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Midway through my anti-grumpy Nap, Monty Burns has sent me though some Results from Barcelona.

Here we go, & you'd better want these, 'cos I've had to get outa bed to Post them...

First one, & these are via text, was,

"are you online, & awake?"........

"Woody Deck through"....

Tony "Mad Monk" Chessa through. He's a blonde, as is Woody.

"Rob Yong lost to Richard Redmond"......

And no booing pleaase, Richard is a blonde, too.

"Ash Hussain beat Devilfish"...

Whahoo! Ash is a blonde, top geezer too.

"Simon Zac won".

Think he's a blonde.

"Marc Goodwin lost".

Damn, a blonde a a good guy.

There is also a news item from Dave on the homepage regarding his first round exit.

Yes, but I can't Post that text, the Mods would have me shot.

how's woody deck doing?

"Nottingham Nick Gibson won.

Another blonde, & I know Anna (Maid Marion) will be thrilled.

I had the pleasure of meeting my hero woody a few weeks ago.... i haven't washed my hand since... the man's the best.

Appaently, Dave is with ActionJack, Tony Chessa & Marc "Mr Cool Goodwin", playing "Crash", whatever that is.

Something along the lines of 13 card brag

Rules of crash - http://www.pagat.com/partition/crash.html  note that Crash and the other games on this page are not high stake gambling games. They are usually played for a small amount of money, and there is no process of betting to raise the stake. no surprise there then  :D

Whoppey!! Go nick!  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

ActionJack is through too - Big congrats to Paul for his win in the 1000 euro too  :D

Does anyone know where the draws are posted?

LOL

Anna xx

It is on blonde somewhere Anna, look in Live Poker, may be there.

xx

Simon Zach is blondite "the bubble". He won after 3 1/2 hours. He is my pick to win this and I did pick chubbs last year so I hope the bubble goes one better.

Lets hope you are not wrong twice!

Pity you guys aren't in Barcelona, but I see that you're covering this Poker Classic or what in the Vic. Pity, because I had planned to make some money on a few sidebets with you guys.

And now that you are not here, there is just no one left who is stupid enough to accept my bets.  :-*

Rolf Slotboom

Snoopy will take your bets still i am sure, unless he is scared of course....

Morning from Barca :

In years to come crash will become known as the Bentley of poker :

13 cards - mano a mano (or mano a mano a mano a mano a mano a mano as there were 6 of us last night)

It is a game of high skill, nerve, patience, bluff and downright dirty slow rolling tactics :

Its major appeal is we can laugh at each others misfortune whilst not paying the 30 euro rake per hand that the good peeps of casino de barcelona charge us for misdealing/miscounting/mispotting every hand we play in a cash game !

The current world champion at this game is Paul 'I'm the dirtiest slow roller in history' Jackson. His notable lack of skill is more than compensated by his ludicrous luck and current form.

Last night's beatch was the mad monk Tony Chesa who amptly demonstrated the lack of poker basics required to play this most complex of games. He has been advised to get lessons off our inaugaral 'Crash Beatch' Mr Mickey Wernick who was missing from last night's action as he was still involved in a little side comp at the casino citing 'withdrawal symptoms from final table action'

After we get the formalitiles of the 2nd round of the WHUPC over with today we can settle down again to the real action of skinting each other - live crash thread will be availablle on demand

Mr Slotboom! Hi, & I hope you are well.

Your Post gives me the oppoprtunity to explain why we are not in Barca, because I ave been assked by one or two to justify my decision.

I decided, after much agonising, not to cover Barca, for a multitude of reasons. The main ones being....

Cost - 10 days for 2 people is very expensive - Barca hotels are not cheap, & Heads Up is not the ideal vehicle for updating. We were looking at €2,000 to €3,000, at a guess, including flights & living exs.

Staff - It would mean Jen & sloppy being away 12 days, & that's a big lump out of their diary. I may want them to do to Dublin for 6 days next week, then there's a host of Domestic Fessies, & Vegas. We are recruiting (have recruited) additional Staff to Update, but they are not on board yet.

Internet Access - Last time we were in Barca, there was no Wi-Fi, just a single "hard-wired" connection in a back office, & our Vodafone thingys had very poor signal.

Member Interest. Are the blonde Members THAT interested in the Heads Up? Some of them, yes. But there has not been much visible sign of huge interest so far, nor many Posts bemoaning our absence.

But set against all that, I guess we coulda recouped the cost via side bets with you......

Take care Rolf, see you soon no doubt. Oh, & thanks for all your help buddy, it would not have been possible, or half as much fun, without you around.

Rolf,

Thanks for the odds calculating help yesterday. Indeed I am stupid enough to have another sidebet with you, following on from our Monte Carlo one involving Marcel and whoever I picked.

How about we each pick one player from each bracket and we have a €5 sidebet on each, treating each bracket as a separate bet. €10 bonus of one of our picks wins the whole thing.
Cheers,

Jonathan

I am the Worksop crash champion of 1981

Today the 2nd round matches take place. I´d do a live update but unfortunately the wireless is still not good enough in the casino and I have two Blue Square players to cheer on so I´ll be too preoccupied to do much updating.

Yes, both the Blue Square players safely made it through to round two - Mickey Wernick and James Atkin.

Today Mickey faces Italian Valentino Pedron, while 21 year old James faces Frenchman Xavier Malandran.

OK thanks guys - nice talking to you Mr. Tikay. I have just talked to this other nice gentleman Mr. Jonathan Raab. He has taken on the bet! €5 for every person in the bracket (whoever last longest wins), and €10 extra if one of our 'horses' manages to win. As my dear friend only seems to know players who (in a distant past have, maybe once) made a fourth or fifth place in Walsall or Blackpool or so (ah! just to stir up some controversy  8)), this is what we have come up with:

Bracket 1... Jonathan: Mickey Wernick Rolf: Antony Lellouche (ah well - I gave my friend first choice. Else, I too would have picked Mickey)
Bracket 2... Jonathan: Simon Nowab Rolf: Chister Johansson (have to admit - Simon = a good choice. Great mentality)
Bracket 3... Jonathan: Simon Zach Rolf: Pascal Perrault (even though he does take a few too many chances for my taste. Still, a potential winner)
Bracket 4... Jonathan: James Atkin Rolf: Noah Boeken (have to support fellow countryman I guess)

So, I calculated this could cost me both €30 and my reputation - I don't know which of the two would hurt me more.  >:? Feel free to throw your own two cents in - if only just to keep this thread alive.

Best regards,
Rolf.

Hi Rolf,

If you see David Pomroy, Simon Nowab or Rob Yong about send them my regards please mate.

hope all is well,

Ben

Yep. I just talked to Simon - he has to play a German fella, Frank Gutjahr (German for Goodyear.)

just mention this aswell to him please..

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Just heard from viva Espana... AJ is through but unfortunately it was at the expense of Bad girl.

Go get 'em in the next round Paul!!  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

& see you on Friday... am very excited about a long weekend in the sun - although it is a girls weekend and coincidentally (honest!!) it is the same weekend as the poker.

LOL

Anna xx

Hi Rolf,

Anthony Lellouche - GREAT guy, great player, got a very big win in him. Shame he's French.

Missing being there, bit not missing that iffy Vodafone signal, not at all!

See you soon mate.

Thanks JR, hope your guys get the job done.

I know you are too busy to Update, & the sgnal is crap, but it was a nice thought, thanks.

Any "snippets" appreciated. Dave is texting bits & bobs through, as is Anna, too, it all helps.

The bubble beats Scandi mateyboy very quickly and is through to round 3. In round 3 he will meet Ash (his room mate) if he gets through his match.

Nick just called - he is into round 3 ... Top stuff  ;letsparty;

Some bad news though from blonde camp... when I was on the phone he thinks that he heard Mickey Wernick going out to Valentino Pedron..

LOL

A xx

Is there any news about Badbeat's Richard Redmond?

yes - unfortunately he was knocked out by Tony Chessa's Aces - 1.5 hr match.

Thanks maid. Tony's a top bloke too, so that's okay :

Here are the results of the bet with Rolf.

In bracket 1 Mickey lost, after a marathon grind,while Anthony won. 1-0 Rolf.

In bracket 2 both Simon Nowab and Rolf´s random European pick, Johansywhatsits lost, 1-0 Rolf.

In bracket 3 Simon Zach won,while Pascal Perrault got beaten by a girl. 1-1

In bracket 4 James Atkin won while Rolf´s compartiot Noah got beaten. 2-1 Raab

But what about Rolf´s reputation, hehe...

If anyone is interested I have written a report on both Mickey and James match on the Blue Square website. Here´s the link

http://www.bluesq.com/bluesquare/poker/interface/html/playersclub/sponsoredplayer.shtml

Is James Atkin sponsored by bluesquare now?

He is for this event.

Wish Mickey the leg end good luck in any other comps he plays over there from me please Jon, and give me a bell when you get home.

Cheers
Kev.

will do Kev, speak to you when I´m back.

Nice, wish him luck and ask him to get his ass back on here and post some more hand histories.

Unfortunately I didn't get to wish him well for you in time. James was beaten by German Frank Blumlein after an encounter that lasted over two hours.

The key hand that swung the match in his opponent's favour was at the end of round 4, with the blinds at 300-600 and both players roughly even in chips.

Frank flat called on the button. James raised to 1,500. Frank called.

Flop  Qs Ahrt Qd

check - check

turn  8c

James checked. Frank bet 4,000.

James thought for a while and called.

River  2c

James checked, Frank moved all-in.

James thought for about five minutes before folding. The German revealed his cards only to his railbirds and then hi-fived them.


I will ask James to come on here to explain the hand further and out it in the context of the whole match, but it may not be for a few days - he's jumped straight into the €200 pot limit Omaha. I do not want to reveal the hand he passed without his permission.

Here's a full update of the 3rd round matches

Bracket 1

Markus Golser beat Christopher Ulsrud

Thierry Cazals beat Valentino Pedron

Carlos Mortensen beat Blair Connell

Paul Jackson beat Antony Lellouche

Bracket 2

Robert Binelli beat Ferry Vafa

Thomas Fougeron and Kate Szeremeta are still playing (although Kate was very unlucky not to have sealed it by now - I'll report that hand in a bit)

George Danzer beat Michael Keiner

Santiago Holguin Romero  beat Frank Gutjahr

3rd round results continued

Bracket 3

Jan Heitmann beat Woody Deck

Tsai Chen beat Tony Chessa

Ben Battle beat Simon Zach

Nick Gibson beat Chris Utting


Bracket 4

Isaac Mayolas de Vega beat Tony Hughes

Shannon Shore beat Juris Bonders

Frank Blumlein beat James Atkin

Santiago Terrazas beat Jose Roldan Vicente

OK , that Kate Szeremeat v Thomas Fougeron hand.

Kate had Thomas outchipped 3:1 during level three.

All the chips went in on a flop of 4c 5c Kh

Kate held Kc Qc versus the Frenchman's Kd 6d

Turn 5d

River Ad for a split pot.

Most of the 4th round matches are now underway and all those who have made it through are in the money.

Here's the prize structure

Winner €125,000
Runner Up €60,000
Semi finalists €25,000
Quarter finalists €11,250
4th Round €5,000

4th round matches

Markus Golser v Thierry Cazals

Carlos Mortensen v Paul Jackson

Robert Binelli v Thomas Fougeron/Kate Szeremeta

George Danzer v Santiago Holguin Romero

Jan Heitmann v Tsai Chen

Ben Battle v Nick Gibson

Isaac Mayolas de Vega v Shannon Shore

Frank Blumlein v Santiago Terrazas

Two 4th round matches have now been completed

Markus Golser beat Thierry Cazals

Isaac Mayolas de Vega beat Shannon Shore

Isaac mayonnaise beat Sharon Stone :D

that cant be his real name ...can it ??

I spotted my deliberate mistake and corrected it.

Just been announced - Jan Heitmann has been beaten by Tsai Chen - so at least one woman into the quarter finals.

She's a bit scary - while on the TV table with Tony Chessa she leaned over when all in against him and said 'I kill you, I kill you' and unfortunately for Tony, she did.

Wooo Hooo - go Nick & Paul!!  ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

LOL

Anna xxx

News just in... Nick has made it through to the final 8  :D :D

LOL #1 supporter.... see you on Friday in Barca!!

Anna xx  ;cheerleader;

Yep, Nick through and Paul Jackson toom down Carlos Mortensen.

Robert Binelli beat Thomas Fougeron in a 10 minute encounter

Thomas had earlier beaten Kate Szeremeta in a marthon encounter.

Frank Blumlein beat Santiago Terrazas

There is one match still being played - that between George Danzer and Santiago Holguin Romero.

Nick fights it out with Ben Battle.



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Paul and Carlos try to outjackal each other.

Note the guy in the background who seemed keen to take a photo of me. Personally I thought he should have been concentrating his efforts on the match, but each to their own  :D



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Well done guys!! & two blondes through to quarter finals

 *g *g ;cheerleader;

Good luck tomorrow Paul  8)

LOL

A xx

The match between George Danzer and San Diego Alfa Romeo is still going on. Could be a late one.

But no, its all over and George has won.

I'm afraid I fly home tomorrow so I will not be able to do any more updates on the remainder of the tournament.

Nice updates Jon, good stuff.
GOOOOOOOOO Paul and Nick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats Paul & Nick - good luck!

Is it just me or are we seeing a superb performance by the Germans in Barcelona?

Go GEORGE "THE PANZER"!

Congrats paul and Nick - keep up the good work

Paul through to the semis along with Mr Danzer.

In case anyone is interested there is betting available on Blue Square in the specials section.

Best of luck to paul and nick.... c' 8)mon!!!

I'm flying out tomorrow for the game on Sunday  ;D  Ole!

Paul Jackson is in the final. He beat George "The Panzer" Danzer. Quote from Paul after his win:

"Well yes, I indeed did win. But the truth is, I got outplayed by my opponent. George simply played better. If this had been a boxing match, he would have won on points."

He will be playing Isaac Mayolas De Vega from Barcleona who won his semi against Tsai Chen in less than 15 minutes, 3 hands.

WOOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!
Nice

Good luck Paul!

come on paul bring it home.

Good luck m8

All the best Paul

When is the Final?   are we having updates? If Paul's got his lappie he might be able to post his hands as they happen apparently he's pretty good at multi tasking.


Good Luck Paul   :)up

Good luck to Paul "sheep worrier" Jackson .....  I hear phil Ivey has had a few bob on ya mate.


Get it WON !!!!

Isaac Mayolas (my best friend , who both knew this page and the crew in viena this February) is a solid and tough player and he has nothing to loose.

I'm tnking about winning to one of the bests is the best way to be the best.

GOOD LUCK ISAAAAAAAAAAAAAAC 

Go on Paul, you can do it.  :)up

I can't find this. Is it me or has this bet gone now? I can only find the wsop bet.

Maybe they're no longer taking bets coz Paul's got it in the bag  :D

I´m not sure if this has been posted, but news from Barca is that Paul finished as runner up in the Heads Up Championship.

 In a long match, he didn´t seem to hit many cards, held on impressively, but spent the last hour not hitting a flop with a dwindling stack. It was difficult for the spectators to see many details, but on the final hand Paul went all in wiith 84 on a board of 10 8 7. The young Spanaird called with J 10, and with a Jack on the turn, Paul was drawing thin. An ace on the end sealed the deal.

Congratulations to Paul and to the Spanish winner!

Unlucky Paul...

Still a very profitable trip for ya and keep it up mate.

 :respect: ;applause; :respect: ;applause; :respect: ;applause; :respect: ;applause;

Unlucky Paul. Still a solid achievement though.

As a curiosity, this appears to be the 5th year in a row than an Englishman has finished 2nd in this event...

The KEY hand was Paul holding  Qd Qs  on a  9c 7d  4h flop. bet and call on flop,  4d bet and call on turn. River was a   9s Isaac led out for 4200 and Paul called. Isaac had  Aspades 9h.

Brilliant week for Paul though but understandably a bit gutted.

Ouch that nine on the river had to hurt.

thanks all for your support.
It was a great week for me and although a bit deflated at the moment i am very happy with the week.
The young Spaniard that beat me was a deserving winner and played extremely well and i was happy to go down fighting after a long struggle at least i played quite well in the final unlike the semi where i was outplayed and lucky to get through.

Thanks Paul. You the MAN!

There's a news item on the site regarding this... includes a cracking piccy of Paul looking absolutely thrilled to bits.

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/2422 (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/2422)