BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1B - Interactive

[snoopy1239]

"I often go with the thumbs up gesture," comments Barry Carter, "it shows that I'm taking myself too seriously in photos."

[snoopy1239]

Good luck to all blonde people who play today !

Who are the others ?

A players list is currently being typed up by Dana. Unfortunately, it's another sell out today, so her fingers in overdrive. I have my whip ready in case she slows down, and RSI won't be deemed an acceptable excuse.

[danafish]

I actually haven't been down to the cardroom yet because I've been typing up this monstrous seating plan:

Table 1
Fran Egan
Jim Reid
Fuad Serhan
Jonathon Baylis
Antonio Romanello
Ben Roberts
David Barraclough
Hugh Kirton
Laurence Houghton
Spencer Lawrence

Table 2
Suzanne Pyefinch
Cunningham-Brown
Ryan Fronda
Paul King
Carlton Joseph
David Rudling
Rumit Somaiya
Alex Blackwood
Chris Sokrati
Walid Salim Khalil

Table 3
Chris Bruce
Maria Demetriou
Daniel Kerridge
Robert Rees
David Clark
Mark Tomblin
Albert Kenny
Fabio Esposito
Paul Hambleton
Dan Carter

Table 4
Luke Spalding
Charles Denton
Anu Mikkola
Vincent Mather
Nik Stylianou
Andrew Teng
Barbara Gibson
D Jones
Jonathan Kalmar
Ketu Nathwani

Table 5
Brian Prescott
W Cheung
Peter Hansen
John Burberry
Glen Ashworth
James Woodruff
Will Kassouf
Woody Deck
Mick McCool
Edna Adams

Table 6
Nick Goodall
Mike Panteli
Dave Colclough
Jenyue Chiang
Simon Eastwood
Christoffer Nilsen
Bernard Litman
Daren Braddick
Robert Boon
Frank Pini

Table 7
Marius Hogtun
Trevor Pearson
Lalit Khajuria
Simon Zach
Sam George
Glen Altham
Mark Harris
Tony Kelly
Davood Mehrmand
Ian Broadrick

Table 8
Simon Taylor
Dr Aris
Jonathon Martin
Russ Cawley
Johnathon Reynolds
Alan Armitage
Stewart Clutterbuck
Chris Rhodes
Tariq Arees
Rob Taylor

Table 9
Jason Ho - honoured to be first OUT, so seat now occupied by alternate
Praz Bansi
Ed Arees - apparently on here twice, will hopefully get revised, truthful version soon
Frank Romanello
Michael Vassiliou
Yilfer Shevket
Lars Eidissen
Chandrakant Khajuria
Simon Wickenden
Lam Trinh

Table 10
Laurie Tyler
Trevor Lawson
James Ballantyne
Koroush Nikkhahe
P Mcintyre
Jeff Kimber
Farid Badiemansour
Stuart Rutter
Steven Chandler
P Ruddy

Table 11
Sunny Chattha
Tom Camp
Daniel Burgess
Dave Penley
Harpit Gurnam
Mark Rayson
Osman Hasan
F Javed
Jeraint Hazan
Anthony Chapman

Table 12
Martino Libertini
Derick Block
Sasha Rosewood
Mark Friedman
Keith Hawkins
Stephen Bayliff
Richard Wheatley
Aaron Barry
John Wright
Richard Simmons

Table 13
Liam Boland
David Maudlin
Ali Mallu
Jason Powell
Frank Doyle
Paul Bracken
John Hadjinicolaou
Ray Wyre
Ian Holman
Paul Rosati

Table 14
Fran Creed
Chris Huyton
Derek Miller
John Fletcher
Steve Jelinek
Keir Fitzgibbon
Ramazanali Abbassi
Ian Gerrard
Neil Channing
Clive Layton

Table 15
Anthony William Hardy
Mark Steer
Carlo Gabriele
Neel Chudasama
Tim Blake
Jan Lundberg
Andrew Johnson
Alan Stearn
Sean Gregory
Hugo Martin

Table 16
Jaced Ghazi
Matthew Waddington
Warren Wooldridge
Frode Gjedsal
Iwan Jones
Richard Fuller
Liam Flood
Alan Ivinson
Tony Cascarino
Davijay Sadarangani

Table 17
Jerome Bradpiece
Lawrence Windish
Fahid Ali
Albert Sapiano
Teddy Sheringham
Victoria Coren
James Morgan
Terry Chapman
Carlo Citrone
Lawrence Morley

Table 18
M Mcelhinney
Konstantin Sobol
Eftichios Neocleous
Ghassan Elhoss
David J Lloyd
Rob Garfield
Ghassan Chehbi
Anthony Phillips
Craig Owen
Simon Ashdown

Table 19
John Rigolli
Stephen Walmsley
Stuart Nash
David Laronde
Jonathan Huckle
Patrik Selin
Alan Rawling
Martins Adeniya
Frank Callaghan
Micheal Bolger

Table 20
Kyriacos Dionysiou
Andrew Booth
John CHambers
Louise Fennell
Pascal Henssen
Sayil Zulhayir
Trevor Reardon
David Welch
Sal Ghozali

Table 21
Johnel Bracey
Mark Survila
Pete Singleton
Barry Carter
Anooj Sareen
Lloyd Rees
Jason Shellum
Roberto Romanello
Karl Mahrenholz

...Total 208 players, starting on 21 tables, instead of 20 as they did yesterday. Also, because someone in the cardroom screwed up the structure yesterday, they will be playing the screwed-up version today too, jumping straight to the 600/1200 level and skipping the 500/1000 level. They will most likely replay the 600/1200 level tomorrow.

[Colchester Kev]

I felt obliged to take a photo of Tim Blake to convey the audacity of his latest statement.

"Are you trying to grow your hair like me?"

Pink shirt ... freshly ironed, he must have had Jaffa's butler on the case.

[NoflopsHomer]

Good luck to Bazza, Dan Carter etc...

[Rupert]

andrew teng updates plzzzzzzz

[LLevan]

Did we discover if Mark Telcher John Gale was multi accounting yesterday.

[KarmaDope]

There are some horrible tables there. Field seems very strong, a lot stronger than yesterday!

[danafish]

Did we discover if Mark Telcher John Gale was multi accounting yesterday.

No, nobody knows. No mistakes were reported vis-a-vis the final player list, so either he has mastered the art of being in two places at once like those tiny particles I didn't believe existed in physics class, or there were indeed two separate people called John Gale playing yesterday. Not impossible. Although we have two Ed Arees-es currently on the list for today, which seems less likely...

[kinboshi]

There are some horrible tables there. Field seems very strong, a lot stronger than yesterday!

Yeah, Table 21 caught my eye.  Probably as it's the last one on the list...

[little DC]

Best of luck to dave clark and dave rudling

[jpean]

What a shame ! no Action Jack, no Ash Hussein, and no French guys... who will I support today ?

[Rookie (Rodney)]

good luck maria, fran & mick mc and all other blondes playing today, they are my 3 boks..

[JungleCat03]

There have been several casualties early doors.

One of those was the imposing figure of Richard Wheatley, described by one of my colleagues as "The Andy Fordham of poker."

He raised preflop and was called by the camel, Keith Hawkins.

The flop came 2-4-4 and every street was bet until Richard moved in on the river to be called by Keith. Keith flipped over the mighty 2-4 for a flopped full house and although Richard mucked, rumour has it he held K-K.

I guess that's what you call implied odds!

Here is Richard shortly after his demise, possibly pointing to another leak from the roof, although that is yet to be confirmed.

[snoopy1239]

After the early excitement of Jason Ho's first hand exit (set over set I believe), the action has slowed down somewhat with the most thrilling moment being when Mr McX offered me some jam on toast.

On the other side of the room, meanwhile, I did notice a surprisingly shaven Alan Vinson being waited on by his sooted and booted (isn't he always?) son Ben Vinson. Good to see these kids respect their elders.

Otherwise, very slow going at the moment. I'm tempted to whip off the old long johns and streak through the cardroom, but the gaps between the tables are quite tight and I wouldn't want to dish out any black eyes. Oh, and our new sponsors William Hill didn't supply any velcro trousers.