Grand National 2020 - Cancelled!

[wearthefoxhat]

It slowly dawning on me I may need to look for a job.

Adapting to new opportunities will be key. Learn or re-learn on-line poker could be one area. Swathes of live cardroom poker players are hunkering down as the casinos close, so the numbers will be there.

Poker has certain attributes that trading has, so many skills are transferable.

[sniffer66]

If anyone fancies playing around, this is the poker bot framework I used many years ago. All open source
In fact, I'm surprised it's still going

https://github.com/OpenHoldem/openholdembot/releases

http://www.maxinmontreal.com/forums/

It takes a bit of work but was making serious money with this about 17 years ago. However, unlike BF, the poker sites WILL ban you for botting. You need to get a little creative - we used a rootkit back in the day. Paid for "working" bots are obviously useless - no-one is going to sell a winner.

I might take another look, just for old times sake

[Naffman]

All racing off till end of April in the UK

[jimibt]

All racing off till end of April in the UK

is absolutely the correct thing to do. time to get creative i guess (and not just on DIY!)

[sniffer66]

Cant see anything on the BBC. Guess todays are going ahead ?

[jimibt]

Cant see anything on the BBC. Guess todays are going ahead ?

today will go ahead (i think). it was announced in the BHA tweet:

https://twitter.com/BHAPressOffice/stat ... 5606697985

[jimibt]

and on the beeb: Coronavirus: Horse racing in the UK suspended until end of April

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/51930209

[rik]

what is the long term plan with this, do they just want to stop life on planet earth until there is a vaccine

[jimibt]

what is the long term plan with this, do they just want to stop life on planet earth until there is a vaccine

nah, just SAVE life on the planet

[Derek27]

what is the long term plan with this, do they just want to stop life on planet earth until there is a vaccine

They just want to slow down the spread, delay and reduce the peak. Things should start to return to normal after enough people have been infected and recovered.

[rik]

just watching bbc news, insurances will be in the worst trouble how are they going to cope with all the claims for forced closures

[jimibt]

just watching bbc news, insurances will be in the worst trouble how are they going to cope with all the claims for forced closures

yeah, it's gonna be tough. also, premiums and additional smallprint on new policies will make things a lot tougher moving fwd. not a business for the faint hearted, the good times (for insurance) ended in 2020 - in hindsight!!

[sniffer66]

Cant see anything on the BBC. Guess todays are going ahead ?

today will go ahead (i think). it was announced in the BHA tweet:

https://twitter.com/BHAPressOffice/stat ... 5606697985

Arse !

Right decision though

[rik]

that will a long time, if really majority of people in england get it and at least 5% need extensive care how long you think they will need to "flatten the curve" to deal with at least 2 million people in hospitals?

[Naffman]

Everyone will be joining Rik at Kranji