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01 Feb 19
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Andrew Neil has just completely dismantled Ken Livingstone on Venezuela.
Even by Neil's usual high standards that was a veritable master class of interviewing technique. He made Livingstone appear a blithering fool.
Even by Neil's usual high standards that was a veritable master class of interviewing technique. He made Livingstone appear a blithering fool.
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Mr P, good evening you should have joined the fun on the QT topic
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Good evening, Mr B. :)
I've only just got home from playing poker, sir. |
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you are excused then; any luck?
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Livingstone exemplifies everything that is rotten about the Labour party, indoctrination and dogma. Reminded me of anxious.
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Ken put sa tie on just for anxious
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I won £10, Mr B. :)
It felt like a decent win as I was over £100 down at one stage. |
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a fitting comeback Mr P. I just play for fun these days, but there are occasions when i want to break free and bet a fiver!
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Very wise, Mr B.
Many years ago I played in a kitchen table game twice a week where there was always well over £10,000 on offer. I think my best night was plus £4,000, and my worst about minus £3,000. That game lasted for six or seven years and then gradually folded after the regular host became ill. I've also played in some truly huge games elsewhere in my time. Today however, like your good self, it's very much the low stakes just for fun. |
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i got hit hard once Mr P having lost a hand with a Royal Flush
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You mean somebody else had the Royal Flush, sir? Or were you playing something that involved a wild card?
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Stupid woman on This Week just called Nigel Farage an ex Nazi.
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When Andrew Neil pointed out that Farage was not, in fact, an ex Nazi, her shameless reply was "oh, okay, I rewind on that."
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thick skin
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no we both had them and were playing under the adage of Heart clubs etc
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Who on earth thought it was a good idea to let livingstone grapple with Andrew Neil with such a flimsy grasp of facts.it was like slinging a baby into a lions cage.neil eased off,then Alan Johnson gave him a good kicking.
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An ex Nazi. Why do they allow these illformed 1diots on.
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That sounds extremely dodgy, Mr B. I would suggest that you were almost certainly the victim of foul play, sir.
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he should sue her for that
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don't say that Mr P. i felt bad enough at the time
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I agree, Mr B. It would teach the other idiots a valuable lesson. I wonder who would be liable: her, the BBC or both?
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Actually the more I see of Alan Johnson the more I think what a loss he’s been to the Labour Party.if he was the leader instead of corbyn they’d be a shoo in for govt.
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Well, Mr B, presumably you were playing one of the older variants of poker as the popular games today like NLHE or PLO cannot feature two royal flushes together. And when playing something like Five-Card Draw the odds of matching royal flushes are astronomical.
I'm sorry, dear chap, but I think you must have been cheated. Did you not harbour any suspicions at the time, sir? |
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I lost twice on here in the space of 2 weeks with quad 6s Bap.
First was to a rivered 6d giving the OP a straight flush. The 2nd was worse. I had 66 on a K66 flop. OP had AK and pushed. Happt days I thought until a K on the turn and river. Both were in decent mtts and near the bubble. I gave up playing for about 6 months. |
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Johnson never wanted the gig or he would have been chosen. I don't think there is much doubt about that, Barrowboy
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it was 7 card stud sir
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Betfair hosted a big forum game about ten years ago, all the regulars played. I was eliminated after flopping a straight flush. :(
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4 showing and 3 hid
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bad beats them Mr Bula
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Well, sir, SCS naturally has a better chance of that scenario happening. I still don't buy it though, dear fellow. The odds are still massive and that whole 'hearts beating spades' rule is highly dubious in my view.
I think you were set up, sir. :( |
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Actually, now I come to think of it, 7CS is even more unlikely than 5CD. :(
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Were you not suspicious at the time, sir?
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I'm reasonably certain that you were the victim of cold-decking, Mr B. A pre-prepared pack was introduced before the hand was dealt. :(
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I stand to be corrected on this, but...
Odds of making a royal flush in Seven Card Stud = something in the region of thirty thousand to one. Odds of two players both making a royal flush in the same hand = several hundred million to one. Odds of two players both making a royal flush after erroneously stating that hearts beat the other three suits should this monumentally unlikely event occur = somebody is cheating. :( |
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It is an outcome you'd never think of and for it to be brought up would make me suspicious.
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Odds of the player who made the 'winning' royal flush being the same player who made up the 'hearts win' rule beforehand = a stone cold certainty. :(
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I feel Mr B's pain. This sort of cheating used to happen a lot in the old days. It was especially prevalent in Brag schools.
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sorry Mr P,i was summoned. No it never occurred to me that skullduggery had happened; i was 22 or 23 & knew everything
 i was just shocked at losing & even more shocked when i never got half! |
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Ken livingstone should choose his shows more carefully.there are plenty of bbc politic shows where the rubbish he was spouting last night would have gone unchallenged & most viewers would have gone away believing it to be true.
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