Sad news Tikay "Chris-Gentlemans Hairdresser and Railway Bookshop" is no more! Replaced by "City Cuts" I have a pic and also one of what Colyear Street now looks like if you want more depression? Posted by Jac35
TERRIBLE news.
For those not aware, that shop was unique in Great Britain, if not the world, as far as I am aware.
A dual purpose shop - hairdressers and specialist Railway Books. Incred! A marriage made in heaven, imo, & I dont understand why all mens hairdressing salons don't do the same.
Imagine the scene, when you walk into the hairdressers without an appointment.
"I'm afraid there is a 2 hour wait Sir".
"No problem squire, the longer the better, I can sit and look at Railway Books".
And when it's your turn, you'd say, "Anyone in a hurry? After YOU sir".
Another monster session last night, 46 games, but despite winning the Game Count 26-20, I managed a £15 loss, thanks, in some ways, to a disastrous misclick in an £11 game.
Had 8 Tables up, all binging & bonging, when my mouse battery died, & then the 'phone went, & I got myself all in a bit of a tizz. I just completely lost my way, & my focus, & was all over the shop.
It was going so well until then, too.
Started bad, as per these days, first 15 were W7, L8.
Next 15, BOOMIO, W12, L3.
And then the wheels departed in some style, & the last 16 went all Petey Tongy, W7, L9.
Rather took the gloss off an otherwise good evening, & weekend.
I've had a 3 day splurge to try & get to 3,000 Reward Points, & with just 240 more needed, & 3 sessions left, I should be OK now.
In total, on Fri/Sat/Sun, I played a whopping (for me) 136 games, over which I won a rather puny £46, & 62% of the games. Not exactly gonna set the world on fire, or trouble Chris Moorman & co, but I'm very pleased with that, my ambitions are modest, I just want to play a game I love, with great people, & try not to lose any money along the way.
Read this earlier today somewhere. Am indebted to Paul Jackson for imparting this info next door. That's not Paul Jackson the poker player, I think that I could get upset by that. Or at least a little grumpy and the Stanleys Casino and Duckworth Square Posted by Jac35
Still playing the odd PLO8 DYM........have even managed to win one! haha
Have to say though, the table chat in general is so much more civilised than you often get playing holdem. I have even had players giving me advice in game when I have asked, plus I'm yet to see a single bad beat moan.
I urge anyone who is on a bad run or bored of holdem to have a go at these. I'm still losing more than I win (for now) but losing has never been so much fun!
Still playing the odd PLO8 DYM........have even managed to win one! haha Have to say though, the table chat in general is so much more civilised than you often get playing holdem. I have even had players giving me advice in game when I have asked, plus I'm yet to see a single bad beat moan. I urge anyone who is on a bad run or bored of holdem to have a go at these. I'm still losing more than I win (for now) but losing has never been so much fun! Posted by waller02
Great stuff Waller, & yes, I'm convinced you are correct.
Ploppers have more fun.
Have played many hundreds of PLO8 DYM's in July, & only seen 2 instances of chat box chunter, in both cases from types who just can't accept defeat with dignity or grace. They are chirpy winners too, as it happens.
Am all behind with my Daily Updates, so I'll try & get up to date now.
Then, Dohhhhhh style, but not Dohhhhh style, I'll do a little review of the Month.
As I wont be able to play as much in August due to Diary congestion, work etc, I'll not be setting myself any targets in August. I may also stick my July Reward Points money into July, too, which is a change in my normal reporting procedure. It makes litttle difference overall - well none actually - but it ought to be consistent really. Fail.
accrual accounting FTW meanwhile the vic is having a mini omaha festival with plo8 at 5pm on Sunday. Any chance you'll be there? Posted by GELDY
I never knew that. I'm trying to get their website to load up now, & as per, it is not working, but I'll have a look later, & yes, that sounds tempting.
If you do go fri/sat do let us know not played omaha 4/5/6 before but might try it out if the poker glitterati are going to be there. Posted by GELDY
Not sure the glitterati will be there, but I imagine the usual PLO faces will all be present & correct.
The Viv Omaha regulars are a tough bunch to beat.
As a curiosity, in my Live poker "career", I think I've cashed in over 60 Festival Events, in 8 different countries. But I've never ever cashed, not even once, @ The Vic, or not that I can recall.
Not played there that much, & almost never for 10 years, as I had a bit of a fallout over their then standards of customer service, but they are much improved - very good in fact - now.
In Response to Re: Can an old dog learn new tricks? : Not sure the glitterati will be there, but I imagine the usual PLO faces will all be present & correct. The Viv Omaha regulars are a tough bunch to beat. As a curiosity, in my Live poker "career", I think I've cashed in over 60 Festival Events, in 8 different countries. But I've never ever cashed, not even once, @ The Vic, or not that I can recall. Not played there that much, & almost never for 10 years, as I had a bit of a fallout over their then standards of customer service, but they are much improved - very good in fact - now. Posted by Tikay10
I think I recall a story you told.
Is that the place where they told that you had got your name wrong?
"Your name isn't Tony Kendall, it's Anthony Kendall"
In Response to Re: Can an old dog learn new tricks? : I think I recall a story you told. Is that the place where they told that you had got your name wrong? "Your name isn't Tony Kendall, it's Anthony Kendall" Posted by Jac35
Pretty much, yes, though the gist of the story was the way we are greeted, welcomed, or not, by Receptionists or "Front of House" staff.
That first impression is so important.
Being grilled so sternly by this unsmiling Receptionist was not exactly customer-friendly. Never smiled once, never made eye-contact, never looked up from tip-tip-tapping her keyboard.
After eventually gaining admittance, I wished her a good day. "Be a lot better when I get out of this **** place" she grunted, still without looking up.
It used to be the policy @ The Vic - & I thought it was no bad thing actually - that you could not wear trainers or plimsolls, only "proper shoes". Jen Mason, in those days, had this most horrendous pair of a sort of a cross between Ugg boots & carpet slippers. She was refused admission, so she removed them & was allowed to gain entrance barefoot.
A chap you may remember from the days back in Gala Notts was Ian "Belly" Oldershaw. "Belly" because he was, well, quite big.
He turned up at The Vic one night in a smart, clean, T-Shirt.
"Collared shirts only, sorry", & so he was turned away. In those days, unless you were seated before the first hand was dealt, that was it, you were not allowed to play.
So Belly dashed up to Woolworths on Edgware Road to get a proper shirt.
But...Woolworths never sold clothing as such - but they did sell children's school clothes.
He returned to The Vic 10 minutes later wearing a collared short designed to fit a 10 year old. The buttons never even reached the buttonholes, there was a gaping 9" gap between them, exposing his expansive belly. His arms were spread out wide as the sleeves were so tight. They let him in, of course.
A year or so later, Belly, Thewy & me went on to play 2003 MasterClassics in Amsterdam.
Him, Thewy & me were travelling & rooming together, we always did. We had all played the MasterClassics Festival, but I had to return home for work reasons, & so left Thewy & Belly out there to play the Main Event.
Belly was skinto, & so offered Thewy & I first option to buy some of his action. I emptied my pockets & said "you can have whatever I have left, just leave me my taxi fare to the Airport". Thewy did the same. I ended up with 19% of Belly's action, Thewy had 15% I think. We always swapped 10% anyway, it was a standing order.
A few days later, I'd forgotten all about it, I'm busy working, & I get a text from Thewy.
"Belly got 2nd in the MasterClassics Main Event for €120,000".
It was the biggest win I'd ever had at the time. God bless Belly.
Belly turned Pro shortly after that, but it never turned out well, so he went back to work, for Derbyshire County Council as I recall. Saw him at DTD a few years back.
Think he got banned by DTD actually, in odd circumstances.
We were on the same table when it kicked off. Belly was a proper decent bloke, polite & friendly, but he did not tolerate fools gladly. He was sat next to a drunk bloke who was completely bladdered & most onboxious, as drunks often are. Drunk bloke kept nudging Belly, sort of touching his arm & messing about.
Belly says "do me a favour mate, keep your hands off me, I don't like folks touching me."
Geezer carries on, putting his arm round Belly & messing about, slobbering all over the place.
Belly is getting a bit cross now.
"Mate, seriously, I DON'T LIKE YOU KEEP TOUCHING ME, do me a favour, pack it up or I'll punch you in the smacker. And I'm, serious".
Geezer continues, Belly stands up, picks the fella up & decks him. Belly gets banned. Honest, I've seen more trouble in cardrooms caused by drunks than enough. Belly should not have hit him, of course.
As a matter of fact, it was that big Amsterdam bink which sort of led to my retirement from proper work. Thewy was alrady a Pro, & Belly had now turned Pro. Thewy kept nagging me, "go on Tony, you are 55, if you don't do it now you never will". And after some dithering, I did exactly that.
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For those not aware, that shop was unique in Great Britain, if not the world, as far as I am aware.
A dual purpose shop - hairdressers and specialist Railway Books. Incred! A marriage made in heaven, imo, & I dont understand why all mens hairdressing salons don't do the same.
Imagine the scene, when you walk into the hairdressers without an appointment.
"I'm afraid there is a 2 hour wait Sir".
"No problem squire, the longer the better, I can sit and look at Railway Books".
And when it's your turn, you'd say, "Anyone in a hurry? After YOU sir".
27th July Numbers & Stuff
Played 46
Won 26
Lost 20
£3.30, P 29, W 17, L 12
£5.50, P 12, W 7 L 5
£11, P 5, W 2, L 3
Opening Balance - £1,344.60
Closing Balance = £1,329.90
Profit Loss on Night - £14.70
Profit Loss on Month = £36.70
REWARD POINTS on night = 197
REWARD POINTS IN MONTH = 2,756 (= £27.56)
GAMES PLAYED IN MONTH = 686
GAMES WON IN MONTH = 391
JULY WIN % = 57.0%
Another monster session last night, 46 games, but despite winning the Game Count 26-20, I managed a £15 loss, thanks, in some ways, to a disastrous misclick in an £11 game.
Had 8 Tables up, all binging & bonging, when my mouse battery died, & then the 'phone went, & I got myself all in a bit of a tizz. I just completely lost my way, & my focus, & was all over the shop.
It was going so well until then, too.
Started bad, as per these days, first 15 were W7, L8.
Next 15, BOOMIO, W12, L3.
And then the wheels departed in some style, & the last 16 went all Petey Tongy, W7, L9.
Rather took the gloss off an otherwise good evening, & weekend.
I've had a 3 day splurge to try & get to 3,000 Reward Points, & with just 240 more needed, & 3 sessions left, I should be OK now.
In total, on Fri/Sat/Sun, I played a whopping (for me) 136 games, over which I won a rather puny £46, & 62% of the games. Not exactly gonna set the world on fire, or trouble Chris Moorman & co, but I'm very pleased with that, my ambitions are modest, I just want to play a game I love, with great people, & try not to lose any money along the way.
All boxes ticked.
See you tonight.
and the Stanleys Casino and Duckworth Square
Have to say though, the table chat in general is so much more civilised than you often get playing holdem. I have even had players giving me advice in game when I have asked, plus I'm yet to see a single bad beat moan.
I urge anyone who is on a bad run or bored of holdem to have a go at these. I'm still losing more than I win (for now) but losing has never been so much fun!
Ploppers have more fun.
Have played many hundreds of PLO8 DYM's in July, & only seen 2 instances of chat box chunter, in both cases from types who just can't accept defeat with dignity or grace. They are chirpy winners too, as it happens.
Best fun ever.
Am all behind with my Daily Updates, so I'll try & get up to date now.
Then, Dohhhhhh style, but not Dohhhhh style, I'll do a little review of the Month.
As I wont be able to play as much in August due to Diary congestion, work etc, I'll not be setting myself any targets in August. I may also stick my July Reward Points money into July, too, which is a change in my normal reporting procedure. It makes litttle difference overall - well none actually - but it ought to be consistent really. Fail.
Thanks.
Very tempted. Might even go up for the PLO on Friday & Saturday, too.
Thanks Geldy, much appreciated.
The Viv Omaha regulars are a tough bunch to beat.
As a curiosity, in my Live poker "career", I think I've cashed in over 60 Festival Events, in 8 different countries. But I've never ever cashed, not even once, @ The Vic, or not that I can recall.
Not played there that much, & almost never for 10 years, as I had a bit of a fallout over their then standards of customer service, but they are much improved - very good in fact - now.
That first impression is so important.
Being grilled so sternly by this unsmiling Receptionist was not exactly customer-friendly. Never smiled once, never made eye-contact, never looked up from tip-tip-tapping her keyboard.
After eventually gaining admittance, I wished her a good day. "Be a lot better when I get out of this **** place" she grunted, still without looking up.
It used to be the policy @ The Vic - & I thought it was no bad thing actually - that you could not wear trainers or plimsolls, only "proper shoes". Jen Mason, in those days, had this most horrendous pair of a sort of a cross between Ugg boots & carpet slippers. She was refused admission, so she removed them & was allowed to gain entrance barefoot.
A chap you may remember from the days back in Gala Notts was Ian "Belly" Oldershaw. "Belly" because he was, well, quite big.
He turned up at The Vic one night in a smart, clean, T-Shirt.
"Collared shirts only, sorry", & so he was turned away. In those days, unless you were seated before the first hand was dealt, that was it, you were not allowed to play.
So Belly dashed up to Woolworths on Edgware Road to get a proper shirt.
But...Woolworths never sold clothing as such - but they did sell children's school clothes.
He returned to The Vic 10 minutes later wearing a collared short designed to fit a 10 year old. The buttons never even reached the buttonholes, there was a gaping 9" gap between them, exposing his expansive belly. His arms were spread out wide as the sleeves were so tight. They let him in, of course.
A year or so later, Belly, Thewy & me went on to play 2003 MasterClassics in Amsterdam.
Him, Thewy & me were travelling & rooming together, we always did. We had all played the MasterClassics Festival, but I had to return home for work reasons, & so left Thewy & Belly out there to play the Main Event.
Belly was skinto, & so offered Thewy & I first option to buy some of his action. I emptied my pockets & said "you can have whatever I have left, just leave me my taxi fare to the Airport". Thewy did the same. I ended up with 19% of Belly's action, Thewy had 15% I think. We always swapped 10% anyway, it was a standing order.
A few days later, I'd forgotten all about it, I'm busy working, & I get a text from Thewy.
"Belly got 2nd in the MasterClassics Main Event for €120,000".
It was the biggest win I'd ever had at the time. God bless Belly.
Belly turned Pro shortly after that, but it never turned out well, so he went back to work, for Derbyshire County Council as I recall. Saw him at DTD a few years back.
Think he got banned by DTD actually, in odd circumstances.
We were on the same table when it kicked off. Belly was a proper decent bloke, polite & friendly, but he did not tolerate fools gladly. He was sat next to a drunk bloke who was completely bladdered & most onboxious, as drunks often are.
Drunk bloke kept nudging Belly, sort of touching his arm & messing about.
Belly says "do me a favour mate, keep your hands off me, I don't like folks touching me."
Geezer carries on, putting his arm round Belly & messing about, slobbering all over the place.
Belly is getting a bit cross now.
"Mate, seriously, I DON'T LIKE YOU KEEP TOUCHING ME, do me a favour, pack it up or I'll punch you in the smacker. And I'm, serious".
Geezer continues, Belly stands up, picks the fella up & decks him. Belly gets banned. Honest, I've seen more trouble in cardrooms caused by drunks than enough. Belly should not have hit him, of course.
As a matter of fact, it was that big Amsterdam bink which sort of led to my retirement from proper work. Thewy was alrady a Pro, & Belly had now turned Pro. Thewy kept nagging me, "go on Tony, you are 55, if you don't do it now you never will". And after some dithering, I did exactly that.
Sorry, I'm in ramble mode.