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Hello and welcome to Blackpool, where I'll be bringing some action from the near sell-out £1,000 Main Event over here.  From the comfort of the bar area (as suspected, we have no space until a table breaks, and things like power sockets and mobile connection are as infuriating as ever).  And when I say comfort, I mean a slightly scowly resignation.

But never mind!  This festival has been undeniably popular (this is the biggest turnout for a Blackpool main event ever), with the card room reaching capacity for all events leading up to this one...no doubt the 170 or so players (full list coming shortly) will enjoy their decently-structured main event.  Tikay's lost his glasses, so that's a decent reason why he's not won one yet.

 :hello: :-*

 :hello:  Jen and guest updater!!

Looking forward to this.

 ;tightend;

 :hello: Jen I'm sure they'll find you a table soon  ;bat;

 :hello: from the comfort of my living room - so you all know it ain't me!

I don't think I'm gonna bother coming through Jen, it's not the same without Danny.


Good luck with the updates and gl to all blondes playing!

How about a full player list, then?  Here goes:

163 Runners:

Anthony Adderley
Richard Ade
Om Aggarwal
James Akenhead
Wasim Akhtar
Andy Andreou
John Angioy
Alan Armitage
Ed Arees
Derec Asher
Amjid Aslam
Zafar Aslam
Zahir Aslam
David Baker
Alan Barnacle
Emma Beattie
David Birtles
John Bousfield
Robert Bright
Kenny Burke
David Burton
Garry Bush
David Buttle
Andrew Camp
Martin Cavanagh
Andrew Chambi
Gary Chatterton
Charles Chattha
Sunny Chattha
Carlo Citrone
Adam Clark
Graham Clarkson
Dennis Clough
Bradley Cowling
Steve Craig
Lee Danaher
Alan Davies
Mal Dawson
Charlie Denton
Kyriacos Dionysiou
Phil Dorrington
J. Doyle
Thomas Dunwoodie
Lee Edwards
Michael Ellis
Peter Evans
John Falconer
Dave Felton
Tim Flanders
Mick Fletcher
Hugh Frew
Ryan Fronda
Paul Gardner
Richard Gilby
Ian Girdwood
Andy Gomm
Lawrence Gosney
Joe Grech
Michael Greco
Mark Greenwood
Norma Gutteridge      (although I have been reliably informed that she is already OUT)
Steve Hamilton
Sid Harris
Kathryn Hartree
Keith Hawkins
Ashley Hayles
John Hewston
O. Hikary
Gez Hilton
Gary Holden
Ash Hussain
Chris Huyton
M. Javed                            (also OUT - and all this in the mere seconds it's taken to write up this list!)
William Jenkins
Chris Johnson
Paul Johnstone
Gareth Jones
Iwan Jones
Jon Kalmar
John Kay
Nicholas Kay
Hanif Kazi
Les Kearney
JP Kelly
Tony Kendall
Iqbal Khan
Simon Kinnard
Kevin Kirtlan
Costas Kkola
R. Korecha
CT Law
Joan Lawley
T.V. Le                            (OUT too)
Peter Leonard
Martino Libertini
Jimmy Lister
Brian Little
Keith Littlewood
Michael Loft
Paul Longworth
Steve Lovett
Mark Lowe
Eddie Lundon
Ali Mallu
Dave Mayall
Mick McCloskey
Tom McCready
Alan Mclean
Andy Mcnair
John Meakin
Grant Mercado
Craig Metcalf
Andy Miles
David Mitchell
James Morgan
Paul Moss
Mazhar Nawab
Ian Nelson
Barry Neville
B. Ngo
Simon Nowab
Kevin O'Leary
Hoss Parhizkar
Paul Parker
Sal Patel
Stuart Pearson
Niamh Peters
Phil Peters
Howard Plant
Allen Rayner
Paul Rayner
Trevor Reardon
Martyn Reeve
Norman Reynolds
Paul Rigg
Nicholas Risdale
Mark Robinson
Jeffrey Rogers
Roberto Romanello
Neil Rutter
Stuart Rutter
Maurice Samuels
Nick Slade
Peter Smythe
John Stamatelopoulos
Matt Tyler
Dave Ulliott
Joe Wade
Steve Walmsley
Elizabeth Webster
Mickey Wernick
Bill White
Craig Wildman
Martin Wilson
Paul Wilson
Steve Wilson
Richard Wong
Ian Woodley
Bambos Xanthos
Stasia Xanthos
Manolis Xipolitas
Simon Zach
Jehan Zaib

What time we kicking off at Jen??

....dont they know how important you are?? ;)

 ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend;

Hello!  We kicked off about 15 minutes ago, but while explaining how important I am and then taking the player list sellotaped to the wall I seem to have failed to mention that. 

Here's the Secret Guest Updater (Patrick Gomm, whom I shall refer to as Mr. X for added interest):

Tales From The Rail (sponsored by Ariston):

Gareth Jones was the recipient of Norma's entire stack on the second hand - she raised all in on an A J 10 rainbow board (into a pot of 400)... as he says, "Tricky call with the KQ; Norma's 10 J was just behind..."

Simon Zach's down 500 with his nut flush, after Burnley John's set of Queens hit the housing pair on the river.  He passed the ex-nuts face up.

Des Jonas loses half his stack with KQ to an AA which milked it all the way on a King-high board...

Just deciphering the rest of it...

I dunno whether to come through or not?

Is Mrs Red there Jen?

Seeing as Ariston is being so helpful, he gets to name the Table of Death - and here it is:

Ian Woodley
Matt Tyler
Joe Grech
Beppe
Mad Marty    (who's already talking stuff like, "Let's spice it up a bit..."

Go stu rutter kick some ass

I don't think so.  In fact I'll go for No.  But Mr. Red is.  Surely that's reason enough...?



liberavisti e pavore ludum meum, mater!

:hello: Jen, about to go out to the Hifi Club in Leeds. Good luck all, especially Red and TK

ah this should be good fun..playing a decent tourney and to prevent me from making stupid moves there's a live update...thanks Jen!

Tale From The Rail

Joe Grech and Matey see a flop of 5d Ts 9d.  Grech bets, call.
Turn:  2s  Grech bets, call
River:  2s  Grech bets 3,000 and after a grand dwell Matey makes what Ariston calls "a world class laydown with 66."

ty for updates jen,  can u keep an eye on richard ade as the night goes on please?

Thank Grosvenor Blackpool for staging their Main Event just for when you're playing a good online comp.

Is Mad Marty the defending champ?

I'll make sure to give them a ring :)

Er... Yes.  Yes he is.  I couldn't have remembered that.

I was thinking the same mate.  I have had a decent day, after having a problem depositing with laddies last night and facing the worse Customer Service experience of my life, I complained, fair play to them they acted I got £50 compo.

Turned that into around $600 playing STT's and low level cash games.  Then I slid on a bannana skin, I flopped a full house on a A 5 5 board but matey flopped quads, and so the hand played out and well I'm treading the water now with a grand total of $80 I feel like crying!

ouch...goodluck with the 80$ mate...I'm sure you can build it up again as long as you don't go on tilt.

and the colonel

More ramblings insight from Ariston:  Headline, "Chubbs Refuses Glass of Wine Shocker"

Mad Marty makes it 325 under the gun.  Called by a Matey and Beppe (in the blinds).  Flop 9 5 J, three checks.  The turn brings a Seven and now Beppe bets out 800 and gets it passed by the others.  "Who said he's tight?  He's played more pots than anyone on the table.  Oh, and Mad Marty 'had' AK, apparently."

Footnote, "I a lot of the action (Ariston's reporting) seems to involve the same players it's because I'm next to the rail and sat on my arese with a bottle of win and an ashtray.  Wine report:  crap.  No Chablis left after we had 17 bottles on Thursday."

Well, there you go.

Nice to see that Russ is cutting down his alcohol intake, well done

My hot pic... Colonel Boo

Good News and Bad News Balance the Ever-Turning Wheel of Fortune News Now -

Mr. X reports that Mickey Wernick took down a juicy 4k pot with Ac Qs on a K Q Q x x board, no show from the defeated opponent.

Meanwhile Mad Marty gets all in for 6,000 on a board of Th 3s 7h 3c 5d.  Matt Tyler gives him a spin, and gets shown Marty's two pair (Threes and Threes).  Trying to put a brave face on it, but he's been quadded and is down to just 4k while Marty's up to 17k.

mad martys crown will slip all the way down to london, either i woodley,bambo, or joe gresh to win, predicted by steve bovis

Good evening Jen

good luck to TK, red, Booder,  and JP

also the claimer (action man) if he is playing. ill be lurking most of the night i imagine

hows the welsh boy doing  OUDAY HICKARY any news

evening all... good luck to stu rutter and paul wigertz !!

Wow Ariston is quite a worker, pre-multiple drinks - here are some chip counts, left in original style for authenticity:

Booder      8,000
Womble     9,000
Big Barry    14,000
Legend      12,000
Tikay         9,000
Ash Hussain   9,000

Red raises, two callers.  Flop 10 high, check-check, so Red bets 600, Matey makes it 1,500; call.  Ten on the turn, he bets 2k, Red decides to call.
River is a rag, he moves in, Red calls, and finds 9s 9d to Red-Dog's Js Jc - giving him a nice early stack of 19,000.  "But I might need to go back to the hotel for a change of underwear."

 ;woohoo;

good luck to all the blondes


who are our 3 predictions then everyone?


mine are


JP (A return to form due methinks)
Nowab
Woodley.

thats them done for then

The devilfish is no more - Mr. X saw him at the bar, and he didn't look like he'd appreciate a post-knockout interrogation...

JP:  "I'm on tilt.  I made a good call with Ace-high on the river, and the guy who'd been bluffing for 2,300 there said, "Good call," and tapped the table." 
Now JP shows his Ac 8c with which he'd instacalled what he knew was a bluff; unfortunately the guy got to see JP's hand and his 10 2 had made a pair of deuces - could possibly have been about to be mucked, but as it was, good call or not, his deuces won the pot.

We find another interesting table lurking on the other side of the room - it holds Tikay, James Akenhead, Booder, Ash Hussain, er, my memory really could be better.  But that's not a bad lineup actionwise.  Tikay just had one of his famous card-related 'accidents' with 10 5.  I don't know if that story deserves elaboration...

From Ariston:

Flop of 4 6 8, Big Trevor Reardon bets, and Burnley John calls.
Turn:  A   Bet-call, much the same as on the flop.
River:  8  Trevor bets, and 'station John' (his words, not mine) calls with 77, which is good against K6.

ouch

Is this your lad?  If so he's dropped to 4,200.  Still in, though.

Oh, and I apologise for the demonic eyes - really bad lighting in here for cameras.

he's  from Wales..they all look like that after a long day in the noodle mines ;)

any chance of a quick look at how stuart rutter is doing? thanks for the updates!

You try running arond them fields chasing them sheep youed look like that to..........

This photo was in no way staged.

First Break - - - If you can hold your horses for 20 minutes, there will be a Big Chip Count at which point hopefully all your requests will be answered.

In the meantime, some photos coming for your delectation (if you're a signed-in member, that is.  Hint.  Hint.)

He's armless

I thought you got legless with the booze!

Hello!

Good luck to all the blondes :)

What she said  :)

I have to agree with these lovely ladies.

Here's a recogniseable Corner:  Matt Tyler, Joe Grech, Michael Greco and the back of Ian Woodley's head...

JP's tiltmeter has gone down after hitting a set with 8s 8c on a flop of Kc 6c 8d.  He bet out (applause; the rest of the table thinks he's on tilt, which he may or may not have been) - gets a raise and just pushes in quickly.  Call from the hand he doesn't really want to see - Ac 4c, but no hit and he's back to 8,400.

Nice one JP

Some of the usual suspects:
Garry Bush
Trevor Reardon
Paul Parker (modelling 80's headphones (white))
Kevin O'Leary (modelling 80's headphones (black))

Keith Hawkins just had his pocket kings cracked by pocket jacks. A jack on the turn kept his short stacked opponent in the game.

Chip counts, not comprehensive (without Snoopy I feel like I'm down an arm.  Oh, OK, a toe), but as accurate as you like.  And that's very accurate.

Alan Armitage       10,500
Ouday Hickary         3,000
Ian Woodley           8,700
Matt Tyler              6,000
Joe Grech              8,600
Michael Greco        13,700
Mad Marty             11,500
Paul Moss              12,600
Stuart Rutter         11,000
Peter Evans           14,000
Sid Harris                2,600
Red-Dog               16,500
Keith Hawkins        14,000
Howard Plant         13,800
Ryan Fronda            5,900
Michael Ellis             5,800
Burnley John          13,800
Roberto Romanello   8,900
Craig Wildman          8,400
Kevin O'Leary          8,500
Niamh Peters          9,600
Iwan Jones             17,200  (says "The Cardiff Two are running over the table.")
Martyn Cavanagh     16,600   (The other half of the Cardiff Two)
Trevor Reardon        4,200
Paul Parker             10,000   (What a surprise)
Garry Bush               9,200
Jon Kalmar              24,200
Simon Nowab           6,300
Jon Hewston           9,700
Mick McCloskey        16,800
Andy Gomm             7,500
Bambos                   9,900
Ash Hussain             15,800
Tikay                      5,600
James Akenhead      7,800
Mickey Wernick        12,400
Barry Neville             11,700
Womble                  15,500
Booder                     9,900    (bold indicates they are all tablemates)
Chris Johnson            31,000
Simon Zach              29,000

Aside - I must thank Ariston for his energetic note-taking, and the large bowl of fries and onion rings which just appeared in front of me.  I would buy him a glass of wine if he hadn't drunk it all yesterday.

He notes:  Sal Patel loses most of his stack with AA vs. KK, down to an out-in-a-second 275.  "It never happens on the internet."

Skalie doubled up thusly:  Three limpers, Skalie charges limpers' tax of 500 on the button, under the gun makes it 1,000.  He calls. 
Flop:  Ks 5s 3s  Matey bets out 3k, Skalie smooth calls...
Turn:  Blank   Matey moves in for 7k, and Jon's chips beat him in the pot, seeing as he had the Aspades Js.  The river was a blank, but Matey had K2 off...

I'm confused , which happens alot  >:? is Ariston the mystery updater ???

can i have updates on richard ade / richard wong / lee edwards plz ty jen

 :hello: jen can u wish booder gl from me please and tell stu rutter that, that bird is a nutcase, cheers

Hey Jen any chance of a picture of the Lovely Roberto Romanello ?
Thanks x

Hurrah for the playing updaters (Ash doesn't count, although his stories are hilarious) - let's hope the Press get on the final.

OK, in the next batch - you'll have to make do with Stuart Rutter, since so many seem to have advice for him...

charmaine your not the only one

thanks jen your a star can you also send tikay a big kiss from me . x

Nick Slade is OUT - a combination of Js Jd into Qd Qh on an Eight-high board, then a series of Two QQ into AAs - the first one saw an Ace on the flop, so he got away, but the second one he, er, didn't.

Jon Kalmar is chip leader, on 45,000 - most recently accumulating a stack from a guy with pocket Tens on a J J 9 flop, when he held the AA and was clearly not believed.

Great updates Jen & Mr X, good luck to all blondes.

We have both Ariston and Patrick (son of Andy) Gomm keeping an eye on the room... very helpful indeed.  Ariston says "If you've got to be at the bar listening to bad beat stories, you might as well make an update of them."  Well said, sir.

Nice work Jen, keep up the good work.

But of course:

No sign of Richard Ade
Richard Wong         15,400
Lee Edwards           31,800

Booder Busts Barry:

Mr. Neville called Booder's preflop raise with Aspades Qs, and hit the Qd 4s 5s flop pretty hard.  All the money went in, as you may suspect when the initial raiser held Kc Kd, and a spadeless turn and river ended Barry's tournament.

go on booder lad

AAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Cheerful Poker Faces:

Andy Gomm
RED-DOG
Iwan Jones

And one modelling the opposite Look:

This is as close as I dared approach Howard Plant's shirt.

jen if u cant put his picture put mine i m sure she ll like that more
  lol

and what makes you think that i would? lol x

any 1  wants to take my bet on mick flecther  to win i ll bet any amount  each way   any1?

jen whatever you do,dont tell him a young lady has asked for his picture,his head will just be way too big for blackpool,,,,and im sure that someone wont miss it then with a quick swing......wish the welsh boys luck from me thanks hun ....
                                                                                               JAMES

what price for final table do you want? or win?

Ariston was about to take you up on that, thinking he was out as he just walked out of the card room...but on closer inspection he was found to have 10,000, so the answer is, "No."

Here's your chip leader Jon Kalmar, next to a quiet Simon Nowab, who won't remove his sunglasses for medical reasons.*





*read:  Hangover

Red-Dog Loses 36k pot -

With Kings into Aces.  Down to under 2,000 - looking a bit downhearted, but we'll see if he can turn it around, or if Tim Flanders' Aces have ended the run...

this is one of robertos best shots lmao hell go nutzzzzzz he done about 4 bottles of red wine here ....

ouch, unlucky.

what price are you looking for, ew quarter odds 1.2.3 if you are sensable i will lay for any amount up to 1000sterling, steve bovis

Blinds 200/400

But Fortune is smiling upon Simon 'set' Zach - First he has Ts Th on a Ten-high flop and with a King on the river gets a flat call from a guy with Ad Kh.  Ariston has noted, "Loads of needle" concerning this, and it must have convinced the same guy to play with Simon again on the very next hand -
He put in 600 (a raise?  not a raise?  Ruling!  Yes, he must make it 800).  Simon calls in the big blind with 2c 2h.
Flop is a nice 2 7 9.  Simon minimum check-raises 1,200 + 1,200.  Matey moves in, and gets the instacall.
Turn:  9, but the river is a blank and Zach has 35,000.

Just for you Foxy Minx...

A quick note about the blinds:  There is no 75/150 level, nor 150/300... for a £1,000 tourney this seems a bit steep to me, but players aren't voting (against it) with their feet - the place is packed and it looks like no one but Tikay is prepared to whinge about it.  Personally I wouldn't be so keen on this, especially as elsewhere recently cardrooms have been modifying their structures to be more player-friendly, but everyone seems to be accepting of the inconsistencies from festival to festival.

Having said that, the new cardroom manager Steve has organised the dealers with a pre-comp pep talk into all acting in the same way, all very nice and professional.

8/1 FINAL TABLE 40/1 TO WIN IF U WANT TO LAY

 ;popcorn; ;popcorn; ;popcorn;

jen  can u please tell me howmuch is mick fletcher got thanks

can anyone find out how andy miles is doing thanks

Hope Red manages to build his stack up again. Very unlucky with his KK vs AA. :(

i will lay 33/1 win and 8/1place 1.2.3.4   but any deals done on final table will be settled the same as ranking points. i.e if theres a 4 way split all four players r deemed 2 have finished 4th. steve bovis

thanks for the picture guys
please tell him i said hello, wish him luck and ask him how the hell he did that trick last night???!!!!!!!!! i was well impressed  :D x

ok i ll have 50 each way then m8

And the updated chip situation is as follows:


Alan Armitage          OUT
Ouday Hickary           OUT
Ian Woodley           16,600
Matt Tyler             17,000
Joe Grech              11,100
Michael Greco        12,100
Mad Marty             4,100
Paul Moss              9,900
Stuart Rutter         36,000
Peter Evans           14,000
Sid Harris                19,300
Red-Dog                 OUT
Keith Hawkins        20,000
Howard Plant         9,700
Ryan Fronda            16,600
Michael Ellis             6,100
Burnley John          8,400
Roberto Romanello   14,000
Craig Wildman          4,000
Kevin O'Leary          2,500
Niamh Peters          12,600
Iwan Jones             13,000 
Martyn Cavanagh     11,000
Trevor Reardon        18,500
Paul Parker             16,300
Garry Bush               Missing, presumed OUT
Jon Kalmar              44,000
Simon Nowab           7,600
Jon Hewston           17,000
Mick McCloskey        Missing, presumed OUT
Andy Gomm             3,600
Bambos                   10,100
Ash Hussain             11,700
Tikay                      3,300
James Akenhead           OUT
Mickey Wernick        9,500
Barry Neville             OUT
Womble                  14,600
Booder                    18,400   
Simon Zach              19,500
Richard Wong            12,200
Stasia Xanthos          24,800

turk u will have awnser soon or those prices will change

yes m8 np  i said £50 each way   if he s still  in tho  np deal?

o.k bet accepted

u got it m8  we  ll settle it when we see eachother  thanks

Clarification of a couple of things -

Garry Bush is indeed out - he flopped what he thought was the nut flush, but no, a straight flush outflopped him by a country mile and there was no escape...

JP just value bet Q 10 on a rivered Queen (the rest of the board rags with a paired six) and got a reluctant caller for 3k-ish.  Going very well, going to Pick him, along with Skalie and Paul Parker.  Whom I'd love to see make the final with 10,000.

jen is mick flecher still in and how much ?please as i just had a bet  please please thanks

I looked him up, and the player currently in the seat he's listed as occupying (7.9, if that's at all interesting) has 7,400.  No 100% guarantee, however - there have been three table breaks already and they're nice and mixed up now.

wish JP luck from me please,

ty kindly jen

Yes - still in, currently on around 15,000.

Mickey Wernick    Sponsored by Blue Square Poke.

Yes, that really is what's on his shirt.

Mad Marty, down to the felt, moves in from the small blind against Ian Woodley's big blind.  Ian calls after looking at one card - it ends up being Ad 5d.  Marty has 7h Tc.  And with the first card out the Ahrt, it's a seven-high four-flush which wins it for the Mad one.

ariston on jacs lappie- now having a coffee hour after finishing way too much wine and whisky. Its only 11.15 and I'm completely knackered- how they do this for every festival is beyond me. No wonder Jenn is always asleep on every photo you see of her and her and snoops combined weight is less than my left leg.

Any chance of an update on Blackpool lads Allen Rayner and Richard Gilby? Thanks.

I must now report the exit of Tikay - as is traditional he pushed his last 2.5k in on the button when it folded round to him with Td Qc.  Unfortunately, that was not such  a good time, as Booder in the big blind woke up with Ahrt Ad.  Bye, then...(unless I can rope him into updating, which I know from experience is the last thing one wants to do when newly busted).

anychance of richard wong/lee edwards again plz jen, the manchester 2

The Blinds are now 300/600
Players remaining:  87
Chip leader:  Jon Kalmar, 82,000

And the hand which bumped him up by 30k... 5s 6s

Threeway action, flop Qh 3d 4s  First guy bets 1,200, call in the middle, Skalie calls.
Turn: 2c  and on that nice rainbow-completing card the first guy bets out 5k, call in the middle, Skalie makes it 15k and middle guy takes him on to the tune of 30k-odd with a set of Fours.

No pair on the river, and Jon's good form continues...

hi jen
can you tell me how martin cavanah and roberto are doing.
Thanks

Very sorry, but we don't recognise these guys - it would have to be a very good description (or photo) but I can find them if I get one...

No probs! Thanks anyway!

Roberto Romanello is OUT - he ran Kings into Aces, just calling down on all the streets, until he was out of chips.  Ariston said, "he knew..."  Hard to pass, though.

Martin Cavanagh - 17,000

thanks v much

Having grinded away and enjoyed a few cocktails along the way, I get myself back upto a respectable $340 I flop top set on a board thathas no draws I pot it and its re-potted twice the turn is harmlous at best matey has a flush draw now after the rainbow flop ahe pots I have to call I am still holding a set of aces and sure as hell the river brought a 3rd heart that was no pairing and its adios from me! 

online Omaha is rigged!

Never!

Richard Wong    14,200
Lee Edwards      10,000

Lee's now on JP's table (Pab - he says Thanks, and he's missing you).  Sat with 27,000 right now.

hey jen... stu rutter texted me earlier to let me know he'd taken a knock when his bullets ran into.. k 5 (5 coming on the river).. could u possibly see how hes doing now? thanks

Chip leader Jon Kalmar has consolidated his lead, by increasing his stack to 108,000.  Details escape me, but he's looking to clash with the Camel at some point soon...

Meanwhile Ian Woodley doubles up to 26,000, all in preflop with Ac Aspades against Ad Kh. 

didnt mean that the 5 beat the ace...there was a k on flop too lol

hmmmmmmm, not quite the response i envisaged, simple ty would have sufficed, lol

Mad Marty is OUT  -

He limped in on the small blind, along with Woodley on the big blind and an under the gun limper.  Holding just 2k back, he bet out 800 on the Ac 3c 7s flop.  Ian thought for a little while, and Marty was talking about putting him on the clock.  "Mad Marty's back in the Party!" was another example of the in-hand commentary we all got.  Ian called after a while, and the utg limper passed. 
Turn:  2c, and Marty moved in for his last 1,200.  Call from Ian.  Marty says, showing 7c 4d, "I've got a pair of Sevens.  And a flush draw..."  To which Ian replied, "I thought you had a pair of Sevens, and you don't have a flush draw," as he showed 8c 8s.
River:  Th  And we're down to 78 players.

OK I might have paraphrased, just a little.  Well, it's more interesting than saying that he thought you might be attending this festival, but actually you're not.

Yes that AA vs K5 hand was indeed a setback, but he's on 36,000 so you needn't worry.

thanks for that! keep up th egood work

lol fair enough Jen, paraphrase away till your hearts content.

I had commitments in the week so couldnt make it, and didnt really fancy a two train journy for the main event with missing blind levels.

Just want to squeeze this picture of Red with the Ladies in here - don't they look fascinated?  He's very kindly given me his B&B room for the night, and it has a regular bed AND a bunkbed in there.  I might set my alarm and sleep three hours in each.  If any company makes very large bunkbeds, but without the bottom one, I would buy one.

Didn't your parents used to have one of them? Not that I'd recommend sleeping in that one...

You can get double bunkbeds without the bottom one, think you can get them in IKEA

hi peeps how are ashley hayles, andy miles and Ryan Fronda doing pls

Do you have a chipcount for Booder please ?

U could always get a hammock Jen that'd be super cool!

although I reckon any hanky panky may be a wee bit tricky 8)

Or a wee bit interesting  ;D

Right, back to work - if I start thinking about sleep, then that is what I inevitably do...

Chip Counts:

Carlo Citrone            24,000
Mark Greenwood         19,300
Mick Fletcher         20,500
Ian Woodley           16,500
Matt Tyler             42,000
Joe Grech              15,600
Michael Greco        9,800
Mad Marty               OUT
Paul Moss               OUT
Stuart Rutter         36,000
Peter Evans           43,000
Sid Harris                35,000
Keith Hawkins        34,000
Howard Plant         OUT
Ryan Fronda            6,300
Michael Ellis            OUT
Burnley John          4,600
Roberto Romanello      OUT
Craig Wildman          OUT
Kevin O'Leary          OUT
Niamh Peters          15,300
Iwan Jones             31,500 
Martyn Cavanagh       OUT
Trevor Reardon        13,000
Paul Parker             10,700
Chaz Chattha            43,400
Jon Kalmar              108,000
Simon Nowab           17,000
Jon Hewston           OUT
Bambos                   22,000  (just took out Martyn Cavanagh)
Ash Hussain             22,000
Tikay                     OUT
Mickey Wernick        23,200
Womble                  13,100
Booder                    14,200   
Simon Zach              16,000
Richard Wong            9,800

And Climber of The Day I think it's safe to award to Matt Tyler - down to just 3k right near the beginning, he's now sat with 42k which he's used to build a Rolf-Slotboomesque tower on a flower.  Is this the beginning of the end for counting his stack?

Paul Parker must be nailed on for the final table now  ;sark;

*************************Fruit Break***************************

Just before the end of the level, booder bit the dust - raising preflop with 9d 9h, Joe Grech sneakily called with his Qd Qc, and on a Jack-high flop, booder pushed in and received the inevitable call.  It's been a good week for him though....

Fruit

Looks delicious though!

its made me kinda hungry, had a pizza for supper but it was rotten and after 2 slices the rest went in the bin.

If I have any milk left I think I'll be havin a bowl of corn flakes, sadly though I think the last of the milk went into the cocktails!

I had a Villa shirt with 'Draper' on the back (remember him, footie fans?)

All well and good when he scored on his debut against Man U. I strode home, proud that I'd picked the right fella to have inprinted on my shirt.

Bizarrely though, some people still laughed at me whilst others gave me really odd glances, some even appeared threatening.

It all came to light when I got home, took off my shirt and noticed that the 'D' had fallen off.

I didn't wear that shirt again.

any word on ed arees, also a big gl to ant taffs still in

Ed is out I'm afraid.

Blinds now 500/1,000
Players remaining 70
Average stack  23,400

Aces wreak havoc (both ways) simultaneously on two tables now -

Simon Nowab doubles up with the Ad Aspades, called by Kh Qh
Board:  Jd 2c Qd 6c 7d  (I would guess the money went in on the flop) - he now has 30k+
Skalie says, "Aces must've been out on this table at least once a round."  So it looked like it was Simon's turn, then.

Meanwhile Ac Ad gets done over by Ks 9d - the board came 8h 9c 6c 9h Qh  and I think it was Tim Flanders who took the damage.  Interestingly, it seemed to aversely affect Simon Zach even more - he'd passed Ac 9c after dwelling over pushing in preflop.  Hindsight or prophecy only make that a good move, though.

These two are now sitting next to each other.

JP Kelly adds to his chip hill (it's on to its second tier now) -
I caught this hand as JP was calling on the button what looked like his opponent's 4,500 on the turn:  Qc Tc 2s 5h.
The river came Ad.  Matey bet out 4,000 and pretty quickly JP raised a stack more (some of each colour) and they were barely past the line before he got a fold.


Tim Flanders is out - Eights against Chaz Chattha's Queens.

Yes, table ex-Tikay is still looking interesting with the arrival of Mick Fletcher.  Just now he saw a flop with Andy Gomm, and checked the Ks 4h 7d.  Andy bet 4,000 and there was a bit of a dwell as Mick looked at his remaining 10,400, and then eventually passed.  Ariston goes, "Jacks or something."  Not so sure...

And here is JP's secret for maintaining concentration - eating lots of sandwiches.  Yes, they're both his.

Paul Parker is OUT.  Here he was, prior to being eliminated.  Now that glass of water you see in his hand has magically mutated into a glass of red.

Stop Press - -

New chip leader, none other than my Climber himself, Matt Tyler.  Made the universal wave signifying, "I don't know" when I requested a countdown, but we reckon 120k or thereabouts.

Here are table neighbours the Camel and Ryan Fronda.  They both have ipods.  Um, that is all.

Here's your new chip leader, then, photographed by Ariston, who surprisingly holds a steady camera.

The players seem to be playing musical chairs - got a few counts though, before the Accurate End of Day one which should be forthcoming within the next twelve hours -

Firstly, just lost Womble, who moved his last 12,500 in with Nines but found a caller with Queens...

Elsewhere: 

Jon Kalmar         84,000
Simon Nowab    34,300
Ash Hussain       55,000
Simon Zach        24,500
Mark Greenwood  12,500
Graham Clarkson    78,500
Matt Tyler            100,000
Joe Grech            37,000
Michael Greco        3,000
Stuart Rutter        50,000
Peter Evans          38,300
Sid Harris              45,000
The Camel            20,500
Ryan Fronda         37,000
Niamh Peters        51,000
Chaz Chattha        46,000
JP Kelly               107,000   (new chip leader - he's switching this position with Matt and Skalie regularly...)  Pictured below:

Good Luck JP Kelly *fingers crossed*

Big hand for Matt (in the Not Good way):

Matt raises to 3,200, Sid on his immediate left makes it 8k, and an unexpected third party in the form of Matt Lowe moves in for 24k.  Matt now decides to isolate, putting in a big chunk of yellow chips, but he's not getting rid of Sid who has Ac Ad...
Matt Tyler shows  Ahrt Kh
Matt Lowe shows  Kc Ks

The board came raggy with Jack high, and that gives Sid another big stack, and knocks Matt Tyler right down, and Matt Lowe right out.

This is just a taster of the elimination whirlwind which has hit these last few tables -

There are now just 43 players, with the blinds at 600/1,200.  That's a table gone per 40 minutes in the last few hours.  To be honest, I can barely keep up now, but you'll get the full end of day standings if I receive them tonight, and if not, er, tomorrow.

Andy Gomm suffers late elimination (at the hands of Matt Tyler before his own run-in with Aces):  AQ missed a 7 9 9 flop, but got all in against Matt who did, in fact, have the nine.  It's a long day to play and not get to Day Two, but the short stacks tomorrow are going to feel the blinds quite a bit.

END OF PLAY.........................

Rejoin us (and by us, I mean the Royal We) tomorrow for more of the same, all the way down to the End starting at 3pm.

I am going to stay for about half an hour and see if any End of Day counts float my way.  But just in case they don't, I'll suggest:
 ;stickaforkinme;

 ;danafish;

Oh oops, where did that come from?

Well done Jen, good luck JP and b4Matt tomorow

dont know what all the fuss is with the updates. You drink and get to walk around the cardroom and chat to your mates and see all the action. I think I've found the only job almost as good as playing.

well done jenn and enjoy your wine...and dana- soap/mouth/water/wash!!!