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Meet the Manager - the SPT Manager.
Tikay10
Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 170,226
Running the SPT is a big undertaking, it was shared between a bunch of us last year, but this time, Sky Poker have appointed a Tour Manager, who's sole responsibility will be to run the Tour, & act as a bridge, or liasion man, between Players, Venues, & Sky Poker.
All the Tour Detail has been put together by this guy, in line with his Brief from Sky Poker.
His name is Richard Prew, & he's one of the most remarkable men I've ever met.
He works with me elsewhere, as CEO of a big Website, also as a Moderator there, & he's the Media Director of APAT, as well as being one of the cornerstones of APAT.
He, & myself, (always with others), have probably set up, run, & Managed, more Live Poker Events than any person in the UK. He's good, trust me.
He once won, I think, Mastermind, (specialist subject, The Novels of Ian Rankin), & he is about to re-enter Mastermind (& knowing him, win again), this time his specialiist subject being - wait for it - British Football Stadia Architecture, 1900 - 1950. I kid you not.
He's a football geek. Do NOT ask him as football trivia question - he knows the answer. He's visited all bar 3 of the English League Grounds, & spends hours at each one studying the Stadium Architecture, noting down the details in a little book. Well, a big book. A very big book.
He supports Leicester City (no, really!) & is a Director, I think, of Non-League Bedford Town. He also supports Leicester Rugby Club, & is an NFL geek. Well, he's an everything geek to tell the truth.
He has two little boys & a little girl. Eldest Son Ryan is a goalkeeper of great promise, & has been a Member of the Arsenal Academy for 2 years now. His other son plays rugby to a high standard. Rich never misses a match for either son, & he drives all over the UK to support, from the touchline, his kids.
Pre his early retirement (in his thirties I think) from business, he was a Fund Manager in the City, controlling a Fund with assets of £9 billion or somesuch.
He's a quite extraordinary man, & I'm very proud to count him as a friend.
He currently plays a bit on Sky Poker under his alias, which I don't plan to publicise. In the next 24 hours, the Sky Suits will give him a Forum Alias to reflect his SPT Management, so he can Post on the Threads & help answer your questions. If he continues to play on Sky Poker he will do so on one of those aliases or the other - NOT both, as that would seem like Multi-Accounting.
But there's more.
Rich's alias elsewhere is "TightEnd", shortened by his mates to "Tighty". And he invented a poker format known as "Tighty Sit & Go's".
Let me tell you this. If you like a bit of fun poker, nag Rich to run a few Tighty SNG's after each Leg. You will go home with your sides aching from laughter. Tighty SNG's are the nuts. Nobody else can run a Tighty SNG - only Tighty.
Let the fun commence.
So there, you've met the Manager now, & he'll be at every Leg, manning the Welcome Desk, doing the Live Update, thissing & thatting. And running, I hope, a few Tighty SNG's.
You'll know when you've watched or played a Tighty SNG what fun poker is.
Welcome aboard Rich.
He will have his Manager Alias very shortly - within 24 hours - so he'll be here as soon as thats set up.
Give him a special Sky Poker welcome when he arrives, please. He's a bit special, trust me.
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A big welcome on board our great community Richard
I do hope he knows what he's letting himself in for lol
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There was a Picture Quiz running on another site last week, "Guess where this was".
32 seconds later, Rich had identified the players in the photo - all of them - the ground, the date, the score, the attendance, & the wind direction.
The photo was of a football match that took place in......1972.
Hardcore geek, him.
can you have a look at my thread on the strategy board, i'll be very interested in you views m8
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p.s Some of the points tikay made about me are actually true.
First person to ask me trivia questions is disqualified from the Tour I am afraid. Once I start, I find it tricky to stop. Trivia is banned.
Has Uranus ever been probed. My favourite quiz question lololol
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Wembley
Frank McLintock, Pat Jennings, Allan Clarke, Mick Jones and I think (right hand side, facing us) Storey? Unsure about Storey.
72 cup final? Leeds 1-0?
Barnett is quite a tough spot really.
Year after Bob Wilson, and pre Jennings as it turns out
Is the far right player Peter Storey? That's a guess.
Arsenal's match day 12 players consisted of 10 Englishmen and 2 Scotsmen.
Leeds were slightly more exotic as they included an Irishman, Johnny Giles and a Welshman, Mick Bates.