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Play is due to commence at 2.30pm.

Simon Nowab -- 222,000
Karl Mahrenholz -- 171,000
Alan Henson -- 171,000
Nick Persaud -- 156,000
Greg Howard -- 143,000
Ray Wyre -- 115,000
Joe Grech -- 110,000
Jamie Miller -- 103,000
Gary Fox -- 93,000
Damon D'Cruz -- 87,000
James Dempsey -- 82,000
Robert Bright -- 81,000
Joey Lovelady -- 77,000
Praz Bansi -- 68,000
Ian Nelson -- 66,000
Paul Higgins -- 65,000
Vincent Birt -- 65,000
Mick McCloskey -- 57,000
Stuart Nash -- 40,000

(to nearest 1,000)...

(to nearest 1,000)...


1  £65,500
2  £35,500
3  £23,600
4  £17,700
5  £13,800
6  £10,800
7   £7,900
8   £5,900
9   £4,900
10  £3,000
11  £2,000
12-15 £1,600

Top 3 picks?

cmon flushy...............time to shine

Stuart, of course!

Simon

Joe


Will send you your Christmas present, as promised yesterday, in a minute......

The Norse Horse himself of course  ;D - who is actually pretty ill today, Simon and Joe.

Keep the energy up Snoopy, I will be asking for near constant updates on James!

flushy, joe, simon.

GOOOO ONNNNNN FLUSHY YOU BIG FISH

good luck Flushy.

good luck to paul higgins... top class player...

offer to tell him a bad beat story... he normally charges you £1!

 :hello:

all the best to Flushy

Any idea what strating blinds, antes are please.

I think they are 3000/6000 with a 600 ante

come on flushy my son, make sure my 10% amounts to £7,500

All the best flushy, wont txt him as he doesnt know who they are from apparently, lol.

Good Luck to Paul Higgins, Mick McCloskey & the Flushmeister.

Play has just started, with the final tables (apart from Nik Persaud, who's apparently in a cafe round the corner) already into their second or third hand.

A deal has been struck giving £500 to the four non-moneying guys (£1,000 off first, £500 off second and third) so they aren't going home from Day Three empty-handed.


Morning, all.

'Morning Jen ......

As promised ......

Your Christmas present, Snoopy ....

Joey Lovelady has become our first exit of the day. He made his move with K-Q, but ran into the Pocket Cowboys of Greg Howard (pictured below). He spiked a Queen, but it wasn't enough as the Turn and River brought mere blanks.

He doesn't go away empty handed, however, as, to the surprise of no one, savers were made so that everyone who made the final day went home with somesort of slice of the pie.

Bah, the attachment does work for me.

My box is empty.  :'(

Morning Jen.

Flushy texted me to say he'd hit a 3-outer to win a 40k Pot already!

My top three picks?

Flushy & Chubbs, great guys, play the game with a smile.

Joe Grech, ditto.

Karl - due a big win.

Praz - an absoute Gent at the Table. I watched him make an absolutely astonishing (& successful) bluff yesterday against the "hard to push-off-even-half-a-hand" Mick Fletcher for a 120,000 Pot with 8 high. He's some player, & I think I may be in love with him.

So you're picking 5 then TK?

I spoke to India, his girfriend before. Apparantly this casual approach is the norm for Nick.

Hello!  :hello:

Good luck to Higgins, take them english fish down!   ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;  ;hide;

Gary Fox been involved in any action yet??

Counting's never been his strong point.  ;tk;

No, 3, but I'll edit out those that let me down.

No, but I promise you that he's here. Photo on it's way.

Morning and good night form me,

great news on the savers, even if flushy busts out next it will be another £500 to add onto his hendom mob databse what mick mcool linked to in that thread LMAO

seriuosly, all the best to flushy, really hope he wins, even though he will eclipse me on biggest live score and will never let me forget it, lol

YEH GOOD LUCK FLUSHY AND JOE

News just in from our ringside reporter (that's Jen by the way).

On an all diamond 4-5-6 Flop, we have a battle of the blinds between Simon Nowab and Gary Fox, the former check-raising the latter's 12k bet with a deeeeeeeeep reach (must have been around the 100k mark).

Gary showed anguish in his face as he folded, so he was cleary tempted.

Has vince birt made his move yet?

my three  CHUBS
            
             JOE GRECH
          
             STUART (if he can double up soon)

Meanwhile, the happy go lucky Nick Persaud has indeed arrived - looky looky, here's the evidence.

If you look carefully, you'll notice that he wearing a pink shirt, which is cleary brighter than my fucshia ('a purplish-red') shoes.

I definitely saw him raise an eyebrow at one point, but apart from that, he's been pretty stoic.

Hes not really know for his aggressive streak but he'll have no choice shortly!!

Are they 'Converse? Photo?

 :hello:  please pass on good lucks to Flushy and simon please

Snoopy

Sorry about your present ..... technology isn't what it used to be ...

come on flushy, no business on the final!!!!

Three limpers on McCloskey's BB - one of them small blind Flushy.  Flop:  5h 6d 3s.  Check to Nik Persaud (limper 1) who bets 17k.  Jamie passes and Flushy announces Raise All In.  A think from Nik, but a pass when faced with calling 60k more...

Other table:  Joe Grech (My Pick since yesterday afternoon) Button raises to 18k, called by small blind Ian Nelson.  Flop:  Ad 7h Jh.  Chatty Joe announces he'd better check to see if he's got it when Ian checks to him (personally, I think he was seeing his hand for the first time) and then bets 18k.  Ian folds. 
"I've got it," he says, showing Kd Ts.
Continuing his ramble, Joe says, "We're going to be playing some games today, I'm afraid.  Cat and mouse games.  Who is the cat?  Who is the mouse?"
Crackers, but still heading steadily for the final.

didnt realise flushy was still in ,hes hit a rich vein of form lately,pass on my gl to him will you.

if flushy gets top 2 it will be my biggest live cash lol, on the flushmeister

Nope, hold on, I just spotted him raising from the small blind. Ray Wyre, who somone described as a 'seasoned pro' folded 6-3o face up.

Not much action as of yet.

Seeing as we are graced by the presence of several Irish voyeurs today...

Paul Higgins -- 53,300
Mick McCloskey -- 45,800

And here are our remaining two tables, all at the mercy of my masterful photography skills.  ;whistle;

Like everyone else, Robert Bright is getting in on the old raise fold fold fold fold act, except he showed his - Kd Qd.

Ian Nelson has decided that he doesn't have enough chips to just raise the pot, so he's been moving his 50k all-in.

Fortunately (or perhaps he wanted calls) for him, his all-in have all gone through unscathed.

There are currently 18 players of the original 131 left in the tournament.
The blinds are at 3,000/6,000 with a running ante of 600.
The average stack is 109,500.

200 entries surely

197 actually

Flushy just raised to 15k on Karl's big blind. Stuart Nash thought for a good while before folding, only for Karl to comment sighfully, "I was really hoping you were going to move in there Stuart."

"What kind of speech play is that?" added Mick McCloskey.

"How much have you got behind you?" asked Karl inquisitively.

In the end, Karl did fold, but I reckon Flushy had nowt, it was written all over his face. He really should go and scrub that off.

yeh it was 131 on day 2

Paul Higgins finishes in 18th place -

Short stacked, he found an open space and moved in with Ad 8d.  Unfortunately for him, neighbour Vince Birt woke up with Kd Kh, and wasn't going anywhere.  The board brought no help, and the quiet Irish player is out...

Meanwhile, another pair of shorter stacks, Mick McCloskey and Stuart Nash, get it all in preflop - the former moving in with 5d 5s and the latter calling with (victorious) 8d 8s.  Double through for Stuart, and Mick is in bad shape.

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Who are you and what have you done with the real vinni??

well played paul, unlucky mate!

Sry yes, 131 made Day 2. 197 started.

Poker sure has changed a lot since tikay's day.

Players no longer arrive by horse and cart...

whats that suppose to mean snoops?

... Love the socks ... perfect match, couldn't do better myself !!!!

Interesting trousers !!!

you must be an imposter, the real vinni would of called Flushy a poof lol

 ;)

queer by trade lol

And Snoopy's snaps seem to have effectively bokked the Irish - Mick McCloskey finished in 17th place after moving the rest in with Td Jd, getting it through all the way to the big blind, who called with Ac 6h and knocked him out.

Play is hand for hand.  Chip counts soon....

Chubbs lumps in a 32k pre-flop raise and shows a Bullet when everyone folds.

Mick McCool quite rightly observes, "He doesn't f**k around when he raises."

Someone was holding them up to reveal my socks. They're not a rolled up fashion statement.  :D

Chip count for vince birt snoops?

Interesting hand involving Vincent Birt.

Vincent raised pre-flop with A-Q off, only to be called by Joe Grech.

Flop = Kd Qh 6d

Vincent bet out a small amount, and Joe called.

Turn = Kc

Vincent bet out once again, also a small amount (about a third of the pot) and Joe smooth called.

River = 4s

Vincent then decided to check, a prelude to Joe's 30k bet into what I am told was a 70k pot.

Vincent thought about it for a while before folding A-Q.

Good fold?

What do you think Joe had?

The blinds have now risen to 4,000 and 8,000 with a running ante of 800.

any idea on Gary Fox's chip stack?

 k j

TJ off

Double through for Praz -

Simon raises preflop to 32k, and Praz has to really think about moving in for his 60-odd - he's getting called... in the end he pushes, Simon calls, and they're on their backs...
Simon shows:  Ahrt 8c
Praz shows:  Ad Jc
Board comes out:  Ac Qs 9d Jh 9h

And after that, the chips are about so:

Alan Henson      53k
Flushy               140k
Stuart Nash       66k
Greg Howard    200k
Karl Mahrenholz  210k
Damon D'Cruz    86k
Nik Persaud        95k
Jamie Miller           64k

Joe Grech          166k
Ian Nelson         120k
Praz Bansi          120k
Robert Bright     135k
Vince Birt           101k
Ray Wyre            88k
Simon Nowab      180k
Gary Fox             61k

 ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

Gooooooooo FLUSHY!!!! STOMP STOMP!

STOMP STOMP FLUSHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Close shave for Robert Bright.

Raising 24k pre-flop, Robert is met by an affirmative "All-in" announcement from Ray Wyre.

A spell in the think tank results in a Bright fold, only to see the Pocket Aces of Wyre.

"You save me there, I had Eights," adds Simon Nowab.

Don't think anyone got this, although Micko hinted at the bluff, but Joe Grech actually had Ad Jd for the missed flush draw. Interesting that he bet so little, worked though.

His nephew, Mick 'Slick Kid' McCool was fuming.

"He had to call that, it was obvious he was bluffing."

hey snoops-can u wish damon d'cruz all the best from dave and jim and all the luton boys and find out if hes got his lucky sky sports top on!!!

Will do, I passed on the same message yesterday, although he was rather disappointed that it didn't turn out to be the Page 3 stalker he was hoping for.

And here is the Prazman with his newly acquired stack....

With him bettin just 30 vince prob puts him on the k so intelligent bet imo

Just enjoyed a supremely surreal bout of dialogue with Joe Grech, who was having a quick fag on the rail.

snoopy: "Forget about that, Joe, you're missing a hand."
Joe: "Nah, it's okay, I can miss one"
snoopy: "That'll take years off your life anyway (pointing to cigarette)"
Joe: "Oh I don't worry about that, I know when I'm going to die"
snoopy: "Er... okay. When's that then?"
Joe: "I'm going to be 81."
snoopy: "I guess you'll be cramming in a lot of poker that year then?"
Joe: "Yeah, it'll be a Tuesday too"
snoopy: "Crikey, you're only going to fit in the £100 rebuy that week"
Joe: "Aah no, I won't be playing poker the night before I die..."

At this point, Joe returned to the game, but I feel we should wish him the best of luck today as he only has three years to live.

Yes, very much so. But Joe must have known Vincent had a decent holding and would be at the very least tempted to call such a small bet into such a big pot. Plus, there was no raise on the Flop, which perhaps a King would be expected to do.

I'd call, once the 2nd King comes, it's less likely Joe has one. Joe could easily be value betting a worse Q here.

Either way, it's a great river bet if he did or did not have a king.

Yea ure going to bet a k on that flop!
Chip count for sir vince??

Jamie Miller, who'd prayed pretty tight today and dwindled to what he probably felt an unacceptable level, moved in under the gun with 7s 6h, and it probably would have gotten through if Stuart Nash hadn't found Aspades Kd and called, taking all but the big blind from the young player...
The next hand it folded round, and Nik in the small blind autocalled blind, showing Kc Js.  Jamie turned his cards over one at a time showing first the 2d.. then the 2c. Nik warns him, "I haven't lost a race all year..." and with the Jack coming on the turn, the 16th player is eliminated - Jamie Miller exits the room.

Goooooooooo onnnnnnnnnnnnnn Flushy!!!!!!

Alan Hensen has doubled up to over 100k courtesy of James Dempsey.

Flushy raised under-the-gun, only to look on in dismay as Alan Henson moved all-in from the big blind with A-J.

It's another 36k more (the original raise was 23k), yet Flush still hesitates...

"Whatever I do here, everyone's going to know that I raised under the gun with trash"

Anyhow, he did eventually make the call showing A-4.

Flop = 9-9-K

"Pair the board!" demands Flushy, but to no avail as the Turn and River bring a Queen and a Ten.

damn that river

Boo - the Irish are gone. But we'll be back. Don't even think we won't be back...


Hard luck to Paul and Mick. Well done to Jen and Snoopy for great updates!!

Na vince birt and robert bright are irish!

norrr Jamie's out. Played too tight!!!

Go on Flushy then!

We will be over to destroy the field in Cardiff   ;snoopy'sguns; ;snoopy'sguns; ;snoopy'sguns; ;snoopy'sguns;

Very true, have spoken to both of them and so can confirm their Irishness.

Like you did in that STT?  ;hide;

 ;ashamed;

*hangs head in shame*

any action??

Nik Persaud has had his share of premiums today - raising under the gun, no action, showing Aces; raising on the button, no action, showing Queens... "WTF is wrong with this table?" he complains.  Got one through without showing, too...

Robert Bright raises to 32k, and nearly gets a call from Joe Grech with his 5s 5h, but no, he decides against it (Robert shows Ahrt Kh)...

We are now on a 15 min break.

I have a good mind to report this post to the mods.

Another Irishman out, and due to a pretty sick call from Praz...

Praz raised on the button to 35k (blinds 5k/10k ante 1k).  Small blind Robert Bright moved in, for another 74,500.  This was a big decision... "You've got a pile of shit and a pair of balls," was the conclusion Praz vocally came to, calling with his Aspades 6s.
Robert showed:  Qs Td
Board:  2h 4c 3d 6c 2d

So Robert Bright  finishes in 15th place, for £1,600

CHIP COUNTS PLEASE

Cards on their backs.... Flushy is all-in against Karl Mahrenholz...

ONE TIME!!!

Praz is the man to beat IMO

flushy 9/9

Flushy is OUT

Eights (button) vs Karl's Queens (Big Blind)

Board looked like it might bring a straight, but it didn't.

7-T-7-9-T

COME ON FLUSHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Noooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

Very well played Flushy, Unlucky

shame it was not 9/9 wp flushy

Joe Grech raises to 26k pre-flop (blinds are 5k/10k), only for Ray Wyre to move all-in (he hesitated this time, unlike when he had the Aces) from the big blind for 79,500.

Decent amount of time spent in the think tank before Joe folds, only to allow Ray to smugly reveal Ac 4c

"Wow," whispers Joe shocked, "You got me there, you got me good and proper."

"You've blown your tight image now," added someone else.

Noooooo - bad luck Flushy..................but great result all the same  ;tightend;

Flushy is quite understandably gutted.

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Well done James, still a fantastic result no matter what. The Norse Horse will stomp on future events... No doubt!

xx

Unlucky flushy

Hot on his heels, Stuart Nash  is eliminated in 14th place, winning £1,600

He raised to 30k, and found Karl putting him in from the Big Blind.  Short stacked Nash thought about it a while.  Karl said, "You're either in a world of hurt, or you're very far behind."  "Neither of those is very attractive," replied Stuart, but he went for it anyway (looked pretty committed) with Ahrt 8h.  Karl showed Jc Jh.  The board showed no danger for Karl, and we're down to 13.

well done flushy..........unlucky mate

ul flushy great game m8

Unlucky Flushy, so near as they say.

Chippy count pleaseeeeeeeeee

Good news for Irish fans as Vincent Birt has just doubled up.

He'd dribbled down a little, but he is now back up to 89k after surviving an Ac 8c vs Ray Wyre's Jd 9s battle of the blinds.

All-in preflop, the board came 7h 2h Kc 6h 3c and Vince lives to fight another day.

Snoops   has Damon D'Cruz  played a hand yet today?  I think he has played a total of 5 so far all tournament

Tell him its time to get out of cruz control and to get this won

Cheers snoops and djinn keep em comin

Good effort Flushy, Well played to Jamie Miller too!

Yeah - come on Damon - do the business for Luton  ;cheerleader;  (guaranteed next out now!)

We have another double up.

Liverpudlian, Ian Nelson limp pre-flop with A-4 only for Greg Howard to raise it up with A-T. Ian then flat called.

All the money went in on the rather emphatic A-4-4 Flop, and Greg is down to 78,000

Lol

He's the Paul Parker of Luton.

Ul flushy :-(

Update on chubbs please guys

With about 80k in the pot and a Flop of 8c 7s 3h, Joe Grech manages to force Gary Fox to fold with a 31k bet.

Still a burk...  ;hide;

just kidding dtd

Rough Chip Counts (many a player here favours the giant tall towers of uncountability):

Alan Henson    165k
Ian Nelson        240k
Greg Howard      80k
Karl Mahrenholz  440k
Damon D'Cruz     55k
Nik Persaud        138k

Joe Grech          160k
Praz Bansi          370k
Vince Birt           88k
Ray Wyre           75k
Simon Nowab     92k
Gary Fox            140k

And here is Liverpool's Ian Nelson, fresh off his recent double up with A-4.

Come on bokkers, who's going to be the next out? Wish them good luck.

I don't think we've ever had a Bok Comp before?

Gonna be a late 1

Just arrived, v unlucky flushy, it happens.
There will be more events if thats any consolation ;)


Hows Nick Persaud (sp?) doing. I used to see him quite a lot when i  played the Sunday comps at collusion capital Gutshot. He's apparently a really sound guy and by all accounts has had some cracking results online.

nice updates kids

that A/4 move form Alan henson from liverpool was shocking absolutely terrible no defence

And now he's given them back.

Minimum raising to 20k pre-flop, Ian Nelson fancied taking a pop with his Ts 9s when Greg Howard moved all-in for just 58,500 and an Ac 8h holding.

The Ac 2s Qh was domineering, but the 9h Turn must have result in a few sweaty palms.

Fortunately for Gregory, nothing came of it as the River revealed a harmless Ks.

er...

Simon Nowab is either going to double up or be sent to the rail very shortly. He's moved his stack in 3 times in a row now.

Got a bit of a cob on too.

Picks to win guys?

I'm going for Karl Mahrenholz. True, he's chip leader, but as tikay said earlier, he's due (not pregnant).

See, I told you Chubbs wasn't happy.

come on damon-cheer me up.........

Praz is sheer class... u can see how he got the bracelet...goooo on chubbbbs

Triple all-in News Now -

Finally short stack Vince Birt makes his move in late position.  In later position, Ray Wyre moves in over the top.  In even later position (well, the small blind), Gary Fox was all in too.  That hand had to be a monster, and it was:  Ks Kh.
Vince showed Kd 7d
Ray showed Aspades 9d

Flop:  3d 6s 2d  (the crowd gathers closer)
Turn:  9c
River:  Ac  And Ray is clearly a bit excited, with the clapping and the shouting... while

Vince Birt  finishes in 12th place, winning £1,600

It's got to be Karl, been in top form recently just not enjoying the run of cards that his opponents seem to have against him  (plus i have him at 100/1... valuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuue)

Simon Nowab doubles up after finally getting called on one of his many pushes with Deuces against Gary Fox's J-8.  In the process, the equally-stacked Gary  was knocked out in 11th place, winning £2,000.

which means...


























STOP!

BUBBLE TIME!!!

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Can you feel his power??

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo PRAZ

 :respect: :respect: :respect:

Been on same table as him a few times, and he really is class personified.  Quite scary actually for such a wee fellow  ;sark;

Quickly following is Nik Persaud, whose A-3 (all in for 70k) was called by Greg Howard's A-9.
The kicker was enough to knock out Nik Persaud  in 10th place, for £3,000.  And we are now entering the grey break area of Final Table - uncertain when play is to recommence, but will get the chip counts etc. during this (fairly lengthy) pause...  they're estimating re-start at 7:30pm.

The Final table isn't due to commence until 7.30pm, but I thought I'd do my James Bond routine and take a sneaky peak at the bag labels.

As a result, here are the final table chip counts...

Praz Bansi -- 434,500
Karl Mahrenholz -- 414,000
Greg Howard -- 318,000
Ray Wyre -- 213,000
Simon Nowab -- 160,500
Alan Henson -- 104,500
Joe Grech -- 133,000
Ian Nelson -- 104,500
Damon D'Cruz -- 57,000

And here is one of those finalists, Simon Nowab, posing elegantly for all his fans

is it just the final table on the tv jen

No, the camera crew picked up very hands from the whole event.

Goooo on chubbbs

Where did the real Jamie go?

WP Sir...Good result.

Here's the order in which they'll be sitting (a handy sheet has just appeared, but thanks to Snoopy for going the extra kilometre and getting the counts beforehand):

Seat 1  Damon D'Cruz  57,000
Seat 2  Karl Mahrenholz  414,000
Seat 3  Ian Nelson  145,500
Seat 4  Greg Howard  318,000
Seat 5  Praz Bansi  434,500
Seat 6  Ray Wyre  213,000
Seat 7  Joe Grech  133,000
Seat 8  Simon Nowab  160,500
Seat 9  Alan Henson  104,500

Apparently each event gets two 1hr shows - the first will have snippets of coverage from the whole thing, and then more detail from the money finishes, and half the final table, while the second show will concentrate on the final five players.  This means that they'll be able to cover more hands than just exitexitexit - should be more about the cards, which would be nice.

have they said when it is on

what are the blinds? 4/8?

Seat 1: Damon D'Cruz -- 57,000

Seat 2: Karl Mahrenholz -- 414,000

6k/12k

Seat 3: Ian Nelson -- 145,500

Seat 4: Greg Howard -- 318,000

Seat 5: Praz Bansi -- 434,500

Seat 6: Ray Wyre -- 213,000

Seat 7: Joe Grech -- 133,000

Seat 8: Simon Nowab -- 160,500

Seat 9: Alan Henson -- 104,500

Please tell Chubbs Nowab to play like he does "online" and he should sail through...................

I dare someone to ask Rob when the hearing is, when is the club opening or will DTD sponsor them.  ::)
Lets get something going while we wait for the final.  ;popcorn;

(Good luck with the hearing Rob)

Tracey x

I thought the colour would go with Sloopy's trainers

Anything happening ??

delays?

in blton??
surely not??

Just spoken to Damon...he's going to push all in into the first unopened pot and try and pick up the 18,000 blinds, at least he's got seat 1 so the blinds don't hit him for seven hands or so.

is it over???   

Nope, still setting up I'm afraid, but at least the players are seated now so it shouldn't be too long.

marvellous - so you have given his strategy away on an open forum.......or is this a double bluff?????

cant believe youve posted his tactics-we al know what hes gotta do but that will help anyway!!!!!

its clearly a double bluff, he'll sit tight til the blinds get big.

Come on now, lol

Tighty

Praz and Karl would like me to pass on a message.

"Thanks for the tip-off!"

Meanwhile, we still haven't kicked off. Although, I am looking forward to the individual player entrances they are braced to make, norkage in tow I believe.

This calls for a camera at the ready Snoops

The most intriguing introduction...

"In seat 6... Ray Wrye, a criminal profiler from Milton Keynes."

Could come in handy?

The job title, not the town.

Bah, they entered on their tod.

Next GPT perhaps?

We've made the suggestion to Mr Raab, norkage either side.

Big surprise this one...

Damon D'Cruz has gone all-in first hand...

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Blimey, he actually found a hand AND a caller in Simon Nowab.

Simon held sixes, but he was outdrawn when Damon's Big Slick flopped an Ace.

Double up for Damon.

Snoopy please pass on my good luck wishes to Chubbs Nowab champagne at the ready in Luton.

LOLOL

Oh thank christ for that. Me and my big mouth

Praz Bansi takes a small pot off Greg Howard, betting out on an Ad 5d Jd Flop.

was writing that before previous post top bokking

Not the first time either......  ;nemesis;

SPAM!

Where are the Mods when you want them?

PS - 17 signed up so far, get Registered! It's quite possible that the winner of tonight's GUKPT may well be one of tomorrow's blonde Bounty's.......

More action!!

This time it's Alan Henson who enjoys the double up.

It wasn't easy though.

Finding Ahrt Jh in early position, Alan moves it all-in, only to be called by the criminal profiler, Ray Wyre, who was sitting on a pair of Ladies.

The Qd 2h 6c Flop was ideal for Ray, that was until the Turn and River brought a Th and 7h to give Alan an unlikely flush.

Much hilarity ensued, however, as both men cheered, Ray not quite realising he'd been Rivered.

OK OK I'm in! ;)

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No catch, it's totally free.

Gl to Ray... he seems like a nice fella. No offence but i'm vvv surprised he's got this far. I played on the same table on Friday and he seemed a bit errr creative with his CALL's
Goooooooo on Chubbbs

Ditto matt

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Hi mate... ul. i was egging u on :-)

Joe Grech is OUT and becomes the 9th place finisher winning £4,900

All-in with Tens against Praz Bansi's Ace King, Joe was forced to take the walk of shame past the audience as the board came K-Q-Q-J-6.

He does receive a chip set though for his final table troubles, as do the other 8 players.

I know, thanks for that mate!!

I'll come good live soon :)

We have limited, though good, press seating, so Snoopy and I will be taking turns updating the Final... here's my go masquerading as the Snoopy, until further notice...

The big stacks are Karl and Praz, with Simon trailing now and everyone else in the middle...

So far during my shift Alan Henson has nicked some blinds, then raised to 36k the next hand and won some more...that's your last ten minutes.

I am looking for sponsorship...

Simon moves in now for 74k, and neighbour Alan Henson counts out the call...and makes it.  Everyone else gets out of their way, and...
Simon shows:  Aspades Js
Alan shows:  Ah Ks

Flop:  Qc 9d 4s
Turn:  3h
River: 4c

So Simon Nowab is the 8th place finisher, winning £5,900

woohoo guaranteed 7th..........go damon.........wheres my percentage!!

think I lost mine pre-final!

Finally managed to take a quick snap of the final table...

Anyone else find this a tad creepy?

the players must have have had a good weekend there is over 100 players in tonights super sat for the next leg in walsall that must be the most they have had with 4 seats before they start up for grabs

Go on Damon!!!!!!!  ;popcorn;

- - Inexplicable break - -

Chip counts gathered during it:

Damon D'Cruz     73k
Karl Mahrenholz   467k
Ian Nelson        136k
Greg Howard   224k
Praz Bansi       583k
Ray Wyre        81k
Alan Henson       368k

No deal!!

Action recommences:

Karl raises preflop and wins the blinds.
Ray raises on the button to 37k, Damon moves in - CALL

Damon shows Ahrt Aspades
Ray shows:  Ad Jh

Flop:  5d Th Jh
Turn:  5c
River:  Kh

So we have a quick post-break near-elimination, while Damon plays his second hand of the year Final.

go damon go...woohoo ;sexybanana;

Go Damon!

Go on Karl and Praz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gooooo Damon


AAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 ;mexicanwave; ;mexicanwave; ;mexicanwave; ;mexicanwave;

Go on the Chicago Bears!!!!

The next hand, and Ray Wyre is of course all in for something like 2k, b.b. Karl checks after Alan makes the call preflop.

Flop:  Jd Jh 4h  Karl checks and Alan checks
Turn:  3h  check-check
River:  Kh

Karl shows K-T which is good against all-in Ray's Queen-high, so Ray Wyre is the 7th place finisher, winning £7,900.

Now everyboooodddyyyyyyy LISTEN to AHHH ME



Go Go Damon he knows when to change gears and is a good tip to win this.

LOL no chance!

Karl and Praz gonna do a Blackpool here, HEADS UP!!!

 ;nana;

JP? Who are you? Do we know you? Are you famous?

Jon Raab lets us know that the series will be reaching us in August, after the end of Big Brother, so if you want to program your video...

Reaching the end of this level, and Alan Hansen raises preflop to 36k  - big blind Karl calls.
Flop:  Ad 4c 2d  Karl checks, Alan gives a short stare and a chew of his gum and bets 36k.  Karl raises to 90k total.  This prompts a countdown from Alan, and a lengthy think...and the hole card twitch makes us think it's going to be a pass...and it is - he shows J-J.  Karl may have taken the chip lead with this one.

As the blinds are raised to 8k/16k, ante 2k, I return control of the horizontal and the vertical to Snoopy...

There's no reason why he can't win, after all, he is the...

Luuuuuuuuuuuutonian Bulldozer!!!

AHAAA!

DDDDDDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Speaking of Mr Raab, here is the little tinker...

Praz wins a small pot betting 16k into a pot of 5c 6h Ad.

Alan Hensen (who I keep writing as Hanson - argh!) folds in the big blind.

Whats his pal clled umaga

Praz wins a small pot betting 16k into a pot of 5c 6h Ad.

Alan Hensen (who I keep writing as Hanson - argh!) folds in the big blind.

Almost... it's Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumaaaaaaaaaaaaaga

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=70961

Some player!!

lol

There's a lot of folding at the moment, it's as if they've all caught paulparkersyndrome.

?!?!?!

I was expecting a link to me.

UUUUUUMMMMMMMMAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Ian takes a chunk of chips off Praz with two pair, Aces and Queens... I was getting food for the desperate updaters who have discovered that noodles are available at the bar and energy is required for the maintaining of consciousness...

Anyway, Damon D'Cruz on the button moves in and Karl and Ian think about it...

Karl counts the chips and has a stare into the smiling face of Damon but thinks better of it, and he's got another set of blinds.  Low-stacked for days, and it looks like he's picking his spots well.  As Nik says, "The survival instincts of a panther."

For those unaware of why snoops refers to Paul Parker syndrome - Paul who's a a special friend, & a huge supporter of blonde, made a quite extraordinary Pass on Day One of this event, since when the hand has been debated endlessly. After a "solid player" made it 600 UTG (Blinds 100-200) Paul smooth called with  9h 9d. (I don't actually know the suits).

The flop came  Aspades 9s 4d, again, suits unknown.

UTG Bets 500 now, Paul calls again.

UTG checks the rag Turn, Paul decideds to pump up the Pot a bit, & goes 1,000.

UTG moves all-in, Paul passes.

It's rumoured UTG had A-9, but Paul put him on AA.

Personally, I find A-9 improbable, a strange play for a solid player UTG early doors.

Poor Paul was teased mercilessly, but told everyone the story, until he found someone who agreed it was a good pass. It was, I believe, a Valet who agreed with him.

But before you tease Paul too much, remember this man is the ultimate Circuit Survivor, & he's been playing high-stakes Cash & Tourney since before many of you were born.

I can't make that Pass, few could, but that's not to say we are right. He's survived in Poker so long by reading the game well.

Has he ever won a major event?

Karl raises preflop on the button and Greg Howard re-raises from the big blind...good idea.  Greg gets it.

Damon raises to 36k, Praz pushes in - Damon calls!

Damon shows: Jd Jh
Praz shows:  Td Tc

Flop:  7s Qd 4h
Turn:  5c
River:  Kc

Praz is in chip trouble now (comparatively), as Damon gets his third double up...

Well he says here, he cashed in 48 events over the past 10 years but only won once.

Paul Parker? He's probably had around 50 Fessie Cashes in the last 4 years, no Major wins, but he's predominantly a Cash Player. And a survivor.

its got damons name on it!!! ;cheerleader; ;mexicanwave;

and tikay love child

Praz moves all in on the button, over the top of Greg's 40k initial raise.  No call this time.

--------------------------------------------

Two friends go into battle as Praz raises pre-flop and Karl makes it 160k total.

After some speech play from both players and a lenghty session in the think tank, Praz finally passes.

--------------------------------------------

Alan Henson smooth calls pre-flop, Karl Mahrenholz calls and Ian Nelson checks.

Flop = Kh Tc Ts

Karl bets 25k and takes the pot.

Looks like the dough and the trophy are coming to luton!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Damon is a very friendly guy who makes luton a great place to play.............Take it down!!!!!

I picked Karl Mahrenholz, and I still think he's going to take it down.

Anyone with me??

The only reason I ask is because I know for a fact that you would need a gun in your hand to get Praz or Karl to pass a set there.

and Karl might still call

snoops can we have a chip count plz. thankyou. ;tightend; ;tightend;  

come on Damon. A great guy who deserves this. ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

Flop = 7d 6c Kh

Battle of the blinds...

Greg Howard checks, Praz Bansi bets 35k, Greg called.

Turn = 6d

Greg check, Praz bets 70k and Greg folds, enabling Praz to make back the chips he lost to Karl a few hands previous.

 rotflmfao

so true, but Karl wouldnt just call, he would call......................................IMMMMMMMMMMEDITELYYYYYYY

Bit of a Prazathon at the moment, he seems to be playing everything hand.

Ian Nelson and Praz see a Flop of 9h Kh Kc

Both check and then Praz bets 16k on the 3s Turn, to which Ian responds by smooth calling.

River = 2h

Once again, Praz makes a bet, this time 20k, and Ian calls instantly with Ad 3c.

Praz takes the pot with 9s 7h

Yep Karl 100%

courseeeee, my picks were Praz, Karl and JP

i fancy praz personally (to win it i mean lol)

Agreed, many of us felt the same. I can't pass those Nines, for sure, & I'm Mr Rockity Rock.

But that misses the point completely.

a) He may have been  correct.

b) Neither Karl, Parz, or myself, have survived in Poker as long as Paul has. Paul has played & survived at a high level of Poker since before Karl & Parz were born. So we must be careful how we relative newbies judge the man.

I just wanted people to understand why snoops made the "Paul Parker Syndrome" comment, it makes no sense unless you know what was behind it, & the story had not gone beyond those present at Bolton.

goooo on praz... he really is a class act this guy

Well I still got two of my three running.

Jen and snoops

Jen back - chips are being counted during the current 10 MINUTE BREAK.

When they return, blinds will be 10k/20k ante 2k

i can understand the pass tikay,  strange exzample but how many times have we got rockets and we know were behind on the flop and stick it in  or got kings pre flop know someones got aces and stick it in,  it takes a true great to be able to pass a player who has been in the game as long as paul has has seen it all, he wouldnt of passed if he thought he was ahead and who are we to judge him he has relied on his reads for years

have to say i respect his pass personally i couldnt of done it but it takes like i said before a true great to pass thease hands

Personaly, I would take all those years of survival over winning the odd major all day long.

thanks jen. ;applause; :)up

To say he wouldn't have passed if he thought he was ahead, is a given. But my point is can you really ever win one of these things with his mind set?

Me too. I adore Tournament Poker, and as long as I nick enough to be able to continue playing it, that'll do me nicely. Many take the same view, others burst on the scene, shine brightly for a few month or years, then disappear. Poker is littered with such examples, including Bracelet Winners.

Each to their own, I'm happy to hang in there, I've never had so much fun.

you can survive in thease comps playing like that of cause once u get into the final the mind set changes or as you approach the bubble etc,   there is 2 ways u can play 1 go for the chips early try be chip leader threwout  or sneak threw gradually buliding grinding the chips and makeing the final then moving,   i tend to think from what i have read only is that paul is the grinder type he may never win a massive comp but he will make a lot more finals and win more money in the long run, which is what this game is about in the long run makeing the finals getting the paydays

I have no idea. Maybe he prefers to live to fight another day, to "survive" rather than win. Each to their own. See my previous Post.

 

But my point is can you really ever win one of these things with his mind set?

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He will win one soon, trust

Paul Parker= Top fella, a true gent, vvv funny and fantastic to have at the table. I love the guy... i still don't pass

Good luck damon, look after my 10%, just joking boys, don,t get excited! You deserve to win it mate as you,ve got a touch of class.

And so say most of us newbies.......

But the point is, he didn't survive!

So, revised counts:

Damon D'Cruz     222k
Karl Mahrenholz   714k
Ian Nelson         178k
Greg Howard      180k
Praz Bansi          531k
Alan Henson       207k

Greg Howard is a friendly guy - apparently he's not been playing forever like some of the finalists, but has had quite a bit of online success after deciding to take up the game...look him up if you want more.  Anyway, he bet on himself £20 each way at 125-1 so he's considering this a win-win situation, being on the final and all.

 ;izimbra;

Lots of people play poker for lots of reasons  

some people have different stlyes and attitudes in the way they play

for me one of the best results of getting into poker is getting to know paul parker

he is one of the nicest and popular people out there

i wouldnt of passed but if paul says on his feel it was the correct play at that stage  fair enough

Think wider! Paul takes a longer view.

He's survived for 20 years +. Not many can say that - not you, me, not Praz, not Karl.

thankyou Tikay.  :-*

ok... Hes a nice guy,  it must be a good pass.

Damon D'Cruz raises on the button - it works and 42k in blinds goes to him. 

Praz raises to 50k, in what passes for early position when you're six-handed.  Alan Henson re-raises all in, next to speak.  Back round to Praz, who takes his time on every decision, but has made so many good ones this tournament that we accept it.  Call, for the extra 120kish.

Praz shows:  Kc Qh
Alan shows:  6c 6h

Flop: Ad Ahrt Qs
Turn: 2d
River: Kd

And with three pair Praz Bansi eliminates Alan Henson in 6th place for a prize of £10,800.

Line 3 of that sums it up for me. When Paul is on you table, you gonna have FUN!

No sledging, no bad-mouthing, no undignified whooping & hollering when he sucks out on someone, (jeez, there was a lot of that in Bolton), Tournament Poker is much the richer for Paul's presence. Which is why I felt it necessary to explain snoopy's comment, in case anyone thought it was intended in a derogatory way.

OK, I give up!

can i have one..... x

For?.......

No!

Must be contagious, Paul Parker has got everyone talking.

the book.

Giving up? wooooo hooooo

And here is Alan Henson at the moment of his departure. Not the best piccy of him, he kind of looks like Steptoe. Haaaaarold!

Just woke up and read through,  ul flushy well played mate, it will come

ps, great updates as usual jen and snoopy, :-)

And here is the Lutonian Bulldozer, thanking everyone for their support and adding that he still on the comeback trail. Nice chap.

Another slice of info on New Zealander Greg Howard is that his alias is crosscourtbh, because when he was registering his first online account, the US Open was on in the background. Why not, huh? Another nice chap, by the way.

Finally, take a look at these two mugs. Pretty pally, huh? Who would have though that Karl had just re-raised Praz for around 140 grand??

After taking this snap, Praz requested a sneak peak to "see if we look gay."

So, what's the verdict?

batty...


btw is there a site that does updates for the aussie millions aswell?

cheers

On the picture of Karl, Jen commented, "Look at those eyebrows! I like them, they look like caterpillars..."

Not exactly word for word.   You know if Snoops and I argue with each other it will look like he's arguing with the voices in his head.  Guns no help when it comes to schizophrenia, you know.

shut that door...

Ahh. Threads have got a bit mixed up here. English Rose (Nina) is gonna give up the ciggies, so I passed her the name of the book I used to help me do so.

The paul parker folding the second nuts is absolutely crazy in my honest opinion. Paul Parker sounds like a great guy but predominantly a cash game player. They always want the nuts before they get it in.
To narrow down an opponents holding to 2 exact cards is a fine art.

Tikay says he's a "survivor" with 20 years of being on the scene. But id rather win 1 comp than have 10 cashes.

I admire the fact that he went with his instincts however and it just shows what a remarkable read he thought he had.  

I thought i had a good read when i called all-in with top set in this comp.... i'm at home

Anyone out there know why Deauville is off?

I think Paul's view is that he'd rather live to fight another day then gamble all on winning one comp. He's doing OK so far, but I guess 20 years is a bit soon to judge..... ;)

Because the French Authorities deemed it illegal to hold a Poker Tournament in an Hotel which was not licenced as a Casino, as I understand it.

well if he dosn't win one in the next twenty i just might have to give up on him.

Damon D'Cruz has moved all-in...

with... Qh Ad

He's been called!!!

Ks Td = Greg

Board = 6h 3s 2h Js 9h

And the Lutonian Bulldozer doubles up... again!!!

Cheers Tikay...new you'd know.

But if you are willing to invest £1k for a Tournament, you should be playing to win. Otherwise why are you playing a 1k buy-in tournament?

I feel a bit out of my depth discussing this, but playing to cash and survive so i can buy in to another tournament doesnt sound like optimal strategy with regard to game theory and risk/reward ratio.

GO ON DAMON, absolute gentleman

 ;mexicanwave;    woo hoo.......pokers coming home......come on damon

I dont see why people are gettin on paul parkers back here for folding a hand. Ive never met the guy but heard he is a nice guy from a few other people.

Me personally am not good enough to put some1 on the 1 hand that beats me, and would have gone with my 99 on that board, but that is not relevant at all.

When you are at the poker table, you are making decisions on whats best for you, not to please the onlookers. Whatever decison you make at the table, as long as you are happy with it, then it shouldnt be criticised IMO. If Paul parker is happy with himself at the fold then who is anyone else to tell him otherwise. As for the guy who said that he is mainly cash game player so would be waiting for the nuts to put his money in, please, if you think thats how high stakes cash games work, please pull up a seat at my table!

Im with you Alex. But Pauls a nice guy and thats that.

And Damon D'Cruz has moved all-in yet again!!! And been called again!

Damon = Ad 3d

Praz = Aspades Qh

2s 7c Th Ks 6h

Which means...

Damon D'Cruz is OUT and becomes the 5th place finisher winning £13,800

Paul does play to win  and does know how to win
He has passed because he has decided he is behind    whether  he is right or wrong that was the choice he made on the information in front of him
it has nothing to do with just playing to survive

Goddamn it! That's totally ruined tomorrow mornings puntastic headline... D'Cruz Control.

Aaah well, maybe he'll give me another chance next time.

Can anyone think of a good pun for a possible Praz win?

I've given up on Karl Mahrenholz.

Want to make it clear im not getting on his back. Just saying i disagree with Tikays line where he emphasises survival, not winning.

Great effort Damon well played

Very gayyyyyyy! ;cheerleader;

Breaking news.... paul had 72.....

ALL HAIL  KING BOKKER

Greg Howard has infomred me that he down to a paltry 120k with the blinds at 10/20k, so it's pretty much do or die time.

"I'm pretty much going to stick it in this round and hope for the best. The guy next to me (Nelson) is in the same position too."

 :respect: ;cheerleader; :respect: ;cheerleader; :respect: ;cheerleader; :respect: ;cheerleader;

well done to damon.

Unlucky Damon, suckout of the year.

Well played and still, CONGRATULATIONS

Yes, i understand that, re-read post again. Im talking about the 20 years!!!!

Nelson has allowed himself to get very low indeed, looks like he only has 60k.

P= PERFECT TIMING
R= RE-RAISE
A= ALL-IN
Z= ZO...ZO... GOOOD


gosh i've gone all camp

Karl or Praz heads up, Gasman????????????

Battle of the blinds.

Flop = 8s 9s 6h

Nelson checks, Howard bets 30k, Nelson folds and Howard shows 9c 7d, a little disappointed that he didn't receive a call.

Ian has moved all-in...

I interviewed Paul Parker for Poker 425. Here's an extract.

"What is your greatest achievement in Poker, Paul?"

"Survining in the top flight for 20 years, without a doubt. I've seen so many come & go, & I'm still there, at the table, having fun. What more could any poker player wish for?"

errrr...tonight £65k

Foer me, a tough call - I marginally go for Praz, the experience of winning his Bracelet in the 2006 WSOP may just tell.

Fair enough, we all have different aims.
 Wasnt being personal, was commending him for trusting his interests which many ppl dont. Just adding my two cents worth.

The cash game line was mildly sarcastic for anyone who thought otherwise.

It's only 34k, so Karl Marhrenholz is pretty much obliged to call from the big blind.

Karl = 5d 2s

Ian = 9c Js

Something for everyone on the flop.

2d 8c 9s

Turn = Ks

River = 6d

He must have alligator blood! Double up for Nelson, but he's still painfully short.

425.... wtf... that is so yesterday.... hehehe

Behave Mr K.

PS - are you you, or are you your brother?

Karl seems to have played a solid tournament. I reckon he wins it, with a huge suckout v Praz HU.

You really think so? Think again! Watch this space Big Man.

;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend;

Well, Praz or Karl both deserve it, they are as good as any player in the Tourney.

It's his best chance v praz....

Big cheer from the Scousers present as Ian Nelson finds that crucial second double up!

All-in versus the Ac Jh of Greg Howard, Ian Nelson's 6d 5d found 8 more outs as the 3s Qs 4d Flop hit the felt.

Turn = Kc

Deep breath...

River = 5h

... and Nelson hit a pair to stay in the comp.

oh god....

Surely they will chop the money if they get heads-up so whoever wins it is inconsequential.

You on your standard 10% of each Gas?

Hows Oz Rob?

In two words - hangover inducing  ::)

errr...its my brother. Doh!

A hand plays out in record time, now, with Karl raising preflop to 90k, Greg Howard moves all in, looking for the double back with Aspades Kd.  Karl calls sharpish with Qh Qd...
Flop:  Jh Jd Qc with an anticlimactic 7s 8c turn and river so that means that...

Greg Howard finishes in 4th place, winning £17,700

 ;whistle;

Karl give me 10%? NO CHANCE!

Bad luck Damon - you were doing soooo well  >:( Great result though - well done  ;yippee;

Counts please guys, great  x

Ian Nelson is now becoming a big threat in this competition as he enjoys yet another double up, this time courtesy of Praz Bansi who moved sll-in with 4s 4h.

Ian must have been terribly short chipped as he managed to find a call with 7c 6c, somehow finding himself in a rather fortunate coinflip situation.

And it worked out for him too as the Flop gave him a lovely two pair.

Aspades 6s 7h

High fives and lots of clench fists, but it wasn't over just yet, not only could Praz hit his set, but he now had a threatening flush draw as the Turn brought the Qs.

But it didn't quite happen with the 5h River and Praz takes a slight knock.

Now the Scouse fans are starting to get excited!

Here's a quick glimpse of the double upper, looking rather pleased with himself as a pensive Praz Bansi looks on.

Copenhagen Tikay?

More doubtful by the day I'm afraid, as the Seats are all sold out. Dammit! If I could buy a seat, I'd be there in a flash.

Good Luck to you, though.

The nature of it being filmed makes the 'stage' a no-go zone.  Sorry.  Next break.  I will say that Karl has been restored to chip supremacy, it looks like, while Praz is also chipped and the shorter stacked Ian (250kish) will need another double up to threaten the top spot.

Incidentally, I don't think if it comes to a Praz/Karl heads up it will all be over in a flash and not matter who wins, by a long shot.  I think it would make interesting TV.

I prefer you. Younger, better looking, see?

This is the 'Hit Squad' right here, dominating the british poker scene. watch out for 2007.......well done boys, bring home the bacon. (James Akenhead)

Gasman= sickdog?

That was James using my account,

btw if anyone is wondering, the Hit Squad are:

Praz Bansi
Karl Mahrenholz
James Akenhead
Sunny Chattha
Chaz Chattha
Jim Kerrigan

Ian moves all in on the small blind... Karl, the preflop button raiser calls.
Ian shows:  Qc Jc
Karl:  Qd Jd

Chop-chop, although the lone club on the flop could have given Ian the tiniest straw-clutch of a winner for a little while.  It looks like Ian's not just going to sit there while his stack shrinks to more dangerous levels, which is good for the extremely keen audience.

wondered where you were james , you should be railing your boys, the shadows would be there lol, well if i wuudaa beleived chubbs lol

No its Sunny

Sickdog was using my account, he says hi btw

Gasman+Praz+Chaz+Sickdog+Karl=Hit Squad

But not in that order

Hi sunny,,,slap the dog for me lol... evenin mr shadow

No jim???????

moody river =???

Any of this make any sense to anyone else?????

We were deep in Day Two of this Event. I got Mick Fletcher in Seat 6, me in 7, Gosney in 8, & Praz in seat 1.

I'm just an onlooker, I can't go the pace with those boys, I got way above average & am biding my time, I need a hand against these boys, I can't ouytplay them. But as anyone who knows Mick Fletcher will tell you, when he gets chip's he's a right bugger to handle, R, R, R R R.

I don't think Praz had played Fletcher previously, though I may be wrong.

Praz joins the table, & sits out for a whle, watching tricks. Fletcher is Table Captan, BIG time, & once he invests chips in a Pot, he rarely passes.

I'm fascinated by this. Praz is eyeing up Fletcher, & I can sense an incident soon. They both have 60k ish.

Fletcher, again, Raises, UTG this time, makes it 4k to play. All pass to Praz. Praz think for maybe 2 minutes, staring at Fletcher the whole time. Then calls.

Flop comes  Kh Qh 5c

Fletcher insta bets, 10k this time.

Praz repeats the long dwell & stare. Never taskes his eyes off Fletcher. 5 minutes go by. Praz eventually calls. The entire table is spellbound.

Turn is  2h

Again, insta-bet by Fletcher, 20k this time.. Again, Praz thinks, Praz stares at Fletcher. Fletcher is like the Iceman, but he's looking a bit edgy now. Praz, after 6 or 7 minutes, calls.

River,  4c

Now Fletch makes his first mistake - he can't pull the trigger. He has about 20k left, & thinks, then taps the table. In a flash, Praz, still without taking his eyes off Fletcher, says "all-in", it's his last 20k

Now it's Fletchers time to dwell up, & dwell up he does, for an age. Eventually, he flicks his cards in the muck.

"Wanna see my hand?" says Praz. "Nope" says Fletcher.

But some nosey guy says "yes please, I do". I could not help myself, this hand was like the Ivey-Jackson hand in the  Monte Carlo Millions, which I also witnessed first hand.

And Praz turns over  7c 8d.

Breathtaking.

And poor briefly Mick left the table, to vent a little frustration. No need, he'd been outplayed by a great Champion.

Awesome stuff, & I'll never forget it. The boy has game.

Ian's all in again, re-raising Praz's 100k preflop raise...
Praz showed:  Jc Aspades
Ian: Ac 5h

Flop:  5d Ks Jd  (The Ian Nelson fanclub goes wild)
Turn:  6s  (The Ian Nelson fanclub goes quiet)
River:  9h

So Ian Nelson is our 3rd place finisher, winning £23,600

When they come back after this ten minute break, it'll be Team Members Praz and Karl heads up.  Snoopy wants to know, if one of them wins it, will they be the Leader?

What do think the chances are of me getting a drink out of these two muppets Gas?

He may have been eliminated, but Nelson has the last laugh.

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bring it on shadows VS  hit squad lol,gud day chaps.....and the shadows would be there cheering our lads on..

Karl Mahrenholz -- 905,000
Praz Bansi -- 1,127,000

Chalk one up to the hit squad...

Get out.


:D

For those of you who thought this would be chopped up, think again!

There's no way they're going to do that. Friends or no friends, they want blood...

"There's no way I'm not getting that trophy," comments Karl.

If only all comps ended in this highly competitive fashion.

LOL GOOD LUCK TOO YOU

We let the boys get on with the business, keeps em focused

No Praz/Karl in Blackpool for Sunny/Chaz HU
No Sunny/Chaz in Bolton for Karl/Praz

NO MORE BOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKS

They done a deal Gas???

OK, now we know who the Hit Squad are. For those who are wondering who "The Shadows" are, it's not Hank Marvin & Jet Harris & Co, it's Nick Slade, Ash Hussain & Zippy.

Who's ya money on??

"FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT"

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very unlike mick not pulling the trigger on the last card tikay ......... praz has that   prescence that obviously disturbed mick.

fletch did the same to me at walsall but he pulled the trigger on the last card , i was really brave like praz the only small difference i HAD QUAD SIXES LOL dead tough callin down the fletch lol ;)

 praz was at our tble  last night , it was interesting cos joe was to his left and i was after joe.....  i tried to shut praz down with a reraise to 20 k  i was in the bb  , i didnt even look at the cards  and praz folded , i had 94 , it really shut praz down cos he raised the very next hand.  

pain in the ass

did'nt you hear what Snoopy said?

KARL WANTS BLOOD

Do they have a Cliff Richard?

A 20 minute hand? Wow.

,
ok thats true,but over last season 2006 all shadows finished in top 30 in the european rankings..lol

#cough cough

sunny  any of you boys going to copenhagen

to download blondes poker room go to  www.blondepoker.com

 ;whistle;

Well most of us finished in the UK world rankings..lol

Yes, most un-Fletcher like not to bet on the end. If he does, Praz mucks in an instant, but Praz was ready & waiting for the check, & moved in an instant. That was his plan I guess, he can't win it any other way. Unless Fletch had 7 high.......!

cant beleive he left you out chief and jules ( think jules keeps it quiet) but he was at the formation of the shadows in barca

Matt Tyler as well there tikay...team shadow!!!!!!!!!!!

Ash Hussain
Nick Slade
 Matt Tyler
Zippy Aslam.Team shadow

About that, maybe a tad less.  The atmo was electric!

nope left it too late, like most.......

I just listed the Senior Members......

Oi, Im going!

Oh yeh course, Mr satellite king is going!

then hes off to Austria for the Showdown Poker Tour  ;hide;

it was perfect by praz , but he was doing it to the wrong guy, just shows what table prescence can do , praz was confident his plan would work ......... pure genius.  

every team needs the hhh tk...it gives them confidence :-)

He means Switzerland.

The heads-uppers return, shake hands amid production-crew staged applause.  Nothing boring about this match-up though, and the audience has thickened to watch the final stage of this tournament.  There's no doubt that both of them want to snatch the (astoundingly unattractive) trophy away from the other, and they'll be playing 'properly' while the blinds allow it.

The first hand of the confrontation is won by Karl, who bet out on the 6c Qs 9s flop (30k), called by Praz.  Praz was in fact ahead at this time with his 9-2, but when the turn and river came 7d 3c, it was Karl's 4-5 which had taken the lead and got paid to the tune of 80k.

ofcourse,

If the Hit Squad and shadows come along with you, MAYBE we could get a 2 table comp the SDPT want!

Wp to them both. Great comp, great concept, and i'm sure walsall will take the dealing to the appropriate level

lol only if we play short handed

 lol  sunn we may make one table lol...........

easy matt it was hard on bolton , not pullin decent dealers in from 20 minutes away.............. they had to take our dealer off the rebuy tonight , thought he was goin to belt channing .........

A disgruntled audience member sneaks out of the TV area, muttering, "They'll be there all bloody night..."

Karl raises to 100k and gets some blinds.  Er... that story doesn't disprove the guy's theory.  Wait just a few moments, I am sure some more chips will change hands.

Karl has the button and calls.  Praz raizes 81k; call.
Flop:  5c Jd Qs   check-check
Turn:  5s  Praz bets out 100k; Karl calls.
River:  6c  Praz says, "that much," pointing at a row of 5k yellow stacks.  It's a big bet - 285k when counted.
Karl inspects the remaining stack of his opponent...and lets it go.  Praz shows Th 3c.

pmsl.... he wears glasses

no i smashed his "shudda gone to specsavers"  whenhe outdrew my ace ten with ten five

Still Jen here - I feel a strange compulsion to refer to my arms as 'guns' when Snoopy goes off somewhere. 

While some passing goes on, a word about the TV arena - it is very large-scale, with a table bigger than that used for the EPT and audience seating on three sides.  It may be an interesting logistical problem to sort out fitting this mobile stage into some of the less roomy casinos on the Tour - Bolton is the largest, we think.  I can imagine cash games might need to be set up on top of the lighting rig, like bunk beds. 

yeah.. Geneva or Bolton its always a toss up!

Would that be for high stakes games?  ;scarymoment;

9h 8d 9d flop.  Praz checks, Karl bets 40k, Praz raises to 100k total, which wins him another pot.  The acoustics in here are weird - I can see them chatting away on the screen less than 20 feet away, but even though I could hit Karl on the head by throwing my pen (and I'm a poor shot) I can't hear a word.  Shame; they're probably tabletalking each other nicely.

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Blinds are currently 15k/30k, at which point I was told they would freeze, which seems reasonable.

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Praz raises 60k, call.  Snoopy, who can lip read, apparently, says Praz said, "Don't you want to think about it?" when Karl instacalled.
Flop 4d 9s 8h - Praz bets 100k, call.
Turn Tc  Praz checks, Karl bets 200k.  Praz announces all-in.....

"The entire table is spellbound."

Are you sure the entire table hadn't fallen asleep? A 20 minute hand is pretty sleep inducing in my book.

Karl passes.  Chips filtering down Praz's end of the table.

Oh God.

Please don't say we have teams like "The Crew" and "The Shippit Hollas" starting up over here.

I always thought poker was an solo pastime.

Please let there be no hollering and high fiving when someone gets outdrawn here, it might just be enough for me to give up the game. I absolutely cannot abide it myself.

This guy sounds exceptionally good. What are the counts snoops/jen?

Mr Camel, you can always smack them ;)

We dont need that, we have PRO.

 :respect:

It gets in preflop in two raises...

Karl shows Aspades 8c
Praz shows:  9h 9s

Flop:  6s 7c Qs
Turn:  Th
River:  I don't know, Karl was standing up in front of me.  Snoopy might be able to tell you.

This means, that Karl Mahrenholz finishes in 2nd place, winning £35,500

While it's Praz Bansi who's the inaugural  GUKPT CHAMPION, winning £75,500 (that includes the money added and the £3k final seat so it's really £65,500 but it's a lot of money in any case)

Congratulations to them both...

goooooooooooooooooo shadooooooooooowwwwwwwwwsssssssss

I played next to Praz for a few hours in the $1K event at the WSOP last year (that he went on to win).  He table-talked me out of re-re-raising with JJ from the button when he'd repopped me with 10's from the big blind.  Still regret that pot now (he bet out and took it off me on Q high flop).  Very good player and congrats to him for taking down another major event.

as I lasted 2 hours in this comp. i feel I have the right to say 'well done that man'

well done boys............

GREAT work by blondepoker as usual, thanks for the top updates

Well Done Boys. Both played great poker. sure we'll see a lot more from you both this year.

It's lightscameraaction here now as the top two get mini-interviewed and Praz gets the trophy; Karl admits on camera that he "might never hear the end of it."

Photos look like they may be on their way...

BIG WHOOOPPPINNG ANNNDDD HOLLLERRRIN FROMMM THE SHADOWS TO THE HIT SQUAD

Hit Squad say tyty

Karl nearrrrrrlyyyyyyyy called in that hand where praz showed 10 3

what did he have? well..... we will have to wait for tv

Well done updating team - made me stay up past my bedtime the reporting was so entertaining - thank goodness it's over! Thats a lot of money being won - guess the next one will be sold out!

As promised...

Oops, how did that one slip in there?...  :dontask:

Runner-up Karl Mahrenholz...

and Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Champion for Bolton...

PRAZ BANSI

Finally...

Oh, and before Jen and I head off, I have to show you this photo of Praz that was ruined somewhat by some random guy lurking in the background.

Anyone know who the hell he is??

 :D

;first; ;first; ;kneelsucker; ;first; ;first;

 ;mexicanwave; ;mexicanwave;
 ;mexicanwave; ;mexicanwave;

HALE KING PRAZ

p.s knew you would do it

I told them one of  my train stories while they waited. They were fascinated.

Sadly, there was plenty of hollering & high-fiving in Bolton, from a few players and from the Rail, but not by any decent players.

The better players generally win & lose with some semblence of dignity. When did you ever see Thewy, Wernick, Praz, Gosney, Bambos, Lucy, or Ash Hussain giving it the table-banging thing?

Head of the Bolton nipping society?

Mateyboy

For some reason I can imagine him saying "Milky Milky".

Waldo on his day off?

Oops, nearly forgot this...

 ;stickaforkinme;

woody deck

Well played Praz. Excellent updates.Bring on Walsall.

 rotflmfao

Oh, and before Jen and I head off, I have to show you this photo of Praz that was ruined somewhat by some random guy lurking in the background.

Anyone know who the hell he is??

its a local bigish gambler terrible at poker, one or igbal's backers

Enjoyed 3 big battles with Paul - he really bossed Day 2 at our table for quite some time until he tilted for a few orbits When my AJ beat his AQ after hitting a J on the flop. To his credit he recovered and could have with a few more hands gone on to the Final Table - hope to play with Paul live again

Hi Greg, welcome to blonde.

Paul who?

He must be referring to quiet Irish player, Paul Higgins who made Day 3, but not the final table.

For those that don't know, crosscourtbh is 4th place finisher, Greg Howard.

He's from New Zealand, but don't hold that against him as, from my first encounter, he is one of the nicest guys I've met in poker for a while. Approachable, friendly and always happy to chat.

ps. Greg, could I borrow some money?  :D

Lol, missed this earlier.

Not sure it'll catch on.  :D

Hi Snoopy,

I think it is great what you and Jen do, I havent met Tikay as yet maybe soon if I qualify for EPT Monte Carlo or one of the other events no doubt I will. I am getting closer and closer to making a firmer move into making poker my true path. The bankroll from the Sunday $750k win and the 4th spot money will help (although my wife's nabbed half for looking after the kids all weekend).

What I love about poker is you can act whichever way you want at the table but when you need to wield the axe you can do it mercilessly without people realising what is happening. Lawrence (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=243) Gosney (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=243) knows first hand as he was trying to bait me before I took half his stack away on Day 2 (when he was probably one of the chip leaders).


I was in 2nd position and the raised it up 3 yellow chips (15k) blinds were 1500 3000 I think. Everyone else folded to Lawrence who was in the BB. He called to see the flop. The flop came down something like  4c Qd 4s. He announced All in straightaway doing all the betting for me. I called turning  Ks Kd and he had  Qh  8c

Cant remember the turn and river but neither hand improved immensely then we went for the break. Oucho.

Maybe he saw me as an easy fish target to start putting under some pressure and I am not sure why he thought a raise to 15k was strange. He thought i was weak and bluffing for not raising more modestly or may have put me on  Aspades Kh
perhaps.

Would be interesting to hear back from Lawrence to see what he thought as the only information I gave was the raise. I had gambled my tournament life a few orbits earlier when up against an all in from the pokernightlive presenter. I had  Kd 9d to his  8d 6d and i felt that in a coin flip I would be a possible winner. So I am guessing he thought I was loose which in fact was the only really loose play i made in the first 16 levels of the tournament.

Anyway kids need my attention as I havent seen them for 3 days.

Lawrence is one of the most unpredictable players on the circuit, you never know what he's going to do next, and that was proven when he shoved it in with the Q-8 only to run into Karl's Aces.

However, his has perhaps been successful due to the aggressive image that he conveys. No one wants to mess around him and they know that if they are going to play a pot with him, they will be tested for all their chips.

He makes his opponents feel uncomfortable, and that's quite a tool to possess. Unfortunately, this weekend, his moves appeared a little rash and his timing seemed off... but he'll be back.

The Poker Night Live presenter is James Browning by the way, a Geordie I think, but you can't win 'em all.

Nice job and remember, you wear the trousers in that house... make sure you get your wife's permission first though.  ;hide;

A summary of Sunday's events...

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/6826 (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/6826)

I know what you mean by unpredictable i caught him in the womens loo's...

That's where RED-DOG's most predictable.

Yes, it was James Browning who Greg called with K-9. He - James - discussed it with me at GREAT length.......