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My thanks to lady luck, my faith in Random.org to shuffle my team before submitting, and of course June Foray, given I won largely because of all the straights bonuses, and without her 3, I wouldn't have gotten any. One of the best pool ideas from last year along with the Cup, IMO. Hope to see it return.

Right, first of all, thanks to everyone who participated in the inaugural Poker Tournament. I know some of you may have been perplexed, nay, baffled by the rules but submitted a team anyway! I would have been too had there been a Backgammon Tournament, or some such craziness. It seems that the fame level didn't deter participants and indeed didn't deter the Reaper taking them. Cards were played and bonuses won. In the end, the winner was the team who actually had the most low cards, but hit practically all the bonuses you could get. Also the person who randomised his team....something for future players to consider if we run this again. We have a final leaderboard, the link to the detailed board is on the first page. In summary: 1st: Death Impends - 1605 Points 2nd: The Dead Cow - 1375 Points 3rd: Captain Chorizo - 1190 Points 4th: gcreptile - 1133 Points 5th: Toast - 1080 Points 6th: JoeyRuss - 1059 Points 7th: Zsa Zsa's Leg - 1038 Points 8th: msc - 1035 Points 9th: RadGuy/Phantom of the Midway - 1020 Points 10th: Grave Danger - 725 Points 11th: Shaun Of The Dead/Sean: 653 Points =12th: JiroemonKimura - 610 Points =12th: RishCast - 610 Points 14th: Bibliogryphon - 605 Points 15th: YoungWillz - 415 Points 16th: Gooseberry Crumble - 200 Points Honourable mentions to Joey Russ who had more subs die than anyone else, to Captain Chorizo who finished way up despite not using any of his subs and to Toast who looked like she was going to romp this until her challenge came to a shuddering halt. The Dead Cow, having valiantly scored hits quite highly and gained some bonuses towards the end just fell short, but I'm sure we applaud the challenge. Congratulations to our (now official) winner, Death Impends. The cards and chips have been packed away. If there's enough demand, we'll convene again in the summer.

Well, what a year it has been! Firstly, thanks to everyone who had a team. It has been much fun spending the last 12 months watching this as it has developed over the year. Unluckily for this pool but luckily for some players, December was rather a Spartan month, bringing few of the really juicy points that this pool craves! We had many leaders. msc bounced up early, only to begin flagging and being overtaken by Death Impends. In fact, it looked like all the world that his team would totally expire within the first half of the year. msc regained some ground only for the magical run of Joey Russ to occur. From a standing start, he gained numerous consecutive hits which led to an iron grip on the lead for several months. But as we all know, this game is all about gaining in the latter stages. Grim Up North started an inevitable climb, as did Sean, The Unknown Man and The Dead Cow, who eventually all came to hold places in the top part of the table. Even Death Impends, whose challenge looked doomed, started gaining points as well, but failed to gain his 3rd consecutive 30 December hit. And there we have it folks, a debutante who won quite convincingly. I also have to mention the following for @Deathray record purposes: Deathray gains the most points for a single hit of 614 for this pool's first 31 December hit. Grim Up North and msc now hold the record for the most hits in a single year (15). Edit: Grim Up North holds the record for most points in a year: 2715. Congratulations to @Grim Up North and remember I did say your team was my favourite, when it looked like all was lost! £24 goes to the UK charity of your choice. So, in the spirit of this pool, hop to it and let me know where you wish your donation made. And so we move on to 2018....

Kirk's grandson Cameron has become a Dad making Kirk a first time great grandfather. Other great grandparents on this year's list include: Billy Graham (who is also a great great grandfather) Peter Carrington Prince Philip George H W Bush Barbara Bush Jimmy Carter

Right, I didn't want to steal YoungWillz's thunder, only to see he'd officially ended both pools while I was doing other things! The 2017 Hare's and Poker pools are finished, which means two things. Firstly, @Death Impends now leads for deadpool wins on this forum. Secondly, @Grim Up North can be added to the list of deadpool winners. Congrates to both!

FINAL LEADERBOARD 2017: (*=Joker) 1st: Grim Up North - 2715 Points [15/25] (Wetton; Westhuizen; Coward; Skellern; Morano; Christie; Fawkes; Campbell; Forsyth; Meads; Booth; Dawn; Downie; Berkowitz; Michael) 2nd: Shaun Of The Dead/Sean - 2507 Points [13/25] (Hollingworth; Skellern; Kaufman; Noakes; Sallis; Christie; Meads; Hall; Bettencourt; Booth; Downie; Berkowitz; Michael) 3rd: The Unknown Man - 2373 Points [11/25] (Wetton; Noakes; Christie; Kohl; Campbell; Meads; Lewis; Booth; Downie; Berkowitz; Michael) 4th: Death Impends - 1994 Points [14/25] (Youguang; Nakamura; Hale; D. Carrington; Corey; Skellern; Rockefeller; Sallis; Hart; Forsyth; Bettencourt; Downie; Darrieux; Michael) 5th: The Dead Cow - 1987 Points [12/25] (Sarstedt; D. Carrington; Westhuizen; Skellern; Morano; Sallis; *Van-Zandvliet; Campbell; Hall; Zazu; Booth; Downie) 6th: msc - 1941 Points [15/25] (Snuka; B. Simpson; McGill; Wetton; Coward; Skellern; Hewlett; Lakovic; Sallis; Christie; Van-Zandvliet; Meads; Bradley; Downie; Michael) 7th: JoeyRuss - 1854 Points [13/25] (Snuka; *Wetton; Westhuizen; Langhorne; Morano; Pirsig; Bayldon; Allman; Sallis; Campbell; Kristal; Booth; Downie) 8th: Deathers - 1668 Points [8/25] (Westhuizen; Kaufman; Berry; Morano; Campbell; Dawn; Domino; Keogh) 9th: Toast - 1583 Points [10/25] (Sims; Westhuizen; Sumner; Coward; McGuinness; Sallis; Campbell; *Forsyth; Hall; Dotrice) 10th: JiroemonKimura - 1478 Points [10/25] (*Snuka; Cordero; Mohren; Skellern; Christie; Hofer; Del Rio; Campbell; Bradley; Downie) 11th: Sir Creep - 1476 Points [12/25] (Soares; McGiffin; Wetton; Skellern; Morano; Lakovic; Carey; Christie; Van-Zandvliet; Campbell; Meads; Qureshi) 12th: Whoaml - 1431 Points [9/25] (Sarstedt; Hale; Westhuizen; Berry; Rockefeller; Lewis; LaMotta; Michael; Marie) 13th: gcreptile - 1380 Points [11/25] (Hollingworth; Youguang; Snuka; Mohren; Rockefeller; Morano; Kaiser; Kristal; Zazu; Brown; Ruzickova) 14th: Captain Chorizo - 1347 Points [7/25] (Hollingworth; Suzuki; Morano; Darc; Downie; Barber; Gass) 15th: drol - 1284 Points [9/25] (Soares; *Snuka; Bossom; Clifton James; Sallis; Hart; Campbell; Darc; Dotrice) 16th: Book - 1120 Points [7/25] (Sarstedt; Tyler-Moore; Kohl; Bergmann; Campbell; Wain; Hefner) 17th: RadGuy/Phantom Of The Midway - 1051 Points [8/25] (Snuka; Tyler-Moore; Westhuizen; Morano; Sallis; Christie; Kristal; Michael) 18th: Rotten Ali - 840 Points [6/25] (Hurt; Wetton; Christie; Kohl; Blazer; Booth) 19th: Widows Peak - 796 Points [2/25] (*Forsyth; Michael) 20th: Pedro67 - 766 Points [5/25] (Skellern; Walcott; Sallis; Lewis; LaMotta) 21st: Bibliogryphon - 682 Points [5/25] (Dalyell; McCowen; *Freeman; Norman; D. Simpson) 22nd: YoungWillz - 376 Points [3/25] (*Snuka; Bayldon; Campbell) 23rd: ImNotHades - 307 Points [2/25] (Fresco; Sarosy) 24th: Rockhopper penguin - 223 Points [3/25] (Westhuizen; Berry; Dreyfus)

I never expect to win anything so am more than content with my solitary success! This TBD character looks dangerous, whoever he is. Four wins out of nowhere

Must admit to being pleasantly surprised to find myself in such illustrious company!

A sketchy list of elderly Opera stars: Inge Borkh 1921 Lucine Amara 1925 Christa Ludwig 1928 Rosalind Elias 1929 Antonietta Stella 1929 Gabriella Tucci 1929 Renate Holm 1931 Mady Mesple 1931 Janet Baker 1933 Montserrat Caballe 1933 (wheelchair-bound, on my 2018 shadow list) Marilyn Horne 1934 Raina Kabaivanska 1934 Renata Scotto 1934 Teresa Berganza 1935 Fiorenza Cossotto 1935 Mirella Freni 1935 Martina Arroyo 1936 Gwyneth Jones 1936 Ingeborg Hallstein 1936 Grace Bumbry 1937 Gundula Janowitz 1937 Yvonne Minton 1938 Huguette Tourangeot 1938 Teresa Stratas 1938 Edda Moser 1938 Rachel Yakar 1938 Maria Chiara 1939 Ileana Cotrubas 1939 Helga Dernesch 1939 Brigitte Fassbaender 1939 Mirjana Irosch 1939 Helen Donath 1940 Anja Silja 1940 Julia Varady 1941 Anna Tomowa-Sintow 1941 Judith Blegen 1943 Eva Marton 1943 (Overweight) Kiri Te Kanawa 1944 Agnes Baltsa 1944 Frederica von Stade 1945 Jessye Norman 1945 Edita Gruberova 1946 Katia Ricciarelli 1946 Barbara Hendricks 1948 Catherine Malfitano 1948 Kathleen Battle 1948 Julia Migenes 1949 Mara Zampieri 1951 Cheryl Studer 1955 (Overweight) Rolando Panerai 1924 Luigi Alva 1927 Vasile Moldoveanu 1935 Sherrill Milnes 1935 Peter Schreier 1935 Ugo Benelli 1935 Renato Bruson 1936 Rene Kollo 1937 Kenneth Riegel 1938 Simon Estes 1938 Samuel Ramey 1940 Jose Van Dam 1940 Placido Domingo 1941 Ruggero Raimondi 1941 Leo Nucci 1942 Salvatore Fisichella 1943 Jose Carreras 1946 (On my 2018 shadowlist) James Morris 1947 Neil Shicoff 1949 Ferruccio Furlanetto 1949

You want ice with that?

Longtime kitty cohabiter here so shall go with the cat one. Might've been the one I chose for my Deathrace wins as well?

While I obviously didn't win, I still believe that the four month lead in this dead pool was one of my crowning achievements in my first year of dead pooling, and I'm proud of that. Of course, that won't happen for me again next year, and I would be honestly amazed if I gain the same point value as last time, as I don't really have any certs on my team this time...

FYI, Book won a third title with the Easter Dead Pool.

As a bit of "history", here are the results from the 2017 Cup, for easy reference: Deathlist Cup 2017 Round 1 1. Young Willz 0-4 Captain Chorizo 2. Maryportfuncity 2-8 Morbid Kid Maryportfuncity wins by DQ. 3. Grim Up North 8-4 Joey Russ 4. Deathray 2-8 Heef 5. Chopped Liver 2-9 Garn 6. Shaun of the Dead 2-4 RadGuy 7. Charon 2-9 The Dead Cow 8. Switch 4-2 Rockhopperpenguin 9. Pedro67 7-2 Jiroemon Kimura 10. msc 4-7 gcreptile Round 2 1. RadGuy 1-0 Bibliogryphon 2. The Dead Cow 8-9 Death Impends 3. Heef 4-3 Garn 4. Maryportfuncity 0-3 Spade Cooley 5. Captain Chorizo 1-1 Grim Up North, Grim Up North won on penalties 6. Switch 0-2 DDT 7. Deadsox 0-0 Pedro67, Deadsox won on penalties 8. Roverandout 2-8 gcreptile Quarterfinals 1. DDT 3-1 RadGuy 2. gcreptile 2-16 Death Impends 3. Spade Cooley 2-4 Deadsox 4. Grim Up North 6-6 Heef, Heef advances on "away goals". Semifinals 1. DDT 0-2 Deadsox 2. Death Impends 11-8 Heef Final 1. Deadsox 5-2 Death Impends

Sympathies, incidentally.

So, one week down and a leaderboard with five people more than a third of the way to a winning total - next week brings us Ms Willow's funeral...might be a game changer. MSC - 727 Phantom of the Midway - 727 Dead Cow - 724 FixedBusiness - 722 Devon Death Trip - 720

Nowhere near close to one of the worst picks of 2018. Get the feeling either this year or 2019-2020 is the maximum for her given how old and frail she looked in recent photo's. People like Dick Van Dyke,Honor Blackman and Mel Brooks who are still active and look fit in public seem far worse picks .Those 3 would surprise few if they one day join the ranks of Vera Lynn and Kirk Douglas to make the 100 club.

John D. Macarthur became penniless on this day 40 years ago, aged 80.

Aeroplanes (like ships), carry human souls, keeping them safe from the external environment; therefore they have to be female.

I read the BBC for such things: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42575155

Freddie Williams dead at 25, 20, double 18. Called the first ever televised 9 darter. https://www.pdc.tv/news/2017/11/11/freddie-williams-passes-away

Well I'd have called them grammatical errors...

There already is one. An exasperated one would be useful though.

Went searching for Bobby's music taste, wasn't disappointed:

You'd think some cunt from Cork would know when to bottle it.....