Blackpool £1000 Main Event Live Update - Interactive

[Djinn]

Hello and welcome to Blackpool, where I'll be bringing some action from the near sell-out £1,000 Main Event over here.  From the comfort of the bar area (as suspected, we have no space until a table breaks, and things like power sockets and mobile connection are as infuriating as ever).  And when I say comfort, I mean a slightly scowly resignation.

But never mind!  This festival has been undeniably popular (this is the biggest turnout for a Blackpool main event ever), with the card room reaching capacity for all events leading up to this one...no doubt the 170 or so players (full list coming shortly) will enjoy their decently-structured main event.  Tikay's lost his glasses, so that's a decent reason why he's not won one yet.

[Dewi_cool]

 

[GlasgowBandit]

   Jen and guest updater!!

Looking forward to this.

[portfolio]

 

[Karabiner]

  Jen I'm sure they'll find you a table soon  ;bat;

[Trace]

  from the comfort of my living room - so you all know it ain't me!

I don't think I'm gonna bother coming through Jen, it's not the same without Danny.


Good luck with the updates and gl to all blondes playing!

[Djinn]

How about a full player list, then?  Here goes:

163 Runners:

Anthony Adderley
Richard Ade
Om Aggarwal
James Akenhead
Wasim Akhtar
Andy Andreou
John Angioy
Alan Armitage
Ed Arees
Derec Asher
Amjid Aslam
Zafar Aslam
Zahir Aslam
David Baker
Alan Barnacle
Emma Beattie
David Birtles
John Bousfield
Robert Bright
Kenny Burke
David Burton
Garry Bush
David Buttle
Andrew Camp
Martin Cavanagh
Andrew Chambi
Gary Chatterton
Charles Chattha
Sunny Chattha
Carlo Citrone
Adam Clark
Graham Clarkson
Dennis Clough
Bradley Cowling
Steve Craig
Lee Danaher
Alan Davies
Mal Dawson
Charlie Denton
Kyriacos Dionysiou
Phil Dorrington
J. Doyle
Thomas Dunwoodie
Lee Edwards
Michael Ellis
Peter Evans
John Falconer
Dave Felton
Tim Flanders
Mick Fletcher
Hugh Frew
Ryan Fronda
Paul Gardner
Richard Gilby
Ian Girdwood
Andy Gomm
Lawrence Gosney
Joe Grech
Michael Greco
Mark Greenwood
Norma Gutteridge      (although I have been reliably informed that she is already OUT)
Steve Hamilton
Sid Harris
Kathryn Hartree
Keith Hawkins
Ashley Hayles
John Hewston
O. Hikary
Gez Hilton
Gary Holden
Ash Hussain
Chris Huyton
M. Javed                            (also OUT - and all this in the mere seconds it's taken to write up this list!)
William Jenkins
Chris Johnson
Paul Johnstone
Gareth Jones
Iwan Jones
Jon Kalmar
John Kay
Nicholas Kay
Hanif Kazi
Les Kearney
JP Kelly
Tony Kendall
Iqbal Khan
Simon Kinnard
Kevin Kirtlan
Costas Kkola
R. Korecha
CT Law
Joan Lawley
T.V. Le                            (OUT too)
Peter Leonard
Martino Libertini
Jimmy Lister
Brian Little
Keith Littlewood
Michael Loft
Paul Longworth
Steve Lovett
Mark Lowe
Eddie Lundon
Ali Mallu
Dave Mayall
Mick McCloskey
Tom McCready
Alan Mclean
Andy Mcnair
John Meakin
Grant Mercado
Craig Metcalf
Andy Miles
David Mitchell
James Morgan
Paul Moss
Mazhar Nawab
Ian Nelson
Barry Neville
B. Ngo
Simon Nowab
Kevin O'Leary
Hoss Parhizkar
Paul Parker
Sal Patel
Stuart Pearson
Niamh Peters
Phil Peters
Howard Plant
Allen Rayner
Paul Rayner
Trevor Reardon
Martyn Reeve
Norman Reynolds
Paul Rigg
Nicholas Risdale
Mark Robinson
Jeffrey Rogers
Roberto Romanello
Neil Rutter
Stuart Rutter
Maurice Samuels
Nick Slade
Peter Smythe
John Stamatelopoulos
Matt Tyler
Dave Ulliott
Joe Wade
Steve Walmsley
Elizabeth Webster
Mickey Wernick
Bill White
Craig Wildman
Martin Wilson
Paul Wilson
Steve Wilson
Richard Wong
Ian Woodley
Bambos Xanthos
Stasia Xanthos
Manolis Xipolitas
Simon Zach
Jehan Zaib

[GlasgowBandit]

What time we kicking off at Jen??

[ripple11]

Hello and welcome to Blackpool, where I'll be bringing some action from the near sell-out £1,000 Main Event over here.  From the comfort of the bar area (as suspected, we have no space until a table breaks, and things like power sockets and mobile connection are as infuriating as ever).  And when I say comfort, I mean a slightly scowly resignation.

....dont they know how important you are??

 

[Djinn]

  Jen and guest updater!!

Looking forward to this.

Hello!  We kicked off about 15 minutes ago, but while explaining how important I am and then taking the player list sellotaped to the wall I seem to have failed to mention that. 

Here's the Secret Guest Updater (Patrick Gomm, whom I shall refer to as Mr. X for added interest):

[Djinn]

Tales From The Rail (sponsored by Ariston):

Gareth Jones was the recipient of Norma's entire stack on the second hand - she raised all in on an A J 10 rainbow board (into a pot of 400)... as he says, "Tricky call with the KQ; Norma's 10 J was just behind..."

Simon Zach's down 500 with his nut flush, after Burnley John's set of Queens hit the housing pair on the river.  He passed the ex-nuts face up.

Des Jonas loses half his stack with KQ to an AA which milked it all the way on a King-high board...

Just deciphering the rest of it...

[Trace]

I dunno whether to come through or not?

Is Mrs Red there Jen?

[Djinn]

Seeing as Ariston is being so helpful, he gets to name the Table of Death - and here it is:

Ian Woodley
Matt Tyler
Joe Grech
Beppe
Mad Marty    (who's already talking stuff like, "Let's spice it up a bit..."

[better than hellmuth]

Go stu rutter kick some ass

[Djinn]

I dunno whether to come through or not?

Is Mrs Red there Jen?

I don't think so.  In fact I'll go for No.  But Mr. Red is.  Surely that's reason enough...?



liberavisti e pavore ludum meum, mater!