Jaded Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III Only just seen this - brilliant Mike, well done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhornet Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III "4 - Hornet...oh dear :) A little too much hospitality me thinks :beer" I think you are being too kind. Seems like I acted like a bit of an :moon . hope I didn't offend anyone. If so, I am sorry:$ . I am glad my chips went to a PL-er though, and you made good use of them:ok . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goater14 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III No you didnt offend anyone hornet, well perhaps dancing naked on the final table was a bit over the top;). I was just reading one of your posts on pokerplayer where you say I quote "I am jealous of you guys whose partners are travelling down with them to London on Friday. I mentioned to my wife about it. Her response was: "If I want to watch you get drunk, ignore me, and play poker for hours, I can see that at home" She obviously new something we did,nt!:rollin Don,t think you won the sng but you were making moves that Gus Hansen would call reckless! I expect you will be on the top ten rated on youtube in the next couple of days:ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAM Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III "4 - Hornet...oh dear :) A little too much hospitality me thinks :beer" I think you are being too kind. Seems like I acted like a bit of an :moon . hope I didn't offend anyone. If so, I am sorry:$ . I am glad my chips went to a PL-er though, and you made good use of them:ok . Jeez I think I have a rival here :eek :rollin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou saban Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III where to start? things may not be in the right order , just as they returned to me since saturday morning.:) got to london in good time, arrived at marlybone at 1400, arrive at the travel lodge in docklands at 1600 (mike decided it would be nice to walk there, glad i only packed a few things and just had a small rucksack) met up with steve (happyhornet) at the hotel, top bloke :ok , we got a taxi to city bunker and found the nearest bar to hang out in till the bunker opened. met up with rob (moneyivy), goater and his good lady and moface when the city bunker opened , all top people :ok . got seated ready for the tournament and noticed a couple of familiar faces (sam and andy) so was pleased to see them both , im sure it was less than i week since i last saw them both :D . onto the poker, didnt see much in the way of hands , took a few chips with qq, lost a few with AJo, then i got KJ of diamonds, put in a raise , big blind called, flop 2d jh 6h, i raised, the guy re-raised me , pretty much pot commited so went all in, he turns over 85h an gets a heart on the turn, 2nd person out :sad , even worse than that is mikes still in, by now i know im never gonna live this down. and true to form mike stands up from the other side of the room and gives me the biggest cheer he could muster up :spank . oh well , off to the bar i go :D . went in a stt and bubbled, but at least a pler came in the money , well done sam :clap :clap :clap . here endeth the free bar, asked mike for some cash , he tells me i need to find a cash point, then the adventure begins. sam and andy escorted me to the nearest cash machine (across the road and down a bit) at the cinema, out of order, great, so off to the nearest pub, (out of bloody order) we then got told get on that train (the one in the distance way over there) get off at the first stop and theres some cash machines , oh well , we had a good laugh getting there in the end, although im sure sam and andy would have got home a lot earlier if they wernt dragged round half of london looking for a cash machine. a huge thanks :notworthy to them both for looking after me. back to the venue, by this time i have no idea how mike is doing, still about 3 tables full left in, so back to the bar for a few more :beer . had a drink with goater, tracy and steve, who then fell flat on his arse, not sure how as he was leaning on the bar at the time , think it may have been a del boy moment :rollin :rollin , i was quite good, i didnt laugh until i knew he was fine and hadnt hurt himself. he then went awol, but later found out the nice guy on the door had put him in a taxi back to the hotel. now things start getting a little hazy, i remember mike making the final table, the magazine photograper and tv guy get the final 9 set up for a photo shoot, i pushed in with my little camera stating "excuse me , saban pokerblog shots", took a couple of shots (think i made the final 9 sit back down again for another shot, oooops :$ ). then i allow play to carry on :lol . mike makes the final 2 and is informed he has won the main prize, i start bouncing round the room, giving everyone a hug :$ , was mega chuffed, seem to remember standing with mike holding a big cardboard cheque , i think we both looked like wallace and gromit with huge cheesy grins :D . somehow ended up back at robs hotel with the pokerplayer guys, what a great bunch they are, took a fair few photos so when we get the camera back mike will post them up, dont know what they are of but im sure they will raise a grin or 2 from people. got back to our hotel when ever, not to sure, remember posting on pl but i have no idea what the comment "mikes smalls in the laundrette" is about, im sure it was relavent at the time, was chuffed i could think of such a long word in the state i was in to be honest:lol . all in all , a fantasitic night , big :clap :clap :clap :clap to betfair and poker player. a big hug to all i met and were so nice. and yet again, sam and andy :notworthy :notworthy . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jones12345 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III excellent post lou really a good read :clap think you missed 1 bit out though the bit were you went out on purpose to give mike a chance :tongue2 :dude cu guys at the next snowball well done mike :clap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Puntalot Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III Nice one Mike, Big Andy and Pene 2nd and 3rd last year too, turning into a good tourny for PL'ers this. :loon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moFace Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III sweet nice one Mike!!!! sorry i didnt stay long made use of the free bar then went to find somewhere to watch 2nd half of footie, all i can say is its a good job i didnt qualify through the leaderboard then go out first think i would have been really miffed then! still dont understand why the guy called my raise but nevermind thats poker??? (still i have a feeling i may get my pic in the magazine for the wooden spoon! fame at last) :loon :cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelopeys Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III :nana :nana :nana Woooohoooooo, Well done, Mike :loon :nana :nana :nana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyMik (aka mickandem Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III First post! I have heard cloud mentioning this site and whilst searching for the Betfair Grandprix III, I came across this thread, so I thought I would register! :clap A massive congratulations to Mike Saban! Very well done mate!:clap Thanks to all at Befair and PokerPlayer for a fantastic night! ATB Burnleymik (aka mickandem) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msaban Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III :welcome Mik, you finally made it. Thanks again to all.I'll post some pics when we get the camera back. Cheers :clap Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galronix Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III :welcome to PL mate. :cheers Enjoy your stay. :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goater14 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III :welcomemik good to see you Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyMik (aka mickandem Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III Thanks guys. Good to meet you too sir! It's always nice to put faces to names! I actually saw quite a few players with Punters Lounge t-shirts on at the tournament. So hello to you all! Also, I am pretty sure that happyhornet is the guy we spotted on the 4th floor of the Travel-lodge, laid out cold on the floor outside the lift, with his wallet and his room key-card out in-front of him! I tried to wake him, but to no avail. We then went back down and contacted the front desk who said that they had also tried to wake him, but they couldn't get him to move. I do hope you were not robbed mate, but the travel-lodge reception guys seemed dead cagey when I mentioned you and told me you were a regular who did this sort of thing often??? Considering I had seen you at the poker I didnt particularly believe this. I gotta be honest, they made me very suspicious. When we got back up to where you were there was another couple there (he was aking me how I got on, so he must have been playing poker too) and she put your card-key back into your wallet and pushed it underneath you, you still wouldn't wake up so we decided it best to leave you to sleep it off. If I can be of any further assistance let me know. ATB Burnleymik Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocket Lady Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III :welcometo PL mate - was there as a railbird this time :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou saban Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III :welcome to pl mik , was nice to meet you on friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyMik (aka mickandem Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III Thankyou! This is a very friendly place!!! I am sure you will make it next time!:hope btw, can anyone tell me how to insert the signature into your post? thanks BM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyMik (aka mickandem Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III Nice to meet you too Lou! Am I correct in thinking you were second out? :tongue2 ;) hehehe... only kidding! Plenty of washing up for you from what I heard!!! LOL I think you should play one of the big tournaments for Mike, remember that whats his is yours........... :tongue2 BM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gazza271 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III Nice to meet you too Lou! Am I correct in thinking you were second out? :tongue2 ;) hehehe... only kidding! Plenty of washing up for you from what I heard!!! LOL I think you should play one of the big tournaments for Mike, remember that whats his is yours........... :tongue2 BM :welcome to PL Mick :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msaban Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III btw, can anyone tell me how to insert the signature into your post? Top left, select User CP which is next to FAQ, there's an option under there. I think you should play one of the big tournaments for Mike, remember that whats his is yours........... Dont start with that..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou saban Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III Nice to meet you too Lou! Am I correct in thinking you were second out? :tongue2 ;) hehehe... only kidding! Plenty of washing up for you from what I heard!!! LOL I think you should play one of the big tournaments for Mike, remember that whats his is yours........... :tongue2 BM yep , out second :nana im think im gonna invest in a dishwasher and save myself some work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyMik (aka mickandem Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III ahhhhh thanks Mike, but what I was actually after was to put my poker blog at the end of the post and apparantly you cannot put HTML code in your signature. So come on, spill the beans, how do you guys do it? ! :$ TY BM LOL @ Lou!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msaban Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III just typed it in the edit signature box. Maybe its a number of posts thing, one of the mods should be able to confirm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocket Lady Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III newbies links/blogs have to be approved mate: email : [email protected] with your request please after adding the above links. you can find the rules for this here: http://www.punterslounge.com/forum/showthread.php?t=41369 :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurnleyMik (aka mickandem Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III thankyou guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocket Lady Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant23 Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III Who was the guy with the goatee who pulled off the 72 os bluff jut before we left? :unsure :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy Anyway :welcome to PL Mik. :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avongirl Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III Well done Mike. :clap :clap Looking forward to the photos and the PokerPlayer write up. and :welcome Mik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msaban Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III Who was the guy with the goatee who pulled off the 72 os bluff jut before we left? :unsure :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy :notworthy Anyway :welcome to PL Mik. :ok That was BurnleyMik. Thanks Avon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ell Ess Dee Posted June 3, 2007 Share Posted June 3, 2007 Re: PokerPlayer Betfair Grand Prix III :clap :clap :nana :nana Ace one Mike - Well done :nana :nana :clap :clap Unfortunately, one of my so called mates let me down on attending - maybe next time ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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