Poker Cruise III

Jarl Brattelli won what turned out to be the last of the major tournaments on the cruise - $1000 NL HE. Jarl, alias Gidski won a long battle three handed against Darren Pearce and David Mitchell. The final table also included other Laddies regulars Sudsy8 (Nigel Sutcliffe) and richypal (Richard Palser). Congratulations to Jarl from all at the Ladbrokes Poker Team.

$2500 NL HE Main Event Result

By Des Wilson

A 22-year-old Swede who has been playing for only a year and a half triumphed in the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise main event today (Saturday), winning over $120,000 before a small but highly vocal personal fan club and 120 other spectators.

Claes Westerberg, who plays as ‘niceandclean’ on-line, went to the final table in the lead, briefly lost it, and then took a firm grip on the event.

It was cat and mouse for the first hour and then first to be knocked out was the only non-Scandinavian on the final table, Michael (monkey 36) Greco. He went all-in with A-7 and fell to the chip leader’s A-K

One hand later John ‘Macaronis’ Loftsrom went all-in with A-10 and fell to the Q-Q of Niclas ‘MeZZiaS’ Adolfsson.

With the blinds at 10,000-20,000 and antes of 2000, the remaining four tussled for some time before Thomas

‘ROEVBANAN’ Mose went all-in with A-2. Claes called him with 7-8 and the flop came 5-4-K, the turn was a 10, and the river was a 7. So out went Thomas with $43,000 to console him.

Henrick ‘shamrock69’ Lofvander hung on for some time before going all-in with K-K. He was called by Niclas with A-3 of diamonds and the flop added two diamonds to the mix. The turn was also a diamond and Henrik was out with $56,560 and we had a heads-up.

Some tense negotiations took place and then the two of them, a 22-year-old and a 20-year-old, began the last battle of the cruise, with Claes with about 1.5 million and Niclas 950,000. Over 30 minutes or so Claes steadily built his lead and then Nicklas went all-in with 10-10 and Claes called him with J-9. The flop came 3-9-6 and then Claes picked up a Jack on the turn. The river was a 5 and it was all over.

Des’s Diary

Everyone who saw it has been talking about the final table of the ladies free-roll event; full of amazing hands.

And who do I find myself having dinner with last night but the first and third-place finishers, Michelle (Michelle 1) Bennett from Richmond in Yorkshire and Kate (Kated) Barbrook from Wales.

Michelle is a bubbly poker enthusiast who works for the local authority in the day-time but can’t wait to hit the internet every night. With her husband Ian, she plays a lot on Ladbrokes and has also pulled off some fair results in live events. Now she is the winner of an ELC package worth $2,500.

Kate and I have a “special relationship”. That is because she was playing next to me at an emotional moment in both our careers, namely the end of the first day of the 2007 World Series main event. Alas, on the very last hand of the day, she was knocked out when she went all-in with Q-Q only to be beaten by K-K.

I wrote about it in “Ghosts at the River” and mistakenly said she was in her 40’s. She e mailed me to say she was actually in her 30’s. Oh dear ! But she has been good-natured about it and I discovered over dinner that she and her husband Harry run a poker league in Wales.

Michelle and Kate represent so much that is good about today’s poker - not least the enthusiasm of the recreational player and the emergence of women as a major factor in the game.

Yesterday we stopped at a bizarre island that is a kind of up-scale Butlins. However I escaped with a few others on a boat to a small beach when men waited our arrival with fresh fruit punch, where we could sit in the sea and drink out of coconuts, where the sand was white, the sea was blue and …well, if you in the UK are not churning with envy now, you never will be !

We are now sailing back towards New York. But the poker continues unabated. As well as the $300 no limit that was still under way hours after I went to bed, the main event, the $1,000 no limit hold’em begins today with yours truly a hot tip at 50-1 after my 12th place in the $500. At least that’s what I was told in the bar !

The final table of the main event is tomorrow.

$300 Pot Limit Omaha Result

Final standings for the $300 Pot Limit Omaha tournament.

$300 NL HE Result Final standings for the $300 Pot Limit Omaha tournament.

Labadee Do-Dah

My previous evening finished late – hic. My Labadee day started with a bang. This old body was to pull on the Three Lions and play for England in the beach 5-a-side. As we know, England is the land of equal opportunities and our team had them all – bald, fat, young, old, tattooed, coiffeured and managed by Barry Fry – how could we go wrong? As the young Scandinavian opposition took their shirts off before the game they were so lithe that I thought we were playing against a team of corner flags!

As with all England games, ours included a contentious ref’s decision and a disallowed goal. It was the usual story and although we tried every trick in the book, it was not to be England’s day, as we were out in the Quarter Finals yet again. I slumped off to the nearest bar, but my disappointment lasted until I tasted my first strawberry daiquiri of the day approximately 2 minutes after the final whistle, and as I sat roasting in the sun sipping pink nectar and watching the waves lap upon the beach, I consoled myself with the thought that I could be cutting someone’s grass in Orpington.

The only disappointment of the day was that the Zip Wire was cancelled due to slippery leaves on the track or something, and a few sad faces were spotted until more strawberry daiquiris were downed. A lounge in the sun, chats with great people and a final quick heads-up haggle with the natives before heading back to the ship.

Highlights of the day - Barry Fry’s team talk, Blagga’s goal, strawberry daiquiri, light supper on the balcony and watching the sun drop over the horizon. Off to the $300 NLHE tournament now for a muff-fest, no doubt – shuffle up and deal!

Steve Mills

Nordic Soccer Clean-Sweep

They displayed deft touches, boundless energy and a steely determination to succeed. No, not any one of a number of Brit poker players making their way to the bar. This summed up the dazzling Danes, who overcame old rivals Sweden 1-0 to get their hands on the inaugural Ladbrokers Poker Cruise 5-a-side Cup!

Denmark, who saw off Norway in the semi-final, held all the aces and their nerve to snatch the silverware in a free-flowing football fiesta under the baking Haitian sun at Labadee. Runners up Sweden, who went by the name of "Kasterbuse", reached the final by putting Finland to the sword…and, yes, dear reader, it is at this point your correspondent has to report that no British teams got in the money.

That is not to say the brave foot soldiers from Dream Team didn’t bring something to the table. On show was a fine array of beer bellies, sunburnt bodies and a whole lot of endeavour. And it is fair to say you could see some of the lads had played a bit in their time.

But not even their coach, the inspirational Barry Fry, a professional football manager for 31 years, could rally the UK’s oxygen-seeking side.

And there were murmurs of discontent, too, from some quarters about the decisions from the man in the middle, Mark Kelly (who was flown in especially from London to take charge of proceedings!); a tad harsh on Mark, who didn’t complain too much when an extra three or four players sneaked on towards the end! No matter, the Brits could retire to their rum punches and sun beds because the Scandinavians were through to do battle.

Ladbrokes’ resident good egg Norman Pace gave John Motson a run for his money with eloquent commentary from the sidelines but, surely, Motty’s job is safe. After all, wouldn’t the Beeb frown upon some of our Norm’s hilarious quips, and would he get away with informing the spectators that the Finnish team’s name translated to, er, “poopy pants”? Probably not. More’s the pity!

Carl Eldridge

Main Event Day 4 Update

Here are the current standings for the Main Event. .

1. Claes "niceandclean" Westerberg (964,000) 2. Henrik "shamrock69" Lofvander (337,000) 3. Michael "monkey36" Greco (314,000) 4. Thomas "ROEVBANAN" Mose (309,000) 5. Niclas "_MeZZiaS_" Adolfsson (290,000) 6. John "Macaronis" Lofstrom (255,000)

Play will resume at 11am in Studio B on Saturday

NORDIC V UK CHARITY STT

The UK crushed their opponents from the Nordics in what proved to be a very one-sided affair. The only UK player to finish outside of the top 5 was Michael Greco (who understandably had other things on his mind, sitting 3rd in the Main Event). The banter was flowing at the table and the mocking in the crowd from both sets of supporters was non-stop. The individual winner of the tournament was the Devilfish with $5,000 going to the charity of his choice.

Ladies Freeroll Results

The Ladies Freeroll took place in the Cortes room last night and turned into a rollercoaster of emotion for many of the players. The standard of poker at the final table was fantastic and provided a great spectacle for the spectators.

With 4 ELC packages up for grabs the tension was unbearable. With 5 players left there was “all in” called on virtually every hand, with the player facing the exit coming through to survive. The unlucky lady to bubble and come in 5th spot was overnight chip leader Gail Smith. Gail along with the players finishing 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th all received ELC Weekly Final seats.

The winner of the tournament was Michelle "Michelle1" Bennett.

Congratulations to Michelle from all of the Ladbrokes Poker Team, and we look forward to seeing you along with Lenn Martyak (2nd), Kate Barbrook (3rd) and Pauline Ring (4th) in London in May.

Heads Up Cash Game Review

The much-hyped Heads-Up match between Jonas "Nebuchad" Danielsson and Thomas "Inorisss" Tyszkiewicz took place in the Cortes room last night. With $20,000 at stake the chips went back and forth during the two hour game. However, there could only be one winner in terms of cash, and that was Thomas who ended with $11,150.

Des Wilson on the Big Cruise 30/01/2008

Des' Diary

Well, you will know by now that the cruise is coming to a climax. Today (Thursday) we will ‘suffer’ on another Caribbean island (where a five-a-side football match is planned while the older crowd – i.e. me – will head for the beach).

Then in the evening almost every Ladbrokes player on the cruise will compete in a $300 No Limit Hold’em event that promises to be exceptionally lively!

At the same time the Ladies’ freeroll will also come to its climax (current leaders Gail Smith and Kate Barnbrook.

Tomorrow (Friday) the second major event - the $1,000 No Limit Hold’em - begins. It will conclude on Saturday. This is eagerly-awaited as all the top players are hoping to win back their main event buy-in and pay for their drinks in this one.

The main event final table moves to a auditorium on Saturday with Claes ‘NiceandClean’ Westerberg in the lead with 495,000 chips.

So its all go!

I had this cunning plan that, as I can’t play the second day of the $300 and also play in the $1,000, I would hit the $300 running, play incredibly aggressively and either build up a huge lead or crash out in time for the $1,000. But when I told John Fletcher of my plan, he told me that he knew at least 20 players who were going to do the same thing. This could be spectacular!

Time to tell you a bit about life on board. The food and service is surprisingly good when you think they’re coping with nearly 3,000 people. In fact in the main café you could actually eat all day as it never closes (and some of our American cousins look as if that is exactly what they have been doing). In addition to the poker events and cash games, there is a cinema, an ice-skating rink, a basketball court, a set of swimming pools, bars, restaurants, and one thing and another - it is extraordinarily busy!

The poker quiz was a hoot. Only a handful turned up but it included Action Jack, Jaffacake and Marc Goodwin. The first 12 questions were on poker history and, having just written a history of the game, I got them all right and was confident I would win. But then it got highly technical (all about odds) and became incredibly competitive. In the end Jaffacake walked it and I was humiliated.

Ah well, you can’t win ‘em all... It would be nice to win one though!

Des Wilson

Main Event Day 3 Update

Day 3 of main event started with 45 players who all managed to avoid the bubble and were guaranteed at least $3,400. Late into the night, there were still eight players fighting to make it through to the final table. Amongst them is Michael Greco who has over 206,000 chips.

The chip leader at the end of play was Claes "niceandclean" Westerberg who has close to 500,000 in chips. The players will return on Thursday at 10pm.

Current Leaders:

1. Claes Westerberg (495,000)
2. Henrik Löfvander (493,000)
3. Niclas Adolfsson (478,000)
4. John Lafstram (303,000)
5. Michael Greco (206,000)

$500 NL HE Result

The $500 NL HE tournament, the first of the major events on the cruise, was won last night by Claus Nielsen, a poker journalist from Copenhagen. Claus ("jeteast"), beat Wilson Chan (cold_turkey) in a heads-up battle that lasted just two hands. This is Claus’ biggest offline tournament win cashing for $23,230. Congratulations to Claus from the Ladbrokes Poker Team!

Final Result

1. Claus “jeteast “ Nielsen ($23,230)
2. Wilson “cold_turkey” Chan ($15,360)
3. Phil “Nobby Barnes” Marsland ($10,560)
4. Daniel “Skabbig_tax” Olsson ($7,680)
5. James “brockbairn” White ($3,760)

Ladies Freeroll Day 1 Update

The $10,000 Ladies Freeroll, one of the most anticipated events on the poker cruise schedule, began in the Conference Centre last night. There were 122 starters in the tournament all battling it out for not only the bragging rights, but for the chance to take their seat at the 2008 ELC. By the end of play there were just 18 players left in the tournament. Some are regular players, others were playing for the first time in such an arena. The leaders after Day One are:

1. Gail Smith (29,000)
2. Kate Barnbrook (28,400)
3. Trine Tift (28,400)
4. Michelle Bennett (23,500)
5. Sara Brose Krag (21,100)

High Stakes Heads Up Duel

If you're on the ship, don't miss the chance to see some fierce heads-up cash game action! In December, Thomas “Inoriisss” Tyszkiewicz won $10,000 in the Swedish VIP Club and the right to a play heads-up cash game with Ladbrokes-sponsored cash game behemoth Jonas “Nebuchad” Danielsson.

The match will be played at 9pm PPT tonight (30/01/08) the Courtes. Blinds will be $25/$50 and the players must play for 2 hours. With Nebuchad bringing another $10,000 to the table there could potentially be a pot of $20,000! We'll bring you the full story of what happens here on this page!

Des Wilson on the Big Cruise 29/01/2008

Des' Diary

Went deep into the 500, so cannot report as much as I would like about the poker events but will do so tomorrow.

Morning spent on a magnificent beach on the island of St John's. Then after dinner with "Pullenbirds" and his lovely wife I went back into the $500 event; 40 left. In the 3rd hand I got Ace's plus an Ace on the flop and went up to 40,000, and by the end of the 12th level I was one of the chip leaders with about 70,000!

Then, alas, the cards failed me - and I failed me too, because I let it drift, and suddenly found myself with only 30,000 needing 16,000 a round - i.e. blinds of 4,000/8,000 and antes of 500.

Norman Pace was my destroyer, and if it had to be someone, I'm glad it was Norman who played magnificently on a short stack and showed me how I should have done it. He twice went all-in on my big blind (with good hands) and I had no choice but to call with rubbish...and that was that.

But, 12th out of 202 and $860 winnings ...well, it could have been worse!

Tomorrow I will catch up with all that's happening...so stay tuned.

Des Wilson

Main Event $2500 NLHE Event Chip Count (Day Two)

243 players started the main event, 93 survived day one, but only 45 would get a return on their money when day two kicked off at 11.00am. And it didn’t take long for the first big-name casualties. Shortly after Paul Jackson was knocked out, Roy Brindley – second in chips at the start of the day – flopped a flush and got all his chips in ahead of his opponent’s set only for the board to pair and knock him to the rail. I saw him on the way out and assumed he was on a break. ‘Yep, I am mate. A long break… Four days I think…’

Back in the card room, and you could barely hear yourself think over the sound of chips being riffled… And Roberto Romanello regaling his table. The Welshman was talking a good game, but he’d managed to lose most of his starting stack of 80,900 chips when he decided to slow play his A-Q. His min raise under the gun wasn’t enough to see off John Lafstram, who called with 8c-2c. The flop came Queen high, but also had two clubs, and when the action went check, check, the Ace of clubs on the turn sealed Romanello’s fate.

Two Scandinavians took it upon themselves to play the biggest hand of the day. After a raise from Pasi Heinanen, Jonas Lennartsson moved all-in and got a quick call from Pasi who tabled Aces. Jonas showed Ac-Kc and was in horrible shape until the flop delivered a King and two clubs. Pasi’s tournament life was on the line but two blanks on the turn and river meant he took the pot which was worth more than 150,000.

Pasi Heinanen in action

And so to the bubble, which burst at the record-breaking time of 3.50pm. Kevin Poast was the unlucky player to miss out on the cash, but the remaining 45 players had to suffer leaving the card room while it was still daylight outside! Play isn’t due to resume until February 1, which means they’ve all got plenty of time to spend the $3,050 they’re all guaranteed. A few name players, including the Devilfish, are still in and Marc Goodwin is up with the chip leaders and looking for a final table finish to kick-off 2008 with a bang.

Des Wilson on the Big Cruise 27/01/2008

Headlines

So far all 700 or so Ladbrokes travellers have survived the poker cruise, but only 45 are left in the main event. Out in front with 127,100 chips is Jonas Lennartson but top professional Marc ‘blagga’ Goodwin is lurking in 2nd place.

Still there for Day Three on Tuesday are David ‘Devilfish’ Ulliott who came back from 4000 to 48,300, Kevin ‘TioKevin’ O’Connell with 57,400, and the man many are tipping to come to the top, former World Series 2nd-place finisher Julian ‘railink’ Gardner who has 76,700.

Comeback of the day was that of the Irish player John ‘yobenike’ Magill who was on 575 chips and came back to 53,330.

Top faller was Roy ‘the Boy’ Brindley who was in second place with 88,000 after Day One and went out in fairly spectacular style relatively early on Day Two. He flopped a flush, went all-in, and fell to a full house. Michael Greco is in fifth with 92,000.

The last 45 assemble at 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday to fight it down to the final table.

In the meantime the $500 no limit hold’em event has begun and 40 remain after 162 were knocked out on Day One. The leader is Rickard ‘hAAj’ Ingvarsson with 72,000, Chasing him – and a hot tip to be there at the finish – is Paul ‘Action Jack’ Jackson with 57,300. Well-known television face Jac Arama is also still there, with 5,700. Fans of Norman Pace will be pleased to hear he is also still in, with 15,100 chips.

(And see Des’s Diary below for details of the’dark horse’ currently in 13th place !)

As you read this everyone is ashore in Puerto Rico. The sun is shining. And all is well, apart from one player who has been sea sick (so he claims). A dealer told me that on one trip one of the other dealers threw up all over the player in Seat No 1. I told him I had often felt like throwing up over the dealer, but never heard of it happening the other way round !

Des’s Diary

OK, let’s forget the Devilfish, Marc Goodwin, Paul Jackson and the rest, the big news – THE REALLY BIG NEWS – is that your faithful reporter is lying in 13th place in the $500 event with 30,000 chips.

After the main event disaster – 90 minutes without a hand – I won the first hand of the event with A-J but still ended Level One down at 4,675 (we started with 5,000). On Level Two I entered a flop with 7-8, flopped 9-6, and picked up a 5 on the river to reach 6,000. I then fell and fell until a flush picked me up, but the following hand saw that win eliminated when I bet out with 8-8 and was floored by a guy with Q-Q.

With 15 minutes left to the dinner break I was down to 3,300 and went all-in with A-J. I was surprised to be called by a guy with 9-8 suited and doubled up. Off to dinner with 7,500.

Two levels after dinner and I’m back to 7,500 and there are 75 left (they are paying down to 40). I was still about 7,500 when the field had fallen to under 60, then it started to happen.

I got J-J, went all-in and was called by a guy with 10-10. The Jacks held up and I was on 14,000-plus.

A few hands later I have J-J for a second time, go all-in and am called by a guy with A-K. For a second time the Jacks hold up and I’m up to 28,000.

By the time we got down to 40, I was on 30,000 exactly and in the money.

From there it was to the bar with Norman and Beverley Pace, John Magill, Julian Gardner, Jon Kalmar and others until 2 a.m.

As I’ve said before, it’s a hard life – but someone has to do it !

In the meantime, out in the real world it has become beautifully warm, and everyone is looking forward to our first stop tomorrow (Tuesday) at San Juan in Puerto Rico.

Des Wilson

Meeting Bazza

BARRY FRY has pretty much seen all of the lows and some of the highs as a no-nonsense operative in the topsy-turvy world of football management. You have to be a big gambler to survive, let alone succeed as a boss in the Beautiful Game.

Barry’s certainly a gambler and in his 31 years as a manager, he has played the odds as a wheeler-dealer in transfers that have netted profits of millions of pounds. But all gamblers run out of luck and Barry has endured his fair share of bad beats. Not so long ago he was forced to re-mortgage his house and, he says surreptitiously, that of his mother-in-law to avoid seeing his current club, Peterborough United, go to the wall.

The inimitable Barry Fry

“I didn’t dare tell her,” quips the avuncular Mr Football. But Barry, who is on board this Ladbrokes poker cruise to the Caribbean, says his eyes have been truly opened to the sometimes crazy, often chaotic and always colourful carnival of cards that is poker in 2008. And he insists there are a lot of parallels between pro football and poker, which he has witnessed during his time at the table with those sporting garish shirts, dark glasses, gold trinkets and baseball caps on the Explorer of the Seas as we chug south to warmer climes.

“The Ladbrokes Poker fraternity are all such characters and there is some great banter before the games begin but once the cards are dealt all that goes out of the window,” says Barry, who reports he has give up about half his poker pot during his visits to the casino’s cash tables. “In football we share a joke or two with the opposition but once we cross the white line it is down to business. Poker is massive now days and the Ladbrokes cruise has proved that to me.”

Barry reckons he hopes to win back some of his lost loot during the rest of our voyage but says there is one game in town he can never win. “My three sons all play poker and they come round my house when they are skint to win a few bob off me,” he laughs. If you see Barry, stop him and say hello. He’s a warm, instantly likeable and friendly chap. Just don’t mention the mother-in-law!

Carl Eldridge

Main Event $2500 NLHE Event Chip Count (Day One)

Some well known names suffered first day anguish and among them was Punkfloyd, Jaffacake, Gwibbo, kalacenikov6, Hager and skalie.

Des Wilson on the Big Cruise 26/01/2008

Sunday’s headlines

A cruise ship collided with a smaller boat in New Jersey harbour on Friday.

Fortunately the ship was not the Explorer of the Seas - so the Ladbrokes Poker Cruise avoided a Titanic moment. Instead, a party of over 700 players and their partners, dealers and floor managers all enjoyed fantastic sunset views of New York and the Statue of Liberty as they started their journey to Puerto Rica (where they’ll land on Monday).

The main event began yesterday and when it broke shortly after 10 pm there were 93 of the 243 runners left with Richard Ashby in the lead with 87,500 chips, just ahead of Roy "The Boy" Brindley with 83,600…despite the fact that Roy arrived an hour late !

Marc "Blagga" Goodwin (who arrived 30 minutes late) was another well-known name within reach of the leaders, and others still well in the race are Dave "Devilfish" Ulliott who came back from just 4,000 to his current 32,800 and the inevitable Jonas "Nebuchad" Danielsson with 29,400.

Paul Jackson, Michael Greco, Beverley Pace, Kevin O’Connell, John Fletcher and John Magill are still in play, but familiar names eliminated include world heads-up champion Jeff "Jaffacake" Kimber, World Series final table player Jon "Skalie" Kalmar, and Jon "Kunkuwap" Tabazabai.

Des’s Diary

It’s a fun ship, the service (not least from the Ladbrokes team) is exceptional, and the food is plentiful. BUT, to be honest, it is not going too smoothly for yours truly.

By the time we sail, the Devilfish has already made his mark. Our bus driver takes 30 of us to the wrong place and rather than wait for someone to sort it out, Dave shows his leadership qualities. “Follow me,” he cries and leads us down the wharf, up the gang-plank, and onto the ship. Ten minutes later we are back on the wharf with a flea in our collective ear !

Never mind, they let us on board eventually, and we all turn up at the Ladbrokes welcome party in high spirits. I arrive a few minutes late and can’t believe the size of the crowd…over 700 including the dealers. Norman Pace is a superb MC and the Ladbrokes team all do their stuff with élan.

So to the first day of the main event and I arrive at the card room to find…well, actually, nobody. Not a dealer or player to be seen. Yet, I AM on time – to be precise, 10.45 for an 11 a.m. start.

What has happened is this: the ship’s newspaper arrived on FRIDAY night and announced that the clocks would have to be re-set an hour forward ‘at midnight TONIGHT.’

Now, if you receive that message at 7 pm in the evening, what do you do? You do what I did, namely re-set the clock forward an hour at midnight.

But unfortunately, while this message arrived in the newspaper on FRIDAY NIGHT, it was, in fact, SATURDAY’S newspaper (delivered in advance) and what we were supposed to do was re-set our clocks on SATURDAY night.

Result: I am an hour ahead of everyone else. While everyone else is fast asleep, I am up, having breakfast alone, and then arriving at the poker room alone. I am already exhausted when they finally cry “shuffle up and deal” about 75 minutes later.

It gets worse. Some 90 minutes later I depart without having won a hand. What I DO have – repeatedly – is the SECOND BEST hand, time after time, so that even while trying to play tight, my stack falls quickly.

Pocket Kings have to been thrown away when three clubs on the flop are followed by one on the turn. A-K suited and A-Q (twice) have to be folded to bets by others on flops that are no help to the pocket cards. Every blind has to be folded. It was about as bad as it can get.

Actually it gets worse…

Still, by late afternoon the sun had come out and I can enjoy it on deck.

More than those poor guys trapped in the card room. What an awful way to spend a day on a cruise.

You have to look at the bright side.

And there is the $500 buy-in tomorrow…

Des Wilson

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