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Day 2 begins at 1pm with the following 117 players fighting for the title

Combined Chip Counts

Vance Martin   300500
Jason Barton    293200
Mo Ifzail   239100
Jehan Zaib    226000
Michelle Sheils   218400
Paul Thompson    217600
Steve Butcher    211000
Waseem Ahmed   205300
Richard Sheil   201200
Andrew Psaras    198500
David Johnson   198100
Hanh Nguyen    197200
Willem De Jong   196200
Dwain Carin   187500
Steve Jelinek    187100
Tan Le    174400
David Raven   170000
Vincent Campbell    167000
Matthew Perry   162600
James Powell    157900
Des Jonas   145200
Karl Mahrenholz    135500
Jeff Tasleem   135125
Ash Ahmed   134500
Martin Hancokc   132200
Ron Mattheysson   132100
Astel Cowan   127000
Steve Ball   125500
James Park   124100
Dan Phillips   120000
Paresh Patel   117000
gerald david   115700
Raj Aujla   113200
Chris Baylis   109600
Ralf Sakallerdis   107100
Steve Cummings   105800
Andrew Probyn   105200
KArl Guinness   104500
Winston Jones   103200
Alan Mansbridge    101800
Mojid Khan   101800
Lewis Taylor   100100
Dave Phillips   98700
Ian Barnett   98000
Mahmood Abelkader   95400
Jim Tierney   94000
Gurinder Purewal    93900
Ben Jackson   92700
Andy King   92300
Mad Turk   90300
Brian French   90000
Dominic Evans    89900
Ionannis Liperis   89100
James Williams   85400
Gregg Jolly    84200
Mark McCluskey   83700
Paul Nash   82000
Martin Hockaday    78600
Snoopy   77500
Martin Dietrich   77300
Paul Phillips   76400
Peter Seager   75700
James Shaw    75600
Thomas Felix    75400
Dom Kay   74500
jamie O'Connor   73700
Kev Parkes   73400
Greek Jack   71400
Nazar Hussain   68700
Richard Horton   68400
Marcin Milde   67600
Mo Hussain   64800
Gary Peniket   62700
David Hudson    61400
Alex Goulder   61100
Daniel Wong    60900
Andy Wright   58700
Paul Jackson    57700
Tyrone Poday    57000
Stacey Sheward   56400
Lee Rawson   55800
Rajesh Khanna   55200
Steve Holden   55200
Martin Donoghue   55200
Alan Stearn    55000
Abdul Jabbar    54900
Stuart Langford   53900
Maurice Nicholson   53500
Gareth Boyle    50900
Chris Lemarquand   50800
Paul Reast   50600
Stnam Shimar   49000
James Lowery   48100
James Ashton   47700
Amy Trodd    45000
Dan Bardsley   44600
Julian Noott   43600
Kate Langshaw    43300
Mark Parsonnage   42700
Nils Ladefoged   41900
Peter Jacobi   41300
Peter Garrett   39100
Paquale Dodatto   39000
Mickey Wernick    36300
Alex Mah   35000
Jason Habgood    33800
Vickie Lamber   33600
Mark Deacon   33600
Adam Wilkinson   33000
Amir Masood   31600
Dan Nielsen   30700
Dahe Liu   29700
Jay White    25900
Tanver Akhthar   25300
Tony Huaghey   25000
Senh Manung   20800
John Hopkins   11100

Total Prize Pool is £112,500

Prize Payouts here when they are available

Today we play Levels 11-20

I don't think we'll make a final, but it should be a stonking day, with a quality field at a great venue

Today's seat draw

1

1 P Patel
2 I Liperis
3 Lewis Taylor
4 Paul Phillips
5 Mo Ifzail
6 V Campbell
7 Thomas Felix
8 T Akhtar
9 Steve Butcher


2

1 Dom Kay
2 S Sheward
3 Tan Le
4 Dave Johnson
5 James Powell
6 Vance Martin
7 M Hancock
8 Tony Haughey
9 R Sakellardis


3

1 Richard Horton
2 Marcin Milde
3 Gary Peniket
4 J Habgood
5 Amir Masood
6 Greek Jack
7 Alan Stearn
8 Pasquale Doddato
9 James Ashton

4

1 Astel Cowan
2 Mark Parsonnage
3 Adam Wilkinson
4 James Williams
5 James Shaw
6 Tyrone Pooley
7 M Abelkader
8 Mark Deacon
9 Kate Langshaw

5

1 S Shinmar
2 Sen Ung
3 R Mathissjen
4 H Nguyen
5 P Thompson
6 R Auja
7 Des Jonas
8 Paul Nash
9 Karl Guinness

6

1 Paul Reast
2 Brian French
3 Ian Banett
4 Lee Rawson
5 Andrew Psaras
6 Dan Nielsen
7 Andy Probyn
8 John Hopkins
9 Chris Baylis

7

1 Dave Phillips
2 Adam Goulding
3 N Hussain
4 Dan Phillips
5 Steve Ball
6 Jim Tierney
7 M Donoghue
8 Dan Bardsley


8

1 Gurinder Purewal
2 James Park
3 Danny Hudson
4 James O'Connor
5 G Boyce
6 M Khan
7 M Hussain
8 Mickey Wernick

9

1 Steve Cummings
2 David Raven
3 Y Liperis
4 Peter Jacobi
5 J Winston
6 Martin Hockaday
7 Alex Mah
8 Ben Jackson

10

1 A King
2 Steve Holden
3 Jeff Tasleem
4 Chris Lemarquand
5 Karl Mahrenholz
6 Matthew Perry
7 Vickie Lambert
8 Owain Carey

11

1 Martin Dietrich
2 Alex Goulder
3 Stuart Langford
4 Andrew Right
5 Richard Sheils
6 Jason Barton
7 J Saib
8 Willem Jong

12

1 Maurice Nicholson
2 Nils Ladegofed
3 Mad Turk
4 A Yabbar
5 Amy Trodd
6 aLAn Mansbridge
7 R Khanna
8 James Lowery

13

1 Michelle Shiels
2 Paul Seager
3 Paul Jackson
4 Peter Garrett
5$ Jay White
6 Gerald David
7 Ash Ahmed
8 J Noot

14

1 G Jolly
2 W Ahmed
3 Mark McCluskey
4 D Evans
5 D Wong
6 Steve Jelinek
7 Kev Parkes
8 Dahe Liu

So, as the players begin to gather

Shout outs for your favourites please

who do you want to win/make the final/bubble?

missed the day 1's updates, is that "the" David Johnson in the top 20?  if he wins this will the signed European Poker magazine I have increase in ebayable value?????

Thanks for these updates Tighty!

Gl to James Williams and Lewis Taylor today!!

1      £27,850.00
2      £17,650.00
3      £13,000.00
4      £10,000.00
5      £7,500.00
6      £5,200.00
7      £4,000.00
8      £3,000.00
9      £2,400.00
10th-12th   £1,900.00
13th-15th   £1,500.00
16th-18th   £1,200.00
19th-27th   £900.00
      

it's jonnyplum, yes

Goulder obv. Kid's a machine these days

two players out on the first hand

Tony Haughey found A-K, shoved, chip leader Vance Martin looked him up with 3-3 in the big blind and held

Paul Phillips and Thomas Felix got it in with Q-Q and K-K and Kings held

Adam Wilkinson and Jay Habgood also out

Spot Snoopy's deliberate mistake

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-XLKYqW9AEaA/TnSOjuVVUbI/AAAAAAAATgE/Stp-XhnGj_Q/s512/IMG_8967.JPG)

we could learn much from this man, a human billboard

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1NUnDrq1NDk/TnSPA3vzXYI/AAAAAAAAThE/g5xE8noaPgg/s512/IMG_8983.JPG)

Dom Kay

(http://www.topnews.in/files/images/Andy-Garcia3.jpg)

Andy Garcia

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BgvU1ofuN5M/TnSO9ARFGPI/AAAAAAAATgs/DUbnxzjsA9Y/s512/IMG_8977.JPG)

Marcin Milde mistook today for the Smurfs Movie Premiere

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-cDUKHtlQwdY/TnSO4CjTOUI/AAAAAAAATgU/PCpXq7vYEPc/s512/IMG_8971.JPG)

Lee Rawson knocks out Chris Baylis, A-Q outdraws Q-Q all in pre

bobalike

Apologies for the close up

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4-WB9phHZ74/TnSOrOyTtMI/AAAAAAAATgI/YiHlfdBxkWc/s512/IMG_8968.JPG)

Dealer of the day (she has competition though)

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Vw9CRR0SOqI/TnSO3qOHH5I/AAAAAAAATgQ/qs3EudMM8b8/s512/IMG_8970.JPG)

Kings beat Queens to knock out Paul Phillips

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rsmzIoWXhfk/TnSO-shvPBI/AAAAAAAATg0/ErjeJyE6_hE/IMG_8979.JPG)

Another rash of exits

Marcin the smurf, Jamie O'Connor, Tanvir Akhtar

James Williams

Note to James, No I don't have any Sky Poker badges he can use. lol

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-mY9sPOo7xmY/TnSO4iLl_rI/AAAAAAAATgY/-IPdJaTVv6k/s512/IMG_8972.JPG)

Alex Goulder out

Raised utg to 4,500 with 10-10

Button and both blinds peel

K-Q-6 rainbow

checked round

10 on the turn


small blind leads for 11,500

big blind calls

Alex jams 45,000

Small blind re-jams. With J-9

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-1sQJGJ8rajg/TnSRZnXlq7I/AAAAAAAAThM/QJl3f_Ei8rk/s512/IMG_8985.JPG)

Dom Kay out

Shoved 30x bb with K-Q

Chip leader Vance Martin takes a couple of minutes, calls with A-K and holds

Amy Trodd returning today one of the shorter stacks

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gXhvQuP-i8A/TnSPBV1mHuI/AAAAAAAAThI/XcsVMRH50Q0/s512/IMG_8984.JPG)

Karl Mahrenholz meanwhile has an above average stack

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_GKwoey3fuQ/TnSO_vgetXI/AAAAAAAATg8/_0ECFvlmRX8/s512/IMG_8981.JPG)

only 1 or 2 of the pics showing Tighty :S

Andy Wright "istabraq"

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-adPUVNEWtig/TnSPAATcPMI/AAAAAAAAThA/uPhwMihEFHk/s512/IMG_8982.JPG)

same for everyone?

all fine on this laptop

Lewis "browndogg" Taylor

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-K7raxrMWflg/TnSO_Fv662I/AAAAAAAATg4/4F7WJyYN_GM/s512/IMG_8980.JPG)

James Williams up to 325k from 85k starting

He raises QQ, two callers

J-4-3 rainbow

James leads for 9,000

oppo makes it 20,000

Astel Cowan cold calls

Williams makes it 45,000

fold from oppo

Astel calls

turn 9

Astel leads for 24,000

Williams shoves

called by 6-5!

He bricked the river

James Shawrie85

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ty5b1F271oI/TnSO6jY_6fI/AAAAAAAATgk/YpsenoufM08/s512/IMG_8975.JPG)

Brummieboy, such a poker colossus he blocks out the light

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XZmLfM2U_X8/TnSO5HkmqxI/AAAAAAAATgc/WJXeykXcQoE/s512/IMG_8973.JPG)

i can see all pics tighty

its cos on his top spec "thai" computer - nice buy sir

Nah was just the sun in my eyes.

Pics are fine now.

How's the weather there?

Whew we are down to 101 from the 117 who started in the first 35 minutes

a beautiful bright cool calm autumn day, you couldnt ask for more!

lol yba

Michelle Sheils in the big blind wins a nice pot off James Park who has raised the cut off

flop  Jd 5d 4s

Sheils check calls

check bet call on  7h

river  Ts

Sheils leads for 45,000, a psb.

Park passes  Ad 6d for a missed straight and flush draw

Sheils comments that it was just as well diamonds did not come as she flips  8d 9d to win the pot

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Fx76ZOfZXvw/TnSVwwwzcrI/AAAAAAAAThc/Xx4x2wTwpTA/s512/IMG_8989.JPG)

Hot here and no lizards either  ;)

Dan Bardsley of brs

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-x473LPxceFs/TnSVwGRrI4I/AAAAAAAAThY/3xK41WlvMMw/s512/IMG_8988.JPG)

Obligatory badge shot of Mickey Wernick

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-0d9mIDWkWOg/TnSVtdW6YqI/AAAAAAAAThQ/JHjcZwWtz4c/s512/IMG_8986.JPG)

local Poker Million finalist Gary Peniket batlting a short-stack in this

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9ISePEvnv9E/TnSVul5MtcI/AAAAAAAAThU/xTNvGo1PXm8/s512/IMG_8987.JPG)

Will stop posting for a bit - the swimming pool looks too lonely :)

We have a new chip leader with over 550,000

Stuart langford rises with 7-7

Richard Shiels rr on the button with K-K

Jason Barton, the oly player at the table to cover Shiels, r-r-raises

Langford folds

Shiels all in

CALL!


Both have Kings

Sheils four flushes

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Wg2usTsUEj0/TnSaw_kasbI/AAAAAAAAThk/S8RYlenrMoo/s512/IMG_8991.JPG)


Mixed emotions after the monster pot

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OlhFagkp2kY/TnSaxie6JqI/AAAAAAAATho/8Js-ZYdYQvE/IMG_8992.JPG)

Dave Johnson

Table breaks have put a twice doubled up so far today Amy Trodd on his right

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iKW7B2wZmoE/TnSatLNekOI/AAAAAAAAThg/RFDFPaivfpA/s512/IMG_8990.JPG)

Willem Jong

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4fla50TLx4s/TnSaycLJZkI/AAAAAAAAThs/k6xrsPYf_bw/s512/IMG_8993.JPG)

After what I read about you being a scaredy cat from Amatay I'm sure expecting you to be in the pool :D

and Langford would have made a boat!

G Boyce knocks out Martin Dietrich

Dietrich raises 10-10

Boyce all in from the big blind with A-K just covering the raiser

10-10 calls

King on the river for Boyce

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-CPvbP0nsGrU/TnSegOt0-cI/AAAAAAAATiY/GMdyN3D75Hw/s512/IMG_9004.JPG)

R Matthiseen raises in the cut off and R Aulja all in in the big blind for 100,000 covering the Scandi

Matthissen is not happy "you keep doing that a lot"

Aulja "I know you'll pass that's why. If you pass I will show you a deuce"

Matthissen passes  Qc Kc

True to his word Aulja shows him the  2d

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JqhkmbErKmo/TnSecgV1fCI/AAAAAAAATiM/wwFWTsEHWHg/s512/IMG_9001.JPG)

One of the top five stacks Han Nyguyen

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-rBiJdYzdPqc/TnSeZwrp9hI/AAAAAAAATh8/lmfMrpGvtiw/s512/IMG_8997.JPG)

Greek Jack cannot wait to send the latest Alan Stearn joke to Malcolm Muskett

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-htOCSp9FbLk/TnSeeppsawI/AAAAAAAATiU/RxL04REwSt8/s512/IMG_9003.JPG)

Top ten stack, Sheffield's Mo Ifzail

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6y3tx-DX9mA/TnSeRGF9ONI/AAAAAAAAThw/z-BRxJEpd34/s512/IMG_8994.JPG)

One of two Liperi' left in, Ioannis Liperis

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Uz_AVfXeQ7A/TnSeVQkMDnI/AAAAAAAATh0/QrCl4tbic-0/IMG_8995.JPG)

Any Chip counts for Michelle and Richard Sheils please

Des Jonas

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-RI_X3M6enCE/TnSeav4-f5I/AAAAAAAATiA/pACRESSuh8I/s512/IMG_8998.JPG)

uses

(http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/07/top_brands/image/colgate.jpg)

Steve Holden

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7cUm_m-c8rE/TnSecCWXqiI/AAAAAAAATiI/EPAVpspBjzs/s512/IMG_9000.JPG)

Lee Rawson, looking thrilled

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-aIgLuhVWc2E/TnSebZOG8WI/AAAAAAAATiE/rrC5rRGzlVk/s512/IMG_8999.JPG)

Gerald David, another of the shorter stacks

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WbXeerVT6to/TnSedDFOheI/AAAAAAAATiQ/GZhfZP8SQzE/s512/IMG_9002.JPG)

Another big chip stack, this time Matthew Perry

Richard Sheils raises  Ahrt 6h in late position and Perry Peels  Kc Qs in the blinds

flop  Qd 2h 9h

Perry check calls

He check raises on the  9c turn, Sheils calls

turn  Kc

Perry check calls 80,000 from Sheils' missed draw

Here's Perry

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-AtSaUJmHvo8/TnSkWgR6CJI/AAAAAAAATik/VpzFm3LeYD8/s512/IMG_9006.JPG)

Stuart Langford detoured via the GAP store in the Bullring this morning

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vgpoJ4TqoUo/TnSkJuKqExI/AAAAAAAATic/ROD9htAuseM/s512/IMG_8996-1.JPG)

Jim Tierney up to 300,000

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qK2jvwjUXuI/TnSkSLPSwqI/AAAAAAAATig/wa5Pg4hjUbU/s512/IMG_9005.JPG)

Paul Nash is out

Shoved 15x bb with 8-8

Han Nugyen gave it a good old dwell with Jacks, fist pump when she hit as Jack on the turn

Break after two levels lay today

79 of 225 remain and we have lost 30 in two hours

blinds go 1500-300-400 next

Average is 142,000


Richard Shiels the chip leader 450,000 ahead of Vance Martin, Han Nguyen, James Williams, Michelle Shiels and Matthew Perry

I would like these two players to win this tounament in an equal chop.

Very best of luck to them both.

Lee Rawson AA in the small blind, makes it 9,000

Andrew Psaras QQ in the big blind makes it 20,000

Rawson shoves for 100,000

Called

Aces hold, Psaras down to 100,000

LOL

<3 the massive little monson

Did you play this one Cossy?

Saw 'Mad Turk' on the seat draw, but thought you were in Thailand?

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

+100000000!

Amy Trodd shoves blind on blind into James Powell. Trodd's 10-8dd no match for Powell's Kings


Andy King knocks out Dave Johnson, Johnson raises, King calls with 8-8 in the big blind and flops middle set against second pair. Johnson raises all in on the turn drawing dead

top chip stacks

Richard Shiels 360,000
James WIlliams 350,000
Mo Ifzail 350,000
James Powell 300,000
Vance Martin 300,000
Matthew Perry 290,000
Karl Mahrenholz 280,000
Han Nguyen 280,000
Ash Ahmed 250,000
Jim Tierney 250,000
Gurinder Purewal 250,000
Brian French 250,000
Greek Jack 230,000
Michelle Shiels 220,000
Lee Rawson 200,000

Michelle Shiels and Vickie Lambert

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-veYFTt7ipWE/TnSwuebEIXI/AAAAAAAATio/epDrLWpjuro/IMG_9008.JPG)

Right up with the big stacks, Gurinder Purewal, on Michelle's table

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9ypyEgbYdOM/TnSwuwfe15I/AAAAAAAATis/ZpCWhpz-ziw/s512/IMG_9009.JPG)

Brian French's table breaks, and its a two tray job

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-nLrls0A68_g/TnSwvrP-ecI/AAAAAAAATiw/coDJcijBock/s512/IMG_9010.JPG)

consistent and steady Mark McCluskey

(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Ta3UH1bHF7s/TnSwzZQCCJI/AAAAAAAATi0/tycsRE3aF9s/s512/IMG_9011.JPG)

Ian Barnett

Originally from round here, he and I used to battle at Luton a lot

He'd moved down south to be Roman Abramovich's estates manager

Sadly he then got a tumour on his kidney, had to give up the job and poker while he recovered from treatment for the major illness

A couple of years later he's back on the scene happily

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-xeZxW9eDLqE/TnSxBKG4vMI/AAAAAAAATi4/fwRPhMbLLZA/s512/IMG_9012.JPG)

Mo Ifzail knocks out Lewis Taylor to go chip leader at 440,000

QQ v AK on a five heart board, all in pre

Ifzail had  Qh

Yannis Liperis raises AQ, Willem Yong now short-stacked shoves A6 in the big, called. AQ holds

----

Nils Ladefoged doubles through the unfortunate Jason Barton

Nils shoves  Kd Qd, Barton reshoves  Ac Ahrt

flop  Td 6d Js

 6h turn

 8d river

---

Andrew psaras up over 200,000 again. Two early position limpers, he limps  Aspades Ts

Round to the big blind with 50,000 left who squeeze shoves  Ahrt 4d

Folded to Andre who makes the call and flops the nut flush

Garey Peniket doubles up, KK v AK to take him over 100,000


At the end of 13 levels we have 64 left, 27 paid

blinds go 2000-4000/500

average stack is 175,000

Steve Cummings and David Raven, both over 200,000 now

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ie0ZlZtTPcU/TnS4QYzFqMI/AAAAAAAATi8/UstkiAsRUf4/IMG_9013.JPG)

Richard Sheils has been knocked out, virtually, at the hands of Yannis Liperis (the other Liperis)

Sheils raised with A-J, Liperis called with K-K

flop A-K-x and it went in.

I won't comment further as I am unaware of table "factors", apart from saying that's a 600,000 stack gone in under two levels today

A bad few minutes for the Sheils Family

a raise to 9,000, a 3 bet to 45,000. Michelle has 180,000 and looks down at Kings. She ships and the 3 bettor has Aces

She's out

gurinder Purewal with the Aces, and he is now chip leader with 550,000

Jim Tierney limps at 2-4k playing 250k

Ian Barnett raises in late position

Tierney calls

flop  7h Th Qh


check check

Tierney leads for 45,000 on the  Aspades turn

Barnett calls

river  8s

Tierney overbet shoves

Barnett thinks for an age, calls all in with  Ad Kh


Tierney reveals the flopped nuts with  Ahrt 8h

He now has over 400,000

John Hopkins unlucky, KK raise, 3 bet all in from Kev Parkes with A7, called

A7 wins to double Parkes up

Meanwhile as we reach 60 players left

News of some others

Paul Jackson 150k (average is 170k)

Mahrenholz over 300k

James Williams has been steady for a while over 300k

Stuart Langford about 200k

Andrew Psaras 175k

V Campbell raises to 23,000

Thomas Felix all in in the cut off 136,000

Richard Sheils overcalls all in in the big blind

Campbell folds  Ad Jd

Felix  Qh Qs

Sheils  Js Jc

flop  Ac  Qd 5s does who Sheils who is out 60th

biggest pot of the day so far

Matthew Perry raises

Gary Peniket 3 bets the small blind

Perry 4 bets

Peniket calls

flop  Ad 3s 6s

check check!

turn  Ks

Peniket leads for 60,000, Perry calls

river  6d

Peniket shoves, an overbet

Perry calls

This is now just under a 600,000 chip pot


Peniket  Ahrt Aspades

Perry  Ac Kc

Gary Peniket moves into a chip lead

coming up to the second break of the day after 4 levels

58 left, 27 paid

blinds go 3000-6000-500

Average is 184,000

Can we get some Andy "Probe" Probyn updates pls and a pic of the big slaphead himself??! :o)

Cheers!!

Andrew Psaras raises to 17,000

Steve Ball calls

flop  Jd Kc 7c

Psaras checks

Ball 32,000

Psaras check raise all in

Insta call

Two equal stacks of about 175,000 each

Psaras lets out an exclamation when called, he has  Ahrt Td drawing pretty thin against Ball with  Ac Qc

 Ts on the river gives Ball Broadway and knocks Psaras out

I don't know Andy to look at and am operating without ID cards

Here are shots of the final six tables

If you see him, shout!

(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-XbsAIYraAXw/TnTNWc2UMZI/AAAAAAAATjQ/fJ3n6pOS-Go/IMG_9014.JPG)

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Jim Tierney says hello to wife Kristina watching the updates

Kristina and many other guests, sign up, interact. It costs nothing but my spam

ty

Greek Jack raises to 14k at 3-6k

Stuart Langford 21,500 more with QQ

Jack shoves, Stuart calls

400,000 pot with Stuart at risk

Greek Jack KK

flop K-Q-5 knocks langford out

Probe is in top picture with back to you white shirt with thin stripes and glasses on his head!

Cheers!

Andrew Probyn's seat

Just got knocked out, nowhere to be seen, sorry

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Good luck to james shaw 

Is it just me?

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Down to 48 players on 5 tables

Williams tables breaks

now 1 McCluskey, 2 Mahrenholz, 3 Peniket 4 Williams 5 Amir/Muckthenuts

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Chip count for Frank Spencer if possible please Tighty :)

About 350,000 with 46 left.

blinds are 3-6k

Average is 244,800, Betty

Haha, Tyvm Sir, Loving the updates.

Hope you have an enjoyable dinner - report expected after consumption, tyty :)

Aamir is muckthenuts?! Never knew that. Good player GLGLGL mate! He got chips?

Aamir Can't find his surname/Muck the nuts about 200,000

Looks a tidy player, nice fella

Quite a skewed chip topography here

Six or seven stacks of 500-600k and a long tail of those below average


We play ten levels today and my best guess is we'll bring back two tables, going through the bubble at around 9pm, maybe 10pm

Not that I would know these things

Surname is Masood, confirmed nice fella

Is James Shaw still in and if so how many chips please.

Top ten stacks of 44 left

James "Badly Drawn Boy" Powell 600,000
Mo Ifzail 540,000
Rajesh Khanna 500,000
Gurinder Purewal 500,000
Jim Tierney 500,000
James Williams 450,000
Yaniis Liperis 450,000
Steve Ball 440,000
Greek Jack 400,000
Des Jonas 350,000

Yes, 140,000 about half average

Of other players

Karl Mahrenholz must be really card dead, down to under 200,000. Haven't seen him play a hand on any fly past for levels

Paul Jackson 150,000

Andy King 120,000

Lee Rawson 160,000

Gary Peniket has lost ground under 300,000

Mickey Wernick under 150,000

Dan Bardsley under 150,000


these guys at 150k all have 25x bb so plenty of room to cause the bigger stacks problems

He's just texted me to say he's on 350k

Nice one , if you reply tell him I said good luck. x

James Williams now over 650,000

He raises, the "most active player on the table" Matt Perry re-raises playing 200,000

Williams 4 bets,setting Perry in

Oops, Perry calls all in with 10-10

Williams a sheepish Q-J

Flop J-3-3 to send Perry to the rail


Williams of course going for a fine double, Sky Poker Tour Grand Final winner last week, no deals, for £22,000 beating a field of 374 at DTD

Mark McCluskey raises, Amir Masood 3 bets and McCLuskey 4 bet shoves 200,000

Call

Masood A-K beats McCluskey A-Q to knock him out

Masood up to 570,000



37 left, 27 paid

Lee Rawson raises to 18,000 UTG

Han Nguyen calls

James Williams makes it 70,000

Rawson all in for 163,000 total

Han folds

Williams calls with Jacks

Rawson 8-8

Rawson out 37th

Williams up to 800,000 and clear chip leader


Down to 4 tables

Owain Carey all in UTG for 100,000 at 4-8k

Mickey Wernick calls all in 80,000

Carey  Ac 3c

Wernick  Ad Jd

flop 3s 9c Qc

No Jack arrives, Mickey Wernick out 36th

Mo Ifzail 50,000 in mid position

actionjuack 127,000 out of 165,000 total in the small blind

Ifzail calls

flop  Ahrt 6d Ts

Jackson pushes the remainder in, as he has to do on any flop

Ifzail has to call

Jackson  Ad Ks

Ifzail  4s 4h

turn and river  Qh Jd

Jackson doubles to 350,000

Steve Butcher all in 150,000  Ahrt Jh

Andy King re-shove 350,000 Kc Ks

Iannis Liperis call all in 120,000  Jc Js

 6h 8s Ts 6d 5c


Butcher and Liperis out , King up towards 600,000

OK that's the one hour break

32 left, 27 paid

1      £27,850.00
2      £17,650.00
3      £13,000.00
4      £10,000.00
5      £7,500.00
6      £5,200.00
7      £4,000.00
8      £3,000.00
9      £2,400.00
10th-12th   £1,900.00
13th-15th   £1,500.00
16th-18th   £1,200.00
19th-27th   £900.00


Please join me from 8.30pm for

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(the bubble period)

Nice Owain.....

Yesterday's highlights

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9Fr117Ic0k

Official leaders at the break

James Williams 1,050,000

Jim Tierney 722,000

Andy King 650,000

Greek Jack 625,000

Amir Masood 620,000

Alex Mah 560,000

Mo Ifzail 545,000

Paul Jackson 470,000


30 left, 27 paid

blinds 5-10k/ra 1k

average 375k

Short-stack Dominic Evans doubles through Gurinder Purewal

AQ v AK

board A-Q-6-7-Q


Unsurprisingly play has slowed down substantially, with three exits until the money

James Shaw knocks out Dave Raven

Raven shove 5-5, call by A-Q, Ace on the flop

Good luck to James Williams!! back to back wins!! #peach

and N Hussain out 29th while I was typing

So we are hand for hand 28 left, 27 paid

Karluccio Holzrenholz update pls tighersinho

GL to Aamir Masood!!! any updates on him?

Hello ladyboysrus,stein

He has about 250,000

Not one of the very small stacks (I swear Tyrone Pooley with less than 100k is dozing off) but one of the bottom ten stacks of the 28 left

650k, sitting to the direct right of chip leader James Williams

Not the easiest spot, but Williams certainly respects him

and he wins a 250k pot off Williams. Equal stacks c 800k each

Several all ins so far at

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None called yet

Shortest stack Pooley has 90k at 5-10k, and he has infinite patience

I am going to bok it and say this could take a while

as the cry goes up "Dealers, deal one more hand"

thanks you cheeky little prewdiepants

G Boyce shoves 90k in the small blind unopened with 8-9o

Des Jonas gives him a spin in the big blind with 10-5ss, which he is surprised to see is winning

K-A-J-K

Reasonable chance of a split.....

river 3

G Boyce bubbles, and we are now in the cash


Prepare for a rash of exits!

Tyrone Pooley shoves A-8

Steve Ball calls with A-K

A-10-2-2-Q

Tyrone Pooley out 27th winning £900

Dominic Evans doubles up again, this time through Alex Mah

Mah button raises A-J

Evans bb 3-3 call

flop A-5-3

Evans c-raises all in and called, he's up to about 275,000

Amir Masood the chip leader 900,000

just won a nice pot off Greek Jack

raises pre, Jack in the big blind calls

flop 3-5-9 rainbow Jack check calls

check check on the 2 turn

Jack check folds on the 4 river "the only card I was scared of was a 4" says Jack

blinds up 6000-12000 ra 2000

26 left

average 432,500

three more levels to play tonight

Double up for Brian French through James Williams

Williams opens A-10 and has to call the French jam with A-K

Willkiams down to under 600,000

Thomas Felix raises to 28,000 with A-Q

Des Jonas 56,000 with K-K

In the big blind Steve Ball 120,000 with A-K

Felix passes

Jonas Jams, called

9-A-S-J-Q

Knocks Des Jonas out 26th

Steve Ball now has over 800,000

36,000 a round here so the shorties are beginning to squeal

Steve Cummings shoves 150,000 with A-7

Jim Tierney finds K-K, calls and holds to knock Cummings out

greek jack raises A-K

James Williams flats on the button with J-J

James Powell all in small blind 316,000 Q-Q

Jack finds a pass

Williams calls

10-8-6-6-9

Powell doubles to 700,000

James Williams down to under 200,000

any chance of chip counts for Paul Jackson and James Shaw please Tighty when you have a minuite ?

Karl Mahrenholz out 24th

With 160k at 6-12k he shoves the button with K-4

Alex Mah calls in the small blind with A-Q and holds

23 left

5 chip leaders

Steve Ball 1,200,000
Jim Tierney 1,000,000
Amir Masood 900,000
James Powell 750,000
Mo Ifzail 600,000
Rajesh Khanna 600,000

that's 6.

Chip count for James shaw please

Steve Ball raises, Thomas Felix calls in the big blind

flop A-4-7

Check check

turn 7


two stacks go in, with Felix check raising

Felix 7-5

Ball a-7

Felix out 23rd

Great updates as usual . Fantastic comp great structure will be putting d events in diary for next year .

M Abelkader shoves 6-7ss short-stacked. James Powell finds Jacks

Jacks hold, Abelkader out 22nd

550,000 a smidge above average

Gurinder Purewal shoves K-J on Q-10-8 against Steve Ball with A-10

A-10 holds, Purewal out 21st



The laptop is steaming at the pace of this!

thank you xx

Gary Peniket raises the button

Paul Jackson shoves the small blind

Peniket calls, covering Jackson

Jackson K-J

Peniket A-K

Raggy board we lose Jackson in 20th

Steve Ball, big chip leader with 1,500,000

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His lookalike is actor Stephen Tompkinson

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+1

James Williams open shoves K-7 in the small blind into James Powell for 200,000

Powell thinks for a few minutes, surprisingly, whenh he calls and reveals J-J

9-A-2-3-J

We lose James WIlliams in 19th

Down to two tables

1      £27,850.00
2      £17,650.00
3      £13,000.00
4      £10,000.00
5      £7,500.00
6      £5,200.00
7      £4,000.00
8      £3,000.00
9      £2,400.00
10th-12th   £1,900.00
13th-15th   £1,500.00
16th-18th   £1,200.00

+1

18 left

table 1

Andy King
Ash Ahmed
Dominci Evans
Steve Ball
Mo Ifzail
Gary Peniket
Yannis Liperis
Jim Tierney
James Shaw



table 2

Rajesh Khanna
Amir Masood
Vance Martin
Alex Mah
James Powell
Johnny Zaib
Brian French
Greek Jack
Ralf Mathissjen

chip counts in the break in 10 minutes

+2

gl to muckthenuts and Gary Peniket

how did Owain Carey finish please?

Break after 18 levels

2 more levels to play today unless we hit a final first

blinds go 10-20k

average is 626k


Chip Counts

table 1

Andy King 460,000
Ash Ahmed 660,000
Dominci Evans 300,000
Steve Ball 1,800,000
Mo Ifzail 400,000
Gary Peniket 600,000
Yannis Liperis 300,000
Jim Tierney 1,200,000
James Shaw 800,000



table 2

Rajesh Khanna 600,000
Amir Masood 1,000,000
Vance Martin 450,000
Alex Mah 110,000
James Powell 850,000
Johnny Zaib 220,000
Brian French 350,000
Greek Jack 660,000
Ralf Mathissjen 650,000

can't help you, sorry, didn't see it

Ash Ahmad really strong player from Walsall... be nice to see him bink this

Alex Mah shoves A-2 in the cut off, Johnny Zaib calls 6-6 in the big blind

Ace on the flop doubles Mah up

We lose one

James Powell limp calls a raise from Greek Jack

flop K-2-4

Powell check raises a c-bet

Jack shoves, insta called by Powell with 4-4

Jack 5-5.

His two outer does not arrive and he is out 18th

Mo Ifzail and Yannis Liperis get it all in on  4c 7d Jd

Ifzail  Qd Jh

Liperis  Td Kd

top pair holds for Ifzail leaving Liperis the short-stack of the 17 left

Alex Mah shoves 200,000  Jc Tc in the cut off

Johnny Zaib Aces in the big blind

flop a rather remarkable  7s 8c 9c doubles mah to over 400,000

Alex Mah 32,000 in early position

Johnny Zaib all in 100,000

Amir Masood all in in the big blind

Mah folds

Zaib Aces, again which holds against Ace-King to double him up

Steve Ball knocks out Gary Peniket in 16th

Ball raised the button, Peniket called in the big blind

flop 10-9-8

Peniket check calls

Turn K, giving two flush draws

Peniket check raises all in, but Ball has flopped the nuts with Q-J against Peniket's Q-10

Ball over 2m chips

Steve Ball 40,000 UTG

Yannis Liperis all in 160,000

Jim Tierney raise to 400,000

Ball calls

600,000 main pot, 400,000 side pot

Q-9-7-10-9 is checked down

Both Ball and Tierney have A-K

Liperis Q-Q for the full house to treble up

One more level left to play tonight

16 left

blinds 10-20k

Average 700k

Johnny Ziab doubles through Rajesh Khanna

5-5 v A-K, shove over a raise in the blinds and call

4-9-J-J-2

Fun and games

Dominic Evans shoves his last 116,000 in

SteveBall calls

Jim Tierney 400,000 on the button

Steve Ball takes eons to decide to call

J-Q-3-6-9

Checked to the river where Ball fires 300,000

Tierney passes A-K

Ball 9-9 beats Evans K-9


Dominci Evans out 16th

Brian French shoves K-J

Rajesh Khanna calls with 10-10

Flops a ten, turn a house to knock French out 15th



Steve Ball chip leader 2.4m

great updates as always tighty vwp sir. update on james shaw plz

800,000 sitting quiet as a Yorkshire doormouse while Steve Ball inspired carnage ensues around him

James Shaw raises UTG, Jim Tirney calls in the big blind

 9c Qc 6d

Tierney check calls a c-bet

 4h

Tierney check, Shaw shove

Taierney tells shaw he has a major flush draw, but has to pass

Shaw shows  Jd Jh

Mo Ifzail shoves  Ahrt Qh

Andy King finds  Qc Qd


 7s Ts Qs 6c Td


Mo ifzail out 14th

Steve Ball 49,000 UTG

Yannis Liperis shoves 550,000. A-K

Ball thinks and thinks, as is his wont

CALL

A-Q

A player at the table exclaims "you have got to be kidding me!"


4-5-6-7....Q to gasps

Another 550,000 got to Ball now with 3m

Yannis Liperis out 13th

Final five hands of the night

12 left, 9 handed final table

great work rich  ;)

Overnight chip counts

Steve Ball 2,920,000
James Power 1,246,000
Jim Tierney 1,183,000
Aamir Masood 938,000
Andy King 865,000
Ash Ahmed 840,000
James Shaw 690,000
Rajesh Khanna 588,000
Johnny Zaib 565,000
Alex Mah 539,000
Vance Martin 454,000
Ron Mathissen 442,000







Final 12 play to a winner from 1pm tomorrow


For now, goodnight.