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I'll post more properly when I get my photos off my laptop, this one is from my friend Sophies facebook page. It is of me and my friend Rasmus enjoying the view from the top of Himmelbjerget in Denmark. Sick hot day.

Leonard Cohen

So yesterday I went through to Edinburgh with my good friends Ann, Bob and his wife Aileen to see Leonard Cohen in concert. We went to Harvey Nichols for lunch which is now blacklisted. Poor service, average food and average surroundings. Bob even complained at the end. They got a 75p tip which should have been zero! Ann pointed out a very thin plain looking cardigan in the mens department on the way out jokingly saying I should get it. I looked at the price and nearly collapsed... £450. Lol?

We then moved onto the Balmoral hotel and into the Bollinger Bar for afternoon tea and some Pinot Grigot followed by French Martini's(they are nice!). They all had work the next day so there was no excess drinking, they are also respectable Lawyers/Clerks and would of course never do such things anyway =)

We took the long walk up to Edinburgh Castle for the concert which was stupendous. Leonard did a good collection of songs from obscure/modern to So Long Marianne and Suzanne. I even managed to have an argument with a silly woman in front of me who overheard me saying to Ann at the end of the first half that his most "famous" songs would be coming in the second half. She obviously thought she was some elitist Cohen fan and said something totally illogical like "you don't think these songs were good?" looking at me as if I was a first time listener and needed educating. My point was simple, his most popular songs would be coming in the second half and this was proven out with the performances of Suzanne, Sisters of Mercy and So Long Marianne which I told her were yet to come and were his most popular songs. I never said they were his best or greatest tracks just that they were his most popular/famous. Anyway, I got her to shut up eventually! When the songs I pointed out actually did come on(of course they were the only songs the crowd actually sang along to) she turned around and acknowledged the error of her ways with a simple but knowing nod to a true Cohen fan =)

Time for my obligatory youtube video links?


Suzanne above.

Famous Blue Raincoat below which he did not perform :(.


Leonard is the greatest and he was looking strong and fit. Many more years left in him thankfully.

Tomorrow I leave for Denmark to stay with my good friends Rasmus and Sophie in Copenhagen. I'll stay for a couple of days in Copenhagen with Rasmus where we will spend a good portion of our time at the casino playing poker trying to make some money. I hear the players are terrible but also that the rake is super high. Rasmus does well so it should be profitable! We then go on to join Sophie in Jutland for a time and then back to Copenhagen. I'll be there for 12 days. I'll be taking my laptop so I might even do some updates on the blog from there but hopefully not having to post about how I got destroyed at the casino.

I am also going to Las Vegas sometime in September with friends and am planning on seeing many shows this time and not spending so much time sitting playing poker as I did on my first trips to Vegas.

Perhaps he is nuts!

This is a forum post from 2+2 which I thought was relevant due to my previous post which I thought was funny. If you read his blog he really is desperate sounding =) Poker is evil! :-

"This is my first post, its about Russel 'Dutch' Boyd, and I created my account to share the story. I met Boyd at a WPT party in Reno this year (had a good time with him). July 2, I run into DB in a hallway at the Rio.

SC 'Hey Dutch. Remember me from Reno?'
DB 'Yes. (dont think he did) How u doing?'
SC 'Great. Where you going? Going to play?'
DB 'I am going...to go get a bag of weed'
SC ' Dude. I got a J in my pocket. Ya wanna?'

So he says were going to 'his place' (I thought his Rio room maybe?), and I then realized he meant his home. I say, 'pay for the cab ride there, I'll pay for the ride back.' So we get in a cab at the Rio, we pull up to a nice condo, and HE JUMPS OUT. I pay the cabbie, while DB he appears to be locked out. Suddenly an unidentified young man lets DB in, and I tell the cabbie he can go. The young gun has 2 bracelets, has been awaken by DB (who seemed impaired in some way), and I feel bad for this guy (he is still in his boxers-and isn't REAL HAPPY).
So we go in for 15 minutes, say HI to the next door neighbor (another young gun with a bracelet-who's VERY DEEP in the 08 ME), and the last I heard, young gun #1 is calling for a cab, as he left his car at the casino the night before. DB and I smoke cigarettes outside, and HE SAYS 'Lets go'. I ask where and he says, 'My house.' I think this f***er lives across the street, and we begin to walk in 110 degree heat midday.
After a mile of me complaing and inquiring 'how far', he says 'Wanna get a cab?' HELL YES. 'Got a phone?' He botches 2 calls to the cab co., and I'm nearly beserk, as I grab the phone from him. We wait under a shade tree, and the cab arrives 15 minutes later...
Finally, we arrive at 'his house'. I initially decline the invite in, and he mumbles something like 'ah come in, theres my car, I'll take you back'. I make him promise, and I go in despite probably knowing better. We watch TV with his buddy sleeping on the couch, while DB strums guitar. I learn DBs been MIA for nearly 2 days. The live like pigs, and I finally say, "I'm just going to call a cab Dutch...you need your rest.' I call and ask a cab to come to X31X XinXa (left it out, but I know the address).
About this time, two guys and a girl, come in. I hang another 15 minutes, and one of the guys (I'll call him Lexus GUY) says, "Dude. Want a ride back to the Rio?' He seems whacked, but I save the cab ride this way (got at least $35 in DB in cabrides already) We hustle outta there before the cabbie shows AND

during the ride, I learn what his alterior motive is...

So, about halfway to the Rio, the guy says, 'How much cocaine did you give him (DB)?' Whoa! Im thrown for a loop. I tell the whole story, and tell him all DB has put me through, to which he says, "Well don't give him ANYTHING, EVER or let anyone else give him anything in the future" 'He's bipolar you know, and he's really crazy right now. We're thinking about admitting him, but I dont think he's really on anything today.' (damage control)
I can't stand it anymore. I say, "I say BS...he's f****d up dude', AND the guys tries more 'damage control' and says 'Come on man, that isn't a drug house or anything, AND I think YOUR the one's that f****d up!'
I have had enough at this point, and I get a little bass in my voice, "Hey jerkoff, I brought him home after he's been MIA for 2 days! I told you what he's put me through...YOU should be THANKING ME!' He calms down, I calm down, and creepy Lexus dude says, 'OK. OK, I believe you.' AND it gets tense again when I say 'I dont give a F**K what you believe...I'll get out right now MFer!' (considering just punching this creep in the face).
Finally we're at the Rio, I get out, and tell Lexus dude, 'Tell DB to call me and thank me later', to which he replies, 'Dutch won't even remember you when he comes to...see ya'.

DB isn't crazy...he's a con playing crazy, much like the Genovese Godfather Vicent 'The Chin' Gigante, ever since the Pokerspot online card site failed and bilked its customers out of nearly $500000. Talk about a waste of talent...he lost his backers a few days before the ME, and is now begging on his homepage for backers!

CHECK IT OUT

http://www.dutchboyd.com/

See you in St Louis DB next time your in town. Certainly looking foward to it! BECAUSE EVERYONE PAYS THEIR OWN WAY...GTFO!

Pokerspot interview

http://www.liveactionpoker.com/artic.../boyd-int.html"

Le Goût des autres

The english translation is "It takes all Kinds" but in most places it is referred to as the "Taste of Others" which is an incorrect translation according to Nicolas in comments. Thanks Nicolas.


Anyway, I got a lot out of this movie and HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT to anyone who is reading.

Anne Alvaro is stunning in this movie and before all you fools google her image it is much more than looks I'm talking about =)

Directed by Agnès Jaoui it is a movie that could not be made outside of Europe. Enjoy if you decide to check it out.

Another movie I saw recently which I also recommend but not anywhere near as ferociously is "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" directed by Sidney Lumet of "Dog Day Afternoon" fame. Another superb performance by Philip Seymour Hoffman. It is not as perfect as the above movie mostly because of the poor ending as opposed to the aboves PERFECT ENDING but still, I thoroughly enjoyed it overall.

TJ Cookier

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthread.php?t=244128

This did make me laugh out loud. Mostly the photoshopped third image down.

Some further epic photoshops in this thread. Here is a couple that I laughed out loud at :-

=)

Continually edited and deleted blog posts till I drive myself crazy. Some of them were great!

Funny 2+2 Post

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthread.php?t=242975

The part about the following post on 2+2 that made me laugh was the guy claiming Dutch Boyd is nuts is the same guy walking around with a stack of T/5 offsuit cards trying to get them signed by random celebrity poker players one of them being Dutch Boyd whose blog he actually reads and thinks is a real signature coup for his T5 deck of cards. I'd bet my roll the guy who posted this is American and clearly doesn't appreciate the irony of his own post and actions.

"(Yes, I realize the title of this thread is zero surprise)

long-ish story to follow....

Today at the wsop expo my buddy Mike and I saw Kenna James singing a country tune on the Aussie Millions karaoke setup. If that wasn't strange enough, the song ended with him and Dutch Boyd singing out the last chorus together.

After they finished, it looked to me like the perfect time to get Dutch to autograph a couple of playing cards (5-T offsuit....it's a "signature hand" of a home game I play in, and we have a ton of cards signed by a gajillion different pros...just for fun)

Me: "Dutch, you think you can sign a couple of cards for me?"
Dutch: "you want MY autograph?"
Me: "Yeah. I know who you are. I like to read your blog. Interesting stuff."
Dutch: "Right on"

(I hand him the cards)

Dutch: "What's with the five-ten?"
Me: "It's kind of a signature hand for a poker league I play with"

(I show him that I have a big stack of cards presorted into five-ten, hoping to assure him I'm not some douche who's just handing him 2 random cards out of a deck that have zero meaning)

Dutch: "Very cool. You know two red fives are my favorite hand. That's what I won my bracelet with"

(he then takes the stack of cards out of my hands and starts pulling out all the red fives - while holding them, he proceeds to sign the back of one of the cards, including with some sort of chinese looking symbol. He then puts the stack of red fives in his shirt pocket, hands me the signed card, turns his back to me and tells his girlfriend that he and Kenna want to go get high)

Me: "Hey there man, can I I have my cards back"
Dutch: "Do I own you money?"
Me: "Uhhh. No?"
Dutch: "Well autographs aren't free" (w/crazy eyes darting all around)

(turns his back to me again)

Me: "Dude, uhh, you must have me confused with someone else. How about you gimme my cards"

(turns back with a 'seriously I just may start throwing my own feces' sorta look on his face)

Dutch: "Well do you have a business card?"

Me: "What? Uhhh, Yeah, actually." (thinking this dude is fuggin nuts)

Dutch: "Well give me your business card, and I'll trade you these cards back"

(I whip out my business card and hand it to him)

Dutch: "Thanks man!" (hands me my cards along with a business card for the company that makes those electronic dealer buttons and goes back to talking to girlfriend about plans to go get high with Kenna)


To summarize: This dude is fuggin nuts. I can't even tell if he thought he was just being funny by trying to keep the cards, trying to be "tough" by keeping the cards, or just plain "I haven't taken my meds" Dutch. The whole experience made me and Mike walk away scratching our heads...."

Weird High Stakes Hand

A hand I noticed on the Highstakes database caught my eye recently. It is between Patrik Antonius and pr1nnyraid :-

It is $500/$1000 NL Holdem, Heads up. Stack sizes are $218,998 for Antoinus and $229,994 for pr1nnyraid. Previous history between them is important and also how the match was being played up until that point but obviously we are going to have to do without that information.

pr1nnyraid raises to $3000 and PA just calls. Pot size : $6000.

The flop comes JK5.

PA checks and pr1nnyraid bets $5000 which PA checkraises to $18,000. pr1nnyraid calls the raise creating a pot of $42,000.

The turn card is the 2.

PA bets $31,000 and pr1nnyraid calls creating a pot of $104,000.

The river comes the 7.

PA has $166,998 left and checks. pr1nnyraid overbets the pot with a $177,994 bet. PA check calls this over bet and shows AK. pr1nnyraid shows K9.

PA scoops the double stack sized pot with top pair, top kicker.

This hand is bizarre on so many levels. Discuss! Alternatively laugh at the following which is quite well done, poor Clonie, shes gets such a tough time on them forums =)