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luther,
Well really, we're WAAY off-topic, but the bell has gone, and I hope LSE won't mind.
" that Sixmax looks a cracking little Festival in Lloret de Mar,"
It certainly is. I was there last year, when it was held in May. And had such a great time that I stayed two more days than planned, then a couple of days in Figueras to properly see the Salvador Dali museum on the way home. Covered ALL my expenses and got back with a modest four-figure profit.
Mind you, I don't play the tournaments. Just stay downstairs (up to 14 hours) at the moderate-stake cash tables, playing tight and patient, 'hooking in' the players who'd been knocked out of their tournaments, were 'on tilt', and think that internet tournament play is in any way related to live cash games, which it isn't. Lots of 'pros' downstairs doing just like me, made a lot of 'friends'. (Ie, we avoided getting into serious hands together! Except when unavoidable. ;-) ) Also it's a bit of a 'get-together'. Casino cash players in western France, all the way from Brittany to Biarritz get to know one or two people and we bump into each other frequently, sometimes quite a way from home. Ans a lot of us were down there in Spain.
Plus there are all sorts of 'parties', so the youngsters live it up, which makes 'em play badly the next day. But more grist to my mill.... With dirt-cheap tapas food available at all hours and gin at five and a half euros a litre, 'partying' was the last thing on my mind. Didn't mind being a 'Cat Walking on its Own' at all.
The only trouble with that fabulous casino is there's no indoor smoking area: you have to go outside for a cigarette. But in fact that was no hardship at all. In fact you can leave your chips on the table for an hour, so I could even take a break, whizz back to my hotel and take a shower, come back and not having lost my place.
I hope it happens as scheduled in September.
AD - that Sixmax looks a cracking little Festival in Lloret de Mar, I love a holiday with a poker infusion. I rarely play much NLH anymore, the 're-entries' & total lack of personality in the younger players did it for me - killed the game. Though I'm still more than happy to turn out for HORSE, Mixed game and DC comps where I still definitely have the edge. Nothing like the blank face of a spotty yoof in a hoody, totally bamboozled by an 'oldie' who knows how to play' these 'stupid, effing games', lol.
AK,
You do realise I trust, that Project 121, is your arch combatant Ricifle :O)
Longwait
Everyone is lying.
Just accept it.
The work of the Reuters news agency in Iraq has been suspended for three months after the outlet reported that the country’s government was underreporting confirmed cases.
Reuters was also fined 25 million Iraqi dinars (about £17,000 or $20,800), according to a statement posted on the official Communication and Media Commission website.
The Reuters story cited multiple sources who said the government was vastly misreporting cases of coronavirus in the country, saying the true number of those infected was in the thousands.
The country’s health ministry said on Friday there were 820 confirmed cases and 54 deaths. The Reuters report said the true number ranged from 3,000 to 9,000.
Reuters said it has not received any notification from Iraqi authorities regarding their license and were seeking clarification on the matter. The agency said it stood by its report.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2020/apr/03/coronavirus-update-live-news-usa-uk-spain-italy-china-who-middle-east-spike-world-global-cases-latest-updates
luther101,
" A pal of mine is two weeks into Covid contraction & has been advised (by his Mum, a nurse) that he's still got another week to go to be clear. He described his 'journey' so far to me and, believe me, it was bloody scary. But being a poker player spent most of the call bemoaning almost certainty of the WSOP getting cancelled this year, lol. Stay safe folks."
Give your friend my best wishes. And yes, 'living' through the thing is scary, but depends on one's outlook.
The 'cancellations' can be even more scary. How am I going to pay my rent? Online doesn't do the trick. Because it's become inundated with people who don't 'understand', so it's like the loto instead.
I've nevertheless booked my little hotel-room for the Sismix at Llioret in September. If that goes ahead, it'll be mobbed!
Its a 'strange old game' construction. One of my lads is a surveyor for a house builder & they've shut down completely. The other is a tradesman for a small outfit and they're going full tilt - only because the materials suppliers will let them 'click & collect' (they agree a time and the gear is wheeled out on pallets, the staff withdraw, then they can load up) .... before anyone 'gets pompous' - its for the jobs on the NHS. A pal of mine is two weeks into Covid contraction & has been advised (by his Mum, a nurse) that he's still got another week to go to be clear. He described his 'journey' so far to me and, believe me, it was bloody scary. But being a poker player spent most of the call bemoaning almost certainty of the WSOP getting cancelled this year, lol. Stay safe folks.
project121,
"You are the lucky one not knowing anyone taken by this horrid virus."
Other than myself?
" Let me tell you it is horrendous for those try to come to terms with everything."
Who are they, the priesthood?
" The last thing on their minds is the making of money."
Who? The 'administrators' of the NHS? Tell that to the marines.
" The numbers quoted is dubious to say the least, same as betting on this particular share."
Nice punchline.
Try harder.
And all for just another cold virus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsExPrHCHbw&feature=emb_title
You are the lucky one not knowing anyone taken by this horrid virus. Let me tell you it is horrendous for those try to come to terms with everything. The last thing on their minds is the making of money. The numbers quoted is dubious to say the least, same as betting on this particular share.
Ah, the weekend! Not that I'd have really noticed, given 'lockdown'. For a few hours I thought today was Thursday, but it wasn't, so it's nice to see a bleu end to the week. Not something I was expecting, to be honest. Maybe some US investors are looking at HUR being a good bet rather than their own stuff?
Anyway, it's the weekend, when LSE allows this BB to stray a little O/T, at times.
Of course, there's been some discussion here about CV-19 here, and some people object to that. But personally,I don't consider it can be considered O/T, because it's having a direct impact on the economy, the markets, and thus our own investment here.
'Lockdown' being what it is, a silver lining to that cloud is the way friends and distant relatives have upped their communications, just to 'keep in touch'.
Yesterday evening, I thought to phone a friend of mine in the UK. He runs a long-established and highly respected family-run building firm in Wiltshire, with about 20 full-time employees, but numerous subcontractors relying on his business.
He told me that on Wednesday, he's had to shut down. Not for lack of work (he's got at least six months' orders on his books), but because of supply-chain outfits unable to supply, because they'd already shut.
So meeting with his direct employees, he's keeping them on 'standby pay', because they're valued people, and he's unsure if this 'furlough' thing will work. Better to keep his key people with him than throwing them to the winds of government promises.
But, as he told me, the company can only continue on such a footing, not applying any mortar to stone, for a couple of months before the cash runs out. And how about his future clients? Can he be sure they'll be able to honour their committments now?
This, I feel, is the crux of the matter, and very worrying.
It may sound callous and heartless, but in my 'social contact circle' (which is large, and widespread) I know of nobody who has been hospitalised, even less died), because of this CV-19 thing. But I do know a number of people who may find their businesses (be it catering or transport, or whatever) going broke.
That's scary.