Went out for a meal with a friend today, went into town, we were going to go somewhere decent'ish, we actually passed the Ivy, but you wouldn't get a chance at a table this time of year without a reservation, so we went into Westminster and ended up having steak in the Hippodrome. So we finished eating, my mate said he fancied going downstairs and chancing a few quid on a table, he was in last week and ended up walking out with £17,000. Played the tables today and lost £800 in ten minutes. I gave him a few disapproving 'I-told-you-so' looks as I drank my coke. We walked out just over an hour later, he had £10 grand in his pocket. "Life's a gamble", he always says.