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Hi, afternoon all, & welcome to Luton, Virtually, for the second day of the £750 Main Event, the last major domestic Festival of 2005.

Most of  you will know, there have been big problems in Hemel Hempstead today (just 3 or 4 miles from here) & the M1 is closed, so there may be a few late arrivals. The Luton Management, on the ball as ever, have already decided that they will delay the start of Day Two if anyone is late.

Kudos to Grosvenor for a sensible decision.

So you mean to tell me ..I am travelling to Nott's for 2night & you will not be there Tony.. TUT TUT..

btw... I have done as you asked & posted a new piccy of him..

Tikay, has Jen made it?

do you need help, only 15 mins away North, so can get there no problem!

p.s are you playing tonight in Luton?

Already spotted in the casino are Micky Wernick, Paul Garnham, Steve Bovis, Stephen Lennon, & Jeff Buffenburger. Stu Fox is staying local, so he'll be here.

Thanks Maureen, I'll take a look in a bit - I assume it's in General Discussion?

Yes..


GL to Micky please Tikay...cheers..x

The M1 is now also shut at junction 12 southbound......Bern is 14 miles away from Luton going northbound from the M25 and doing his best...

Tikay, Is Paul King still in ?? Tried to ring him but no answer.

Thanks Tighty.

The position with our Live Updaters today is this - and it's bad news for you guys, as the 'ol fella looks like being back in harness.

I've rung Jen - she lives in Hampstead, North London (posh, see) & told her we can cope without her (very reluctantly) as she has no chance of getting here, & I don't want her stuck on the Motorway for hours. So I think she's gonna divert to Mel Lofthouse's new CardRoom & do a report on the place for blonde.

snoops left home (Solihull - not so posh, see) about 1pm, & I'm really not sure if he wil get here or not. But even if he does, we will be restricted to one Laptop today, as snoops uses mine, & Jen uses her own.

But there are only 15 runners, so I think I'll get by OK, even if snoops does not show, but I fancy he will.

Maureen - sorry, I'd love to do Notts tonight, but duty calls, & all that.......

The Poker 425 Crew are due shortly, so we are all set.

Good luck to mickey really hope he does well... he's a top man!

425 there anthony do they never expect you to make a final day???

Tracey,

Bernard has been in touch with the Cardroom, & is going to ring again with a progress report shortly.

They are prepared to delay the start I believe, certainly by 15 or 20 minutes if need be, maybe more. That's a good decision, in my opinion.

Paul King? Nope, he's OUT.

Am I playing tonight's Luton comp? No, not now.

Enough of the "Anthony" please At-It!

And no, Poker 425 do not expect me to make Day Two - who does? But Rhowena does the Venue "exit interviews" these days, so I just point them in the direction of potentially interesting interview subjects.

Hey all :)

Here on virtual railbirding service :)

You'll do good as ususal Mr Kay :)

Heid
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Hi Heid - i was going to travel down but only a helicopter would get me there so I'll railbird from here too.....must order some pizza!

By way of keeping you amused while we await the start, I'll post a pic or two.

Here's a right bunch of reprobates, pictured before the comp began yesterday.

Back row, left to right, Colchester Kev, Tighty, Red-Dog (very smart eh?), Boodereham - first time I recall meeting him., LOVELY bloke, really - & Sheriff - the clue is on his hat. In front are Malc M & snoops.

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Old fashioned updates, how nostalgic

Good luck to all the remaining players. Wtf happened to close all the roads?

oil depot blew up near M1

Was planning to come up for 3, but have been delayed. Will follow progress on here for a while and may pop up later. Good luck to all still left in.

With the arrival just now of Foxy (pic taken already) we have all the players here now except Bernard Litman, & he's not far away I gather.

Can I just say - never met that Malc before - he bought me a gin and he's a good bloke.....

Seriously - he is a really nice guy.  8)

Yeah Trace, I met Malc at the Gutshot - really nice guy :)

Pizza? Hmm Jalapenos, tuna, anchovies and onions please :)

HEid
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Here's another pic from last night. Eat your heart out boys. Or is it girls?

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He bought you a gin? He must be in love, that bloke's as tight as a gnat's chuff

And while I'm chirping, here's another......

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I like the first piccy where you have your hand on your hip....answers a question I've been dying to ask...... ;scarymoment;

i might have known that cuddle was a waste of time - I enjoyed it though ;)

"I'm a little teapot, short and stout...."

Hereeeeeesssss FOXY

Nore snoops, who's just arrived, with the demonic eye.

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I tell you what - your knowledge of nature is very impressive....

Your eyes seem to have glazed over Tikay.

Is this one the "after" pic ?  ;tk;

hi all tell mickey and foxy very best of luck.ian

yes - taken a good minute after the last one...

We are about to begin, everyone is here, & the players are unbagging their chips. I'm as jealous as a jealous thing, I'd love to have made Day Two, but a tinsy winsy misunderstanding arose when we were down to about 22 runners, so that was that.

And it's.......SHUFFLE UP & DEAL!

Tikay's eyes are reminiscent of a rather portly siamese cat who has seen a very large vat of cream, and is waddling over to jump into it.

Down boy down!

CAn you wish Paul goodluck from me ?? sure he doesnt need it  :)

After WHAT exactly Old Man Karabiner?

Heid's got it in one!

Bless him - he doesn't remember....

OK Charmaine, I'll give him a kiss for you.

I only trust you with his lips today Tikay, be gentle with him  ;)

Snoops here.

Minor news.

Foxy's preflop raise of 5.5k is reraised by Mateyboy who sticks in another 10k. Foxy folds showing Ac.

Meanwhile, on the other table, A. Adda's preflop raise with A-J is reraised by Irish Denis's pocket queens. Adda mucks.

M. Arnott is OUT.

M. Arnott raised under the gun, Adda reraised, Pascal Perrault moved all-in, and so did M. Arnott.

M. Arnott had slightly less chips than Pascal.

Adda dwells before mucking.

Pascal turns over 9d 9s. Arnott shows Ac Ad.

Board = 9c 8c Qc 9h Ks

Pascal punches the air as soon as the 4th 9 arrives.

Pascal now has around 150k.

wow, hard luck Matt. well played

Bad news I'm afraid, Charmaine.

Paul 'M3boy' Garnham is OUT.

He started the day with 15k but struggled to find a hand to move in with.

Everyone folded round to the Foxy in the small blind, who put in the extra 1k. Paul checked with 8.5k in front of him

Flop came 2h 9h Ts

Foxy checked. Paul pushed all-in, but was swiftly called by Mr Fox.

Foxy turns over Tc 6c. (Dirty trapper!)

Paul shows Ah 2c for bottom pair.

Turn = Qh, River = 9s.

No improvement, and Paul's gone.

Tough luck m8.

Bad luck, Pull :(

Heid
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Awwwwwwww bless him  :(

He did well to get through to the final day  ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; :respect: :respect: :respect: ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

good luck to all still in today.........good to meet so many blondes...........nice to eventually meet tikay (not quite as old as i anticipated ).........it was emotional....superb updates as per usual..........

Down to 12 now.

Steve Bovis is OUT.

He moved all-in from the cut-off for 22k with Ad Jc.

Stephen Lennon called on the button with Ah Qd.

Board came Tc 9c Kh Jd 4d, giving Bovis a pair, but Lennon the straight.


They're dropping like flies here.


Hello all by the way. Everyone well? I'm Jenless today.  :(

In the hand that put Pascal 2nd chip leader, the reraiser claimed to have passed pocket jacks. Nice fold.

Hey Snoops :)

You are going to have to be the icing and the cake today mate :)

Tikay can be the marzipan :)

Good work yesterday btw :)

Heid
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Hi Snoopy-- Doing a gr8 job mate..
Malc-M

Oi- i now have to go to tesco's to get cake - talk about subliminal advertising.....blonde have probably got shares in McVities or something!

Soz Trace - you started it with pizza!

lol- I'm ordering now!

can I have some pepperoni on mine please?

I'll send you round the crusts.  :D

Now what's happening at the poker - apparently there is a game today  -  anyone know?!

Paul Parker is OUT.

Battle of the blinds.

Flop comes 3d 8d 7d with Paul's Qc 8c in deep deep trouble against G. Butler's Ad 2d.

Miracle needed. Miracle no arrive. Parker gone.

How is Litman doing please?

afternoon all ... im safely back in cold Colchester ... managed to just get to tesco before they closed ...PIE is in the oven :) :)

Hi Dingdell.

Not much action from Litman. Don't think he's really played a hand.

He currently has around 70k.

ooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr   kiv

chicken and mushroom ?

and Beagle, Michigan Jeff Buffenbarger?

what's the chip count there please?

on my way soon, any supplies needed?

Can we have some chip counts please

ps, I think tikay is a Madeira cake. Plain, square, and crummy!

Here's a piccy from the start of today's play.



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And the other table:



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Spot on mate ..... gonna have just pie ... no trimmings, if i get peckish later...I will have another one :)

1st table:

Buffenbarger - 100k
G Butler - 55k
Stuart Fox - 160k
B Litman - 100k
S Lennon - 50k

2nd table:

Adda - 30k
Wernick - 85k
D Atkinson - 65k
Irish Denis - 90k
Pascal - 160k

All aproximations taken by my budding field reporter, Anthony Kendall.

hey tk and snoopy not reporting on the irish torny? do you know where i can find updates on it cant find them anywhere lol

Everton 1 Manks 0

Fergies face is a picture  ;karabiner;

Here's Irish Denis building up his stamina before the game commenced. He has food in his mouth, but I think he's hidden it well. What a pro.



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come on mickey

1-1 :(

With 10 players left, they are hand for hand, so the "clock" is on "pause".

Tikay is getting old if he doesn't think Solihull is posh!!

Any Chip counts and prize structure for final table please?

 Best of luck to Gav Butler carrying the Cumbria flag.

hi tk , just got out of bed from yesterday ,felt terrible,good look to every one left in ,esspecialy micky,wish him luck.

snoops here.

We're not on the final just yet.

We've still got 10 players left and we're wating for one to drop before we move onto the final table.

It's hand for hand at the moment, and so, predictably, the state of play is at snail's pace.

Everyone's playing very cagey poker with no one making any big moves. Obviously all are pretty keen to make that final.

A. Adda is lowest chips and most likely to hit that dreaded bubble spot.

how many point does the winner get.shud be around 1200 mark???

Prize structure:

1st - 27.1k
2nd - 13.5k
3rd - 8.4k
4th - 5.7k
5th - 4k
6th - 2.7k
7th - 2.4k
8th - 2k
9th - 1.7k

Yes 1200, 150*4*2

Another piccy from earlier. Ooh eck, have a gander at that shirt.



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is that the brighton belle i see ;karabiner; ;karabiner; ;karabiner; ;karabiner; ;karabiner; ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;letsparty;

MUG that barry...

Ask paul whether he's in it for the week? if so he should pick better %'s and more wine!

Overheard THIS conversation a few minutes ago, it's Steve Meehan, aka Wormster, the Poker 425 Producer, to Rhowena.

"How do you spell "biggest"? - is it one g or two?"

"Dunno".

WHAT? That's TRUE.

I guess it is quite a long word.

Quote of the week in luton... simon zach to burnley john at 6.30 am this morning "put that bl00dy fag out mate- the rooms full of smoke". Window open and room filling with smoke from refinery explosion & john was asleep lol.

Simon Zach had a real horror beat to exit yesterday.

Him & Mr Adda indulged in some pre-flop action, Zach with  As Kh & Adda with  Ac Qc (I forget the suits).& the flop came like this......

 Ah 5d 3d

Zach, first to speak, moves his entire 35k+ in the middle. Mr Adda never hesitates for a nana-second, & beats  Zach into the pot.

On their backs, Adda is in deep poo, he's dominated, with 2 cards to come. Naturally, he hit his Q, but his face never showed a flicker of emotion. Remarkable, quite remarkable play.

LOL

windows open in the little old womens room ,have you ever seen him sleeping ,he looks like one of those little old women in hospital ,you know the ones that look like there dying. ;tk; ;tk; ;tk;

snoops here.

Micky has been seriosuly dented and is now down to the felt.

Adda raised in early position with Ad Qd.

Wernick makes a deep reach and reraises Adda all-in.

Adda dwells momentarily before making a brave call for the rest of his chips.

The bubble looms...

Fortunately for Adda, Wernick flips over As Jc.

Board comes 6h 8h Kd 5d Td

and Adda doubles up.

Looks as though Micky is in danger of bubbling for the second main event in a row.

ooooh - tense tense tense......

cmon mickey

Here's the team working hard. (cough)

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'The Worm's' hanging in.

He just moved all-in from the small blind for 19k.

David Robinson gives him the once over, dwells for a minute or two, and then mucks.

Mickey still alive.

:goodpost:
Spent a few days with John & Steve. truly top guys apart from their smoking

Micky Wernick is clawing his way back into this, he's up to 45k now. He did well to RR & get the original Raiser to let go, considering his stack size.

David Robinson is OUT and hits the bubble

After preflop action, Robinson and Pascal Perrault see a flop of 8c 2c Ks.

Pascal bets, Robinson moves all-in, Pascal calls.

Pascal shows Kh Qh

Robinson holds Ac Qc

Robinson misses his flush draw and Pascal rakes the pot to take us into the last nine.

yee haaa my 10% look good!  Good luck to everyone who finishes behind him - curses to the others (in a nice blonde way obviously)

hi Tighty here. Well bubble action lasted 90 minutes before the wait for two big hands to collide ended

According to Mr Perrault, who it looks like is now clear chip leader, just reaching the final guarantees the genial frenchman second in the European rankings at this point. With Mickey short-ish stacked, he has his eyes on top spot at the end of this tournament with only Helsinki and Brighton to go before conclusion of the leaderboard next weekend.

Final table chip counts for you now:

Seat 1 - J Buffenburger - 89k
Seat 2 - S Fox - 162k
Seat 3 - D O'Mahoney - 99k
Seat 4 - B Litman - 94k
Seat 5 - S Lennon - 62.5k
Seat 6 - A Adda - 53k
Seat 7 - M Wernick - 45k
Seat 8 - P Perrault - 237.5k
Seat 9 - G Butler - 58.5k
Seat 10 - R Prew - 0k
Seat 11 - A Goulding - notepad & pen
Seat 12 - A Kendall - oops misread

Let battle commence...

I see you boys are playing Fantasy Island already .. deary me .. it's going to be one of those nights<g>.

They're preparing for the final table.

Tables being moved around, camera put in place, trophy, jackets, and so on.

Micky Wernick has just completed an interview with Rhowena. He's becoming quite the celebrity these days.

'The Worm' seems relieved to have avoided the bubble after his unfortunate 10th placing at the Midland Masters.

Micky told Rhowena that he was more nervous about the ranking points than the 27k on offer.

finishin numba 1 is worth more i bet. 
it 10 k for first an no doubt a sponser i dnt know how he hasnt got a sponser its a joke.
snoops tell him ian said gd luk an double up of pascall

LOL - there are cameras there? - what am I doing at home??  Damm the M1!

Wish Mickey good luck please Snoops

Major rubdown.

Tony  tell Jeff B i wish him well and Dennis.

Dingdell

Yes, the cameras are here. Mainly for me though. ::)

Rhowena and co are present, so Poker 425 are covering the event.

I believe the results will be broadcast on Wednesday's edition of Poker 425.

We were hoping to get the results a little earlier than that  :D

You'll be lucky Karabiner, I got tikay as my assistant, & Jen's not here, either.

Here's the happy ensemble, pre-Final.

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Hi guys can you wish Jeff Stuart and Micky gl for me please!!

LOL.

Any chip updates? Thanks,

Tracey

First several hands saw no action.

Then Wernick and Fox cross swords.

Fox raises preflop, Wernick smooth calls from the big blind.

Flop = Kh 8s Qs

Fox bets 5k, Wernick flat calls.

Turn = Jd

Both check.

River = 2s

Wernick bets 11k, Fox folds.

Wernick shows As Js.

A small but important point - several of the players have not changed their clothes from yesterday....

Stephen Lennon has added several thousand to his stack after raising Stu Fox's big blind.

Brave man!

Fox called, but folded on the flop when Lennon bet out.

No hands shown.

No real changes to the Chips from when the Final started Tracey, & we posted them earlier. Except Stephen Lennon took 12k & the blinds off Stu Fox.

Here's Mr Pascal's Pre-Final stack, which Mr Wernick would rather like to share.

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The 'ol fella here, putting up a few pics during the "dul" period at the beginning of the Final. The snoops is on table patrol, & at the bar getting the teas. He's found his level.

If you wanna get ahead, get a hat. That dreadful thing in the foreground is Stu Fox's, he stole it from Robert Binelli, I imagine.

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About to get started, this would be 20 mins ago. Before they got started.

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No action yet, don't worry, you're not missing anything, snoops is encamped by the Final table, notebook at the ready, pencil priomed, nose wet.

More Pre-Commencement action. Or non-action. One of the nicer pics of blondeite Denis O'Mahoney. There are 3 or 4 blondeites in the Final.

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ill have u know it i have the same hat.(style)
these oldies dnt know nethin bout that lol

Still little to report.

One hand saw Irish Denis raise preflop. G Butler called on the big blind.

Flop = Kc 7c 6h

Both check.

Turn = 5h

Butler bets 12k. Denis Folds.

Butler shows 6c 8d

Ahhh just got home. The journey back was no more pleasant than the journey their. I hope they manage to get that oil under control before more anyone gets seriously hurt.

Tikay could you tell me if Paul Parker is still in please. He keeps trying to phone me? There must be someone there that will talk to him!

Cheers Matt.

snoops back by the table, tikay here.

I'm sorry to say Paul Parker busted out before the Final, so life here is much duller & quieter.

Here's a lovely pic by Rhow, I think it's safe to say two Legends of Poker.

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Finally, some big big action to report.

Stuart Fox raises to 7k preflop.

Irish Denis reraises another 25k.

A Adda moves all-in.


Forgetting that Fox was still involved, Irish Denis quickly announces 'call'.

The call stands and Fox is allowed to consider his options.

After a long dwell, he passes showing Qs Qc.


Denis turns over Ad Ks

A Adda flips Kd Kh


Flop = 3c Qh 9s

Fox groans.

Turn = 9h

River = Qd

The whole crowd groans.

Stuart Fox would have hit quads and knocked out both oponents. as it stands, Adda more than doubles up, Irish Denis is down to the felt, and we still have 9 players remaining.

WOW!!

tikay here,  as it happened, because Denis inadvertently acted out of turn, he cant act during the rest of the hand, so Foxy could have safely called, & got way from the hand later if he wanted to. Or of he did not hit quads......

Here's Mr Adda, looking unusually happy after winning that huge pot.

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That could have been me if I had got more chips or was a better player

Some hot three way action now.

Board = Qh 5h 4s Ts 9c

Litman had bet 3k on both flop and turn receiving calls from Adda and Perrault.

All three players checked the river.

Litman = 9h 8h
Perrault = As 2d
Adda = 7h Th

Adda adds a few more to his stack.

It's the magic 7 again!

Here's Denis O'Mahoney, just before he got mauled by that big hand. It's the second Main Event at Luton this year where AK has been bad for Denis - on the previous occasion he passed, & woulda taken down a whopper.

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Ariel Adda is the 9th place finisher taking home £1,700

Pascal Perrault raises under the gun with Ac Qd.

Ariel Adda moves all-in from the small blind with Ks Kc

Perrault calls.

Board = 5h 4h Ad 7d Jc

Ouch.

Jeff B has 58.5k

tikay here.

Bernard Litman has 82k. The blinds are 1.5k - 3k - sorry - just gone 2k-4k, & with the average stack at 112k, there is LOADS of play in this Final. I make that 28 big blinds, pretty impressive structure, eh?

Here's Pascal, with his monster stack.

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Here's a typical "Final Action" snap of Micky Wernick, taken during the Final.

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come on dennis,
come on foxy!

Break now, & snoops will get the Chip Counts.

Denis has 80k, a great comeback by the unlucky Irish Gent.

Here's, err, Dina again. But she is lovely, eh? I have a sneaking suspicion she has a thing about me. But I can take her or leave her.

OK, snoops has the Chip Counts, here they come.

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Chip count time:

Pascal Perrault - 342k
Stuart Fox - 140k
G Butler - 85k
Irish Denis - 84.5k
Stephen Lennon - 79k
B Litman 78.5k
Micky Wernick - 55k
Jeff Buffenbarger - 47k

Well done with the updates ,really enjoying them ........ on another note my baby daughter ( 16 months ) took her first step today woohoo lol  , sorry am excited as she's  very late  ;applause; ;applause; ;karabiner; ;karabiner; ;letsparty; ;letsparty;

tikay again.

How about THIS for a gentlemanly act by Denis O'Mahoney.

At the last 2 Luton Fessies, he & I have swapped 10%. On the last occasion, I gave him £50, he gave me £1,000.

I picked up £3,800 on Monday, but Denis & I had not discussed any %'s for this week, so I thought no more about it, despite the fact he sent me a "thank you for the % text",which I assumed was tougue-in-cheek.

He's just  - 5 mins ago - told me our deal for swapping 10% this week IS still on. Whether or not he gets more than £3,800 (& will thus owe me) is irrelative. That's a true Gent, a genuine Top Bloke. I hope, for lots of reasons..... he gets a big payday.

For all the low-lifes in Poker, there are plenty of great guys too, & I've been lucky to befriend so many of them. Even the high-flying Thewy, a World-Ranking player these days in my opinion, still insists that he & I have a saver. Poker Peeps ain't as bad as they are sometimes made out to be.

Nice one charmaine. Now she's mobile there will be no stopping her. I expect Paul will show her a few moves as well

Oh and I agree the updates are first class

Anyone else think this was really bad?   

Foxy must be pissed about him doing this, it must have be a huge part in laying down the QQ, and i'm sure this was the intent behind it.....

tikay again.

Charmaine - that's WONDERFUL news! A friend of mine's young lad was a month or two "late" in walking, & whilst he pretended not to be concerned, he was. But then the Lad was walking, & then running all over the place. Happy Days, as Paul Parker would say.

This - I think - is G Butler. I sat with him for most of the comp. Does not say a lot, but pleasant demeanour, very studied, always ready to smile, & clearly thoroughly enjoying himself. I love to see guys like this make big Finals.

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Jeff Buffenbarger is the 8th place finisher winning £2,000

Battle of the blinds with Stuart Fox.

Fox held Ah 9s
Buffenbarger had As 8c

No help came on the board and there was no sign of a split pot.

Buffenbarger is OUT.

Tikay, I would just like to second the 'Dennis is a gent' campaigne. There are a few scoundrels in poker but he is a true gentleman of the game.

Glad to see that Pascal is looking after those chips that were nearly mine. Good luck to him I say - he's a decent fella (even said so on my blog which was soon after elimination).

Is Steve Lennon still in - I am rooting for him! Another lovely fella - one of the best in fact.

Cheers,
Matt A

stop waxing lyrical pops & focus on the job

tikay here. Sorry I keep mentioning that, but we only have one Lappie today, & we cannot open the Forum in two different "log-in" names simultaneously.

No, I don't believe even for a second there was any mal-intent behind Denis inadvetently acting out of turn. Anyone who knows Denis would know that, & by a bizarre coincidence, I just posted a typical "Gentleman Denis" story. There's many that would, but Denis is not one of them. I watched the hand "live", & I'm 100% certain it was a genuine mistake.

Surely thes would have been an advantage for foxy, more in the pot and Denis can make no further action

Or am I wrong (again)

Ps, make room for me on the "Denis is a nice guy" bandwaggon

Pps It's Denis with one n isn't it?

i hear there is bad news - what are the details please!!?

B Litman is the 7th place finisher winning £2,400

He won't like me reporting this one. I think he must have been possessed by tikay and his wonderful misreads.

Anyway, Litman moves all-in from the button.

Wernick calls from the big blind and confidently flips over Qh Qs.

Litman, rather less confidently, turns over Qd 2d.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeek

Slight spot of bother.

Board isn't any help - Jh 7h 4c 7d 9c

... and Litman is off for his dreaded interview with Rhow. Don't think he has a bad beat story to tell tho.

Hey you guy's know him, i don't.. sorry i was not trying to stir anything up.. if it was for real a mistake, well then stuff happens.

  And as for this, i have never heard this rule before.

so its me thats wrong....OOPS

there are enough good eggs in poker now that no one need mix with the bad ones,

had lunch with dennis during the week (tapas tk, you'da needed a week off) & agreed, he is a great fella

I can't wait to hear him explain that one!!!! Whhoohooo!! LOL. I wait by the phone with bated breath...he heheheheh

Correct Red. And yes, it's Denis, not Dennis.

Just got the call from Bernard - I have to admit I was still laughing when i picked up the phone..!

His version of events was he was short stacked - about 45k and decided to make a move - unfortunately against the wrong hand!

Oh well! Bloody funny and I will ensure that all his poker buddies in Southend get to hear the full story and make sure he doen't turn it into one of Tikays infamous misread stories  ;scarymoment;

Minor action.

Wernick bets 5k into a flop of Jc 9h 9d.

Pascal flatcalls.

When the turn comes 4h, Wernick checks into Pascal who shoves in 8k.

Wernick mucks.

Two Queens? No, Queen-Two, Bernard! Would not be so bad if his oppo did not have QQ! Micky Wernick, by the way, is up to best part of 100k now. What a fighter that man is!

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Just caught the end of a major major hand.

60k in the pot already.

Stuart Fox and Pascal Perrault are looking at a flop of 4s 6h 7c.

Stuart checks, Pascal bets 35k.

Stuart smooth calls.

Turn = Td

Stuart checks, Pascal sticks in a chunky bet.

Stuart does some 1st class acting before reraising all-in. Pascal calls in a flash.

Pascal = As Ad
Stuart = 8s 9s (straight)

Pascal is drawing dead so the 2c on the river is meaningless.

Stuart Fox doubles through and has now overtaken Pascal Perrault as chip leader.

Nice one Stu!!!

Although, I'm not biased. Well maybe a little... sort of.  ::) ::) ::)

Hope he remembers that 50% cut we had. The people I go in with always seem to forget...

Here's Stu Fox's replenished stack, though Stu is doing his Invisible Man thing.

Stuart has a tendency to play Finals very fast, but today he's been ultra patient. I really don't mind who wins today, but Stu is overdue a Major Festival Win, he's been so close so many times, & I'd not be at all sad if he won this one. He deserves it. Top player, top bloke.

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I am yet to play any live events but i've been following the last few live updates and i'm getting itchy feet,

you guys/girls do a fantastic job, hopefully i might feature in 2006 8)...........ooooooh we can but dream!!!

Perrault has just been dealt aces again.

This time however he wins with them.

S Lennon raised to 16k preflop. Pascal pushed everything in, no messing.

Lennon mucked after a lengthy dwell.

goooooooooooo foxyyyyyyyyyyyyy


great work snoops..........you wearing that brown shirt again?   it would look better with one of roberts jumpers

Here's Stephen Lennon, with the now departed Bernard Litman to his right, & Saintly Denis to HIS right.

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GL to Mickey and Stuart in particular, but to the rest too. Should have been there really, it sounds like a cracker of a Christmas final.

Mr Perrault, recipitent of AA twice in the last 5 minutes. But he has a lot less chips than before he got those two sets of Rockets.

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I've said it before (several times) but I'll say it again, The pic's are GREAT!!!!

There's a bit of a kafuffle going on at the moment.

There's a xmas party going on in the restaurant and they're making a bit of noise.

The final table is right behind the restaurant and some of the players are finding it difficult to focus.

At one point, a baloon fizzed over the barrier and into the face of Pascal Perrault. He wasn't involved in a hand so his poker face is untarnished.


Irish Denis isn't happy either.

He's just doubled up S Lennon with Kh Qd v Qh Ac on a board of 7s 3c 8c 3s 9h.

Denis said that he'd raised in anger just before he called the all-in from Lennon.

Denis is now refusing to move from the table as he asked for the final to be moved down to the other end of the cardroom just before he lost that hand.

Denis is now low on chips but still hanging in.

What do you mean, "Move from the table" How can they move it if he won't move?

I'm confused, explain more

Denis O'Mahoney is the 6th place finisher winning £2,700

Denis moved in with pockets nines but found himself in a race against Pascal who held A-K.

Now this may very well be a first in Blonde history. Below is the hand that took Denis out.





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Denis asked to move to another table because of all the noise from the restaurant.

Micky said he didn't want to move.

Then a baloon hit Pascal in the face and suddenly Micky wanted to move.

Denis wasn't too chuffed about this, especially considering that he'd just lost his focus in a hand, perhaps due to the disturbance from the restaurant.

Chip counts:

Stuart Fox - 400k
Stephen Lennon - 113k
Pascal Perrault - 200k
G Butler - 90k
M Wernick - 97k

I was sat 1 table away from the rest. on Monday and it was awful :( The whole restaurant was practically empty apart from one table - obviously a birthday do.. and they stuck em right behind the partition.

So I can empathise with them.

Heid
xx

G Butler has just doubled up with Ac Kc v Pascal's 7s 7c...


... on a board of Ac 9s Js Ks 2c

SPAM SPAM SPAM

IF anyone should be looking for something to do in Glasgow this week.
The Cincinnati Club is running £20 No Limit Hold Em Competitions every night of the week. Dealers provided.
Cash games will follow.
Bar & Restaurant on the premises.

All competitions start at 7:45 pm.  There will be a bounty on El Blondie's head on Monday & Tuesday's comps.

tikay here. This Spamming is DISGRACEFUL.

Ps - Get up to Cin-Cins, & win that Mr Burns Bounty!

And more from the 'ol Fella.

This structure is really superb. The Final continues, & they STILL have plenty of play left, with the average stack nearly 200,000, & blinds 3k-6k - thats about 30 BB's. Remarkable. And maybe explains why the wily old Wernick is still in there, battling away, after being down to the felt with 10 players left.

Stephen Lennon doubles up off Stuart Fox.

All the chips go in on a board of Ad 4s 3d.

Fox = Ac 5c

Lennon = Qd 8d

Turn = 9h

River = Td

I don't think there were too many people hoping that flush would come.

go on foxy, you can still do it

snoops is by the table, while I'm supposed to keep you amused between hands.

You can just about see all the survivors here. Pascal is unmistakeable, even from behind, so to speak, & as a backdrop, we can see the hard-working Grosvenor Staff diligently working away. Oh, & Dina.

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We've not given this guy much coverage, mainly because snoops & I barely know the fella. But he's still in there, quietly battling away for what I imagine is his biggest ever payday. Mr G Butler. We wish him well.

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he looks like a ringer, I think it's Ross Boatman

G Butler has doubled up with As Ad versus Stuart Fox's Kh Kc.

Board of Td 2c 6h 3s 5c was of no use to Fox.

AM getting worried now, Stuart seems to be losing chips at quite a rate! How many does he have left?

Ross is about 3 tonne heavier... ;scarymoment;

We seem to have done an anti-bok on G Butler, who now, remarkably, has become the chip leader.

Here is what Red described as the Ross Boatman look-alike, behind the, ahem, dealer.

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I see Tikay has the camera...it'll end in tears and a restraining order!

Stuart Fox's Chips? He has some

G.Butler - it's GAVIN. Gavin, Gavin, Gavin. Remember that.

Here's the Chip Leader again - George Butler. And it's not my fault that the damn dealer keeps getting in shot.

Right, Chip Counts coming up, thanks to Tighty & snoopy.

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OK, Chip Counts.

Stuart Fox 190k

Micky Wernick 75k

Graham Butler 340k

Pascal 140k

Stephen Lennon 150k.

All counts approx.

If you want pics of any dealers, jut say the word..........

hi tk ,this is jeffrey rogers.....mahen.......shame we couldnt be ae the final table again tonight.,,,,,,,,,,,i had a bad night last night...........my  car got a brick thru the window in the car park,,,,,,,,,,,then steven lennons qq  knocked out my   kk  wish him lol from me,,,,,,,great report as usual

Jeff Rogers? The REAL winner on Monday! I call him Aldenham Bus Garage, but lets not go there. Tough night then Jeff, but at least you remain in good heart.

I just sent Rhow to get a pic of the dealer, & THIs is what she came back with. Can't trust a girlie, eh?

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any chance you can get some pictures of dena.....we dont seem to have had any........... ;)

Jeff, tikay here - yes, I thought I was heading for another Final, I'd dodged the bulets all night, survived a crisis or two, but two hands did me in, the first I maybe played badly, and the second I just got oitdrawn, my 6-7 getting sucked out by KK. Them's the breaks.

Boo - a man after my own heart. We don't see enough of the young lady.

Micky Wernick is very very low.

His 35k preflop raise was reraised by G Butler in the small blind.

Micky had 33k left and decided to pass showing the Ac.

Expect a lot of movement from Micky in the upcoming hands.

It's quite extraordinary how Micky Wernick is able to pass hands - big hands sometimes - when other folks would feel they were pot-committed.

Time & time again, he lays down hands after getting re-popped, but somehow he clings in. He must be just about THE greatest short-stack player around today.

are you heightist  ?

Meanwhile, the £100 Freezeoit continues. There were only 40 runners (approx) probably due to the traffic probs on the Motorway. Has the M1 re-opened yet?

In the £100, here's a snap of heart-throb schoolboy J P Kelly, seemingly in a dream-like kissing mode.

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Yeppers M1 is now open apparently.

and what's going on in the £100 f/o anyway?

Pascal Perrault is the 5th place finsher winning £4,000

Pascal raises from the button. Stuart Fox moves over the top. Pascal calls all-in.

Pascal turns over Ts Tc

Stuart shows Ad Jc

Board = 9c Qc As Qs 5c


Micky is delighted to have finished further in the comp than Pascal. His postition at the top of the rankings looks to be safe for the time being.


At one point, I recall Micky saying, and I quote, 'If Pascal goes out before me, I'll run round the casino naked.'

Argh!!!

We're all doooooomed...

tikay here.

Micky's tenacity to hang in there really is diferent gravy. I commented earlier on that pass he made, to leave himself 33k, & his short stack skills, & once again, he's been proven correct in his judgement. Fair play to him, he looks in good shape now to win the Rankings. Dave Colclough called this morning from Belfast to wish Good Luck to Mickey & Pascal, yet another example that our game really does have plenny of nice guys in it.

So, 4 left here. Been SOME Final, this one!

Chip counts please!!

Agreed that Mickey is a great short stack player, but I feel in that situation it was a must call

Would that still me the case if you take into account the rankings situation?

ie in this case survival could have a higher EV than normal.

I hear what you say I Know It, but tonight is about Points, not Pounds, & Micky is playing for Points & Points alone. The Rankings means more to him that the £10k that goes with it, the Sponsorship Fairy is lurking. I honestly think that Micky is NOT bothered about the Prize Money tonight - just the points. On that basis, it makes his Pass correct. as it turns out.

And like Bongo says, he has an effective last longer with Pascal! for £10,000 so even financially its not a bad fold.

Tell him Ill have his prize money then ;)

Stuart Fox has added a chunk to his stack after pushing Stephen Lennon off a hand in a battle of the blinds battle.

I believe Fox raised, Lennon reraised, Fox moves all-in.

After the kings v aces hands from earlier, Stuart Fox has kept his composure and seems to be steadily rebuilding a stack. Still a force...

Snoop, I've just had a word with my daughter re your application (showed her your pic) She asked what you do, I told her you play poker she said " When he wins the world series, tell him to give me a ring"

Mrs Red says "I'll have him"

tikay here.

Chip Counts are THUS

Stuart Fox 330k. Nice comeback.

Stephen Lennon 100k. Never had chips, but never been in danger.

Micky Wernick 100k. The ultimate cling-on. He just told me he has never, in his entire Poker career, experienced as much pressure as tonight.

Gilbert Butler 370k. Terrific performance against vastly more experienced players.

Mickey knows exactly what he is doing.  He never misses a move or an angle. I'm sure the Pass was justified...especially if he lands himself a 100k sponsorship deal next year

Stephen Lennon is the 4th Place finisher winning £5,700k

It was a batlle of the shorties in the end. (stack size not physical height)

Lennon's raise from the small blind was reraised all-in by Micky Wernick who was putting Lennon to a decision for all his chips. Both had about the same, but Micky just pipped him on the chip count.

After a lot of umming and arring, Lennon opted to gamble with his Kh 8h.

He must have been delighted to see Micky turn over 2c 2h and relieved to be involved in a coin flip.

Board came 3c 5h 4d 9c Ac

Micky makes a straight and virtually doubles up.

3 left...

Well it looks like it is going to be now Pascall is out, wonder what he would be thinking if Pascall hasd doubled up.
by the way have you heard the sad news about Colin Butcher? DC

Go on FOXY SON

Dubai and Pomo

Chip count time:

Gordon Butler - 408k
Stuart Fox - 332k
Michael Wernick - 161k

It would be great if Mickey won it now.... a great story....and it'll mean he is miles clear at the top....so I cannot whinge about deals !!!!

Gl Foxy! Micky thats as far as i support ya! All foxy from here!

Do you have any other good looking relatives? cousins, nieces, etc.

I'm not fussy.

Gav has some live experience - he's played blackpool occasinally for the last couple of years , and cashed in the Lido (Amsterdam) the year before last having won his entry online (on laddies)

Good luck Gav from the Springfield Mansion Mafia 8)

Well theres my uncle Billy, He's not picky

Tikay,,,,, tell Stuart to win the damn thing!!!!!!!

(oh and were we 10%? seeing as i gave him most of my 27k?? :))

thanks red........just spilt my coffee  !!!!!

Pretty cagey stuff at the moment.

The possibility of a deal was mentioned when they returned from the break, but, for the time being, they've decided to continue playing.

From what I understand, £1200 was taken off the top to give 10th-15th a saver. Will need to confirm that though.

Is there any chance that Uncle Billy is a busty blonde female, or is that wishful thinking?

A meaty hand was unfolding as I posted my last message.

Board = 3d 7d 5d 4h 4d

Pot is already quite chunky.

Stuart Fox bets 70k on the river.

Micky Wernick calls.

Fox = As 8d

Wernick = Ad 6s

Wernick adds a nice amount to his stack and must be challenging chip leader Gerry Butler.

Stuart Fox = 85k

Just imagine having Brian's   4c 7s on that board

More talk of a deal.

Micky makes a suggestion which is declined by chip leader Glen Butler.

Butler was offered 17.8k, but opts to play on.

Will you settle for two out of three?

I have a gut feeling that I know which 2 boxes Uncle Billy ticks.

Offer declined.

Even though Stuart only has around 80k remaining, Micky was trying to orchestrate a deal in which he and Stuart took the same amount.

When Gerry Butler wonders why Micky is being so generous to Stuart, Micky's reply is that Stu knocked Pascal out of the comp and he feels happy giving him a more favourable deal.

Bizarre stuff here at Luton.

What are the chip counts?

Now that Mickey has almost secured the No.1 spot  ,tell him to play on hes a different class

Right.

I understand that a deal has been struck and they're now playing for the title and honour of being announced the winner.

Looks like Foxy and Micky are to take 15k each, with Gerogie Butler scooping 18.5k.

I believe a few hundred will be paid to dealers, valets, etc, and there was £1200 taken off the top as savers.


Just after they agreed on the deal, Foxy doubled up with Qs Qd v Ac Ts on a 6d 8h 3d Td 3h board against Butler.

Rhowena seems rather elated that a deal has been made.

Spoony .. hows the £100 f/o going?

great achievement by the worm.
i know it, is colin butcher con the irishman?

Although the money side of the comp is done and dusted, the players are still playing on a giving the game repsect.

No micky mouse or lottery play yet.

At a quick glance, the chip counts are around:

Micky - 350k
Butler - 350k
Foxy - 200k

It was a very generous offer by Micky to take the same as Foxy. Foxy was on less than a 100k at the time, but ended up with an awesome deal.

No, Julian. Well known player from the Rainbow days. Helped a lot of people.

7 left.

1st = £1,200

ok, sorry to hear that craig

What service form the Beagle :)

Ta hun :)

Heid
xx

There is a tribute on A World of poker forum by Graham Hawkings

Micky Wernick WINS it - it's a miracle!

Wow .. Well done Mickey!

Well done Mickey, told you he was right to fold earlier ;D

The official (non-deal) result will go down as:

Stuart Fox is the 3rd place finisher winning £8,400k

G Butler is the 2nd place finisher winning £13,500k

Micky Wernick is the 1st place finisher and Luton Christmas Cracker Champion winning £27,100


Just to confirm; this is the official result only. A deal was done and then after a short session of playing seriously, they all decided to move-in and finish for the night.

Micky's pocket sevens stood up against two Q-9 holdings. 

Hi All,

Many thanks for all your support during the final. If I could I would like to clear up a couple of things. I never intended to act out of turn with Stuart. My intention was to plat the other player heads up. When he reraised all in I just called as it was only another 7500. Stuart then asked me to back up. He wanted to know the rule and I said I would go with whatever he wanted regardless of what the house rule was. In my opinion Stuart then made the right decision and passed. He was behind to the Kings and I had the ace. Had he reraised or called he would have won the hand but I would have lost no more chips as I hit nothing.

As for the problems with the restaurant let me just say that the poker room staff did everything possible to help. I made a move with QK and got reraised. I was getting good pot odds and called to find him with AQ. I lost .....what can I say. It was my fault.

Finally for my tip of the week. After two days play and a few lucky and unlucky breaks I feel my tournament was decided by a lapse in concentration. It had nothing to do with the cards. I lost my focus for one hand and it was the end for me. On every other occasion when I lost a pot I could gather myself and refocus....The lesson being "focus and concentrate all the time" and their ends the gospel according to St Denis..Thanks again to all for your help and well done Blonde on a the coverage. I am proud to be part of the team.

Denis

Stuart Fox looking very pleased with himself. Quite right too. Well played Mr Fox.



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Well done to all. Players, staff, and updaters. Congrats!!

Here is Gavin Butler. I give you my scout's honour that his name really is Gavin.



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Well played Stuart, Mickey and Pascal.

Congrats on being European No. 1 Mickey.a worthy winner..I can't see you being toppled now.

(and I've cancelled my trip to Finland)

he looks a bit chuffed too :)

And here's the champ, Mr Wernick, probably texting his Mrs the good news.

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Many thanks Tony and Snoopy-- Excellent stuff- Brill result too.
Malc-M

Tikay can you pass on my Congratulations. Tell him that Matt Arnott says "Well played Mickey". A worthy winner and a worthy European Rankings winner - I hope no offence is taken by Dave C or Pascal who are both terrific chaps worthy of their successes too.

Very good of Denis to come on here and clarify the honest mistake that occurred earlier on - In addition I thought he was playing better than I have seen him play for ages too. Good on him.

this guy micky is a differnt class.when i first started playin i asked him 4 advice and since his advice i have has share in 2 big tourneys an i only bin playin 11months.
he is a great ammbasador 4 the game.wd mickey u finaly got ur sponsership.snoops tell him i am tryin to ring him. ian aka the firmkid

 

 

Well, WHAT a night!

Firstly, thanks to everyone at Grosvenor & Rank for their hospitality, which throughout 2005 has been wonderful at all their Venues.

To the Staff & Mannagement at Luton, wow, how well did THEY look after us? Carmel - who hosted dinner for blonde & 425 this evening, Helen, Simon, Dina, & all the dealers & valets, & not forgetting the bright & cheery Receptionists, & Big Tony, who walks Jen & snoops to their cars down "muggers alley" every night.

To Jen & snoops - how lucky are blonde to have them?

But the abiding memory of today, which I will never forget, was THE most extraordinary performance by Micky Wernick. Much Respect, Mr W.

I'm M1 bound, heading home, nearly the end of a long & tiring Updating year - just Helsinki left in 2005  - but great, great fun, which would not have been possible without blondepoker & the blondeites.

It's been emotional. ;)

jus spoke to micky he said thanks 4 the support an hes goin to brighton to seal the victory for sure so then he doesnt have to go to helsinky.he is absoloutly delighted wiv the victory and said there was more pressure on him there than there was on the final table in vegas this year. congrats to stu fox who was rewarded 4 knockin pascal out with micky givin him 15k the same as hime even though mickey had 4x as much chips.

Nice one Micky. Well done updaters. 

Yes, great coverage updaters. thanks again

Top Bloke
Top Player
Top Dog

Nice one Mickey :)up

I would like to thank the Blonde Poker team for a really great job.  Special thanks to the 8 other players on the final table who really made the tournament enjoyable.  Again one hand was my undoing.  A8 versus A9........................well played stuart. LOL

Well Done Mickey and congrats to the final three!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well done micky!
nice one

He found us

Well done to the Blondpoker team who did a great job again Snoopy,Jen,Rhowena and (Monday nights champ) Tikay. Thanks for the support M3boy,Pomo,Dubia,Hotdogm,Julian,Junior,Flushy,Booderham,Alrightjack and elblondie of the top of my head sorry if I missed ya :-* .  I really enjoyed this weekend it was like going to my local pub on Friday night we had such a larth on the tables. Dennis got no probs with acting out of turn it was a mistake I know, Mickey the ledgend Wernick is a guy with alot of class a gent who deserves to be up the top of the rankings. It was a hard final table and all played well. Next stop for me Ladbrokes cruise hope to see some faces there Foxy

congrats Foxy, what about the WPT in the Bahamas before the Ladbrokes deal?