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Evening all from sunny Newcastle.

Tonight sees the frrst of the 4 "William Hill Grand Prix 2" Land-Based Qualifiers for this years Event.

A £6,000 seat is up for grabs here tonight, the winner goes to Cardiff & vies for a share of a £500,000 prize pool, of which £164,000 had been added by William Hill, & the winner will get a cool £150,000.

We have a few special Guest Updaters here tonight - let's see if you can guess their identity by their Posts!

On hand to mingle, as only they can, are Xuyen "Bad Girl" Pham, Smoking Steve Vladar, & Julian Thew.

Shuffle Up & Deal is between 8.00 & 8.30 - I hope some of you can join us - it's a lot essier to Update when we have some blondes to interact with.

Have a good evening.

Did you travel by train grandad ... I was in Newcastle for the weekend and while waiting for my train I thought "tikay would get a stiffie if he saw this place"

Are you playing tonight ?

Sounds like a great night ahead.....For some ...i have to hit the sack soon but will catch up tomorrow..GLA..xx

I will deal with you shortly Kev - but first, tell us about yourself. The name rings a bell...

 :hello:

Good luck all.

Tikay - is it one seat and remainder paid out?
And will it be the same at all the qualifiers?
Thanks

Tracey

Faces spotted so far include......

The Camel
Eric Barker
James "Poker Night Live" Browning
John Low
George Geary
Habbib
Matt "b4matt" Tyler
John Stamadopolopous (?!?)

Yes Dingdell thats right.  One seat only into the hottest tv comp around and the rest in spondoolies (word stolen from the young snoops)

 ;goodluck;  everyone

A full house Tikay?

A full house is three of one card and two of another. I answered that one on behalf of Tikay as I thought he might struggle.
Any other poker related questions?  :D

Hello peeps!  Tikay mentioned some guest updaters to guess at but as I am so impatient I'll just tell you all its me! 

Tonights comp is a £100 rebuy and it has made a respectable 70 runners.  They all started with 3,000 chips and are playing with a 30 min clock.  There has been 19 rebuys already and counting - lets see how many they can all get it.

So with one seat only on offer for the William Hill Grand Prix II event it will be intersting to see how this pans out.

I am at your disposal and any requests I will be happy to oblige.  Any one from Newcastle got local interest? Let me know names and I will look out for them.

This Post was from Homer, but Maria lost it....


Hi Maria, wish them all good luck from me, (actually from me, perhaps that's not a good idea!)

Have you blagged a camera

gl to all blondes taking part, :-)

First time at Aspers for me and it really is quite nice.  A bit of a Vegas feel to it with slots everywhere and I even heard a lady dances on the bar late at night  :o  Where are you Kev?

As we walked into reception the superstars in my presence - Julian and Tikay - got given some sort of media card and written in clear big letters on Julians was:

JULIE THEW      rotflmfao rotflmfao

I kid you not, he was not too amused, hehe.

ah    bless  her   him               rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

We have only fifteen minutes left of the rebuy period and getting chip counts is a little tricky to say the least as they are yoyoing.  

We have seen Camel though on 13k and Eric Barker on 4k at the mo.

We have lost 2 already and the rebuys are up to 54.  Wahay in the toon (as they say, I think)

Gooooooooooo Julie!!!

 rotflmfao


It's pronouced "Y I" btw Chilli. ;)

Of course homer its Y I lol. 

I was just walking past a table and I got a whistle.  I politely ignore but knarl my teeth and then realise its b4matt lol.  He wanted me to quote him.

"No rebuys, no cards, crap table, 4.4k"

Bless him

I forgot to mention RED-DOG is looking rather dapper tonight.  Beautiful checked suit and TIE.  Tikay also, he looks like a movie star - anyone wanna debate what kinda film?

70's dirty movie star?

1870's

some chip counts now as the break starts...i think we can assume they will all add on for an xtra 3000...
CT Law 6k
Matt Tyler 6.5k
Habib (who won the 500 @ notts last night) 6k
Camel 15k...go on my son )
Tommy 7k
Eric Barker 4k
John Stamatelopoulos 5.5k
RED-DOG 6.5k

great train robbery, where Tikay steals the train

sigh .... you go away for a few days .......


lets see if this jogs your memory ... Come on Grandad you mug !!

OOOO Tikay is on the mike as I type.  Doing his compere bit - He LOVES it. Its being filmed by 425 so you guys will see next week lol. He really is a pro - he announces "shuffle up and deal" and we have started the knockout stages.  62 left and blinds at 200 - 400.

Keep this secret chilli but Tony has an admirer.........my bloody girlfriend :D  a lovely 26 year old lady who cant stop watching him on PNL and is jealous that im getting to meet him at BB3 (and i have to get a picture)....



Sad isnt she :D

why aren't you playing Chilli? have you blagged your way into the GP already?

If so, how?

Tony has a young beautiful admirer?  rotflmfao rotflmfao

Wow Jim, why the hell isn't she going to blonde bash? Tikay will be beside himself.  He has his corporate hat on at the mo but I shall direct him your message as soon as.

what is a Gand Prix anyway?

Hey Tighty, why am i not playing?  Because even a girl like me has to work. lol.  I put my hand up for the update and here I am with my different hat on for the night.  

chilli, do you know how many rebuys and add ons there were please.

Because im the jealous type :D...........No she has to work unfortunately.

Back to some poker - James Browning has just been over and explained his last hand.  C T Law raised it up to 1,200 and James went all in for about 9k which well covered Mr Law.

C T called with A Q suited and James turned over A K off.  His AK stood up and James is now up to 17k.  The average is 9,500 with 58 players still vying to be no.1.

change of guard here as chili insisted her nose needed some lenghtly powdering.

RED-DOG double news;
our hero had been quite busy and was fortunate to pick up kings after his third consective raise...
George Geary wasn't impressed tho & decided to defend his BB...
Axx flop checked, RD had a pop on the turn when a 10 fell and decided to call GG's all-in bet on the river when the 10 paired....he was right & was rewarded with a sweet pot & is now comfy with 20K+

Thanks Julie!

Hi Dan

There were 76 rebuys and 37 add ons, which has made the pot a healthy £18,300.  So £6,313 is showing as first prize which is £6,000 for the seat and £313 in cash as extra.  The rest of the prize money is:

2 - 3,660
3 - 1,830
4 - 1,464
5 - 1,281
6 - 1,098
7 - 915
8 - 732
9 - 549
10 - 458  

Just caught the end of an exciting hand on Eric Barkers table.  They was a 3 way pot all on their backs.  Eric had KK infamous matey had QQ infamous matey 2 had A2.  Eric's Kings stood up and he went from 2.2k 10 mins before to a healthier 14.4k.

Keith Hawkins seems to be cruising on 22,700.

thanks alot

Cool hand on Reds table.  3 way pot again, 2 guys all in.  Young and cool gun local Marc Foggin takes down a big pot with 88.  His oppos had A9 and KQ.  Amazingly the flop is A Q 8 something for everyone and Marc's trip 8's stood up knocking out 2 in the process.

We are down to 43.

John "jonnygreek" Stam also appears to be on a roll.  He is a local lad (apart from being Greek  :D). The guy played all week at the recent Aspers festival and got to 3 final tables, has been rolling ever since and seams to be everywhere at the moment.  Won a SNG for the Sheffield main event at Napoleans and finished 5th - great showing. 

He is on 22k at the mo.  38 left with average stack at 14,400.

meanwhile...
the cash games have started & unsurprisingly tk has been inundated with pleas to sit down.
i'm sorry to say i got to witness him bet the pot on a A,K,10,5 board with a J-3 off & scoop...
why they let him get away with this, well the mind boggles

the comp is now down to 4 tables & notable 'past percentages' still in with a shot include camel, eric B & B4matt.
worringly, i'm now being asked to take a seat in the cash games

Julian keeps hijacking my thread!!  I have kicked him into touch to tell you that there seams to be a table with alot of big stacks.

Eric Barker seams to be the daddy tonight.

Eric 45k
David Burton 41k
Dave Stevenson 20k
Andy Wislon 14k  -  Lovely fella seams to be on the circuit alot and is a very pleasant table mate.
James Browning 14k

We are down to 33, avg 16,600.

As we are guests of William Hill tonight, I cannot fault their hospitality.  Every one got a pack of cards, the dealers have personalised T-Shirts for each Grand Prix qualifier, my Vodka is flowing and getting happier by the minute  ;D

RED-DOG and b4matt are on the same table now.  Matt has about 20k and "slow cruising".  Tom is on about 19k. 

Silent ?

Just as I spoke about Red and b4matt there is big action on their table.  RED raised with AK and was called with 99 which stood up and left RED with 4k.

Very next hand, Matt makes a raise and mateyboy re-raises, it comes to RED-DOG who looks down at  5d  6d. He goes all in with his short stack and Matt calls the reraise.  The flop comes

 Js  3d  5h

Matey goes all in and Matt has a dwell and then passes.  On their backs.  Red thinks he may have a chance and matey turns over AA - bang bang.

Red goes out in 30th.

Sorry a bit slow at the moment. 25 left but a chinese buffet arrived 10 mins ago and I am glad to say I indulged.  It was
absolutely gorgeous.  Now I have fuel  ;slavedriver;

Off to do some counts.

Dry your eyes Karabiner. Red-Dog is out.

But he stil lloves you.

Regards

M  

Just as I got up Eric Barker involved in a big pot again.  All in preflop, Eric had AA and Dave Burton had KK.  As they got turned over Eric declares "I get outdrawn every time" flop is

 3s  Qd  2s  Kh  5c

Eric says again "every time" but he is only heavily dented not out with 7k. 

we were treated to dinner in the very fine restuarant,
the chinese buffet arrived in the cardroom 2 hours later & i managed to squeeze down one small plate of tasty fried rice & sweet & sour pork, only to find i had been outdone by chili (who had also scoffed in above restaurant) who wolfed down two man size helpings...hick

ericB was all-in with 88, camel calls with 44 and 8s were good....

on the very next hand the camel is all-in with JJ vs 1010 vs AK & the ace board meant that he & 1other are gone...boo

We are down to 2 tables here.  This is actually quite hard.  I dont know many people as alot are locals of course so I keep looking out for the ones I do know.

STill in then is

b4matt            28k
John the Greek  25k
Eric Barker         21k "wench" he tells me.
Marc Foggin       25k
Dave Burton      43k
Ray Walton       21k "fish" says matt
Chat Chan        45k  "Jackie Chan's cousin" he informs me then "not really"
Richard Baker    28k
Jason Slessor    70k
Thomas Dunwoody  25k

19 left now with an average stack of 28,900.  I feel lonely up here!!!!

18 now as my partner in Greekness John Stamadapoolouislseiousss is out.  His AQ was raced against KK.........and lost!

Gambler21 - thought I would see you tonight!!

Mr Barker is no longer saying "evertime" as his QQ made a straight on the river against AA.  mmmmmmmmmm

COME ON B4MATT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good luck Matt!

Just hearing wonderful tales from the cash tables.  Am I the only bugger working???

Julian and Red-dog clash. Red raises, Julian re-raises, Tom goes all in.  Obviously tom doesnt believe the yo-yo will ever have a hand.  Julian shows AA, Tom shows 88.  Flop

 Qs  Qh  6s

Next two cards - Spade, Spade and Red has  8s to take the pot.  :)up

Julian bangs table and laughs hehe.

Very next hand Julian has AK, no one believes again, gets two callers and looses to a rivered straight after hitting a King on the flop.  Oh dear!!  Julian - Tourneys good - cash - bad!!

Wardonkey and M3boy - Matt says "thanks very much" as I told him of your good wishes.  Told him he is our only blonde hope left so get in!!!  He blushed - well slightly.

hello gorgeous chili xxx

can you tell grandad that i miss him please

gl b4matt,

id have stayed in newcastle if a knew cash games were gonna be happening, :-)

you wouldnt have had any cash left after your rebuy frenzy over the weekend ... and you would have ducked out on the MTT win on UB tonight ... how much did you cop for Pab ??

ha, had 60 rebuys in total over the weekend i think, reclaimed 1 bottle of whiskey, hope i can ebay it for £600, lol

won $5.4k in the full tilt comp, :-)

$5.4k ffs .... the sun shines on the righteous.

you cant play live though :D

nope, ill stick to dealing, :-)

We have lost one of my faves - Eric Barker.  He was getting low and got it in with J 10.  He got called by AA of course, hit his 10 but game over.  Sorry to see the suavest gentlemen in town go.

We have 16 left. Blinds are at 1,500 - 3,000 and average chips are 34,300.  Gonna check on our blondeite Matt.

I go and stand by his side, then he goes all in - aarrrrrrrgggghhhh....................................Everyone passes.  He on 30k.

Looney Toon story.  James Hunter (slighly sloshed) has a go at me for smoking near his table.  I only did it cos another player was doing it. Anyway he sent me to the side lines.  A minute later I come back, he is all in and doing press ups against the table and knocking everyones chips side to side.   ;hide;

and stick to tinternet ;)

Thanks Chilli!

Kev, Tikay says "Grandad?" Who the hell is Grandad?  He is not acknowleging you lol

was ment to be chilli, not long woke up! late one on internet last night/this morning and fell asleep!

Whose left in?

I will have to pop to broadway or win my seat online... not sure which i will win yet!

Oh and welldone pab it took you a bit long to win one did'nt it!

bless him, its a sure sign of old age when he forgets who he is :D

 rotflmfao rotflmfao
Always rely on you kev.  Ian - The only blondeite left is b4matt and he is dong well. Not really much of a stack all night but in there.

Come on Matt!!!

Can you ask Tikay to explain the draw for the APAT event at the Broadway please :D

We are down to 12, one of the leavers is press up man!!  I'm gonna wait till final 10 and get names and counts of all guys ok!

OK...

IFM - The chairman says he is unavailable at present!!

chili can you ask grandad if he got the gig as thora hirds replacement on the stannah stairlift adverts ??

Sorry to report that b4matt has just gone in 12th.  He was getting low with 14k and with blinds at 2k - 4k he pushed with 7 8 suited.  It didn't work and he excited philosophically.  Well played Matt!!

11 now and hand for hand.

We now have a final.  Looks like we are down to ten of Newcastle's finest.  No blondes I'm afraid, but some lucky someone will be on TV and imo the best tv tournament in a long while.  Here are the finalists:

Seat 1 - Martin Jameson         71k
Seat 2 - Jason Slessor            86k
Seat 3 - Russ Taylor               69,500
Seat 4 - Dane Tallen              33k
Seat 5 - Chat Chan                44,300
Seat 6 - Syed Zaidi                39,400
Seat 7 - David Knight             39,200
Seat 8 - Sam Lam                  41,300
Seat 9 - Marc Fossin               51,100
Seat 10 - Thomas Dunwoodie   58,600

gotta go for sam lam ... that name deserves tv exposure :)

and 2 go home straight away...
San moves in with AJ, Tommy follows suit with AQ and Russ calls with KK...the kings stand up & he is now the big chip stack

Hard luck Matt...

way to go kev, u still got it hehe...
a deal was struck as the final commenced...all ten will get 1200, with 2nd getting 1400 & the winner getting the coveted TV seat in october

Raise and all fold stuff at the moment after that explosive start with Martin Jameson being the most active.

A pinch raise all in by Zaidi is called instantly by David Knight, not surprising as he held kk and was up against jq off. The kings held up and we are down to 7.

You got to catch Tikays outfit on next weeks poker425, he looks a cross between Martin Bell and an old man.

On a queen high flop a series of raises and re raises finds Jason Slessor eliminating Marc Foggin with qq v q 10.

Thanks Chilli,

I'm off to bed!  ;sleep;

Get a beer in before the bar closes!

& chat goes out 6th as the s/stack with Q-10 v jason's K-J on a jack high board

& the s/stacks continue to fall with dane going out with JQ to martin's KJ

The shortest stack - David Knight keeps going all in...............................................................................









They all keep passing.

& dealer Dave 'housewifes favourite' Simpson gets Jason into a little bit of bother when he has to let go on a Q high board to s/stack Davids all-in river bet

We are down to 3 after alot of folding.  Martin Jameson raises to 30k (blinds 6k - 12k).  Russ Taylor goes all in with his big stack. Martin didnt wanna call but declares "if i'm gonna win I have to gamble".  Call - he shows  Tc Jc.  Russ has  Qs Qh.  Q on the flop and game over for Martin I'm afraid.  Russ has most of the chips now on the table.

2 hands later and I think they have all nearly missed their buses.  The short stack David Knight moved all in with 55 and the biggie Russ Taylor again called with KQ.  The flop brought a Q and David Knight is out in 3rd place.

So heads up between Jason Slessor and Russ Taylor.  The later with about 3-1 chip lead and I think we may have a battle on as the difference between some cash and playing in the WH Grand Prix for more cash is huge imo.  Let the battle commence!!!

Just as I said it was to be a battle.  Russ goes all in pre-flop and Jason calls.  We have  Ac Js v  Ad 2h.  We do not have a winner.  The flop came:

 Ahrt  Kd  Qh  5s  Qs

Choppity chop!

Thats it folks!  Jason Slessor raised on the button with  Ahrt  6h.  Russ went all in with  Kc Jh and Jason called.  The first card was favourable for the shorter stack Jason but thats it:

 Ac  Ts  Qs

A  Js on the turn and a 5c on the river made Russ Taylor the Cardiff bound Champion and winner of the golden comedy large ticket for his entry into the William Hill Grand Prix II.  Congratulations that man!!

So a large Big Up to Aspers for hosting this event which was an excellently run event and never ran into problems.  Also to the WH guys who were brilliant representatives of the company and looked after all of us.

Cheers guys for only my second live update and counting and goodnight.

well done chilli! (and Russ)

Gotta admit, thats brilliant.

PS - You are BANNED.