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The Final of the £750 2 day Main Event tales place here at Sheffield this afternoon, & I'm here wearing my 425 Hat, the cameraman arrives shortly.

Here's how things stand - apologies for the "abbreviated" names.

Big Dave Smith (from Notts Gala) 46,000

Mark Burton 13,300

Woodman 69,300

Tom "Red-Dog" McCready 21,700

Marsh 61,300

Aujla Raghubinder (young "Rugster" from Laddies) 56,500

Kaz Siraj 71,200

Max Hussain 32,100

Kaz Kurbi 42,000

Fazzzz 27,800.

It's a 1 hour clock, & blinds will be 800-1,600.

Will try & let you know how Tom gets on. My phone battery has died, so I can't do text updates.

Good Luck to all the blondes.

A bit more info on this is here:-

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=10780.0

Any idea which one is MrDigital? or Toshi something he used to be on here.

from mr digitals post i would imagine he is marsh 3rd in chips with 61k


good luck to all espically the blondites

And yes, I did play the Event, but exited when I clashed big-time with fellow-blonde Rustert, who's a good mate.

He & I play the Laddies $250 most days, he's a fierce competitor.

At Walsall in a recent £300 Freeze, I busted to him on the very first hand of Day Two when I ran my QQ into Rug's Aces.

Last night, & I got cute with KK after Rug Raised it up. The flop was - almost inevitably, when one has Kings, A-Q-x. But for some reason, I could not bring myself to believe Rug had an A, the betting definitely said otherwise.

I backed my judgement, & all the chips went in, & I was right, he never had an A. He had QQ, for a set of Queens.....

I'll get him one day, I swear I will.

Good Luck to him today though.

you fish

Yes, Mr Digital is yet another blonde Finalist. I met him for the first time last night, a quite splendid & jolly nice fella, introduced him to Tom, too.

Good Luck to him, as well!

44 runners, £33,000 in the kitty.

how many get paid?

10 get paid Iron.



£11,500

£5,800

£3,800

£3,000

£2,300

£2,000

£1,600

£1,300

£1,000

£700

There were only 44 runners, so there can be no complaints that 10th does not get him money back. I'd settle for it!

i am surprised they are paying that many

Iron, Tom is sat next to me, & he said shut it, you fish.

Oh yeah i didn't notice he had put his chipcount in the post, doh!!
Ask Tom if he thinks the payout structure is a bit top heavy :D

I think Tom is delighted with the Payout Structure!

He just found AA first hand, in the SB, but got no action.

Several guys, Tom & myself included, are tempted to try & dash down to the Western for tonight's biggie, buut it looks doubtful, especially for me, as I need to be here until the end.

I am off to Hillsborogh Stadium in a bit to do the 425 "Link", memories of 40 years ago (almost to the week) & all that. Intriguingly, the Chairman of Sheffield Wednesday is one Dave Allen, whom, I believe, is the owner of this very Casino, and indeed the Napoleon's chain.

Pass on my best wishes Dog red TK!

Going back to my exit with KK against Rugster's QQ, I also had an earlier rather nasty accident involving Queens.

I hadd Raised it up with JJ, & Malcolm "The Rock" Harwood called me, the flop came Q-9-9. Malcolm had pocket Queens, unbenown to me, & quite liked that flop!

I thought the turn card was pretty handy mind, when the J fell.........

Chips! (It was a Double Chance).

Yeah i saw that hand "elsewhere".

We just saw a quite remarkable hand involving Big Dave Smith & Kaz Kurbi.

Dave Smith had Raised pre-Flop, & Kaz had defended in the SB.

Flop was....

 Aspades 7c 5d

Kaz checked, Dave Smith bet, Kaz called.

Turn,

 Ac

As before - Kaz checks, Dave bets, Kaz, after a lengthy dwell, calls.

River....

 8h

Kaz now comes out betting, the full 25k+ pot.

Dave dwells too, before saying "you must have caught the straight then, I Pass".

At which, Kaz turns over  Tc 3s.....

Proper Poker!

Is that what they call bluff?

Fazzz just exited in 10th after a trips v flush confrontation with Mr Woodley. Fazzz failed to fill up, & that was that.

Fazzz, who gave a lovely 425 Interview, 10th for £700, to follow two 11th place finishes in the earlier Fessie Events here.

Now it's Dave Smith's turn to make the lonely walk to the Cash Desk. He had TT, Kaz had JJ, & there was no esaaping for either player on a 6-7-9 flop, even though Dave had the extra outs for the straight.

Dave Smith, 9th, £1,000.

Then there were 8.

Red-Dog is saitting there quietly, chewing away on his pseudo ciggie. He's the ultimate grinder.

GL red-dog,

me and my mate played the 300 on thursday, he made final, D.gent also known as geeforce1 on tribeca, cashed for 1.1k i believe.

Blinds just gone 1k-2k, & they have coloured up the shrapnel.

Tom is in poo street, after he Raised it up, & got called. Board came K-K-7-6-2, & Matey Boy bet 4k on the end into a 20k Pot, but Tom is so short-stacked, he felt he had to pass, especially to such an inviting sized "call me PLEASE!" bet. Matey Boy showed 5 high! Tom never flinched, just chewed away on his jobbie thing.

Is Mr Digital , other wise known as Toshywonker still in ?....When I used to go to Ponty local game ..met him there..actually Tikay .. think you may have made his aquaintence last September at the B/F forum game..lovely bloke..Good luck to him ..and to Tom..xx

gl folks

Maureen gets deducted 10 House Poiints - she's Bokked blondeite Mr Digital/Toshywonker/Mr Marsh.

He had A-T, so did Chip Daddy Woodman, but Woodman moved in on the turn, man of many names bravely called, & they BOTH had A-T, but a rivered club 4-flushed it for the Chip Leader, & we are down to 6.

7th place, & £1,600, to Marsh/Mr Digital/Toshywonker. Smashing guy, by the way.

good luck RED.

Correction, it was 8th place, & £1,300, not as I reported earlier, for Toshywonker.

Tom has 16,500, but he appears to have a serious problem - his chips seem to be glued to the table. While all around him bust out, he just sit's there, unable to move his chips in.

im sure he willl be at notts tommorow night.he is one of the luckiest people i have ever met.

Tom solves his "chips stuck to the table" problem by verbally declaring "all-in" when he finds KK & a Raiser, & he's doubled up! Now his stack is twice the size - but glued even frmer to the table. What remarkable patience he shows, a right little Micky Wernick in the making. He may well win this, if he cn find some way of unglue-ing those chips.

Hi Fran, (Little Miss C) you are not wrong, but he gets his chips in.

please pass on my best wishes to Tom, tikay.

Does he have his mug with him?

And now we DO have our 7rth place finisher for £1,600, the plucky Mark Burton, short-stacked all afternoon, who eventuallly made his move with A-T & found Rugster sat with KK.

No sloppy, he's making do with me.

So, Dewi, who do you want to win this one, eh?

By the way, this is not supposed to be a blonde Live Update, but I am here on 425 duties, so thought I'd just keep you Posted between interviews & stuff.  The "real deal" - sonopy & Mrs Merton are having a rest today, but will be at Southampton for a Proper blonde Live Update tomorrow & Monday. THEN you'll see a proper blonde Live  Update. Don't miss it.

Looking forward to them already, I think Red has a chance of making the top 6 here Tikay, what are your thoughts?

Blinds will go to 2k-4k (currently 1k-2k) in 5 minutes. 440,000 chips in play, average with 6 left is 73,300. Very playable indeed. They've devised a nice structure here, fair play to Napoleons.

I'm sure some tumbleweed just blew by.

You ain't half wrong TK.

I have watched him on Laddies and he shows remarkable patience and never seems to worry about his chips dwindling. 

Best of luck to RED another double up will do nicely.

Best of luck Red dog!  ;goodluck;

With 6 left, & his chips firmly glued to the table, you could well be right Mr Dewi Sir. Even the Welsh get it right sometimes.

 rotflmfao

His game has advanced by leaps & bounds recently, I really do think Tom is going to win some serious comps soon. Online or Live, he has developed a remarkable game.

Has he become more conservative?
Tightened up a bit?

Corection, (another...) Blinds are about to go to 1,500 - 3,000, NOT as I earlier reported, 2k-4k.

gl red ,the mugs in his trophy cabinet .

Play has re-commenced, & with the average stack having around 25 Big Blinds, this may take a while.

Tom popped out at the break & purchased a bag 4" nails, just to make secure his chips are firmly secured.

But it did not stop him makkng a Button Raise, to which both Blinds wisely passed, Tom's a Rock, & they well know it. Funny thing is, I saw his hand. Looked remarkably like 7-9 off to me. You can assume I had a misread there. You'd be wrong though.....

he played a bigger hand yesterday ,against fizzal i here

cause i said rock v rock he had the nuts lol

Wish Tom good luck from me please Tikay, and tell him not to do anything rash  ::)

Have done Ralph, he says thanks, though Tom do something Rash? Methinks you jest!

With two deep-stacked Limpers in the Pot on Tom's BB, he bravely imposes a Limpers Tax & moves all-in, they both pass, after the requisite show of dwelling & acting & sighing.

One says to Tom "I had a pocket pair as well". As well?......

Good luck to all left in the final...  

When he asked me how many chips I had I thought he hasn't got the flush and maybe thinks my turn bets a little weak as opposed to flop.  I actually thought I was in front and he was representing the flush and with 2/3rds of my stack in the middle I made the call (ouch)...

Good to meet you all cheers Tikay, and btw My head was in bits in the interview (i was talking about 4 hands at once) or it sounded like that to me until you brought me down to earth...   :(

Would like a hand analysis though from the pro tourney players - should I have got so involved ?  

The two clinger-onners are Tom (28k now) & the diminutive Max Hussain, with 18.5k. Not much room for subtlety for those two guys.

We're all here wishing Mr Dog on :)

Pass along my bestest please!

Post the Hand please - I only know you both had A-T, & he 4 flushed it, I don't recall how the betting went. Your Opponent in that hand is an "interesting" character. "Acts" a lot, looks like he's out of his depth. Busted seversal peeps though, & got all the chips.....

Heid - will do,

Perfect Timing Heid, & the blonde-bok strikes again......

Tom Raised UTG with AA, the Chip Daddy called, flop came J-9-4. Chip Daddy moves in, Tom calls, Chip Daddy shows 9-4. Tom had hoped to get his double-up with that guy, & he kinda "invited" him to call by making a min Raise. Still some call, against Tom, with 9-4 though......

 ;fish;

So Tom was 6th, for £2,000. Good effort, yet again, Tom.

UL Red - good result though  ;applause;

OOps!

Sorry!

Max Hussain's valiant struggle is over, his TT looked like his Passport to a double-Up, but Rugster was sat with his lucky hand - QQ, & that was that, Max Hussain, 5th, for £2,300.

So, 4 left, & around £24,000 left to play for - £11,500, £5,800, £3,800 & £3,000.

Blinds have 40 minutes left at 2k-4k.

Craig was telling me last week that they have never had a Main Event "chop" here yet.

Ok the hand in question - blinds 1/2k i'm on BB with red A 10 and about 55k Woodman Limps OTB for 2k and Red-Dog folds.  I raise and make it 6k to go Woody calls flop  Ac 7c 4d I bet out 9k woody calls Turn  4c and i bet 12k into the pot woody thinks 4 a while asks me how much ive got then puts me all in.

I consider his range again and I honestly think he's trying to take me off the pot.  I've played back at him on numerous occasions over the games.  I have commited a big chunk of my stack into the pot already so I ask the Valet jokingly for a JD and coke and call.

He looks dissapointed then shows  Aspades Tc and the river comes  Qc  

Looks a great call in hindsight but I'm doubting my play here (again)

Signed

MrDigital/Toshiwonka/D4YWALKER/etc. etc. etc.

There has just been some tentative "so how much is there left to play for?" talk, but nobody bit, & they play on.

The really rather pleasant Kaz Kurbi busts in 4th spot, when his AK is no match for the Rugster's bravely played J-3, on a 6-6-8-4-J Board!

Kaz Kurbi, (Kassim Kurbanail actually) 4th, £3,000.

 Unlucky Mr.D......for what its worth I stiil think you had enough chips left to not call the all in......I would think I was beat at that stage, and fold.

More mutterings of a saver-based renegotiation of the three remaining Prizes, but no takers, & play continues.

Woody just tangled with Kaz Siraj, messing with Kaz's  BB  - not, in truth, a wise thing to do - & the much more worldly-wise Siraj pushed Woody off with a huge turn bet.

Short Break now, as the Blinds increase to 2,500 - 5,000, which, with average chips at 146,700, is nigh on 30 Big Blinds.

The 3 remaining combatants have all headed off in the direction of the Gent's. I'll join them, maybe I can learn something. Amazing what happens in Toilets during Finals.

Modesty forbids that I report on The Toilet Talks. But If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say that the suggestion was £6k each, & play for the remaining £3,100.

That's just a guess, of course.

If a Deal is done, we will let you know. It is a Ranking Event, after all.

Well there's a thing - a deal has  been brokered.

£6,500 each, play for £1,500, & £100 for the Valets.

And I may yet catch the last trrain home.

£100 for the valets?
Blimey i've been in £10 rebuys where the valets have gotten more!!

IFM,

Kaz actually suggested £1,000 for the Valets, but that met with a pretty cool reception.

Well i think a grand is a bit much!!

Well, deals DO change the way folks play, but we just saw a corker of a play by Rugster, who has just busted Woody, the accident waiting to happen has happened.

Rugs is on the Button, & warns the other 2, "I have Position, I am gonna Raise" - this is before the cards are dealt! Still before the cards are dealt, Woody, in the BB, says "good, try it".

The cards are dealt, Rugs Raises the minimum, Kaz gets outa the way, sensing what's about to happen, Woody Re-Raises the Minimum, & his chips are barely in before Rugs says "I'm all-in" & Woody walks into the trap & insta-calls with AJ, only to see he's dominated by the wily Rugster's AQ.

Woody takes £6,500, & we are down to 2.

Deal or No Deal?

We are now into the usual "Post-Deal" silly play, & it will all be over shortly. As Mr Colclough says, Deals significantly change the way the game is played, which is why, generally, he'a a No Deal man.

And no sooner the prediction, than the reality, it's all over, & Kaj Siraj is our very worthy winner.

Of the final few, it always looked to be between Kaz & Rugster, & deservedly so.

One has to wionder what may have happened if Tom's AA had managed to hold on against Woody's optimistic 9-4, but such is Poker, it's such a beautiful game, & any two cards can & do win.

Congrats to every one of them.

2 more interviews, & I'm outa here.

In the immortal words of sloppy, stick a fork in me.....

Night all.

Great updates for an amateur.

Many many thanks to everyone who supported me. My seat was just a yard or two from tikays lappie so I got your good luck messages 'hot off the press' and they gave me a great boost.

Thanks again.

Tom xx

I asked Tikay to tell you not to do anything rash.....kids eh  >:?

Well done Tom, class piece of grinding.

Yes, When he told me, I burst out laughing!