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Good evening and welcome to Grosvenor Southampton, where the £500 Southern Masters is starting at this very moment...

A bigger turnout than I was expecting has turned out, leaving 68 players up for taking tomorrow off work should they make the final day. 

Included amongst them:

Tikay  (Tikay)
Chili  (Maria Demetriou)
TightEnd (Richard Prew)
Joe Grech
James Dempsey  (Flushy)
Michael Greco

A trend in caving to the players' will has continued - the structure underwent a pleasing last-minute change from a 45 minute clock and 7k in chips, to a full hour clock and 10k.  I think Tikay might enjoy taking credit for that, but it's no problem to them here, what with a nicely manageable field and all.

Jen

Wish Tighty good luck from me please.

Sheriff

please wish maria good luck from me please

 :hello:  Jen               have a good night.

good luck team Blonde

And here are the players who've made it down here and are showing a delightfully carefree attitude towards Mondays:

Adderley, Tony
Austin, Paul
Baker, Scott
Batstone, Fergus
Bovis, Steve
Bowers, Trevor
Bravery, Bruce
Brown, David
Chaggar, Satpal
Chandarana, Harish
Cole, Daniel
Cox, Ian
Curtis, Darren
Davies, Allan
De Almeida, Carlos
Dean, A.
Demetriou, Maria
Dempsey, James
Dorrington, P.
Egerton, Chris
Falla, Tim
Fronda, Ryan
Fuller, Richard
Gammage, S.
Giles, C.
Greco, Michael
Grech, Joseph
Greenwood, D.
Harnett, Mike
Harris, Adrian
Hayles, Ashley
Herron, Mark
Horbury, D.
Hutton, Matthew
Kendall, Tony
Knapp, Colin
Knowles, Darren
Lee, Gavin
Martin, A.
Martin, Lee
Mascarenhas, Dimitri
McCombie, Marshall
Mercado, Grant
Miles, Andrew
Mohangee, Khalick
Mohangee, Sid
Mole, Michael
Morjaria, Mukesh
Nguyen, Vu
O'Mahoney, Dennis
Obrian, Frederick
Palestar, T.
Parhizkar, Hoss
Penly, David
Pottiwal, Balbir
Pottiwal, Gurtheerith
Preu, R.
Prew, Richard
Reynolds, John
Rogers, Joe
Roome, Darryl
Russell, Doreen
Sandpearl, David
Stacey, Calvin
Tillbrook, M.
Wilson, Barry
Winters, Greg

 OMG...Dimtri Mascarenhas is a cricketing hero of mine....plays for Hampshire (and should play for England!)....didn't know he plays Poker!....Jen, please wish him good luck from a big Cricket fan !!...(he's black with an earring or two!!)

So, having just heard someone shout "Chips!" I thought that there must be one more player left who hadn't heard someone do that after an embarrassingly early Freezeout exit, but then the floor came and gave them chips... This must mean one of two things: a) It's a double chance freezeout (5k + 5k) or b) I was watching a cash game.

Richard Prew will win this

Good luck all who are blonde.

Good luck to all the blondes, including that mug Flushy :)

:hello: Jen, please wish Rich, Flushy, Chilli and Tikay good luck from me, Snoopy, Mr and Mrs Red and Jon Raab.

P.S Tell Flushy I hope he gets a 'celeb' table, he'll understand. ;)

Make sure you get fed too (Get some steak!!! :D)

gl to flushy.. tell him to aim for level 2 and its a freeroll from there!

Hi all (esp. NoFlops, parallel updater over there in Ireland - I wish my connection were strong enough to lurk on your thread too...)

I am going to throw caution to the wind and try to show these two pictures of Richard Prew and Tikay (who are sat side-by-side on the table currently being dominated by Joe Grech)... It looks like they're having a kind of stare-off.  Which they are.

 Whats Tikay wearing?? :o ;D

I think this is your guy, at the end of the line comprised of Dennis O'Mahoney and Flushy, to whom I passed the blondes' heartfelt wish that he make level two.  Of the increase in the clock, James remarked, "That's a whole extra fifteen minutes to last..."

Thanks Jen.....tell Flushy to watch out for a goggly or two..... ;)

that's er... googly

      ...spins the other way...... ;D

that's a leg break

Tikay is wearing that curious blend of 'could be some kind of sportswear' 'two shirts in one' clothing favoured by my little brother and most of the Backstreet Boys.  I think powder blue suits him down to the ground, AND the curious badges could be added to without his noticing, I reckon.

Anyway, he's had a bit of a knock, slowplaying pocket Aces (admittedly) trying to lure in the guy with Jh 9d.  Jack high flop, which Matey checked in the dark, and Tikay cleverly kept him in til he hit the 9s on the river.  Still not had his second chance yet, though.

Hi Jen, hope you are well,

please wish the best of luck to flushy the mug, tikay, tight end, chilli and any other blondes I forgot...

See ya next week

Pab

Good luck to everyone!

Hi Jen,ifyou get a chance say good luck to Dimi masca please,top man,very charming with the girls,id be surprised if he hasnt had a little dart with you already!.

Maria (pictured) has had a shaky start, playing, as she recounts it, "lots of mediocre hands, KQ, KJ, QJ, A9, and either missing or hitting and losing..."  One top pair into a set of Sevens later, and she's down to 4,100 out of the full 10k.  "I haven't smoked for three weeks," she says, "And I've never wanted one more than at this moment."  I might go out and get her some patches.

A break is coming up in about 15 minutes, at which point the Second Chance is awarded, ready or not, and that seems like a sensible time to go and count chips.  I can say that James Dempsey already has 11,000 without his extra 5k, and looks pretty happy with himself.  Jane said that he showed something even resembling discipline, when his AA saw a 4 5 7 flop, and knew to get out of the way of the 57 and 36 against him.
Most of the extra chips came when his slightly odd call of the 400 raised in late position from the small blind with Ac Ts came good - the flop was Jd 5h 3c and all three (or was it four?) players checked.  The turn brought a Td, James checked and called the 1,500 bet at him, and then checked-called the 2,050 bet on the 4s river too.  He beat Matey's Kd Qh, remarking, "That was quite cool." 

Also receiving respect for his 'overpair' on a 2 2 6 flop, he got two opponents to pass, one his Six, and the other Pocket Eights.  He did have 2d 3d, but how were they to know that? 

Lucky fish! ::)

SO - Chip Counts, all of them, at the first break (you may not receive these until the second break, because of our terrible non-connection here, but at least know that they were accurate, once  :)     )

Andrew Miles           9,100
Calvin Stacey          15,850
Ashley Hayles          12,700
Dennis O'Mahoney   15,500
James Dempsey       15,500
Dimitri Mascarenhas  15,325
Joe Grech               11,700
Bruce Bravery          10,300
M. Tillbrook             18,000

Doreen Russell            OUT
Marshall Mccombie    13,700
Maria Demetriou        3,825
Carlos De Almeida      3,875
C. Giles                    5,950
D. Greenwood          7,350
R. Preu                   16,500
?                           9,050
Darren Curtis           21,000
Allan Davies             19,700

David Brown           11,225
Tim Falla                  7,500
Tony Adderley        16,025
Mike Harnett           10,800
Richard Prew           8,925
Tikay                      6,600
Darren Knowles       4,400
Vu Nguyen             4,600
D. Horbury              13,075

Satpal Chaggar        10,650
Gavin Lee                8,825
John Reynolds         14,825
Mark Herron            16,000
Ryan Fronda             8,000
Grant Mercado         2,600
Ian Cox                  3,400
Barry Wilson            11,100
Hoss Parhizkar          4,700
Fergus Batstone       22,000

Balbir Pottiwal          5,600
Trevor Bowers        13,075
A. Martin                10,300
Mukesh Morjaria       9,150
Michael Mole           6,450
Daniel Cole             19,000
Chris Egerton          12,825
Michael Greco          13,500
Paul Austin              4,900

Steve Bovis            25,000
Matthew Hutton      3,700
Frederick Obrien       3,450
Khalick Mohangee     5,500
Harish Chandarana    7,000
David Penly             11,000
Lee Martin              15,000
David Sandpearl        7,900
Joe Rogers              9,500

Colin Knapp            9,075
Darryl Roome          5,900
T. Palester             3,700
Scott Baker            14,500
A. Dean                 11,300
Tony Brown           4,100
Gurtheerith Pottiwal  15,050
Adrian Harris             7,800
Sid Mohangee          17,000


I'm going to level with you - I don't really know that many of these guys.  I must therefore apologise for any name-spelling problems, my rock-solid excuse being that this is what they looked like on the printed list from the casino, which also, for the record, had Tikay down as Tony Kendel.

Hi Jen.

Pass my regards on to Flushy and Dave Penly please....and everyone else too.

JR

Chili once again proves that there's often no harsher critic of your play than yourself (I know this to be all too true, but seeing as I'm not playing today I feel like I can give good advice I can't take myself, like, "relax, I've heard worse.") Pretty short stacked, she found the Aces on the big blind.  Plus there was a raise to 500, and a small blind raise to 1,000 in front of her.  Perhaps slightly panicky, a re-raise of 3,000 got rid of both of the opponents preflop, the s.b. after a lengthy dwell.  Immediately unhappy with her play (which crossed the line where you get the first guy to fold and the second guy to call), she was going to poll you on blonde about it.  But took one look at my DISCONNECTED bar and went back to play, which on balance is less frustrating.

Hello Mr. Alright - yes, regards passed to a happy Flushy (after this rather monstrous hand):

Having doubled up with Kd Kh, Flushy raised it up again, and got a short stack pushing in and two other callers.
Flop:  Ac 4d 4c   A short stack pushes now (Andrew Miles).  It gets round to Flushy now, who says, "I'm all in," leaving Joe Grech as the fourth person in the pot, thinking about whether to call all in.  "What time is it?" he asks.  "Nine thirty?  Is there a cash game going?"  He calls.

Joe Grech shows:  Kc Jc
Flushy shows:  Aspades Qh
Andrew shows:  Ad Th
Original Pushing In short stack Matey shows:  9s Kd

Turn:  7c  And it looks like Joe will be the beneficiary of a nice pot, before:
River:  4s  So the substantial side pot goes to James, and the other Ace guy splits with the house for the rest. 

That hand alone has led to the first table break of the day.

Blinds are currently 150/300
Players left:  46
Average chips:  14,800
No. of times disconnected:  20
Probability of breaking some item of my equipment before the end of these two days:  1 in 5

flushy running good this month, whats the saying, even a blind squirrel finds a nut every now and again!  ;goodvevil;

seriously, good luck mate, take it down

A couple of pictures of the bigger stacks - I think we have Allan Davies in the lead currently (if the first guy is him) - on Chili's table.  She says he is always dealt a pocket pair, which almost always spikes a set to go with it.  Over 50k, I think it will be hard for anyone on that table to take him on.
Meanwhile James and Dennis O'Mahoney are slowly accumulating their table's chips, although a new batch of people from table break Two aren't giving them the respect they think they deserve.

Hi Jen
If you can give me an update on Tony Palestar it would be appreciated.

Cheers

Hi Jen, can you give my best to tighty and tikay.  GL to flushy, chilli and the other blondes in attendance also.

Cheers,

Des.

Selected chip counts, as the players head for the Mystery Buffet (I have taken the precaution of eating
a nice cheese baguette, just on the off chance that said buffet may not be all that I've dreamed of) -

Michael Greco   14,000
Vy Nguyen       10,000
Tim Falla        5,000
Tikay            8,600   (He says, "Another misunderstanding arose," while TightEnd says "It was more like self-mutilation.")
Tony Adderley   25,000  (The one continually clashing with Tikay)
Richard Prew    21,500
Dennis O'Mahoney  15,000
James Dempsey    56,400   (Dennis says, "I can tell you where those came from, 'cos they're mine.")
Dimitri Mascarenhas  29,000
Marshall McCombie  15,700
Chili               6,000
Dave Penly         13,000
Allan Davies       56,000

Flushy 56k? Misread?  ;tk;

Go on flushy son ... the lad has been on fire since he railed a proper player in london ;)   he must have picked up some proper tips !!

Update Post -

So much has happened in the last level, while I have been practising my temper-control talking to the Voice of Vodafone... more on that when I feel like I've done some work, reporting to you these things:

Tikay is OUT - he never got above his starting stack, really, and had one of those plays-itself hands to finish him off about 20 minutes ago.  He found Ad Qh and raised to 1,200 (blinds 200/400).  A little stack called all-in, and he received another call.
Flop:  9d Td Jd.    No options there - the rest (6k or so) went in; call from JK - no improvement, and quick re-seat in the cash game, where they appear to be playing Omaha hi-lo.  Almost hoping my internet had firmly kicked the bucket so I could give that a go instead. 

Flushy still going very well, and distraught to think that "the one time I get chips, and keep them for a while, you can't get online."  Well have a congratulatory smiley, then... ;cheerleader;

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Big hand on Table ex-Tikay - they got Aspades Ac, Kd Kc and Qh Qs dealt at the same time as (smaller chipped) Ad 3h.
So - the predictable preflop raise-fest occurs, but lets the Queens know by the time it gets back to him that he really shouldn't call.  That
leaves the Aces, Kings and A3off to see what happens.  A big shout loud enough to get my attention despite listening to Tom Waits in an effort
to control my rapidly deteriorating temper got me to the table in time to find out that the Kings had four-flushed in diamonds, getting rid of the Aces, while good old A3 of course took the main pot.

I hope it's "Real Gone", best one in years.

More news:

Chili is OUT - sounded like a bit of a frustrating evening for her, after a tough start and then playing low stacked with the chip leader on her table.

Blinds:  300/600
Players remaining:  35

Dennis O'Mahoney   12,000
Steve Bovis             38,000
Mukesh Morjaria        4,500
Dave Penly              27,000
Mike Harnett           14,800







                                                                   (optional Internet Rant)
I'm not sure how many people know this, but blondepoker counts as "Controlled Content" with service providers.  When I signed up, I spent about two hours of my life which I am never getting back trying to lift the bar, which presumably opened up a whole exciting world of porn and online gambling which in turn allows Vodafone to charge you a quid and register you.  For some reason, tonight was the night they decided to reinstate said bar.  For a start, finding out what the phone number of your Data card thing is isn't as easy as you might think, when you've pulled off the little sticker through many many close-nearly-broke-that-off-in-laptop moments.  It's an uphill struggle of the sort that can only happen when you're on the phone and your battery is dying -
"I am just lifting the bar now."
"Great."
"And putting it back on..."
"No, I don't want it on, I want it off, like it has been for the last year."
"Well, it's funny, you have to do it like this."
"OK, but am I going to be able to access my site?" (feeling like I ought to say it was suitable for children)
"Just turn it off and reconnect."
"I've done that about 40 times tonight."
"Do it again."
"OK."

Here's Dave Penly, who seems to think (bless) that I have a psychic link with Snoopy and can tell him the latest from Dublin even without the Interweb.  Sadly that is not the case (although I've been tempted to run out in the car park with my laptop to have a look, even though I know that's not terribly wise).

Nope, Chocolate Jesus.  With a side of Big In Japan.  Although Get Behind the Mule would be more appropriate in this environment.

:D

hello peeps. is flushy still leading this?

blonde calling Southampton ... come in Southampton .....

Flushy had dropped down to around 40k (still in pretty good shape) when I saw all his chips in the middle.  Again.
The board:  7s 6h 8d  His opponent had bet out what looked like 10,000 into a little less than that in the pot.  Flushy had clearly just pushed in over the top and was calmly waiting while the other guy sweated over calling all-in.  Eventually, Matey passed Qh Qd face up, for which he was rewarded by James showing 9s 9d.  Back to 57,500 then.

Jen can you tell Flushy the mug that he cannot win it tonight !!!

What else can you do with 9,9 in that situation Kev?

Hiya Jen, any update on Alex Martin.

cheers
Paul

With his stack , i shove every time.

He needs to keep his gears oiled though... its a 2 dayer ;)

It's a push with ANY stack....

I dont pass QQ there though

Ginger has been telling him he can't win it tonight all day... (pictured, at a loss for what to do: "Usually we come down here, I wait for two hours, we go home.  I don't know what to do...not prepared."

Tell jane to tell flushy that she is gonna ring me ... he will donk his chips of in 2 hands :D

Gooooooo Flushy.

*cough* mug

Jen, tell Jane to take Flushy shopping sometime... even grandad out-did him in the fashion stakes


Also.... gooooo Flushy.

Wish Flushy good luck from me.

this fat lad is retiring to his pit ... school tomorrow !! 

JP you should be in bed too sonny, you have paper round before you go to school ..

WISH FLUSHY LUCK PLEASE

night night xxx

So, level - 400/800 (halfway through)
Players remaining:  24
Average stack:  28,300

Counts from the last three tables

Mark Herron      5,300
Dimitri Mascarenhas   10,700
Steve Bovis            43,000
Michael Greco         16,600
Ryan Fronda           14,500
Vu Nguyen              8,200
Richard Prew          23,000    ("I haven't found a playable hand for the last two levels.  That's pretty impressive given that they're an hour long each.")
Mike Harnett           13,000
Tony Adderley        34,000
Joe Rogers             24,500
James Dempsey      41,000   ("I just lost 15k.  Represented trip tens.  He had trip tens.")

they should of got you over to EPT Dublin Jen, you're the best updater :-P

 rotflmfao

Chip leader is most definitely this guy now - over 100k after two large stacks got it all in preflop rather abruptly.  Raise from Ad Ah, re-raise all-in for the full 50k (from the Ks Kh); call.

King on the turn.

Big stack for this gentleman, now positioned two to the left of Flushy.

The rail for the Other Guy.

Bad news for the multitude of Flushy Fans out there -

Chip stack has dwindled to under 15k after he limped in the small blind with Jh 9d.  Check from the big blind.

Flop:  Jc 9d 7s   Of course, opponent Matey had 7h 7c... 

Player quote, "Start the car."

Off to bed, good luck all blondes.

That guy who comes on the loudspeaker at Grosvenors to tell you what's up with the tournament has just told everyone in that creepily calming voice, "The blinds are now 600, 1,200."  It's the kind of voice you get told you are crazy and they're not all out to get you in.

Anyway, we're looking at one more level, tops before close of Day One.

I'd like to apologise on behalf of Vodafone Regional Operations for the sporadic nature of the updates over here - I promise there would have been much more of the same had it all been easier.  Still going to try to keep up with tomorrow - looking for a Prew 1st and Flushy 2nd (or vice versa).

Flushy is OUT - Finally ran AQ into Aces... but it was the previous two hands which did the real damage.

Incidentally, I know someone was asking about Alex Martin...well, he was Big Blind Sevens Matey in that other hand.  Now sitting comfortably on around 40k.

Michael Greco is pretty short stacked (under 10k) and not in the best of moods after losing this pot:
He was in the small blind, and I saw him call the button's 4k on a board of Jh 8d Tc 5h.
River:  3h   check-check.

The button reveals the (winning) Jc 8h, and a bit of bitter muttering follows, including the words, "lucky," and "f***."

Photos of the final three tables, Table Richard Prew Has Lots of Chips, Table Fronda and Table Unknown Lady Player...

A few more chip counts, now that it looks like the action may be gently grinding to a halt in preparation for the pause between days (otherwise known as the poker nap):

Steve Bovis      58,000
Michael Greco    7,500
Ryan Fronda     16,000
Vu Nguyen       12,700
Richard Prew    36,000
Tony Adderley   25,000
Jeff Rogers       58,000

Bad luck flushy, please wish Tighty all the best, he's due a good result.

Jane just spotted Michael Greco doing a last-minute-elimination sprint from the card room, so can't ask him what happened...

But that means that they're down to 19 and that will most likely be the number returning to play tomorrow, as there are only seven minutes remaining in the final level.

With just two minutes to go, it's safe to say that This Is The End of today.  While I balance the need for sleep with the desire to procure full chip counts, here's a picture of Tighty, doing his best to pretend he doesn't want his picture taken.

STOP PRESS

Addressing mainly my own echo at this unsociable time of night on a Sunday, I would like to Update the End of Play time to one hour from now.

For much of today I have been thinking it's Saturday, you know, Main Event and all.  So I was sure they had to kick us all out by 4am.  But no - one more level is being played, and then a return tomorrow at 2:30pm, as far as I know from the advertising leaflet.

Down to two tables now.   <Break>

Echo...

Thank you for that, Wardonkey.  I've been having a chat with Flushy who's extolling the virtues of the $20 rebuy 8 min blinds tournaments, as opposed to these things with a decent structure.  If he was thinking about having a go on this laptop, it would be the worst idea since CheeseWiz.

Signs of tiring from the last 17 now - going to go get some photos of those who may have escaped earlier photography.  Including the new Chip Leader.

I'm off to bed!

Hard luck Flushy...

Good luck Richard.

Thankyou Jen.

Nite, nite  ;sleep;

Snoops and I are off to catch the flight home, no sleep for us. Take care Jen.  ;applause;

Still Life of Chip leader and Local Chris Egerton with Hot Drink, surrounded by other decent stacks.
Then, pan right slightly to get the permanent chin supporters (Jeff Rogers, left, I think).

Here's Richard, looking like Homer and Snoopy are going to feel when they land in England.

To cover for the fact that I have totally failed to get chip counts, and am now going to sit here and wait for the full lot just to show good faith - here's a closeup of the chip leader's soft drink.  Notice that the little plastic spoon thing is sticking straight up - magic, or just hot chocolate?

Let no one say that I ever take the easy option.

In the closing minutes (the actual closing minutes, this time) - Ryan Fronda (front) getting a weird sort of staring at from Vu Nguyen. 

As promised, the End of Day Counts, before I crawl across the parking lot to my hotel...

Barry Wilson     13,400
Tony Adderley  19,400
Daniel Cole       28,900
Richard Prew    23,400
Fredirick O'Brien  45,600
Darren Knolls       40,800
Vu Nguyen        27,100
Ryan Fronda      26,600

Marshall McCombie  8,100
Scott Baker           78,500
Chris Egerton         88,800
Jeff Rogers            31,800
Harish Chandarana   21,200
Alex Martin            30,300
Colin Knapp           14,200
Hoss Parhizkar       107,700
S. Gammage           70,200

Right, night night - back for a 2:30pm start tomorrow.

Sleep well, all of you.

Great Updates Jen.. Good Luck Tomorrow Tighty!

that was me grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

Many thanks for these updates, Jen, top notch as usual, especially considering you were running around on your tod.  :)up

Please remember, folks, that Jen isn't paid per update, she gets the same figure however many venues she works at. With this weekend already scheduled in for a Dublin update, Jen volunteered to cover the Southern Masters for those who wanted to follow the likes of tikay, Tighty, Chili and co, so please show your respect and give the lass a warm round of applause for a job well done.

 ;applause; :respect:

 

Thank You Jen, a fine breakfast read.  ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; Good Luck Tighty.

BTW Jen, the new Tom Waits triple CD is mighty fine.

MESSAGE FOR FLUSHY ................................ YOU MUG .............................. MESSAGE ENDS!

Well done Jen. Considering the paucity of the Vodafone dubree's connectivity, you did brilliant. Thank you.

Sick, that is all