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Well, strictly speaking, it's now 4am on Saturday, so here will be the Interactive Coverage thread for Day Two.  Play of the Walsall Grosvenor UK Poker Tour in association with Blue Square Poker starts at 4pm.  Chip counts forthcoming.

Chili And Flushy Fish to win!

Good Luck Both.

whats the starting average stack for day 2?

Day 2 Chip Counts:

Chris Bruce -- 100,800
Mohammed Shafiq -- 88,500
Paul King -- 67,800
David Johnson -- 65,900
Paul Gourlay -- 62,700
Paul Dobson -- 61,100
Roberto Romanello -- 60,000
Chris Sokrati -- 56,200
Ross Boatman -- 55,400
Andrew Bradshaw -- 53,300
Steve Gibbons -- 53,200
John Conroy -- 51,400
Peter Evans -- 50,900
Ram Lakha -- 49,500
Reyaaz Mulla -- 49,500
Ganesh Rao -- 49,300
Matt Tyler -- 49,200
David Parker -- 47,400
Joseph Koumi -- 46,500
Michael Bolous -- 46,100
Barny Boatman -- 46,100
Lucy Rokach -- 44,900
Damian Evans -- 44,500
Nik Persaud -- 44,500
Samuel Harrison -- 44,100
Arshad Hussain -- 43,900
Alan Vinncombe -- 43,900
Barry Lane -- 43,400
M Arnesen -- 42,700
Kayshan Muthy -- 42,500
Graham Newman -- 42,300
Jerome Bradpiece -- 41,500
John Kabbaj -- 39,300
Ed Arees -- 38,900
Warrren Wooldrigde -- 38,100
Kirshan Larsen -- 37,900
P Ioannou -- 36,000
Raj Patel -- 35,700
Richard Lynch -- 35,400
John Gale -- 34,900
Nichiei Hicks -- 34,400
Steve Jelinek -- 33,600
Craig Owen -- 31,800
Ky Hutchinson -- 31,300
Zachery    Ford -- 31,200
Ben Callinan -- 31,000
John Marles -- 30,000
Richard Wong -- 30,000
Ash Pervaiz -- 29,900
Alan Mclean -- 29,000
Anthony MacKay -- 29,000
Martino Libertini -- 28,000
Ouday Hikary -- 27,700
Ian Herbert -- 27,700
John Keown -- 27,700
E Bowker -- 27,500
Gary Chatterton -- 27,300
Nicholas Jenkins -- 26,500
Joe Beevers -- 26,000
Billy Ngo -- 25,900
Dave Smith -- 25,600
Iwan Jones -- 24,100
Peter Smyth -- 23,900
Mark Forster -- 23,800
Mark Herron -- 23,700
Allen Rayner -- 23,500
Edward Phipps -- 23,500
Thomas Grundy -- 23,300
Soren Nielsen -- 23,200
Adam Wilkinson -- 23,000
Chris Liperis -- 22,600
Ian Woodley -- 22,100
Nick Harpa -- 22,100
MZ Hussain -- 21,700
Stephen Holden -- 21,700
Paul Rayner -- 21,600
Toni Dicesare -- 21,200
Des Jonas -- 21,100
Jatinder Purewal -- 20,300
Stephen Nash -- 20,300
John Bates -- 20,000
Jamie Morris -- 18,700
Rob Cook -- 18,400
Mike Moore -- 18,300
James Dempsey -- 18,200
G Kenworthy  -- 18,100
Stefan Eccles -- 18,000
James Morgan -- 18,000
Graham Cadd -- 18,000
Raymond Brown -- 18,000
Steve Brown -- 17,400
Nick Slade -- 16,800
Ryan Fronda -- 16,800
James Browning -- 16,000
Amanda Birney -- 15,200
Mathaw Mckinlay -- 15,000
Ronnie Debealox -- 14,900
John Huckle -- 14,800
Giovanni Vaccarella -- 14,300
Stasia Xanthos -- 13,800
Maria Demetriou -- 13,800
Rory Mchugh -- 13,700
Stephen AuYeung -- 13,300
Dan Carter -- 13,200
J Ruehle -- 11,600
I Bowden -- 11,600
T Choy-Sing -- 11,600
K Burke -- 11,600
David Tutty -- 11,400
Jac Arama -- 11,200
Rob Watkiss -- 11,000
Paul Moss -- 11,000
Essy Jahanpour -- 10,700
Darren Baine -- 10,600
Shanti Somaranth -- 10,400
Mick Wernick -- 10,300
Balvinder Nijjar -- 10,000
Stephen Millar -- 9,100
Tim Blake -- 9,100
Neil Fox -- 8,900
Steve Reeves -- 8,700
Jonathon Butters -- 7,400
Darshan Sami -- 7,300
S Dixon -- 7,200
Paul Plimmer -- 5,400
John Burke -- 4,400
Tony Harman -- 4,000
Alan Henson -- 4,000
Ian Parry -- 3,600

Okay then chaps, this is where we sort the men out from the boys. 50% of my picks are still in, so I'm going to stick with them.

Good luck to...

Matt Tyler
Chris Sokrati
Des Jonas

All due a big win!

68 (day 1) + 61 (day2)...from 360 starters (give or take one or two!)......means a touch under 28K.

2 of my boks/picks still in so no need to desert them now...................continuing with the John theme I've added the cabbage man:

John Conroy
John Gale
John Kabbaj

Once again good luck to all the blondes still in.

i still got 2 of mine in
iwan jones
jhon gale
martyn cavanagh ul mate next time
ive replaced marty with"roberto romanello        "THE MOUTH"



YOU GUYS REALLY DESERVE A MEDAL FOR YOUR UPDATING.,.,.,
                             BEST IN THE WORLD



you are guys have one of my old ones.,.,.,.,.,.,

GL to the Luton boys, John Vaccharelli (sp?), Dick Lynch and Ray Brown. Go deep kids. Also GL to the flushmeister.

Good luck to all Blondites but especially Chilli -  ;cheerleader; - who doesn't need any luck - just to play her A game which is as good as it gets - keep it going Chilli!!!!!

Good luck Chris "Soxy" Sokrati, due a decent live result. Can you give plenty of updates on him today please?

and tell him i said he is a luck box !!

whats the pay out structure please?

Good luck to the Walsall regulars (and any I missed).

http://www.grosvenorukpokertour.com/events_prize.shtml

£111,600 for 1st, £57,600 for 2nd down to £2,160 for 27th I believe.

thanks for updates guys and girls i think we go back into redraw stage  now better go i have to be there for 4pm see you sooon

I will be on my way down to the casino at 3 pm with my hot favourite to take a picture to be posted on here, so Snoop get ur camera ready.

Good luck to all the local regulars.
Wish u all the best.
 ;mexicanwave; ;letsparty;

I shall be on my way to work shortly to get ready to deal to the lucky day 2'ers. Any good luck messages you want me to pass on?

tell flushy to get stomping please

good luck to every one still in ,

               my three for day 2


                                       shaf


                                     tony macay

                                     alan mclean

look after Birney 4 me.... ta

3 old school players to be chip leaders at end of day 2
Lucy The Rocket
The Shaf
Ross The Fireman

and this weeks local outsider to make final table.... Ash The Cash Pervais

top 3

shaf
soxy

s reeves     tunatastic short stakker.


ps  clubber as 1st reserve !!!!!!!

I want to wish luck to so many am gutted I cant be there.
 
So good luck to everyone but especially steve, lucy, maria, shaf, and of course flushie.

The crowds have arrived, all staring up at a very impressive projection of the seat draw, which has now become general knowledge.  It looks more crowded due to the ongoing construction of the Feature Table, which dwarfs the gaming tables and in fact takes up a good proportion of the centre of the casino.  No fliming today, however.

A poker medal?!?!

Surely not!  ;)

(http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=20355.0;attach=11577;image)

ive got 3 still in

lucy R
CHILI
nick hicks

im adding dave smith and chris bruce to,i might as well root for all the notts players.please send my best wishes to dave,chris and nick.(ive already texed CHILI)

FRAN

The gang.

From left to right: Stevie Rees, Maria 'Chili Pepper' Demetriou, James ' ;flushy;' Dempsey, Nik 'vodkaredbull' Hiks

And my favourite photo of the week so far...

Malcolm Muskett with chip leader Chris Bruce.

Chris Bruce:

"The big pot yesterday was when I took all those chips off Rug. There was some history and we'd clashed, one time with me re-raising him with A-Q, continue betting a King Flop and checking it down, so he knew I wasn't a total rock. Then, I re-raised him with the Jacks and he flat called. 9 high Flop, he bet 8k, I re-raised and he moved all-in. I almost folded, but just felt I was ahead in the end and called. He had T-9. That put me up to 70k, and after that I just won a few nice smaller pots to reach the 100k. It's exciting being the chip leader at a level like this, but I know it can change."

Neil Fox is OUT. First hand of the day.

More hands than you can shake a stick at.

First of all Roberto Romanello outdraws a Scandie with A-8 vs Q-J on a J-8-x Flop.

18k more into a 25k pot, the Welshman gives it the old chat saying, "Will you show, will you show if I pass? Will you show? No response, huh?"

The Scandie just gives him a blank look.

Anyhow, Roberto does call and hits an Ace on the Turn.

"Sorry mate, that's the way it goes."

Ouch.

Meanwhile, Paul Dobson's stack has dropped down to around the 50k mark after doubling up young E Bowker.

Bowker = 7h 7c

Dobson = Ad Kh

Board = 3d 9h 7s 9c 7d

Talk about overkill!

And John Gale is in doubling up mood too, sending chips over to shiny headed John Bates.

All the chips flew in on a 7h 4c 9c with bald John holding 5d 6d (open ended) to hairy John's 8d 9s

Turn = 3h

River = 9h

And would you Adam and Eve it, another double up!

This time it's Paul Raynor, his Kings emphatically holding up against Wayne Woodridge's A-Qs on a 2-5-K-2-3 Flop.

As a result, Raynor is now up to the 40k.

chriss bruce notts regular very good player ,

can mix it to gl to him.

First level double ups- Chris Bruce gives some of those leader chips away to Shanti Samarant (all in preflop with Ahrt Ks).  To be fair, Chris had Kd Kc.
Flop:  3s 9s 5s  (oooh, go the table)
Turn: 6s  (aaah, go the table)
River:  Qs  (the table no longer care)
So Shanti has 25k now, while a small dent appeared in the leader.

I. Bowden also doubles to 16k (Sevens vs. AK - which seems to be one of the two hands in every showdown).

great welsh accent there snoopy :)up

And those who've pushed with the opposite result (i.e. elimination):

D. Sami, with just 4k or so - "Just call me and double me up or send me home," he says, holding Kc Kd... but Des Jonas felt obliged to call and some kind of outdraw occurred because the next thing that happened was Sami cussing up a quiet storm, and storming off.

Alan Henson is also OUT, thanks to Jac Arama, who was himself short stacked and remarked, "I didn't think I had enough chips to knock anyone out."  Which must have been a comfort to Alan.

go dezy go dezy cud u try find out wat happened plz jen/snoops

Double with a twist (more like triple) up for S. Dixon...  Nik Persaud raises under the gun to 3,400.  He's called by button Ganesh Rao and small blind Graham Newman.  Then big blind Dixon says something like, "OK go for it," and moves in for a total of 7k.  This, of course, reopens the betting, and Nik makes the isolation raise, to 22,400.  The amount of dwell given by Ganesh Rao implies that this was, in fact, a good idea, as they both get out of the way for Nik to show Ac 6c, against Dixon's Th Jh.
Flop:  Td 3s 9h
Turn:  3c
River: Jd

Never seen action come this thick and fast!

John Gale the latest exit, his all-in move againt original raiser Paul Dobson not being enough to get him to fold A-8, John in all sorts of trouble with his A-6 and cleary hoping for a split pot, if not a 6.

And when the Td Qc Kc 9c 2c that split pot looked likely, until Paul pointed to his Ac.

Darshan Sami is OUT.

Was shorstacked and found Kings, but unfortunately two smooth callers, the Big Blind value calling with 7s 4s before making a Flush.

Dick Lynch is also OUT.

I haven't spotted Dick today (ahem), but fellow Lutonian Ray Brown retold the story of how he first lost with A-K to 7-7, then J-J to K-K and K-K, before finally losing with A-J vs. 8-8 for his last 2k.

Torrid time for the Luton old timer.

my pal tony choy sing out with jj walking into qq

Any news on Dan "Lucky Scrote" Carter? He's the one who looks like a young David Gower / Leo Sayer hybrid.

Judging by the rail, it looks as though Andrew Jackson and AuYeung are also OUT.

TBC

Graham Newman is dealt a cruel blow by local player (I often see him down the Broadway), Toni Decesari, his A-K being Rivered by the Midlander's A-Q.

John Huckle is OUT.

Made his move from the button with A-8 but ran into the Big Blind's A-Q.

What are the blinds   number of players left and average stack please

Lucy Rokach is out in dramatic circumstances.

Limp calling with J-9 to Paul Kings A-J pre-flop raise, both players checekd the Q-J-x Flop before Lucy moved in all over the top of Paul's bet on the Turn.

"Paul called instantly," reported Ash Pervais, the A-J holding up by the raggy River.

Paul King now has over 100k.

Wish him well Adam.

snoops can you check how many are registered for tomoz plz and is it rebuy or freeze out??

u r a bit chheky man  dont u think he hasnt got enough to do without being your prsonel massanger?lol

Just coming to the end of the 6/12(100) level. Av stack is 34,600

100 left.

kepp it strum turkey. ;nemesis; ;nemesis; lol

The following local lads have also bitten the dust (according to Dani):

Ram Latha
Tony Harman

alrite turk hows it goin . matt

John Kabbaj was also spotted wandering around the cash game tables, so it looks like he's gone too.

Starting to slow down now. That first 30 minutes was absolute madness. Double ups or exits every second.

not to food warrior  long time no see u ok?

Jen / Snoops  Great Job, Can we please have a photo of paul King with his new stack please.

snoopy can u check for me if David Johnson    is Luton regulor  Dave ( i dont believe 'em) Johnson or just a namesake    cheers

Rory McHugh is OUT.

Nick Slade took most of his chips with K-T vs A-T.

But he was eventually finished off by The Welsh Wizard, Iwan Jones, whose A-K was more than enough to see of the shortstack's (and I mean VERY shortstacked) McHugh's T-9.

He was teased though, Ten first card, Ace on the Turn.

lol i meant not to good   bloody foreigners cant spell

T Choy Sing is drowning his sorrows at the bar, so I think he MUST be a gonna too.

He told me you sniped in for 5% Simon, good decision, hopefully........

lol, yeah im good thanks , no good last night then.. you had gud chips too didnt u ?

can you tell me how ouday hickary is getting on plseae

will do

and the King photo.

y had good start but made wrong move  again!

chip count for chilli and flushy please

Jimmy Ruehle is OUT. Ran Jacks into Mohammed Shafiq's American Airlines.

So, Jimmy won't be ruehling this comp, ahem.

Mickey Wernick has also recently departed, his 7c 7s all-in being looked up by Kc Jh.

4d 7d Jd Flop no good for The Worm. The 8d Turn brought glimmers of a potential split pot, but it failed to arrive on the 5c River.

Just update us on the game eh?... ;noflopshomer;  ;hide;  ;nana;

And in around the same minute, Maria 'Chili' Demetriou is OUT - sick of being a short stack, moving in and picking up blinds to stay level, she found Ac 9c, raised to 5k preflop (leaving 12k behind).  Nik Persaud, who'd just been moved to her table with towers of chips re-raised to 20k.  His reputation preceded him (she said, "He was calling everything, had chips up to here...") but this time, when she called, she found him with Kd Kc.  I think a King came, too, just making sure, and she's off, although not too upset seeing as she double qualified for this event, and gets to play the next one.

Just got some texts from Dan "Lucky Scrote" Carter..

Started on 13k for the day, in 104th/129 runners.

Up to 32.6k by 4.45pm, 46k by 5.15pm, and 78.6k by 5.30pm.

That must surely be some kind of record!! Keep it up mate!! :)

A bit more detail on the stack-destroying Nick Slade hand - I saw the chips which doubled up Nick heading his way on a Qd 6s 9h 5c Jc board with the Kh Tc in front of Nick and the Aspades Kd in front of Mchugh... I was just puzzling over what had happened when Iwan Jones says, "Look, Jen's trying to figure out where the money went in on this board...it was preflop."  A sheepish look from Nick, whose rivered Jack for the straight kind of went over his head for a few seconds before he realised he'd been given a new lease of life.

My choices.

Nik Persaud
I Woodley
Ryan Fronda

I saw him moving in repeatedly early doors...thought he wasn't in a sitting still kind of mood.  He wasn't called the times I was watching, however, but something has clearly been going right for the guy.

Unlucky Chili...


Come on Flushy Fish!!

Go Lucky Scrote and Flushy! (would be good to see you finish top 2 - in that order! ;))

Peter Smyth is OUT.

His flabber is very gasted too.

"The guy in Seat 1 made if 4k, I moved in with Queens for 25k and he called instantly, no hesitation, I couldn't believe it... A-J. Of course, he hit his Ace and the rest is history."

Paul Moss has had a pretty good afternoon - early on eliminating Tim Blake with A-K vs. Q-J, and then getting into a three-way pot with Kings, which got him up over the 30k mark.  More chip counts after a full circuit of the Room (which now involves a kind of detour round the TV table building site...).

John Vaccarella is also OUT.

Coinflip with Ian Woodley, John's Queens losing out to Ian's Big Slick.

Also caught Stevie Rees on the rail. Nines v A-Q, Queen on flop.

Edward Phipps and Andrew Douglas are gone too.

H Snoops,

How is Matt Tyler doing?

Cheers

chip counts for dave smith and nick hicks please

Kenny Burke has hit the deck.

Everyone in the press room has agreed to use the following line...

"Them bastards killed Kenny!"

Sry.  ;ashamed;

As requested...

Paul King and his 124,800 chip stack.

any news on mark herron

The  ;flushy; -- 52,300

Ouday Hickary (is that his porn face??) -- 32,300

Is this Mr Johnson, Jim. If so, he's on 67,300.

Please can we have a photo of Dan Carter with his chip stack?

also mark herron please

Yes, Mark Herron has just been eliminated. His K-Qs failing to outdo Jac Arama's A-J.

Jac Arama gave it a big "Yes, and slam of the table," which was a shame.

Mark just walked off with a sour expression on his face.

Board was 7-6-8-2-7

How about Paul Gourlay? Cheers :)

Snoppy thats Brian Johnson  an american allround nice guy and great player   not david johnson  i guess its a typo on the first page chip count  thanks though

Yes, that's what I thought, but the only Johnson on the player list for today is David Johnson (Table 11, Seat 1 - which is what the photo is), so I guess it's a misprint and David Johnson isn't here.

okay, dan carter coming up too

Hi Mick, he rang me to tell me he qualified in super sat for £50 so i suggested I buy 5% for £50 so that he is absolutely freerolling, I think it was a nice jester personally LOL.

bump

 :D

snoop hows my bodys  ash the cash, mr hussayin and des doing m8  thanks

One moment, I need to confirm this, someone is telling me he's still in. Back in a moment. I was sure it was him though - young, bald chap, son of Mick.

just spoke to him, hes on 50k

Blimey, any idea where he got them from?

Come on Flushy Fish!

Come on Mr Dempsey, also is Ray Brown still in?
Brain Johnson..................i agree the nicest American iv ever met, far more gentlemanly than the other one we had at Luton last night........................

great updates as usual.

p.s why dont you just make up the results, cause a huge row and get pissed at the bar. Eternal respect would be well earned :)

Cheers Snoops

would it be possible to get a count for Elliott 'Rekwob/Wlleiotl' Bowker? that is if he is still in of course

My sincerest apologies.  ;tightend;

It was his next door neighbour, Toni Decisare, who was the victim of the hand above. Mark is on 50k after knocing someone out with A-K vs A-Q.

My mistake.

Jac Arama still yelped like a madman though.  :D

Any chance of counts for Dessy and Matt T guys... Tx ..xx  and BTW ..great updates..xx

Flushy played the best I've ever seen yesterday if he doesn't get into personal battles he is my outside tip to win this.

How are the welsh boys and Nick Persaud getting on?

Your a decent fella Simon, good on u m8.lol

Nik Hicks is OUT.

"I moved into the big blind of another table with 20k, found Tens and re-raised all-in. A-J got me when he hit a Jack on the Flop. Not too many flops played today"

Yep, I've noticed that too, seems to be raise, all-in call/fold with most hands being classic coinflips.

Gotta win those 50-50s.

A pensive Dan Carter (63,600) looks on as a suave Persaud contemplates a bet.

 ;iagree; :goodpost:

Don't ask me why, but I decided to take a poncy picture (good or bad?) of Ash Pervais and Paul Gourlay, the latter running well with 71,500.

Can you give us some more info on Gourlay, don't think I've seen him before. Scouse?

how is racing ron doing please

counts for Ryan Fronda   Ray Brown and Joe Beavers pls guys

Not scouse.... he's a geordie

Ash Hussain has 44k, just 100 more than he started the day with, lol.  :D

Stephen Holden was also spotted by the slots. Signs don't look good.

Just the one slap for you next time we meet then snoops ;booboo;

As they break another table (we're down to 80 players) here are a bunch of chip counts, excepting those players who've just been redispersed - will look for them in a minute...

James Browning      25,000
Roberto Romanello   105,000
Peter Evans             73,000
Dave Smith             16,000
Chris Sokrati            68,000
Stasia Xanthos         25,500
Rob Cook               16,000
Thomas Grundy       47,000
Barney Boatman      46,000
Joe Beevers            75,000
Paul Gourlay            71,500
Dan Carter              63,600
Matt Tyler              23,000
James Dempsey      45,000
Jac Arama              28,000
Steve Jelinek          55,000
Jerome Bradpiece     58,000
Iwan Jones             34,000
John Conroy           45,000
Mark Herron            52,500
John Keown           34,500
Paul Moss               52,000
Paul King                123,000
Ganesh Rao            78,000
David Parker           25,000
Ram Lakha             100,000
Chris Bruce             110,000
Ben Callinan             22,000
Kirshan Larsen         40,000
Ryan Fronda            54,000
Ross Boatman          65,000
Paul Rayner             75,000
Ian Woodley           36,000
Craig Owen             60,000
Ed Arees                 35,000
Warren Wooldridge   27,000
Joe Koumi               45,000
Alan Mclean             20,500
Paul Dobson            47,000
Graham Newman      40,500
Stefan Eccles           31,000
E. Bowker               35,000
Steve Gibbons         86,000
Des Jonas               36,000
Tony Mackay           75,000

I was only a few miles away.  :D ;djinn;

Guns on standby  ;snoopy'sguns;

thanks m8

Poncy pic makes me feel sea sick. Don't get arty farty Snoops, we get enough of that on channel 4.

Paul is a geordie and he won the £500 f/o earlier in the week having chopped it 4 ways with julian Karl and myself

They're currently on a break now, but I did catch a few big hands near the end, one of which involved one of the requested players, Matt Tyler, his 8-2 outdrawing Essy Jahanpour's A-T. and if you're wondering how he got it in with 8-2, it's because Essy was painfully shortstacked. Matt still only has 27,200, which says it all.

Meanwhile, next door neighbour Joe Beevers is fairing rather better with 69,800.

Flushy gets involved with Barney Boatman, who called his raise in the big blind.  They saw a 4h 8s 7s flop.. Barney checked and James thought out loud, eventually betting 6k.  Barney calls.
Turn:  5s  Now Barney moves in, for around 20k, over half of Flushy's stack.  He's not liking this, and a great deal of talking ensues.  "No question I was calling on the flop," says Flushy.  "I'll show you if you pass," replies Barney.
"Will you show me one now?"
"If it was allowed."
Flushy turns to the supervisor: "Can he show me a card?" - reply - "If he wants to fold he can."
Flushy turns back to Barney, "Do you want to show?"
"Not really."  It did rather look like Flushy was buying himself time to talk himself into passing, and pass he did.
"Lucky that card came to save you," said Barney, looking at the scare card turn.  He eventually half kept his promise, showing the 8c.  That had a real ring of truth about it, in my opinion.

And here's Gutshotter and charming rascal Nik Persaud. He now has a LOT of chips piled in front of him after knocking Paul Dobson down to a 'will he bother returning' 400 chips. If you're thinking, "Why isn't Nik smiling" then that may be because he outdrew his opponent with K-9 vs A-Q, Nik being forced to show when his all-in re-raise move was called by the initial raise of Paul Dobson and his A-Q, but a 9 high flop and that's virtually killed off the Walsall regular.

any reports on soxy? wish him luck for me

cheers

Just spoke to Marky... he's on 57k and feeling good  ;karabiner;


GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO   ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY  SONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

any chance of a pic of mark herron and his stack please

Could my baby girl have a pic of daddy Iwan Jones please?!Cheers

Rob Cook has been (Snoops do I have to say it?  OK) Exterminated.

The shortstack with the ludicrously oversized Dalek card protector (which says things when you press a button on it) has clung on for a good two levels, but no more.

I think they're going 9-handed from now on, incidentally.

Oy, no tugging of the heart strings!

But okay, no worries.  :)

go SOXY

great updates as always guys.

 any news of john "punk" conroy?

How many chips has Nik got now snoops?

Here's the prize payout, waiting for the last three tables...

1 £111,600
2  £59,400
3  £39,600
4  £28,800
5  £21,600
6  £18,000
7  £14,400
8  £10,800
9   £7,200
10  £5,400
11  £3,600
12-15 £2,880
16-21 £2,520
22-27 £2,160

Some updated chippy counts...

Alan Vinnicombe -- 40,500
James Dempsey -- 42,300
Dan Carter -- 49,300
Chris Sokrati -- 66,600
Adam Wilkinson -- 24,900
Alan McLean -- 27,600
Ed Arees -- 58,700
Mark Boulas -- 65,000
Elliott Bowker -- 37,700
Nik Persaud -- 91,500
Ryan Fronda -- 49,800
Chris Bruce -- 94,100
Ash Hussain -- 41,800
Stasia Xanthos -- 16,500
Jay Patel -- 38,200
Ouday Hickary -- 71,200
Ky Hutchinson -- 11,600
James Browning -- 20,500
Dave Smith -- 15,900
Des Jonas -- 22,200
Ben Callinan -- 25,000

wish james browning luck please guys from  jim and jeff

The Hendonmob are passing chips again (just kidding), with Joe knocking out Barny, calling with a draw saying 'It's go home or a chance to win the tournament time'.

Flop = K-9-8

Joe's J-T outdrew Barny's A-K with a 7 on the Turn and another on the River.

A sickened James Dempsey looked on in disgust because he folded 7-8 in what was eventually an 80k pot.

Yes, it's time for Joe (who's had a great day, beating QQ with AQ earlier and then doubling through again to the point where he could take out his FullTilt Teammate...) to stack his new mountain (as pictured below).

Triple request taken care of in one pic - Mark Herron, his chip stack, and neighbour John Conroy with very dark shades on, considering they're on the gallery which must be one of the worst lit bits of cardroom in the country. 

what are the blinds?

tell dave smith to keep his chin up(not if he looks like hes going all in though,lol)

FRAN

Lies, FLushy doesnt pass any pair. he must be making it up.

Looks like Welsh youngster Ouday Hickary is challenging for the chip lead with approximately 130k.

His latest scoop being a set of nines on a K-9-8 Flop, Martino Libertini being the ufortunate victim, his K-J.

It went...

raise from the button (Martino)
call from the sb (Ouday)
check from Ouday
all-in from Martino
call from Ouday

Ten Turn, Ace River.

Iwan's on the same table as John Conroy et al. and to illustrate the lighting problem, here's Iwan before and after he's been amateurishly lightened... He's pretty low stacked with under 25k.

And here's Chris Sokrati, popular chap... Yesterday, when Flushy got up to the chip lead, he said, "I looked around, and the only other person with a stack like mine was my 5%!"  That's Chris, who's on around 70k, steadily building where Flushy's had some trouble today.

even brighter

Blinds 1k/2k ante 200, just about to go up to 1,500/3,000 ante 300, which won't slow the pace down much.  We anticipate a chip-consolidation lull occurring shortly after the dinner break.

top stuff as usual guys...Flushy can still take this...assuming he doesn't pass anymore hands...which he ussually doesn't :)

The player with the smallest forename, Ky Hutchinson, is OUT, losing a T-T vs. A-K coinflip with Alan Vinnicombe.

No Ace, no King, but a cheeky 3 on the River for a straight, had to be a non-club too.

Nick slades stack please guys if you get a chance.

Cheers....

Paul King is the current chip leader with 140k.

'Chicken' Joe Koumi is playing the cash game and therefore OUT.

Ouday is far from a youngster Adam, a very good player who l first met in Deauville last year. We played 500euro sngs there and percentaged each other, always getting placed. He has alot of moves and can change gears. Experienced at this level and knows how to WIN. I would have to say he will be hard to cope with..........

Wish him good luck for me Adam.

Does that make him King of The Hill

Stephen Millar, a new name to me, has doubled up.

Millar =  Aspades 7s

Joe Beevers = Ks Qd

Board = Js 4h Ts 5s 3s

No messing.

Meanwhile, P.I. Dick Slade has also doubled up with Sixes versus A-K. Ryan Fronda folded A-Q, but even though he would have Flopped an Ace, it's a good job because Slade made a set on the River.

Sorry to tell you, Flushy has just gone.  A-Q vs 8-8 race, after all the drama of the last hour and a half it seems slightly anticlimactic.  He was short, now, however, and his best shot missed sending him to the rail. 

How old is he? He looks illegal.

Where's Greg Hill when you need him?

A shame...still, well played  ;flushy;

Unlucky Flushy Fish.

Shame to hear about mr dempsy.

Keep an eye on Elliot Bowker and Dan Carter for me ;)

- James Atkin

UL Flushy ... i would tell you to go on a bender, but you would probably take it literally ;)

It will come mate.... Keep the faith.

Is Amanda Birney still in? If so, please send her my best wishes if possible.

Thanks,


Grant

PMSL

I think someone was after a piccy of Elliott Bowker.


Tada!

She sure is...

Ed Arees -- 58,100
Amanda Birney -- 17,100
Joe Beevers -- 112,600
Ian Herbert -- 37,300
Mateyboy -- 37,800
Adam Wilkinson -- 33,300
Scott Dixon -- 40,000
Stephen Millar -- 26,200
Jerome Bradpiece -- 76,000

Lol, well I know what he looks like, but good to see he has chips in front of him...

:)

Mohammed Shafiq -- 81,900
Richard Wong -- 18,900
Nik Persaud -- 63,800
Chris Lipris -- 16,400
Elliott Bawker -- 98,500
Steve Gibbons -- 145,800
Steve Jelinek -- 49,500
Des Jonas -- 58,800
A Mackay -- 85,400

Iwan feels the call of the short-stack all-in, and creates a big pot for Paul Plimmer... Iwan moved in on the button for his 20k or so, and got an instacall all-in from the small blind Paul.  Then Peter Evans decided to have a go too from the big blind, calling to cover both short stacks.
Iwan showed:  9h 7h
Paul showed:  Ac Jc
Peter showed:  Aspades 6d

Flop: Kc Kd 9s 
Turn: 7c  (looking better for Iwan than it really was, this card)
River:  4c  and Paul Plimmer gets very excited at having his stack now over 56k - some "YES!" style shouting prompting the wits on the table to say simultaneously, "Who won that one?"

Iwan won the side pot and has 5k, although the walk to the press area and back takes enough time that by the next posting he'll have at least 11k or be out.

Richard Wong has been removed from that table by Mohammed Shafiq, 7c 9c vs Ac 9d. Board = 7s 5h Kc 4c Jh, all the chips going in on the flop.

FRAN which chin do you mean.

Meanwhile, Jac Arama has added to his stack by removing a neighbour, calling and all-in on a board of 2-A-7-8. River 6.

"He let me have a free card," added Jac, before tapping the table and saying to the dealer, "thank you sweetheart."

Yuk. I need a vomiting smilie.

gooooone """"""waaaaaaaaaadday da wad da di da ouday""""""
one of the nicest guys in the game and proud to call my mate hes a frickin looney dont raise unless you got it ive seen him make world class calls with 10 high goooooooone my son .,.,.,.,.oh yeh hes 27 snoops and g4y


he gave me his last £50 one night and i turned it into £5k on the wheel class kid

barry stop it,lol.
you coming notts 2morrow night?

Chris Lipris doubles up against Des Jonas, who gives his 7-7 a spin with A-8.
Flop:  A-Q-A
Turn:  9
River: 7 and with Nik saying he passed the other seven, it's a case card river to save the Walsall player, and dent an 18k-sized hole in Jonas' stack.

Meanwhile Ross Boatman finds his button raise to 8k (or so) re-raised out of the big blind by aggressive student Thomas Grundy.  It's a not-quite-callable 27,000 more, and enough to get rid of the last remaining Boatman.

Whats on Fran?

havent heard about the mouth romanello???is he ok
snoops do me favour wish all the welsh/iraqi/italian/saudi players from cardiff/swansea luck bud ty

Here's Des Jonas, enjoying the space created by the move from ten to nine-handed (chip stack not so desperate - this is from a little earlier, so no stress, Des supporters)

hey, how is B Feridooni doing? we qualified at the vic together?

thanks
david

A real kick in the balls now for a certain Poker Night Live player now, James Browning finding himself all-in against Billy Ngo in a pot that would "get me right back in it".

Dominating with A-K vs A-3, the board came 5-J-6-9 until the River drowned the Geordie with a nasty 3c. Ouch.

He looked devestated, but he took it like soldier, saying good luck before departing.

Bet he does 150 down the M6 though.

  rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

you need to explain Sofa, not all will get this.........

He's just fine - sat to the immediate left of Soxy (which could be interesting). Saw a pot being chop-chopped which they'd both gotten into with A9 suited...

Paul Rayner -- 45,800
Brian Johnson -- 120,400
Craig Owen -- 81,200
Ram Latha -- 50,100
Dan Carter -- 49,200
Jac Arama -- 67,000
Reyaaz Mulla -- 19,700
Alan McLean -- 50,900

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So please please please support the live updates by joining the party. woo  ;sark;

cheers, snoops :snoopy:

There's no B. Feridooni on the Day Two player list...I would assume therefore that he was a day one eliminatee, or has changed his name overnight.

Lol, a mixed bunch down in Cardiff then?

wish joe beevers luck for me

ah he was doing well i thought after i got eliminated assumed he would still be around for day 2, thanks anyway jen.. back to watching yesterdays neighbours i missed lol

54 players left

1.5k/3k (300) blinds

64,300 average stack.

How's the 'aggressive student' Thomas Grundy doing chipwise?

just found out romanello gone 99 v ak ace on flop .,.,.sad time

50 pound rebuy,4000 chips,8.15pm last reg.
made 8 grand last week,48 runners.
ill be there

I knew that side-by-side Romanello and Soxy would create action - raise, re-raise, re-raise all in, and Roberto's 9d 9c was up against Chris' Aspades Kc.  The board brought a King but no hope for the nines, and so the Mouth is OUT, while Soxy's count rose to 80k...

snoops chip counts on dezzy / big ben callain and ash the cash pervaiz plzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Chris Sokrati -- 102,800
Toni Dicesare -- 79,200
Ian Woodley -- 22,100
Mark Herron -- 91,100
Ash Pervais -- 109,300
Jay Patel -- 134,900
Mark Boulos -- 121,300
Ouday Hickary -- 102,600

Jen,Snoop - could you please pass on best of british to chris soxy.....we were on an eventful table together yesterday and had joked about getting to the fish of the tourney while he had a big stack...fortunately for him he got there first! Think his patient disciplined style might buck the trend in these events and get him a big cash. Other outside tip is Jerome Bradpiece....also impressive yesterday.

Ryan Fronda, whose determination in the face of short-stackedness is what won him that last Luton title, has solidly increased his stack to one which feels no all-in pressure yet, and gives him the room to make more moves.  He's not willing to risk it all on a gamble, however - having raised to 10k, small blind Chris Bruce immediately pushed all in and left Ryan considering whether 75k (a pretty even match-up to his stack, in fact, a bit more) was worth calling with his hand.  As he passed I saw a 9c, so I think the hand which knocked out Roberto was laid down by Ryan...

Interestingly, Nick Slade piped up saying if Chris hadn't done that, he would've, seeing as he'd just passed Jacks to that rather large bet...

my three arestill in

                          shaf

                          alan maclean

                          tony macay

where did ash get that much from???

Stephen Millar has snipered one of the few Mateyboys.

Qd Qs vs 7d 7s

Qc 5c 2s 9s 5h

HAS DAVE SMITH DOUBLED UP YET?

Over on the neighbouring table...

John Conroy has doubled up with Ahrt 7h outdoing the Ks Kd of an understandably disgruntled Ross Boatman. Ace hit the Flop.

65k pot puts Boatman down to 85-90k.

Nope, but he thanks you for your support.

can i get a count on steve gibbions / shaf plz snoops tys

Thomas Gundy has just under 40k.
Ben Callinan is OUT.
Des Jonas has around 50.

Damian Evans has also bitten the dust, his A-Q all-in preflop failing to bad beat Beever's Kings. 7-3-2-J board with an emphatic King hitting the River.

thanks for the other counts snoops/t

tell dezzy he can do it he is due a big cash

IN SIZE LOL ,no truthfully hes one ov the nicest blokes on the cicuit.

Will do, what's your real name though??

hows ash  hussain doin

I have 2 (picked from Day 1) still in... Des Jonas and Soxy.

My faith lies in both of them, wouldn't be surprised to see either on the final table.

TELL HIM I WILL SUPPORT HIM AS LONG AS I CAN,I DID HAVE A FULL BOTTLE OF MERLOT BUT LETS JUST SAY ITS HALF EMPTY NOW ;oopsy;

Ash is still low, in passing, I'd guess around 40k, but he remembers coming back from 6k to win all that money in Monte Carlo, so it'll take a lot to worry him.

ash has 40,000 thats more then enought 4 now

while your getting steve gibbions / shaf,  is peter evens/mullur still in ?,

thanks stu

no rush

my picks dezzy an ash are still in .ime gona say that paul king is big fave aswell

but ime stiking with my local guns ash and dezzy

Ash Hussain is OUT.

He raised from the button with K-J (overbet according to Paul Moss) only for Peter Evans to find A-Q on the Big Blind and move all-in. Ash called for his remanining chips and Flopped a King, but lost out to an Ace on one of the later streets.

Huge hand finishes off the pre dinner break level-

Paul King raises under the gun to 9,000.  Early-mid position Dan Carter thinks briefly, then calls.  Button Alan Mclean then moves in for around 40k!  Paul King, who'd originally thought he'd just been called in two spots since Alan's chips were only flirting with crossing the betting line, had a think, and then called the extra 30something000.  Sneaky Dan Carter then re-raised himself all-in, another 29,500 on top of Alan's bet.  Paul calls. 
The bloggers speculate, "AK, KK/AA and QQ/JJ."
Dan Carter speculates, "AK KK and QQ."  (OK he's got an advantage).
Dan showed:  Kc Kh
Paul King showed:  9s 9c
Alan Mclean showed:  2s 2c

Flop:  4c 2d 4d, Turn and River 5h 7s and sneaky Dan Carter sees his giant pot get split, with 120k going to lucky Mclean while his side pot alone was 60,000.  Paul King has lost the lead...

snopps if  you can find out how ash doubled up to that big stack of his i would be over the moon thanks

Elliott Bowker raises to 10k from early position.

Steve Gibbons flat-calls.

Flop = Qh 6d 4c

Bowker bets 15k.

Gibbons makes it 35k.

Bowker moves all-in.

Gibbson folds.

Gibbons says he had Kings and is down to 80k, whilst Bowker moves up to 155k.

Bowker was persuaded to show by Gourlay and Persuad.

Can anyone guess what he had?

BOKKED

Shaf has 130-140k.

Players are now on a 75 dinner minute break.

A10

CHIP COUNTS PLEASE

In 75 mins. 

I'm off to grab something from the buffet, so I'll tell you that Mr Bowker turned over 7h 4h.

I think we're going to have to keep our eyes peeled on this cheeky chappy.

bowkers looking good, fast becoming one of the top tourny players on the net (Rekwob, Wlleiotl) - hope he takes it down.

Is he a member of The Church of Brian Wilson?

Thanks for the update. Nice imagery!
Gourlay is a 'boro lad so a borderline Geordie at best :D

only one winner now.,.,.,.,.,
                OUDAY """THE CARD RACK ROCK CAFE"""HICKORY


this is him when he was 7.,.,.his missus said he started early/./.,.,.,.dont tell him snoops lmao

How many are left guys?

Cheers

Approx. 50 according to Grosvenor website

The players are now being called back. A few were eager beavers (not Joe, ironically), were waiting patiently already, one of whom was Ash Pervais, who told me that he got his chips with Queens.

"I dead-called a raise with Queens, only for Ronnie what's his face (De Beaullox) to move all-in for 17k behind me. The original raiser then flat called leaving himself just 12k behind (!). I thought it looked a bit dodgy, but couldn't play scared so shoved it in. Both had A-K and I flopped a Queen."

A church of Brian Wilson?

It honestly wouldn't surprise me...

47 to be precise.

Why've you got pictures of Ouday Hickary when he was 7?!?!

Are you able to tell us anymore about him?

id watch it i got some of you too lmto

This is me as a kid. As you can see, the guns are already developing at lightening speed.

(http://i12.ebayimg.com/02/i/04/d6/1d/2f_2.JPG)

gimme 5 min 8 tables doing my bollox

Hi Jen and snoops any chance of a photo of Chris (SOXY) Sokrati, keep up the good work :respect:

he won two of the wcoop pokerstars events a few months back and generally has sick record for tourneys on stars. class.

who did?

Did some fish request a photo of the Soxster?...  ;flushy;

elliot bowker

Elliott Bowker

very impressive

Ryan Fronda is OUT.

I only caught the hand as the chips were being moved into Chris Bruce's direction, so I can only assume that the hand went as follows:

Ryan raised pre-flop with Sevens, Chris Bruce called from the Big Blind with J-3. Flop came 4-3-J, Chris checked, Ryan moved all-in and Chris called. Q Turn, T River.

Scott Dixon has doubled up to 80k. Kings v Queens. Simple.

ty for the pic snoops

updates on the manchester lot plz,   steve gibbions / shaf / mullur  tys,

what is his name on stars?

Rekwob

Alan Mclean's run holds as he quietly sneaks into the lead with 182,000, inflicting an outdraw on Paul Rayner to do so (knocking him out).  Mclean's Ad Qd was all in preflop against Paul's Ac Kc, spiked a Queen, and now he's dangerous to everyone else on his table, and liable to gamble with them.

Elsewhere we've lost Ian Woodley - 30k is now short stacked and he moved in with Ac 9s only to be called by Aspades Qh.  No hit for him, and it's to the rail...

...where he can join Nik Persaud, who'd also hit the 30k danger zone, and moved in a couple of times in fairly quick succession, uncalled at first, and then called, when he had 5-3.  Oops.

I ekil tahw s'eh enod ereht.

A couple of faces/names you may not be familiar with...

Stephen Millar -- 62,300
Ganesh Rao -- 82,200 (top)

snoop if you get a minute could you ask pete  evans if his got his headphones, and tell him good luck from matt. cheers.

Chip count from 15 mins ago:

Ed Arees 42,300
Joe Beevers 167,000
Ian Herbert 7,400
Adam Wilkinson 60,000
Scott Dixon 45,000
Stephen Millar 72,000
Jerome Bradpiece 73,000
Mohammed Shaffique 130k
Paul Gourlay 42k
Nick Persaud 48k
Elliot Bowker 160k
Steve Respect Gibbons 80k
Andrew Johnson 61k
Chris Sokrati 68k
Tony Dicesare 105k
Ian Woodley 25k
Ash Pervaiz 110k
Raj Patel 115k
Mike Bolous 100k
Ouday Hikary 105k
Paul Moss 82k
Paul Plimmer 47k
Pete the bandit evans 106k
Ian Bowden 36k
Kay Shan 36k
Dave Smith 20k
Billy the kid Ngo 50k
Paul Raynor 45k
Brian Johnson 163k
Paul King 98k
Craig owen 80k
Dan Carter 55k
Jac Arama 88k
Reyaaz Mulla 22k
Alan Mclean 145k

Interesting one...

Play folds around to Ross Boatman on the button who raises it to 12k. Ganesh Rao smooth calls in the small blind whilst Thomas Grundy, in the big, moves all-in for around 40-45k.

Ross was in the think tank for so long that we're gonna have to charge him rent, but he eventually smooth called.

Ganesh, who I though might have been calling with something like A-Q, also had a think or two, but finally opted for the fold.

Ross showed Aspades 3s (obviously thinking Grundy was making a move), Grundy revealed Ad Kc

Board = Jh 8h Ahrt Ac Jd meaning Boatman is lucky to get away with a split pot.

No external reaction from Grundy, although he was probably a raging inferno, but I guess it's lucky Ross is a former fireman.

A few chip counts (got overexcited by that Mclean hand and had to run back before finishing)

Brian Johnson     147,800  (I thank him for his generous gift of Red Bull during the dinner break)
Paul King             85,400
Craig Owen         74,300
Dan Carter          68,000
Reyaaz Mulla        30,000
Jac Arama           86,100
Alan Mclean         182,000
Steve Gibbons      64,100
Mark Herron         83,000  (although I hear word he may have more after winning another pot)
Paul Moss             70,000
E. Bowker            156,000
Nik Persaud           OUT
Paul Rayner           OUT
Ian Woodley          OUT

Looks like these are the current chip daddies:

Alan McLean -- 172,500
Mohammed Shafiq -- 171,700
Brian Johnson -- 152,400
Chris Bruce -- 152,100
Elliott Bowker -- 144,800
Joe Beevers -- 138,500
A Mackay -- 127,400
Paul King -- 114,400

I saw earlier that Toni Dicesare has 105k !!!!!!

Did he find them on the floor?

After grinding away with a Mickey Wernick-esque short stack, Reyaaz Mulla has finally bitten the dust with A-J vs 3-3. Ace on Flop, 3 on Turn, missed 9 outs for a flush but missed.

Paul Moss is also pushing up the dasies.

A-9 vs. Mackay's A-K

2 local lads top of the tree, carnt be bad eh

Lol, what makes you say that? Tight player? He's been yoyo-ing today.

Actually, I just saw him take the blinds with A-K. He moaned that it was his first hand for ages.

I'll swap with him!!

Toni is a nice guy but can be frustrating he thinks too much
If you have to think that hard then put it down.
Tell him Danny says hi (he may have noticed its my day off today lol)

can i get a count on Peter iaonnou
plz snoops/jen

Mark Herron aswell plz

are they playing down to money / final / closeing ? i presume they comming back tommrow ?

Toni Dicesare is OUT.

Bit unlucky really, had his Kings cracked by Des Jonas's Ace Queen, River brought four to the flush.

That put him down to just several k, and he departed soon after.

until final 9

Des Jonas doubles up (with a little help from a one-card flush draw...): 
Three players get to see a 5h Js 7s flop - a raised pot from the 6 yellow chips lurking in the middle.  Tony Dicesare checked, Bowker checked and Des Jonas checked.
Turn: 9s  Now Tony bets out 18,000, fold from Bowker, while Des moved in pretty quickly.  It wasn't the best time to try to push Tony off the hand, as he held Kc Kh and called quickly, while Des showed Aspades Qh.
River:  5s  and it saved him, while putting Dicesare back below the average.

This picture says it all - sadness in the foreground, while Des is too happy to stay in his seat.

He went a while back, sry.

ah dont bother to update then snoops lol

I think its to level 18 today or 9 players which ever comes first.....

Oops i guess i put the bok on Toni but i thought Des would be in the final anyway

Here's Paul Moss, just when he was all in with his Ad 9d...and eliminator Tony 'The Disguise' Mackay.

"crapshoot!" cries Table 3.

"This is ridiculous!" exclaims Ash Pervais. "We play like this in a £20 rebuy."

"Can we not pull the blinds back?" asks Brian Johnson.

With blinds at 3/6k, lots of people are complaining about the structure saying that it's becoming an pre-flop all-in fest.

Ian says he can't stop the clock, but they may do something about the blinds after the next level.

They are playing until 3am (well, the end of level18) OR until the final Nine players are reached.

Tomorrow will start anywhere between 2:30pm and 5pm, depending on how many they bring back.

3 bet allin with bottom pair.  7h 4h get in Mr Bowker.  Guy taught me to play poker and we came 2nd and 3rd in the Vc student poker championship in 2004 out of 8000 entries winning £9k sterling between us in a freeroll.  Since then Elliot dropped out of university and became a massive name online in mtt'a.  He didnt win 2 WCOOP titles but was the TLB winner for pokerstars for the whole of October and this month won the TLB WSOP package freeroll on Full Tilt.  Watch out for this superstar of the worldwide stage for the future,  he is a brilliant poker player, fancy him to win from here.  Good luck mate.
good luck to Thomas "flash" Grundy.  Awesome player ak v a3 was sick, he still has skill and patience to keep on going.  GL boys

Ash Pervaiz moan???? Say it aint do
Does he do anything else?

They moaned about the blinds in Bolton to eventually they were capped at 10k/20k if i remember right
you cant do that here as there are twice as many chips in play what the hell is wrong with these pple
:)

brill update as ever guys tyvm- how many left please? and counts for ouday ed arees and ian herbert ( i presume iwan has gone)

Are you able to tell us anymore about him?

HOWS THIS FOR A PROFILE SNOOP?

[/quote   ouday hickary is a lovely guy.,.,.crazy but  a real nice guy.,.,he has had his fair share of wins welsh champion too,.,.final tabled a lot in swansea and cardiff.,.wins a lot of seat on stars for big events.,best mates with roberto romanello the mouth.,.,but thats not his fault lol,
he  played around europe a bit winning seat on diff sites.,.,he loves blue square and blondes
a few people think hes crackers (me for one) he keeps finding his way to the money.,.,,
he got a great personality,loves life and booze great company loves a good larf.,.,.,.,.,his sisters a nice girl Eileen,pity really she got one leg longer than the other ,,hehe.,.,.,this guy is a top bloke he would give you his last and i hope he wins it,.

OH  YEAH AND HE GOT HIS WILLY PIERCED

The levels went:  600/1,200 ante 100, 800/1,600 ante 200, 1k/2k ante 200, 1,500/3,000 ante 300, 2k/4k ante 400, 3k/6k ante 600

The antes being so high and rising with every level has made the cost per round so high that everyone from the short stack to the chip leader has been complaining (RED-DOG actually predicted this exact scenario on Day One).  They've decided to freeze the antes at 600 until the end of the day, and review thereafter...

Im still in shock that Ash Pervaiz is complaining
Every time he comes to Walsall its all he does !!!!!

Im guessing coz i havent seen her name for a long time that Amanda Birney is out. Can u confirm ?

Table 1:

Ian Herbert -- 41,000
Brian Johnson -- 50,000
Paul King -- 92,400
Craig Owen -- couldn't see
Ash Pervais -- 97,300
Dan Carter -- 44,000
Jac Arama -- 76,200
Jay Patel -- 77,800
Alan McLean -- 349,000

Is mark herron out

you got to be fair.,.,.thier not playing for peanuts.,.,first prize £111,000

Nope, although his seating position (pictured) makes it look like he's permanently all-in...

The Fronda exit actually went like this.

Fronda limped for 4k, Bruce checked from the bb with J-3.

Bruce checked the J-3-6 Flop, Fronda bet, Bruce moved all-in, Fronda called.

"Can't believe he called," said a shocked Bruce.

If you are in the bottom half of field now is time to make a move as the blinds kill from this level on. They pulled the blinds back for the FT at Bolton - they may do it sooner here as it really is murder if you are not one of the big stacks. However pulling back the blinds is probably not fair on the guys who have already built up there stacks.

What happened to Kayshan Murthy???

I understand that but lets also take into account that the blind structure has been posted for months and everyone knew it before they sat down.

I understand the frustration but to be honest i'd still be happy to be in at this point :))

Yes, she's out, short stacked for quite a while. Didn't see the hand.

i agree with this but when you THE PLAYERS put thier own money into the prize pool dont you think they should have atleast some say.,.,if they all agree i reall dont see a problem imho.,.,otherwise you will see a deal when 10,11,12,13 left?

Why the hell did i get Saturday off im really bored now!   Although i have just picked up a nice $500 pot on cash game at laddies!!
:)
:)

what are the blinds  number of players remaining and ave stack  pls

whats your name on laddies?

Good Call
I was never arguing with u but my point was that blind structures have been posted weeks.. months in advance even and as far as i am aware no-one had commented on them good or bad

Lol
I take it u r another long time victim of the ladbrokes river  (it cost me $1k last week)
 I am strangely enuff....... aidenson    who r u on there?

Absolute mayhem here - although they've capped the antes, chips are flying all over the place. Peter Evans now has a monster stack!

Joe Beevers -- 175k
Mark Boulos -- ...
Ed Arees -- 70k
Peter Evans -- 470k
Mateyboy (we think it's Ian Bowden) -- 85k
Jerome Bradpiece -- ...
Billy Ngo -- 90k

Mark Boulos and Jerome Bradpiece have been left out because the latter eliminated the former as I was doing the chip-count, A-Q vs A-8 with a 9-9-7-J-2 board.

go dezzy would nice to see ash an dezzy make the final.both good lads and both well overdue a big cash

Alan Mc Lean over 300,000   how did he get them snoops?

Cheers

Good Call
I was never arguing with u but my point was that blind structures have been posted weeks.. months in advance even and as far as i am aware no-one had commented on them good or bad
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Are you a Vogon?

how many dezzy got plz snoops

Elliott Bowker escapes doom after moving in on the button with Ac 7d (for over 80k) and finding small blind Steve Gibbons more than happy to give him a spin with Qc Qs.  The Ahrt popped out, and a grim-faced Steve is currently having his stack siphoned off into his opponent's stack.

Elsewhere, Peter 'The Bandit' Evans has doubled up to around a quarter mil - Kings were the holding-up hand (no more detail at present).

30 players left... the level of complaining about the antes seems to be directly proportional to the closeness to the bubble... funny that...

Paul King has been dented by Patel, the latter making a move with K-5, being looked up by Paul's Queens, and hitting a King on the Turn.

29 players

Blinds 3/6k

mark herron???

28 players...so hand for hand, and STOP..........
















....................Bubble time!

Are you a Vogon?
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a what?

And once in the money - it looks like this:

1 £111,600
2  £59,400
3  £39,600
4  £28,800
5  £21,600
6  £18,000
7  £14,400
8  £10,800
9   £7,200
10  £5,400
11  £3,600
12-15 £2,880
16-21 £2,520
22-27 £2,160

Sandy from Badbeat reminds us that he had 120k at last count...although the mayhem at the moment means we could be inaccurate within seconds.

thank u :)

amazing job guys  thanks

Earlier - Outdrew 99 and KK with 22
Middling - Outdrew AK with AQ
Later - Mclean pushed Brian Johnson off a tidy pot (100k+)

a what?
[/quote]
A Vogon...they destroyed the earth because no-one commented on their plans that had been posted for several years in advance actually

A Vogon...they destroyed the earth because no-one commented on their plans that had been posted for several years in advance actually
[/quote] LMTITSOFF

Snoopy is bringing you the details of who's survived the controversial bubble, but I know that Brian Johnson, Day 2 Climber, didn't make it - his last stand with KK outdrawn by the 88 of Craig Owen. 

A Vogon...they destroyed the earth because no-one commented on their plans that had been posted for several years in advance actually
[/quote]

perhaps now would be a good time to get out a bit more?

Right palava now. For a while everyone thought they were playing the bubble, but I've just done a count of all the players and there's only 27!!! I pointed out there was a table of 6, when there should be four sevens. It was then that they realised that the bour was wrong and they were already in the money!!!

Therefore, it would appear as though Thomas Grundy took the bubble (Soxy just before him), leaving the following players in the money:

Paul King
Craig Owen
Ash Pervais
Dan Carter
Jac Arama
Patel
Alan McLean

Mohammed Shafiq
Paul Gourlay
Adam Wilkinson
Elliott Bowker
Steve Gibbons
Mark Herron
Des Jonas

Joe Beevers
Ed Arees
Peter Evans
Ian Bowden
Stephen Millar
Jerome Bradpiece
Billy Ngo

Ganesh Rau
Jamie Morris
John Conroy
Ouday Hickary
Ross Boatman

ok i got it now hitch-hikers guide sorry
online poker all day so not with it completely.
No im not a vogon , just a quiet likeable cardroom supervisor often vebally abused occasisionally physically abused but i need some sort of excitement

1st £111,600 (+ £10,000 added by Blue Square + £3,000 seat in Grand Final)

This means that the following departed during those hectic latter stages...

Ian Herbert
Scott Dixon
Nik Persaud
Chris Sokrati
Tony Dicesare
Ian Woodley
Mike Bolous
Paul Moss
Kayshan Muthy
Dave Smith
Paul Rayner
Brian Johnson

CHIP COUNTS FOR
ouday
ed aris
and HERBY GOES BANANAS please when you get a mo ty

great job both really .,.,and you know we all really mean it when we say it.,.,wd you are both amazing.,. ;hattip; ;hattip; ;hattip; ;hattip; ;hattip; ;hattip; ;hattip; ;hattip; ;kneelsucker; ;kneelsucker; ;kneelsucker; ;kneelsucker; ;kneelsucker; ;kneelsucker; ;kneelsucker; ;kneelsucker; ;kneelsucker; ;kneelsucker; ;kneelsucker; ;kneelsucker; ;kneelsucker;;

counts for ash and dezy plz snoops

any chance of an update for Elliott Bowker snoopy?

Thanks sofa, I can't tell you how hectic it is, very hard to keep up.

The press room is out back, and as I return, someone else either goes out or double up. The structure seems frantic - in a matter of minutes Bandit cropped up with 500k!!!

Lol, it was funny when they realised the bubble hadn't gone. Lucky I did maths at school and noticed that 6-handed table.  :D

Clarification (sort of)...

The cardroom are 95% sure that Chris Sokrati was the bubble.

Other news...

The press (all four teams that are here) have been reduced to only 2 media individuals in the cardroom at one time.

Finally, we are being told that the bubble confusion occurred because Peter Evans' chips were so spread out that whoever counted the players counted him as two.

Double AA vs KK news now -

OK I've spoiled the surprise ending when Billy Ngo raised around 20k and found Ross Boatman moving in on the small blind for 25,700 more... Billy said, "I've got change," counting out his shrapnel before seeing his Kc Kd lose to Ross' Aspades Ac.

And yet more deck-in-faceness for The Bandit whose Aces end the tournament of Stephen Millar's Kings.

I did.

did you speak Vogon?

SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPY....................................

I'll forget that slap I owe you if you can get me a nice pic of Marky showing his sponsor's name on his shirt for me to send them..... thanking you in anticipation  ;tightend;

Paul King is OUT.

Making his move from latish position with Ahrt 6h, Dan Carter asked for a chip count from the small blind before calling with Th Tc.

Board = 9h 3d 8c 9c 2s

ouday-115k
ed  "50k odd"
herbie- out

as of texts 5 mins ago

I might as well have.

You'll have to be patient with request because there are about 10 media guys and only two of us are allowed in there at a time, but when it's my turn to venture into the battlefield, I'll grab the chip counts and various piccies.

You know, you can ask me too  ;whistle;  or I take it that you want Snoopy to work til he drops and just have a nap under the table.  What the public wants...

ouday-115k
ed  "50k odd"
herbie- out

as of texts 5 mins ago

 who would text you ???you got no mates lol./,.,.,.,

During some levels, the antes are more than the BB, i.e BB 1600, ante 200 x 9 = 1800

Mark Herron takes a large hit while trying to eliminate Paul Gourlay with his Aspades Kd, calling Paul's shorter stack all-in preflop with Ahrt Th...

But Paul flopped the nuts as 2h Kh 3h appeared, and the Ts 8h following did nothign to improve matters.  So Mr. Herron is down to just 35k, but took it very well, with a shrug and a kind of smile/wince combination.

Paul now has 112k, and was shouting rather vociferously for the flush, during the flush and after the flush, which makes Mark's composure even more remarkable.

sad but trues james-  :-(  just a couple of weird but coincidental wrong numbers (text wise)  ;-)

Quick pic then please Jen in case Mark goes out

anychance of chip counts on  alan mclean / shaff / steve gibbons

dnt 4 get dezzy and ash the cash plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Isn't it the same structure as the EPT?

Here you go.  But you can still slap him...

Table 1:

(1) Jerome Bradpiece -- 180,000
(2) Ed Arees -- 50,000
(3) Craig Owen -- 50,000
(4) Ass Pervais -- 90,000
(5) Dan Carter -- 160,000
(6) Jac Arama -- 100,000
(7) Raj Patel -- 190,000
(8) Alan McLean -- 265,000

Yes, almost identical...Jon Raab pointed this out when the complaints were getting heated.  UK players just aren't used to running antes - you don't hear complaints at the EPT because it's full of Swedes who are used to them.

Table 2:

(1) Mohammed shafiq -- 240,000
(2) Paul Gourlay  -- 115,000
(3) Adam Wilkinson -- 180,000
(4) Elliott Bowker -- 95,000
(5) Steve Gibbons -- 55,000
(6) Mark Herron -- 35,000
(7) Des Jonas -- 165,000
(8) Peter Evans -- 470,000

Here's Mark having a breaktime chat with Paul Gourlay - it turns out that Paul had raised 20k with his A-T and really had to call the re-raise from Mark.  All friends here.

great job Jen and Snoops.  

Table 5:

(1) Ganesh Rao -- 120,000
(2) Billy Ngo -- 25,000
(3) Jamie Morris -- 115,000
(4) Chris Bruce -- 240,000
(5) Ian Bowden -- 95,000
(6) John Conroy -- 50,000
(7) Ouday Hickary -- 120,000
(8) Joe Beevers -- 120,000
(9) Ross Boatman -- 105,000

Personally i think all bigger comps should have running antes

shaff + peter on same table could be interesting

The tournaments have tended to go the same way as the EPT's too, I can't recall an EPT that didn't go knockout crazy during Day 2 then gradually slowdown as they seem to have done here.

Jerome Bradpiece eliminates Ed Arees...on a Queen-high flop they both hit that Queen (Q-5 for Ed, Q-2 for Jerome) but the rest of the money went in on the Deuce turn...

Is this a missprint or do you have a problem with mr pervaiz snopps?

just got back home and gone through the updates, good work as usual guys.

Snoopy work harder and jen go have a sleep under a table somewhere (I know you always try to follow requests posted on here).

ul FONZY boy (ed arees)


bit concerned i didnt see oudays name .,.,.????chips????pls

 :D

thank you Jen... appreciate it

how many left now?

No slowing down here, Steve Gibbons has also departed, moving all-in with Q-Js but running into Kings.

He's not a happy chappy and certainly won't be doing the funky gibbon anytime soon.

snoop any news of ouday mate when you get a min

Ouday Hickay has left us... Queens vs A-K.

HUGE hand makes a chip leader out of Jerome Bradpiece (is it too late to tip him to win it?)

Alan Mclean limped for 8k, Jerome raised to 30k, Alan made it 60k and Jerome flat called.  Curiouser and curiouser...
Flop:  7h 8c Ac  Alan bet out 100k, and Jerome moved in instantly.  It was only another 31,800 to call, and as Alan counted out the chips Jerome flipped Ac Ad.
Alan Mclean showed 3d 3h.  No small set this time, and he's down to 130k or so while Jerome nears the 400,000 mark.

Here's a rather weary looking Alan Mclean (and this was before that huge hand)...

22.  One more player out and then the next few cash for £400 more...

Appears as though the eliminations went as such:

Bubble = Chris Sokrati
27th = Paul King
26th = Stephen Millar
25th = Ed Arees
24th = Ouday Hickay
23rd = Steve Gibbons
22nd = ... in coming

Down to 21 as Mark Herron makes his last stand with 5h 6h.  He found Shaf in the small blind calling with Ahrt Td, and an Ace first card out spelled the beginning of the end.

sick for all the welsh boys especially ouday,ed,herbie,,just ruined my night.,.,never mind
ty snoops and jen for doing a great job.,.,i will come back later.,.,.,.,sigh,sigh,sigh, next stop cardiff.,.,.,.,.,.,then you got me to contend with lol wd guys n gals.,.,be bak l8tr

Bit annoying, the board is in "I'll update when I feel like it' mode.

Jac Arama sees a flop with Craig Owen:  9d Jc 4s and pushes in for his whole 140kish when it checks to him.  Craig, despite muttering something about overpairs, calls, showing Jh Kc.  "How can you call with that shit?" says deadpan Jac, showing Ks Js.
Turn and river 7-A (no flush worries) and that was that.

Small clap for Snoopy for sorting this out when floorpeople, updaters, and even the players themselves aren't entirely sure who's been finishing where.  And my mistakenly telling him that Jamie Morris was out when he wasn't couldn't have helped matters.

Jac Arama, not shy in recent minutes of getting his stack in, moves again, this time preflop with 2h 2s.  He finds a caller in Raj Patel with Qs Qd.
The board:  7c 4s Jd 3d 8c so no improvement means no further for Jac - he finishes in 21st place.

Jerome Bradpiece -- 480,000
John Conroy -- 110,000
Craig Owen -- 125,000
Ash Pervais -- 65,000
Raj Patel -- 300,000
Alan McLean -- 35,000

Crikey.

Just as I post them, Alan McLean departs in 20th.

Moving his 35k all-in with Qs Ts, he was picked off by John Conroy's Ac Kc, 5c 6s 8h 6d 8c board.

Bubble = Chris Sokrati
27th = Paul King
26th = Stephen Millar
25th = Ed Arees
24th = Ouday Hickay
23rd = Steve Gibbons
22nd = Mark Herron
21st = Jac Arama
20th = Alan McLean

Well played Marky.....   Thankyou Snoops and Jen great job again.....  please tell John Conroy Micky says Good Luck

19th place finisher is Ash Pervais...

Ash moved in on the button, and Billy Ngo thought for a little while before putting his tournament on the line (he only just covered Ash) with Jd Js.  Ash showed 6s 7c, and while a Seven appeared, a Jack did too and now there are just two tables left.

Table 2:

(1) Mohammed Shafiq -- 260,000
(2) Paul Gourlay -- 65,000
(3) Joe Beevers -- 185,000
(4) Adam Wilkinson -- 240,000
(5) Elliott Bowker -- 90,000
(6) Ross Boatman -- 90,000
(7) Dan Carter -- 105,000
(8) Des Jonas -- 225,000
(9) Peter Evans -- 440,000

Ross Boatman is OUT in 18th place.

Ad Jd vs. Shaf's 2c 2d

Board = 7c 5h 7h 8h 6h

no worries

By the way, has anyone got a pick left in?

Des Jonas is still running strong for me.

Jerome all the way

Come on Gourlay!!!  Aspades Ks Qs Js Ts

Down to 16 as Jamie Morris finishes in 17th, winning £2,520...

Very short, he was obliged to move on the small blind with Kh Js, and Ganesh Rao was equally obliged to call the extra 27k with 8h 8s.  Ganesh sat with his back to the table as the board came down:  7c Ac 9h 7h Tc and the tables are eight apiece.

Looks like the Final Nine will be reached tonight.

He just said, "I have 65k, which equates to shit." Don't think he's feeling too confident.

And here is Shaf's newly obtained 380k stack, fresh off disposing of Ross.

Yes it does look like he's in a strong position, on his table and in the tournament as a whole:

Jerome Bradpiece   460,000
John Conroy          120,000
Chris Bruce            161,000
Craig Owen            155,000
Ganesh Rao            180,000
Billy Ngo                 114,000
Raj Patel                280,000
Ian Bowden              210,000

What are the blinds please?

LOL - He'll have something up his sleeve, he's one jammy mofo!

I've backed him at 250/1 Each Way on BlueSQ.


Sadly it does look like the blinds will eat him very soon.

But hey, that's poker

Blinds are now 5k/10k with a 600 ante.

Your chip leader Mr. Jerome Bradpiece.  I do hope he's allowed to wear the Thundercats logo on the TV table...

Ta much

Jen and Snoopy  ;mexicanwave; ;kneelsucker;

 Ahrt Aspades Ad Ac

Come on Elliot "Rekwob""Wlleiotl" Bowker.  Good luck mate any news on his stack?

Dramatic double up for Dan Carter!!!...

All-in from early position, Dan is left to look on as big blinder, Joe Beevers, peeks down at an Ace, and announces to his neighbour that he's going to squeeze the other card out. Holding them in front of himself, Joe prudently peels back the first Ace bit by bit like a brain surgeon at the operating table. A few millemetres more and he stops, abruptly announcing call at the speed of ligthening.

"He's squeezed Aces!" observes Paul Gourlay. "It works!"

Joe does indeed show Aces, leaving Dan in hot water with his paltry 7h 5h.

But in all truth, if you're up against Aces, you could be worse off than with Dan's holding, and that was there for all to see when the Flop came down with two Sevens!!!

2h 7d 7s Kd 3s

"You haven't played a hand for three hours," adds Joe in the aftermath. "Were you waiting for them two??"

Meanwhile, Dan jumps to over 200k.

Big fan of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency I've heard. ::)

Paul Gourlay is OUT in 16th place, winning £2,520

Peter Evans raised in mid position (a chunkyish raise - 50k+) and Paul re-raised all in from the cutoff for a further 67k.  A longer dwell from the Bandit than one might expect given he eventually called showing Qh Qd, but he found a race against Ac Kc.
Flop:  7h Js 7c ("Ace, King, Jack," chants Paul, quietly, even though the latter doesn't help)
Turn:  6d
River:  7d

And another 200k drifts into Peter's stack, lifting him to chip leader status once more above Jerome.

Er...will check in the next couple of minutes.  Here's a nice photo of him for the meantime.

Some table piccies for you to have a gander at...

Jen & snoops - Queen & King of the Live Update scene. It don't get any better than what these two produce for us - informative, witty, entertaining, engaging, & amusing.

Great stuff, we are indebted to you both.

Your cheque's in the post.

Shame to learn of Gourlay's fate. Good effort Paul.

Sounds like he should've let Big Slick sleep against the giant stack of Evans. Damn those Queens - Ironically the same very two Queens which failed to hold up for me last night at Aspers against AJ.

Thanks for the update's, witty & informative. Great work.

Slight slowdown now (honestly, for the first time ever, I am grateful for this).  Jerome gets a "thoroughly deserved" walk in the big blind (blinds now 10k/20k ante 600 so that's nice).

Approximate chip counts from Table Bandit (he has red chips.  20k each.  First time I've seen those make an appearance before a final...or in fact at all)

Shaf                410k
Joe Beevers      176k
Adam Wilkinson  225k
Elliott Bowker    90k
Dan Carter        210k
Des Jonas         180k
Peter Evans      600k

I think Snoopy's a golden asset to the updating team.  And his guns are first rate.  Can I have a cheque?

And the other table...

Jerome Bradpiece -- 485,000
John Conroy -- 150,000
Chris Bruce -- 180,000
Craig Owen  -- 175,000
Ganesh Rao -- 180,000
Billy Ngo -- 145,000
Raj Patel -- 320,000
Ian Bowden -- 160,000

One of the players in the 3rd photo seems to be a corpse. Can you check up on him please? I'm a little concerned.

Actually looking at it again, both players in that photo seem to be having some problems that way. Maybe that table's cursed.

If one shorter stack deserves a final table appearance, it is, in my opinion, Billy Ngo.  Knocked to what looked like the point of no return with that KK vs AA hand earlier, he just shrugged and carried on, picking his spots and generally being quite good. 

In the last ten minutes someone looks to have spiked his water with ProPlus or something, or unrevoked his chat ban, as he's been talking it up on his new table.  Just now there was a four-way limp pot seeing Qh 9s 5s.  The blinds checked to Billy, who bet out 20k.  Jerome on the button dwelled for a bit and passed.  "oooh, you got no balls," jumps in Ngo, "Come on, raise me all in," he attacks the blinds, "I'll call, I promise..."  No joy and he shows the Ks, then continues to mutter to himself about how he should have checked and let Jerome bet...

any update on Joe's Chat Jen?

Craig Owen finishes in 15th place, winning £2,880

He saw a K-5-2 flop with Jerome Bradpiece, and when Jerome bet out 30k he moved himself all-in (44k).  Jerome called with T-T, found Craig with A-Q and the pair stood up.

The players are on a short break.

No chat ban as of yet...

wow these updates get better guys ,theres no where else you can get this sort of coverage ,

i take my hat off to you both , ;hattip; ;hattip; ;hattip; ;hattip; ;hattip; ;tightend; ;tightend;

Current chip counts:

Jerome Bradpiece -- 700k
Jon Conroy -- 165k
Chris Bruce -- 200k
Ganesh Rao -- 230k
Billy Ngo -- 150k
Raj Patel -- 145k
Ian Bowden -- 180k

Mohammed Shafiq -- 450k
Joe Beevers -- 230k
Adam Wilkinson -- 130k
Elliot Bowker -- 80k
Dan Carter -- 150k
Des Jonas -- 200k
Peter Evans -- 550k

could you plz tell shaf if he wins it ,not to buy any corner shop ,he will no what i mean .lol

when he was in ireland thats what he told all the irish ,he was opening a shop on the corner ov the city west hotel.

Elliot Bowker Is OUT in 14th.

He moved all-in from the small blind with...

;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend;  4h 7s  ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend;

Only to be called in the big blind by Dan Carter's Aspades Jh.

first card...

4c!!!!!

Rest of the Flop...

Jd

Jc

Turn = 8d

River = Ks

good effort ell. Back to kiling online MTT's on stars and Full Tilt

gg bowker

Will he punch me if I say that??

John 'PunkFloyd' Conroy has doubled up.

Battle of the blinds, all-in preflop.

John = 9s Jd

Chris Bruce = Ad Ks

Board = 4h Ts 9c Th 7s

Conroy now up to 180k.

The Hour of the Resteal is Upon us -

John Conroy makes it 33k to go in late position, and Billy Ngo looks at his cards, announces "raise," and some other stuff, but John kind of cuts him off before he can really get going, "I pass I pass..."  Billy shows Ad Ks.  "I never doubted you," said stealer John.  For some reason Chris Bruce decides to tell everyone that he passed A-J to John's initial raise, adding, "I'm not going out with A-J."  Fascinating.

Then Joe Beevers makes it 37k to go (other table) from the cutoff, and Adam Wilkinson pushes in for another 51,600.  They stare at each other a bit, then Adam does a kind of shrug thing, and that clearly made up Joe's mind to pass.

With the blinds at 6/12k, Chris Bruce moves all-in for 200k. Everyone folds.

Meanwhile, on the other table, Dan Carter raises to 25k, Des Jonas moves all-in from the button and Shaf calls from the big blind.

A-K vs A-K

No flushes, although both made trip Kings.

Chop chop.

Chris Bruce (who's clearly not a big fan of Billy, and his lightning-speed, low volume chat) just got more than half his chips thusly:

Chris, now short and in all probability tilting like the Leaning Tower, shoved in on the cutoff for just over 100k.  Billy the Kid on the small blind had a decision.  It seems like he wasn't giving Chris' raising range all that much respect - to be fair he was now short stacked... He thought for a bit, mumbled, "I might have you beat."
"Call then," replied Chris.  Billy counted out the call, and slowly self-counted what he'd have left (70k or so).
"I'll get my coat," offered Chris. 
"Call."
Billy showed Ac Qd
Chris showed 3h 3c

Flop:  4s 7s 2s
Turn:  8c
River:  3s

"I thought you might push with any weaker Ace," comments Billy.
"Well you didn't think about it too cleverly," replies Chris sharply, "You couldn't wait to get your chips in," thus delivering both a rubdown and version of events that must have taken place in a parallel universe.

Sensing that somewhere he might have just made himself look bad, and his opponent better, he then instantly backtracks, "Well it's true I would have shoved there with Q-K etc.  It's a tough one with A-Q."  Magnanimous in victory (on the second take) I dread to think what he would have done if he'd been outdrawn.

Play has slowed a LOT of late, with the period since the last exit being the largest thus far.

At one point today, I remember being told that we were losing an average of 1 player per minute.

Try updating that, lol.  ;D

The outdraw saga continues in the final 10 minutes of the day (the most recent episode of which started with John Conroy's J9 sneak out of jail against the unlucky AK of Chris Bruce) as Billy Ngo makes his Button double-up-or-bust move with any two.
They were:  Kd 8s called by big blind Ian Bowden with Ahrt 4s.
The flop and turn changed nothing except giving Ian a pair of Fours, but the 8h on the river brought a stack-crushing blow to Ian and brought Billy back to life.  Again.

The next hand it was autoallin on the small blind for Ian, and Jerome said, "That's a call," as he put in the extra 30k having woken up with Ahrt Ac.
Ian had 7d 9h, and although the first card out was the 7s, he was not to be granted the escape some of his tablemates have had, and goodnaturedly gave up the ghost.

So Ian Bowden finishes in 13th place, winning £2,880

No more exits, but an interesting hand nonetheless.

Chris Bruce vs. Jerome Bradpiece.

Flop = 5d Jh Ad

Chris checks, Jerome bets and Chris calls.

Turn = Kh

Chris checks, Jerome says "okay".

River = Th

Chris checks again, Jerome announces "two pair", Jc Td.

Chris reveals a straight, Jd Qc

Jerome chuckles to himself and asks, "You think I'm gonna bet that?"

"Well I'm not going to bet it with the flush," replies Chris.

We're just moments from the end of today's play.

From what I understand, the final is scheduled for 5pm, so they'll have to come in early (2.30 was mentioned by someone) to eliminate those last couple of players.

Anyone still there?...

I think I'm beginning to hallucinate.

The referee has blow the final whistle.

Chip counts coming up as soon as we can get out mucky mitts on them.

:hello:

One final hand reported by Harpit Gurnham...

"Bandit was in the small blind and Shaf was in the big. Bandit raised it up, Shaf called and they both saw a K-x-x rainbow flop. Bandit checked, Shaf bet (20k I think) and Bandit called. Turn came a Jack and Bandit bet out, Shaf called. River was a total blank and Bandit made a deep reach and stuck in a chunk of chips. Shaf thought and thought before folding, showing a King in the process. Bandit showed A-Q for a bluff and said, 'I may be 101, but I still know how to play the game'."

Who's there?  :hello:

I can only see these...  *g *g *g *g *g

They're already bagged and tagged, and by a process of looking over the cardroom supervisor's shoulder, we have them for you already:

Jerome Bradpiece   608,000
Peter Evans           596,600
Ganesh Rao            362,600
Mohammed Shafiq   340,900
Chris Bruce             270,400
Raj Patel                246,300
Adam Wilkinson      239,300
Joe Beevers           237,600
Dan Carter             232,200
Des Jonas              225,700
Billy Ngo                178,600
John Conroy          132,200

Tomorrow there will be a redraw, and play will start at, eek, 2:30pm.  It's never sounded so ominous when the computer voice comes on at the end of the level and says, "Poker players.  There will now be a short break."

Quality work as per normal you two. Gracias

Great updates guys, try and get some sleep before tomorrows play!! Respect to you both.

Another great night of reporting greatly appreciated.

Thanks team

Geo.

Great updates guys. Looking forward to tuning in later. I am surprised they are starting at 2.30pm. The TV crew probably want to get started earlier this time.

Prediction - Beaverman to make the FT and finish 3rd.