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Bluesq.com GUKPT Grand Final: Day 1A - At A Glance
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Welcome to the final GUKPT event of the year, the Grand Final at the Victoria Casino in London. This one is the biggy so for that reason, and also the sheer distance from the pressroom to the cardroom, there will be three of us covering this event. (Well the beagle will be getting the final day off).
By now, you're probably wondering what that item at the top of the page is. Well, now I'll tell you, it's the brand new Blonde clock that Bongo and I came up with a couple of months ago and have managed to implement into the updates. Basically, it works like any other tournament clock you're likely to see in a casino and will run in real time, and the updaters will manually keep it up to date during a tournament. So, no more needing to ask about the number of runners left, the blinds or indeed how much time left in this level. Yes, less work for everyone, hurrah! It's also exclusive to the Blonde updates,
(Until the other sites all nick it off us)
.
With the buy-in starting at £3,000, this should weedle out all but the best players, and hopefully set us up with a high class field and some top quality play.
I think Flushy is playing too.
Play will start at
the ungodly time of
1.30pm. Come and join us!
Or for a more indepth update, please head over to the 'Interactive' thread, where pictures and the ability to interact with the updating team and ask them for specific chip counts or news is available:
http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=29257.0
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Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Grand Final: Day 1A - At A Glance
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November 29, 2007, 01:42:30 PM »
We have lift-off...Play is underway.
(Note: If the clock isn't working on your computer, i.e not properly counting down, try pressing crtl and f5 at the same time to refresh)
101 Jason Shellum
102 Fowzi Baroukh
103 Brian Gilbert
104 Huseyin Yilmaz
105 Chris Moore
106 Zafar Aslam
107 James Moult
108 Ben Grundy
201 Josh Gould
202 Trevor Pearson
203 Ali Zihni
204 Hongi Liu
205 Eughan Odea
206 Gary Wilson
207 Priyam Demel
208 Mickey Wernick
301 Arshad Hussain
302 Haran Paheerathan
303 Jeff Buffenbarger
304 G Garcia
305 Les Kerrigan
306 Martin Vallo
307 Jim Reid
308 Michael Denton
309 Jeff Duvall
401 David Smith
402 G Shaw
403 William Martin
404 Carlos Walker
405 Craig Owen
406 Jonothon Butters
407 Mazhar Nawab
408 Danny Dborin
409 Robbo Karoly
501 Sam George
502 Chris Sokrati
503 Barry Earnshaw
504 Horace Harvey
505 Panicos Ellinas
506 Pawan Nayyar
507 Robert Boon
508 Lalit Khajuria
509 Surinder Sunar
601 Kyle Macpherson
602 Daniel Smith
603 Michael Trimby
604 Dan Carter
605 Dan Samson
606 Dave Colclough
607 Anthony Hardy
608 Mark Forrester
609 Roberto Romanello
701 Dave Mayall
702 Patrick Slusarek
703 Maria Maceiras
704 Ketu Nathwani
705 Paul Leckey
706 David Gross
707 F Lopez
801 Ian Frazer
802 Marc Goodwin
803 John Duthie
804 Ian Nelson
805 Talal Shakerchi
806 Richard Herbert
807 Neil Channing
901 Barney Boatman
902 F Secola
903 Ben Akiva
904 Sami Yusuf
905 Jeff Rogers
906 Antony Phillips
907 John Murphy
1001 Ray Wyre
1002 Alan Dean
1003 Davood Mehrmand
1004 Dave Gregory
1005 Manuel Palanca
1006 Jon Heath
1007 Ken Wong
1101 Robin Keston
1102 Bambos Xanthos
1103 John Kabbaj
1104 Carl Buskirk
1105 Jan Brevik
1106 Ashley Alterman
1107 Alan Vinson
1201 David La Ronde
1202 Victoria Coren
1203 Scott Chaudhry
1204 Patrik Selin
1205 Nathan Lee
1206 Jeff Burke
1207 Stuart Fox
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November 29, 2007, 02:16:18 PM »
Robin Keston bets 5k into what seems to be an 1,800 pot on a
board. Perhaps trying to get a push from a smaller set?
Vicky Coren bets 600 on the river of an A-2-4-T-J board, her opponent mucks an Ace, she shows 5-3.
Manuel Palanca looks to be the early chipleader after Dave Gregory played his aces very strong on a
board, looking to include a 6k river bet. Manuel had flopped a set of threes and called him all the way.
Dan Carter is extolling to me the virtues of Guitar Hero 3 for the XBox/PS2 whilst limping UTG. He says the only disadvantage from playing it so often is the crippling arthritis you get from the mini guitar you get with the game... Anyway, the button raises and Dan is the only caller.
Both check the
flop, Dan bets 250 on the
turn and then 500 on the
river, both times he's called, but his
is good.
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Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Grand Final: Day 1A - At A Glance
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November 29, 2007, 02:27:45 PM »
Whether you have 15k or 10k, it doesn't take long for those chips to go hurtling into the pot, and young Ketu Nathwani was all-in within the first 20 minutes. His opponent was a voluptuous and exotic Maria Maceiras, one of several Spanish players making the trip over to sunny Edgware Road today.
The Flop read
and Maria's 1.3k bet had been raised to 3.1k by Ketu. With a pained expression, and a dwell that would turn
Carlo
Citrone
green with envy, Maria made the call before checking in the dark, which, in my experience, is often a sign that they want their opponent to check behind them.
However, with the Turn bringing a
, a check was the last thing on the mind of Ketu, who bet out 2.7k. Grimacing in equal measure, Maria once again called.
The River was a
, which triggered a bizarre 1.8k bet from Maria. With his eyes darting around like nervous jelly, Ketu paused before announcing all-in in that funny quick push Hellmuth motion.
After a long long loooooooooooooooooooooooooooong dwell, Maria folded
face-up.
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November 29, 2007, 02:54:17 PM »
Two players are OUT. One being Carl Buskira who had two pair against
Robin
Keston
's set. The other player is unknown so far since he's an alternative who held 8-4 vs 2-2 on an 8-4-2-K-5 board.
Stuart
Fox
, Jim Moult and
Ben
Grundy
are all sitting together, though it looks like Grundy has already lost half his stack, and Fox, a third.
Ben just took a 2k+ pot from Foxy though, betting 500 on the turn and river of a
board with
and getting paid off.
P.S Don't tell
Foxy
the players that there are free cheeky vimtos at the bar!
The tinternet connection here at the Vic, is, as usual incredibly stupidly slow meaning it takes an age to get photos.
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November 29, 2007, 03:00:09 PM »
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November 29, 2007, 03:28:12 PM »
Short-stacked Dave Gregory is out courtesy of Davood Merhmand A-K into Aces.
Other exits are Jeff Duvall who slowplayed Kings against Roberto Romanello, but allowed Ash Hussain to come into the pot with
and flop two pair on a Q-2-3 board.
It's not all smiles for Travolta Hussain though, as Zafar Aslam is OUT, holding
versus Chris Moore's flopped flush on a
board.
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November 29, 2007, 03:43:30 PM »
We're on a break. Oh but you already know that because of the clock...
Meanwhile the players have been told about a wrap awards ceremony taking place on Monday night, which includes a player of the year, best/worst move, bad beat of the year and a best dressed player of the year and a worst dressed player of the year.
I'm backing Paul Parker for the last two awards.
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November 29, 2007, 04:36:50 PM »
Ben Grundy is no longer on tilt, he's back over his original stack just having been paid off for 3,600 by Huseyin Yilmaz on a
board. Grundy showing the
.
Michael Trimby raises from the cutoff, Dan Carter calls from the button.
Flop:
Trimby bets 850, Carter makes it 2k, Trimby decides that's not enough and bumps it up to 4.8k. Dan Carter now moves in for 10.1k and Trimby ends up passing.
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November 29, 2007, 04:54:00 PM »
The Poker Gods are a cruel bunch. Most of the time they keep relatively quiet, perhaps deep in sleep or watching something on the box, but now and then, they awake from their slumber or daily dose of reality TV to strike down a lightening bolt of misfortune on the table, if only for their own amusement. The victim this time around was a battered and bruised Chris Moore, his dejected, yet composed face taking one on the chin and forcing him to simply shrug in that 'what can you do' way.
The hand itself actually caught my attention when the dealer abruptly called out for a ruling. I, along with the TD that I virtually pushed out the way, raced over to the table to see what all the fuss was about. When we arrived, all eager eyed, the situation was that Fowzi Baroukhi had limp-called a 1,150 raise from Huseyin Yilmaz only to be told that Chris Moore had made it 6,125 from the small blind.
Slightly panicky that he might have to stick in half his stack, Fowzi was relieved to learn that he could fold and sacrifice the extra 850 that he'd put into the pot. And indeed, he did fold, leaving Huseyin to push all his chips in behind him. Chris made the obligatory call, but would have done so whatever the price was. What was most surprising, however, was that his
was up against a rather paltry
(!).
"That's what happens when you're on tilt," reveals tablemate Ben Grundy. "Big tilt," adds neighbour Jim Moult.
But tilt or no tilt, it's a funny old game as Jimmy Greaves once said, and as the dealer popped out a
Flop, I think we all knew what was coming, even when the Turn brought an innocent
.
River =
Ouch! 1-0 to the Poker Gods.
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Re: Bluesq.com GUKPT Grand Final: Day 1A - At A Glance
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November 29, 2007, 04:54:33 PM »
You want action? Well, we'll give you action. In fact, one moment, let me just dig out the action shot we have...
There you go! Kaboom!
It was a simple affair really, some pre-flop action and a
Flop triggering a 6k bet from Tony Phillips, followed by a brisk all-in from Selin before a final call from Tony.
The 2007 Gutshot Series of Poker Champion, Tony, seemed a little reluctant even as he called, but felt that he couldn't fold. He was right to be fearful in the end, as his
were in deep doggy doo against Selin's
.
Turn =
River =
Cruel blow for Phillips and his Pocket Rockets, but elation for Selin who takes a commanding chip lead in this GUKPT Grand Final.
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November 29, 2007, 05:17:49 PM »
Alan Vinson -- 6k and looking a bit glum
Dan Samson has doubled up thanks to Sam George who called his all-in push with
on a
board only to find himself up against
and in trouble, the
offered that glimmer of hope that so often comes...but was equally quickly dashed by the
river.
Ray Wyre, one of only 7 players to have played every GUKPT event this year, (Thewy and Channing being amongst the others) is out.
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November 29, 2007, 05:33:06 PM »
News of the exits of Craig Owen & Jonathan Butters. Not in the same hand but no other details.
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November 29, 2007, 05:52:07 PM »
Maria Maceiras, the sometime spanish-updater, is OUT with Eights against Paul Leckey's Fives on a 9-7-3-9-5 board.
The dinner break is 30 minutes long at the end of this level. But the players have all already been served food, (which didn't seem too popular, the food that is, not the being served at the table). So we're all off to rush to McDonalds for some healthy food.
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Marc Goodwin is OUT
All I know is on a board of
They were on their backs with Marc holding
but his oppo already flopped the hand with
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