Thanks for the questions Gonedoggin and thanks for moving them Kirsty...I had made the welcome one a sticky without closing it and I thought it made it all a bit messy. Possibly we should have done this as one long thread but hopefully you'll see I try and get round to a couple of questions at a time and leave a few to gain comments and further questions before I get to them.
First time playing TV poker was the Speed Poker event that I think only happened once. I guess at that stage the cameras had been on me at the WSOP and I'd played on a feature table when they weren't filming so I'd never had my hand shown. That day I don't think I played great but nobody really did and I won the heat. The studio was in Hammersmith and it was really a theatre that they sometimes used for TV. There was a big hand when someone made a set vs two pair and you could hear all kinds of shouting coming from the green room where family and friends were watching and could see the hole cards. I guess if you had the two pair you'd be unsure what that meant...maybe you've just busted someone's aces. I beat Korosh heads-up. He was a guy I'd played with for years and he really liked beating me but generally it worked the other way for him. Don't think he likes me.
The semi-final was like a super-sat as three from six go through and it didn't really go well for me. I don't remember too much about the winner. I think I played Ok and understood what we were trying to do more than most of the people and I definitely didn't change because people would see the hands.
Proudest achievement is probably the successes at the WSOP. The Irish Open was great fun and I played well but the series has been a long-term project.
The favourite place I answered yesterday to someone else and it would be between the Vic, Melbourne and maybe any WSOP event when it gets deep.
I am a horse racing fanatic. I do love the sport but I guess if it didn't have gambling available I wouldn't be that bothered by watching it. The horses are wonderful creatures though and I would never like to see one harmed. The French eat them and I don't think I ever could.
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Thanks for the questions Gonedoggin and thanks for moving them Kirsty...I had made the welcome one a sticky without closing it and I thought it made it all a bit messy. Possibly we should have done this as one long thread but hopefully you'll see I try and get round to a couple of questions at a time and leave a few to gain comments and further questions before I get to them.
First time playing TV poker was the Speed Poker event that I think only happened once. I guess at that stage the cameras had been on me at the WSOP and I'd played on a feature table when they weren't filming so I'd never had my hand shown. That day I don't think I played great but nobody really did and I won the heat. The studio was in Hammersmith and it was really a theatre that they sometimes used for TV. There was a big hand when someone made a set vs two pair and you could hear all kinds of shouting coming from the green room where family and friends were watching and could see the hole cards. I guess if you had the two pair you'd be unsure what that meant...maybe you've just busted someone's aces. I beat Korosh heads-up. He was a guy I'd played with for years and he really liked beating me but generally it worked the other way for him. Don't think he likes me.
The semi-final was like a super-sat as three from six go through and it didn't really go well for me. I don't remember too much about the winner. I think I played Ok and understood what we were trying to do more than most of the people and I definitely didn't change because people would see the hands.
Proudest achievement is probably the successes at the WSOP. The Irish Open was great fun and I played well but the series has been a long-term project.
The favourite place I answered yesterday to someone else and it would be between the Vic, Melbourne and maybe any WSOP event when it gets deep.
I am a horse racing fanatic. I do love the sport but I guess if it didn't have gambling available I wouldn't be that bothered by watching it. The horses are wonderful creatures though and I would never like to see one harmed. The French eat them and I don't think I ever could.