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Location: Kent, United Kingdom

Stephen Bartley writes about poker and gambling. His passions away from work and family are horse racing, tea, drink and politics. Having escaped London, a world that involved double locks and baseball bats hidden by the door, Stephen moved with his partner, step-daughter and young son to Whitstable, a seaside town in Kent, where he resides in a coastal fortress with astonishing fields of fire. That makes it good for nights in, watching American racing, drinking cocktails and getting early nights.

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Day Off

A day off.

Actually, four hours. I slept for the rest. Then tonight it's pokerstars part two.

Last night went well. Gutshot was packed and the three champions did stirling work in getting with the spirit of things. Raymer moved all-in first hand with Tens. Lost, and was quickly re-instated.

Hachem, who waved 'hi' to me in the first tentative steps of reconciliation, held court for two hours answering any questions that came his way in the corner of the bar.

Moneymaker smoked his way to the final table of the makeshift £20 freezeout tournament, collecting a £5 bounty for knocking out Hachem, and sitting in the £25 Pony game next door all night.

That's as much official reporting as I'm prepared to do. The rest was a night of trying to keep awake. I spoke to Conrad from PokerStars for a while and then took as many pictures as I could be bothered to. Tonight I'll get to the heart of the deal and write a piece about it all.

By 2am I'd given up and ordered a taxi. Quick argument with the driver, hurried negotiations which came close to blows, and home by 2.30am.

Don't like this day off thing. Only a few hours today so that will be managable. But tomorrow... We'll see.

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