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So, the Freebie Fairy popped in last night & said "hey, you have been invited to take part in the William Hill Grand Prix this year". (Next month in fact). Nonsense, you say. You are right, actually, but lets pretend.

Lovely. But we got an extra wish, too.

We can choose which heat to play. Well, pretend to play. Let's assume there are 8 to a table.

Choose your 7 Opponents from the Invite List below. Give reasons (brief, one-liners ideally) for each player.

The Best Post gets a trip to Cardiff to watch "Live" the filming of one of the Heats, including some legendary hospitality (= beer), & travel expenses, all as guests of William Hill Poker. And you'll meet & mingle with the players, too.

It would be kinda nice if the Winner got an Invite to play, but the Freebie Fairy ain't that daft.

The Invite List is below. Keep your Posts short & sweet - just list the 7 Players, with a brief description alongside of "why", & at the bottom some overall reasons for your choices as a Group. Oh, & if you want, list them in Seat Order, including yourself. A brief summing up of why you chose a particular seat would be cool, too.

I will Post a "sample answer" shortly. The winner will be decided by  - well, I don't really know - make a suggestion as to how we could choose.

If it's successful, we will do the opposite next week - you can choose the 7 players you'd LEAST like on your table!

Here is the Invite List....

Phil Laak USA
Antonio Esfandiari USA
Brian Wilson USA
Robert Williamson III USA
Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott GB
Ram Vaswani GB
Joe Beevers GB
Barny Boatman GB
Ross Boatman GB
Ben Roberts GB
Dave Colclough GB
Peter Costa GB
Marc Goodwin GB
Harry Demetriou GB
Keith Hawkins GB
Roy Brindley GB
Willie Tann GB
Mickey Wernick GB
JP Kelly GB
Roland de Wolfe GB
Julian Gardner GB
Surinder Sunar GB
Tony Bloom GB
Xuyen Pham GB
Julian Thew GB
Steve Vladar GB
Liam Flood IRE
Andy Black IRE
Sean Murphy IRE
Peter Roche IRE
Pascal Perrault FRA
Tony G AUS
Ken Lennaard SWE
Christer Johansson SWE
Juha Helppi FIN
Tore Lagerborg NOR
Jonny Lodden NOR

Here's the idea.

Seat 1 - Jonny Lodden. A super-hero of mine, he's a dream to observe in action, full of weird mannerisms & quirks. THE most aggressive player I'ver ever seen.

Seat 2 - Ben Roberts. Super-Cool. Just the man to slow Lodden down.

Seat 3 - Dave Colclough. Because he's the best, & it's cool to share a table with Dave when he's in form.

Seat 4 - Me. I got those to my right all tied up.

Seat 5 - Peter Roche. Another charismatic player, & I own his Blinds.

Seat 6 - Brian "The Rookie" Wilson,. The table value. (oops...)

Seat 7 - Surinder Sunar. Sheer table presence.

Seat 8 - Thewy - I want him there to keep Lodden under control, & he likes to mess with my Blind from mid-position, & I've got his number.

That table suits me fine - lots of aggression (I go for the sit quietly & Check-Raise every fortnight approach) & I'd fancy myself to finish Top 7 minimum. Well, The Rookie will be out first, surely?

Brian Wilson: Because I would probably be ahead with 7 5os

Devil Fish: He could teach me to speak with an American accent

Phill Laak: Because he is the spoon

Roy Brindly: He plays poker like a giraffe doing a limbo

Miicky Wernick: He steals with such dignity

Keith Hawkins: When I bet, He calls

JP: He may have to leave early

Tony G: I want give him a rubdown

Where are you gonna sit Tom?

Seat 1 - Ross Boatman - I want revenge for him knocking me out of the Victor cup, with 3 left on our STT all in pre flop with my JJ v his 55 grrrrrrrrrrr
Seat 1.5 Me
Seat 2 - Devilfish - Just want to play against him. Simple as that. Been in tourns with him but not at same table.
Seat 2.5 Me
Seat 3 - Sean Murphy - Genuinely nice guy
Seat 3.5 Me
Seat 4 - Robert Williamson eye eye eye, have great respect for his game and would like to see it close up
Seat 4.5 Me
Seat 5 - Harry Demetriou, a very generous guy, and hopefully he would be generous with his chips !!
Seat 5.5 Me
Seat 6 - Andy Black, I would deliberatly turn up late to see if he burst into tears
Seat 6.5 Me
Seat 7 - Antonio Esfandiari,partly because its not someone u would get the opportunity to play very often, and partly to see if i could make his chips "disappear" (bet hes never heard that before!)
Seat 7.5 Me
Seat 8 - Phil Laak, another yank to round the table off, just so there are a couple of targets to wind up about europes CRUSHING ryder cup win this weekend !!
Seat 8.5 Me

Why the .5?     Because I want to be on everyones left !!!!

Brilliant! The early favourite. But be careful, Flushy & Ariston have yet to Post. You KNOW they make sense. Sometimes. Well, now & then. Occasionally?

Between Mickey and Keith, one makes me young, the other makes me look slim.




















(Sorry guys, just kidding)

1. Ram Vaswani....If you want to be the best you have to beat the best. If I am going to be outclassed lets be completely outclassed

2. Keith Hawkins...I need some help with my NFL sports betting and I'm a sucker for baby photos.

3. Julie Thew...the only transexual ever to play poker on television.

4. Me...well the three before me will always be stealing so I can reraise knowing I am ahead. And still lose.

5. Xuyen Pham...just in case she tries to overplay 52 again

6. Steve Vladar. Never plays a hand. Always passes. BB to my button. Perfect

7. JP Kelly. I taught him everything he has forgotten.

8. Brian Wilson. Frankly, useless.

9. Antonio Esfandiari..Where he goes, babes follow. Who knows, one may be desperate.

Brian Wilson USA      Great fun to have at a table and hes a chip getter, so early bath or double through
Joe Beevers GB        Complete gentleman and a rock
Harry Demetriou GB  As above, so can do a bit of blind stealing
JP Kelly GB            Another chip getter, early bath syndrom
Roy Brindley GB     When he gets below 10bb's has a panic and will call raises with rubbish and then bluff out on the flop and gets spanked
Pascal Perrault FRA   The friction for the table, bit of a wild cannon, but played with him in EPT Deauville and had the pleasure of knocking him out, always a good thing
Peter Costa GB     Another solid but wildcard ;)

Then me :)

how come u got 9??? is your table special lol

It will be 8 after 10 mins with Wilson on it

Seat 1: Brian Wilson  --  All around good fun, its never a boring table with Brian about. Plus standard rule, 1st player out deal, he only has to move 1 space :D

Seat 2: Ram -- Sheer Class, would love to see his more silent approach against Brian in pots. Also i would love to see him deal with the raising on his BB from the players in seat 6 7 and 8.

Seat 3: Phil Laak -- The entertainer and reigning champion, how could he not be on the table? I never knew much about him but watching him on HSP he is clearly a very good player, and a lot tighter than he is percieved. My blinds will be safe.

Seat 4: Joe B -- The most likeable mobster, i always enjoy talking to Joe and he would serve as a welcome rest from the noise created by the rest of the table!

Seat 5: Me

Seat 6: JP -- I like a challange! JP owned me in the Unusual Suspects SNG when he had positon on me, i would like another go! A good mate aswell, it would be nice to share obervations on the rest of the table.

Seat 7: Thewy -- I want to see JP get a taste of his own medicine! Also i imagine its quite fun trying to nick yo-yo's blinds!

Seat 8: Lodden -- I want to see Julian gets a taste of HIS own medicine :D The most aggresive guy on the table and reportably the best online player. I have never played on his table but if i were to win the table it would be all the more pleasing if i did so beating Mr Lodden, Mr Thew and Mr Kelly when they all had position on me!!


Thats my table! It would be very loud, full of banter etc. It would also be the most aggresive SNG in the history of the game! Imagine the Vaswani vs Lodden battles!


P.S. I would really love to come to Cardiff :D

Nah, I am safe here !! haha back to the drawing board m8 !!!!!!!

Guys, I'm LOVING this, you've got the idea spot-on. Thanks. Oh, & I forgot to say, thanks to William Hill, too.

The Willaim Hill Grand Prix is the BEST Tourney in the world. (There, that should keep them quiet for a few days, then I'll ty & persuade them to give us another Cardiff Package.....)

Ps - How did I know Flushy would make a great Post? Guess he does every few months or so. (Great Post Mr D, really).

Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott GB - So I can read "Swimming with the Devilfish" between hands.
Ram Vaswani GB - This guy
Dave Colclough GB - This guy
Surinder Sunar GB - This guy
Sean Murphy IRE - This guy
Tony G AUS - and finally this guy, you work it out.
Jonny Lodden NOR - The table may need aggression  :D
Me GB

You got the idea - creeping will get you everywhere. How good a player am I?

World Class Tikay :D

Oh and ty, i have moments where my posts are SO bad they are actually good.

 In Order -

 Phil Laak - hes got a brilliant mind , some of his philosophies are great and hes a funny bloke ( + Jennifer might rail  :)up )

 Antonio Esfandiari - simply so he could show me how to do that damn chip jumping trick , my hands are killing me ! ! !

 Tony G - to try and get a classic reaction from him after muffing him with 6 8 soooooooooooooted

 Devilfish - hes always been my favourite player , I think his backroom / shady image is a cool poker feature hes got.

 Me - so I could sit between 2 legends of the game , and try a few steals on Daves blinds , not very wisely , i understand !

 Ram Vaswani - Best player in Britain in my opinion , sort of like a British Phil Ivey , and seems like a good guy.

 Dave Colclough - another top bloke and top player , one of the reasons I joined Blonde was to meet him at the BB2 .

 Roy ' The Boy ' Brindley - another player Ive respected for a while fom playing online , and to see the tension with Ulliot.


 pretty intimidating table I feel , but what a game of poker we would have , so many characters .

 and cocky as it sounds , id fancy my chances  rotflmfao

 

 

 

 

 

 

Louder.....

brian wilson (dead money)
JP kelly (so there is someone on the table i can snarl at and they be scared)
tony g (so i can give him a rub down when i knock him out)
dave C (only person i know running worse than i am)
me (cause i am the one and olny)
harry D and kieth hawkins ( they would be so busy debating the esseence of the raise with 72o that i could steal there blinds)
andy black (so i could get into a debate over reincaration vrs isolation)

Are you the decider?

Sigh
Desperation, its not pretty !





(probably bl00dy woking though !!!!!!!!!!)

On second thoughts, no, I shan't judge the Comp.

Mr Alex stlll remains marginal favourite.

If you tried size 80 Font, you may become favourite though.

If I were you Tikay I would take flushys sarcasm as a "Zidane-esq" insult !!

guess thats a royal flush miss read ( i know i aint going to win as i dont lick ass)

Nya Nya ne Na na !!!!

hum i wonder what this delete button does

maybe  i could be the only entrant

Seat 1 Mickey Wernick, From what I know of Lord Wernick he is a top bloke and he keeps the upstarts in place. so he would be essential to the table

Seat 2 Me I want to see what Mickey does the majority of the time before I move.

Seat 3 Liam Flood, Another Gent of the circuit and has a good tight aggressive game.

Seat 4 Dave Colclough, I dont mind giving Dave position on me, I wont be in that many pots with him, when I am chances are I'll bust him. ( please refer to poker cv of times and dates )

Seat 5 Antonio Esfandiari, He has a reputation for underestimating opponents, world class player none the less but I think he may tread on a poker landmine on this table.

Seat 6 Brian Wilson, He has to be on the table, he plays fast loose and wild, great table banter and a really nice guy. ( i also want him to repeat " oh shit, I think i'm in trouble" when i bust him again)   ahh good times.

Seat 7 JP Kelly,I think this table would be a challenge for the young maestro, he'll either hit Mach 3 and run over us or crash an burn when he's caught stealing one too many pots.

Seat 8 Surnider Sunar, A great deliberate and calculating player, He with Mickey would help to contol the game and keep the captincy away from the likes of Brian and JP.


This would be a great table for me, I'd learn a bit and if I stay safe untill the big battles have taken place i may have a chance...

Slim and none

I've never met any of the people except DC and I'm not going to choose him.   I don't really know much about them either but from what I've seen and read so far, here's who I'd like to share my table with.

Brian Wilson - Never met him but he seems a fun guy to be on the table with and everyone on blonde has nothing but kind words for him

Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott - I like Dave's style.  His dry humour appeals to me.  He holds his own against the American greats and puts on a good show.

Tony G - There's nothing like Tony to spice things up from time to time.  I wouldn't want to be on the wrong end of one of his tantrums but I would sure like to be at the table during one

Mickey Wernick - The legend.  No table would be complete without the current European Champion at the table.    A great ambassador for the games and great to see him at the blonde bash being so open and available for Q&A's.  I just wish I had a good question ready to have asked him.

Marc Goodwin -  I like the Birmingham players, they seem very genuine and friendly.  They are a part of what's right about poker in the UK for me.

Ram Vaswani - I see Ram as being very tricky to play against and I'd like him to be to my right if possible.   All the players are obviously greats but I think I'd struggle with Ram the most.

Me - Just bringing home the bacon.

Willie Tann - I think Willie will have some great stories that I'd love to hear from the horses mouth so to speak.  Also, my missus giggles when she hears the name  ::) and I'd like to be able to say that I've shared the same table as Willie Tann

can I play...oh go on...please.....

Seat 1 Dave Colclough....class player...class guy.

Seat 2  Phil Laak......Brilliant and very infectious

Seat 3 Ram Vaswani......The best in europe

Seat 4 Me.............outclassed

Seat 5  Harry D....One of the best players around today, I also like his will and drive to improve poker for everyone.

Seat 6  Peter Roche....Thewwy says he is one of the best he has played against.

Seat 7 Joe Beevers.....Great player and a gent.

Seat 8 Ross Boatman.......Tricky last spot but Im going for Ross because my missus fancies him like mad and I could mention to him that if he is ever in Leeds.........



gl all

1) Dave Colclough GB
Top bloke, top player and a Liverpool supporter to boot. Love his style, he is a gentleman at the table but not so conservative as not to give an injest rubdown of his own on occasions. I have also played against him plenty of times at Cincins and he is a fish heads up :)

2) Me
Why do I want to be sandwiched in between Roland and DC? Well, since Patrick isn't available, theres nobody else I would rather have to the immediate right of me than DC. And Roland? See below!

3) Roland de Wolfe GB
A boy wants his revenge. This guy put me out of the EPT in Deauville (and then had the cheek to get knocked out himself!). A great guy who provided hours of table banter. He may have won the battle eventually but he certainly has not won the war! Give me a re-match any day. Why is this "re-raise with any two cards" monolith to my immediate left? I want the exact same setup as in Deauville thank you very much - and I'm going to come out ahead.

4) Roy Brindley GB
This Boy needs to hear a piece of my mind with respect to the hypocriticial trash he writes in Bluff Europe magazine!

5) Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott GB
Every poker players dream - at least one fish at the table!

6) Brian Wilson USA
Did I say one fish? I really meant two. Plus, what better way to put this guy out than with his very own signature hand. You need one token yank in every event, and I can think of nobody I would rather have than a blondite! Plus, he needs to learn what being table captain is REALLY all about!

7) Ross Boatman GB
These events always seem to have a non-poker playing celebrity at the table. Snooker players, footballers and of course, has-been actors! Of course, I jest.  Maybe he can listen to my gripes about the Hendon Mob forum as I send his blue watch off home early.

Well, theres my seven seats filled and my reasons thereof. The table suits me fine and there'll be plenty of aggression - but in the words of Bachman Turner Overdrive, "You ain't seen nothin' yet"! I would love to have JP on the table, but unfortunately there is no room for a third fish. Hopefully this will be a very loud table and provide plenty of entertainment. And when The Cincinnati Kid comes good, he wants to do it against the best.

Phil Laak - Press up? Stand up more like! Want to knock him out so jennifer sees the error of her ways in pursuing a non feline relationship. Only joking, the boys got skills.

Antonio Esfandiari - Super impressed with him ( and laak) on high stakes poker. Plus i want the magician to show me how to pull a rabbit out of a hat when it's required.

Dave "devilfish" Ulliot - Great banter and table presence. I'd love to play against one of the legends of poker.

Ram Vaswani - AN idol from LNP. Plus i know several women who'll pay good money for a signed autograph of Ram and let's face it I won't be making any money through poker with this lot on the table .

Peter Costa - Exquisite story teller judging by his writing. Obviously a top player too. Entertainment guaranteed.

SUrinder Sunar - Has amazing focus on the poker table. I want to try and make him laugh while he's pondering a decision for all his chips. If I can do that, I'll die a happy cat.

Pascal Perraul - Met him in barcelona and he banished many of the misconceptions i have about the french by showing himself to be humble, intelligent and friendly! Plus I can finally apologize for my mate drunkenly shouting "You're well fit" down his mobile to his missus, the pink lady. (She is though!)

Xuyen Pham - Once referred to flushie in a tournament as a "bad bad player" showing her characteristically precise judgement. I just know we'll get on well.

This table would have a great balance of skill and entertainment i think. I'd definitely fancy my chances (of being first to the bar.)

SEAT 1 - RAM VASWANI - MASSIVE FAN OF HIS AND HAVE NEVER MET HIM

SEAT 2 - MICKEY WERNICK - JUST SO I KNOW THAT IF I GO OUT SOMEONE ON MY TABLE WILL MAKE THE FINAL(HOW DOES HE DO IT)

SEAT 3 - ME - A ROSE BETWEEN TWO THORNS LOL.I ALSO LIKE TO BE ON TABLES WITH LOTS OF BANTER,IM SURE I WOULD BE PLEASED HERE.WATCH OUT MR.G IM FEISTY.

SEAT 4 - PETER COSTA - SO WHEN IM STARTING TO FEEL ON TILT ABOUT THE BAD PLAY IM GOING TO MAKE,IVE GOT SOMEONE TO LIFT MY SPIRITS.A KING AMOUNGST MEN.

SEAT 5 - PHIL LAAK - WOULD BE AWESOME TO KNOCK OUT THE DEFENDING CHAMP HE ALSO PROVIDES ENTERTAINMENT,AND MAYBE HE COULD GIVE ME SOME EXCERCISE TIPS

SEAT 6 - TONY G - CAN YOU IMAGINE THESE TWO NEXT TO EACH OTHER.EVEN THOUGH THE MAN IS RUDE,OFFENSIVE,LOUD EVERYTIME IVE WATCHED HIM PLAY I THINK HE HAS A GOOD READ ON WHEN TO MAKE MOVES AND I THINK HE IS A BETTER PLAYER THAN HE IS GIVEN CREDIT FOR.

SEAT 7 - JP KELLY - SO IM NOT THE YOUNGEST BY AT LEAST 10 YEARS.IVE HEARD SO MANY GOOD THINGS ABOUT HIM AND WOULD BE A PLEASURE TO BE ON THE SAME TABLES AS ONE OF THE TOP YOUNG BRITISH PLAYERS

SEAT 8 - ANTONIO ESFANDIARI - A GIRLS GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING NICE TO LOOK AT ::).HES MAGIC


NOW THERE IS ONE PERSON I WOULD HAVE PUT ON BUT HES NOT ON THE LIST.
TIKAY YOU KNOW YOU WOULD BE ON MY DREAM TABLE :kiss:

id put phil ivey in seat 8 hes not on the list :blonde:

LittleMissC shows Flushy how to do it. Nice one Fran.

My starting table at a big tournament would be something along the lines of

Seat 1: Tony Kendall
Seat 2: Tony Kendall
Seat 3: Tony Kendall
Seat 4: Me
Seat 5: Tony Kendall
Seat 6: Tony Kendall
Seat 7: Tony Kendall
Seat 8: Tony Kendall

The only way you can become the best is to beat the best...................





















however its usually a good idea to accrue an early chip stack at an easy table!!

In horse racing parlance, Flushy is now tailed off.

In all seriousness how will the winner be decided?

I just reread that and it comes accross wrong, i was just curious Tony, I would never expect anything othere than a fair comp for every entry.   :blonde:

I'm not sure actually. Get the Mods to Vote in it? More likely, I will ask Paul Tilling, the Wm Hill Big Suit responsible for the Williajm Hill Grand Prix, to select the winner, or failing that, Phil Quayle (aka bobby1) the WHGP Tournament Manager, to do it for us.

Ok, just in case my first entry may not have been taken seriously - and also due to the fact that my 7 nominees didn't appear on the list given then i would resubmit my entry. Please note that my preferred table would be one filled with weak passive players who fold at the first sign of any aggression - however if i have to pick a list from the names provided then it would probably be as follows:

1: Ben Roberts
2: Peter Costa
3: Dave Colclough
4: Surinder Sunar
5: Me
6: Roland De Wolfe
7: Joe Beevers
8: Mickey Wernick

The post also asked for a brief description as to why these names were chosen and so i will be as brief as possible as only one word is needed.

CLASS

Also if it were possible i would like to increase my table upto ten and add two other names not on the list

9: Paul Jackson
10: Marcel Luske

:)up

PICK ME PICK ME.

I really need a break

Right here goes, but before that can i plead that I win because i really really really want to go to Cardiff!!  I think I am the only non-welshy on here who actually likes the Welsh so it would be great for building relationships between the Wemlsh and the rest of the world.  :D :D

I want a table thats fun and aggressive.

Tony G - I want the rest of the table top have position on him most of the time so he's out of sorts.

Peter Costa - Never had the pleasure oe meeting this guy but love reading his posts and I think he would have Tony always up!  Plus I could listen to his stories all day.
 
Phil Laak - he's a danm good player with a fine looking lady who seems to follow him every where - free eye candy :-)  Plus ge could teach me to do proper sit ups.

Ram Vaswani - Pure Class

Me - I quite fancy having position of Ram, and I'd have him so scared he'd never think about thieving my BB

DC - Again a nice fellow who could bring some peace and quiet to the table.  I don't mind conceding position on him and I could always knick his BB.

The Rookie - I told you before I want it to be fun and aggressive.

Julie - I'd just love the idea of playing with a guy with a girlie name  :D

Thats what flushy is for!! Ya queerhawk   ;danafish; ;danafish; ;danafish; ;danafish;

My entry...

SEAT 1 - Xuyen Pham - The only woman on the list, you need some table totty. Keeps the other boys distracted, while the real discipline hawk gets the chips (I wish)

SEAT 2 - Brian Wilson - My dad's birthday is coming up, I can borrow his LPs and get them signed.

SEAT 3 - Barny Boatman - I don't care how far we progress as a civilisation, this guy will always be cool.....and he can keep us right if anyone forgets what that little white disk is for.

SEAT 4 - Dave Colclough - Won't be so scary now he's no longer sporting yellow and black.

SEAT 5 - JP Kelly - Cheap rounds, I assume he'll be on the lemonade.

SEAT 6 - Tony G - Coz I've always wanted to be on youtube.

SEAT 7 - Julian Thew - If I lose, I can maybe get his e-mail address and make my money back.

SEAT 8 - I'll go here, less likley to be distracted by Ms. Pham with a dealer between us, and I can steal that rock Wilson's blinds from my button.

SEAT 1............TONY "THE LIZARD" BLOOM

SEAT 2...........RAM "CRAZY HORSE " VASWANI

SEAT 3..........ROLAND "THE EDGE" DE WOLFE

SEAT 4..........BRIAN "ROOKIE" WILSON

SEAT 5..........TONY "THE MOUTH" G

SEAT 6...........SEAN "QUIET MAN " MURPHY

SEAT 7...........DAVE "DEVILFISH" ULLIOTT

SEAT..............BOODER "THE COLONEL"


a quiet and reserved table , full of rocks !  nobodys blinds would be safe.     odds are that this heat would be over fairly quickly , but what entertainment you would get , and the speechplay , if recorded onto cd , would outsell Derek and Clive.


i think william hill is the best online poker room , tikay is a handsome young feller and welshish people are marvellous

1. peter roche - one of the original at-it merchants, very fast player
2. barney - he only plays rubbish, a clear RR every-time percentage play
3. me
4. smokie - WH contract inists he passes his SB to me every time
5. bad girl - WH contract insists she passes her BB to me every time
6. joe beevers - capable of making great laydowns all day long
7. pete costa - capable of making great laydowns all day long
8. not ram

Brian Wilson USA --You simply have to have him at the table. A bit of banter, a bit of fun..and he'll probably outdraw me by hitting the full house on the river.


Ram Vaswani GB...Puts on Scrappy Doo Voice "Let me at em...Let me at 'em"

Willie Tann GB. Simply because he is the Tann Man.

ME. As long as I have position on Ram and Willie I should atleast be at the table for a solid 15 minutes :)


Roland de Wolfe GB...Because I can tell him in dutch that if he reraises me I will have to kill him.

Julian Thew GB. His run of form has to end sooner or later. I'm guessing it'll be when he's at my table.

Sean Murphy IRE...Doesn't he play snooker? ;)

Jonny Lodden NOR. So I know my BB will get raised every time.. :)

thems' the fish in my aquarium Boss.

SHIP IT

Ah this thread is worth its weight in gold just to see flushy sink to such levels of desperation .... I just wish mfi wanted to go as well :D

OK, here it is

1) Dave Colclough / I need someone I can outplay at the table
2) Julian Thew / I finally want to put an end to the "yo yo" stuff and take him out on the 1st hand w/ 4h 7c
3) Roland De Wolfe / just need some good dead money at the table
4) Barny Boatman / I dont like the way it ended last year
5) Devilfish / I have yet to put a bad beat on the "fish" and I think that would be great fun
6) Tony G / He turned down a $1k sidebet when Mr. Cool kicked his but in the WSOP rock/scissors/ paper comp, I said it then and I will say it now " Tony G is either broke or he has lost his will to gamble"  :D
7) Andy Black / I need a drinking partner
8) Mr Cool / you have to beat the best to win these kinds of things
9) Surinder Sunar / I want him to try and beat me w/  4s 7d

This would be a great table w/ massive value :D :blonde:

My god this has took me ages.  Here it is:

Seat 1 - Dave Ulliot - Never sat with the Devilfish, I wanna see him in action AND would be able to see the show afterwards.

Seat 2 - Harry Demetriou - No bias, just one of my favourite playes around. Love his mind too and we could get some debates in over a game of cards.  I specifically picked Harry in seat 2 because although some blind stealing would be in order from him, I think I could talk him round from doing it every time.  Also i'm sure a bit of re or re-raising would get rid of him  :D

Seat 3 - Ram Vaswani - Some one else said, how can you not wanna play with the best and he is imo.  To my right is great which makes me be able to "pick" my starting hands more carefuly.  Things could always go very wrong for me with Ram one side and TonyG the other but at least I would get a chance to show that I can get tricky, nothing so interesting is easy.  Thirdly, I could always play footsie if things get dull and pray to god my foot doesn't wonder left  ;whistle;

Seat 4 - ME - As I said, a bit of sandwich here!


Seat 5 - Tony G - I have my issues with this one BUT since we are talking hypothetical table - he has to be there.  One of my reasons for Surindar being there also.  I picked him on my left because I wanted him and Ram to get busy with each other and me to be as a close a witness as possible.  Ultimate TV exposure too  :D  I would also try and steal his blind at every chance and would love to see how he would get all "pyschoanalyst" on a bird at the table.  Not seen that have we, do you think he would give the absolute same speach play?  I think so.

Seat 6 - Andy Black - Played with him in Dublin for a while and was 2nd to my right, and yes he nicked my blind nearly every time.  He saw all the signs, low on chips. girl, must only be able to fight back with 2 or 3 starting hands etc etc.  Unfortunately he wasn't there long enough for me to show him my full arsenal as Stuart Fox sorted him about with K Q off or similar  :D 

Seat 7 - Surindar Sunar - Very much respect this guy at the table, and my hero for how he handled Tony G in Paris.  Not sure I could have stayed so cool for so long.  Interesting to see if TonyG would go there again since it didnt work that time.  Perfect conditions i.e tv camera's.

Seat 8 - Peter Costa - This is a given.  I very often have players approaching me saying they played with Peter here and there and that he was awesome, tricky, a great reader and an animated table companion etc.  I on the other hand I know his speach capabilities but must have spent the total of about 1 table hour in his presence.  This would be a perfect chance to be able see him in action and play back at him.  I am 100% sure that he would have no qualms in picking me to peices if he had to and vice versa.  Would love this to happen and probably great TV too. 

So there it is.  What a peice of heaven that table is to me.  I wanted to add Johhny Lodden as first on the reserve list because didn't have the balls to add him.  It would be early bath for me if he was there, cannot resist the aggression.


 

Phil Laak - defending champ. one scalp you definitely want to pick up
Brian Wilson - I think last year he played the most varied and fascinating STT I've ever seen on TV. want to see it first hand
Dave “Devilfish” Ulliott - winning a TV table without Devilfish on it doesn't really count. He's iconinc and beating him in a few pots on TV will get you a name.
Ram Vaswani - probably my favourite player to watch. Also my mums favourite player. she'd be dead proud if I beat him.
Mickey Wernick - Europes best player last year. what other reason do you need?
Julian Thew - Nicest guy in poker and it'd be good to have someone to root for if I were to have a slip.
Andy Black - His WSOP performance in 2005 was top draw, particularly the class and dignity he showed in the well publicised 'awkward situations'

havent bothered to seat them in any particular order. looking at that lineup it doesn't matter much. 7 of the best, but then the whole tournament lineup is icredibly strong again.

can't wait.

Caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrdddddddddddddddddddddiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiffffffffffffffffffff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SEAT 1 - Brian Wilson, i want revenge for when he knocked me out of a comp in st kitts with  7c 4c. I also would like him on the button when it is my BB.

SEAT 2 Julian Thew, for the same reason as above, Brian trying to steal, thewy having none of it, and reraising from the SB with me sat on the BB with a monster :D

SEAT 3 ME

SEAT 4 Phil Laak, current champion and great fun. Im sure it you would never get bored sat at a poker table if phil laak is sat next to you.

SEAT 5 Tony G, would love to bust him with crap after trying to steal his blind and give him a rubdown  :D

SEAT 6 Ram, possibly the best tournament player in britian, class act, seems like a really nice guy. i think he would be the best person to sit next to tony g to keep him quiet.

SEAT 7 Surinder Sunar, i have sat next to him on a table at walsall and found him to be a really nice guy, also i would love to see him have another battle with tonyg.

SEAT 8 Steve Vladar, The table rock, far too much agression on the table

there is my table... and whoever judges this comp just remember there are a few beers waiting for you  :D :D

We'll call this table FUN FUN FUN

Seat 1 Marc Goodwin - All round nice fella. I'll easily distract him (and thus snake his chips) by complementing his amazing wardrobe and asking him for golf tips. I'd also like to finish a song I started singing to him in Monte Carlo, "Come fly with me..." ;whistle;

Seat 2 Phil Laak - Truly a fun experience anytime you play with Phil. Nice smart and keeps the game friendly. He may actually make me appear sane as well. ;gobsmacked;

Seat 3 MADYANK (me) I sit here to have position on Phil. This seat also allows us to setup a little table in between seats so we can play some backgammon in between hands. It also allows me to constanly reraise Mark's button raises in the firm knowledge that he is conservative enough to fold most times.

Seat 4 Xuyen Pham - On the other side, who wouldn't want to sit next to Xuyen. Almost always happy and friendly we could reminicse about the ole 20 quid rebuy tournies in Luton. She also provides and excellent anti blind theft deterrent to Phil's button raises, in that he would have to "ave his ead examined" to try and attack two absolute nutters in the blinds.

Seat 5 Devilfish - Vengeance! Pure and SImple! I need revenge for him whacking out my stack in Monte Carlo Consolation in a race. Of course if he whacks me out again, I can also use the great post knockout interview line "Yeah. I was doing fine and then some FISH got me!" Whilst pointing at him. ;snoopy'sguns;  ;flushy;

Seat 6 Andy Black - Well There's a MadYank at the table (Ok 2 madyanks  ;nana; ) why not have a MadIrishman as well. He brings a ton of fun to the game and keeps it lighthearted. His prescence combined with the rest should make this easily the MOST watchable and entertaining heat of them all. rotflmfao

Seat 7 Ram Vaswani - I have a strong form line with Ram. I've been at his table mulitple times but never suffered heavily to him (Also knocked him out of a few major tournies at The Vic   ;izimbra;). He's damn good but also aggresive, so his chips will be in play.

Seat 8 Ken Lennaard - MIght as well have one quiet, non-crazy, Scandi-rock (yes it is possible   >:?) at the table. In reality though, everytime I've played with him or watched him he's been an absolute gentleman and is a great ambassador for the Game. Not to mention it's always cooooool to play with the Swedish Survivor Champion. :P

Seat 9 Nurse - Ok She ain't playing but Ken and Ram are going to need either a boatload of paracetemol or some industrial strength hearing protection with the amount of chatter going on at this table  ;grr;


In the end, of course, there can be ONLY 1! so it would be a bit of:
 ;kneelsucker;

Seat:

1) Brian Wilson - The easiest last longer bet ever. ;)

2) Tony G - I wanna see him try the verbal on me. (And Brian Wilson)

3) JP Kelly - Fearless.

4) Me - there is no way I'd want to be on JP's right.

5) Devilfish - For the one liners alone. Oh yeah I hear he's quite good too.

6) The Camel -  I could poke fun at QPR all day long.

7) Andy Black - Seems like one of the good guys and looks like a good laugh. It'd be nice to meet him.

8 ) Ram Vaswani - Just because he's class. Simple.

9) Julian Thew - The one man who would be at it more than Wilson.

Seat One: the Devilfish. I've watched poker on Eastenders and I want the oppunity to play proper poker and say " I raise you my pub for your jewelry shop". NB: don't tell the devilfish I don't have a pub. Also having the Devilfish on the table I can treat it as a double chance comp as I get the chance to pawn my jewelry to him after he gets so embarrassed after getting lucky on hitting his 2 outer after he overplays junk and getting himself pot committed.

Seat Two: Tony G. I played against Tony on one of the blonde poker freerolls when there was a $100 bounty on his head. Tony was playing his typically bullying game so I decided to check raise him on three successive hands to receive and chat response of "that's sick" from Mr Rubdown himself. Personally would love the table talk and just giving Tony a deadpan response to his table talk of "sorry mate, I don't understand as I don't speak English"  ;nana;

Seat Three: Julie Thew. I owe him a pint from bb3 and what a better time to get it when there is a free bar. No Julie, doubt worry I get the 10th consecutive round, you can get them in at bb4  :cheers:

Seat Four: Keith "the camel" Hawkins. So I can have a side bet on who can drink the most. The rules are you must drink at least a pint before the deal button returns to you. At least I would have a good excuse for my appalling play. Then again a few beers may improve my game.

Seat Five: Steve Valder. So I can ask him what's it like to be the second best player in the UKJ,England, in his house  ;hide;

Seat Six: Xuyen Pham. So I can ask her what's it like to be the best player in her house.

NB: having all three WH players should keep the sponsors happy

Seat Seven: Me. It pays to sit to the right of some old fella who's blinds are easy to pinch. ;flushy;

Seat Eight: Tikay. Just so I can look at the faces of other players, many of whom have mighty ego's, when I just constantly talk to Tikay saying things like "your that man of the telly" and "aren't you Mr UK Poker", etc, etc, and other such "comedy" hero worship statements.

NB: I've made sure that there are no Americans on my table on account that they do my head in. Surely that's worth a bonus point Tikay  :)up

Disqualified on two counts.

1) Why "comedy" Hero Worship? I signed a book yesterday. Nothing comedy about that. Are you saying the Hero Worship iis not for real?
 
2) I am not playing the Event.

tsk  mr diceman , how dare you mock mr kendall............hang your head in shame








i still think tikay is a wonderful poker player and exceedingly handsome chap , william hill are the number 1 poker site and wales is a great place to hold the competition as it is full of lovely people.

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On account that Tikay is unable top play this event as he has a major book signing to attend I will make another pick for seat 8.

Seat Eight: JP Kelly. So I can pinch has bag of sweets that his mummie has given him on this school field trip. NB: please Mrs JP Kelly's mum can you make sure you pack your ickle soilder some Haribo  ;kev;

".....major book signing..."

Diceman REINSTATED

Seat 1: Tony G, listen too his chat but far enough away to switch off

Seat 2: Barny Boatman, part of the legendary Mob

Seat 3: Antonio Esfandiari, so i can watch his chip tricks

Seat 4: Phill Laak, so when he does his press ups can feel the burn too

Seat 5: Me

Seat 6: Dave Ulliott, so he can tell me ledgendary storys, like losing his mates car playin poker

Seat 7: Ram Vaswani again part of the mob, plus i watched him take a lot of money off Gus hansen on FT(he can teach me)

Seat 8:Surinder Sunar See him and Tony go at it again!

You can get arrested for going into Smiths and defacing one of their books.

1.Phil Laak USA- defending champ so it would be good to knock him out, nothing to do with the fact he may have the lovely miss Tilly with him.

2.Brian Wilson USA- I own him. only played the guy once and he tried to use speach play on me ffs. He quickly realised he had given too much information away though as he headed for the rail

3.Ram Vaswani GB- You have to beat the best in this sort of event and for me he is one of them.

4.Peter Costa GB- sat with me in my first ever big buyin event and helped me through when I was nervous and shy (unbelievable but true)

5.Marc Goodwin GB- good mate and great TV. A legend in his own living room.

6.Julian Thew GB- least I could share a decent bottle of wine with him.

7.Tony G AUS- You think he can talk? he aint seen nothing yet. Just dare him to try the rubdowns with me and I will eat him alive.

8. Me- although I dont deserve my seat at this table I at least want position on Julie and Tony G.

Damn you Keith. Rumbled.

Phil Laak USA. He's the defending champ and my favourite player. It'd be a pleasure to trap him when I get dealt KK in the BB on level 3.

Antonio Esfandiari USA. So I can enjoy watching him play for an hour or two before constantly expressing my admiration of Gus Hansen to him once we get heads up.

Me

Barny Boatman GB. Because he seems the type of player you can have a chat with during all the carnage and he'll think I'm a rock.

Ross Boatman GB. Why rob one Boatman blind when you send two down the Acheron?

Surinder Sunar GB. To entertain the rest of us and give Esfandari someone to re-raise and get chips off.

Andy Black IRE. Because he'll do the least damage to my karma when I outdraw him.

Juha Helppi FIN. Every table should have an absolut assassin - and I'd rather have him in the cut-off than any of the others.

So who won this then?

Me I got the confirmation e-mail from Bill Hill on Friday  :D

If they wanted a muppet they would have looked for someone closer to the game to save on expenses! :D

bandit...you do realise they expect you to stay at this tourney for longer then 5 minutes, right?

Well done Gary, enjoy your day.  ;applause;

i hear they are going to use these in the standard 52-card deck...........

Now I know why they call him the queen of spades ;)