Firstly, thanks to the Developer for hosting the evening. At least Developer turned up at this own function. For a fleeting moment he thought it was booked at my place!! Soon we will need our partners to organised our events!!!
 Good antipasto was enjoyed and great desserts with tea and coffee.
 The trophies for 2024 were officially awarded.  Rok the Walter Champion Trophy for 2024 ( his very first won after too many to remember bridesmaid trophies). The Damn it trophy 2nd Place was awarded to Punter and the 3rd place Trophy awarded to Professor.
 For the evening, the Punter won the evening  followed by Banker and then the Professor. Holding 3rd place. A total of $350 was Invested, the highest for some time!.
 The results for the  first game 1/25 are summarised in the attached table.
 A very enjoyable start for 2025 and I look forward to the next game scheduled for May at TC Jagger.
TC Jagger


Thanks to the Developer for hosting BRC 113 It was a great night as usual!
Can everyone please confirm if either Friday 11th April or 6th June are available for BRC 114 at TC Jagger’s Casino Royale?
BigBluff
 
Thanks so much to Developer for hosting BRC 113. It was a great night.
I will have a bit more to say about proceedings during the next couple of days.
I’m available for BRC 114 on -
4 April, 11 April, 2 May, 30 May, 6 June and 13 June.
Cheers.
Sniper
 
Thx Developer for a good night- apart from only winning last hand of the night. I can do 11 April but just wanted to say if this date is agreed that next one will likely be mid June and I will be away. Would prefer if we delay it to say 6 , 13 June and then I would not miss next game - just my thoughts.

Maverick

​TC JAGGER
Yes thanks Rok, well hosted as usual and congrats for your first win after 15 seasons !! Worth the wait. BTW Penrith is the new Riverview, property prices are skyrocketing at 25% pa especially when the metropolis city opens up with the new airport. ‎<This message was edited>
 



THE DEVELOPER
I want to live where Pete lives!
Thanks ROK for your hospitality and it was great to see everybody last night just before Christmas.
Merry Christmas all to you and your families.
 
THE ROK
Hey Nikkos.
Enjoyed the last of your Rose tonight with a lovely fish dish Gayle cooked tonight.
Many thanks again for providing the delicious Greek delicacies last night.
 
To all , Glad you enjoyed the evening last night as I did.
The usual chaos was brilliant.
 
Gayle and I wish you all and your families a very Merry Xmas and a safe and Happy New Year.
Signing off.
The Rok.
The ( now ) True Peoples Champion.

TC JAGGER

The numbers are in and positions have been final.
 
Firstly, thanks to the 2024 Champion for hosting the evening. Especially after all the chopping and changing around the dates. The surprise of the evening was that the Developer turned up 2.50 hours into the game. Interesting if Developer had not turned up, Sniper would have finished equal 3rd on the 35 points and a countback would have been required. The result would not have changed the declared result with the Professor still retaining 3rd position.
 
For the evening, the Banker won the evening  followed by Big Bluff and then the Professor. The difference between 1st and 3rd was 600 chips ( 60 cents).
 
The results for the year 2024 are summarised in the attached table.
 
First on 52 points The Rok , officially declared as 2024 Champion.
2nd on 40 Points Punter
3rd on 35 points Professor.
Equal 4th on 34 points BB, Sniper and banker
7th on 33 points TC jagger
8th Developer on 31 points
9th Maverick on 29 points.
 
Only 2 points separated 3rd and 7th position and only 6 points separated 3th to 9th, the closest finish that I can recall.
 
A very enjoyable year and I look forward to the start of 2025.
In the meantime I wish everyone a safe and healthy merry Christmas and happy new year.
 

The ROK
Agree BB.
Many thanks to Mav & Mary for their generous  hosting.
I am sure that, nobody left feeling hungry last  night  .
The Eats and Treats were delicious.
There some good game variations were played during the evening and members eyesight was tested to the Max with the table surface.
A very enjoyable  night of the usual Chaos.
I look forward to the next gathering.
The True People's  Champion.♥️♦️♣️♠️
 
Developer
Thank you MAV and Mary for hosting last night.
Amazing food, hospitality and company.
A very enjoyable night. 😊
 
TC Jagger
 
Thanks maverick very enjoyable evening. Great spread as usual. Catering was for actually 20 people. Shame everyone is getting older and their stamina is not as high as it used to be to be.

Sniper
 
More importantly, many thanks to Nikkos and Mary for hosting yet another excellent BRC.  Wonderful fare, as always - I was contemplating making a suggestion to Robyn that we scoot down to Carrs Park this afternoon for some leftovers. 
The “meeting” was yet another brilliant night of great food, drink, noise and silliness - which is exactly what we all enjoy.
Cheers to all. Sniper Rick.
 
BB
 
Congratulations to THE ROK  declared BRC Champion 2024!!! at this early stage stage👀
We should have enough in the kitty to buy The ROK a championship BRC 2024 Shirt!

SNIPER
Thanks to Paul and Sonya for hosting yet another excellent and most enjoyable BRC. How good were the snacks prepared by Sonya? - fantastic! It was surprising that Punter was so well informed about the Kosher and Halal status of the delicious fare. He seems to be highly engaged in respect of the Middle East. Perhaps we should notify ASIO.
Tony was determined to be a superspreader of disease to the broader membership. It appears that the health advice that we have been living with since the onset of COVID has passed him by.

George and Roberto were both very much missed. Despite their absence, the levels of noise and general chaos remained high at times. Nikkos even put on a bit of a hissy-fit when he won a hand - amazing. Prof was the winner on the night and as a consequence is expected to succeed David Chandler as the NSW Building Commissioner. Sorry, I seem to have inadvertently conflated two unrelated issues - silly me. Thanks to all - another great night.

By the way, just after I turned onto the M5 a fox came running out onto the roadway into my path of travel. We both had a big fright and luckily it turned back in panic, just avoiding a collision. Wildlife on the road near Kingsgrove!!

I look forward to seeing you all at the next BRC.
Go the Bulldogs.

Cheers. Rick

MAVERICK
It certainly was a great night- very well hosted by Sonya and BB. Loved the trash talk flowing wildly at times and yes my cranky moments added to the color of the evening 😁Touch wood - it looks like super spreader atmosphere has bypass me. BTW - WTF are those bulldogs on - 40 points at Suncorp in front of sellout- love it when Broncos lose 🤣

TC JAGGER
Well summarised Rick, great evening. Thankfully I tested positive, sorry negative. On the way home last night I passed a horrible accident, a p plater’s car upside down. Involving more than 2 cars. People everywhere ambulances, fire brigades and police cars. Saw a person being treated laying on ground from the upside down car. Well done to the doggies, now let’s see what the saints and sea eagles can do. re to edit.
TC Jagger

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DEVELOPER
Great photo and yes a fun and rowdy bunch.
Thanks for hosting sniper it was excellent hospitality and location.
Happy birthday Dave!
Thank you Nick for insisting on the extra game before the end of the night! That pot win bought me back to the black!
Have an excellent weekend all.
 
TC JAGGER
Thanks sniper as per your high standard.
 
MAVERICK
Great night in great venue with 1st class hosts - thanks Sniper and Robyn. The banter was also first class most of the time between the odd swear words and other stuff - guilty as charges for some of these 🤣🤣😎
 
THE ROK
I agree with Mav.
Another great night of laughs & chaos.
 
Thank you to Rick & Robyn for hosting, catering and hospitality.
Thanks also to Nikkos for providing the delicious Spanikopita and Bougatsa .( delicious ).
I look forward to the next gathering of mayhem soon.
😄🍺🍷
 
SNIPER
Thanks to all for coming to our place and making it a lively and noisy night.
Extra thanks to all who brought goodies along to add to the enjoyment and special thanks to Nikkos for the Greek pastries and bottle of pinot noir, and to Dave and Peter C for the excellent wines - Robyn had some of both the Jack’s (from Dave) and the St Hugo (from Peter) and declared them both top notch.
Cheers. Rick (and Robyn)

Mav
Great night with super hosts Rose and Tony - just sat 1 seat to the right of the big cash to make it perfect
​ 😢Chilli oil was the winner for me with some delicious light home made pizzas

Developer
It was a fun night and thanks to Tony and my sister Rose who cooked superbly
 
Mav
Bit of a feisty discussion on finish time made it also quite entertaining 😅😎
 
TC Jagger
Thanks everyone I have conveyed the thanks to Rose and she appreciated your comments.

Thanks Rok for hosting. Thanks to Gayle for the south African fritter, it carried a little kick to it. It was great to see a full house. It has been quite some time since we have had the full group together. Hopefully moving forward we will have many more together.
 
The whisky was intense, I felt it later that night and had to get up at 3 am to have some Eno to help settle the stomach.
 
Results of the first game for 2024 , game CVII is attached.
 
Big Bluff successfully wining the last few hands push him ahead of the host Rok who finished second on the night followed by the returning Punter.
 
I look forward to game number 2, to held at Caristo’s Casino Royale on the 5th April, 7.30 pm start. ( target arrival 7.15pm).
Be ready for a chilli taste test.
 
Regards
 
TC Jagger

Hi All.
 
Game 5 for 2023 (Game CVI)  was conducted at the Developer’s Palazzo. All were in attendance other than Punter.
 
Please note the Big Bluff is still planning a final game before Christmas. A date and location to be finalised.
 
Many thanks for Developer to finally being able to host after several attempts at doing so. The host generously provided the good food and drinks including the fireball Scotch Whisky. The game was filled with the usual jovial banter except for a dummy spit by the host over the issue of luck versus skill of the selected games by the participants. A dummy spilt not seen since the university days between Banker and Maverick. The game did settle down eventually. Rok had to leave early for a planned trip to the Adelaide.  As a result clause 21 of the constitution had to be referred too.
 
At the end and with Rok leaving early the points were determined in accordance with abovementioned clause, with a couple of corrections following the night.
 

1. The total chip count was over counted by exactly 5000. I determined that the over count was probably from Rok’s chip count. However it made no difference to the points. Rok net chip position was declared at $43, but may have been $38. Even at $38, this still results in a positive position of $19 and still higher than the 2nd highest position of $15.70.
2. The net chip position of Bankers was missed calculated as neg $7.10, when in fact should have been neg $27.10. This resulted in 7th position in lieu of the 6th  position, swapping position with Developer.

 
Final positions for the night were as follows, updated table attached.
 
Rok 10 points moving from 30 to 40 points overall
TC Jagger 9 points moving from 27 points to 36 overall.
Big Bluff 8 points moving from 22 points to 30 overall
Professor 7 points moving from 17 points to 24 overall
Maverick 6 points moving from 34 points to 40 overall
Developer 5 points moving from 20 points to 25 overall
Banker 4 points moving from 26 points to 30 overall
Sniper 3 points moving from 26 points to 29 overall.
 
 
With Rok and Maverick on equal points, a count back would apply until a winner is determined if this was/is the final game for the year. Starting with the points allocated for 1st place to third place.  This is in accordance clause 6 of the competition rules (refer to Competition page of the website.)
The records shows that Maverick had 1 first place during the year while Rok, had 2 first place positions during the year, 3 points /place. While 2nd place 2 to Maverick nil to Rok (2 points/place).  3rd place nil to both players. Result; Maverick 7 points, Rok 6 points. Maverick by the slimiest of margins.
 
Accordingly if there are no further games for 2023, and this is subject to what happens before end of the year, then Maverick, may be declared the 2023 Champion and Rok the runner up and third place to TC Jagger.  This will be a first for Maverick.
 
Let’s see what develops.
 
Regards
TC Jagger

All
Firstly I would like to thank Mary and Maverick for hosting and providing a lovely spread of food.
Unfortunately Developer was unable to attend nor host as planned.
 
Please find enclosed the updated table for Year 2023 after 4 meetings.







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After winning the evening by a clear margin, Maverick has now moved further ahead leading by 4 points, followed by Rok holding 2nd position on 30 points. It is likely that Maverick will get his first championship after 15 years with only 1 potential game to come. Nothing is impossible, the tables need to turn for others to win the championship.




The fight looks to be for 3rd position with TC Jagger on 27 points, then followed by Sniper and Banker 1 point behind.
 
Regards
TC Jagger

Notes From Meeting

Thanks to Sniper, Jagger, Developer and MAV for attending BRC Online #02 with the new App which worked very well along with Zoom.
 
Will arrange #03 for say Friday 15th May.
 
Results as follows, the Bluff cleaned up!!!!!😎🤠🤠

BIG BLUFF






Another great night - thanks guys. Much better User experience app than the last one / once you got used to swiping right .....wait- isn’t that a different app🤣🤣🤣🤣. Some ridiculously arssy hands by the player that seems to always get them ...... and unusual guest appearances made for interesting times.
 
Let’s savour these games by not having them too often / let’s try for 30 May 👍.
 
Cheers,
 
Mav