The age of aquarius
Watched a couple more episodes last night and had an entertaining evening. First up was the Joep/HD/Kevin B match up which was, as promised, an excellent game. I must watch it again and take notes. Katya Underhill had pretty grim luck and I don't remember much about Mr Celine Dion's play other than I think it was nothing special (let me guess, was Celine playing the G Nugg that night?) Couple of other points. What in the name of all that is good, decent and tasteful was Dave Stann wearing leg-warmers on his arms for? And with skulls on!!! It's like he jumped in his sisters laundry basket in 1985 when she was going through her Pirate/New Romantic/Olivia Newton-John phase and wore what stuck to him. The other point of note was that Dave obviously really didn't like it when Joe started smacking him on that last hand. I think he may have bottled it
. Anyway enough of the HD baiting, it was an excellent game and I'm sure I can learn a lot from it.
The other game I watched was the Tamburin/Blaine/Nancy/Kami/Konik match and the quality was more variable. I was suprised at how bad I thought Henry Tamburin played and Michael Konik went for it and busted out. Would we call him a wildcatter now? The others played better and Kami has obviously got some skills. When I first tuned in I thought that Kevin Blackwood was playing another game; him and Night Train look very similar and they could almost be brothers.
My overall impressions so far are that there is a wide variation in the quality of players. The skilled players stand out, even though they don't always win. Things are different now though aren't they? You don't just have to know someone who knows someone, or look good in a dress to get an invite do you?
The other general impression I've got is that Blackjack and hair styling obviously don't mix, not in a good way anyway
. OK, OK, not everybody has bad hair but there is a majority. Did they shoot all the good hairdressers in Vegas?
Incidentally, I have attached a picture of my own hair which I would like to submit to the organisers of the WSoB 2007 and wondered when I could have my entry confirmed.
Cheers
Reachy
