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We are up at Sheffield, with the Poker 425 TV Crew, so we thought we may as well try and do a little Mini-Live Update. No Jen, I'm  afraid, so you will  have to make do with the 'ol Fella.

Big thanks to Craig, & all the team at Napoleons in Sheffield, they have been most helpfiul, considering they are Yorkshire folk......

Good stuff Tikay, please give Craig and the crew my regards.

Any chance of a few chip counts ?

OK, this was the Overnight position......

Table 1

Alan McLean 60k

Paul Never Stop Yapping Parker 15k

H Mohammed, 40k

George Geary 15k

Simon Zach, 30k

Fraser Bellamy, 40k

Conroy (Nice Irish Gentleman, forgot Christian name) 25k

Dave El Blondie Colclough 35k

Table 2

L Kerrigan 45k

John C T Law 115k

Nice Dave Mayall 40k

Keith The Camel Hawkins 90k

Jim Reid 50k

Rumit Somayai 12k

Rossi 25k

J Lawrence 25k

The Blinds are 1,500 - 3,000. There were 70 runners, 10,000 starting chips.so ave is, what, 40 odd thou?

And whilst I was typing that at my lightning fast speed, three guys had the ill-manners to bust out, viz...

Rumit

Nice Dave MAYALL

Rumit

I will go & see what that has done to the chip geohraphy. Jeez, I miss having Jen here, I really do.....

Correction, make that FOUR, George Geary just went out to Mohammed.

Mr K ..Is that nice man who took me out of the tourney still in ... & I dont mean that sarcastic.. he really was a true Gent..Bubbles?

Maureen I don't know who busted you. Better description please? I DO remember Mr Sarcastic - what a HORRIBLE man, eh?

Blinds now 2k - 4k.

OK, updated Chip Counts.....

Alan McLean, 60k

Paul Parker, 25k

H Mohammed, 60k

Simon Zach, 10k

Fraser Bellamy, 45k

Conroy, 60k

Dave Colclough 25k

L Kerrigan, 80k

John Lawrence 20k

He was sat to my right.. talked to you a few times ... earphones on ...

Rumit busted out twice!! THE CHEEK!

Thick & fast.

Simon "Kasbah" Zach busts out to Fraser Bellamy. His Q-7 was dominated by Q-J, and the QJ flopped the straight. Simon was down to the felt folowing an earlier accident, & had no choice but to "move"......

11 left, and it's a 10 man Final......

Thank you for that Royal Flush, see, I NEED you & Jen. It was Rossi who busted out the second time, so to speak.......

Maureen, the nice guy to whom you refer (I assume you do not mean me....) was Simon "Kasbah" Zach, and YES, he is a terrific guy. Sadly, you have just bokked him, he has just exited.....

Prize Money next.....

Prize Pool = £52,500.

11th to 16th, £525

10th £1,050

9th £1,575

8th, £2,100

7th, £2,625

6th, £3,150

5th, £3,675

4th, £4,725

3rd, £6,038

2nd, £9,188

WINNER £15,225

I do NOT think there wil be deals - Dave never does deals, nor several of the others. Dave also wants the Euro Ranking Points.

How much was the buy-in?

Also I'm supporting my dad to win it. John CT Law :)

It's lovely & peaceful here, as always on a Day Two afternoon start, except for the non-stop talking of Paul Parker, who talks more than James browning. No, that's unfair - half as much as James......

Hi "unknown", is it Anthony or Daniel?

The buy-in was £750. Your Dad is going just great, he has 180k. I am a big fan of his, he is a perfect gentleman. You can be very proud of your Dad.

Its Daniel.....how did u know it was me?

Yes of course I'm proud of him. Especially when he came second in one of the WSOP events.

Now thats a fantastic payout structure! Seems like casino's are listening.

Dave Colvclough moves in with the monster K-6 suited, & Alan McLean makes a brave, brave call with AA. But this was after the K-6-x flop...... Dave doubles up to 50k, & looks suitably embarrased, whlist Alan is sitting tight-lipped.....

Paul Parker exits in 11th, so we are down to 10, on 1 table. But the Ranking Points start at 9th

K6 isn't that the hand Dave won with in Walsall v Junior ?

Hi Tikay,

do you know if Layne Newport finished in 17th? i heard it from somebody but their not sure....thanks

Paul Parker exits in 11th, so we are down to 10, on 1 table. But the Ranking Points start at 9th

Simon Zach -bubbles LOL. He is called the bubble because of his greek name (bubble and squeek) although I think bubbles suits him fine. Paul Parker seems to stay quite quiet whenever he's on a table with me- strange that  ;)

 :-[

Tikay, when the tv crew come to interview my dad, tell them not to expect much from him. My dad isn't much of a talker :P

OK, Chgip Counts with 10 left, in seat order....

John C T Law, 175,000

Alan McLean 34,500

Jim Reid 83,500

Conroy (MUST get his first name - he's a big buddy of Conor Tate), 65,500

J Lawrence 14,500

Fraser Bellamy 75,000

Mr Kerrigan, 94,000

Dave Colclough 43,000

The Camel 71,500

Mohammed 48,000

Daniel - WRONG. We interviewed John (C T Law) in Blackpool, & he gave us a GREAT interview. It's how you ask the questions that matters, & he's just fine.

James (Royal Flush), yes, the payour structures are getting better.

Karabiner - Yes, at Walsall, Greg had K-6  & Dave had K-7 as I recall, & the board paired or something?

Ariston - I guess Paul can't get a word in edgeways when you are at the table. Imagine you & him Heads-Up!

Layne Newport - yes, he exited 17th or 18th I think.

Well that intervied looked like he was struggerling trying to say what he wanted to say :P

I think I want John CT Law to win as well, and I also agree with Tk re ariston,

Lol

That was a joke ariston

John Lawrence doubled up against Mr. Conroy. Mr Conroy complimented blonde on their Live Coverge from Vegas, & I can't even remember his name. How rude is that?

Daniel, I still think your Dad came across well - really.

I dont take offence to Jokey comments made on the forum dewi , thats what we are about on here. I will be rooting for Keith myself in this, nothing against any of the others I just like his game if he gets a stack.

DRAMA! Dave Colclough clashes with L Kerrigan, Kerrigan Raises on the Button - a steal? & Dave in the SB moves all-in, & after a huge dwell, Kerigan calls, on their backs.

Kerrigan must have feared AK or AQ, as he had Dave well covered, & he shows AJ suited, Dave has T-T, & it's a standard "race".

A board of 9-9-K-J-3 sends Dave down the road, with £1,050 but NO Ranking points!

Then John Conroy busts out, all action stuff.

And THEN......

And then a HUGE pot, as Keth Hawkins, Hassan Mohammed and John Lawrence ALL get it on. John, has JJ, Hassan QQ, & Camel AK - a perfect Race.

Board is A-8-3-A-9, & Keith takes down a whopper. John survives, but Hassan is history.

n1 Keith!!

goooo on camel!

But John Lawrence, weakened after the JJ v QQ v AK affair, thinks John Law is weak & moves in with 8-8, only to run into Kerrigan's, QQ behind him, John CT Law calls too, & John Lawrence was RIGHT, C T Law "only" had 7-7, and a lovely pot is oushed Kerrigan's way, & John Lawrence is OUT in 7th, £2,625.

Some approx chip counts shortly.....

Sounds like Julian has ANOTHER successful % swap going for him.......

John C T Law 120k

Alan McLean 40k

Jim Reid 140k

Fraser 70k

Kerrigan 220k

Camel 130k

Then ANOTHER exit.....

Fraser reckons his 9-9 is good, & Kerrigan thinks ditto with his AK. But the AK makes a full house, & that's Fraser out, great effort mate, unlucky!

ul fraser, not a bad week, or should i say another good week

So, 5 left here, & I might yet make the Walsall £300 Freezeout, due to start at 9pm, 90 minutes drive away.....

Go on boys, get them chips in!

We just interviewed Fraser for 425, he was  very gracious, & he's had a great week, picked up £8k earlier in the week, & £3,150 today, so not too bad.....

Amazing, Fraser tells me that's 7 Finals out of his  last 8 appearances here. He's very laid back, sits at the table reading a newspaper or a book, but he don't miss much......

John Law 160k

Alan McLean 70k

Jim Reid 77k

Kerrigan 280k

Camel 110k

Not sure if I approve of book/magazine reading at the table, but great results for sure.

And history is made! Craig tells me that John C T Law just checked EVERY street of a pot - that must be a first for John.......

......and then there were Four!

Alan McLean thought he was im good shape with QQ against Jim Reid's 9-9. but what about THIS for a board...

9-7-7-9-T....!

Alan McLean OUT 5th.

woooo  ..monster

Taking Karabiner's point, I was asked to remove a book from the table once, on the grounds that I could secrete cards within it....!

John Law takes a lovely pot against Kerrigan in a strange hand. Kerrigan raises  with 9-9, John calls with 7-10 spades, no spades come, no 7 or T either, but a board of 6-9-J-Q-K gives no escape for Kerigan, & John takes a nice pot, & is up to maybe 230k.

5 minute break now, so lets get some chip counts......

Craig has got me the counts, & Mr Kerrigan's moniker is "Lesley" (or is that Leslie?).

John Law 238k

Jim Reid 132k

Camel 143k

Lesley Kerrigan 199k

Blinds are 3k - 6k - lovely structure, eh? Average is 175,000.

Leslie is the male form !

 ;)

 
The guys are "fencing" now, Camel jutr RR'd John Law, Jim Reid put his 9-9 down, & John Law passed after a long dwell.

What a great final 4, I don't know L Kerrigan, but the other 3 are all "players" in the widest sense of the word. Wide, too......

Jim Reid OUT!

He had A-9, Leslie had QQ, & a flop of AAQ made it "no escape" for both olf them.

Jim takes home £3,825.

Three left.....

Left a message on the other post in general disscussions for the shef fest, i was the young lad in ladbrokes shirt u knocked out when down 2 3 tables left, your KQ to my QJ, board of 447, then J on turn, K river and i nearly fell of the chair at that point lol, Glad u put my chips 2 good use and shared them around anyway, was a pleasure playing against some of the UKs best and your self

hehe, tough one to call, afraid i'll have to go with my saver...come on the camel!

hi muirspud, yep, you were a little unlucky in that coup.
tikay had one of those 'unpleasant' drives home last night, one that we all take from time to time - he's made some adjustments to his play, got big chips early & whilst not being reckless, as the night wore on he always seemed to have the second best hand....such is poker.
chin up to you both, there's always another game, always something to be learnt.

Hi Muir,

Likewise, it was a real pleasure to play against you, I enjoyed it, & the luck was really with me the first half of the comp, I did the trick I did to you 4 or 5 times. But then I paid the bill later, & hand after hand went wrong for me, & then, I just fell to pieces, & played like a complete muppet. A lovely evening though, & I hope you & i meet again.

Julian - thanks mate. It stil pinches, but hey, worse things happen. Phil Quayle is here, we are having fun, & all is well with the world. Gutted for Dave too, 10th & no Euro Points, pah!.

no, not a muppet, nice play on your exit hand, jim just made a great call.

give phil a nice big cuddle from me plz

I just gave Phil a hug, he looked a bit taken aback, & Fraser turned round & saw the two of us cuddling, & just shook his head & walked away.....

When someone told me you had a huge stack and pi$$ed them away Tikay I assured them they must be mistaken. Have you been getting more lesson on "creative" play from your grandson Julian again?

evening russ,
i won't bore you with two paticularly awful plays he made at luton last week, but changes have been made, all by himself, for the better

"nice play on your exit hand...."

Interestingly, Willie Tann told Jim Reid that it was a bad call by him, I could well have been protecting a set or two pair against a flush draw.

Me? I just think it was an awesome call by Jim, & that's not tongue in cheek. A great read by Reid indeed........

Just goes to show no matter how long you have played this game (and Tikay has been playing longer than all the forum combined) there is always room for improvement. You can learn something new every time you play.

Just over 300 runners for the 15k on crypto julian- we all love an overlay, 2 mins to register mate

"creative play" Russ. Yeah, I thought "how can I dump all these chips & make myself look really stupid". I managed it with a table to spare.....But at least I did not fall into my old habit of "freezing".

".....two particularly bad plays at Luton". Yeah, against the boy Thewy, who was well at it, I trapped him a treat both times, & he walked right into my subtle trap. I got his number now. Board came 4 diamonds & he tried to represent the flush, the fool. I moved in on him with my AK spades, he passes in a flash.  Men against boys.

A table to spare- a bit of tutalage from me and I can get you doing it a lot sooner than that- much better than staying in that stuffy casino all night  ;D

your memory is hazy old man, but i'll let it go.

& be careful going out too early with ariston, it'd make your hair curl...

just missed the 15k, doh!

"tutulage" eh, wow, posh words from a northern boy.

Now, we've had a bit of an accident here, The Camel moves in & John Law has the KK, so Keith, with TT, & Julian's %, are as good as dead. Until the T flops.....

John C T Law OUT, & very unlucky.

Julian still has his %, & he's lucky, as always.....

For your words of wisdom anyway, yes shall be hopefully playing alot more on live circuit and be keeping updated on ere for events and goings on ere now, thanks 2 ya shirt anyway for the website and good luck with rest of the nite,

Board came 4 diamonds and he tried to represent the flush so I moved in on him with AK spades.......ever wondered how the big stack disapeared Tikay? If that description of the hand is correct I understand you have now morphed into a latif/bradley hybred without Ians timing. The bet has to win sometimes man, even from Julian.

Julian, Phil here, could you have a word with Tikay about this hugging lark. This is my home town and I have an image to protect!! :-\

To be honest its the first time a blonde 'looker' has hugged me for a while.

chin up m8

Julian when I do venture out to play again please feel free to have 5% of me even if you arent playing- you are blessed at picking your savers mate. In fact do you want a % in the 15k tonight lol

I rather enjoyed mine last night

Russ. The play against Golden Boy? It's all about knowing your players. Thewy is 80% likely to be at it. He can't help it, he an atitmaniac.

well i did point out to tk what an awful play it was, but i think understanding that is the next chapter for him.
& yes, once again, my savers have performed well all week.
i think i should up my rate...

phil, the times are a changin, don't miss the bus!

Whenever I play Julian he seems to be quite a solid player with no sophisticated moves or anything, maybe I should watch him more carefully  ;)

It's over!

Keith overwhelms Leslie Heads-Up, and oir outright, "no business" winner is Keith The Camel Hawkins.

Congrats to Leslie for a great performance, & to Camel for yet another win, which maybe takes him to the top of the Euro Rankings. And to Golden Boy Thewy for another %....

Who was I rooting for from the start of the final? Seems I do quite well picking the winners its just they never want a % with me  :'( well played keith, chuffed to bits for you.

I honestly believe that some players become addicted to bluffing, they try it once and it works because the table see them as a rock (and rightly so) all of a sudden there trying it all the time.  In the early days Tikay has another nickname - they called him 'the connector' because everytime he limped into a pot he seemed to have connected with it by announcing those immortal words 'i bet the pot' as soon as it passed around to him.  These players then find the slippery slope to 'atitdem' and end up hooked on bluffing.  We must name and shame them: I'll start

Tony 'the connector' Kendall
Ian 'atit' Bradley (mostly preflop atitness from this one- beware!
Julian Thew
Camel

I prefer to play a patient, slow and grinding game.  My mantra is 'bet with the best and fold the rest'

Beware there are atit merchants amongst us!

WELL DONE CAMEL!!!
hope you make the no.1 spot mate

don't forget greg hill jr. on that list
& ariston would lead any verbals list

I cant believe people have me down as a verbals expert and Julian down as an atit merchant. We are a couple of quiet basic players who bet when we have the best hand. Why does nobody believe me?

Well done and good result, first time i played against this guy last nite, and he played awesome poker when i was sat at his table, read reports hes a very good player and showed me a trick r 2 anyway, well done and good luck, was honour 2 play amongst some good quality field.

and tikay

Thanks Mr K for your time in keeping us updated...xx

wd keith

ariston,

Which Julian is THAT?

And which Junior, whilst reinventing the English Language, with "atitdem"  and "atidness", is claiming to get it in with the best? - kettle & pot springs to mind here. Junior - King of the attidnessful school of poker.

"and tikay". Grr........

And before we say goodnight, and talking of improper English (Ariston, Junior), how about this from Lady of the Moment Jen, who boasts a First Class Degree from Oxford in Classical Languages.

Talking about this or that, she referred to something I had done as "unsensible". Women, eh?

OK, that's it from Super Saturday in Sheffield. Good Night all.

PS - Maureen - xx

Tony - JOHN Conroy here  :)..... a pleasure to meet you again... congrats to Keith - who gave me an expensive lesson in the 1st hour of the tournament... great coverage again.

Hehe, guess my dad was really unlucky to lose with KK but thats what poker is about.

Oh well thats another 6k added to his pot winnings :)

Congrats to the winner.

By the way Tikay, how was my dads interview :P

Very well done to the Camel hes in top form and was impresive at Luton, im sure hes not to bothered that his team QPR got a right drumming for the Cov today ;D

Punk Floyd - thaty's JOHN Conroy - thanks. I am getting terrible with names, sorry.

Daniel ("unknown"), or more correctly, Daniel Law, John C T Law's Son - your Dad gave us a great interview, really. Watch it on Poker 425 from Wednesday night onwards, 11pm. And yes, he was well unlucky to lose with KK to Camel's TT, but as you say, that's Poker.

We dont have sky, we hardly watch it. So someone will have to record it for me. :P Any offers? Also even my dad (John C T Law) said that his interview went rubbish :P

Well he was, for once, WRONG. He interviewed just fine, believe me.

Did you know that he used to think that Julian Thew - who's in his forties - was my son? Intolerable.

Just realised - another Main Event won by a blondeite! Punk Floyd Finalled too, great stuff guys, join blonde & become a winner. Unless your name is tikay......

great stuff tikay... ul in the comp! i'm having the same problem at the mo, building big stacks/good starts then not finalling!

well have to learn i suppose and the hard way i guess lol!

very pleased with how i played at sheffield ul in the main to a john law special! but i did well the 200 only to come 12th but had some nice comments on my play thankyou lord of leeds  ;)

i used to look forward to tikay on my table one extra passive player! now he's moving and shaking like his grandson... who claims to be tight, i nearly spat out my water when he said that lol! some people hav the wrong idea, although i saw his call allin after a raise and a reraise with 64... suited sorry! was the last hand and the dealer did have to drag my 74off out of my hand lol

At-iT

Hello "Vidal" .... did "Thee from Thine" last more than 1 level, and did he miss me ;)

tikay "....moving & shaking...."  (we will ignore the grandson bit for now).

Yup, I turned my game inside out, & the confidence wsas growing by the day. But Friday's debacle has shattered my confidence completely, & I made a complete idiot of myself in the process. Defeat at poker has never bothered me, but bad play has. It's back to grinding I guess.

don't give it up yet tikay, this is just a hickup... u probably get them more at ur age anyway! think how u got ur chips to that amount then think did u give yourself a chance to win the comp! and i think when ur willing to not only play the premium hands u give yourself a chance to win these events!

look at the camel, yet another victory and he is one of the original movers & shakers! you were just unlucky at the wrong times! as you said, people had one hand better than yours when it really mattered... my problem is i always seem to have the worst hand lol!

as for kevs qestion, thee & thine lasted till just after the first break... he had aq as he would say how can i get away from that when i'm reraised! he defo missed u kev, a lost soul when he was out lol!

see you in blackpool seat5!

At-iT

Whens Blackpool btw guys?

I've just read the whole thread and wanted to say thanks for the support. Having "God" on my side defintely helped.

I must say I think this was the final table played in the best spirit I've ever contested. No bitching or over celebrating. Just everyone trying their hardest to win without comprising their ethics. A pleasure from start to finish.

I think I should correct tikay about one of the key hands in the final. The TT v KK hand didn't go exactly as he said. I raised and John smooth called. Fair enough really, when a loony attacks your blind flat calling with a monster is usually the best strategy. I flopped a ten and all the money went in on the turn. It's not to say I wouldn't have lumped it in preflop, but I wasn't such a luckbox after all on this occasion. I suppose when you get to tikay's advanced age it's easy to get these little details mixed up :D especially as he had all his glad handing celeb bit to do as well as a live update!

The key hand for me was one I wasn't involved in. Jim Reid had my number throughout the final table and had reraised me three times to push me off hands. Undoubtedly we were going to play a big pot sometime soon and he would almost certainly have had the better of it. I must say I was relieved when John knocked him out. Jim was definitely Man of the Match. He played superbly and deserved better than 4h place.

As for the rankings. It feels great to be top. I doubt very much if I can win them however. I am now having a couple of months off poker to attend to "other matters". I will be keeping a close eye on proceedings however and although El Blondie himself is massive favourite if he is within striking distance when I return I will give it my best shot.

Lovely post Keith, & my apologies for mis-reporting the TT v KK hand. We try very hard not to let the facts get in the way of a good story. And anyway, I'm a retired Updater these days, Jen's the Daddy now. I did not plan to do an Update, but I was obliged to return for Day Two because olf Poker 425, & I was feeling very contrite after my appalling display the night before, & did not want to go. But I thought it may be good therapy to do a little Update.

But WHAT a Final, & yes, I echo your sentiments. Not ONE whoop or hollar or table bang, no theatricals, played in a lovely spirit, and played very hard. A lovely change, & our congrats to all the Finalists. No deals, either. GREAT STUFF.

Jim Reid? I agree. A tremendous player, a formidable opponent, and a top man. But I did not know WHO I wanted to win, several guys there were particular faves of mine - John Law, Keith, Jim, Alan, Fraser, I was rooting for them ALL.....!

Well played Keith, & good luck with the "other matters".

The interviews will  be on Poker 425 commencing Wednesday.

"glad handing celeb bit".......

Yeah, I must confess, it's a bit embarrassing when half the casino say "Hi tikay" & I don't know who they are. But manners maketh man, so I shake plenty of hands, & exchange kisses where possible......

I can't deny I enjoy it either. Dave's got me right - "no man who achieved so little......"

Well done Keith and a ary nice post too.

From my remote following of the events, it seems that the key hand was where you had AK v QQ v JJ

I was just wondering how the hand was played.

The AK v QQ v JJ hand. All I know is that they were on their backs Pre-Flop, & John Lawrence (JJ) knew he should not have called.

I guess Keith was in the middle and RR allin, and the JJ called behind him.

I think that's right Ralph. Physically,the QQ was sitting between Keith's AK & John's JJ, but I don't know where the Button was.

Nice post Keith. Well done and see you next weekend.

Not only is he a top player but a long time supporter of P4C!

I thought it was QPR

 ;)

Great Post Keith and great performance... Tony - I was talking to Dave about some of the technical difficulties you guys have been having... I believe you have my email addie so give me a shout if you want to discuss things...

Thanks John - I have replied to your e-mail.

Your comments as to blonde's Vegas coverage were greatly appreciated, thank you.

So how many people did my dad knock out?

I don't know Daniel, it does not really work like that. (For new readers, "unknown" is Daniel law, John Law's very proud Son).

Look at it this way. At one point, I think your Dad had 300,000 chips. We all started with 10,000 chips. So he had accumulated the ENTIRE chip stacks of 30 players. (Only 70 players started).

Pretty good, huh?

And don't forget to watch his TV Interview on Poker 425, starting Wednesday.