EPT11 London: A COUPLE OF observations after the primary few hours of play

The Grand Connaught Rooms have a protracted reference to Freemasonry, whose headquarters are within the magnificent Freemason's Hall adjacent. It means you very often see men wearing suits and ties, carrying square shaped briefcases, arriving on Great Queen Street, disembarking from mini-buses that experience ferried them to headquarters.

They speak of elegance and grandeur, which contrasted sharply with the sight of a person standing outside the Grand Connaught Rooms this afternoon, holding a pint glass and lighting a cigarette, all whilst wearing a superhero onesie.

Matt Perrins enjoying himself at the rail

Then there's the person at the rail seeking to speak "drunk" to the straight-edged Ole Schemion. The German smiled and listened as this new friend made a chain of elaborate noises and hand gestures. He was trying to ask Schemion how he'd got so tanned whilst staying in rainy London. Schemion, possibly listing this question as some of the least likely he'd ever need to answer, didn't really follow. But he smiled anyway.

Ole Schemion and Artur Koren. Come to consider it, how did he get that tanned?

All this offers you a clue as to the overall mood of the rail. Whilst you may expect spectators to be glued to the action, the other is in reality the case. There are groups of them, gathered together by allegiance, chatting to one another. They're having a ball. However the noise you may also hear as they cheer and shout generally is a beat or two late, a reaction to something they suddenly notice, and think could be rude to not acknowledge. So that they make some gruff noises. Then they return to their drinks and conversations.

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Stephen Bartley is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.

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