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Grant's Glasgow Banter
lukybugur:
Reading this with interest Grant. Hope u decide to come to Lloret, it would be good to catch up with you. You can leave your car at mine to save a few pennies.
Santino67:
So fast forward 2 and a bit years (we"ll discuss Dublin and London 2008 soon I promise Ger lol) and I"m back in the APAT fold at the fabulous G Casino in Coventry and loving it. I can only express my feeling of winning my satellite to get there as being a joyous moment, I"d missed these events so much since my last APAT at The Vic in 2008. Hard to put your finger on any one reason for this, but the people I'd met at my 3 events in 2008 definitely make the tournaments very welcoming and enjoyable experiences, regardless of winning or losing. Live poker is far far far more enjoyable than online play (one man's opinion), but the APAT events seem to be another entity altogether.
Reasons for my disappearance since The Vic were mainly due to illness in the form of IBS and diagnosed eventually gall stones, resulting in pain the likes of which I could only compare to having to sit through a full series of The X Factor whilst simultaneously having your teeth removed by an unqualified dentist with no anaesthetic. Thankfully after 18 long months of suffering I got the damn gall bladder removed in June and all's well again. There was also the small matter of trips to Florida, Lake District, Australia and Hong Kong using up all my annual leave for the remainder of 2008/09, and a trip to Toronto after my gall bladder op a few months before Coventry. My travel exploits I'll share at a later date for anyone wishing to know more but include some of the following highlights............
Florida Universal Studios
Florida Hard Rock Cafe
Lake District with Anne
Lake District with Tikay lol
Melbourne Crown Casino
Feeding Kangaroo & Joey
Best of all, the majority of this was gained because I love playing poker and alleviating other peoples" chips from them ;D
duke3016:
--- Quote from: Santino67 on December 23, 2010, 05:17:54 AM ---
My travel exploits I'll share at a later date for anyone wishing to know more
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Please do - looking forward to it.
Eck:
Whatever happened to Billyho? I remember sitting next to him and sure Ger was on that table too at the Maybury. Didn"t he join the fire brigade or something?
Santino67:
--- Quote from: Eck on December 23, 2010, 09:19:11 AM ---
Whatever happened to Billyho? I remember sitting next to him and sure Ger was on that table too at the Maybury. Didn"t he join the fire brigade or something?
--- End quote ---
Yeah Eck. he"s now a fully fledged ladder climber and unfortunately his shifts don"t accomodate for the hours required at the tables. I actually knew Billy previously as I worked with his girlfriend Sharon for many years, so still bump into him at other events, parties, weddings etc ( I fear more pics will appear from these at some point, but here"s to the big guy who introduced me to APAT)
His lovely girlfriend Sharon G on the left with me and our other ex-colleague Sharon H
Team Gala Merchant at Dublin 2008
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