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Tonight is when the men are seperated fom the boys, for this is the first BIG test. $2,000 Pot Limit Omaha - WITH REBUYS. This could get seriously - & I mean seriously - expensive.

I have a few updates from Dave El Blondie Colclough, & hope to bing you them through to close of play.

Omaha IS Dave's game, & he generally expects to money in any World-Class Omaha event. He's been bang out of form so far, so he's hoping things may turn around tonight.

There were 212 runners, another indiication that this one is for the big boys.

These rebuy tourneys are lethal though.

You may rebuy straight away, i.e. anytime you have the starting stack or less.

That means double rebuys anytime you lose all your chips @4k a pop !

Good luck Dave.



 

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I am a few hours behind with these updates, but I will be up to date within 10 minutes.

The first text that came in read as follows (all these updates are via text from Dave at the table).

"....My starting table includes Ram Vaswani, Barny Boatman, Jeff Duval (3rd in h Hi-Lo a few days back) & Eric Lindgren....."

I replied "never mind THEM - they are more frightened of you than you are of them...."

To which he replied.......

And, spookily, Karabiner anticipated Dave's text perfectly......

".....it's a rebuy, they have all taken the immediate add-on before the first hand, & there is a DOUBLE top-up at the end, so a guaranteed spend of $8,000 in prospect = MINIMUM..."

To which I replied...

"Gulp...."

"...Listen, I am here to win this, & I have $20k in my pocket...".

To which I replied.....

"....EEekkkk....".

He also mentioned that he was with Gary "The Whacker" Bush, who is in the last 20 of Event 11, the $2,000 PLH. I will update that comp on a separate thread shortly......

some of us sad bstrds are still up and reading tikay, het us some updates on dave and gary please.

And, this one is smack up to date........

".....well I got away with the minimum $8,000. There were 218 runners, there are about 150 left. I now have 20,000 chips, & have been moved to Devilfish's table, he is the only one on the table with similar chips. Ram has 38,000 on another table....."

I am assuming, by the way, that starting chips were 2,000. If everyone spent $8,000, that would make the average stack now about 11,600. Does that sound right guys?

More as it comes in......

Gary update in 30 seconds on new thread...

Hot off the moby......


"....135 left, I still have 20k. There were 395 rebuys & add-ons, so the total pool is about 1.2 million......"

Guess there were less rebuys than I suggested, so ave stack, with 135 left, would be about 9k. That about right?

Tikay, you were nearly spot on the average stack with 135 players left is 8992.592 recurring.....  ;)

Luckyblind, is that approx or exact?

BTW, nice to hear from you. I just remembered an e-mail you sent me about 3 or 4 weeks ago, sorry! Will try & find it tomorrow & reply. I am coming out to do blonde Live Updates on July 3rd. Sorry again for not replying, very remiss of me. Must have had a senior moment. (And SHUT IT Ariston).

No worries Tikay, Are you not going to play the big one with all of your Pokerstars STT winnings?

More from El Blondie at the table......

"falling thick & fast here, 90 left. I am down to 15k, Devilfish has  25k......"

So, average about 13,622.222. Approx.....

More from our man at the table - what other site has updates Live from the table, eh?

"....Joe Beevers 12k. Marcel 25k. Hassan short, Ram 20k....."

More....

"...Robin Keston 20k, Sonny Nihjn still in, Ross still in. Dasve Gardner 9k, Howard Plant 15k, huge UK presence.........."

THATS what we wanna hear!

Jeez, our man is working well, may have to give him a try at Live Updates fom Luton if he keeps this up....

".....Ross OUT, Mel Judah OUT. US big boys still in include Phil Ivey, Williamson, Juanda, Siedel, Greenstein, O'Neill, Longden, and last years PLO winner Ted Lawson...."

And yet more.....

"....Lederer 13k, Jeff Duval 35k, Eric Lindgren 15k, Ferguson 22k....."

"....Chinese John from Newcastle 14k...."

I assume he means John "CT" Law, who is a regular in Stanleys Newcastle.

HEALTH WARNING - Do NOT - repeat NOT - take on John in a cash game. He is unplayable.

Not good news this one......

"... I just lost the first pot I played in 2 hours, down to 8k. Howard Plant OUT, Aces v Aces, the other guy made a straight. 72 players left, they pay 18....."

Dig in Dave dig in!

if they both had aces ? how could one make a straight ? do you mean a flush ? is senility kicking in ? have i asked too many questions ?

Oh boy, I am gonna LOVE the replies you are gonna get to THAT post Kev......

You will NEVER live this one down.......

get the women off your brain and think about why aces beat aces with a straight in PLO

derrrrrr oh yeah , it is Omaha...oh well Omaha to me was a name given to a beach in the normandy DDay landings ....  :-\

Hehe. "is senility kicking in?". Yup, by the look of it. But who'd have thought it would get Kev before me, eh?

Temporarily, this non-flame forum has reinstated flaming. Flame away lads! But go gentle, senility has kicked in.

Anyone fancy some cash Omaha against Kev?

prefer some cash PLO8

lol bring it on ...... but to be honest with you, i dont play omaha, i never have..... ive watched it being played but all this hi/lo and varients just confuse me ...just give me two cards and a no limit game :)

OK, more from Dave.......

"we are on dinner break now for 1 hour. I have 8k, Devilfish, I am pleased to tell you, has 50k....."

I think with the guys in Vvegas on dinner break, I am gonna get some kip.

I will post all further texts from Dave on here first thing in the morning. As Ironside put it so succinctly, I need to get to bed before I get up.

Dear kev, we have a nice friendly game of omaha in Birmingham on wednesdays.
I would like to cordially invite you to come along and in your honour we have (reluctantly) decided (unanimously) to up the buyin to 1000............pm me for full details.
Ian

P.S.
We'll pay all travel/accomodation costs, look forward to seeing you as soon as you can get here!!

Back to business.....

".....Al Diaz is the chip leader with 70k, Hassan from Birmingham 10k, Vaager from Norway 20k,..."

Anyone know who Hassan from Birmingham is? Presumably a Walsall player. And Sig, tell us about Vaager please.

".....55 left, including Joe Beevers 18k, Jeff Duval 20k, but Ram is OUT.....

"......Greg from South Africa says Hi. I have doubled to 16k, Devilfish 55k, John Kabbaj 35k, Robin Keston 28k, Marcel Luske 28k, Sinny Ninja 12k. Chris Bjorn & Ali short stacks....."

Greg from South Africa will be South African Greg (amazing, eh?), that's Greg Amoils. Hi Greg, & especially Jordan, who's just beautiful.

Jordan, by the way, is Greg's daughter. This is she.......Dad is background, with Gran.

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A whole batch of texts just arrived from Dave, all together, so the sequence is obviously awry, but I'll put em up first, & we can work out what is what after......


"...Chris Bjorin OUT. Eric Lindgren 35k, Ted Lawson 20k, Marcel 25k, 47 left, 18th place pays $11,000....."

So Dave needs to get in the money to break even - after paying for all these texts.....

".....some kid called Danny takes Ted Lawson & Jeff Duval out, & reaches 100k......".

"...John Kabbaj 35k, Robin Keston 35k, Devilfish 55k, me 18k, Ali OUT....."

Anyone got any clues who Ali may be?

"....Russ Hamilton 35k, Ferguson 40k, Seidel 20k, Casey 30k, The Grinder 12k....."

"...Phil Ivey prob chip leader now, 80k, Joe Beevers the sole Mobster still in has 20k, me 14k...."

"....Kabbaj doubles through Danny, set of jacks v set of 3's, they both now have 70k, Sonny Ninja OUT, Josh Arieh now 80k, me 15k...."

".....Hassan from Birmingham OUT, Marcel Luske OUT, Robin Keston 35k, me 16k, Devilfish 40k, Joe Beevers 28k, 39 left....."

.....Ferguson 80k, unknown Oriental 80k, Josh Arieh 80k, Daniel ??? 75k, me 15k, Kabbaj 30k, Robin 30k, DEvilfish 35k, go to bed..."

Go to bed? Wassat?

"....blinds just gone to 600-1,200...."

 
I reckon a double through would make Dave about average.

This is a 3 day event, they play down to 18 today.

".......John Kabbaj OUT, me 22k....."

The Danny or Daniel that Dave referred to earlier is, I think, Daniel Alaei.

29 left, 11 places from getting out of trouble.

Ali is Ali Sarkeshik I'm fairly sure.

Thanks Karabiner.

A few more just in,

".......Joe Beeves, Devilfish & me the only Brits left now.........".

"...20 left, 18 get paid. Me 48k......."

Way to go Dave!

Here's a shocker,

"Devilfish OUT. Me 60k. Robin 40k....."

It seems I omitted Robin Keston from the "only Brits now" post.

So 19 left, 18 get paid, & return tomorrow.

Oh dear, it looks like I bokked Robin Keston. He has bubbled, & WHAT a horror beat this is......

"...Robin Keston out on the bubble. He had A-A-T-6, v K-K-J-2. Board came T-6-2-Q-2..."

That was a real ugly river for Robin.

But on the plus side, Dave has made the money, after what sounded a torrid night. I believe that's it for the day, thery return tonight to play down to 9, then tomorrow the 9 man Final. I think. (cos it's a televised jobbie).

Just read Daniel N's blog.

He had 16 rebuys for the omaha and got ko'd early !

Glad to see the blonde one is in for tomorrow.

Sixteen??!! $32,000!! How sad.

I am not a big Daniel Negruanu fan, as you may have gathered, though I accept he is a great tourney player - I think Dave rates him as just about the tops.

But for me, that giggly girlie, high pitched laugh, & constant blathering (thank you Red-Dog), & his "hyper" get on my tits. I cant help thinking he's on something.

And the main thing, which is why I really detest the guy, is that his name is so damn difficult to spell. Lateral thinking, see?

Someone has posted on the HMF that Dave has 60k at the close of play.

That is a fair starting point for the morrow.

Trust HMF to get it wrong. He has $59,500......

Chip counts in full shortly, but, if you leave aside the runaway chip leader, (Arturo Diaz, $201,500) Dave is about mid position. I think average is about 68k.

The blinds are, I believe, 800-1,600. Time to play.

$11,800 minimum, not bad for starters.

Yup, that pays for the rebuys & texts......

If you pay my entry fee as well, im in .... even though i cant play the game:) Is birmingham in Scotland ?

Lukasz is the dark horse in the remaining field.  He rarely plays tournaments but he makes more money playing omaha than anyone I know. 
Boy got some game....

Regards,
Richard

He's a 14/1 shot if you fancy him Richard. Match bets will also be available shortly on this event.

Thanks Richard. The Chip Leader, Arturo Diaz, is that the guy who got 10th or 11th in the WSOP biggie last year? He does not appear to have much of an Omaha pedigree, though he got a mini-money in the Hi-Lo last week.

Ok, outright prices and a few selected match bets now available on www.bluesq.com (http://www.bluesq.com) in the specials section.

Mr Colcough currently at 12/1 until too many of ya steam in for him   ;)

Will the "blondites" market be up soon too ?

Good luck to Dave, once again proving that he is a true world class omaha player.
Best of luck for tomorrow/today?
Ian

BTW the best omaha player at Walsall is a fella called Taj who i'm told created some sort of record on stars a couple of weeks back by having the most money ever in front of him in a single session, anyone hear anything about this?

Well. Seeing as a whole bunch of forum users will be having another crack at qualifying this weekend I figured it may be better to delay posting the odds until the start of next week (see how optimistic I am for you all!). You never know I might even be able to add myself to the list by then.... :)

By the way....who is sigbjorn and who is WSOPin05???

We were looking to go each way the top 3 on this market with the only trouble being if 3 people don't make the money it's impossible to get hold of exact finishing positions. Much as I'd like to think 3 monies is likely it could be awkward if it doesn't happen when trying to settle the market. Any suggestions for getting round this welcome.....

Would it be possible to vary the place odds depending how many do "money" ?

Sigbjorn is Sig Vegne, a Norweigan gentleman, who I shall be seeing in Bergen this Friday.

WSOPin05 is an American guy, who has been winning comps for fun lately, he's HOT. He is a buddy of Dave Colclough's.

How about I do two seperate markets; one outright from the group for players to place highest and another with seperate odds for each player to finish "in the money"?

Odds on cashing would be a good idea imo. But the top blondite will be the market we all want to see ;D