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Oh, it's so pleasant to be air conditioned!  Back in the Vic, awaiting the final 24 players' arrival.  I am always amazed by how quiet and dark it is in here - outside it's positively glowing and a little sweaty (when you're carrying more than one laptop) but in here it's like midnight. 

Anyway, player list coming, and they're all just drifting in now.  You've got me flying solo until 5pm when Tikay will rejoin me for more updating, until the bitter end...

Mark Teltscher    6,500
Surinder Sunar   19,100
Jim Reid            29,725
Julian Gardner     6,075
Osman Mustanoglu  8,450
Dave Colclough    28,850
Michael Greco      19,300
Bob Ballou           4,880
Ivar Rivenaes      26,550
Marc Goodwin    13,600
Sid Harris           13,975
Mike Magee        6,800
John Shipley      19,850
Willie Tann        17,225
Liam Flood         21,975
Ian Woodley       6,125
Roman Yitzhaki      29,825
Dave Clayton        49,750
Jeff Buffenbarger  26,100
Keir Fitzgibbon      18,525
Ryan Fronda         12,475
Iwan Jones          10,450
Scott Fischman     30,700
Ram Vaswani        23,225

There has been a redraw - the blue chip baggies were already in place when I arrived - so these figures from the end of play last night are in no particular order, as it turns out.  Will bring the correct seating positions at the first count, when some of the chips have been redistributed.

:hello:

So it's Dave Clayton who starts today with the highest stack, and Iit looks like somehow Scott Fischman has taken the second spot, after sitting with what looked like about 3,000 for most of yesterday.  A double up in level 3, I think it was, and he was off... snapping at his heels remain Dave Colclough, Jim Reid and Roman Yitzhaki. 

A rather worrying announcement has just been made, to the effect that "If play has not finished by around 4am, remaining players will return the following day at 6pm."  Two day/three day event - who knows?

:hello: Nemesis, and anyone else brave enough to stick to their computers while the sun shines so merrily Outside... delighted to have company.  The first hand of the day has just been dealt. 

Hi Jen, raining here

I am outside 8)

Highly unlikely :D

Oh, well, I have wireless too, Nemesis, it's just that my power cord won't stretch out of my window...

Anyway, here's the first of the last three tables - featuring a smiley Dave who insisted that he wore his blondepoker hat all the time except for that exact second (pic coming just to back him up)

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Jen,

Please tell DC that he must win today, no pressure, if he does not make the final table we are going to take away his bedroom in the mansion and make him sleep in the guest house. I think we will invitE a small begal to take his place. ;scarymoment; ;letsparty;  

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And Table Two, containing Dave Clayton and his 50k in chips.

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Bri are you playing any of the smaller WSOP events this week? I might pop by and rail for a bit.

And what's missing from this overview - oh yes, table Three with the back of Willie Tann's head, and players who are looking anywhere but at the dealer...

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Hi Jen, keep up the great updates as always. Wish Iwan best of luck pls. Hes on cracking run.

 :hello: Jenn

I came across this photograph in my archives this week, (I think you may like it  :dontask:). Have a great day.

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Hello hello further watchers - some action at last to bring you -
Sid Harris - OUT
Julian Gardner - OUT and with Js Jh against Willie Tann's Qc Qs.  Two off the same table, and they've moved Mike Magee over there.

Why, thank you Tonji - I will direct Danafish to this lovely illustration (I leave the house to the sound of banjos wailing, and I return to them wailing slightly more quietly with a sock stuffed under the strings almost every day...)

What are the blinds now Jen?

Ian Woodley finishes in 22nd place -

I caught a threeway hand on the flop, when Liam Flood was just checking the turn in the dark:
Jh 9d 8c, with the Js following.  Next to act was Ian, who bet 2,900, called in position by Ram Vaswani, while Liam got out of the way.
River:  2c.  Now Ian had a decision, and checked (he had under 5k left), while Ram moved in immediately.  Another decision - and he went for it, but mucked when he saw Ram's Td Qh for the flopped straight.

Can you comfirm the prize structure please, jen.

200/400.  Still nice and playable - the word is that if the blinds go down from 90 to 60 minutes, they will stay there, guaranteeing reasonable play all the way through the final, even if it means a surprise reinstatement of the Day Three.

Sorry hartwith and Welsh Person Fans - Iwan Jones is OUT

A rather less fortunate AK vs. Ram's AQ, all-in preflop.  The Queen hit the flop and form or no form, Iwan's out of this one.  But he qualified for just £400 so it's probably not as painful as it could be.

And here he is/was, looking distant while neighbour Scott Fischman realised their picture was being taken...

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The Prize Structure - as printed out for me about 30 seconds ago:

1  £90,000
2  £67,500
3  £45,000
4  £22,500

And that's the lot.

Just lost John Shipley - one more player out and we get two tables rather than three.

Great updates jenx

Tell Jim Read he's my poker hero for me-(he'll understand) and wish him all the best. Please. 8)

hi, can u wish micheal grecco good luck from the claimer, we play together on blue square, and does anybody know the username of the vc qualifier dude,
    thanks

OK - your messages heading towards recipients - but first - CHIP COUNTS

Table Ram

Ivar Rivenaes     21,150
Ram Vaswani     42,000
Liam Flood         42,700
Dave Colclough  24,300
Willie Tann        39,500
Scott Fischman   28,150

Table Clayton

Ryan Fronda      20,600
Osman Mustanoglu  7,800
Surinder Sunar       8,500
Dave Clayton        58,500
Marc Goodwin        8,925
Mike Magee           7,750

Table Americans     

Mark Teltscher     13,700
Jim Reid              26,000
Jeff Buffenbarger  14,000
Michael Greco       20,700
Bob Ballou            10,300
Roman Yitzhaki     45,275
Keir Fitzgibbon      8,025

Great updates guys, keep up the good work. Nice to see you there yesterday  8)

Whats Grecos name on Blue Square?


Cheers

"dont call me Beppe"

rotflmfao

You too - it takes me at least two goes to put faces to online aliases, but it's always nice to meet those whose little icons you stare at!  Hope you can see the sunshine (what ARE you all doing indoors, apart from the lucky wireless ones??)

Well, with the players down to two tables - it's time for the Jon Raab vs Me Pick the Players challenge:

He's opting for Willie Tann and Scott Fischman.
I pick Roman Yitzhaki and Dave Colclough.

We shall see...anyone else?

And here are Greco and DC pre table move - caused, I should have mentioned, by the exit of Surinder in 19th place.

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Hi Jen, im praying for Bob Ballou (got 40%) stake in him.........do you know if hes still there and how he got a double up to 10k. If he is please pass on my best of british. Cheers

Good afternoon Jen and Jonathan.

The sun is not shining here in Nottingham btw.

i believe its bigmook mate

You are the only sunshine here Jen.. all cloudy ..

I will go for rayvon and beppe.

Good to see you all last night.

I'm going for Scott F and El Blondie

I'm not going for anyone, cos...well you know what happens.  ;tk;

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I chased Ryan Fronda as he left the tournament area and he said his better known alias (Betfair) is 12Yan - but he's only just signed up to VC...

Yes, BB still here - hung on by skin of teeth yesterday, and still short stacked, but present.  Will keep an eye on him...

Yes, quite nice here in Notts but indoors watching the Germany v Sweden game and following the Vic action   8) I tip Ram or DC for this one.

hows woody deck doing?  8)

Ram & DC are my top 2 picks. Good luck guys.

i'm going for DC and Greco  :)  come on boys

Surprise Exit For One of Tonji's Picks News Now -

Ram is OUT!  Taken down by one of the only stacks who could do so - Liam Flood.  Mr. Flood moved in (or raised to the point of committal) with the monstrous 8d 8c and Ram went for it with Ac Qh.  A Queen fell on the river, but by then it was too late - Liam had spiked the set on the flop.  New Chip Leader, then.

tough choice, im too good at bokking....   so im gonna pick everyone except Jim Read and DC

ooooppppps

Welcome to my club. :D

The Clock has `"moved" to 75 minute levels from & including, this level.

This, by the way, is the 'ol fella, fresh back from a lightning return trip to Birmngham.

Great excitement, too. Our electric Pendlino Branson branded Plastc Train stopped at Nuneaton, where a Diesel Electric Class 47 (old Livery) was hooked up for the rest of the journey due to engineering works. I watched the whole "hooking up" process - fascinating! More details shortly, you will be delighted to know.

Afternoon Kids,

My tip is Dave Clayton, bout time he picked up a live 1.

As for the sun here in Notts its decided to hide behind the clouds but its still nice wireless in the garden.

Good luck to DC too.

Chip Counts from the Final Two Tables (still a long way to go for the money, top four only...)

Table Little Chip (apart from Liam and Willie)

Ivar Rivenaes       13,275
Jeff Buffenbarger  22,500
Mark Teltscher      6,150
Liam Flood           58,000
Dave Colclough    16,300
Willie Tann          73,000
Scott Fischman    31,500
Keir Fitzgibbon     11,150

Table Big Chip (apart from Marc and Osman)

Jim Reid             21,900
Ryan Fronda       27,000
Roman Yitzhaki   43,075
Osman Mustanoglu  9,000
Bob Ballou            17,000
Dave Clayton        50,000
Marc Goodwin       11,300
Mike Magee          22,000
Michael Greco       15,500

Double Up For Marc Goodwin:  Roman Yitzhaki little-raised on Marc's big blind, got a suspicious 3,100 re-raise.  Tikay saw this hand, and said Roman "Ummed and Ahhed before asking how much to set him in.  6,800 more - he did so with Eights, and Marc called.  With his Aces."

Although the board brought an up and down straight draw for Yitzhaki on the turn, the river was a blank and short-stacked Marc is now more "dangerous..."

Evening you good people...


How did DC manage to lose 12.000 chips from the start?

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Not entirely sure, but he was muttering something about a "bad session" in the last break.  It happens. I can see him from here and he's smiling...
Right before the end of the level, I forgot to mention, he got all-in with AK against.....AK - it looked like a good call with top pair on the river to split the chunky pot.

Here's a rare picture of El Blondie's face, with hat at angle it is possible to snap him beneath...  The two big stacks on either side of him - Liam on the right, and Willie Tann on the left.

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Although, on a scale of 1 - 10, how much attention does Mr. Tann look like he's paying?

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Anyone know what time the £500 freezout start tomorow. :dontask:

It hardly seems fair to award the Climber of The Day prize already, but Mr. Cool is looking like a deserving candidate.  The formidable Mike Magee is here on the right.

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The £500 Freezeout starts 6pm, according to a reliable source...

***************************************DINNER BREAK  45 mins *************************************

We're off to scout the buffet, back when the players are - and I'll leave the Guests (hello, Guests)  with an enticing offer to sign up to blonde so you can see my (admittedly amateurish) photos of the later day action!

Oh, more last hand action - and unfortunately it sees the comp exit of Dave Colclough -

He hit top pair on the K Q 10 10 board, and raised Scott Fischman's bet all-in - but he was up against the top straight (AJ) and takes his leave in the closing seconds of the pre-dinner-break play...

Unlucky mate.

How`was`Stonehenge? (asks`tikay)

I didn't realise so many people on this site were from Nottingham. :O
Weather's cold here, but Chloe Bale is hot.

my head hurts ???

where's it been m8?

Much better than that damn train ride ol'e fella.

Its that old TK fella doing a leaflet drop in Nottingham on sunday mornings while talking to people on there door steps about Trains, we feel for the elderly.

The Shrew is getting the hang of giving out Rubdowns, nice reflex comment Nick, doing us proud  "Go On The Shrew"

hovering over the loo ???

The thing is Simon,

The Old One Kendle is a typical Pensioner, he gives all all the rub down and takes the p*** in front of the camera then when you see him in the flesh he cant remember what he said.
I dont no they get to that age and cant even see the hole cards anymore you no miss read AA for 72 lol.
I even saw him push in with KK in walsall another miss read.

Great updates as usual guys :)up

Talk at the Sportsman last night was the poor turnout was partly due to pricey 5K buy in.....any feedback from the Vic on that?

thats a Drop Kick if I have ever heard one LOL!!!!!!!

Well you'll all be glad to know Tikay is getting set up in front of the cameras once again... Rhow will be here in a couple of hours to interview, but til then, Mr. Kendall has his Producer hat on.

Play has restarted and one player taken a quick exit - Ivar Rivenaes, another stack amalgamated with Liam Flood's...

They do feedback ???

No 'Lite' updates today ???

Yes, it's that noise from the mic announcements...

Actually haven't asked, to be honest, but I think the price plus the proximity to the World Series means that people are saving their pennies for the USofA.

I'd be lying if I said I'd remembered to start a parallel thread.

And I don't think we're going to get to the 40-page sort of attention-span-pushing level today.  But I think it was a good idea, and will continue to implement it on live updates.  Something for everyone, you know... but today, nah. 

Here's your chip leader Willie Tann, pondering something while Tikay watches the table.

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i THINK HE IS TELLING TIKAY TO GO AWAY " If I wanted bad luck I would beat it out of you" ;tk;

Dave Clayton (bottom right, intense in black) just took out VC-shirt-wearing Ryan Fronda in a big old pot pushing Clayton towards the chip lead himself...

Ryan raised to 2,500 with Qc Qd and gets a call from Dave Clayton (holding Kh Jh)
Flop: Qh Th 3s  Ryan bets 3k, and gets a call rather swiftly, as you may expect.
Turn: Ac  And now it takes off, bet, raise, re-raise, all-in etc. etc.  But the board remained unpaired and sent Qualifier Ryan to the rail, shaking his head.

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Tikay looks as though he's about to bow to Willie Tann. :D

Jen - I prefer a full-blooded account anyway, and you're doing a great job.  :)up

Thanks Homer... it's actually rather comfortable over here - I haven't tripped over anything, been poked in the ribs, had my foot stepped on or any drinks spilled on me all day.  Enjoying it, in fact.

The blinds are now 400/800 ante 25.  Say what you will about the changing of the clock etc. but there's still a good deal of play.

Nice pot for Dave,
Keep it up mate. Tell TK to not get to close to rub that bad luck on Dave too all that train talk can send anybody on tilt.
By the way Jen is TK doing any work or just wandering around as usual.

you see snoopy................STAY AWAY !

I spent a while earlier trying to get a picture of (now no longer playing) Ivar Rivenaes' unusual eyewear.  So here it is.  Better late than never.

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I resent that Mr Whiten.

tikay, a`man I admre in every sense, not least physically, is my hero. He's a wonderul example to us all. He's a human dynamo, almost a train in himself.

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How wierd is that, thats how Nick feels about The Yongsta

Thats It Jen, you got it, you hit the nail on the head, after all these years, yes Mr Tony Kendal is !!!!!!!!!!!!!


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Oh, yes, tikay is working hard.  Here are the chip counts he just gathered.  Yep. 

Table How Does Liam Do It

Bob Ballou           16,200
Jeff Buffenbarger   7,200
Mark Teltscher      21,250  (Just doubled off Scott Fischman with  8h 8s vs Ac Kd - "I've had a lot of luck against you, buddy," was said.)
Liam Flood           102,000
Willie Tann           72,000
Scott Fischman     16,000
Keir Fitzgibbon       7,825

Table More Even Chip Spread

Jim Reid              16,500
Roman Yitzhaki     30,350
Osman Mustanoglu  14,500
Dave Clayton          76,000
Marc Goodwin        17,600
Mike Magee            23,000
Michael Greco         15,100

lol. tikay certainly is enguaging when it comes to railways.

Yes, just like that.

one mention of an intercity 125 and a wide beam stretches across his face

and 97% of th time he does reach his destination on time....no, I don't believe those stats either.

Dear Lord save blonde from the ravages of Attila the Pun...  Seriously, I suggest AlrightJack seek counselling of some sort.

table more even chip spread? apart from one obviously. I pity those on that table lol. Dave C is due a big one but please don't let Tikay the bok near him.

Just ask the other DC how his luck runs when Tikay is on his shoulder.

Everyone is being horrible to TK i want to stick up for him and say something nice about him  but i am lost for words at the moment, give me a couple of weeks and I may think up something nice.

Here's shorter stacked Scott Fischman, to the left of Willie and Liam.  Doesn't look like the Give Up Now sort, though, regardless of how often Mark Teltscher beats him...Secretly hoping he makes a comeback from the giant stacks that surround him.  Even though Raab picked him.

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Hi All, 8.30pm, & my first Post of the day.

A big thanks to Jen for those kind words about my physical attributes earlier. Kind, but true.

There's a rather nice atmo here at The Vic. The comp is being played in the downstairs "cash room" area. The cafeteria area has been turned into a World Cup Viewing Area, & the cash games are on the top floor.

Wille is sitting at his table, seemingly bored out of his mind, head resting in hands, barely looking up.

Liam, with a huge pile of chips, is nice & cheerful, quipping away.

Jeff Buff is, by his standards, remarkably quiet. One can't say the same about his table neighbour, Mark Telscher, who is chatting 13 to the dozen.

Not said much about Jim Reid recently, but pictures apparently make up for 1,000 or so words so here he is - quite an intimidating expression.  I think Snoopy spends half an hour in front of the mirror every day trying to replicate such a face.

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While we wait for the next big hand, whose chipstack (and, perhaps more importantly, tie) is this?

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Meanwhile, on Table Tough Guy, it's positively "Sharks & Jets", all of therm seem well hard.

Dave Clayton - well, he's deffo a bit psycho, don't mess with him. Greco is giving it his Mr Tough Guy look, Jim Reid ain't far behind, & Os Mustanoglu is impressing his lady with his manly scowl.

Meanwhile, Marc Goodwin, wearing a quite extraordinary suit, ( I assume it was once the property of a hill farmer) is sitting there positively angelic, doing his impression of a cross between Cliff Richard & Peter Pan.

All rather surreal.

 ;letsparty;CHIP COUNT CHIP COUNT CHIP COUNT ;letsparty;

ANTI-BOK your gonna fluff it jim read... your no good... 8)

Being done right now - give us 5 minutes.

Mr O'Flood

Robert, that was an under 12 comp

 ;letsparty;TY TK and get Willie a coffee hes nodded off again ;sleep;

OK OK OK OK

Table Rising Teltscher

Bob Ballou         16,625
Mark Teltscher   34,125
Liam Flood         95,000
Willie Tann        68,000
Scott Fischman  30,000
Keir Fitzgibbon    7,700

Table Falling Yitzhaki

Jim Reid           16,050
Roman Yitzhaki  17,025
Osman Mustanoglu  26,100
Dave Clayton      68,000
Marc Goodwin    17,300
Mike Magee       24,800
Michael Greco    24,400

The amiable Jeff Buff is OUT.

By coincidence, it came as he made his 250th steal of the comp, this time with  Kh 9s, but found Mark Telscher in a non-negotiable mood with  8c 8d.

A no-drama flop, &, sadly, we say goodbye to Michigan Jeff.

Jeff runs a business which salvages "dead" mobile phones & photocopiers, plays golf off 12, & made a tidy living at the Poker Tables prior to being coached by Colchester Kev. We've lost a bit of colour with Jeff's departure.

Marc Goodwin loses 30k, doubling Mike Magee up in the process -
Marc raised under the gun, and neighbour Mike made it 11k...Marc decided to go for it, calling the pre-flop daring all-in with 4s 4h.  But Mike had 7d 7c, and hit the 7s on the flop to seal the deal.

Mrc Goodwin wishes it to be known that he is not wearing a brown suit.

It's - allegedly - brown jeans, & a suede jacket. And he calls himself Mr Cool?.......More like a sort of wanna-be Nick Whiten, if you ask me. I bet he has a white hoodie.

Oh, the answer to that mystery stack and tie - Liam Flood, still chip leader but back under the 100k mark.

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years or stone, I get disqualified either way.

You will all be delighted to know that amongst our viewers tonight is the delightful Spacefrog.

You are how, Monsieur Spacefrog, on this day in Lonon splendid?

Hi Robert,

I trust everything went well last night for you.

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So, 13 left, blinds 500 - 1,000 for the next 65 minutes, running ante 50.

Average Stack is 34,600.

So, you lot, what time do you think we will reach our 9 man Final?

And, for a bonus point, will they chop/deal, & if so, with how many left?

how many threads between the coupling tikay 4 or 5.....detail is important

they will chop at closing time rather than coming back tomorrow.

None at all. It was one of those new-fangled auto-couplers, but they still have to manually connect the vacuum pipes & stuff.

During the last break, we were also visited by a much less intimidating Dave Clayton, whom we persuaded not to smile for the duration of this photo - although no idea what the blurry guy behind him is doing - looks like he's the still centre of a timelapse thing...

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There were 3 questions, & you have only answered one, so you are disqualified, the first one out. Nothing changes, eh?

mmm and a class 47....we are still in the dark ages up here

lol

LOL TK "The Equalizer"

And no sooner we asked how long before the Final than we lose three players in triple quick time.

Jim Reid perished at the hands of Roman Yitzhaki (9-9 v QQ), then Mike Magee (QQ ) also fell to Mr Yitzhaki (AK).

Meanwhile, on Table Flood, the genial Liam is not even thinking about ebbing, having now disposed of the less than genial, though thoroughly well-behaved, Scott Fischmann.

10 left, & under the circumstances, we will re-open the "what time the Final & will they deal & at what stage?" comp. Expect Ariston to be out first though.

I  expect the 10th player to exit just before 10pm. They WILL chop, & it will be 5 handed.

like a bloody school teacher. ok final starts in 30 mins and 3 will chop. dave c beppe and someone else, after the chop they will go back to the hotel and order lots of drinks. i think they will probably get to bed at around 6.32 am and skip breakfast.

HAND FOR HAND

Table Flood

Bob Ballou       26,350  (I am determined to watch a hand this gentleman is involved in!  He's been there with a modest stack all day and shows no sign of fatigue)
Mark Teltscher  34,000
Liam Flood       130,000  (An extra boost coming from the elimination of Scott Fischman just now)
Willie Tann       67,000
Keir Fitzgibbon  18,600

Table Clayton

Roman Yitzhaki  55,000  (double knockout and my pick back up to speed)
Osman Mustanoglu  22,300
Dave Clayton         80,000
Marc Goodwin       15,150  ("This is a semi-nightmare..."  ?  )
Michael Greco       23,800

So it's kind of like a bubble - but remember only 4 get paid, so 5th is as good as 10th.  Unless some discussion takes place later.

Go the man in the BROWN suit......

"...& someone else....".

Not acceptable.

This pupil is making an effort now, but must pay more attention. He has a future in something connected with cards. Clintons maybe.

This is all a bit 'wax on, wax off'

Tikay to Liam Flood 'Do it for the old people'.

Now who could he be referring to?

ffs grandad. dave c beppe and gentleman. is that ok for u?

FINAL!

And we have a final -after Mark Teltscher is eliminated in 10th place...

Keir Fitzgibbon raised on the cutoff and small blind small stack Mark moved in for 15k (original bet 3,250).  A lengthy dwell, before Keir called, showing 7d 7h.
Mark showed Ahrt Js

Flop:  7s Qc 4h
Turn:  Kc
River:  2s

And they are combining to play for those four prizes...

So my entry is declared the winner.

And Mr. Cool can breathe out now, as he was biting his fingernails over the finishing 9th or above thing - apparently this is going to put him at the top of the rankings, "for once!"  Big grin from Marc, saying he's just rung ActionJack to ask a pointed question, "Is there anyone you know above me in those European Rankings?"

At the last Vic Fessie, Marc Goodwin only needed to Final to go to the top of the Euro Rankings leaderboard - but he bubbled.

Amazingly, he faced the same situation tonight. But he Finalled tonight, & those 165 points will, according to Mr Brown Suit, take him to the top of the Rankings by some 100 points.

sure there was more than one question there old man

So, there's a break at the moment, but when they get back, the rundown of the final will commence - chips and seat positions, photos.  The lot. 

We expect dealing to be done, but not overly soon.

Yeah, but it's my train set. Which reminds me, I was hauled by a Class 47 today. Not every day someone can say that. Jealous yet?

Looks like 3 answers to me.

I'm just curious as to how comes one minute we were talking about how Robert HM got on last night....

And the next minute we were talking about coupling and vacuum hoses etc.  ::)

LOL ;goodvevil;

did yer score rob ?

Seat 1

Bob Ballou

24,000

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Seat 2

Dave Clayton

60,000

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GO BOB GO, GO BOB GO!

Seat 3

Roman Yitzhaki

60,000

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pity you cant change my quote of you which is the UNEDITED version. cheating at your age I ask you.

No sooner than the first hand was dealt, than big Os Mustanoglu, who's battled all day with a mini-stack, asked the inevitable question - "anyone fancy £5k each & play for the rest?"

And of course the inevitable reply from the deep stacked Mr Flood - "err, no, I don't agree".

Expect more negotiations soon.

Seat 4

Keir Fitzgibbon

58,000

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A big pot goes off between Willie Tann & Keir Fitzgibbon. Willie bets pre-flop, flop & turn of a raggety taggety board.

Keir calls every bet. On the River, Wille just checks, Keir bets 15k into a 20k Pot. Wilie says "you have nothing, you have nothing". But he mucks, & Keir takes a hefty pot.

Seat 5

Osman Mustanoglu

24,000

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Seat 6

Liam Flood

105,000

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Seat 7

Michael Greco

23,000

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Seat 8

Marc Goodwin

22,000

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Seat 9

Willie Tann

75,000

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Very well thanks, great night, thanks for making Chrissy feel welcomed to the poker scene.

And the almost certain postscript to the short-stacked Big Os having his request for a £5k saver rejected, is that the Poker Gods smile on him at last. He gets 3 way action with Kings, (Dave Clayton had AK & Willie had an interest) & he 4 flushed it in hearts, & is up to 50k plus now.

He'll be rejecting offers for savers soon, you watch.

A gentleman never says.

PM ok?

There are 15 minutes left at the 500 - 1,000 (ante 50) Level, and the average stack is 50,000 - 50 Big Blinds!

Meanwhile, Dave Clayton,who's had a bad hour, finds Aces, &, even better, a customer, Mr Yitzhaki, with Queens, & gets a full double up to 76k.

Hi guys
Good job.
Would you please wish the esteemed Mr. Flood all the best from me and tell him that I hope he is in a position to buy the drinks next weekend when he defends his Scottish title.
He seems to come good at this time of year. It must be the summer sun warming up those weary old bones!

Hi Tikay, what is Bobs stack?.....is he still looking unfazed and fresh?

22,025. Unfazed as an unfazed thing. Fresh as a Daisy.

Blinds now 60 - 1,200, with an ante of 75. That's, near as makes no difference, 40 Big Blinds for an average stack of 50k.

This may take a while.

Just fancied hijacking this thread for a chirp ....

I just got 2nd in the 2k Gt'd on blonde ...... $409.36 for an $8 entry.


AYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR :)

I watched a film on Friday. Is this impressive, or what?

".....It's Zeds.

Zeds?

Zeds!

Who's Zed?

Zed's dead baby....."

Might watch another film soon.

Quick Chip Guesstimates to keep you up to speed (not too many flops being seen at the moment) -

Bob Ballou         23,000
Dave Clayton    78,000
Roman Yitzhaki  34,000
Keir Fitzgibbon   60,000
Osman Mustanoglu  48,000
Liam Flood             97,000
Michael Greco        26,000
Marc Goodwin        18,000
Willie Tann            65,000

Who was the other entry?

PS - Well done couch, nice one.

Thanks for your kind words TK its official that Mark Goodwin is a wanna be Me and i can confirm he does own a white hoody. lol

Good  luck to Dave Clayton and the wanna be

 :cheers: :dd: ;karabiner; ;applause;

Please dont tell me that friday was the first time you saw Pulp fiction

No one wants to be like you nick! haha, ps why didnt you call my mate's all in with 10s at walsall, bastard lol  8)

TIKAT DID YOU GET MY PM M8?

Hey Jules,

Unlike you i can pass hands mate!!!!

Haha, thats not what ive heard nick, you play 2s as strong as As.

I Belive he dont need a petrol card for a Hyundi lol just a ltr of 2 stroke

Ian Oldershaw gave it to me as a Chrissie Pressie 6 years ago, but it wore out after I'd watched it dozens of times. So Tom (Red-Dog) gave me another copy for my Birthday last year, but then my VCR died. It happened to be on BBC3 on Friday, wonderful.

Jen says I can buy a DCD & watch it on my Computer, so that's what I'm gonna do.

Thewy, i can see your watching too, are you going up to Edinburgh, if so leave me a message as to details etc please mate.

Thats Me and the Yong get your facts rite next time You Mug !!! looks like you need a bit of action next time we meet Peroxide

tikay is particularly fond of the "Bring out the gimp" scene ;)

lol world class Kev

The Boy Thewy heads for 'Ol Reeky on Tuesday. Look after him.

look chubs, if we are going to disect your play, better not get me started  :D

Yup.

Sofa-King - aka James Fisher - wishes it to be known that he will be dyeing his hair blonde for the Cardiff Classic!

goddam, i'm trying to lurk all quiet like.

tk, twas me that gave you that vid,

jules, i haed up on tues for the 500 & am staying all week,

tk, please ask mr cool "how could you?"

I deny it. I sue. ROBERT!

Anyway, how could Couch know what I do & don't like?

"Writs R Us" at your service

not just my hair,all over as i said my word is my bond lol

Hehe, I told Mr Cool, he's chuckling even now. How many points you got, he asks......

Pulp Fiction - sorry Thewy. I remember now, Belly gave me "The Book of Miscellaneous Facts" or somesuch & you gave me the Pulp Fiction vid. Sorry. I gave you "50 ways to Cook a Potato" & I gave Belly "Great Western Steam (Edition 2)".

Just came second in a $1 5 seater, does that prove my superiority over u fellas?

Sure does and maybe a second place in may, is your claim to fame big boy, You have my undveded attention young man you can disect my game all you want.

I recall now - Belly gave me Reservoir Dogs, but I could not watch it after it got to the cutting off the coppers ears scene. The cats did not approve at all.

Where do I start Chubbs? Perhaps you should stop associating yourself with nick and yong, that would certainly help.

Sorry to interrupt with some stuff occurring on The Table - although it's mainly raise, pass from the blinds, or raise, re-raise, think and fold.  Can't complain though, it's what we're always nagging for - a final with proper stacks for the blinds, and plenty of play for some not-too-shabby players.

Recently it's been Roman Yitzhaki raising Willie Tann's big blind, getting a "Roman, careful..." and then a pass.  "I was hoping to double through.." responds RY.

Oh, and low stack Marc pushes in once, getting rid of early raiser Keir.

And that's about it.

Can I join the bad haircut boys then

Bob Ballou is our 9th place finisher!

Just when we thought we'd go and get more apple pie (it is rather nice), Bob moved in with his 8s 8c, and found Marc Goodwin had Qd Qs.  Thanks to a bit of manoevring early on Marc just covered Bob, and the final is now eight-handed.

Yoyo- womble is keen on going to edinburgh this week. Gibe him a ring when you get chance .

will do russ tho u'd better remind me...on the red stuff now.

ahh, 50 ways to cook a potato, ranks 3rd on the 'most thumbed' at thew towers II

The best poker players belong to that club, me (obv), thewy and senor cool. Your club is far less cool. Being lead by Yong says it all :D

Its come to your Blow up stage Jules , just when u get near u blow up just like a big girls blouse

I wish it was my blow up stage chubbs, having just waxed 5k on a tourney i'm anything but mate. hope you're coming to 'burgh, i'll show you a girl's blouse :D

"having just waxed 5k on a tourney "

you gettin this lingo down tk?

If you check my record you will see i have already done my apprenticeship in edinburgh, so i suggest you go and get yours,MR 810 Ranking points, I had that many when you was busy busy having your nappys changed, but some things never change eh?

mr nowab and mr hartwith two lovely characters of the game, make love not war guys :)

aren't you still getting ur nappy's changed by rob?

ps thewy, my lingo came from you.

   FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT  ill hold your coats.

just friendly banter,no harm intended

loving your work...

Jen/tikay,
Could you pass on an extremely well done message to Bob Ballou from Lee and John.....It wasnt to be, but he really did us proud.
Ps -  we hate pairs of fat ladies and queenies!

I thought Tom was the best player out of you 3, well thats what he told me......... LOL

BANTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!  ;goodvevil;

U must be on the wine

hi Tikay,

Can you pass on my best wishes to my countryman Mr Flood for me please.  Perhaps now would be a good time to discuss this weeks events.  £1000 freeze out then £200 REBUY...Then a couple of non events. And to finish a £5000 which draws fewer than 50 runners. I know as Blonde is given access to the card rooms you need to be PC but these events are not in line with what is acceptable in the UK. We the players need to speak up.

How many people can afford to pay about £8000 For a weeks poker. I for one went to the Sportsman last night. Yes I did try and win a sat for the Vic with no luck, but even if i had Tikay's wedge i would not have bought in. The card rooms need to remember that it is only a couple of years ago when  a £1000 was the main event. I am pleased to see that we have spoken with our feet  and our wallet this week.  The staff on the ground at the Vic and elsewhere are not to blame.....we need to go to the management. These people seem to have no idea of what we need to survive in this arena. They add nothing and they charge £10 for a FREE buffet.  By the way for £100 at the sportsman i chopped £9200 three ways. 30 times investment.  

i also heard the 'pro' texas hewston took u three for all your cash, but that might be just a rumour  :D

A welcome to new Member (old Member re-signed) oioisaveloy, aka Iwan Codeye Jones.

Meanwhile, Roman Kitzhaki is OUT, his QQ trumped by KK of, well it has to be "big Hand Clayton".


7 left.

Ahem. Forgotten someone, have we?

Now you got me worried, it must be Drugs becoz Johhny T never beat me sunshine, and neither hav you

Jen/Tikay, any deals done yet?

Getting it doiwn? What? I TAUGHT Hartwith the street talk. As well as how to play the game. He was weak-passive till I got hold of him.

sry iwan i wish now id never started calling you that lmao,,,, what night is best m8?

Here Here well said Denis

Jules you remind me of the group Bro when they sang when will I be Famous

may be going to edinborough m8

Your time will come young one. When it does, enjoy it while it lasts :D

Thanks Iwan, but it's just the children having a little fun with their toys. I'll give 'em a slap if they get out of line, they know that.

I shud be saying that to you u Mug

1k ?me mark and viv ,hendry played it last year their all potty m8 the old git cleaned up mr flood he took the lot all week lol

Just been catching up on the updates. Thanks Jen & tikay.  8)

Nope, no deal talk since the initially rejected suggestion by Big Os.

we'll see what the boss says m8

Irishdenis makes a good point

i used to enjoy playing in the vic but its too expensive now

£1000 for the support events is too much

yes the vic is the grosvenor flagship and is in the countries capital so should be able to charge a little extra for its festivals but for the

past year its gone OTT


ps good luck to all the remaining players i hope you all win

Tis true, you are rather old now chubbs :D

But there WILL be Business. Mark my words.

she wont let you go ? stay home and call up about thur frid we have some fun bbq and sex ,all free ofcourse?

How true Jules, thats the only sensible thing you said all nite M8

if J thew is in Scotland, there's some dead money so it's a must......

other than the fact that rob's still changing ur nappy mate? LOL

Well it's all too easy to "knock" the Organisers, but I gota agree with Denis & even Iron, the cost of Fessies, coming one straight after the other now, is just too much, & I think the Fessie Numbers in the last month should be a wake-up call for the Casinos.

If ONLY we had a "voice", a channel by which we could chat with the Casino Groups. They WOULD listen, I'm sure, but we don't have a representative whom we can send to see & chat with the Casinos. Crazy, crazy, crazy.

i suppose your right m8,if its like taking candy from a baby ,then you gotta let the kid cry hehe ...

With them Blonde Locks you must be still being breast Feed.

Chubbs Jules,

Just settle this rubbish with a good old fashion HU match best of 3 20 BB that should shut him up Chubbs

 :hello: Tikay hope your well hun
xxxxxxxxxx

if J thew is in Scotland, there's some dead money so it's a must......
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you're gonna travel all that way to be disappointed?
boy, you are sick

TK I know yr busy m8 but there would be nobody better to represent the players, as u are one yrself(Or so I was led to believe)

Rather Play Flushy,but if it will shut him up i'll give him a shot

DEAL!

After steadily building throughout both days, it's Dave Clayton's turn to take the marked chip lead:

Dave Clayton        140,000
Keir Fitzgibbon       58,000
Osman Mustanoglu  36,300
Liam Flood            125,000
Michael Greco         18,000
Marc Goodwin        20,500
Willie Tann            75,000

you're gonna travel all that way to be disappointed?
boy, you are sick
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Just trying to defuse the hartwith/Nowab thing Jules, yr right as always I may have to stay home after all

for all players thinking of coming to scotland and hope to make a profit you better think again as i am planning on heading back up north with all your loot

Shelly - missed you!

xx to the Girls, & XXXXXXXXXXX to you. Sleep well Nice Lady.

FFS Now I have to go again....... make yr mind up boys

Ok big boy your on, hope i can sleep for the next few nites, because i always found you amusing

here here TK for president good point iw they would listen to him before anyone else HE IS THE GODFATHER OF POKER  gooooooone tk tell em what to do m8

you're gonna travel all that way to be disappointed?
boy, you are sick
[/quote]id never think your dead money m8 after calling my all in when you had kk lol v myj6 hearts wp nice 1 m8 hehe

Ok big lad, on ladbrokes in 10 mins, 100buck 20 hand levels, ok?

rotflmfao

I'd be happy to, Iwan, but it ain't that simple, I'd need a Mandate. Gentle but persistent Lobbying is the way.

We will try & get some concensus of opinion on blonde next week, & then I'll run it past a few Casino Suits.

Do it like a man Face to Face,next fessie we meet

oyoy
methinks it's just harmless rutting...
a young buck like hartwith, who could blame cuddles eh?

The funny thing is guys is that we all talk about representation to the management but what do we do about it.....only a few weeks ago on this site a similar discussion was held. We need to act. If Tikay / DC have no objection then why not put up a new discussion item. The heading should be along the lines of festival players needs etc. We should put a few people forward to represent us to the powers that be. By giving your support to these people you give them permission to voive our concerns on these issues. !!!!!! Perhaps one person in the north one in the midlands etc.   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i knew little babies didnt have balls, oh well, next fest it is, haha, banter! Thewy, enough!

Short Stack Greco Just Won't Go -

With less than 19k, Michael called Willie Tann's early position raise to 3,600 (blinds now 800/1,600 ante 100), but check-passed the 8s 2s 2c flop.  Now down precariously low, he called Keir Fitzgibbon's raise to 3,200 along with Osman from the small blind, probably intending to do just what he did - instapush all in on the 5s Qs 6h flop.  It worked, he's stable, but needs a double through...

LOL, I wish i was fearless as you

all gone quiet............

lol chubbs, hope you realise only a bit of banter mate, no harm intended lol

omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Double up for Osman Mustanoglu -

On a Kh 3h 5h flop, Keir can be forgiven for betting with his Kd 9h, and pretty short Os must have been quite happy to put his stack in with Qs Ks -
The turn and river:  6h 8s, and the neighbours shook hands as the chip tide turned in Osman's direction.  Still not a stack to challenge Clayton, but plenty of time.  And we're not sleepy at all, not even a little bit.

check back please TK i never said that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Definately Jules no offences taken I know you guys are a good bunch

4 hearts????

5 hearts :D

This I cannot deny.

Tikay, After reading through and catching up, I'm getting very excited by all of the dead money heading north of hadrians wall.

So would you like a %???

Giving you first refusal, I think the only stumbling block might be Chubbs, I'v heard he can play a wee bit.

regards

Billy

sweet, until the next festival then, most likely edinburgh, then break for summer whilst u old bastards are at the wsop. :D

No, you're quite right, well spotted, thanks for the help yatta yatta yatta

One of the small hearts was actually a diamond.  OK?  Happy?

You're the best Jen  ;cheerleader; rotflmfao ;tightend;

I am happy for blonde to be used as the medium by which some sort of concensus is formed.

That aside, I'd say "watch this space", as things ARE happening sub-surface.

All will become clear in the fullness of time.

cunning.......

Could that be why they call me Baldrick?

bedtime - wish the guys gl from me TK and tx to yr team once again top job

Keir makes the all-in preflop push of his 18,900... and Marc Goodwin on the small blind goes into a Tortured Tank - hands on head, counts out the call chips, stares, but passes.  AQ.  We here in Press Corner think he's been moving in rather a lot... but with one of the two shortest stacks he hasn't that much leeway.

Thanks Big Man, take care.

To my side is Mr Paul Parker. He has a glass of red cradled in his hand, & is giving forth in true Paul Parker Style. All is well with the world.

100k pot goes to Liam Flood...

On a 7c 2h Jh flop, Dave Clayton, the other Mr. Big Chip, bet out a stack of yellows (probably 45k) and got a quick flat call from Liam.
Turn:  3d  Check-check.
River:  6h  Now Dave, down to 50k or so, checks, and Mr. Flood bets a multicoloured stack of somewhere in the 40k region.  Dave Clayton passes, while I think I heard Liam mutter something about "An old, old Irish man..."

please tell mr flood tikay maybe old ,old old but he is english

Latest on Tournament Overall - It seems we're back to square one all of a sudden, in that if the thing isn't over one way or another in an hour and a half, they now tell us there WILL be a third day's play tomorrow starting 6pm. 

All that rushing around by Rhow and Tikay.  Ah well, they're getting to sit quietly resting now.

And I know it looks like I am reporting conflicting things with an assured tone, and that's because I am.  Sorry - I refer you to the last line on the tournament information sheet from day One: "We reserve the right to amend our rules and/or the prize/ante structures."  I think that covers stuff like this.

Lol Ironside - I think he may have been talking to himself.  Which, come to think of it, is something Tikay does too - except he says that it's usually his cat he talks at and I should listen with the same quiet attentiveness...

what are the blinds at?


great reporting, really enjoying it  8)

ty ty Mr J -

Blinds still 800/1,600 ante 100, and they're playing one more level tonight, which will be 1k/2k ante 100 according to my bit of paper.

How about some nice photos of some tired-looking poker players, to liven up this Saturday night?  I can hear the cheers from here... back in a minute.

cheers cheers

ok i am off to find out how to work the kettle i need a cup of tea dont wait up for me i might be a long time as i dont know what the kettle looks like

OK, sleepy level 1 - forcing the eyes open

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Sleepy level 2 - pretending to concentrate while resting eyes behind sunglasses and hand on chin

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Sleepy level 3 - Willie Tann

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 ;tightend; ;tightend;  rotflmfao

Jen - You are a master of the comedy rule of three.

********************************* Ten Minute Break  ********************************

And just as Rhow and Tikay managed to round up a cash-game-lurking Neil Channing to do a profile for 425.  Should be amusing.  Going to restrain myself from walking back and forth in the background.

Well, I got my orders - "find someone interesting for a 425 Profile".

I could only see David Young & Neil Bad beat Channing, & Channing, on the toss of a coin, got the nod. He's waffling away now like a good 'un, bless him. The 3 minute profile currently stands at 17 minutes, & Rhow is only on Question 3.

Vicky Coren was there too, but I came over all shy as I approached her. The fear of female rejection haunts me even now......

well tell rhow to speed up asking the questions i know neil talks fast so it cant be him slowing matters down

And they're back.  Blinds up - 1,000/2,000 ante 100.

Biggest and shortest stacks are right next to each other, Liam Flood and Michael Greco...

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Marc Goodwin Perks Up News Now -

With a doublethrough courtesy of Liam Flood, who was button when Marc was big blind.  Well, he always is.  Anyway -
Flop:  Td 7s Jd  Liam bet out, and had really committed himself to call when Marc pushed in.
Liam showed:  Ahrt Kh
Marc showed:  Ad 4d
Turn:  Kd
River:  Aspades and that meant two pair for Liam but the nut flush for Marc - big chips for the first time this tournament!

And still hanging on determinedly but nursing a very very short stack - 9,400 - Michael Greco may well be praying to the poker gods...

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Other approximate counts:

Dave Clayton      45,000
Keir Fitzgibbon    22,000 or 32,000 depending on what colour a chip is I can't quite see (there are now a couple of blue 10k ones floating about)
Osman Mustanoglu   60,000
Liam Flood             140,000
Michael Greco          9,400
Marc Goodwin        100,000
Willie Tann             75,000

Talking of Fessie Costs, here is the Schedule for the European Poker Championship here at The Vic in September.

Saturday 16th - PL Omaha Hi-Lo, £250 + £25, Unlimited Rebuys + Top-Up.

Sunday 17th - PLO Double chance Freezeout, £1,000 + £40, Unlimited Rebuys (!) + Top Up. (Clearly a Typo)

Monday 18th - PLHE, £200 + £20, Unlimited Rebuys + Top-Up

Tuesday 19th NLHE Double Chance Freezeout, £1,000 + £40

Wednesday 20th NLHE Freezeout, £300 + £30

Thursday 21st (to Sunday 24th), EPT NLHE Freezeout, £3,500 b+ £50

Sunday 24th, £500 + £30 Freeze

So, allowing for 1 Rebuy and a Top-Up in the appropriate comps, I make that £7,885 for the week. Now that's serious dosh.

I'm back! Just got home and I'm shattered, the real world is very exhausting.

How many left, what time does play finish, and will there be a third day please?

7 left, though one, Mr Greco, is seriously short on chips.

Play ends in 30 minutes.

Day Three? We don't know, but it HAS been re-scheduled as a 3 day comp, so unless a chop is achieved, yup, we will return on Sunday.

Thank you. Thats great service!

Now Six left, as Michael Greco finishes in 7th place at the 11th hour.

When Osman raised to 6k preflop, Michael had to make a stand with his 6h 6d - and he found Ahrt Td against him.
The board came a decisive:  7h Ac 3c Aspades 8c  and a frustrated Greco gets his post-long-day knockout interview.

All I can hear is, "I hated every minute of it...Pocket Sixes the best thing I've seen since 4:00."  Shortstacked for ten hours, can't have been all that much fun.

A reminder that we have 6 left, and 4 get paid.........

The Winner is due to get £90,000, & 4th gets £22,500 I seem to recall. Fifth & sixth get naff all.

Deal or No Deal?

Lulled into a sense of nothing going to happen for a bit, I had almost left the card room when I heard "on their backs..."

It was Dave Clayton who finished in 6th place after a long and hard fought day.

His Qs Ks was taken on by Osman Mustanoglu's Aspades Td which hit the Ace, and although in Dave's own words, "I had a chance then to hit the backdoor flush" it was not to be and he finishes squeakily close to the money.

So that means 5 left, 4 get paid, & 20 minutes to close of play.

Deal or No Deal?

And they have agreed to take £1,000 of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th places to give the 5th place finisher, whoever that may be, £4,000.

So he'll only lose just over £1,000 for finishing 5th.

So, & here's a conundrum for you - does that mean the Euro Ranking Points are frozen at 5th place?........

At least one player at the table insists it does NOT constitute a deal in that sense, & that the Ranking Points would be unaffected.

I'm glad it's not my decision, but if it were, I'd say, beyond a shadow of doubt, that's a deal, & the Ranking Points are frozen at 5th.

And it's all happening now - Keir Fitzgibbon finishes in 5th place, taking his consolation £4,000

He was short enough to auto-movein when it folded to him on the small blind.  Osman Mustanoglu in the big blind thought for a reasonable time before calling with his Ad Th
Keir was caught with the (live?) 7s 2d!

The first four cards brought the three cards which padded out Os's A 10 into the top straight; hands were shook and Keir heads for the cameras.

And there - perhaps - you have your evidence that doing a deal/saver DOES affect the way the game plays. The 5th place finisher had 16k with blinds at 1k-2k, & moved in with 7-2.

Play ends for the day with Os flopping trip Aces (he had the Ultimate PP), but failing to "get on".

Chip Counts imminent.

Heard it will restart @ 6pm, what if England do the usual thing and it goes to penalties? ;goodvevil;

Just caught up again - thanks once more for the updates.

So we're left with Liam, Willie, Mr Cool & Osman Mustanoglu (sp?) then, are we?

Just ran into Keir in the packed Vic main room area - turns out he's actually made a tidy profit, as he satellited in on the cheap!  Extra level of tiredness, though, as he had another day's play in advance of these two lengthy ones.

And the final counts for the day:

Liam Flood             200,300
Willie Tann              90,500
Marc Goodwin          84,800
Osman Mustanoglu    74,400

So I'll be back tomorrow, 6pm for the thrilling conclusion to this Two Day Three Day No Limit Hold'em Freezeout.

Goodnight!

Jen is inputting the Chip Counts right now.

From me, a big thanks to our Heroine, Jen, to The Vic, to the Players, & to the blonde audience.

I'm cream-crackered, after a really weird weekend, much of which was spent heading north & South on trains.

But much was achieved, I had a ball, & life is good.

But I have to defer to the snoopster's immortal sign off.

Stick a fork in me.

xx

Goodnight Jen and Tikay - Great job as always - I'm usually lurking you know but on my laptop where the keyboard dont work.  Switched to pc just to say I love you guys x

Yep, great job guys. Thanks again.

Hey Chili! Playing at Gala tomorrow? I'm only in the afternoon comp unfortunately...

Why should it affect the ranking points?
Its exactly the same principle as when something is saved for 10th place in a 9 handed final.

Good point Craig, I remember asking if the ranking points were frozen after a tenth place saver was done in Walsall.

The answer given was that that kind of deal did not affect the points ???

I logged in to find out who won! These blokes at the Vic confuse me so much.

Is there not going to be a lite report for day two???

I think it was decided against having a "lite" report for day 2 at an early stage, it wasn't expected to run into a lot of pages, but there you go!

You may be right Craig, but I'm not conviced - either way - yet.

The thing is - using your example - 10th place would NOT have got any Ranking Points anyway.

However, here in this Comp, although the cash only goes down to 4th (5, post the "saver"), the Ranking Points go down to 9th place, thus including the guy who got a little deal, 5th place Keir. And maybe, just maybe, that "saver" (a tidy £4,000) changed the way he played after he'd got his £4,000 locked up....

Tell you what - I'll drop a note to Mr Shoreman. He is, in these matters, the only man that matters.

Just in case your wondering how it ended, so am I.

Me too Red - can anyone fill in the details ? :dontask:

4 way chop. They all saved 45k and played for the rest

1st Osman Mustanoglu   
2nd Liam Flood             
3rd Willie Tann             
4th Marc Goodwin

I didnt realise they would issue all finalists ranking points with only 45 runners.
That seems ludricous,almost seems like attendance points

For the record.
 Any suggestion that I moved in for my last 16,500 with 72 offsuit because a save had been agreed for fifth place is laughable. I already knew i would push with any two cards if nobody raised in front of me. Not because I was comfortable with 4k for fifth place but because it's my best shot to avoid being blinded away and have a shot at first place. Winning the 3.5k in the pot already from the blinds and antes would increase my stack by nearly 25%. 3 of my 4 opponents had already folded which is already an exceptionally  favourable situation. It was a mild disappointment to find only 72 in the pocket but the cards were really irrelevant. The only reason I looked was in case I had a very big pair I might call instead of moving in. My estimate was that Osman would only call with the top 25% of hands. Even when called I can expect to win (and double up) 20-30 % of the time. On the actual hand I was called by A10s, I'll win 30% of the time and finish up with over 30,000. and a real chance of survival. IF there was 0 for fifth place I should play even MORE aggressively because the penalty for being blinded away would be greater. I have to get back into contention or die trying. (I'm not sure  it is possible to play more aggressively than moving all in with 72o but if it were. I would)
Keir Fitz-Gibbon

Keir



Welcome to blonde and well played at the Vic.


Nice post too.

Well Played and congrats on your money finish, I totally agree with you in that situation i would rather be the aggressor in a pot and always give my self a chance of winning the comp.
Simon Nowab

According to the "Official" Ranking Criteria all the Finalists will get Ranking Points, but the "number of players mutiplier" is just 1.

Nicely put Keir & well played,.

It's now clear you did not allow the saver to affect your play, & I am happy to accept that. But we said "it may, just maybe" & "perhaps it would affect"......the way people play "post saver". And it DOES affect the way some people play - though clearly not you.

Well played, a great performance, & welcome to blonde. Another lurker signed-up, thank you!