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Joseph Bolas

When I saw the name, I immediately thought of James Martin the chef, but I don't think he can pass for 19

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Happy Birthday to James Martin.

Joseph Bolas

Joseph, I still think he will be beaten tomorrow despite a fantastic performance today ;) If this is posted with some kind of insider knowledge, there's gonna be a cyber-kicking heading your way :x I don't think Jason does know. I think he should come up with a score though of how much Richard will...

Joseph Bolas

It means don't play in freerolls. And if you do and get beat by someone shit, don't be downhearted, because if you take that badly then when it's actual money you're playing for, you won't be able to handle it. I really don't like freerolls but its the only I can play Hold' Em Poker. I would defini...

Joseph Bolas

Ben Pugh wrote:Wasn't very impressed with the Conundrum scramble, with M-CRO at the start.

I remember WARMVOICE being the conundrum for MICROWAVE somewhere before, so they might want to use that for now, its more jumbled up.

Joseph Bolas

Some good finds today by Richard and a good end score, so I definitely think he will pass 3 wins, don't you agree JaCu

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Joseph Bolas

FROSTIER too

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Is it me or did Carol pull a face after dispalying FACULTIES on the board?

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Rd 3: RUDENESS

Joseph Bolas

I played a Freeroll game last night for a laugh and got rather annoyed with my final hand of the game: There was 7 of us left and I was in seat 7 (out of 10 seats) and I was the Big Blind and had been dealt 9s-9d. 3 people called before me, so I decided to raise the pot to 250 (SB/BB = 15/30), of wh...

Joseph Bolas

Jo Brand is quite funny IMO. She is one of the few people I won't mute when it comes to their segment and her "nonsense words" will never get tiresome.

Going by the past though, the best 2 DC guests ever have to be Kenneth Williams and Gyles Brandreth.

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mikebuk wrote:Paul O'Grady would be good.

I would have to disagree with you there. I think hes just as bad as Hammond or Digance.

Joseph Bolas

David O'Donnell wrote:What was the challenger's name today? I missed it.

I don't know, but you should be able to find out if you watch it on Channel 4 + 1

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Joseph Bolas

Martin Gardner wrote:I got distracted when the conundrum took three seconds to turn over.

Martin

Yeah. Well done to Richard for getting the conundrum after the delay and holding on to (just) the title of Champion.

Joseph Bolas

Paul Zenon's tricks. The worst is the lists read out by Rick Wakeman/Richard Digance, when I watch Countdown I don't want to hear my spam e-mails being read out loud. I agree with you Ben, Paul Zenon is awesome and his tricks are very good. Jo Brand is awesome too. The worst is definitely Richard D...

Joseph Bolas

jasoncullen wrote:How did they miss BOUNTIES!

It boggles the mind especially since Richard said MOUNTIES

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BOUNTIES

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1st numbers alternative: ((6 x 75) - (8 + 1)) x 2

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jasoncullen wrote:I agree with Joseph, the quality is so high that I think richard will lose sometime soon. I am sticking my neck out and saying he will win no more than 3 games ! But he will take some beating

I think he may last longer than 3 games JaCu

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Joseph Bolas

For anyone who likes online puzzles, you may have come across puzzle sites before like Notpron, Clever Waste of Time and Wayfarer's Riddle etc. The object of these riddles is to go through the levels by either altering the URL or accessing a Password/Username box and typing in the correct answer. Yo...

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James Hurrell wrote:Surely this guy Richard can win 8?? DoD - I reckon this guy could be your closest challenger. But who knows?

I'm not sure he will. There have been some good players who have had early exits and Richard might be another one. Tomorrow will tell.

Joseph Bolas

Me neither. Must be a very difficult condition, being scared of your house. Good joke :lol: More seriously 'tis a very curious word. A "...phobia" word more usually meant in a sense that doesn't mean "a fear of" in the same way Arachnophobia or Nudophobia are normally used.DC I ...

Joseph Bolas

I've spoken to my mum to find out about Tom/Thomas Bolas and apparently, I do a have a Thomas Bolas who is my uncle and is alive and living in Perth, Australia. My mum, unfortunately is homophobic so she doesn't like him :roll: (just so you know, I ain't homophobic). He is the only Thomas Bolas thou...

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DaveC wrote:LAMBSTOO -> TOMBOLAS *

*No known relation of Joseph Bolas.

There probably has been someone in the family called Tom

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Joseph Bolas

jasoncullen wrote:DROOPERS in round 9?

I don't think you can have DROOPERS Jason.

Joseph Bolas

David O'Donnell wrote:
jimbentley wrote:CAULDRON, round 3. Challenger seems pretty damn good, mind!
OXALIS was quality, I had BIOGAS (sounds like a health problem), there seems to be a BIO- theme going on.

In that round, naturally, I saw BOLAS and couldn't see anything else

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Joseph Bolas

Martin Gardner wrote:I got CAULDRON as well, did that beat the panel?

Martin

Yeah. I was surprised that they didn't see it. I thought with the person picking a vowel at the end, they saw it and didn't risk getting the 'S' for CAULDRONS hence pick a vowel.

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CAULDRON

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OPERANTS too?

Joseph Bolas

I didn't explain myself very clearly. I wasn't talking about the way Des encourages the losing contestant, rather his amazing stupidity in saying "that gives you the game" when it doesn't give him the game: he has already achieved an unassailable lead a round or two earlier. You'd think i...

Joseph Bolas

A new week, new spoilers.

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Martin Gardner wrote:Well it's in French which is why I didn't mention it - may Jeff could read it!

Martin

Yeah, I think that would be hard for me to read. I didn't like French in school and did no better with Spanish

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Joseph Bolas

oh, a countdown bot is certainly doable - a friend of mine found one that would play Les Numbres et les Chiffres (including number rounds), but had various drawbacks such as the timing being a bit off (it was set to 30 seconds per round, during which you had to have typed your answer - I was thinki...

Joseph Bolas

yarrr - I set one up in the hope of also writing a bot who could play countdown with people (rather than needing a host) Do you mean a bot that automatically askes questions and awards points to the first person to get the answer, eg something like this: This was taken from 24th October 2002 ;). »Ź...

Joseph Bolas

Well I think both are true - I've just read "In the money" by Antonio Esfandiari and I thought it was quite good - my first book was a beginner's guide to poker type thing which goes through all the betting, the hands, what beats what, etc which you do need to know but you also need more ...

Joseph Bolas

Surely nobody gives up however low a score they've got. No-one goes on national TV to make a prat of themselves! Both with Des and Richard before him, it has always wound me up when they make comments along the lines of 'You really need to try in this round' as if the person hasn't been trying all ...

Joseph Bolas

I have always wondered whether the letters on Countdown are fixed or just scrambled randomly!? This is because when I play the game on my Countdown board game and shuffle the connsonants and vowels randomly, more than likely I will get disgusting selections and a constant repetition of the same let...

Joseph Bolas

To be honest, I think most people would use Messenger when it comes to live chatting and games. If someone does make a chatroom though it might be good.

Joseph Bolas

For anyone who took interest in the COLIVER event, I have decided that I am actually going to postpone it. The main reason is because I don't think I will have everything ready in time and also money is very tight at the moment. Apologies to everyone. EDIT: Just to add, I should hopefully have every...

Joseph Bolas

Also, if you are playing a potential octochamp and you know you have lost, getting the 10 points for the conundrum means he/she gets 10 points less in their overall total and might even drop them a place or two in the seedings for the finals - how satisfying would that be? :P Also if you get those ...

Joseph Bolas

I am not good at Geography, but would I be right in saying that Leicester is roughly bewteen Bristol and Lincoln (if travelling from one to the other)?

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RGoodMan wrote:I know what you mean, he seems to be persuading them to keep 'battling away' right up until the end

Surely if you know you've lost, then you still want to get as high a score as possible and just not give up, so maybe Des encourages them to get a high score even though they wont win?

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Jason Larsen wrote:Des O'Connor is in my heart to be honest with you.

You can keep him

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Joseph Bolas

Not for long though

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Joseph Bolas

I guess this post makes me the current winner.

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Happy Birthday Ben

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Joseph Bolas

Ben Wilson wrote:How fantastic would that be.

"WE HAVE A NINE OVER HERE- BELLOWING!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Joseph Bolas

I am curious Jono, have you agreed with anything I have said :lol:. I don't think 7-2 will win most of the time in this scenario, Joe. Nor do I think it's a problem. If you know exactly what these players are doing then you should be adjusting your game to accommodate it, and this particualr situati...

Joseph Bolas

In this game I wasn't able to cash out. I think it was £20 for 1500 in chips IIRC and the chips we had, we had to play with until we lost them all or won. I think there is a Poker Den II poker game on TV on Wednesday nights, where people start with £10,000 or £20,000 buy-ins and they can re-buy and ...

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jasoncullen wrote:Was she? Well then maybe dreams can come true

Dreams can come true

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I hope one day to see the brilliant Brian Blessed back in DC

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The Real Richard Brittain wrote:Yeah, I play casually. I'd say I've lost about £300 on online poker.

Wow. I actually played with real as well on Pokerstars, but as soon I started to fall under my original deposit, I chickened out and I cashed out

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Joseph Bolas

Ben Pugh wrote:Not a GOOD dress.

I quite liked her dress

. Carol suits black.

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jasoncullen wrote:Jessica Alba We can only dream!

Wasn't she a guest on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night programme last Saturday?

Joseph Bolas

We do a "fake cash game" - that is to say if you lose all your money you can buy in again. It means if you do get eliminated you can just buy in again. But still people don't play as if its real money. I might suggest we all put £5 or something just to make people take it seriously but I ...

Joseph Bolas

Paul Howe wrote:The first game of the best of five final was also played last night.

Is there any matches tonight?

Joseph Bolas

Yes if I were to compare it with Scrabble, you can't pass your tiles before the flop in Scrabble! If the blinds are low enough you can keep passing until you get a good hand, and if you're disciplined enough to pass when you don't have anything you will (IMO) make money in the long run, although we...

Joseph Bolas

ADROIT is a word isn't it?

Joseph Bolas

I think there was once an online game in Pokerstars involving some Countdowners IIRC. I do like playing online and I only play on Pokerstars. I would prefer to play in person though as theres more interaction. I actually spent £60 on a set of 1000 poker chips and £40 on a tournament clock but have n...

Joseph Bolas

Gevin-Gavin wrote:Next person to post is a loser.

I'm already a loser, so I will post next

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Joseph Bolas

Hoping for some GOOD contestants, GOOD word rounds, some GOOD number rounds and a GOOD conundrum today

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Kirk Bevins wrote:I can't believe the champion missed LEOTARD. What a muppet.

Maybe she felt sorry for her opponent, so out of pity, she let him come back and win

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