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Hi all,

We start - oops, sorry - THEY start, at 3pm today. We will be there, suited & booted, & be with you the whole way.

Any messages for players, if you want to find out how a particular player is getting on, just ask.

We posted the Chip Counts at the end of Day One on the Day One thread, I will try & copy them onto here, as an easy point of reference for you.

A big thanks to the Staff at The Vic - they were just great yesterday, Brian especially. And Scott Cowan, he's the Casino Mansager. He's a New Zealander, or South Afrucan, summat like that. GREAT bloke.

Jen's a bit uncomfortable at The Vic, but she enjoyed yesterday too. She had to wear proper shoes - right frumpy they were too - instead of her usual jesus shoes. Not her style at all. And a big up to Robert HM, who ran around for Jen alll evening. One word from Jen & the blokes will do anything, she has that manner about her. Not me, mind. I just ignore her. Oops, gotta go, Jen wants me. Now. Right now. On the way, Dear.

There you go, the Overnights, in Table & Seat Order. Blinds start at 300-600, 90 minute clock. Next up will be 400-800, with a 25 running ante, then 500-1,000, 50 running ante, da de da de da. Today, Saturday, we - goddammit, THEY - play down to 18 players, or 3am.

Elorfi  26,300
Guest  8,775
Kamwar  19,650
Nikkaah  16,700
Vasiliou  14,025
Rokach  16,125
Hassabis  10,075
Kabbaj  24,000

Nowakowski  25,750
Finney  19,400
Moncada  62,520
Callow  13,950
Nouri  15,200
Kallakis  15,800
Shoreman  13,450
Gouda  8,775
Callaghan  8,850

Barnes  17,275
Davidson  14,250
Rogers  20,650
Nelson  12,100
Hawkins  44,475
Zimbler  4,600
Pescatori  19,850
Trumper  23,875

Benyamine  33,275
Demetriou  43,275
Besnanou  14,225
Limbert  15,575
Kerrigan  15,500
J. Rogers  5,050
Rudling  31,400
Amoils  11,150

Eastwood  5,750
Taaffe  9,825
Lee  38,475
Shipley  19,125
Khajuria  19,450
L. Kerrigan  27,900
Fischman  21,475
Gold  10,100
Magee  5,050

Smith  11,750
Sundbo  37,375
Channing  15,500
T. Kerrigan  3,800
Walmsley  6,950
Wernick  17,700
Georgiou  35,950
Osman  14,875

Cooke  27,875
Alspach  19,375
Roche  33,050
Falconer  2,425
L. Khajuria  9,525
Vallo  6,550
Devereux  9,500
Mermand  10,475
Nash  12,800

Liu  15,550
Gale  20,850
Testud  9,650
Nowab  34,450
Khoumi  9,500
Colclough  27,725
Micchiardi  33,775

will you and or the team be at luton next week?

Yes Matt, we will. A Live pdate of the Saturday/Sunday Main Event is planned, subject to Grosvenor's approval. Maybe we will cover Wednesday's Heads Up Challenge (Luton v Notts, the Champions....), too.

I will play most days, I hope - I love playing Luton, & Jen may be playing one or two days as well.

We just need to see if Jen will cover the Luton Main Event for us, if she is available/willing etc. So BE NICE TO HER today, eh?

Will you be returning to the Sheffield event this month ?

Give My support to the Burnley Boys TK.
Nowab looks in good shape he may have come out of retirement.

Maureen - yes, I hope so. That's the plan, anyway. The 425 Crew may be there too, we are trying to get permission. And there is a Ladbrokes Party on the Friday, down in London, to trumpet the Ladbroke Poker Millions, to which I have been invited, as have Poker 425. So Poker 425 might want me to be in London (hope not...) or Sheffileld (yes PLEASE), or, more likely, nowhere at all. In which case, YES, Sheffield it is!

Nick - will do. A BAD day for Notts (I fully deserved to get busted), but a GREAT day for our buds from Blackpool. Good Luck to them.

tell simon good luck! he can do it! i'll take for a hair cut if he wins... he'll need it with all the pictures he'll be posing for!

tikay you playing notts/vic on sun... anyone playing notts?

cheers

Ian

Great Mr K ..I will be be there Friday but not sure if I can make it sooner, hard to plan too far in advance at the moment.a s that is a very important week.

tikay/jen/robert...anyone playing the 300 Tomorrow afternoon? If so, see you then

I fancy the 300.
Tikay check your pm please

Hi At It Gamblor - LOVE the new pic - Happy Memories, eh? Play The Vic on Sunday? Doubtful, we will be covering this, but then again, maybe Jen will want me out of the way. Or SHE may play it, who knows. We will decide tomorrow.

Maureen - hmm, thinking of you, & you know why. xx

Riobert - got the PM, but still cant reply on them, got problems with my PM still. Yes, of COURSE, you'd be very welcome, as always. Hope you got on OK in Court this morning.....

And in reply to your SECOND PM Robert, actually, Poker 425 are NOT here this weekend, it's the Poker Channel this time, they are making a big production of it, so we (425) have sort of "stepped aside" - nice way of outting it.....

We DID try to interview the rerson you mentioned, but not the greatest interview we ever did......

And here is the Prize Money, before anyone asks......

1st   240,000   
   2nd   121730   
   3rd   69090   
   4th   39480   
   5th   26320   
   6th   23030   
   7th   19740   
   8th   16450   
   9th   13160   
   10th   6,000   
   11th   5,000   
   12th   5,000   

Jen has just arrived - fresh out of bed, frumpy shoes and all.....

See you in a couple of hours then. Nice and quite in Croydon this morning, all the bobbies are in the centre of London looking for smoking rucksacks and poker players stealing with J4o.

Enough with all the cryptic stuff ffs

yeah very good memories... would'nt mind the pics u took if u have them? i think that was slightly before the disaster that was carmel happened lol... see you in luton or the vic, have'nt decided where i'm playing tomorrow yet!

keep up the good work jen, u do have some very glamorous offices... and u've had to dress up for the vic, guess i'll have to bring my shoes down and not just my collection of trainers! stick it to the man and keep wearing trainers!

Ian

At It - Yes, I have the Vegas P:ics - mail me to my private e-mail so I don't forget please. You got my e-address? If not, send me a PM. I DO have the pics, but I will forget otherwise.

The shoes - don't even TRY it, they wont let you in. Jen's current shoes are lovely really - my Nan had a pair very similar.

Morning all - with no fuss the cards are in the air (just compare the half hour fanfare in the US before a hand gets dealt in a big comp) and the remaining 66 players are off.

Therefore the average chips for this point: nearly 20,000.

i will do, i'll pm u in a bit... lol i'll nip to my grans and bring jen another pair what size? might have to nip out and buy a new pair today... i hate to be out done in the footwear department!

someone knock out pescatori(yank with italian bandana on) i knocked him out in vegas, reraised me as soon as he came to my table... i called him with a pair of 3s and sent him to the rail, or another chair as he'd just paid for a 20min massage lol! He reraised me with a7 off and was moaning when he got knocked out, i was chip leader and he thought he could push me off the hand... bloody yanks, and in a bandana even worse! ;D

Ian

Hi everyone,

Jen/Tony will see you down there later - new TV section on its way when I have finished it.

Jen - can you keep an eye on Channings chips for me - it's about time Neil had a big payout (not to mention my percentage!!)

J
x

c'mon then gang who'd you fancy for this, my moneys on the camel i think, tho would be good to see dc win.

Within ten minutes Simon Trumper up to 39k.   We have made some informed picks for you:

Tikay's - DC, The Camel, John Shipley

He got to go first so I feel like I should pick different ones:  Peter Roche, John Kabbaj, and Nice Norwegian Sverre Sundbo.

What about you lot?

chip cout on the mickk the  legend wernick plz

OK here's my two longshots, hope I don't put the "Ironside" on 'em.

Stuart Nash and Micky Wernick.

 ;)

nowab, camel and scott fischman! he's got to be the trump card in the pack, not many will have played alot with him...

fancy the nowab is going to do it tho!

El Blondie moved to the Camel's right...

Micky Wernick down to 6,000 after two accidents. Having raised with QQ, he eventually passed to a re-raise (the guy showed him KK). Then he got involved in another pot vs someone who happened to have flopped a set. Not a good start to the day, but he's still there (on the table of Neil Channing, S. Sundbo, Womble, S. Osman, and D. Smith).

mick u caan do it 4 the firm

John Kabbaj  23k
DC               27k
Lucy Rokach  30k 

I'll go for John Gale, Keith hawkins, John Shipley

Bad News. Micky raised with TT, flop came KKx, geezer moved in, Micky had to let go.

Then he flops top pair & straight draw with JT - Matey Boy rivers the flush. Micky Wernick OUT. (this post by tikay, Jen's on patrol). Micky had had a GREAT week though, & we (Poker 425) did a really nice, 15 minute, in-depth interview with him yesterday. In my Hotel Bedroom, of all places. Very cosy.....

Nowab for me maybee Womble will make anothe tv table like last week

Glad to here about that Yank with Bandana AT IT,
He was at my table in celeb last week very anoying:

Yanks In Bandanas HMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!

What happened to a good old fashioned hancachief ( spelling not good) with the corners knotted.

There are LOADS of "Guests" (as opposed to Members) logged in, watching this. Come on guys, sign up, join the party, it's free & it's fun.

You too can be blonde.....

Catching up on day 1's posts i c, perhaps a little bizarrely, that there has been some debate on Mickey Wernick's nickname (then again i suppose poker nicknames r more interesting than whether to have a steakwich or a a kebab!) Anyway, for those not in the know, this slightly unappealing tag comes from play in cash games a few yrs back when a fellow player referred to Mickey as the "worm" which, for any fishermen or women out there, is a form of bait! Point being that when Mickey was in a cash game it was a good game with plenty of action.

As 4 whether he likes it i would say he isnt keen on it (would anybody be?) but he doesnt reall ycare. I think "legend" of "godfather" would be more appropriate as he has been there seen it done it from heads up battles with Stu Ungar to poxy 10 re-buys to what he's been up 2 so far this yr around Europe & Vegas!

Whatever, good luck 2 him!    

ps. Believe it or not 20+ yrs ago he was Mickey "The Kid" 'cos of youthful looks, honest...
ps. Personally if steakwich tasted like those they serve at walsall i'd plump for smelly greasy kebab anyday!!

Yup, I got one of those knotted handkerchiefs, use it when I go to the seaside.

Jen is getting some counts for you, only be a minute......

Fk me he's been knocked out in 10 mins it took me 2 type that, oh well, i imagine b in Luton nx wk!!
Good luck 2 u all & adios

Nice first post from Whatever, but before I could say hello, he went

defo, i may have to carry a hancachief(i'll join u with the bad spelling!) so if i'm ever on his table i can put it on!

would spoil my hair tho lol!

Think he's on camels table so hopefully he'll do the trick!

wombl was a given on the final, they gave him too many chips to start with lol! he can nearly pass his way to the money, with a few timely all ins!

Hi Whatever, LOVELY first post, & really interesting story.

Spot on, too. He ain't mad keen on "The Worm", it has a slightly derogatory ring to it. He deserves better. "Legend" ain't far wrong....

Some chips, which have been slowly moving about (it's pretty subdued in here at the moment, actually - guess no one's really woken up properly yet, and can you blame them?)

David Benyamine  38,000
Harry Demetriou  55,000
Simon Nowab      34,000
Greg Amoils         12,000
El Blondie            34,000
Paul Zimbler         5,300
Max Pescatori      20,000
Simon Trumper   33,000
Camel                30,000
John Shipley       14,000
C. Khajuria          27,000
Scott Fischman     6,500
Mike Magee         9,500
Lucy Rokach       27,000
John Kabbaj        12,500
Dave Smith          7,300
Sverre Sundbo    42,000
Neil Channing      12,500
Womble              8,300
J. Cooke            37,000
Peter Roche       29,000
Stuart Nash        12,500
Edward Moncada 95,000
Achilleas Kallakis   28,000
Tony G              18,000

Jon Shoreman - OUT

Jonathan Rabb was caught on the way in by a ranting Davood Merhmand on the way out. So he's out.

wdone mick hes ad a great week ne way hopefully he will have a gd week next week.

Tony. what are the blinds please ?

Good luck Simon "Chubbs" Nowab .... early discipline could be the key.

Ian "Vidal" Bradley, see you in luton next weekend hopefully... I think a Blondeite table should be reserved at the bar area ;)

And a "Ranting David Merhmand" surely not, he is a meek , mild sort of chap lol lol.

Welcome to Mr. Mistereggen, our latest member, who I'm told caused all sorts of interest at Monte Carlo.  And Luton.

Blinds are still 300, 600 for a little while longer. 

They have broken a table.

chips count 4 david merhand pls.

lol ... about ZERO

Correct, Davood is OUT. Not a happy bunny, apparently......

How many started, was it a full house?

 I asked this question yesterday but I think I've been sent to Coventry :'(

who said that ?

Am SO pleased Mr Mistereggen has joined blonde as a Member. He gave us SO much fun in Monte Carlo, & we met again in Luton. Small guy, young, Norweigan. Or Swedish, somewhere out there....

may i say that his sister linda (a blondite) is also a delightfull person and i hope mistereggen remembers to bring her along to a uk festival

is eastwood, david? from teeside?

Uh-Oh, bad news. John Kabbaj OUT. No details. That's one of Jen's selections, too.

Morning Ironside, glad you are iut of bed at last.

No, it's not Dave Eastwood, it's Simon Eastwood.

Mr Mistereggen's sister? Wow, I forgot about her. She caused quite a stir at Luton, as I recall. Lovely player.

c kajuria chps count pls.

Mr Khajuria has 27,500. He is a really lovely man, as is his brother, I like them both a lot. Proper gentlemen.

yep hope to see you ther kev! I'll be there with bells on, should be good if we get a full turnout from blonde!

dave said he was too busy with PokaPoka to go to the vic... he could be heading to luton for some of it i think!

anyone no the teams for heads up challenge?

Ian

ok nowab burnley john and womble chip counts please

dont tell me wonble has the same as he started with as he aint quite played a hand yet

Alright guys - My money is on one of the Kerrigan triplets. Come on the wide(ish) boys!

how many tables remaining.have everybody moved on top flr.
antes pls.
       

congrats to tony bloom btw,  for winning the VC poker cup  not a bad payday 200k

Hello guys, mister eggie eggen here. Yeah I finally joined the forum after bumping into tikay in monte carlo, luton and in vegas now in july. I stumbled in here now to see if you had any  updates on our norwegian hope, Sverre Sundbo, would be nice if you could keep an eye on him.

(and to clear up some things, yeah ironside spoke with my sister linda, but the girl that was with me in luton was Ingvild, my gf. We are both going to barcelona for the ept and hope to see you guys there!)

ah but when you bringing your sister linda to the dizzy hieghts of blackpool so that she doesnt have to sweat for you on blonde

ok guys i am going to see if last nights result was a blip on my downward spirral or if my lucks really changing
will be contiuing here while trying to finally try and win a seat in a wcoop event (already cost me more than a $215 seat in sat buy ins)

I aggree with Mr. Mistereggen. We need some updates on the Online Norwegian champion Sverre Sundb, Tikay. A lot of norwegians in here now, after we referred to this site on the norwegian wsop.no forum.

yeah come on tikay give us some updates on our viking neighbours (aslong as they lose to scotland in the world cup quaifier)

Another Norwegian here. Following this great forum from New York right now. 33 degrees with 99,99 % humidity. So its nice to sit in air con in the hotel room and biting my fingernails for the norwegian hope, Sverre.

its the 2nd viking invasion this time its not protect the women and children its protect your chips

ps welcome to blonde

Ironside: I think it is in order to deeply appologize our behaviour 1000 years ago when our forefathers went all-in.

lol

by that i take it your boys are going to let scotland win a footy match then?

lol nice one woody

Sorry Guys, 10 min break for brekkie for Jen, Jonathan Rabb & me. Back in 5. Or 10.

And bad discon probs followed that, but we are BACK ONLINE NOW. Sorry!

ignore my txt i thought you had a connection problem

was going to use mobile while you sorted it

so can we have chips of chubby,b john, and womble and dont forget that viking bloke

OK, poiint taken, we will start with the Norwayish Gentleman, who is, by the way, a lovely boy, smart, handsome, nicely mannered.

30 secs please......

Thanks for the rext Ironside, there was a story there, but thats for another day though. Now, here's a SHOCK for you.....

Mr Nice Norwayish man, Mr Sundbo, has an amazing.....100,000. (Almost). WOW!

Of course we will do evrything we can to make sure that Norway will loose to Scotland on September 7.

NOT  :P

tikay can you bann these unrulely norwegins

Womble clashes wsith "The Animal" Lucy. Womble 9-9, moved in, Lucy had A-T off, board K-K-Q-Q-A. NOT a good board for 9-9. Womble, sadly, is OUT.

Simon Nowab 42,000.

Burnley John is OUT.

Thx Tikay. Keep up the good work. Havent seen u since Walsall, but see that u have kept your "well balanced humour"...LOL

Jen reminds me that Mr Nice Norweigan was one of her three selections. Who did Ironside selerct?

By the way, while we were off air, they had a break. Down to 5 tables now. Jen is off getting some chip counts right now.....

Mr Nice Norwayish man just won a huge pot with AA against KK. Flop: QJT, turn blank, river K Goooooo. Has 96k now

no one as i can get anything right with dodgy 2nd hand info

Henning! How are you?. LOVELY to hear from you. I actually sat next to a Norweiganer yesterday, real nice guy, your sort of build & age. I tried one steal against him. He caught me, oops.

"Well balanced humour"? You are mixing me up with someone else, I think....!

When you next in the UK?

I was in Norway - Bergen - a few weeks ago. I LOVE Sweden.

Hehe...:-)

Im very well Tony. I hear rumours from all over the world that u keep up your "Norway is the capitol of Sweden" speech:-)

I actually had to defend u in a Norwegian forum cause they ment u couldnt be very smart due to the Norway - Sweden "mix ups":-)

We have had a good week down there with a 2 and 4 place in the VC cup, and if our good friend Mr. Gentle Sundb keeps his cool today, he can get as far as he wants.

Im going to play some EPTs, but we all had a very good time in Walsall, and we all want to go back, so I think it wont be long till u see us again...

Darren Rogers    30k
Max Pescatori     24k
Simon Trumper  22k
Keith Hawkins    28k
Harry Demetrioiu  81k
John Shipley      20k
Chandra Khajuria 23.5k
Peter Roche       48k
Paul Zimbler       19k
Joanne Liu         20k
Lucy Rokach       48k
Mike Magee       22k
Achilleas Kallakis  15k
Sverre Sundbo   100k
Dan Alspach       20k
J. Cooke            35k
Tony G.             27k
David Benyamine 40k
Simon Nowab     42k
Dave Colclough   16k

We have been informed that the players will experience a dinner break in 45 mins.

thats better use the correct thread i was about to tick you off for being sloppy lol

do they play to a final table of nine tonight?

i think they said 18 on the 1st page ironside

thanks

hope they dont have to pay another tenner for it

35 players left. They play down to 18, or 3am

Hi Tony! Thanks for a great time in Bergen, Sweden. Greetings from Sigbjorn and Allan. Please keep us updated about the handsome one!

not worth a 5 never mind a tenner

Henning, you had to defend me on the Fiorums in Norway? Thanks Man, you know it's only done in fun. I adore the Norweigan players, I really loved my trip to Stockholm last year. Bergen too, both lovely places.

Oops, diid it again......

Simon Trumper OUT.

Hi Sig, Allan, LOVELY to hear from you. All joking apart, Bergen was a whizz, terrific fun. I hear they closed the club down - shame. Gonna try again?

Tikay is Stuart Nash still in ?

just incase there any aussies out there,   you guys takeing a hell of a beating,   143-7 req another 139 to win,

(bout time we had somert to rub in, had enough of the rugby recently lol)

Karabiner,

Stuart Nash has 23k. "Been a grind all day" says the man himself....... He is sat, literally, next to Jen's little office.

aussie didnt win anything in the rugby it was the new zealand lot

thas what happens when the maanger picks his mates instead of the best scotish and welsh players

do i get a blonde hat for being a full member now tikay?!? lol

i aint even got a hat yet so another 4000 posts might get you one

Blonde hat? No, but if you dye your hair blonde, everyone will flame you. I PROMISE.....

Thanks Tikay.

did simon get knocked out in a race off seeing he went out during dinner

The Niorwayish guy I sat next to yesterday is here sweating Sundbo, his name is Torstein. Not sure if that is his surname or first name.

Yes Tony, Shame about the Club. If a new club opens up, it won't be published too hard. We'll give you a call then...
The Lottery Authorities have gone crazy here. Chasing anyone flipping a coin on the streets...

Simon's exit....

Max Bandana Man Pescasomebody makes it 2k, Simon R'd it up to 7k, Bandana Man calls.

Simon is holding AK.

Bandana Man is holding 9-9.

Easy to work the rest out if I tell you the flop. 9-T-K. Oucharoonee. Hard to get away from I guess.

Stuart Nash holding AK went up against Sonny Osman with 10 10.  The board came 5 4 9 K J -  Stuart doubles through to 45k

is break over?

Achilleas Kallakis just doubled up too - now on a massive 70k. And just think, he was all-in blind yesterday...

After Lucy Rokach took out Womble, I watched her take down pot after pot, the latest one being on a 2 3 5 6 board. She raised all-in from the button after the big blind made a 7k bet, and there followed *another* reluctant pass and a chunk added to her stack.

Nope - the break is about to begin.  Just heard the TD telling someone that "McDonald's is just up the road..."

Mr Colclough back up to 35k after a bit of luck against Dan Alspach (known to Tikay for some reason as Deckchair Man). 

Darren Rogers all-in with AA vs Q8.  Board came 10 8 8 ...8 7, so Darren is OUT.  Not sure when the money went in, but we think on the flop is a good guess.

Jonathan says that it looks like there are 30 players left "unless someone's in the toilet."  Sound reasoning.

***********************players on dinner break*******************

There is a rumour circulating concerning a free buffet in a corner somewhere so I feel obliged to investigate.  More at 7.45.

back to the ironside lucky factor looks like it could be turning my way

found aces in the PLHE game made the raise and when the board

came j48 rainbow got it all in to see the chip daddy with 444

told him nice hand and went to throw neighbours cat out the window
untill i hit an ace on turn and became chip daddy

Hi Tikay.

The guy u tried to bluff yesterday, Torstein, won the European Champs in Vic 2003. Beat Ali Mallu HU....:-)... Can also tell that Sverre Sundb knocked out Torstein yesterday. Think it was AK vs QQ. Check out the EC 2003, and youll find his name...:-)

Tikay: The norwegian guy you sat next to is Torstein. He won the same event 2 years ago.

Oops. I guess all norwegians think the same. Sorry for the redundant information Tikay.

Im still laughing at Ironside thinking that the Jocks could win a game of football :)

right that does it kev

who won the LAST every scotland england match under the twin towers

Did Gary Mcallister take a penalty ?  ;D

if he did we would have missed it

Ironside , you fully well know that "the game" you are talking about was already handicapped with the 3 Lions already 2 up.

How long the dinner break for

Ardthro,

Welcome to blonde....

The dinner break ends at 7.45pm UK.

Torstein won this event 2 years ago? Wow. MR Torstein it is, then. He said to me "dont steal my blinds, eh?". I said OK. I'd played an hour, had 4 cruel rivered beats when holding the nuts on the rurn, and tried a tinsy winsy steal. He snapped me off in a trice. "I warned you" he said..... LOVELY fella.

Great player, too, from what I saw.

how's the camel doing please tikay? i'm going to luton on monday, any blondites there make your self known to me as i'm on my tod! (matt tyler)

What is it with the scandi's and 'loose'....its LOSE!! its very frustrating so please update your dictionarys!

they talk like they play very looose

Good sunday. I guess that was a Freudian slip. As you might know all scandis are pretty loose around the felt. Lose for us in not in any dictionary.

LOL... Or should i say LOOL.. ;)

lol, well i was talking with a mate the other day about it. It seems despite scandi's ability to talk better English better than me they all still say 'loose' instead of LOSE...Sort it out

aint a freudian slip some kind of high jump move?

The Camel has 25,000.
Lucy Rokach  65,000


Play has just this minute resumed - I really don't see how they're going to take til 3am to get down to that final 18.

They're not sitting on their hands here - been several all-ins already but with no eliminations resulting, yet...

Nouri doubled up with 66, flopping a set.  Then Paul Zimbler (short stacked) went all-in with A9 and found himself up against Peter Roche's AQ.  Lucky the board came with four 2s on it then....

Keith Hawkins just received one of several dirty looks as someone gave up their blind.  "You look at me as if I'm stealing it!" he protests.

the fact is 99% of the time he is stealing but every time you go over top he has a hand

Guy wearing VC shirt (as yet nameless) made a short-stacked move all-in with AQ off, called by KK. It looked bleak until four clubs found their way onto the board matching his Qc.

Great updates Djinn. How is our Norwegian country mate doing? Is he loooooose?

Lots of action during this tour of the room...

Sonny Osman OUT - raising all-in preflop with 9 10, he was called by Stuart Nash's Q 10.  The flop came with a 9, then with a Q and the table break came soon after.

John Shipley OUT too, a couple of seconds before him.

There are now 27 left.  Some counts:

Michael Taaffe     17,600  (the VC-sporting man reported earlier)
Stuart Nash         65,000
Harry Demetriou   58,000
Camel                 27,000
Max Pescatori      40,000
Mike Magee         37,000
Lucy Rokach        60,000
Edward Moncada  40,000
Achilleas Kallakis    50,000
Sverre Sundbo     75,000
Paul Zimbler         10,000
David Benyamine  36,000
Simon Nowab      25,000
El Blondie            32,000
Dan Alspach        28,000
Peter Roche        38,000

Norwegian guy still at the top of the field, although he lost a few (20,000 - peanuts) on the first showdown he's lost all day, apparently. 

I think Lucy Rokach is OUT - she was heading for the door a minute ago. 

Tony G still in ?  or has he been put to sleep

Yes Tony G on nearly 100,000!  He's been so quiet I must have missed him...

There is a rumour that they may carry on until the final nine...but this is unconfirmed and disagrees with the official-looking bit of paper I copied that information off this morning.  If that is the case then there will be one more late night and a shorter Final.

Incidentally, none of us watchers really noticed Tony G making a move, and he's been pretty modestly-stacked all tournament - and suddenly he's got a little mountain of chips.  Possibly the leader, actually.

The Camel has doubled up with KK vs JJ to 34,000-odd.

Yes - it's down to final 9 or 3am, whichever comes quickest.  They are paying 13 places, it looks like now, and the prize money is actually in a slightly higher band due to there being 122 starting runners, not the 117 I initially misinformed everyone about.  First place is 260,000

i am off to find some dinner good luck to those that remain

hope your all in when i get back in an hour

excellent reporting guys. i got the 6.30am train back home this morning after going out at 3.59am, the last hand of the night, and I am now enjoying your updates. please wish Chubby Nowab all good luck and ask him if I can buy 10%. Cheers Rob

Dan Alspach OUT - he moved all-in with A 10 hearts, and David Benyamine called him with pocket 9s. The flop came with 2 hearts, and he was chanting "heart, heart" as you do. No help, a pair of heartless sevens coming on the turn and river.

There are now 24, I believe.

Just out of interest - here is the prize structure, correct as far as the sheet which appeared on the central table.

1  260,000
2  121,178
3   68,775
4   39,300
5   26,200
6   22,925
7   19,650
8   16,375
9   13,100
10  7,500
11 - 13  5,000

Rob

Call me me  and valvona r going 4 beers

superiority complex there nick- me me?

Just reread it. Call me, me and ver..... makes sense now  :-[

sorry ariston no punctuation just out of shower taxi on way

russ luton? i think i owe u a drink for ur online cheering!

moneytarily challenged at the minute ian

u must be a bored as you look on yr pick m8

yep, nothing worse than a skint poker player. Cant even be bothered having a barclays  :P

Did they start with 10,000 in chips?

you can't win money sat on ur ass... oh u can the internet! i can feel u winning the 200 on monday, omaha on wed even!

i spent nearly that in the ten quid rebuy on fri lol, it was awful... i could'nt beat an egg until i timely 96clubs came my way then trips... 15thousand in two hands and i was away, for a little bit at least!

come on

Ian

Yes 10'000

I cant quite feel the pain Russ after yr trip

I given him a chance now im gone Cheers ALL

Good Luck CHUBBS

nick, no beers for me, watching blondepoker updates instead

not this week ian Im running real bad at the minute. May even play a couple of the little 20 quid type things to get a result or 2 lol. Anyway back to the important stuff

With 24 players left (chip ave of 50,000) no one is really standing out in this tourn yet.

come and watch an expert on bluesquare Russ, ive won my last three stt's and stepping up in stake each time...  its the $50 one next lol

I undestand Mate, Quiet nite in with the wife, no worries

think thats what you were trying to say

woooooops

Paul Zimbler OUT - his KJ ended up making two pair, but he was up against a flopped set of Aces and a straight caught by, guess who - Tony G.

Mr. Sundbo tells us that his table is made pretty tough by Tony, who is just running over it mercilessly - getting hands and getting paid. He is definitely the chip leader - chip counts coming when they all get back from the short break which they are on.

The players are returning to their seats, but I took advantage of the break to have a count of Tony G's chips - we estimate 175,000. Many thanks to Brian here for counting them down. He's official so he's allowed to touch the chips.

Stuart Nash on 57k

Peter Roche, now ipodded, on 59k

Simon Nowab, sitting with 23k

<<How about a big hand for Rhowena who takes miles better photos than the rest of us and put them in a format even I can put straight up>>

yes, brill photos wd.
 :D :D :D :D :D :D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Nouri (76k) and Mike Magee (47k)

how's the camel looking please jen, tyty :o

GL in the crypto 10k RED-DOG any other blondes in?

The Camel     30k
Harry D.       75k
Max Pescatori    56k
Edward Moncada 82k
Achilleas Kallakis  46k
Sverre Sundbo   58k
David Benyamine 35k
Dave Colclough  31k

Some more pics in a moment...

i'm in the 10k

ahhhh UB4Matt, i know you good luck m8 :))

This is Dan Alspach, ever coordinated, but out of the tournament and Achilleas Kallakis, who is still in it, but has no matching hat.

know u too... gl 2 u m8 8)

your the one who told me about blonde sunday.... i owe u a great debt ;D

dont know who's in, but good luck to the blondes  ;)

Got my ass in the wringer already, down to 1170, we should leave this thread to the pro's

Keith 'The Camel' Hawkins OUT... while I was watching the all-action all the time Tony G, Keith took a shot at a double up with JQ, unfortunately "that bloke from the telly" had AQ (still trying to determine who he means) and knocked him out in 20th.

So 19 left, blinds 600 - 1200 with a 75 ante.
 

Tikay has been on the telly .......... INTERFERENCE :)

Tony G still have around 170k in chips or it looks like he's giving some of it back

Mike Magee OUT and thus begins the final table shuffle of the day! Down to two lots of 9, and four until the money (13th gets 5,000)

Tony G just accumulating at the moment, adrtho

wow tikay fixed your post nik he is getting good

Any chance he can edit Red Dogs to make them funny?  ;)

doubt even the great man can do that

but i'll ring johhny vegas see if he can help

but i am not optimistic

are the updaters on strike for free steak sarnies ??

what strike

btw i lived on the steak sarnies last time in the vic well worth pay for even if the ham ones were free

He wants me!

he wants something ;)

i think you might be right you know

Jen says sorry not many posts last half hour, she has been interviewing some old geezer. Doyle somebody.........

Not my type Red. I tend to go for petite Brunettes not x village people types. Get rid of the tache and I think you may be in with ironside though.

what a jammy mare she is

Methinks he doth protest too much

But the game has tightened up, as Bubble time approaches, & Steamroller Tony G is killing them all, he is just unplayable.

 Oh yes, the game  ::)

what game?

enough of the flirting now reddog, how many has chubbs got please Tikay?

some game that Tony keeps prattling on about, interupting Ariston's wooing

how many what flirts? burgers? shops?

Jen interrupting here - Chandra Khajuria OUT after Tony G got him all-in on the river in this fashion:

The board was 5 9 K 9 with a Q on the river. Tony G checked the river, C. Khajuria bet 2k, was raised by 10k (the betting up til this point was fairly restrained). Then Chandra moved all-in and got insta-called by Tony with Q9 - the losing hand was J9. Extraordinary.

Simon Nowab on a dangerous-looking 16,000

Tony G has 183,000 and the lead.

how remaining.need update.
tony g chps.

Steady on now guys, there are loads of people viewing this as guests, wondering if its worth taking 2 minutes to register and join in with this sparkling conversation

Come on all you out there, nothing to lose, and you could be a part of the greatest forum on the web We have all the best pro's, TV personalitys, gorgeous babes, royalty etc

and we also have reddog

Even a Karabiner too !

 ;)

royalty ??

Only "royalty" on here is that Queen, Ariston :)

he meant me

but you can call me sir

And welcome to our newest member, The Power, signed up 2 minutes ago

It pays to lie advertise

ThePower  :o is that Phil Taylor ??

Right, pay attention, Jen is currently on patrol, so you will have some Chip Counts in a mo. Looks like there is some serious clinging on going by the low stacks.......

Nope, it's not THAT ThePower. It's....oops, cant tell YOU that......

you been giving lessons?

Dunno, but these onlookers will believe anything, so yes!

Hello all, no i'm not really phil THE power, but coincidentally my surname is taylor.
Great updates tikay

dennis you changing sports?

knew poker was big in snooker

El Blondie doubles up to 45k-ish..... Harry Demetriou finds himself calling Dave's JJ all-in with the marvellous 5 6 of hearts (presumably having raised preflop first, although I was rushing to the table at this point). The flop brought no help, but Dave told me "he's just dropped to 80,000, don't feel sad. Thank you."

Nowab doubles up too - he moves in preflop and David Benyamine squeezes an Ace, which he tells Simon - who tells him in return, "I hope you have a Jack with it." "I do." David calls and Simon shows AQ to double through. Although there were some grumbles about talking about one's hand etc. that has to be one of the more amusing stories of today. Information brought to you by Tikay.

Nor am i dennis taylor, or james taylor, or any other famous taylor :( I wish i was though.

 Hi Mr "Not Really" is that the santa from Futurama?

but can you make a decent suit?

Go on "Chubbs" get in the money then JUST GO FOR IT !!!

come on simon!

i can feel a run coming... to join my one on bluesq!

Counts, as promised:

Edward Moncada 122k
Nouri         70k
Kanwar        73k
Achilleas Kallakis  48k
Angelo Besnanou 35k
Sundbo       68k
Max Pescatori   66k
Tony G       183k
Peter Roche    65k
El Blondie      45k
David Benyamine 45k
Simon Nowab   25k
David Rudling    135k
Stuart Nash     54k
Harry Demetriou  90k
K. Vasiliou      75k

Dave Barnes - OUT - he moved in with his 33, on a board of 4 4 6, but after a little think Harry D called with 6 2 to knock him out in 17th

It is. I didn't want to scare anyone with a pic of me. I figured a gun wielding evil santa would be more appropriate.
And not only am i not famous, i can't make clothes either :(

Do you watch Spongebob by any chance?

Simon Nowab makes it 5.5k, David Rudling flat calls, David Benyamine goes all-in for 30kish. Simon dwells and passes, David Rudling turns over AA vs Benyamine's JJ... Flop brings the dreaded J but the A also makes an appearance knocking David Benyamine OUT in 16th... and Simon is STILL short stacked but STILL in.

Come on Simon, you CAN do it

somebody knock bandana out... and also double simon up!


I can see the headline now!

dont talk to Red Dog about santa, that man is so mean, when his kids were small he used to go outside on xmas eve, clap his hands loudly, then go inside and tell them that someone had just shot santa... so no presents.

And...... the only reason he got double glazing was so that the kids couldnt hear the ice cream man :)

Incidentally, Simon's holding in that previous hand was AQ.

On a board of 8 8 8 5 5 Simon Nowab moves in and eventually gets a call from Peter Roche. Simon has 9 4 vs Peter's J 3 - split!

maybe it's your photo red but you do look a little over 10 years old...... :)

LOL

I don't watch it unfortunately. Only so much crap tv i can watch at a time. How come?

Tikay walked over to table 2 to find Peter Roche and Dave Colclough in a pot with a board of Q J 6 5.
There's a reasonably-sized pot built up already and on the turn Peter Roche has essentially put Dave all in.  He calls; the cruel Q J 2-pair has found Peter with 5 5 - having turned the set to knock him out in 15th place.  Eek.  I think there's a break soon - they look like they need it and I could do with a pizza.

Kev turns the gas off to turn his bacon over

He fell over with a bottle of JD in his hip pocket, his trousers were wet, he said "God, I hope its blood"

Little loud chatting coming from the tables regarding a potential 5000 for the bubble (14 players left) - think there's too much arguing going on and the TD has set them off again. 

is it just 13 for the money then jen ?? ps great job guys keep it up

second that, I know I'm blathering about trivia but Im hanging on your every word

ps, can we get a pic of your shoes?

In situations like this, surely it makes sense to take 5k off the top prize for the bubble boy, this would speed the game up and save all the waiting for hand for hand play.

steady on red, better off sending that reque :o :o ;D ;D ;D :o :o :o :ost to sky 995, those nice ladies are happy to..... :o

The short stacks at this tense bubble stage (we're hand-for-hand) are Achilleas Kallakis with 32,000 and Simon Nowab with around 16,000. Just to keep you on the edge of your collective seats.

13 seems a strange number to be in the money.

 ???

Unlucky for some....14

so they pay 10%

An interesting tidbit discovered by Tikay - if two people go out on the same hand on the same table - the player with the higher chips is placed first and gets the money, but if two players go out at the same time on two different tables, the 13th place will be split.

122 runners ?

yep if they paid 12 it would just be under 10% they pay 13 its over 10%

please dont make me work it out but trust me it is

S. Sundbo makes it 5k to go, Harry D raises to 21k total. Sundbo moves all-in for 40 or 50k more, Harry has a big dwell and calls with 9 9. AK for Sondbo - 7 2 K T A come out and that's a huge double-up for Sundbo.

Harry now looks to have about 20k - he has joined the low stacks, and brings up the relevant point that the slow hand for hand play might suggest a slowing of the blinds... unlikely to be accommodated I reckon.

Yes 122 runners. 

Max Pescatori puts all his chips in the middle on a flop of 9 7 5.  He is insta-called by Moncada with a set of fives, but he has top set of nines and doubles through (yelling "no six" when the 8 comes on the turn).

heheheheh..... great description jen  :D

God this is bloody tense ... Good luck Simon, ive got everything crossed for ya, even my eyes, but thats not deliberate ;)

Harry Demetriou OUT in 14th -

Moving all in for the rest of his chips with pocked 8s, he found a caller in Peter Roche's KdJd, which hit a K on the flop to knock one of the chip leaders through most of the competition out on the bubble.  Two races lost in a row and he's unfortunately the last unpaid player.  Money back to the next three.

unlucky harry, i spose the short stacks should be glad that harry is a win or nothing type of player .... but  WELL DONE CHUBBS, EXCELLENT WORK :)

well getting his money back wasnt what harry was playing for but brutal way to go out on bubble

Jen, could you please give simon nowab a kiss from me... in a non pink frilly type of way, and tell him well done..... i would ask Tikay, but he would enjoy it :)

think we should introuduce ariston to kev

I slept with Russ in vegas.....  he's nothing to write home about ;)

Nouri OUT - his preflop all-in with 10 10 was called by Edward Moncada with AK and the K hit once more to sent Nouri home in 13th with 5000.

They're off on a breakette - will tell Simon you want to kiss him when he returns.  That is what you requested, right?

dont forget the bit about the tongues

ermmmmm no , I want you to kiss him, no tongues though :)

sry guys. what time does play finish?

3 am or when they reach final 9

ty sir iron  ;D ;D

hi registered a while ago...but jus wanted to say unlucky to harry d, met him at vc student championships..sound fella.
ps great reports guy. And Ian did u win it on friday????   after your 2 buy ins ;D!

simon in 4 retirement dues . i wish him luck.

erm yes it was around 2 buyins! no lost aot of chips with jj vs kk

when i left marc was on final with about half the chips, 8 players left!

decided, i'll be at vic tomorrow for freezeout, and to support simon! he should be chip leader by then!

Achilleas Kallakis OUT - on a 6-high flop Achilleas got his 6 7 all in and was called by 6 10, which somehow held up after deciding to call for all his chips, which to be fair were not that numerous.

they play until 9 tonight pls cnf.

chips count 4 tony g pls.

who?

They are hand-for-hand at Ten now, with the absence of Simon Nowab, who after a long time with a short stack just disappeared - going to try to track down the full story

pls do jen. shock 2 know simon out.

At 9 plyrs are they gone stop to play 2moro. thet early.

Correct, once the next player busts out, we stop play, & 9 return tomorrow - or, strictly speaking, this afternoon. Jen getting current chip counts riight now (tikay here) & we will post them in a few minutes.....

Except in VERY exceptional circustances I always shoot for first place and it's pretty pointless trying to last and crawl into the money imho.

As for my standard of play I thought it was pretty good overall except for a dreadful play against El Blondoe himself where I should have laid down a 6h5h v his JJ when getting approx 2/1 (really shouldn't call with small suuited connectors unless I'm getting 3/1 or more on the call and it was irrelevant having lots of chips as it was basically a VERY poor equity play).

I also got lucky and lucky but then that's poker and of course I did win my fair share of toss ups despite losing a critical couple at the end.

Hasta La Vista everyone but I need slepp badly as I only managed 2 hrs last night.

tony you look funny in drag

harry i agree which is why i am having trouble with these super sats for the wcoop i keep  getting involved when i know i aint trying to win you squeak into the money

Max Pescatori 90k

Edward Moncada 50k

Angelo Besnanou 26k

C Kanwar 160k

Tony G 250k+

And on the other table...

Peter Roche 140k

K Vasiliou 86k

Stuart Nash 30k

David Rudling 240k

S Sundbo 150k

Nice post Harry. You did nothing wrong, as you know. Brutal game sometimes.

what ante now. go onnnn s sundho.
                             

Blinds are 1k-2k, & the Running Ante is 100.


thakur 1 - hi, & welcome to blonde. You from Wales?

jen does a nice job.i know she predicts wrong in picking poker player to win comp.
tikay   nice work.         is 2moro freezeout be busy at vic.

should be sell out 200

Ouch, CAREFUL biggy!

Jen selected the 1st & 2nd in Paris, & she has 2 left out of the Final 10 here..... Mind you, I told her whom to select.

Correction -

Got two players' chip counts back to front -
David Rudling has 150k
S Sundbo has the 240k.   Apologies.

tikay whats ur number? might u be able to pay me in tomoz if it looks like it will fill?

cheers

Ian

Edward Moncada just doubled up off Mr. Kanwar with JJ vs an unhelped 10 10.  He now has in the vicinity of 150k.

We have somehow managed to reach another break.

I will get Tikay to reply to you as soon as he gets back from wherever he's gone, Ian.

jen you look funny in drag

Leave my blouse & pigtails alone........

At It - I will if I can lay my hands on some 's....! But if I can't, I am sure I can find someone to cough up 330. Will try, but can't promise.

Thanks very much for the updates Jen and Tikay or Tikay and Jen (no preference ;))

you both do a grand job and im sure i speak on  behalf of all blondeites when i say your both leg-ends

youve made whats been a bad pokering night for me not so bad ;D

thanks

sunday

Thanks Sunday, much appreciated. Jen's in charge, though, I'm redundant these days.

no problem, should be there couple of hours before... but it statrs at 4 does'nt it! leaving around 9.30am in the morning hopefully!

just need to win this comp on bluesq $3000 to the winner six left! then i can sleep!

well hurry up and kick butt ian

i am thinking of calling it a night but only 15 mins till end of play

Wrong - play has just ended. Details to follow, but Max Pescatori is OUT

can't say i'm not happy!!! ;D

the final did'nt need a bandana on it lol!

AT -IT vidal Bradley wins the online comp

Mr. Moncada got all-in vs Mr. Pescatori with JQ vs his AJ. The A was no good once the JQ made a straight, however, and Max Pescatori has to settle for 10th place and 7,500. He didn't look terribly happy, but shook his opponent's hand and thus cued the escape of us updaters.

After letting you know these chip counts, of course:
Stuart Nash    24,100
Peter Roche  140,000
A. Vasiliou    46,300
S. Sundbo   241,500
David Rudling 172,200
E Moncada   179,900
Tony G       314,400
Angelo Besnanou 14,300
C Kanwar      79,900

Back at 3pm tomorrow to finish them off. Good luck to the final nine...

its all over, kev pushed me over the line!

They all went crazy when we got 3 handed...

I knew i had game lol...

That's it folks, we are dog tired, & are outa here. Goodnight from him, & goodnight from her.

xx

nice 1 Ian!!

Good reading Jen and Tikay. I will see you later today. !!  :)

Is the final table goona be shown live on pokerzone.tv?

Sverre - well done, we enjoyed sweating you on Saturday, now enjoy your big day. We will follow you & trhe other guys all the way.

Ultrapop - no, not to my knowledge. I assume they will be recording it for showing at a later date.

Sarah0502 - we wish David Rudling Good Luck. He was a "man of mystery" yesterday, we never knew who he was. But I spoke with him after the comp finished for the day, & realised who he was - he had a mountain of chips on Day One of the WSOP. We will follow him properly today, & we aoologise for hardly mentioning him before.

Its being filmed for the poker channel, but not live.  Don't have transmission dates just yet, but will post them when I know.

Off to the casino now...by the way, odds for the final are available on bluesq.com