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After a swift opening day, we are back and ready for more fun-filled poker action. Here is your current line-up for day two of this DTD Mini Festival...

Christopher Bruce   88500
James Bishop   78300
Marc Goodwin   71100
Daniel Rudd   63300
James Reid   54700
Richard Stanley   50800
Richard Berridge   48300
Michael Mccool   47700
Jon Omara   45000
Jef Rogers   41500
Thomas Nightingale   41100
Steve Jelinek   39400
Andrew Greekfish   29200
Shahnawaz Randera   25200
Richard Sherwood   23400
Paul Lammas   21500
Michael Wernick    11700
Neil Giblin   9000

The other placings...

19    Ben Vinson
20    Joseph Grech
21    Thomas Carpenter
22    Richard Hawes
23    Gary Teatum
24    Karl Johnson
25    Martino Libertini
26    Steve Read
27    Zaheer Zeb
28    Frances Creed
29    Benjamin Carpenter
30    Alan Vinson
31    Conor Smyth
32    Alli Mallu
33    Daniel Jolowicz
34    Laurence Houghton
35    Daniel Longden
36    Ian Gwynne
37    Jeff Sharpe
38    Tuan Le
39    Bjørn Andre Hovden
40    Ian Mcdonald
41    Matt Tyler
42    Sidney Harris
43    Matthew Buckland
44    Alan Stearn
45    Trevor Pearson
46    Rory Campbell
47    David Smith
48    Paul Rayner
49    Matthew Wadham
50    Darren Foster
51    Josh Gould
52    James Akenhead
53    Peter Linton
54    James Dempsey
55    Philip Ashton
56    Peter Charalamobus
57    Bernard Gabriel
58    Richard Trigg
59    Trevor Reardon
60    Michael Mincher
61    Michael Lee
62    Andrew Johnson
63    Paul Jackson
64    Stian Johnsrud
65    Asy Ho
66    Nicky Evans
67    Anthony Phillips
68    Jonathan Lundy
69    Desmond Jonas
70    Andrew Tuxworth
71    Ben Callinan
72    Kyriacos Dionysiou
73    John Eames
74    Dean Sanders
75    Mohammed Shafiq
76    Keith Johnson
77    Albert Sapiano
78    Anthony Nicholls
79    Adam Wilkinson

And the wonga up for grabs...

1    -    £20,737
2    -    £12,442
3    -    £8,295
4    -    £5,332
5    -    £4,147
6    -    £2,962
7    -    £2,370
8    -    £1,777
9    -    £1,185

My picks:

1) Chris Bruce, because he is the chip leader.

2) Andy Greekfish, for feeding me hands all of Day 1, thus eliminating the need for me to actually watch his table or do any work.

3) He Who Cannot Be Named, because all the headlines on blonde would be just hilarious.

My picks...

1st  Daniel Rudd
2nd  Jim Reid
3rd  Marc Goodwin

... because I've seen the future.

My Picks

1. Marc Goodwin

2. Daniel Rudd

3. Steve Jelnik

glglgl UpTheMaz


[  ] gg sir

my picks
 
richard berridge
mark goodwin
chris bruce

good luck to all of them

yesterdays updates were comedy btw guys

Mcool, Mariners, & Wernick.

1)  R Sherwood ( Forrester)
2)  Lord Wernick
3)  The Greekfish

Bruce
Wernick
Goodwin

I dunno how he does it but thats the sort of stack Lord Wernick wins tournaments with.

In no particular order

Chris Bruce
Richard "Marmite" Berridge ... I hope that name sticks ... please refer to him in every post as "Marmite" please :D
Daniel "UpTheMariners" Rudd

Has He Who Cannot Be Named
been Named ?

Christopher Bruce   88500
James Bishop   78300
Marc Goodwin   71100
Daniel Rudd   63300
James Reid   54700
Richard Stanley   50800
Richard Berridge   48300
Michael Mccool   47700
Jon Omara   45000
Jef Rogers   41500
Thomas Nightingale   41100
Steve Jelinek   39400
Andrew Greekfish   29200
Shahnawaz Randera   25200
Richard Sherwood   23400
Paul Lammas   21500
Michael Wernick    11700
Neil Giblin   9000

Will someone tell me why HWCBN CBN?

GL Sherwood, Mariners and i really hope Mickey gets a result.

GLGLGLGL Mr Lammas!

gl berridge and greekfish

mccool, bruce,  steve j.

ps  explain the unnaming    pls  ffss

The guy behaved like a tool slagging off the updates then spat his dummy out when he got a bit of a slagging for it and decided he never wanted to be mentioned in blonde poker updates all very childish

Well here we are back at DTD. We made it successfully out of Room 101, we are all set up, coffees are being acquired and chips are being debagged even now, so we expect to be starting roughly on time...

Like a couple of eager beavers eying up a tasty tree trunk, Dana and I are back at the Dusk Till Dawn club, braced and raring to go. The players have now been called back, meaning play is just moments away. I don't know about you, but I'm struggling to contain my excitement as players proceed to debag, stack and count those chips in preparation for another day of poker festivity.

"Is that Richard Berridge?" observes Dana. "It's hard to keep track when they change clothes."

Well, it is! Mr Sherwood, who was Mr Pink all day yesterday in my notes, is wearing something entirely different today and has thus scuppered all the excellent puns etc that I dreamed about. :(

Just to prove that we are indeed here at Dusk Till Dawn and not updating from the comfort of our hotel room (I slapped Dana across the chops with a wet kipper when she made that preposterous suggestion), here are your final two tables awaiting that starting whistle, including a piccy Mickey Wernick asking for the golf to be put up on the plasma screen. Good to see the ol fella focused on the task at hand.

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And there has been some very notable action already. Neil Giblin shoved for his last 9k utg and it folded all the way around to Mickey Wernick on the small blind, who also announced all in. Big blind Paul Lammas got out of the way, and they were on their proverbial backs.

Wernick: Ad Kh
Giblin: Aspades Qs

Board: 5h 8d Tc 6h Qh

"God that hurts," says Mickey. Oh dear.

Down to just 1500 while Mr Giblin enjoyed a double up to around 20k, Mickey wasted no time in getting his last few chips in. The next hand, Andy Greekfish raised to 3.5k and Mickey called all in. Turning their cards over, Micley was delighted to discover that he was in fairly good shape, holding Kh Jc to Greekfish's 2s 2d.

Flop: Ks Js Qs - "Oh ffs," says Greekfish cheerfully, but he has the flush draw.

Turn: 7h

River: 6s

Mr Mickey Wernick is therefore OUT before he's even finished his coffee and all you people who picked him to win are sadly most mistaken.

Couple of Gross hands there, unlucky Mickey

Good luck to all the remaining players.

And could we have more norkage pics please!!

Off to bed now so il catch up in the morning and hope to see plenty of DTD Norkage!!

It could be a short day, as we've lost yet another, Tom Nightingale quickly following the Legend Mickey Wernick out of the door. I joined the action on the flop, with the decision on blondeite Daniel Rudd. With a 5h 7c 5s waiting patiently on the felt, it looked as though Daniel's leading bet of 4,000 had been reraised to 10,500 by Tom, leading Daniel to inquire, "How much you playing?" Moments later, Daniel was announcing all-in, and although he spent a minute in the think tank, Tom eventually called with Th Td. Daniel showed Jd Jc.

The 8h turn and 7s river were of no use, and Tom was next to hit the deck.

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gogogoogogo UpTheMaz.

A pretty big pot between HWCBN and Richard Berridge. 50k was in the middle when they both checked the river of an A-T-x-A-K board. Berridge was holding pocket queens, but HWCBN paired is king on the river. Would have been good fun if it had been a queen instead of a king...

On the same table, I joined another hand on the flop, this time the complexly named Shahnawaz Randera was the man all in after James Bishop had checked the Kh Ts 3h board. Without too much hesitation, James folded 6h 6s face up. "Ace king," probed Berridge. Randera nodded, although he only revealed the king.

An enormous double up for Jon Omara.

He made it 2.5k preflop and was called by Jim Reid in the big blind.

Flop: 5d 7c 6s

Reid checked, Omara bet 3.5k. Reid announced all in. With a bit of sighing but not that much actual hesitation, Omara called.

Reid: 5c 7h
Omara: 7d 7s

Turn and river: an entirely irrelevant Kc and Tc.

Mr Omara is up to around 70k and Jim Reid is rather shorter than that.

It's a bit quiet here today, but we'll grab a couple of pics of the waitresses when I grab a spare moment. Pace is pretty frantic here early doors.

Jim Reid is next to taste dust, reraising Marc Goodwin's initial raise of 4,000 all-in from the next seat along. Mr Cool quickly called with queens, whilst Jim could only muster an inferior ace jack.

The 9-9-Q-7-5 board was rather emphatic.

More departures than Euston Station at the moment!

Here's Marc's reaction when Jim offered him a congratulatory handshake.

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For once, an all-in encounter leads to a double up rather than an exit. Like the quickfire of a machine gun, a rapid sequence events led to a showdown with Steve Jelinek raising to 4,000, Daniel Rudd making it circa 10,000, Steve announcing all-in and Daniel calling.

On their backs...

Rudd = Qc Qs

Jelinek = Ahrt Kh

"King right off the bat," observes the compere without compare, Simon Trumper...

Flop = Kd 2d 9d

Turn = Jh

River = Ks

"Go on the Jelly," exclaimed Tony Phillips from the rail.

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And here's the jubilant victor stacking up his newly acquired chips... very slowly, so everyone knows it was a big pot.

Daniel Rudd -- 45,000
Steve Jelinek -- 100,000

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please wish Neil 'jakally' Giblin good luck from me!!!

Mr Andy Greekfish Andreou has been getting rather raise-happy. He raised from the button and everyone folded. Then he raised from the cutoff. "I know it looks bad 'cause I keep doing it so this time I'm going to show you my hand when you fold. If you fold." Everyone folds, and Mr Greekfish duly waves Ad Qh at the table.

A double up for the untypable Mr Shahnawaz Randera (henceforth to be known in speech as Mr Ctrl V). He found himself in a spot of bother, all in with 8s 8d against HWCBN's Aspades Ad, but here comes the miracle flop:

4s 8h 4d Js 2d

Mr Randera now on around 65k.

Messrs Paul Lammas and Neil Giblin, seated next to each other, cradling around 15k and 13k respectively, seem to be taking it more or less in turns to shove their sad little stacks into the middle. Lammas did it twice with no callers. When Giblin tried it on next hand, Mr Greekfish considered it carefully from the big blind before announcing, "I think you're got a pair of sixes. I'm gonna fold." Giblin showed him 7-8 offsuit and giggled.

Near table...

Seat 1: Jeff Rogers -- 27,000
Seat 2: Daniel Rudd -- 44,000
Seat 3: Richard Berridge -- 43,000
Seat 4: James Bishop -- 18,000
Seat 5: Shahnawaz Randera -- 75,000
Seat 6: HWCBN -- 44,000
Seat 7: Richard Stanley -- 49,000
Seat 8: Steve Jelinek -- 129,000

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Far table...

Seat 1: Jon Omara -- 92,000
Seat 2: Paul Lammas -- 30,000
Seat 3: Neil Giblin -- 20,000
Seat 4: Chris Bruce -- 87,000
Seat 5: Marc Goodwin -- 85,000
Seat 6: Andrew Andreou -- 28,000

If you are on the ball, you'll have noticed that the far table is looking rather sparse in terms of players. One reason for this is the recent exit of blondeite Richard 'Forrester' Sherwood. Although he eventually fell at the hands of Neil Giblin when his Kc 4s failed to outgun 5s 5h on an ensuing Qh 2d 8d Ac 9d board, the majority of his chips sailed into the welcoming hands of Paul Lammas.

With 6d 6s, Richard will have been relived to be coin flipping once Paul revealed Aspades Ks, but after the dealer popped out a menacing 8s 9c Js, it was clear he would need to display the bullet dodging capabilities of Phil Hellmuth to survive. However, a clinical 2s quickly dashed any hopes, followed by an academic Kd river, to leave Richard with what Colchester Kev would refer to as a "bowel of rice".

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The player can't be named, but I can certainly give you the hand. All in with Ac 8c against the Ad Kc of James Bishop, HWCBN was in desperate need of finding one of three eights, of which duly arrived on the turn of a 9d Ahrt 7c 8d 4c board to serve up a most welcome of double ups. To say Bishop didn't look happy would be like saying Frank Spencer was a tad clumsy.

Our bulldog/nettle/wasp victim...

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The triumphant paws of HWCBN...

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And indeed the unlucky Mr Bishop has got unlucky again - this time leaving him OUT at the hands of Mr Steve "Chip Leader" Jelinek. All in preflop, Bishop's Qh Qc was looking most confident against Jelinek's Aspades Jd, but oh, disaster:

Kh Ad 2h 7h Js

James was a gentleman and offered a handshake rather than the Bishop's Finger that is my feeble attempt at punning after only a single cup of coffee; nevertheless, he is OUT.

Bishop's finger just out of shot:

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An enormous hand between Mr Richard Berridge (not as orange in real life as he appears below) and Mr Richard Stanley (for some reason I forgot to take a photo of him at all). With around 30k in the pot preflop, Berridge moved in for 28k on the 3s 6h 2c flop, leaving Stanley, who only just covered him, with a decision. "If you fold, I'll show you the bluff," said Berridge, and Stanley mulled over what this meant for a few moments before folding A-K up. Berridge showed an un-bluffy pair of pocket jacks.

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Mr Daniel Rudd is OUT, so once again all those of you who picked him to win were alas entirely wrong. I only caught the end of the hand, which involved Rudd all in with Td Th and Marc Goodwin with 7c 9c, the board 6c 7s 9s 4s Aspades. I understand that Rudd had raised utg though, and Goodwin had called in the big blind...

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Current chip leaders:

Steve Jelinek -- 155,000
Marc Goodwin -- 145,000

Does the new iMarc come with bluetooth as standard?

Seeing as you've waited so patiently, may I present to you the Sunday norkage here at Dusk Till Dawn.

Yum! If I were several younger... or not under the watchful eye of Dana

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Sigh... there's always one.

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"There's only nine currently registered in today's £200 event," smirks Simon Trumper. "We'll looking to get into double figures. We did warn tikay, but he said he was on the M1 and pot committed."

Duh duh duh

Another one bites the dust.

And this time it is Mr Jef Rogers, in most enormously unfortunate circumstance. He was all in preflop with two callers, one of them Steve Jelinek, who contained his betting urge until the river of the Ts 6s 6d Jc 9h board, forcing opponent number 2 to fold. Jelinek turned over Th Td for the flopped full house. Rogers showed pocket queens and made his exit.

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Mr Neil Giblin, whom Snoopy is calling Limescale as he is proving impossible to get rid of (I have told Snoopy about limescale removing products, but he doesn't believe me), has doubled up again. Jon Omara raised to 3k and then called Giblin's 14k all in. Giblin was ahead all the way.

Giblin: Kh Kc
Omara: Td Ts

Board: quadalicious 3s Kd Jc 5s Ks

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Hows Paul lammas getting on?

"Get this one on there, snoops," squeals an elated HWCBN, not because of an increase in fortunes, but the result of a good fold that could have proved immensely costly. With the flop reading 8d 4s 9c, HWCBN bet 3,000 and Richard Berridge called. On the Ts turn, it was Richard who fired out this time, to the sum of 7,000, which was subsequently called by HWCBN. Come the 2d river, Berridge followed up with a leading bet of 15,000. With the chips poised any ready to pounce in the palm of his hand, HWCBN had a sudden change of heart and decided to fold 9-8. It was a good fold in the end as Richard had turned a straight with 7-6.

Current chippy counts:

Steve Jelinek   14   9   150500
Marc Goodwin   12   7   150300
Christopher Bruce   12   5   77000
Shahnawaz Randera   14   5   70000
Richard Berridge   14   3   68200
Michael Mccool   14   7   68000
Jon Omara   12   1   56200
Andy Greekfish   12   9   38300
Neil Giblin   12   4   36300
Richard Stanley   14   8   33000
Paul Lammas   12   3   31900

Gone today...

12   Jeff Rogers
13   Daniel Rudd
14   James Bishop
15   Richard Sherwood
16   James Reid
17   Thomas Nightingale
18   Michael Wernick

Hi please tell Andy Greekfish, that I'm glued to the updates and wish him good luck from me !!  - EMMA x

Players are now on a 15 minute break.

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bizarre.

if  HWCBN  asks u to   post  such details       how  can u still not refer to him.

all seems very unmcool to me.

Yes, I think most of our viewers are glued to their seats... otherwise they'd stop watching and leave.

We've encountered a complaint today from DTD's Maggie. Apparently she is disgruntled that we posted a picture of her two waitresses instead of offering something for the female viewers to gawp at.

Okay, then, here I am... admire away.

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If I'm being honest, there have been nor requests from our female viewers for any beagle norkage. In fact, this was what Maggie demanded...

Behold, a now very smug Andrew 'Greekfish' Andreou.

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And here's some Maggie norkage. She is refusing to have her taken picture, so I had to shuffle a bush alongside the table and take this cheeky snap as she was debagging a player's chips.

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i read that far too fast, was much funnier than your sentance though.

UL UptheMariners, pretty huge flip, u win that and i think u dominate the field. Mickey Wernick gets ul again, lol, one year he will run good and win everything.

He is lookin' gooood. Greekside!

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Our current chip leader and possible caption comp candidate Mr Steve Jelinek. You talkin' to him??

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11 players left, will this still be a three day event?

Nope, they decided yesterday to make it a 2-dayer, most sensibly. We will be here until the bitter end this evening. Could be a while, everyone seems to have a fair few chips, blinds-wise.

In fact, this seems an appropriate moment to post the payout.

Total prize pool £59,250, 9 places pay out.

1)  £20,737
2)  £12,442
3)  £8,295
4)  £5,332
5)  £4,147
6)  £2,962
7)  £2,370
8)  £1,777
9)  £1,185

Thaaaat's yer lot.

id be gutted with the pay out of 9th :(

Saying that - always better than 10th

Richard Berridge raises to 4,200 preflop, Shahnawaz Randera called from the button, HWCBN called from the small blind and Richard Stanley folded the big.

Flop = Td 7h 3d

Checked round to Randera who bet 7,000, HWCBN called.

Turn = Ahrt

Both players checked

River = 2h

Randera checked, HWCBN bet 8,000 and Randera called.

Randera = Ts Tc

HWCBN = Ad 7d

I love this picture!

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Here's another nork/fish combo. I didn't realise Greekfish was short!

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I can think of a few captions, but I doubt I'd be allowed to post them.  ;angel;

Jon Omara is up to exactly 77.2k (he counted it for me) after a curious hand against Marc Goodwin.

Omara made it 4k preflop, and Goodwin called in the big blind. All good.

Flop: 2c 7h Ahrt - Goodwin check-calls 6.9k from Omara.

Turn: 5c - Goodwin now check-calls 12k from Omara.

River: 8h - check, check.

Omara: Ac Td

Goodwin: "I only missed 22 outs," and muck. Goodwin now down to a still chip-leady-contendy 130k.

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A clock-calling moment on Table 12. Neil Giblin raised to 4.5k in early position, and Greekfish asked for a count. Mr Giblin had 32k in total. Mr Greekfish raised to 32k. Everyone else got out of the way. There followed a lengthy argument about whether or not Mr Greekfish had a hand, and further whether or not Mr Giblin had a better hand. The clock was threatened and eventually Mr Giblin folded. Mr Greekfish declared that only your humble updater could see his cards, which were Jd Js.

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Fireworks on the near table as Steve Jelinek (button) and Richard Berridge (small blind) get it all in preflop for what is surely the biggest pot of the tournament!!!

Jelinek = Qd Qs

Berridge = Kc Kd

Flop = Ad Aspades 9d

Turn = 6d

River = 3s

"Yes!," exclaims a pumped up Richard Berridge as he clenches his fists in delight. "I didn't like that," he adds. "That was horrible."

Meanwhile, Steve can only compliment "nice hand" and quietly slide the chips over to his foe, later turning to wife Irena on the rail and shaking his head in dismay.

That pot has given Richard Berridge the chip lead with a monster 180,000 in chips.

more beagle pics please!

Aces Busted Unlucky Lammy

is this hand correct ???

is this hand correct ???
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lol I had to read it twice also

how many queen diamonds are there in 1 pack

I mentioned fireworks in my last post, but there are more explosions than World War II out there at the moment as Paul Lammas finds himself all in against neighbour Neil Giblin.

After Paul had raised it to 4,100 from the button, Neil pushed all in from the small blind. Paul called quicker than a sheep in a wooly jumper factory.

As Paul swiftly turned over Ac Ad and rose confidently from his chair, he was relieved to find he had his man totally dominated with a paltry Ahrt Jh.

It doesn't look good commented a dejected Neil as the flop brought a harmless looking 7c 4c Ts.

But the 8s on the turn provided the underdog with four outs. "Don't do it," pleaded Paul.

However, his cries fell on stony ground as out it came, the cruel and devastating 9c on the river.

As onlookers shrieked, Paul's body sagged in defeat and Neil was left to meekly rake in what could prove a crucial pot.

Down to 10.

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oi oi tats - Hows the dog??

one

These are easy questions.

next

Sick!!

Before the melee of those previous two encounters, we had a smaller showdown involving Richard Stanley, but it was one that doubled him through nonetheless. With the board reading Qd Qh 4d Th, HWCBN bet out 10,500 and Richard called all in. Upon being shown a Qc Ts for the full house, HWCBN swiftly mucked making the Th on the river academic. Richard is now on 36,600, so still struggling.

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Near table...

Seat 1: Richard Berridge -- 175,000
Seat 2: Shahnawaz Randera -- 108,000
Seat 3: HWCBN -- 44,000
Seat 4: Richard Stanley -- 31,000
Seat 5: Steve Jelinek -- 22,000

Far table...

Seat 1: Jon Omara -- 64,000
Seat 2: Neil Giblin -- 40,000
Seat 3: Chris Bruce -- 81,000
Seat 4: Marc Goodwin -- 164,000
Seat 5: Andrew Andreou -- 36,000

Many things have been happening while the beagle has been hogging the sitting-down-and-typing aspect of an updater's job.

Chris Bruce raised to 4.6k on the cutoff, only for Marc Goodwin to make it 20.6k on the button. Andy Greekfish whispers to me, "I passed Sevens." Says Bruce: "As long as the flop doesn't come 7-9 I'll be ok," but he folds.

---------

Mr Andy Greekfish remains a short stack, and made a surprising fold after raising to 5k utg when Chris Bruce raised all in from the small blind. Mr Greekfish spent a long time hypothesizing over what Mr Bruce might be holding (in the end he guessed A-K) and also vaguely hoping that someone else would go out on the other table while he was considering the call. He folded pocket tens face up. Mr Bruce was indeed holding A-K.

Mr Steve Jelinek's fortunes continue to sink. He raised it up with pocket jacks and then called HWCBN's all in with Ad Ts.... and the board came down 6d 6c Ac 7h 4c. Yikes.

Down to just 11.6k, however, Jelinek moved in utg with Ahrt Kh, and received a surprisingly fast call from HWCBN seeing as he was holding just Qc Jc. Board: 4s 2s Ad 4d Kd. Though still desperate, Jelinek stays in and we remain on the bubble for the time being.

Final!

Steve Jelinek is our unfortunate final table bubble boy. Short-stacked and in desperate need of a double up, he made his move with 5d 4d but was picked off by the Ac Kd of Richard Stanley. On the Qc 8h Kh flop, Steve quickly accepted his fate and congratulated his opponent, barely bothering to look as the 2d turn and 7s river hit the felt.

Here he is vomiting into his coffee.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19073&g2_serialNumber=1)

Gl mick.

Players are now on the dinner break and will return at the end of it.

good luck mick macool

Seat 1: Andrew Andreou -- 35,900

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19014&g2_serialNumber=1)

Seat 2: Marc Goodwin - 165600

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19016&g2_serialNumber=1)

Seat 3: Jon Omara -- 70,300

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19055&g2_serialNumber=1)

Seat 4: Christopher Bruce - 83800

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19018&g2_serialNumber=1)

Seat 5: Richard Berridge -- 188,100

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19081&g2_serialNumber=2)

Seat 6: Richard "The Knife" Stanley - 52100

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19044&g2_serialNumber=1)

Seat 7: Mick McBag -- 48,600

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19083&g2_serialNumber=1)

photoshop handiwork = (c) dana
bag idea = (c) snoopy

Seat 8: Shahnawaz Randera - 102600

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19040&g2_serialNumber=1)

Seat 9: Neil Giblin -- 43,200

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19069&g2_serialNumber=1)

Richard Berridge   15   5   188100
Marc Goodwin   15   2   165600
Shahnawaz Randera   15   8   102600
Christopher Bruce   15   4   83800
Jon Omara   15   3   70300
Richard Stanley   15   6   52100
HWCBN   15   7   48600
Neil Giblin   15   9   43200
Andy Greekfish   15   1   35900

looooooooooooooooool

Looks like goodwin ftw

Oh no, Greekfish has managed to get hold of the mike, and he's sneakily using it underneath his coat.

"Could Simon Trumper please come to the final table."

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£33 for 17 hours of poker with some of the best players -   - got to be a bargain (just a pity i didn't win anything)

I learnt a lot from Marc G. - he never calls an unraised pot ! - and nearly always raised my big blind!

but he does fold when necessary - he is a different class - I reckon he cant lose

Mr Greekfish is the best entertainment you could ever get.

Its been a pleasure and looking forwards to the next one

Thanks to Simon T. for a well organised comp and entertaining commentary.    

"Shuffle up and deal," announces Simon Trumper after retrieving the microphone.

Hard luck, Richard. Glad to hear you enjoyed yourself. Bring back the pink shirt I say!

Some minor action in the first few hands.

First Richard Berridge makes it 4.5k, and is called by Marc Goodwin in the small blind. They see a 9s 4s Kc flop and Goodwin checks to Berridge, who bets 5k. Goodwin calls. They both check the Qc turn, leading them necessarily to a river; it is the Aspades. Marc now bets out 20k, and Berridge makes a rather brave and entirely correct call with Qh Jc. Goodwin shows 5s 5d. "That's how you got all those chips, then," muses Mr Goodwin.

Chris Bruce is the first to make a dent, however slight, in the Berridge stack. Blind on blind, one of them raises and the other calls (sorry, missed that bit) and they see a 7h 6c 6d flop, which they both check. Bruce bets out 5k on the 7s turn, which Berridge calls, and once they've both checked the 3s river, Brucie takes it down with 9s 9c, Berridge only managing Ad Jc.

Richard Berridge raises it up preflop to 5,000 and HWCBN calls from the button.

Flop = Qh 6d 6h

Richard checks, HWCBN bets out 10,000 and Richard folds.

Very little happening at the moment, mainly blind stealing and blind confrontations. The main aggressor seems to be Richard Berridge, who has whipped up a fair number of pots preflop and uncontested.

Gooooo Marmite

and gl Chris Bruce and Jakally too

Yes indeed, largely the hands that I witnessed involved either a) Richard Berridge bullying everyone into submission, b) lots of folding, or c) some largely uninteresting blind-on-blind limpy/checky action.

One exception was a fun hand where Marc Goodwin raised to 6k on the cutoff only for Jon Omara to make it a very large 40k frm the button. With the absolute minimum of fuss, Goodwin folded 9s 9c up.

Meanwhile, until something exciting happens, here are some nice photos I took.

Richards Berridge and Stanley, their moods almost exactly in proportion to the number of chips they have:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19087&g2_serialNumber=1)


Mr Chris Bruce, completely delighted that I am taking his photo at this final table:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19089&g2_serialNumber=1)


Mr Jon Omara suffering a heart attack:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19091&g2_serialNumber=1)

vc mcoolio.

 ;kneelsucker; ;danafish; ;danafish; ;danafish;

After a slight lull in play, a monster pot develops seemingly from nowhere. With Richard Berridge raising it up under-the-gun to 5,000 preflop, Chris Bruce makes the call from the big blind leading to a two-way flop of 8c Ahrt 2s. After check-calling 7,000 on the flop and 20,000 on the 6d turn, Chris finds himself facing a bet of 50,000 on the Qc river. As Richard pushes in the chips, Chris doesn't look happy, sighing and removing his sunglasses as he looks inquisitively at his opponent. "That's not a value bet is it?" probes Chris. "Surely a value bet would be more like 20,000." After declaring that it would be a sick call, Chris finally pushes 50,000 along the felt and flips Ad 3s. Richard, meanwhile, can only tap the table and muck his hand.

Huge hand for Chris, whilst Richard relinquishes his chip lead and drops down to 120,000.

Chris Bruce now has 183,000.

Seat 1: Andrew Andreou -- 28,000
Seat 2: Marc Goodwin -- 161,000
Seat 3: Jon Omara -- 77,000
Seat 4: Chris Bruce -- 183,000
Seat 5: Richard Berridge -- 121,000
Seat 6: Richard Stanley -- 33,000
Seat 7: HWCBN -- 40,000
Seat 8: Shahnawaz Randera -- 99,000
Seat 9: Neil Giblin -- 33,000

they will need a crow bar to get those chips of Chris Bruce now ;)

Marc Goodwin has been throwing his chip weight around. He raised to 6k preflop twice in a row, and the second time he found a caller in HWCBN in the big blind. Mr CBN also check-called 10k from Marc on the Td Jd 5s flop, but laid down Th 6h up when Marc made it 30k on the Ahrt turn. Mr Goodwin showed Ad 5d.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19095&g2_serialNumber=1)

Refusing to be bullied, although still in a very passive sort of way, HWCBN in the small blind called an utg raise to 4.5k from Richard Berridge. They both checked the 4s 8s 6d flop, and HWCBN checked the Jc turn too, and then called 5k from Berridge. HWCBN was happy to check the Kd river too, and when Berridge bet 10k, he considered it for some time before calling. With 4h 5s. And it was good. A slightly sheepish Berridge mucked.

Berridge, now heading towards that 'oh dear, where have all my chips gone?' sort of region, is not letting up the aggression. He raises to 6k preflop - and Richard Stanley promptly goes all in to his left. It folds around and Berridge promptly calls.

Stanley: Jd Jc
Berridge: Jh Js

Giggling.

Board: 8s 3d Qs 5h 7s - choppity chop.

Stanley: "You call my jacks? Unbelievable. I might have had queens!"

To beat him over the head with?

Neil Giblin is OUT and becomes the 9th place finisher winning £1,185

A simple affair really. Neil pushed with 5c 5h on the button and Marc Goodwin called with Ac 4c from the big blind. Qs 9d Aspades Qh 4h board favoured Mr Cool, and jakally was gone.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19104&g2_serialNumber=1)


Eight remain and, as you can see, Marc is over the moon.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19106&g2_serialNumber=1)

Three hands in a row, Andrew Greekfish pushed all in and took down the blinds uncontested.

Each time he showed: A-x, J-Ts, J-9o

He now boasts a tall tower of chips that is he is fondling in a worryingly phallic manner.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19112&g2_serialNumber=1)

Shahnawaz Randera raised to 7,500 from the button and Marc Goodwin called from the big. Both players checked the 9c 3s 4s flop, only for Marc to bet out 20,000 on the Qd turn. Randera called. A 5c on the river and Marc bet out again, this time to the tune of 45,000. After much deliberation, Randera made the call and showed Aspades Qc. Marc mucked.

Marc Goodwin is now down to 109,000.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19110&g2_serialNumber=1)

Seat 1: Andrew Andreou -- 34,000
Seat 2: Marc Goodwin -- 113,000
Seat 3: Jon Omara -- 67,000
Seat 4: Chris Bruce -- 170,000
Seat 5: Richard Berridge -- 122,000
Seat 6: Richard Stanley -- 25,000
Seat 7: HWCBN -- 74,000
Seat 8: Shahnawaz Randera -- 166,000

Marc Goodwin picked up a few chips, button-raising to 7.5k and getting himself called by Chris Bruce in the big blind.

They both checked the 2c 7c 2d flop and Ks turn. Chris checked the Qc river and then called a 14k bet from Marc. Marc nonchalantly turned over Kh Qs and Brucie mucked.

After an extended period of assorted players raising in late position, getting no callers and then showing an ace of some sort, a moment of excitement. Chris Bruce raised to 6.5k utg and Richard Berridge to his immediate left called. HWCBN, however, made it 36k total. It folded around to Bruce, who very tantalisingly asked for a count on HWCBN (30k behind) but then folded. So did Berridge.

Stacks after that -

Berridge: 124k
Brucie: 165k
HWCBN: 83k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19114&g2_serialNumber=1)

Spotted at the rail:

WAFFLE HOODIE OF THE DAY

It's yellow, it has waffles on it.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19116&g2_serialNumber=1)

This is Aarun Bernard who finalled in the Manchester GUKPT several weeks back.

First hand back off the break, Marc Goodwin raises to 7,000 from early position only for Jon Omara to push all in for a total of 65,900 just one seat down. Surprisingly, the action halted at HWCBN across the other side of the table, and a chip count was requested. After a few huffs and puffs, HWCBN folded, as did the original raiser. As Jon scooped the pot, HWCBN claimed to have folded pocket queens.

Here is the moment where he was awarded the pot, a perfect example of how players tend to check their cards before scooping. Why do they do that?

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19118&g2_serialNumber=1)

Mr Greekfish, who has been grinding like he never ground before, is up to around 50k after sort of snapping and shoving two hands in a row.

First he moved in from the cutoff. Big blind Brucie considered it. "Do you want a call?" "Yeah, I think I do." Eventually Brucie folded pocket sevens. "You folded that? Are you mad? I'm not going to show now, I'm too embarrassed."

The next hand, Randera raises to 7.5k and Greekfish, in a pretending-he-hasn't-seen-the-raise sort of way, pushes all his chips across the line. It folds back around to Randera, who folds pocket sevens up again! Much hilarity. Everyone is half expecting Greekfish to show sixes, but he shows a very respectable would-have-been-coinflipping A-K. "I'm out to win it now," says Greekfish.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19100&g2_serialNumber=1)

And we have an exit!

Randera makes it 10k and small blind Berridge flat calls. Richard "The Knife" Stanley, however, cuts them up - he shoves for around 30k. Randera folds, but Berridge calls.

Stanley: Ks Qd
Berridge: 6s 6c

Board: 9c 3s 7s 4s 4d

Apparently Randera folded A-K. So there you go.

Thus Richard Stanley is OUT in 8th place winning £1,777.

As I rejoined the action, the board read 7s 3c Jh 6c 5c with Jon Omara facing a bet of 5,000. In the meantime, HWCBN seemed to be doing his best of talking him out of a call. In the end, Omara did fold what was probably a very weak hand, leading to HWCBN showing 5d 5s for the rivered set. "Nice, this guy," commented Andrew Andreou.

On one unusual hand, HWCBN limped for 3,000 on the button, Shahnawaz Randera made up the small blind and Andrew Andreou pushed all in for what he claimed was circa 55,000 in chip. Both opponents folded, but it emerged that the players had the following hands:

Randera = 6c 5c
HWCBN = Tc 9c
Andreou = Kc Jc

Anyone else wanna join the club?

After a flurry of blind stealing hands, we finally reach a showdown with Richard Berridge raising it up preflop with Ad Kd, Andrew Andreou pushing all in with Kc Ks and Richard making what was an understandably quick call.

The 4h 9s 2h 9h 6h board caused no changes, meaning Andrew doubled up to something rather more threatening and is now a real contender on this final table.

Chip count to come...

Approx chip counts:

Seat 1: Andrew Andreou -- 133,000
Seat 2: Marc Goodwin -- 104,000
Seat 3: Jon Omara -- 68,000
Seat 4: Chris Bruce -- 157,000
Seat 5: Richard Berridge -- 74,000
Seat 7: HWCBN -- 95,000
Seat 8: Shahnawaz Randera -- 126,000

Marc Goodwin made it 9k from the button, and big blind Berridge made it All In for around 75k. Call. All very quickly, justlikethat.

Goodwin: Ad 9d
Berridge: Kh Tc

Board: a very exciting Kc 5d 3d Ts Jc

Meaning that Berridge doubles up to approximately the chip lead (around 160k) while Goodwin is down to a mere 10-big-blinds-y 30k. "I was just playing back at you," offers Berridge by way of apology or some such...

Sad Goodwin:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19099&g2_serialNumber=1)

A surreal hand just took place between Richard Berridge and Andrew Andreou. Richard raised it up preflop from middle(ish) position and Andrew made the call from the blind.

Both players then proceeded to check down a Jd Ks Kd Qh 9c board, Andrew taking it down with nines in the hole for the rivered full house. Richard had pocket aces.

A spot of misfortune now for HWCBN ("I feel like that guy out of Harry Potter, you know, the one where they're not allowed to say his name") as Marc Goodwin doubles up with 5s 5h. HWCBN looked in good shape with 8h 8d, but a third five on the turn of a Ac 9s 2s 5c Kh board dashed any hopes of an exit, and we remain on seven. In his defence, Mr HWCBN took his beat rather well. "Nice hand, Marc."

Goodwin now on circa 50,000 in chips.

Good lord, will no-one ever be eliminated?

HWCBN limps in utg, and calls a raise from Marc Goodwin. They see a flop.

Flop: 7c 6c 9h - check, check.

They see a turn.

Turn: Kh - now HWCBN bets 18k. Goodwin goes all in. Call.

HWCBN: 6h 6d for a flopped set.
Goodwin: Kc Kd for a turned set. Yikes.

River: not a six, but a Td.

Golden Goodwin up to around 110k, HWCBN down to just 45k.

Players are now on a short break, if only to recover from the drama of the last few hands.

Short break = good time to fulfill the wishes of the NAS

 ;slavedriver;

I agree mate ... poor effort.

Me & Boshi are only a phone call away for the next one ;)

You and Boshi?! One can't tell the difference between the men and women and the other's never spoken to one!

To a simmer of applause throughout the cardroom, Mr Greekfish is your current chip leader:

Andy Greekfish   15   1   156100
Christopher Bruce   15   4   140200
Richard Berridge   15   5   136400
Shahnawaz Randera   15   8   128000
Marc Goodwin   15   2   114400
Jon Omara   15   3   57300
Michael Mccool   15   7   49300

Look ... me and boshi have the perfect working relationship ... he does all the work and i take pics of the valets ... it aint broke so we aint gonna fix it :D

Do you have a fave?

yes ... Donna, i think i managed to talk her out of the restraining order .... was a close one though.

that was all i managed to talk her out of .... unfortunately !

Not any more he's not. Marc Goodwin raises to 11k and Richard Berridge smooth calls behind him. The flop comes down 6d 5h 2c and Marc bets out 30k. Again, flat call. They proceed to check down the 9s turn and the 2d river, and Berridge turns over 7s 7d to win a roughly 90k pot, putting him on around 180k by my reckoning.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19120&g2_serialNumber=1)

I have failed you.  :(

An astounding array of ladies just now entered DTD, but before I was done gawping and composed enough to take a photo, they disappeared into the VIP room. Apologies. Maybe they'll come out again.

Andrew Andreou made it 10,000 preflop, Jon Omara pushed all in for a total of 50,900 and Andrew folded.

At home and v.tired - a 10 hour session yesterday and another 5 hours today is too much for a lazy cash gamer!!

This comp has a top structure, and (IMO) is generally played at a good standard.
I can't justify £750 on any reasonable basis, but I always know I am going to enjoy these comps.

There's a £500er at the DTD August festival - it's a lot of cash to most of us but well worth scraping together if you enjoy a good structured, well organised comp, played in an excellent atmosphere.

Got sick-lucky against Paul Lammas today - played with Paul  before and he's got a super game, and will definitely scoop some big results in the near future - top guy as well.

The Chris Bruce vs Berridge hand showed me how much I've got to learn yet - Chris called an UTG rs, then 3 streets of bets with A3 on an A high, dry board, with the final 50k call effectively for his tourney life - poker I just can't play.

BTW TY to anyone who posted support.

I'm very easily offended I will have you know.....................

With Richard Berridge making a button raise of 10,000, HWCBN took the opportunity to push all in from the small blind for a total of 40,500.

As HWCBN (or "the artist formerly know as Mick McBag" as Simon Nowab called him) remained relatively quiet, simply chewing on gum and swinging gently on his swivel chair, Richard stood up from his own chair and commented "You look weak."

With the onlooking crowd eagerly awaiting a decision, Richard took a deep breath and announced "I call."

Although HWCBN could only table king high with Kc Qh, it was indeed ahead as a dejected Richard Berridge meekly showed a dominated Qs Jh.

However, it hasn't been HWCBN's day so far today, and the tide didn't turn this time, the board coming a rather cruel 4s 3c Js 6c 6d.

Again, he took his defeat like a good sport, as he did when I showed him his final table picture from earlier.

So yes indeed, He Who Cannot Be Named is OUT in 7th place winning £2,370.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19126&g2_serialNumber=1)

Seat 1: Andrew Andreou -- 127,000
Seat 2: Marc Goodwin -- 89,000
Seat 3: Jon Omara -- 56,000
Seat 4: Chris Bruce -- 135,000
Seat 5: Richard Berridge -- 220,000
Seat 8: Shahnawaz Randera -- 143,000

Oooooh, I am so good.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19124&g2_serialNumber=1)

heads up will be

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VERSUS


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A flying visit to the karaoke perchance lol

Richard Berridge remains your current chip leader with 223,000.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19130&g2_serialNumber=1)

The ever-talkative Andrew Andreou seems to be picking up a lot of pots today, and many of them coming with the trademark Greekfish speech. One hand he took the blinds uncontested and gave everyone the opportunity to guess his hand. A-J, A-A, A-7, 8-8 - everyone off the mark as Andrew revealed K-Qo.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19132&g2_serialNumber=1)

With Jon Omara's preflop raise being called by Shahnawaz Randera (aka control v) in the big blind, we see a flop of Js 9h 9c, which both players check down. On the 4c turn, Randera bets out for 10,000, and is duly called. With Omara watching him intently, Randera fires again on the 2c river, this time for 20,000. Clearly not happy with the decision, Omara dipped into the think tank before finally folding. Randera showed the 9s.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=19128&g2_serialNumber=1)

The blonde faithful are very quiet today. Let Dana and I know you're there, we feel lonely here. Don't make us get out the 'tumbleweed' smilie.

Here's some action to liven all you stiffs up a bit!

Must confess that I wasn't exactly perfectly tableside per se for the beginning of this hand, but it appears that Jon Omara open-shoved utg and got himself called by Greekfish in the small blind.

Omara: Ac 3s
Greekfish: 8c 8h

Board: 2h 3c 9c 8s Jc

And it's all over for Jon Omara, as he finishes in 6th place winning £2,962.

Seat 1: Andrew Andreou -- 195,000
Seat 2: Marc Goodwin -- 150,000
Seat 4: Chris Bruce -- 110,000
Seat 5: Richard Berridge -- 160,000
Seat 8: Shahnawaz Randera -- 155,000

Bah, humbug.  :'(

;booder;

I like that smilie.  It makes me happy, in a lonesome cowboy sort of way.  Bring it on.

Good job guys, keep it up!  Loving the paper bag chic.

I have eaten an enormous hamburger, and Marc Goodwin has doubled up. These things are not related.

After raising to 15k from the cutoff and laying it down to an all in reraise from Richard Berridge in the small blind, the very next hand Marc raised again, and sure enough, Berridge reraised all in again. This time Marc called.

Goodwin: Th Td
Berridge: Ac Jh

Board: 9c 3h 8c 7c 8d

Marc is now up to an averagey sort of 160k, and Berridge is down to an averagey sort of 170k. In fact all the stacks are more or less even. We could be here forever.

No more paper bags for this tournament sadly. :(

Tell everyone about your Keg. :)

Attention NAS!

Not sure exactly what is going on in the VIP room tonight, but the debris and detritus finding its way back out into the main cardroom is quite astonishing. Witness this lady having a chat with a gentleman, while Simon Trumper hurries over to tell her to put some clothes on. Or something.

Little action of late, just a flurry of smaller pots, many of which have involved Richard Berridge and Andrew Andreou in some form or another. On one of these occasions, Richard raised it up to 15,000 from under-the-gun and was called in two spots: Andrew on the button and Chris Bruce in the big blind. On the Tc 7s 8d flop, it was checked round to Andrew who bet out 33,000. Chris Bruce folded, but Richard was less hasty, leaving a chip on his cards and carefully mulling over his decision. Clearly suspicious, but still not liking the situation, Richard folded Ac Qc face up.

"Thank God for that," blurted Andrew as he revealed Kh Qh. "I nearly shit myself then."

Flop = 9s Th 5d

Marc Goodwin calls 5,000 from Andrew Andreou before checking down the Kc turn and 6h river.

Andrew takes it with Qh Tc, Marc mucks.

LOL That Gentleman is the general manager :)

What on earth is that about ?

Oh and great updates as usual by the way however mentioning of big burger has made me hungry lol

has to be the next caption comp pic!

has he got something in his pocket?

Lots of hands being caught in cookie jars at the moment. First, Andrew Andreou folded Kc 9c to an all in push from Marc Goodwin. The very next hand, Marc himself raised, but quickly folded when Richard Berridge reraised.

Disaster!

Chris Bruce makes it 20k utg, and finds callers in Randera on the button and Marc in the big blind.

They see a Td Ks 4h flop. Marc checks. Chris bets another 20k. Randera flat calls, at which Marc announces all in. Everyone gets up and wanders about, tensely. Chris folds. Randera calls, and this is bizarre, as he is calling for his tournament life, and he is holding...







...Ac Jd. Apparently Chris folded A-J. Marc is holding 4d 4s.


Turn: wait for it.......















.....









Qs

Ouch.

River: 8s which doesn't pair the board, obviousl, and Randera doubles up to around 300k, while Marc is down to a disgruntled sort of 25k or thereabouts.

With very evil Fran looking on:

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Happy:

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Sad:

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The very next hand, Marc is all in with Qd Js against Richard Berridge's 5c 5s.

Board: a straightalicious 9c 6h Th Ks 4d

"That makes it all square then, right?" says Marc Goodwin, who in spite of his legendary cool appears to be sulking just a little bit. "I won one and I lost one, so that's all ok."

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Marc Goodwin has been thumped down to just 20,000 after clashing with Chris Bruce. Perhaps still fuming from his earlier slice of misfortune, Marc raised to 15,000 before calling Chris Bruce's all in push of 53,600. With Marc flipping Td 9d, he was going to need some help as Chris showed Aspades 5h, but it failed to emerge as the board came an ineffective Jh 3s 5s Kh Js.

Chris receives a Brucey Bonus.

Shahnawaz Randera   15   8   300300
Andy Greekfish   15   1   186400
Richard Berridge   15   5   161500
Christopher Bruce   15   4   117200
Marc Goodwin   15   2   24300

Updates on the vip room please.

Great job snoops and dana.

And just a few hands in, Marc Goodwin pushes his shortstack all in and is looked up by Chris Bruce.

"Chris shows Ac 9c," announces Simon Trumper, "and Marc has "Kh..."

Marc reveals just the one card and adds, "I haven't looked at the other yet."

"... and 7h," continues Trumper as Marc flips over the other. "Two live cards."

Board = 5h 7d 2d Kd... academic river...

... and Mr Cool doubles through.

Just for the sake of fun, I understand Mr Goodwin made a full house on that academic river. His luck's changing!

And again, Mr Goodwin doubles through most fortunately, as if the poker gods feel bad about that gutshot.

He moves in for 36k utg and it folds around to Andy Greekfish on the big blind, whose attention is entirely absorbed by the steak dinner in front of him and just the hand before said that he intended not to get involved in anything until the steak was gone. He calls.

Goodwin: Ahrt 4d
Andreou: 8d 8h

Greekfish is already looking back down at his steak, but the board is a Goodwin-favouring Aspades 4h 9s 9c 9h. Apparently Berridge folded K-9, which in retrospect considering the board was probably not in his interest. Goodwin doubles up to 80k or so.

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Richard Berridge raises to 20,000 only for Andrew Andreou to peek down at his cards and announce, "I'm afraid it's gotta be a shove." Richard folds the Aspades, Andrew shows an Ahrt.

She didn't get in. Wrong footwear apparently.

They've all got alligator blood here, the latest player to survive an all-in being serial final tabler Chris Bruce. Pushing for around 70,000 from the small blind (3k/6k blinds), he found a call from Richard Berridge in the big blind who showed Kh Ts. Chris tabled Qc 6c.

Board = 8c 7d Qd 8s 3h

Brucie lives to fight another day. Didn't he do well?

After battling his way back into contention with the determination of the most fearsome of Trojan warriors, poor Marc Goodwin has suffered yet another unfortunate setback as he crosses swords with local favourite Richard Berridge. With the latter pushing all in for a total of 85,800, Marc Goodwin sighed momentarily before leaning back in his chair and announcing, "One again, I call."

On their backs...

Richard = Kd Th

Marc = Ahrt Td

Flop = Qh 5s Ks

Marc walks away from the table in disgust.

Turn = 7d

He needs help...

River = 9h

Richard pumps the air as his fans on the rail quietly celebrated his victory with a smattering of muted cheers.

Marc, meanwhile, is back below 50,000.

"This is the sickest final table I've ever seen," observes a flabber gasted Chris Bruce.

Oh dear. Poor old Marc Goodwin.

It folds to him on the small blind. "I'm all in blind," he says to big blind Chris Bruce. "That's how everyone else is playing. Turn 'em over, decide if you want to call." Bruce doesn't turn them over, but he folds. Marc's cards are mucked without him looking at them.

This is what he looks like:

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The next hand, he moves in from the button, and Richard Berridge calls from the big blind.

Goodwin: Kd 9h
Berridge: Ac 3s

Board: 7d Td 6c Jc 2c

Everyone applauds, except for Marc who seems to be performing more of a slow clap.

A rather disgruntled Marc Goodwin is OUT in 5th place winning £4,147.

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RAILER OF THE DAY - escaped from the VIP room.

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Actually I think I prefer this photo. Witness: Mr Security howling with laughter, the guy behind Ms Railer clearly feeling her up, Chris Bruce doing what comes naturally:

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Seat 1: Andrew Andreou -- 155,000
Seat 4: Chris Bruce -- 125,000
Seat 5: Richard Berridge -- 215,000
Seat 8: Shahnawaz Randera -- 260,000

Whilst we await our next significant pot, may I present to you a showcase of my photographic skills (or lack of)...

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"Epic!" as Nightfly says.

And here's what they're playing for...

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I was going to nab one of those plaques, but then changed my mind for some reason.

I could still take him though. One judo chop and he's down.

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absolutely sick,  oddly feel sorry for Marc Goodwin. Who is that mug with the AJ? did he misread his hand lol? Didnt think you could misclick live.

He said, "I'm tired, I call."

Awesome bluffage by Mr Chris Bruce. With a raise and a call preflop, Berridge checked the Ad 8s Kd flop. Bruce bet 20k, and Berridge called.

Berridge also checked the 7c turn, and then laid it down when Bruce announced all in for another 75k. Berridge folded, showing the Kh. Bruce showed Th Jh.

Mr Bruce raises utg to 22k. Mr Greekfish, on the big blind, goes all in. Their stacks are roughly even. There follows a lengthy and at times bizarre conversation between the two, in a weird attempt to determine what the other is holding. Eventually Bruce folds Ad Td face up. With much cackling all-round hysteria, Greekfish shows Aspades Tc.

Just as I was thinking it only takes a couple of big hands, the action suddenly exploded unannounced. In a matter of seconds, Chris Bruce raised, Andrew Andreou pushed all in and Chris called.

Chris = Ks Kh

Andrew = Tc Ts

Board = 5h Js 6d Ac Jd

Andrew drops to 21,000, whilst Chris doubles up to 340,000.

Super-short-stacked Mr Greekfish pushed all in on the small blind and very quickly indeed Mr Chris Bruce called, keen to finish the job.

Greekfish: 6s 6d
Bruce: Js 8h

Board: 7d 5h Kc 4d 9d

Double-up! Greekfish now on around 42k.

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Next hand he pushed in from the button. Big blind Berridge considered it but folded, saying he'd had K-9. Greekfish showed K-3. Blinds for Greekfish!

Greekfish decides not to push next hand, and thus allows Chris Bruce to raise to 25k form the button. Small blind Berridge flat called, and they saw a flop. It was 2c 3c Aspades, which pleased Bruce greatly. He bet another 25k. Berridge called.

Turn: Qd

Bruce announced all in. "I run so bad," said Berridge, before folding Kd Kh face up. Bruce shows him the Ad for sympathetic vindicatory purposes as he rakes in the chips.

Cooeee, is anyone still awake? Here's a kitten:

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Another big hand versus big hand affair occurred just moments ago when Richard Berridge and Chris Bruce found themselves all in with jacks and tens respectively. As the Berridge fans raced down from the cash game to cheer on their man, the dealer dealt out a Berridge-friendly 2h 2d Kd flop. The 3s turn was similarly harmless, and after a "one time" shout from the rail, the dealer dealt out the non-ten 5c on the river. "Yes!" exclaimed Richard as his supporters shared in his delight.

Berridge now on around 250,000 and back in contention.

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As a result, the chip counts are thus with Andrew Andreou remaining the current short stack:

Seat 1: Andrew Andreou -- 54,000
Seat 4: Chris Bruce -- 230,000
Seat 5: Richard Berridge -- 245,000
Seat 8: Shahnawaz Randera -- 250,000

Still anyone's game...

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Richard Berridge is OUT and becomes the 4th place finisher winning £5,332

Crumbs. More drama than a Die Hard Trilogy boxset as Richard Berridge is eliminated by Shahnawaz Randera, just moments after doubling up to 250,000.

All in preflop from the button, Richard was quickly called by Shahnawaz who triumphantly revealed Qc Qh. Richard looked understandably a glum as he showed Ad Js.

With the rail holding their breath and praying for a bullet, it failed to arrive as the board came a non-rocket-delivering 9c 4s 7d Jd 5s.

Shahnawaz had his man just about covered, meaning he jumps up to the half a mil mark as Richard trudges towards the door.

And then there were three...

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I'm not sure my heart can take much more of this. Yet another all-in!!!

All in preflop...

Andrew Andreou = Qh 9s

Chris Bruce = Ad Jc

Flop = 3h 8h Ahrt

"Oh, come on, don't put a heart down there," said Greekfish sarcastically.

Turn = Kc

River = Kh

He's aliiiiiiiiiiive!

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Two double ups have put Mr Randera, who actually calls himself a much more RSI-friendly Babu, in a bit of an awkward position.

First, Chris Bruce announced 25k from the small blind. "50k," announced Babu before Bruce had even counted out the 25k. Raising an eyebrow, "All in," announced Chris, and, "Call," announced Babu.

Babu: Ahrt Kh
Chris: Ks Kc

Board: 2d 9s 9d 5c 6c

Chris Bruce doubles up to around 350k.

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A few hands later, Babu raised to 25k from the button. Greekfish announced all in from the small blind, clearly not really expecting a call, because he turned over Kh Th. Babu turned over Ad Qc.

Board: 9c 5h Jc 6c Qs

Babu: down to around 120k.

Greekfish: up to aorund 300k. "I need a cigarette break. Did you see what I just done?"

Seat 1: Andrew Andreou -- 295,000
Seat 4: Chris Bruce -- 375,000
Seat 8: Shahnawaz Randera -- 122,000

To tired to check anymore of this sick ft.Good luck to chris vwp again get it won m8.I'm off to dream about doing this myself 1 day lol

With blinds of 5,000 and 10,000 and a running ante of 1,000, Chris Bruce limps on the button, Shahnawaz Randera pushes all in on the small blind for 172,000, Andrew Andreou calls in the big and Chris passes.

Andrew = Ad Qh
Shahnawaz = Qd 5d

Flop = 3h 8h 2d

Turn = 5h

"Oh, for fuck's sake," rants a clearly disappointed Andrew, perhaps showing signs of a real will to win this event that has previously been masked by his charismatic table talk.

River = Qs

With Andrew left with 90,000, he's obviously unhappy: "Yeah, yeah, you know you can't win the tournament so you're going in all the time. I'd do the same in your position."

As Andrew walks away from the table to calm himself down, Chris echos his previous declaration of "This is by far the sickest... the sickest final table I have ever been involved in."

Goodnight, sir. Thanks for watching.  ;sleep;

Would that we could go to bed as well, but we are still three-way, Greekfish still the short stack owing to this further sickness.

Blind on blind, Greekfish announced all in, Bruce announced call.

Greekfish: 6d 6s
Bruce: Ac Qs

Board: 4c 8h ("Six!" shouts Greekfish) 6h ("Oh, it is as well!") 5s ("not a seven") 7c ("FFS!!!")

Split pot means no double up for sad Greekfish this time.

After the flop...

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On the river...

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Here are your remaining three players...

Andrew 'Greekfish' Andreou -- 115,000

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Chris 'Brucie' Bruce -- 325,000

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Shahnawaz 'Er... any ideas?' Randera -- 310,000
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And this is what they're playing for...

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"Babu" is his official nickname.

Andy "Greekfish" Andreou is OUT in 3rd place winning £8,295.

This came about owing to Mr Greekfish shoving with Jc 8s, and Mr Babu calling with Ts Tc.

Board: 4h 2s 8h 9d 7h

"Sorry guys, I've let you all down," says Greekfish to no-one in particular.

Lundy doing something odd in the background:

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Our heads-upsers:

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WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!

Chris Bruce is the WINNER!!! of the DTD Mini Festival Main Event winning a trophy and a sum of money to be determined according to his chip count.

Yes, that's right, they chopped it. Brucie suggested it, Babu said ok. Payouts hopefully to follow.

Congratulations to Mr Brucie and also to his worthy runner-upper Mr Shahnawaz Babu Randera, who officially exits in 2nd place winning a smaller sum of money than Mr Bruce.

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And finally, a group photo of our jubilant victors.

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But what on earth I they looking at?...

Ah... of course.

Nice result chris,not sure bout the deal but good job......!

The mathematicians have been hard at work here at DTD and concluded that Chris takes home £16,700 (and the trophy) whilst Shahnawaz Randera earns himself £16,300 for second place. Well done to both.

"I run good," confessed Brucie in his winner's speech, "but it's all down to Moshi [card protector]. He cost me 99p and he's been good luck for me ever since the DTD 3-2-1."

Many thanks to all the staff for their hospitality. They really do look after us here.

 ;stickaforkinme;

yeah, think he should have had a very clear edge hu v this guy.

Another nice score at DTD, wp.

VWP Mr Bruce.

 ;applause;

Good Game, Good Game.






How much is VIP membership?  ;whistle;

WP Chris, not a fan of the deal but it was a long day ...would DtD have let then come back at 3pm today to play it out?

Great guy. Great result, and at 4-30am after 2 very long days i think chopping is ok. Brucie is becoming a real force in uk poker.

great result.wp sir.

Didnt he do well !!


Nice one Brucie.

 ;mexicanwave;

nice one chris well done  ;woohoo;

Did that poor girl ever find the rest of her outfit?

Well played Mr Bruce, always knew you had it in you  ;applause;

well done... again chris!

Nice one Chris.  :respect:

Thanks for all the kind words on what was a very tough competition to get a result.

Once again DTD have done themselves proud in attracting a quality field to play a well structured competition in Nottingham.

Life was made far easier as the highest quality players all suffered very nasty beats at key stages of the final day. I was fortunate enough to have nearly all of my big hands /  key hands stand up.

I know that taking the deal was very much the soft option but I was tired as I had got very little sleep the night before.

Just for the record though at no stage did I ask for a deal. When I was offered the option and it was determined that I had a marginal chip lead and would therefore be declared the winner, it made sense.



   

For a more extensive look back at what happened this weekend, be sure to check out our tournament report on the main site by clicking the link below:

http://blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/20252 (http://blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/20252)

Brucie Bonus, cheers Snoops.