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Livin' la Vida Loca..... well done lucky lucky

  • 10-04-2008 11:58pm
    #1
    Macspower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭


    our own luckylucky has just won a seat in the LAPT in Rio in May......

    I believe he was in a locked room with no radio/phone/tv/newspaper/cb or any other form of communication...

    although rumour has it he was tapping morse code on the rad pipes and sending some smoke signals though the chimney when faced with some tough decisions.....


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  • #2
    shoutman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,924 ✭✭✭shoutman


    Congrats luckylucky, enjoy.


  • #3
    peeko
    Closed Accounts Posts: 834 ✭✭✭peeko


    Fantastic Barry! Great Result!


  • #4
    Flushdraw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,187 ✭✭✭Flushdraw


    Nice job Barry...but will you not p1ss off back to cash games and leave the tournies to the rest of us :p


  • #5
    bohsman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,881 ✭✭✭bohsman


    Anyone else worried security wise about a big tournament in Rio?


  • #6
    Ste05
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭Ste05


    Congrats Barry...


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  • #7
    luckylucky
    Registered Users Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭luckylucky


    Cheers lads, I can confirm I didn't change IP. I had no one railing me. I had msn open but I had it set to 'appear offline' ;)

    Hmmm final clicking a few results in these online tourneys lark, methinks I might play a few more Flushdraw, soz :p.


  • #8
    luckylucky
    Registered Users Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭luckylucky


    bohsman wrote: »
    Anyone else worried security wise about a big tournament in Rio?

    Brazil from what I can gather has become a much safer country in recent years, also according to Pokerstars the casino is in the nice part of town.


  • #9
    RoundTower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭RoundTower


    Rio is relatively safe for tourists, the crime bosses like to keep it that way. If you hear about kidnappings there, the victims are all rich Brazilian families.

    You might get mugged in a bad area or pickpocketed in a tourist trap but really it's no worse than any other major city and it's hard to wander into the favelas. The biggest risk is being shook down for a few quid by the police: if this happens they will ask for like 5k in US dollars but settle for $25 in local currency.


  • #10
    hf4z6sqo7vjngi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,454 ✭✭✭hf4z6sqo7vjngi


    Nice one Barry, enjoy


  • #11
    DubTony
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,267 ✭✭✭DubTony


    RoundTower wrote: »
    The biggest risk is being shook down for a few quid by the police: if this happens they will ask for like 5k in US dollars but settle for $25 in local currency.

    Which is probably about the same thing these days. :rolleyes:

    Congrats luckylucky


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  • #12
    Requiem4adream
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,538 ✭✭✭Requiem4adream


    Macspower wrote: »
    our own luckylucky has just won a seat in the LAPT in Rio in May......

    I believe he was in a locked room with no radio/phone/tv/newspaper/cb or any other form of communication...

    although rumour has it he was tapping morse code on the rad pipes and sending some smoke signals though the chimney when faced with some tough decisions.....

    lol n1

    Get in!! wanted to watch that pity but woulda jinxed it anyway :o congrats!


  • #13
    luckylucky
    Registered Users Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭luckylucky


    Requiem4adream wrote: »
    lol n1

    Get in!! wanted to watch that pity but woulda jinxed it anyway :o congrats!

    Cheers Danny. I had a look for yeah on msn when I kicked it off, soz had to play there and then or I might have had to wait another few days as the final step was filling up, I was last one to join the table as it was. The funny thing was there was a guy sitting out the whole way through and he finished in 5th spot, one a way from a ticket, 4 from 10 went through.


  • #14
    RoadSweeper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,513 ✭✭✭RoadSweeper


    Wow , well done Barry. Congrats!


  • #15
    gkenny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 142 ✭✭gkenny


    just won ticket for this in $8 rebuy.
    is it possible to unregister.
    says no on site. would a nicely worded email get around this.


  • #16
    davidgti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,058 ✭✭✭davidgti


    Congrats luckylucky wp;)


  • #17
    luckylucky
    Registered Users Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭luckylucky


    gkenny wrote: »
    just won ticket for this in $8 rebuy.
    is it possible to unregister.
    says no on site. would a nicely worded email get around this.

    I found out(well my wife did) that there is a Dengue Fever Epidemic in Rio, so I tried to get a refund. Stars are claiming that it's not a problem... "it is perfectly safe, especially, in the city as the dry season approaches. The LAPT will not be affected by the situation in the less frequently visited areas of the city."

    Anyway in short, no refund is forthcoming.... anyways c'mon... be good to have another Irish person out there. :)
    davidgti wrote: »
    Congrats luckylucky wp;)

    Cheers. :)


  • #18
    gkenny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 142 ✭✭gkenny


    sorry lucky but i wont be joining you.:(
    pstars have made an exception and let me transfer to lapt punto del este instead. :)

    best of luck in rio


  • #19
    luckylucky
    Registered Users Posts: 2,437 ✭✭✭luckylucky


    gkenny wrote: »
    sorry lucky but i wont be joining you.:(
    pstars have made an exception and let me transfer to lapt punto del este instead. :)

    best of luck in rio

    The b'ds :eek:. I might well have changed to another event if given that option, probably not though ..Rio is the easiest for me to get to, so hopefully this Dengue fever epidemic will clear with the dry season as Pokerstars are saying.

    Ah well, gl in Uruguay then. ;)


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