DTD Monthly £300 Freezeout Day 1 - Interactive

[danafish]

According to the powers that be, this is going to be the final level of the day.

Yay updaters!  Still watching... how many do you reckon will return tomorrow?  Last time 3 or 4 tables.  I like Snoopy with a food head - suits him.

I like him that way too, I am looking into the possibility of arranging his ample locks to look like a roast chicken. Mmm.

I reckon it'll be 4 tables tomorrow - the atmosphere has turned a little sleepy in the cardroom, but people are nevertheless sleepily shoving their chips in all over the place and in that sense it's not slowing down any. 47 left currently, which may or may not include the couple of exits I just saw (one of them comprising Mateyboy A taking out Mateyboy B with the nut straight against something that was mucked - I do not feel obliged to report on that one any further).

[matt674]

having been crippled with the QQ vs KK i'm down to 15k and looking to double up - we are only playing one more level and with no hotel booked and the weather conditions outside i decide to find a hand to gamble with.

Lucy Rokash has lost a couple of big pots and has started getting aggresive to recoup her losses. Two flat caller so I limp with also with blinds 1200/600. lucy makes it 8k to go - i reraise all in to just over 15k and am glad when she says call and turns over 

As the dealer deals the flop the first card out is  - great, with over 34k in pot this hand puts me back to an average stack, next card  but then 

Turn 

River 



good luck to all blondeites left

[danafish]

Even more chips for Pete Linton.

He bets 6.5k on a flop, and Simon Lawler moves in 16.6k total. Pete thinks about it for a bit, wondering out loud whether he is committed. He eventully calls. "i'm working on the proviso that I've got ten outs," says he. But barring interesting runner-runner possibilities, he has just six (I think; too late in the evening for brain to be working at full capacity).

Simon Lawler -
Pete Linton -

Turn - ("an Ace!" says Pete, totally unnecessarily and inexplicably)
River -

"Nice one, Pete," sighs Simon, and heads for the door.

[snoopy1239]

Seeing that Jen is the only person watching at this late hour (except for our 4 loyal guests - please sign up and talk to us  ), I've decided not to undertake the thorough chip count I'd planned, and instead wander amid the tables in search of interesting hands. One that I stumbled upon involved the uber-aggressive mess-with-her-at-your-peril Lucy Rokach and recently acquired neighbour Kevin Lund. I joined the action at the very end with the board reading 5-J-Q-5-T and Kevin showing Pocket Tens to take down a nice pot. Clearly enraged by the River, which I can only assume was Lucy's undoing, Lucy furiously stacked a small column of chips together and banged them onto the felt. She repeated this motion a couple of times as she let off steam in silence. I've never seen Lucy express her frustration so intensely before, so it's clearly been a trying final level for her. Lucy now down to 30k.

[snoopy1239]

having been crippled with the QQ vs KK i'm down to 15k and looking to double up - we are only playing one more level and with no hotel booked and the weather conditions outside i decide to find a hand to gamble with.

Lucy Rokash has lost a couple of big pots and has started getting aggresive to recoup her losses. Two flat caller so I limp with also with blinds 1200/600. lucy makes it 8k to go - i reraise all in to just over 15k and am glad when she says call and turns over 

As the dealer deals the flop the first card out is  - great, with over 34k in pot this hand puts me back to an average stack, next card  but then 

Turn 

River 



good luck to all blondeites left

I was just about to report this sad demise and post the picture of the initial assassin, Garinder Purewall. 5th last month I believe, and looking good again this time around with 85k.

[snoopy1239]

Nigel Turver -- 31k

[I KNOW IT]

Seeing that Jen is the only person watching at this late hour (except for our 4 loyal guests -

\
" cough"

[snoopy1239]

Frustrating times for Nick Whiten, who is desperate need of a double up before the end of day's play. After Dave Smith had limped in early position for 1.2k, Nick made it 5k only for Dave to re-raise all-in. Nick looked his vulnerable stack up and down as if contemplating a call, but I think he was always going to fold, however reluctantly, and that's exactly what happened.

[snoopy1239]

Seeing that Jen is the only person watching at this late hour (except for our 4 loyal guests -

\
" cough"

Click to see full-size image.

[snoopy1239]

Chris Bruce was awarded grinder of the day not too long ago, but I feel my colleague may have jumped the gun there, as Tasos Grigoriou is clearly the king of that throne. After struggling for most of the day, Tasos pushed all-in for just one big blind (worth 1,200) with Q-J and survived an obligatory encounter with Pete Linton's J-6 on a 9-7-K-K-9 board.

[snoopy1239]

Boktastic. Tasos is now out.

[danafish]

Mr "Oi've got pots of chips!" Pete Linton, pictured in a recent commercial for one-outers filmed at the Irish Open:

[danafish]

Last minute craziness for Tony Nicholls - he somehow finds himself up against the young all-in Mateyboy below, Tony holding and Matey holding .

Board - and Tony's down to the felt.

So last hand of the night he shoves with J-Q and is called by Richard Hawes holding the massively-dominatey A-J, but Tony rivers the straight, obviously. He's still short, but he'll be back with us tomorrow.

Click to see full-size image.

[snoopy1239]

Perhaps it was the promise of a Sunday lunch at 1pm, but few people seemed to be searching for that last minute "I wanna come back with something decent" all or nothing push, most people seemingly content to return tomorrow. During the last several hands, I spotted Lam Trinh surviving a shortstack all-in push from the small blind after Nigel Turver had limped on the button. I also overheard a slight mumble over on the near table, a hand being replayed after the dealer accidentally swiped up some cards. Initial raiser Ramazanali Abbassi didn't seem to chuffed as he revealed Queens, but it may have been a blessing in disguise.

On the very last hand of the night, there was three way action on one of the far tables with a board provoking a 4.5k bet from Chin Koh, a smooth call from Kevin Lund and a re-raise to 10k from Mateyboy. Koh stepped out of the way, but after squirming in his seat momentarily, Kevin announced that he was giving his opponent chips for nothing before calling with . Mateyboy showed . "I should have just folded," Kevin later confessed.

[danafish]

A few last photos before I hit the bar/my hotel bed -

Interesting stacking techniques for the larger stack, modelled by Pete Linton and Garinder Purewal:

Click to see full-size image.

Mr Simon Trumper, relieved of his cleaning duties and back on the mic:

Click to see full-size image.

Totally needless photo of the lady who has taken over Mr Trumper's table-wiping duties (could probably construct some sort of pun there if I weren't so tired):

Click to see full-size image.