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Afternoon all from a heavy & sultry afternoon in the jewel of the North West, Bolton.

Play in Day Two of the Blue Square Poker 6 starts in 30 minutes, & we will be here from the first hand until the last.

Just give me 5 minutes to set everything up, & I'll be ready.

The "At a Glance" Update - no interaction, no pictures, just the brief & concise facts, please visit here......

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?action=post;board=2.0

The Boy Sloppy had a long day, followed by some cards back at our hotel, followed by several hours of blonde duties, so he's having a little lie-in, &  will be here in an hour or two.

Today 14 runners return, we will be able to follow things much better than yesterday, as we have been promised seat allocations & names for all 14 players.

The players will all start with 36,000 chips, & Blinds 100-200. And no, that's NOT a typo - 36,000 chips each, & blinds ONE HUNDERED, TWO HUNDRED!

Play will finish around Tusday......

Lets have a little comp - what time, at those levels, will we lose our first player? Assume we start at 3.45pm.

There is a short delay to the scheduled start time as one of yesterday's tables has yet to finish! They are heads up, so it wont take long.

Hello!!!

Has the prize structure been shown yet?

I omitted to mention that the clock has been accelerated - to 40 minutes!

What a lovly comp to play.

Drool.......

17.37

17.37 i/2

WINNER - £27,000

2nd - £18,000

3rd - £12,000

4rh - £8,000

5th - £7,000

6th - £6,000

In ADDITION, every Day Two player will receive an exta £2,000 for winning their Day One table.

And, everyone who was on the starting table yesterday of today's winner will receive £1,000.

sorry missed all of yesterdays play

i thought there was meant to be 18 players for day 2 did day 1 not sell out?

i predict the first player out will be on the 4th hand of the day

Now, a very special Happy Birthday to a special blonde, please join with me in wishing a very Happy 62nd Birthday to.....

Lord Wernick

No, it did not sell out.

4th hand of the day? Don't be daft. Flushy & Ariston are both already out.

OK, Seat Allocations next.

thats a shame i know a few players that would of liked to have played but didnt know they could buy straight in untill they had made other plans

Table Texas

Seat 1, Olabode Ayegun

Seat 2, Lee Edwards

Seat 3, Brian Medley

Seat 4, Pete "Bullit" Haslam

Seat 5, Simon Cawley

Seat 6, Johnny "Texas" Hewston

Table This Could Get Nasty

Seat 1, Sai Lee

Seat 2, Chris Sokrati

Seat 3, Lord Birthday Boy Wernick

Seat 4, Ali Do Lally Mallu

Seat 5, Paul FishFryer King

Table Lucky Luke from Lowestoft

Seat 1, Michael Iiderton

Seat 2, Luke Smith

Seat 3, Steve Read

Seat 4, Richard Sudworth

Seat 5, Mark Emberson

And it's SHUFFLE UP & DEAL

And even better, sloppy has arrived.

I'm famished, so once sloppy gets himself set up, I'm gonna grab some dinner from the Beautiful Bolton Buffet.

Happy birthday Mr Wernick.

Got a feeling this is his day,  Good luck.

 :hello:

36,000 chips and blinds 100-200!!!!


crikey!


My guess is about 18.38pm to have your first casualty.

First exit will be 17:09 I predict that Mallu will be involved with it.

I think it will deffo come from that table,  talk about aggressive!!

Sai Lee is OUT after running A-J into Soxy's Aces.

Ace on flop, Sai moves all-in, quickly called by Soxy (oddly enough)

   aloha

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The first exit has HAPPENED! 16.01, I made it.

Sai Lee is OUT in extraordinary circumstances. (Bear in mind the struycture & clock, look at this for an "internet" play).

Sai Lee makes a small pre-flop R with Aspades Jh

Chris Sokrati smooth calls with  Ahrt Ac.......

The flop came....

 Ad 7s 4d

Now, & this is breathtaking...Sai Lee moves All-In......!

Not a difficult call for Chris "Soxy" Sokrate.......

Morning Dana!

I hear Jen's party went well - a little too well for some I gather........

snoops has been behaving pretty well.  He & I picked up a few girls last night, but there was no emotional stuff.

xx

how's your head?

more worringly, how is Jen's? I hear interesting things from Rhowena? Is Jen's head still on her neck??

Ummm

I feel surprisingly ok. Jen's head is probably still on her neck, it was at kind of a funny angle for a while, but at some point during the night she managed to move herself from the sofa to her bed, which is good, right? I wore 4 inch heels and didn't break either ankle. I'm very proud. Did Rhowena say bad things? Don't believe anything she says...

As our "what time will the first exit be?" Comp ended in such upredictable & odd circumstances, we'd better have another - what time will the 2nd exit be?

16.327

Im sticking with 17.37pm

Calm seems to have returned to Bolton after yesterday's alcohol-fuelled disturbances. I had a  look round Town today, lots of windows boarded up, but I gather that's the norm round here.

The Casino is very nice though. A bit "corporate" for my taste, but plenty of room, two bars, a restaurant, even a piano bar. Very nice. The cardroom is a cracker too, on the lines of Blackpool, in a sort of sunken pit, with a viewing rail all the way round. As good as it gets. About 10 or 12 tables in there, though, as in just about every UK Casino, there is no room to move, everyone is shoehorned in. Space in Casinos is worth a lot of money, so it's understandable, but a shame, nevertheless.

The final 3 tables:



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Bullit Pete is down to the felt after losing a Kings v Aces race against John Hewston.

7-3-Q-7-J

Table 3:

(1) Michael Iiderton -- 33k
(2) Luke Smith -- 42k
(3) Steve Read -- 45k
(4) Richard Sudworth -- 23k
(5) Mark Emberson -- 37k

Chubby Nowab tell me that on the Motorway drive down from Nelson, somewhere near Bury, (or Berry as he pronounced it), there was an awesome storm, with hailstones as big as tennis balls, the traffic came to a standstill, but it all cleared in 20 minutes & the sun came out!

Never happens in Derbyshire.

 :hello: Tikay & Snoops,

Just caught up from yesterday's updates, great stuff as usual :)up

Table 2:

(1) Lee Edwards -- 37k
(2) Sokrati -- 67k
(3) Mickey Wernick -- 36k
(4) Ali Mallu -- 37k
(5) Paul King -- 39k

Lee Sai -- OUT

Its a little like that in sunny Devon also tikay!!

Bullit Pete is OUT.

The 2nd exit took place at 16.37. But in Pete's case, it's understandable, as he'd had the unputdownableuntilyourealiseitstoolate KK v AA clash earlier.

unputdownableuntilyourealiseitstoolate



Word of the day .... I want to see you use this at least 3 more times before the comp is over :)

so I win then?

Just imagine doubling up early in this beauty - 72,000 chips with blinds at 100-200 on a 40 minute clock!

I'd wait till I was old before I'd play another hand.

colchester   u   Mug

Table 1:

(1) Olabode Ayegun -- 35k
(2) Brian Medley -- 38k
(3) Mark Cawley -- 34k
(4) John Hewston -- 77k

Stewards Enquiy.

Blame Chubbs for that - truly!

LOL I knew that would be chubbs ....   please pass on my good wishes and tell him GFY !!   

Can you also pass on my good luck message to Paul King, and Mickey the Leg End.


Oh yeah... and tell chubbs that i am eating m&m's and drinking JD .... and watch his eyes go all glazed as he gets all excited ;)

Read takes a sizable pot off Emberson.

The latter bets 5.4k on a board of 4s 4d 7s 6s

Read moves all-in, Mateyboy folds.

"I'm not going to show but I had a massive hand," claims Read.

If you are going through that Ritual you must of had a bollocking of burnley

10 minute break, time for a loo break.

unputdownableuntilyourealiseitstoolate springs to mind in my case.

Players are currently on a short break.

You know it !!!

yes, i will let you get away with that one . ;)

Paul King limps with T-2.

Flop = T-2-6

Edwards bets, King raises, Mickey calls, Edward calls.

Blank on turn.

Edwards bets 8k, Mickey flatcalls, and King folds putting on of them on trips.

Last card = T, and Edwards takes the pot with 6-2 as Mickey missed his nut flush draw.


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14 players remaining

Board = Ahrt Ks Qs 3d

Sudworth moves all-in. Emberson folds.

Your chip leader.

Hewston certainly doesn't have a problem at the moment.

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John Hewston was the man who finished off Bullit Pete - 2-2 v K-Q

deuces failed to hold up

Hi guys, the Brian Wilson Pot Limit Challenge starts in 15 minutes.

$30 Freezeout.

Your chip leader...

Hewston certainly doesn't have a problem at the moment.



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who is chip leader please snoops , and does he have any problems?

Quote from Nun: "Hewston is well stacked"

I think she should keep that to herself though...  ;tk;

Micky did 18,000 chips in this coup, chasing his draw, which is pretty unlike Micky, so I asked him aboot it.

He agreed that it was odd one, but "the problem was, the way the betting went, I had the odds to call every street, so I had no choice". There you have it, from the man himself.

Jonathan Raab tells me that the "Final Table" wil be 7 handed, with the Prize Money going down to 6......

So, when "bubble time" arrives - 7 players left, 4 on one table, 3 on the other, it would be too unfair for the guys on the 3 man table.

There you have it, once again, from the horses mouth.

10k pot

Board = Ts Jh Tc

Edwards bets 6k

King folds

Emberson raises preflop, Smith calls in the big bind.

Flop = 8d Jd 4d

Both check

Turn = 5d

Luke bets 1.5k

Emberson calls

Both check 3s river.

Luke Smith wins with Js 7s

Hi Guys

Oh no!! I was just tuning in to support Pete & he is out! Say hi from me & I'll see him in Vegas!! Nick flew out today & I am very excited as I have never been!!

Looking forward to the updates

LOL

Anna xx

This is the quiet and reserved, but seemingly pleasant Michael Iiderton.




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i dont know what u think tk but it was  a horrible place to be i dont mean casino looking new and posh but everything else was shiat  people had no money place s run terribly  even cash games  take a pick  best 1 was £20  hold them roulette tables 50p and £25 max manager was arogant sad and more to say but never mind never again

P.S.

It is my 30th whilst I am there & the beginning of the main event - what a way to celebrate! :birthday:

Blinds are currently at 300 and 600

so you're not a fan then?

Happy Birthday, Mrs Gibson!!

You don't look a day over 29!

You're sharing a brithday with Mr Michael Wernick who is 62 years young today. He's catching tikay up!

Read it again SNOOPS!

Good afternoon chaps, I do enjoy these updates.

How do they work the bubble at WSOP short-handed events ?

For those of you who follow the EPT threads, you may recall that I had a slight Frank Spencer encounter with the Jazuzzi in my Deauville hotel.

Well, the berret was back on this morning as I tired to work the shower in my room.

For some reason, there were to shower heads, on connected to the top of the tap, and another fixed to the wall further up.

I couldn't find a tap or button for the one higher up, so I was forced to use the one lower down. However, for some reason, the shower cord was only inches long and it wouldn't reach past my manhood.

So, in a strange moment that I'm glad wasn't captured on camera, I had to virtually lie down i nthe bath to wash my hair. Very uncomfortable and vastly tricky considering I had to hold the shower head with one hand and scrub with the other.

Not as easy as it looks.

I expect to encounter these problems on foreign shores where our overseas freiends surprise me with their modenr technology, but not here in Bolton.

I'm scared to go to Vegas now.

Why can't bathing be simple. What's wrong with a tin bath and a scrubber??

LOLOLOLOLOL

 :blonde: from  ;bigglesdog;

Doh

I was right about the 29 thing then.

short-stackers chippy counts

Paul King -- 23k
Brian Medley -- 22k
Michael Iiderton -- 19k
Mark Emberson -- 17k

Very good question, & in fact Jonathan Raab, who orgnised this, said the same thing - "I wonder how the WSOP short-handed one does it?".

Anyone know?

Blinds are 400-800.

John Hewston is probably the chip leader, he has a big "Marcel Luske" style skyscraper stack.

Ali Mallu & Luke Smith are both playing very aggrressively, & have around 50k each. Ali is seriously busy, he's tough to play, & he's got the number of most of his table. Having said that, there's an accident waiting to happen, as there are 1 or 2 inexperienced guys on his table, & Ali relies on players who know what they are doing, & can pass when need be.

Dinner break will be at 8.15pm.

Ali Mallu has been 100% Mallued and is OUT of the Blue Square Poker 6

Lee Edwards announces an all-in preflop overbet, to which Ali calls instantly.

Edwards = Ahrt Qh

Mallu = Ks Kc

Board = Ad Aspades 3d 3s 7h

Mallu had a face like a smacked bottom and was having a bit of a moan when I departed.

Michael Iiderton is OUT.

Taken out by Steve Reid's A-J.

Down to 12

From what Tony says, you aquired one of those two items last night.

Mickey Wernick doubles up courtesy of former chip leader Lee Edwards (following his Mallu scoop) with Aces versus Kings.

5-4-Q-8-7

In hindsight, I'd rather have had the bath...

The players are on a 10 minute break.

Oh, I was refering to the bath.

So, Ali Mallu doubles up Lee, & then Lee doubles up Micky!

What price the Birthday Boy to win this?

The 3 tables have merged into 2.

Table 1:

(1) Olabode Ayegun -- 45k
(2) Luke Smith -- 48k
(3) Brian Medley -- 34k
(4) Steve Reid -- 70k
(5) Simon Cawley -- 25k
(6) John Hewston -- 81k

Could you wish Jonny "TEXAS" Hewston good luck please.

Regarding the short handed tournament at the WSOP they also redrew for seats at 7 handed and played on one table

Table 2:

(1) Lee Edwards -- 115k
(2) Chris Sokrati -- 43k
(3) Mark Emberson -- 35k
(4) Mickey Wernick -- 48k
(5) Richard Sudworth -- 34k
(6) Paul King -- 22k

Thanks Craig, & will do.

Earlier on, tikay and Chubbs were involved in a fascinating discussion about trains.

although the conversation was somewhat one-sided...

The final two tables:

What a motley crew!



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Johnny Hewston is continuing to play agressively winning 3 out of 4 hands uncontested.

Just joined the biggest pot of the night on the turn.

The board read 7c 6d 4d Kh

John Hewston bet 8k, Luke Smith called.

River = 9c

Luke Smith bet 15k, John Hewston announced all-in, and, after a lengthy dwell, Luke Smith called.

John Hewston showed 8h 9s to win the pot.

Hewston is now the chip leader.

Luke Smith mucked.

Any guesses to what he had??

Introducing your new chip leader and his monstosity of a stack...

John 'Texas' Hewston



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Board = 9s 7d Kd 6d

Lee Edwards bets 8k, Mark Emberson reraises all-in, Edwards shows a King and folds.

Simon Cawley is OUT.

Board = 6d 9h Td 2h 7d

Simon Cawley = Qs Qh

John Hewston = 8c 9s

Brian Medley = Kd 3d

Medley doubles up, Hewston takes a hit, and Cawley is eliminated.

Brian is back in contention after a medley of hands, Cawley's call calls for him crawling back to the rail, and Hewston still doesn't have a problem.

Table 1:

Oladobe 'Buddy' Ayegun -- 38k
Brian Medley -- 103k
Steve 'Card Shark' Read -- 48k
Paul 'fishfryer' King -- 36k
John 'Texas' Hewston -- 87k

will do  :)up

I've ordered him not to tilt.

Table 2:

Lee Edwards -- 95k
Chris 'Soxy' Sokrati -- 37k
Mickey 'The Worm' Wernick -- 30k
Mark Emberson -- 49k
Richard Sudworth -- 16k

Richard Sudworth doubles up through Lee Edwards.

9-9 v K-Q

5-T-4-A-3

Paul King doubles up.

Flop = 8h 5h 2d

King bets 10k.

"Why 10k?"
"Flush draw?"

... asks Hewston to which he receives no response.

Hewston calls.

Turn = Qc

King moves all-in for 19k

Hewston calls

Hewston = 4d 4c

King = Kd Kc

As a result of his double up, Mr King is now on 65k and looking rather determined.

Breaking news I think Red Doh has stuck his finger on his all in button!!

I couldn't belive when I seen the Dog all in 3 hands in a row with 14 players left in the game!!  Granted he fairly low in chips and only 6 pay but I have never seen him move geres like that wow!!  :D

table 1:

buddy -- 40k
medley -- 93k
card shark -- 56k
fish fryer -- 63k
texas -- 83k

table 2:

Lee Edwards -- 71k
Soxy -- 44k
The Worm -- 41k
Mark Emberson -- 58k
Richard Sudworth -- 28k

Dinner break - 45 mins

OK but can I take an hour

What news from the second chance comp ??  Are Ariston, Flushy, Chubbs and burnley still in ??

Has Tikay nodded off?

Aint heard from the old fella for a while.

perhaps he is still telling chubbs his train stories

 rotflmfao

is ali mulla out boys?

tikay is playing cash

he's been twitching all weekend, although I assumed that was his crabs

One lady asked a fella who I worked for, and he answered "Dave Colclough and Tikay"

"Who are Dave Folklore and Teejay"

I kid you not

made my day  :D

Some norkage for Kev...



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I bit mingy with the chips...

http://www.cardplayer.com/tournaments/live_updates/2682/2270?page=6

"At this point in the tournament there will be one table 3 handed and one 4 handed; and the big blind will be moved from each table every half hour in an effort to keep the tables balanced."


Sandy

The peas have been disturbed - Snoopy had his two and is now full.

Great work as always guys.

I have received an official warning (I no joke) for Mr Nowab saying that if I post any more captions regarding either him or Burnley John, I'll be in hot hot water.

Ooooh, it's so tempting, especially with John looking like a midget in this one...

... but I shall remain schtum.



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It feels like years ago now, but this was our most recent casualty... Simon Cawley



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As tikay discusses the latest train intetior, Chubbs makes his escape.



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the players still haven't returned

I am unsure to when exaclt play will recommence

And WTF is that green stuff on that plate with the pie&Chips ??  peasants.. if you have to have green stuff with ya pie & chips, its MUSHY PEAS !!!  and 4 slices of warburtons toastie bread, thickly buttered :)

Ariston = OUT

Flushy = OUT

Burnley = IN

Chubbs = Missed the event due to a tropical storm in er... Bury

Will you marry me?

Back home now after watching the delights of the game .... really dont want to bock anyone.....so !!!! !!!! !!!! !!!!! !!! !!!! !!!!!!... morse coded ..well  Maureen coded...xx

This is the rather charismatic Brian Medley.

Brian is the chip leader, but adopts the same train of thought as Mickey.

"I'm just focusing on reaching the final 6. I'm not going to try and win it here and now. When I reach the last 6, I'll then concentrate of making the last 5, then the last 4, and so on."

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brian is cresta on ladbrokes , his son is meds

This has to be one of the longest breaks in the history of British poker.

1 hour 45 minutes

eek

I'm chewing my arm off just to keep myself occupied.

Meanwhile, Brian Medley is wetting himself. Apparantly, one of the finalists asked for a bacon baguette and was served a baguette without any bacon. He wasn't best pleased.

Yes I wiill  Maureen, you name time and place  :D

Luke Smith and his other, slightly more attractive half, Claire.

I'm sure she keeps eyeing my guns up.  ;goodvevil;



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And to prove that there is a God...

the 10 remaining players have finally been called back to the cardroom after a painfully long break of 2 hours and 10 minutes.

Thank heavens.

So who won the dosh in the after hours cash game Poonsy ?

 ;karabiner; ;letsparty; ;letsparty; ;karabiner; ;letsparty; ;karabiner; ;letsparty; ;karabiner; ;letsparty; ;karabiner; ;letsparty; ;karabiner;

The blinds are now 1k and 2k.

Quote from Raab regarding the loooooooooooong lunch break. "Somebody should have called the clock on it"

What was the hold up over dinner, didn't they know there were people coming?  :D

Lee Edwards has just eliminated low stack Richard Sudworth in 10th place.

Steve Read doubles through one of those 'up the bummy' outdraws.

Brian Medley limped for 2k under the gun, Read raised to 8k with A-K, Brian called.

Medley bet the 3-Q-3 flop, read moved all-in, and Medley called.

Medley showed Q-K, but the Ace that came on the river saw the pot move swiftly in the other direction.

Read survives a hairy moment.

Brian Medley is on a hot streak after receiving the bad beat from Read.

Short stacked, he moves all-in on a flop of 8s Ks 9h, only to find a quick call from Hewston in the blind.

Hewston flips K-9, Medley the bullets (pow pow)

Turn = 6h

8d river drowns 'Texas'


Then, on the very next hand, Medley bets 4k, Hewston (seemingly on tilt), moves all-in in, for quite a chunky reraise too.

Medley calls pretty quickly and shows Kd Qd.

Hewston wasn't necessarily steaming after all as he showed pocket tens.

Board = 8d 2c Qc 3s 4c

How quickly the tide turns.

Hewston is now short-stacked and look as though he'll be taking that 9th spot after a bad run of luck.

the question on my mind was 'would I call Hewstons big reraise with K-Q suited" Tough one, but I think I would have folded. Not sure I fancy putting my comp on the line with what is essentially King high.

Problem ?

Hewston really does have a problem now, he's almost down to the felt.

Hewston raises preflop, Read makes a deep reach, Hewston folds reluctantly showing an Ace. Read reveals pocket tens.

John had just about enough chips to make the fold.

Lol, that's what I said.

No idea what the problem was, but, either way, it was dinner break and the players could seem to get any dinner.

Soxy raises from the button with pocket eights, Mark Emberson moves over the top from the big blind with tens, Chris folds (very reluctantly).

Soxy is now down to just 16k and found it excruciatingly difficult to release the hand with so few chips.

I reckon Foxy would have shoved those chips in quicker than a tikay exit.

And John Hewston becomes our 9th place finisher.

His all-in preflop steal with J-8 ran into the pocket cowboys (yeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaa) of Steve Read.

King on the flop, and that's all she wrote.

Great job snoop.


Any chance of a few chip counts?

STOP!

BUBBLE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do ya stuff, Hammer!

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You're right there snoops Foxy dont know fold!!!     Tell soxy to double up soon or were out on the town.

P.S. Thanks for the support earlier Maid Marrion was just a little too late. Please dont tell nick that Jonny Hewston knocked me out, he would not be happy.

Rumour has it that a deal has been struck with 7th and 8th receiving 1k each off the top.

If my maths is correct, 1st prize is therefore 25k.

And that was a classic Bubble Time pic...

Just wanted to say great job!   Thanks to both of you guys for working your socks off while I lounged around being birthdayed (in advance).  It sounds like a most unusual type of event...

Cheers! :cheers:

And it's Chris 'Soxy' Sokrati who takes that bubble spot.

He was very short anyhow, but made his move with A-3.

Mark Emberson called from the bib blind with A-K.

No help arrived.

Top effort from the Soxmeister 7th no disgrace. Good work snoops. 8)

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They are yet to draw for seats, but, for the moment, here are the final table chippy counts:

Lee Edwards -- 100,500
Mickey Wernick -- 81,500
Mark Emberton -- 60,000
Olabode Ayegun -- 51,000
Brian Medley -- 61,500
Steve Read -- 149,500
Paul King -- 73,000

Gooooooooooooooooooooo Mickeyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Seat 1: Olabode Ayegun -- 51,000



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Seat 2: Lee Edwards -- 100,500

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Seat 3: Brian Medley -- 61,500

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Seat 4: Mickey Wernick -- 81,500



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Seat 5: Paul King -- 73,000



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Seat 6: Steve Read -- 149,500



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Seat 7: Mark Emberton -- 60,000



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LET'S GET READY TO RUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMBLE!!!

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I think Steve Read's giving you the evil eye, Snoops...

Psych!

And the players are now seated, as my fantastic  ::) piccy proves.



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And this is what they're playing for...



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The big final table news thus far is that they have brought out the blue 10k chips.

They're shiny and everything!

snoops,
can you ask steve reid to give me a call on his mobile during the break. he has my mobile number on the business card i gave him.
cheers bud,
kev (azimut)

I don't really know what this is, but hello Red Dog!

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Glancing around the table it suddenly dawns on me and my eyes begin to water.

It's already 12:13, we've still got 7 players, and they're all rocks!!!

Aye Carumba!

Gonna be a long 1

Where's JP when you need him??

Matt Tyler, who is still playing the £100 consolation comp, has a mobile phone, a lucky pebble, and a black bag sitting in front of him. Jokingly, I asked which item the bag was meant to hold (secretly knowing that it was his phone... even though it turned out to be his sunglasses). Little did I know, however, he DOES have a bag for his lucky bag, and it's exactly the same as the one for his sunglasses.

Is this a normal thing? Does anyone else have a bag for their lucky charm. Maybe I need to pruchase Charlie one, perhaps that's why she's been so unkind to me recently.

As you can see, Danafish now comes equipped with wireless internet.  If you're going to be working all night, be warned that you may get the occasional piece of insanity now she's Online (next door - we've even started communicating by msn)

You never know, Snoops, some of your rocks may well wake up and do some stuff any minute now.  Going to keep an eye on it!

Lee Edwards raises to 12k from the small blind.

Brian Medley moves all-in from the big blind for an extra 50k.

Edwards folds.

Meanwhile, mayhem on the £50 cash table.

6 way all-in, blind!

Womble scoops the lot after his pocket snowmen spike an eight on the river to outdraw Chubbs' cowboys

Hey, what are you saying about me? Come next door and say it to my face, why don't you... :tikay:

snoop,
did you pass steve or his wife my message?

Wich catogory did you say Dana falls into snoop, was it tin bath or.....what?

Who fell into a tin bath ???

check your pms (private messages) m8

It's a long story Ralph, back at the start of the thread.

I know naaaaaaaaaaaathing

Mickey Wernick and Brian Medley see a flop of 2d 9d 7s

Brian bets 10k, Mickey calls.

Turn = 6c

Brian moves all-in, Mickey folds.

Mickey shows Q-6

Brian exposes A-9

There's a cash game going on across the room.

This is one of the players. Can anyone unscramble it? He;s a well known blondeite.

CLAWUS SELLREY

Russell Cawley otherwise known as the Bolton baldy :)

And he goes on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on !!!

Brian Medley limps on the button.

Mickey Wernick makes it 26 from the small blind.

Paul King folds the big.

Brian flat calls.

Flop = Kh 5h 8c

Both check.

Turn - 9d

Mickey bets 15k, Brian checks.


IMO, as soon as Brian checks the flop, Mickey must know he can take it on the turn, hand or no hand. Brian likes to limp a lot and call raises wit hands like K-Q, J-T, 7-7, etc

If he hits, then Brian tends to move it as he did with the K-Q against Read's A-K earlier on. He doesn't seem to be a trapper.

So, with a check on the flop, Mickey must know, from that flop, that Brian is unlikley to have a pair. The nine of diamonds is unlikely to have made a difference unless Brian has A-9, so a bet seems like the wise option for Mickey.

Personally, I reckon Brian had something like A-6.

Gold star for Kevin!

Now this is what I call a rail.



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Lee Edwards is OUT and becomes the 7th place finisher winning £5,000

Edwards moves his shortstack all-in for 32k.

Steve Read calls from the big blind.

Edwards = Kh Td

Read = 8c 8d

Board = Ad 9c Jh Jc 2c

How about that for a danger turn? Any card over an eight wins it for Edwards, 14 outs overall (I think).

'Eye of the needle' time for Steve....

but his snowmen show no signs of melting.

Mark Emberson is OUT and becomes our 6th place finisher winning £8,000

And just as I was about to set up the sleeping bag, we're down to 5th!

Crikey O'Reilly, the table's gone all antsy in their pantsy.

A-9 ran into Medley's Bullets (pow pow)

No miracle.

Steve Reid raises 12k, Medley moves all-in over the top

Steve fold A-T off.

Blinds are currently 6000/12000

All stated prizes include the £2,000 reward for reaching Day 2.

crucial double up for Paul King.

His Jacks versus Medley's eights.

Board = A-T-9-7-Q

sweaty palms on the turn?

Olabode Ayegun -- 40k
Brian Medley -- 110k
Mickey Wernick -- 85k
Paul King -- 120k
Steve Read -- 215k

Players are on a short ten minute break.

They have a guy here playing the piano in the background (pianists I think they're called)

Feels like I'm on the Titanic.

Is that shorter than ten minutes?

Anyway, come on Steve!!!

You aint the Titanic snoppy .... Only 1200 men went down on the Titanic :D

Stingy bleeders! give em a long 10 minutes.

Did the Titanic have a casino?

Where's tikay when you need him?

the remaining players have been called back to their seats

my spider sense inform me that they may mean they are about to recommence.

Watch this space for clarification.

only here on blonde!

Board = 6d Th 9h Ad

Mickey bets 10k, Brian makes it 40k, Mickey folds, Brian shows a straight.

A few final table piccies for your viewing pleasure.

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Undeniable proof that live poker truly is one of the greatest spectator sport's around.



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And just to prove that I ain't scared of no woman, here's one to really push her over the edge.

Bring it on!

ps. Paul King made me do it. I'm really sorry.



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Same pic ?

I can read her diary

Mickey Wernick is OUT and becomes the 5th place finisher winning £9,000

Mickey moved his last 19k in, but was knocked for six when Steve Read's Ad 8h flushed with the eight. Mickey mucked.

COME ON STEVE

UL The Leg End ....   always gives his followers value does Mickey, top man .

yep i will go with that , good luck to Paul King and Steve read

Hi Snoopy, Flushy here.

We just got back, do you fancy this to finish tonight? Who's going to win?

Is Tikay still getting lucky on the cash table?

come on steve

Hello Flushy love xxx    did you have a good trip ??   and are ya ready for Ireland ?

Still four left.

Quick talk of a deal from buddy, but Paul King didn't seem overly interested.

In fact he said 'A Deal!? But I reckon I'm going to win."

Whoever said that all poker players were fat, sweaty and out of shape was sorely mistaken.





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(1) buddy -- 90k
(2) Brian Medley -- 60k
(3) Paul 'fishfryer' King -- 110k
(4) Stephen 'Card Shark' Read -- 290k

Meanwhile, Jason 'Tractor' Oliver has finished third in the consolation £100 NLH F/O comp, winning £1,750.

Well done that man!  :)up

Ayegun doubles up through chip leader Read.

Read bet 25k from under the gun with 5-5, Ayegun moved all-in (for not too much more) with tens.

Read called, but didn't hit on a 9-K-J-A-5 board.

"Buddy Love takes it down," chirps Ayegun. "Buddy Love never puts his chips in behind."

And now Brian Medley doubles up off Read.

A-J v 9-9

First card Ace.

Well done Tractor ... who is heads up in the consolation comp snopps ?

Is Steve still chip leader?

Approximate chippy counts:

Buddy Love -- 120k
Medley -- 125k
Fish Fryer -- 120k
Card Shark -- 175k

Thank you.

deal currently being discussed, hence the long delay.

all good natured though, which makes a change

i don't think I could handle listening to any of the usual bickering

Current chip counts:

(1) Olabode Ayegun -- 103,000
(2) Brian Medley -- 118,000
(3) Paul King -- 125,000
(4) Steve Read -- 233,000

They have decided on a deal.

Read -- £20,000
Medley -- £16,000
King -- £16,000
Ayegun -- £16,000

Play for £4,000

Read reaises 36k preflop, Medley moves all-in, Read shows and Ace and folds.

Paul King is OUT and becomes the 4th place finisher winning £16,000

His all-in button move with fives was met by a call from Read's A-J in the small blind.

Board = K-A-T-K-3

Olabode Ayegun is OUT and becomes the 3rd place finisher winning £16,000

Battle of the blinds

Flop = 5-7-6

Ayegun checks, Medley bets 20k, Ayegun moves all-in, Medley calls.

Medley = 7-4

Ayegun = 6-9

Turn = 5

River = A

330k - 240k (approx) in Read's favour

Heads up: Steve Read versus Brian Medley



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Brian Medley is OUT and becomes the 2nd place finisher winning £16,000

Flop = 3-5-9

Brian bet 20k, Steve raised to 50k, Brian moved all-in, and Steve called.

Brian = 2-5

Steve = 9-2

Turn = A

River = J

which means...

STEVE 'CARD SHARK' REID IS THE BLUE SQUARE POKER 6 CHAMPION WINNING £24,000

And he's a blondeite too!

Top man!

 ;letsparty;

well done steve - proud of ya!!!
you the man!

see you in vegas - you have to go now!

kev

Well done Steve!

The winning hand...

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Runner Up Brian Medley



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Poker 6 Champ Steve Reid



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TAXI FOR READ !!!   

Pass on my congrats please snoppy, good to see the nice blokes picking up a title ...

Ps. who won the consolation event ?

Well, it's been a long shift for the updaters, but I don't think the players will have any complaints.

With the exception of the dinner break fiasco, this was a pretty well organised event.

It's a shame they didn't quite make the numbers, as this made the whittling down process rather more complicated than it should have been.

However, kudos to Raab for setting up a highly successful event and coming up with something innovative.

The structure cannot be faulted. There was more than enough room to play 'proper poker' and, although it is now 4.30am and I feel as though my head is about to drop off, that is the most important thing.

No crapshoot this weekend.

Stick a fork in me...

I'm done!

snoops snoopy

Great update snop, some classic one liners in there :D

p.s. looking at the last couple of hands they weren't much bothered about the extra £4k were they??

Nce one Steve!! - top bloke.

I think only King and Read had their hearts on the trophy.

Whilst King was short-stacked near the end, Read was determined to play it out properly, making sure he got his hands on the silverware, which, ultimately, he succeeding in doing.

Also as we both agreed, that 4k might not mean too much when you've already bagged 20 big ones, but would he be saying that in several months time?

Do we know who won the consolation event?

Congratulations Steve, well done  :)up

Well done Steve - it was a pleasure playing next to you - and we had quite a bit of fun too !!

Claire won the consolation event by the way... and before James, Simon, John and the like (Tikay included) Yes, I am having lessons !!

Luke.

Well, its all done and dusted now, as they say. I've read through the threads from both days and will now attempt to answer a few of the questions that cropped up.

Why were there two flights?

Well, it was hoped that we would sell out the event (capped at 108 runners - 18 tables of 6 players) and had we done so that would have created problems of space - where to put all 18 tables - and problems of staffing - how to get the 20+ dealers that would be needed to run 18 concurrent tables (they need breaks you know). So, two flights was the answer.  With hindsight, 16 tables could have been run in one sitting, but we were optimistic of filling the event due to the added prize money, slow structure and novelty of a new type of event.

Only 96 runners?

The World Cup, the weather, the WSOP and to some extent the location (many southern players were not keen on travelling that far for the event) all conspired to result in the event running 12 players short of capacity. However, 96 is a more than respectable number for a £1,000 event, especially when you consider that so many recent tournaments have had such poor attendences.

The seven handed situation on the final table?

Two conflicting reports in the thread about how they ran it at the WSOP - the idea of moving a player every half hour doesn't seem like a good option to me. The most fair way is to go seven handed, even if that goes against the stated shorthandedness of the event.

Carry On The Dinner Break?

There were problems due to unforseen staff absences which caused very long delays in service. Obviosuly not an ideal situation and potentially very upsetting for the players, however it became so farcical that they all ended up laughing about it. I do apologise about the situation on behalf of the Grosvenor Bolton. I actually missed the whole debacle as Mike, Simon (my Blue Square colleagues), Rick Dacey and myself had decided to go out for a chinese instead. We played a sit n go all the way through the meal. Rick won, just as the bill was arriving...

Will there be another Poker 6 event?

I would hope so. Most of the feedback I had from players at the event was that they would like to see it return. I will set up a poll on another thread so you can voice your own opinions on this matter and on the event in general.

I have been quite heavily involved with the Poker 6, as many of you know. The main things I wanted to achieve by running this event were:

1. To run a short handed event - You don't get many of them in the UK and certainly not in usually in casinos, for obvious economical reasons - space and staffing.
2. To ensure that the comp could not become a crapshoot - this was achieved by deep stacks, healthy 40-45 minute levels (for a short handed game) and a very gradual blinds structure.
3. To give value back to players - with a guaranteed prize pool of £120,000 and as we fell 12 players short, we actually added a lot more than the advertised £21,000 to the weekend. Not bad for a 96 runner bag of sand event.
4. To be innovate - the starting table saver prize, the consolation 'Grosvenor Plate' event and the shootout/usual mtt combo format fulfilled this.

I feel that my goals have been achieved and hope that overall it has been a success in the eyes of the participants as well.

Thanks to everyone who has supported the event - Blue Square and Grosvenor casinos, the staff at Bolton, with special mention to Ian Bryan  (who did a wonderful job running the event and remained calm and good natured all the way through, despite a few teething difficulties) and everyone who played in the event or pitched up to rail their favourites home. Hope to see you all again soon.

 :goodpost:

One of the best events I have ever played in and I would like to be put on the list for the next one please JR. It was great to be able to play some poker for a change and the entire weekend was great (apart from the obvious teething problems with the casino holding its first festival). See you in vegas mate.

Yes, a big "Thank you" to Mr Rabb - sorry, Raab - for organising everything, & generally looking after blonde. That included a tour of Bolton Town Centre at 5am on Monday.

The Venue had not hosted a major event before, & it showed, but the Cardroom Manager was a great guy, & with a little help, he would have been fine. A shame Grosvenor could not "loan" him someone like Yogi, Dani or Carmel for the weekend, he would have appreciated it, & benefitted.

Well done Grosvenor, & Mr Raab.

Thank´s everyone for all of your support, sorry about the delay in posting but im in spain on holiday now. thanks to snoops for the excellent updates and blue square..... especially johnathan who did a great job as always.

roll on next years comp i will be defending my title....

good luck all

steve read

Hey guys...

Tikay, when will the Poker 425 episode featuring the Poker Six festival air? Please feature my post-exit interview! Everything about the festival was superb (apart from, of course, the restaurant wait). Snoop, are you the guy I asked about the prize structure to? I figured it was you. That's 3 out of 3 festival final tables for me now... roll on Brighton.

Mark Emberson

Hi

well done on you final table appearance

The show will probably be aired this Wednesday at 11pm.

I see no reason why your interview won't be included, they rarely cut one out.

I was the good looking skinny guy walking around with a notepad and camera, generally being a nuisance.

Good luck in Brighton.

And if you miss it this Wednesday they repeat it every night at 11pm.

Yes, it will be aired this week, starting tomorrow.

This coming weekend 425 will be at Brighton.

Have to agree, this is the best event i have ever played in the UK. Evreyone was really enjoying themselves, and the 2nd chance comp with the starting table saver going on made it bloody brilliant, the 2nd day was more fun than the first!!!

Well done to Blue Square, Grovesnor etc, but especially Jon, this was his idea, he wanted to make this happen so badly and he did. Roll on the next super 6, i for 1 will be playing!!


Also well done to Claire! She was on my table and didnt have many chips when i busted but she went on to yet again out do Luke (it's not that hard!)