In the early hours of this morning, KeithyB defeated tikay (left) in the 'Last Blonde Standing' heads up tournament final.Forced to overcome a 1-0 deficit, KeithyB gallantly fought back to win 2-1, first levelling it up when his Q-9 stood up against tikay's J-7 on a x-x-7-x-Q board, before finally sealing victory at around midnight.
Clearly elated with his victory, KeithyB later commented: "Well I now know the meaning of the word attritional that's for sure! Thanks to the railers, who didn't get much explosive poker in the first two games.... ok didn't get any at all! Thanks to Take That who were playing here. Gotta have a little patience! Thanks to tikay - he wasn't cuddly tonight, he was downright scary! Biggest thanks though to my Eight-Nine suited for holding up against a weak Ace-King without which I would have been toast in the 2nd game!!!"
tikay was similarly delighted for his opponent, taking defeat in his stride by adding, "RECOUNT!" and "BAN HIM!".
However, these demands fell on deaf ears and KeithyB was rightly crowned blonde heads up champion, an all mighty accolade that will leave WSOP champs green with envy. Thoroughly deserved, KeithyB made mince meat of Bain74, snoopy-1239, Bigfella74 and AndrewT before seeing off tikay in the final - a seemingly tough line-up that was ultimately easy pickings for the unstoppable victor.Many thanks must be directed towards Richard 'TightEnd' Prew who organised each round and gathered the troops together so that each match could be completed in time. A hell of a task, but Tighty happily took it on.
On a personal note, I'm just pleased that I was conquered by the eventual champion as otherwise, I would have made it to the final at the very least... perhaps.
[Ed Note: For all the details on how this comp panned out, please feel free to check out our Blonde tournament results page by clicking here]