Simon "Redsimon" Lawlor was one of the first members of blonde. He signed up on 30th January 2005, and has long been a fixture on the Nottingham poker scene notably at Gala back in the pre-DTD days.
Over 5,000 posts later, he's still here. An achievement in itself! However through that time Simon has had quite a battle, with serious health complications along the way that changed his life (and, not so importantly, his pokering) in major ways involving a kidney transplant operation in early 2010 and dialysis and (I seem to recall) having to leave a career in the public service.
His sig line is apposite
Success has many parents but failure is an orphan
http://www.organdonation.nhs.ukI first met him at a home game in 2006, I think, the first of several we played together. As an avid Nottingham Forest fan we circled each other warily, with a friendship eventually developed over crazy dealers choice games and a mutual understanding not to mention football too much! I was very much at a disadvantage as Simon is very much a mixed games hobbyist, a very good HORSE player and not to be under-estimated.
Throughout his time on blonde he has borne his difficulties with fortitude and not a complaint. He's been active on many boards, most recently across almost every sport thread.
He's another member, a theme of this year's group of selections, that is part of the glue that keeps the forum busy.
Here he is on his current trip to Vegas, asking for two sugars with his coffee
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Last night, he won his biggest ever cash pot over there. KK v QQ v KQ on K-Q-10. He says it took him over 5 minutes to stack up, and I can just see the shy grin now as he gets it quietly, which is very much his style on the forum too
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