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I've been playing live poker in Glasgow for the past decade or two. I usually run regular home games as well.

History

2015-2016

  • Bon Accord (Thursdays) regular game

2014

  • Thu 18th Dec 2014 - One off xmas Bon Accord poker game, but hosted in The Research Club, Ashton Lane
  • Bon Accord (Thursdays) regular game
  • Kudos (Mondays) regular game

2013

  • Mon 16th Dec 2013, Scaramouche poker game restarts (I think moved from Brass Monkey) ran by Harley. Not sure if this was the first one or not.
  • Fri 6th Dec 2013, Black Tie Poker
  • Sun 1st Dec 2013, John's birthday tournament in Scaramouche
  • October 2013, home game passed 20 players
  • Home poker games still in full swing
  • Played a few times in The Wise Monkey on Wednesdays
  • Thu 2nd May 2013, Bon Accord game started regular game
  • Mon 18th March 2013, played in Harley's poker game in Brass Monkey for the first time - not sure if that was the first, I wrote at the time “15 players or so. I came first, though we discovered the hand I thought I put the heads up player in on actually won, so we should have continued playing rather than him leaving quickly, oops”, regular game
  • Tue 12th March 2013, Al's first game in McPhabbs since new management - new manager was Colin (he was playing) regular game
  • Scaramouche games continue

2012

  • Started to regularly host two table games at home on Friday nights (once a month or so)
  • Fri 13th Jan 2012, Played poker with my dad and his brothers/friends for the first time
  • Played Wednesday nights in McPhabbs (hosted by Al)
  • Thu 8th Nov 2012, Scaramouche started their Thursday night poker game (this is my first game, they actually started on Oct 25th 2012) regular game

2011

  • Played in the pub league in The Admiral (Mondays) regular game
  • Played in some tournaments in The Gala Casino (Wednesday/Friday)

2009-2010

  • Started to run poker games in the flat semi-regularly
  • Played in The Primary on Sundays

2008

  • Played some games in O'Henry's (Tuesdays)
  • I started to host bigger games, Jax and Stevie joined the group.
  • Kevin hosted a few games over the course of the year (thinker hosted one or two)
  • I played in Drummonds (Sundays)

2007

  • I played in The Quaich for a short time (Sundays)
  • For a good few Sundays in a row (and the on and off over the course of a few months) I'd invite over bigkev, thinker and sandy and taught them how to play poker. We didn't really do blinds (we doubled the bets when someone was knocked out) - took all day, but we enjoyed it, then usually ended up in the pub.
  • I used to play a Monday game in The Hallion
  • Sun 1st Apr 2007 - First game in the Wabash Club

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poker.txt · Last modified: 2021/08/02 01:28 by admin