Hi Everyone,

The Poker in the Pub finalists are now back from Las Vegas and we have asked all of the players to write a biography of their time and their experiences whilst they were away.  We will be publishing these in the coming newsletters and on the forums.  The photos will also be added shortly when we have spoken to everyone and recieved all of their pics.

Visit the Living it Loving it forums to keep updated on Poker in the Pub, Crime Scene Nights and other LiLi products.

Poker in the Pub

Mark Valentine's Vegas Trip Report: 

Being a lucky guest of one of the National winners, Kerr Harris, saw me and 19 excited others board our flight to Las Vegas on the 6^th of June to take part in the Poker in the Pub Final Table, and have a week of fun in the gambling capital of the world.

After a few drinks onboard the flight, several at the Golden Nugget casino bar, and several at the pool bar courtesy of Dave Brannan, someone had the bright idea of playing the 8pm NL Holdem tournament at Binions. Not being able to resist a game at the spiritual home of poker and the WSOP, it seemed like a great idea! After an hour it seemed like a terrible idea, when alcohol and jet lag took its toll and most of us crashed out.

Day 2 took us to the PITP final table, which was held at the Golden Nugget in their main convention room which was set up for their own poker tournament. The full report can be read here on the forum.

For all you poker fans, there was no shortage of tournaments at any given time of the day, from $50 up to $10,000 at the World Series (more on that later), and cash games from $1/$2 no limit and upwards. My first cash was at the 9pm $35 re-buy at Fitzgerald's, pulling down $300 and covering the drinks bill for the first two days!!

Monday stared with breakfast in the hotel, sitting next to Padraig Parkinson and "Mad" Marty Wilson (Google if you don't know), followed by a whirlwind tour of some of the strip hotels including stops at the Ice Bar at Mandalay Bay, Nine Fine Irishmen at New York New York, the Card Room at Bellagio and finishing with a trip to the World Series of Poker at the Rio.

I had absolutely no idea how accessible the tournament tables were, and how friendly everyone would be. There is no hiding from the public and the tables are as close to you as this computer is to me. We stood watching the six-handed Holdem with Chris Ferguson on our right, Neil Channing in front of us, and Clonie Gowan on the left. Neil Channing stood up and came over for a chat about poker and Scottish Football. We moved on to the H.O.R.S.E tourney to watch Daniel Negraneu, Mike Matasow and others. As the 7 card stud was down to heads up, we watched until it finished with Jeff Lisandro being presented with his 2^nd bracelet in two years.

For more of this story please follow this link: http://community.livingitlovingit.com/forums/thread/17342.aspx

Ally Mooney's Vegas Trip Report:

Wow, just back from Vegas and what a superb holiday.  Those people who say that Vegas is Disneyworld for adults certainly aren't lying.

The hotel was absolutely superb, located in downtown Vegas right on Freemont Street and at night the Freemont Street experience was really pretty awesome.  That's the thing with Vegas, there are loads of things to do and a lot of them DON'T cost an arm and a leg.  As well as Freemont Street, the fountains at the Bellagio or the free Sirens of Ti show at Treasure Island were simply fantastic. In the Golden Nuggett there was also the fabulous entertainment at the Rush Bar, or upstairs in Gold Diggers where you could relax and look out over Freemont Street.

Must have put on a a few pounds as well, no wonder the Americans are so fat as the buffet at the hotel was superb.  If you didn't fancy the buffet then there were loads of other restaurants in the hotel, from Sushi to Steakhouse to the snack bar, and of course you could also walk into the restaurants of any of the casino's so you were certainly spoilt for choice.

Most embarassing moment related to an incident with Albert.  He had been at the bar when a very attractive young girl asked if he had a light, followed by asking him if he 'wanted to have some fun?'.  This became our little catchphrase.  One night he got ready first and I said I'd meet him down in the bar and to get the bottle of buds in (which consisted of putting a dollar in the poker machine at the bar, getting the drinks for free and tipping the barman another dollar!!)  Anyway, I came down to the bar and walked up behind him and said our catchphrase 'You wanna have some fuuunnnn', only for a bloke to turn round and smile............and it wasn't Albert.  God I could have died.  Quickly I stammered that I had the wrong person and had a good laugh about it when I found Albert!!!!!

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Regional Finals (Midlands)

Just to let everyone know that the Midlands finals are going to be held in Stoke on the 18th July and BadBeat (Mark Smith) will be running them.  Please find details below:

Circus Stoke Casino
Etruria Road
Hanley
Stoke - on - Trent
ST1 5NH

Registration starts: 12:00
Tournament starts: 13:00

Crime Scene Nights

We would like to say good luck to Tracie Barnes at the Grosvenor Casino in Gunwharf as she is hosting her second Crime Scene Night tonight.  We hope all players have as much fun as they did the first time and look forward to hearing about it on Thursday.

Don't forget that you are entitled to a free Crime Scene Night if you are a new customer and have just signed up for Poker in the Pub or you are an existing venue and have continued playing this season. All that it will cost is the price of the evidence pack which includes:

• Crime Scene tape
• Fake Blood
• Latex Gloves
• Test tubes and litmus paper
• Folders for evidence
• Evidence markers
• Evidence bags

The cost for the pack is currently £29.99 and will last for a number of nights - so why not try it out now!

If you are interested in a Crime Scene Night please contact the office on 01752 484253 or buy now online!