prices but doubt they'll have taken more than a few quid and all of it will have been for FerJu, who's gone from 1-3, through 1-6, to 1-10 today.
The overround is Trigg-like but good on'em for at least putting up a token market. Good for Poshies who want some sort of indicator as to what's going on.

Jesus, they even have a market for next Walsall manager.

Wonder how much they'll take on a 33/1 shot.
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« Reply #96 on: January 11, 2011, 04:49:38 PM »

Just been re-reading a few of those poker interviews I did for the Post. Sure they won't mind me copying and pasting this one (you'd really have to know where you're looking to find it on the website):

KEITH HAWKINS discovered poker while in his midteens, starting off playing five-card draw and fivecard stud in a school game that also included Neil Channing.

He's since amassed more than $800,000 in live tournament cashes, despite not being a regular feature on the circuit as he focuses more on playing online.

Live highlights have included winning the UK Open in 2002 for about £40,000, winning a tournament at The Vic for £30,000 and, more recently, finishing 75th in last year's World Series Of Poker Main Event.

"I started playing quiz machines while I was at college," says Hawkins, "and they gave me the disregard for money you need in order to play poker successfully. I could easily earn £100 during a lunchtime. Then I'd trundle off to the bookies and, more often than not, lose the lot.

"I'd only really played cash poker until I went to Reading Grosvenor Casino one night to play blackjack. There was a £5 poker tournament on and I couldn't resist signing up. The rest is history.

"I've played tournament poker pretty much for a living since 1993, starting off at a low level in Reading, Luton and Southampton before gradually moving further afield as the success started.

"It was during my first big tournament, in Amsterdam, that I picked up the nickname ‘The Camel'. During a break, at around 11pm, I rushed to get a pint and bumped into a friend, who had beenpropping up the bar all day.

"After a couple of lines about drink problems, I said ‘I don't have a problem, I can go days without a drink'. His reply was ‘well, you must be a ******* camel then'.

"I went on to make the final and the fellow had a word with the MC, asking him to introduce me as Keith ‘The Camel' Hawkins. That made me laugh, helped me to relax, and it's stuck ever since.

"My interest in gambling started with horseracing back in 1974, when I was just six. My next-door neighbour couldn't stop talking about a horse she fancied for the Derby and put two weeks' pocket money on for me.

"That horse was Snow Knight, who sluiced up at 66-1 - I was hooked. We lived pretty close to Kempton and I got my dad to takeme racing as often as possible. We moved to Ascot and I went to every King George from Troy to Lammtarra.

"Gambling has definitely got a lot tougher over the last 20 years or so and Betfair, along with odds comparison sites, havepretty much ruined betting for me.

"In the old days it was your opinion versus the bookmakers. You could get rewarded for being shrewd. If you were able to price up races accurately, you could win.

"But now, thanks to the exchanges, everyone knows the correct odds of every horse in every race and, if a bookmaker puts his head above the ground and offers a bigger price, the arbers descend like vultures.

"Ego is the single biggest failing in most would-be professional gamblers. Not many people have heard of the biggest winning punters I know - they are not interested in publicity. These ego-driven gamblers that appear on TV are bad for the rest of us. It makes it tougher getting bets on.

"You won't find me on TV at the moment, certainly not with the way televised tournaments are structured. It's a disgrace that sponsors don't add money to events. Can you imagine Tiger Woods turning up to play without sponsors adding money?

"As for the future of poker, the old brigade need to stop believing their own hype and realise that youngsters are taking over the game. Some of these kids have played more hands in a year online than I managed in 25 years. They understand concepts that live players have never considered.

"They are bright, intelligent and eager to learn. I had three of them to my left in the GUKPT at Luton last month. I doubt any of them were older than 25,but, boy, were they tough. I still like to believe I have an edge in live tournaments, but it's nothing like three of four years ago, which is why I've scaled things down.

"Don't get me wrong, it is still a great life and there'snothing I'd rather do than play poker for a living, but now it's easier to play online and bet in-running on the exchanges.

"That's something I've found myself doing more and more since my son was born and it's good to be able tospend time with him. But I'll be back on the road more over the next year. I've just started a project with a friend who is going to write a book covering a year on the circuit.

"He wants a professional player to accompany him togive him advice. The fact he's a better player than me doesn't seem to bother him!"


What happened to the book Keith? Still in the pipeline?

The book is supposedly "in the pipeline" still. I don't think he's written more than a chapter though.

He is very successful in the City and made alot of people alot of money.

He used the year to get payback for 15 years of doing other people favours, they put up all the money for the tour and we had a great time.

He's back in the City now, making them fortunes again.
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« Reply #97 on: January 11, 2011, 05:10:52 PM »

this is my fav diary thread.
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« Reply #98 on: January 11, 2011, 05:32:24 PM »

this is my fav diary thread.

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« Reply #99 on: January 11, 2011, 08:27:45 PM »

Ferguson, D    1/10
Oldfield, D    6
Blackwell, K   10
Paul Tisdale    10
Robson, M    10
Andy Scott    12
Hart, P    12

Would still love to know why he went to Preston

Live in Peterborough myself, and a huge rumour confirmed by a good source to me was that he was playing better away than Posh were at the time..that player has since left ..opening a clear way back to the club.
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« Reply #100 on: January 11, 2011, 08:31:04 PM »

Ferguson, D    1/10
Oldfield, D    6
Blackwell, K   10
Paul Tisdale    10
Robson, M    10
Andy Scott    12
Hart, P    12

Would still love to know why he went to Preston

Live in Peterborough myself, and a huge rumour confirmed by a good source to me was that he was playing better away than Posh were at the time..that player has since left ..opening a clear way back to the club.

Waz, chompy plays at LUTON and does his IR on BETFAIR. You see where i'm going with this?
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« Reply #101 on: January 11, 2011, 08:34:58 PM »

Ferguson, D    1/10
Oldfield, D    6
Blackwell, K   10
Paul Tisdale    10
Robson, M    10
Andy Scott    12
Hart, P    12

Would still love to know why he went to Preston

Live in Peterborough myself, and a huge rumour confirmed by a good source to me was that he was playing better away than Posh were at the time..that player has since left ..opening a clear way back to the club.

Waz, chompy plays at LUTON and does his IR on BETFAIR. You see where i'm going with this?

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« Reply #102 on: January 11, 2011, 08:35:41 PM »

Ferguson, D    1/10
Oldfield, D    6
Blackwell, K   10
Paul Tisdale    10
Robson, M    10
Andy Scott    12
Hart, P    12

Would still love to know why he went to Preston

Live in Peterborough myself, and a huge rumour confirmed by a good source to me was that he was playing better away than Posh were at the time..that player has since left ..opening a clear way back to the club.

Waz, chompy plays at LUTON and does his IR on BETFAIR. You see where i'm going with this?

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« Reply #103 on: January 11, 2011, 08:36:36 PM »

It would certainly be churlish of Chompy to refuse Waz given his love of Luton and all things Betfair

Good job celtic.
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« Reply #104 on: January 11, 2011, 10:12:45 PM »

Who is the kid in your forum pic pls Chompy ?
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