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« Reply #75 on: July 18, 2011, 06:52:55 PM »

I love this diary, but the references to "Droolers, Retards, Mongs" etc is tilting the fcuk out of me.

These are mostly just young kids,  trying to earn a few quid rather than sign on.

Rant over.

Keep it going Sean.
My brother is one of these "mongs" that works at gala

the less said by me the better I think!

He definitely isn't. The more poker Jack does the better imo, though I think he has gone on to greener pastures.
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« Reply #76 on: July 18, 2011, 06:54:11 PM »

I love this diary, but the references to "Droolers, Retards, Mongs" etc is tilting the fcuk out of me.

These are mostly just young kids,  trying to earn a few quid rather than sign on.

Rant over.

Keep it going Sean.
My brother is one of these "mongs" that works at gala

the less said by me the better I think!

Definately not Jack Fran. I wish that Jack did more pokerwise nowadays, but hes doing more in the pit nowadays.
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« Reply #77 on: July 18, 2011, 06:56:00 PM »

Anyone know what Jacks up to nowadays?
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« Reply #78 on: July 18, 2011, 07:15:08 PM »

Anyone know what Jacks up to nowadays?


Teaching Alex and Jamie to backpedal.......
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« Reply #79 on: July 18, 2011, 07:22:01 PM »

Anyone know what Jacks up to nowadays?


i think nowadays he's working in the pit nowadays.
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« Reply #80 on: July 18, 2011, 07:40:19 PM »

Jack's OK, but he does tend to give rulings based on who shouts the loudest too.

The root cause of the problem, such that it is, is that poker at Gala is seen as something to get people in so they stand next to the slots and table games. It's seen in the same way as Alea see their salsa dancing classes. It's casino 101- get them in the door first, then hope they play when they get there. All of their tournaments are run at a loss, and they don't seem to see the cash games as a big revenue generator. Consequently, they don't care if the game is straight, or whether the dealers are competent. If you are a casino dealer and you pay 2/1 on blackjack by mistake, you don't get to come to work the next day. If you can't count a side pot at poker at Gala, that seems to have no bearing on your employment whatsoever.
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« Reply #81 on: July 18, 2011, 08:11:44 PM »

Haha. Sean is right Jason, I'm just messing around. As much as I like the others, they aren't amazing dealers, let alone floor staff. Most of the time they are in waaaaaay out their depths. It's something we're looking at sorting, but obviously we can't sort it overnight. I do what I can when I'm there, and I hope people think I do a good job, but it's more that people like me than I know what I'm doing xD.

Spencers still barred Paul, unfortunately. He's more back to Newcastle though. Miss him...
i know you are good mates but can not see why people play at gala when they have dtd, other than the games must be more profitable because of fish %age and rake. you are in an environment along with other casinos who dont care about the poker player and the small turnover they generate. all the best casino cardroom managers who show flair get moved onto positions within the company where they generate more income. i would think that you dont see your long term prospects working for £10/ an hour at gala but whilst you are there i am sure you are making the experience better for the people who play there.
no idea who jack is but guess this is the case..... every time alex puts his foot in his mouth makes me smile. its hard for leopards to change their spots but i know you are trying buddy Smiley 
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« Reply #82 on: July 18, 2011, 08:21:40 PM »

I know.

Instaregretted the tone of my comments and unnecessary language used Sad

I do think it's disgraceful that these guys are allowed to continue to work there dealing in games with decent amounts of money changing hands with very little training and no consequences if they fuck up.
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« Reply #83 on: July 18, 2011, 08:25:31 PM »

Anyone know what Jacks up to nowadays?


Teaching Alex and Jamie to backpedal.......

For the record, iv never called the dealers anything derogatory at all. I like them all and I know better than anyone that they're trying hard to improve, as I'm trying my best to help them.
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« Reply #84 on: July 18, 2011, 08:28:10 PM »

All this is wanting to make me play there now. See you in a minute!
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« Reply #85 on: July 18, 2011, 09:42:29 PM »

I love this diary, but the references to "Droolers, Retards, Mongs" etc is tilting the fcuk out of me.

These are mostly just young kids,  trying to earn a few quid rather than sign on.

Rant over.

Keep it going Sean.
My brother is one of these "mongs" that works at gala

the less said by me the better I think!

Everyone knows who Jack is, and it's always a huge relief when he deals the games. I get along with all the dealers, and as an ex-dealer I can appreciate how hard is it to stay focused when you're on the same table for a long time. The job itself isn't hard though, and it is frustrating as a player when you can't rest assured that the dealer has everything under control. Anyways, I definitely didn't mean for this diary to be an opportunity to slate people for doing their jobs! I'm sure I once used to be the dealer that nobody wanted at their table.

I've been helping my girlfriend move into her new flat this week. Finished putting up a wardrobe and a bookshelf today. Thank you Lego Technics for preparing me for Ikea installations. I had a ridiculous session yesterday, and will give more details later; the cliffs being that I flopped trips twice and had to fold the turn both times in a four handed game, and I chopped five pots with the gentleman to my immediate right. Almost managed to crawl out of a £300 hole and finished with a net loss of £70. Was pretty frustrating, but chopping all those pots was absolutely hilarious. About to go find cambridgefootinmymouthalex and stato_1 for some lol galaments, see if I can't win a pot outright this evening...
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« Reply #86 on: July 18, 2011, 10:14:49 PM »

enjoying ur diary sean!

Hope Beth's settling in well and looking forward to meeting her and seeing u again in september Smiley

GL @ Gala tonight
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« Reply #87 on: July 19, 2011, 02:55:22 AM »

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« Reply #88 on: July 20, 2011, 02:36:30 PM »

The last sesh on Monday was a brutal one at the end of line of reasonably brutal ones. The kind that leaves you wondering how you're ever supposed to win in holdem. The kind that requires a visit to the doctor after you ascertain that it's not getting any easy easier to sit down since you took that crooked dryballing from the twisted dominatrix that is the Lady Luck.

So it clearly wasn't all that bad at all. I'm just getting fairly frustrated with my recent run of cards. The kind that everyone gets periodically. The kind that everyone whinges about and expects other people to care. I feel like I'm pulling a George Bedi and expecting everyone to give me sympathy/an interview with a mental game coach. Wink

The line-up was a sick one, and something could be said for my table selection, although the other game on offer wasn't much better. To begin with, there was me and eight professionals, then table two opened up and all the players that were stuck fled over to join the fish who had recently and inevitably airballed the comp. That left Mitch in seat one, cambridgealex in seat two, myself in seat three, Jay Liu in seat four, Tim Chung in seat five, and two fish playing £100 between them occupying seats six and seven. It seemed I had the nut seat.

I got a decent amount of value from on three diamonds vs Jay the POW, which I gave back with interest when I got JJ aipf vs AQ. The flop brought three hearts, and he prepared one of his cards for showdown. The turn couldn't have been anything but the and he was kind enough to show me that I was a corpse artist by exposing his . gg a bunch of money.

I had a similar swing versus Mitch over two legs. In the first leg, I called on two hearts . I did a little sick when he instajammed 1.5x pot on the river, but folding isn't my forté. The bigger of the Johnson brothers sighed and show the and mucked. A short while later, a visibly tilted Mitch opened the cutoff to £4, Alex 3balls to £13 and I find the two black aces in the small blind. I cold 4ball to £35 and obviously pick up two callers. The board ran out so as with all my overpair spots, I can only beat a bluff. The steam pouring out of the Johnson's ears earned him a call, and he shows me the monstrous . How could that ever lose?

For those of you who don't know Mitch, here he is with his pet cat.


The doctor told me it will be at least a week until I can sit down for prolonged periods of time, so will be spending this week helping my girlfriend finish putting her apartment together, and taking a trip to the Peak District. More immediately though: cold Domino's pizza. Peace.
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« Reply #89 on: July 20, 2011, 03:34:01 PM »

Loving this thread Sean. 

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