Kara Scott and Luke Schwartz Valentines Problems
I am sat here laughing hard. Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth are having a rapping contest – Jay Z v NWA. I love it when these poker players think they are ‘street’ or ‘born in the ghetto’ etc. Quite frankly, I LMAO.
Phil Hellmuth’s Positive Exercise Moment
We are getting ready to go and the banter has gone up a notch or ten. I am sat here with Hellmuth listening to how he is over all the A List sh*t flipping him out. He has written a blog about the rebirth of the Phil Hellmuth – PEMM – Positive Exercise Moment Meditation. “I don’t care if I finish first, I don’t care if I finish 8th”.
Negreanu comes over and says he is aiming for the Beckham body as he walks off to read Hellmuth’s blog, “so I know how you are going to play today,” he adds.
Why am I in such good spirits? Well, the players have been making fun of me all morning – even Hellmuth did on the way in. Last night I was victim to an elaborate wind-up by Eddie, Barry and Katie Hearn and Roland De Wolfe over dinner.
I had sent out a link to the blog about Kara Scott’s trip to a singles night on Valentines Day. Katie received a text that was actually from Roland but had the name changed to Kara.
Apparently Kara was seriously upset and considering her future presenting the Premier League – Warren had maliciously sent out a link to the blog suggesting she was looking to pick-up on Valentines night.
Kara a diva, surely not!?
I had exploited and embarrassed her and her boyfriend Brian Townsend was p*ssed too. This made absolutely no sense to me as the blog was harmless and written by Kara – I laughed it off. However, calls and texts started firing too and from Katie and Kara (Roland) and the situation escalated. I started to fall for it a little bit and they kept up the pretence for at least half and hour. Kara a diva, surely not!?
Ha, bloody, ha. It was a wind-up. And yes, I’m not sure if Kara revealed it but she was actually the first person at the singles night – alone! What did happen in that missing period of time Scotty?
Dinner at Veluce in honour of Full Flush’s birthday
Anyway, to the Main Event of the night – dinner at Veluce in honour of Full Flush’s birthday. He brought some random Scandinavian pro player I hadn’t heard of who ate all the food and then left without saying goodbye. Then Schwartz himself left before the cake was served.
“The calamari had too much batter innit…” and Mr Barry Hearn even offered Full Flush a place in the next Prize Fighter.
The highlight though. Luke Schwartz’s Valentines Day Massacre. Luke’s girlfriend had left in a huff for the MGM and checked in there. The cause – well Schwartz was “too tilted to buy her a Valentines present” and it had all become too much for her.
He spent his whole time on the phone, I think she was even trying to leave Vegas but couldn’t get a flight out. Absolute madness, I couldn’t understand what it was all about. Then she text FullFlush and said some guy had given her his number – off he charged to the MGM on one of the first random $50 cab rides from the M Resort that night.
You’ll never have a dull night out with Luke and beneath all the bluster there is a genuine person – there’s also a player that has been a revelation at the Premier League so far this week and the player who has most accurately called the cards of his opponents. Hellmuth offered his view on the Schwartz situation: “I had my baby to keep me level at that age (Schwartz’s) – I was married.”
The donkey squad is here
Tony G has just arrived and he is in much better spirits today – walking up to the table where I am sat with Hellmuth and Ian Frazer. “Ah, the donkey squad is here – I’m going to smash ‘em! Where’s the bike?”
The talk then turned to the amazing performance of PartyPoker.it qualifier Giovanni Safina…
Hellmuth – What have Italy ever won?
Frazer – The World Cup was a pretty big thing Phil!
Timoshenko is the last to turn up today – having a spa wet shave is no excuse Timmy! Bike time!
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