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Afternoon Squire good luck to all blondes!

am just heading out to watch the Celtic game.

Table 1:

(1) Essy Jahanpour -- 31,000
(2) Tom McCready -- 26,500
(3) MZ Hussain -- 20,000
(4) Nick Slade -- 47,600
(5) Mark Blandford -- 37,300
(6) Toni Dicesare -- 16,200
(8) Dan Ainsworth -- 39,200
(9) Dan Carter -- 57,000
(1) Brian French -- 59,000

Table 2:

(1) Ian Woodley -- 49,900
(2) D Sami -- 20,700
(4) D Wernick -- 17,600
(5) Joe Grech -- 95,400
(7) Ryan Fronda -- 49,300
(8) Tony Kendall -- 12,500
(9) John Vaccarella -- 50,200
(10) A Wilkinson -- 26,400

Table 3:

(1) John Huckle -- 70,700
(2) D Jones -- 73,000
(3) Maurice Nicholson -- 84,500
(4) Ash Pervais -- 68,100
(5) Des Jonas -- 27,200
(6) Dave Smith -- 23,600
(7) Steve Jelinek -- 22,600
(8) S O'Reilly -- 33,100
(9) Jeff Kimber -- 133,300

Table 4:

(1) Buddy Ayegun -- 12,400
(2) Martyn Cavanagh -- 73,900
(3) Reyaaz Mulla -- 32,600
(4) Rob Garfield -- 139,400
(5) J Zaib -- 22,700
(6) Richard Jenking -- 25,200
(7) Lisa Scotney -- 26,600
(8) Lucy Rokach -- 222,100
(9) M Yaffe -- 21,700

Prize Breakdown:

1st = £51,100
2nd = £26,850
3rd = £14,700
4th = £10,855
5th = £7,020
6th = £5,750
7th = £4,470
8th = £3,830
9th = £3,200
10th-18th = £1,025

35 players remaining.

The blinds will start at 800 and 1,600.

Your current chip leader is Lucy Rokach who has 221,100.

My picks:

Tony Kendall
Joe Grech
Ash Pervais

Known blondeites:

Tom 'RED-DOG' McCready -- 26,500
Nick 'quantify' Slade -- 47,600
Tony 'tikay' Kendall
Ash 'realshady' Pervais -- 68,100
Jeff 'Jaffacake' Kimber -- 133,300

good luck to all blondes


best wishes also to Lucy, overdue for a big one and likely to a tough opponent to play against with that big lead


and Luton's Rob Garfield...fearless, and when he wins this, my new best friend!!

Good luck to the locals, Ash, Essy, bling bling, Maurice, Sami and Darren.

My three pick are

1 Martyn cavanah
2 red-dog
3 Tikay

Maurice Nicholson
Ash Pervais
Lucy Rokach

1 of my original 3 are still in, that being Jeff Kimber.

I will add in Joe Grech and Nick Slade as my 3 picks for the final day.

I really hope TK and RED-DOG do well but don't wanna bock them by picking them.

JaffaCake Surely The most succesful player on the circuit today without a deal, cannot be long before a site snaps him up, the boy is on fire permanently GO ON MY SONNNNNN

Well, I've arrived, at the big hand is on three, but no sign of a start yet.

Most of the Day 2 survivors are here, all fresh faced and raring to go.

Sat around a table are Des Jonas, Ian Woodley, Martyn Cavangah and Ryan Fronda, all complaining about their lack of handage at the close of yesterday.

Would you believe it?? They've made Day 2 and they're still moaning.

tikay had a party to celebrate...

And here are four of those survivors, the team lacking a few of their members, but still not a bad showing.

From left to right: Lucy Rokach, Mark Blandford, Dan Ainsworth and some tag alonger.

Has Tikay bought himself a sunbed ?

Nope, hold on, I know who the tag alonger is, it's Maverick from Top Gun. It's the shades that do it!

"Snoops, play this fruity, it keeps paying out."

can you wish jeff kimber and mr cavannagh all the best from me snoopy, tx m8

Caption from Tim 'T8mml' Blake for the above.

"C3PO meets R2D2 for the first time since the last Star Wars film."  :D

And right from the off we've had some real drama with an Aces versus Kings clash.

Huckle held the Cowboys whilst Ash Pervais, my pick for third, had the American Airlines.

140k pot.

Board = T-7-K-4-3

"I give up," sighs Ash Pervais as he exits the cardroom, leaving a rather meek, but overjoyed on the inside, John 'Hamsterboy' Huckle.

Ash Pervais was covered, so he is therefore OUT.

Toni Decesari has doubled up to 33k with Fives versus Ace King. As a result, Essy Jahanpour is down to the felt.

KING BOCKER!!

The remaining mugs players...

ALL HAIL KING BOKKER  ;thankyou;

(http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g61/C-Murda823/booker1.jpg)

Toni Dicesari is OUT.

The Midlander raised it up pre-flop, and was called by Dan Carter, who then also called the 25k all-in on a Flop of 5c 6s 9s.

"I hope you don't have a set," commented Carter.

'Sideshow Bob' had nothing to fear though as Toni revealed Pocket Queens, drawing to two cards against Carter's set of Fives.

The Ts Turn gave him some hope, but it wasn't to be as the 4h River allowed Carter to scoop the 30k pot.

And they're dropping likes flies that have been crossbred with lemmings as we lose Essy Jahenpour at the hands of Nick Slade.

Shortstacked, Essy moved all-in with A-K, only to be called by Slades J-T of hearts.

Slade cursed the 3s 8c Ahrt

But changed his tone as the Turn and River brought the 5h and 4h.

Tough one for Essy who is now OUT.

Double up for John Zaid who moves all-in with Tens only to be called by Lucy Rokach and her Snowmen in the small blind.

7-7-K-5-9 board.

Startled at not being lowest chips, tikay was even more startled when he noticed that someone was supposedly returning with zero chips.

"He'll still beat you," added a certain Beagle.

That certain Beagle then sharply ran out of the building and hid.

Dan Carter adds to his stack as he bluffs Mark Blandford off a pot.

Board = Kc 3s Qs Ac

Dan checks, Mark bets 7k and Dan makes it 18k.

Mark folds leaving Dan to confidently reveal his huuuuuuuuuuge 8h 7h.

Dave Smith is OUT.

K-K vs Steve Jelinek's A-T.

rag rag rag rag...

Ace

Ouch

Buddy Ayegun moves in his shorstack with Pocket Nines and Richard Jenking called in a ... heartbeat (ahem) with A-t.

Rollercoaster Board = 8-6-T-A-7

"What a shame, I've hit the straight, I'm sorry," added Buddy rather sarcastically.

"Buddy loves chips" and he is now up to 15.5k.

"Don't worry, I'll still make the final."

gud day snoopy,tell nick hes a fish,best of luck,do it for the shadows.......

Nick Slade is OUT.

Mark Blandford raised with Kings, Nick called.

Blandford moved in on a Qd 9d 3d Flop and, after a lengthy dwell, Nick called, hoping that his Ten of Diamond would be a back up. Unfortunately, Mark also held the King of diamonds.

Turn and River were no help.

I'm too scared to now.  ;hide;

Buddy Love doubles up again, Aces vs Lucy Rokach's A-Q on an 8-5-2-K-Q board, all-in pre-flop.

Steve Jelinek moves all-in for 25k on a 5c 4c 2h Flop.

The recipient of the ambush, Don 'The Thinker' Jones thinks... and then asks, "Do You want me to call?" to which Jelinek replies, "Not if you have the flush draw, I don't want you to hit."

Don folded and Steve was indeed telling the truth as he turned over Pocket Ladies.

Has Tikay fallen asleep?

or does he have new glasses and can actually read his cards now

Meanwhile, tikay has doubled up with Kings versus Darshan Sami's Tens.

Spooky

Table 3:

(1) John Huckle -- 161k
(2) Don Jones -- 52k
(3) Maurice Nicholson -- 75k
(4) Ash Pervais -- out
(5) Des Jonas -- 25k
(6) Dave Smith -- out
(7) Steve Jelinek -- 55k
(8) S O'Reilly -- 28k
(9) Jeff Kimber -- 149k

Table 4:

(1) Buddy Ayegun -- 29k
(2) Martyn Cavanagh -- 111.5k
(3) Reyaaz Mulla -- 32k
(4) Rob Garfield -- 131.5k
(5) J Zaib -- 75k
(6) Richard Jenking -- 33.5k
(7) Lisa Scotney -- 25k
(8) Lucy Rokach -- 114k

can u wish Martyn Cav gl for me please snoops.

Table 2:

(1) Ian Woodley -- 27k
(2) D Sami -- 41.5k
(4) D Wernick -- 28.5k
(5) Joe Grech -- 76k
(7) Ryan Fronda -- 47k
(8) Tony Kendall -- 27.5k
(9) John Vaccarella -- 49k
(10) A Wilkinson -- 25.5k

Table 1:

(1) Essy Jahanpour -- out
(2) Tom McCready -- 27.5k
(3) MZ Hussain -- 38k
(4) Nick Slade -- out
(5) Mark Blandford -- 83k
(6) Toni Dicesare -- out, Mark Yaffe -- 21.5k
(8) Dan Ainsworth --92k
(9) Dan Carter -- 92k
(1) Brian French -- 46.5k

done

His reply: "That's Jack the Rack, that is."

S O'Reilly is OUT.

A-Q vs Kimber's Jacks.

cheers mate.
He can stop that 'Jack the Rack' business with what I been reading on here!!!
Quads back to back!?!

HE HAS A POINT JACK

Local player, Lisa Scotney, and a suited and booted Brian French.

thanks for the support wizard!!!!!

Young gun Dan 'Sideshow Bob' Carter and the conservative J Zahid.

Richard Jenking is OUT.

Richard riased pre-flop with A-K and John Huckle moved in from the Big Blind with Pocket Rockets.

Board = Td 9d 7h 6h 9c

Huckle adds to his chip lead.

And we've lost another, Mark Yaffe, whose Ace King failed to outdraw Dan Ainsworth Pocket Eights.

can u keep close tabs on m.yaffe plz snoops ? last manchester lad left unless u count buddy lol

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(http://www.aphotojourney.com/jbphotos/the-dead-fly.jpg)

oops lol , jinx hits

hi snoop      can u please tell woodley hang on in there i need some oxygent and it dont come cheap,    steve bovis

ah

gl to grandad and grandma

interesting marketing strategy by sporting odds. While most sites are going for the young guns and targeting the 18-35 year olds sporting odds seem to be targeting the profitable 60+ market by choosing the saga pin ups tony and lucy ;)

OK, its time for a little competition.

What time will the final start and what time will the whole shebang end?

I'll start things off

Final: 10.42 pm

End: 3.23 am

Lets hope I'm wrong.

Well, Ian needs some oxygen himself as he's just moved all-in from the button without realising that Joe Grech has minimum raised to 4k from under the gun.

The all-in was a chunky 29.5k, and after counting out his chips, Joe eventually folded an Ace adding, "I shall let go of my overcards."

Ian revealed Pocket Tens and said, "I thought I make a it big so this fish (pointing to Martyn Cavanagh) didn't call and hit a flop."

9.23pm

2.44am

Final: 9.47pm

Result: 12.10am (If Lucy wins, it will be all over at 11.05)

11.01pm then a deal done before 2am

It seems Red Dog is now liveried up in SportingOdds gear. Were they expecting TV to be here?

Is he old enough ?

ACTION

Wilkinson moves all-in from early position for just 15.5k.

Woodley moves all-in for 36.5k.

Cavanagh moves all-in for... lots.

Everybody else passed, including Ryan Fronda who had 7-7 on the Big Blind.

Wilkinson = Kd Td

Woodley = Th Ts

Cavanagh = Aspades Kc

Board = 4s Ks Tc 5d Qh

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!" exclaims Woodley as he bangs the table.

And Ryan Fronda is OUT now.

Ran tens into John Vaccarella's Jacks.

chip count for martyn cav please snoops..

There's a lot of banter on Tikay's table.

TK shows off his new shades, says they cost £600.

Ian Woodley says "I thought you got them for free at your age."

Its all fairly predictable stuff.

and how many left please?thanks

Joe Grech doubles up with Aces versus Woodley's A-K (Woodley made the final pre-flop call)

2-J-Q-Q-6 board

Woodley is back down to 40k.

25

Table 1:

Lisa Scotney -- 42k
Tom McCready -- 35k
MZ Hussain -- 39k
Reyaaz Mulla -- 32k
Mark Blandford -- 87k
Rob Garfield -- 156k
Dan Ainsworth -- 47k
Dan Carter -- 66k
Brian French -- 54.5k

Nice bit of speech play from Joe during that hand against Ian.

Having reraised all in, and while Ian is thinking Joe says

"You're going to pass, throw them away!"

Sami is very impressed.

"Thats not good poker, thats great poker" he says.

go on my son, from all at Luton

Not bad, for a big orange cat.

come on GINGER nut cavanagh ,,,,,,you are well overdue......  

 i had a great   time up there this week loads of fun but shattered 8 hours sleep in 4 days ,, just taking the family out for tea now ill catch up later thnx for the updates snoops ..........snoops you were welcome to the champagne

Table 2:

Ian Woodley -- 31k
Darshan Sami -- 25.5k
Martyn Cavanagh -- 116k
David Wernick -- 47.5k
Joe Grech -- 115k
Tony Kendall -- 27k
John Vaccarelli -- 98k
Dan Carter -- 81k

Des Jonas has just eliminated Maurice Nicholson with A-Q verus Q-T.

John Huckle raises from under the gun pre-flop and finds 3 callers in Don Jones, Lucy Rokach and Jeff Kimber who all combine to create a 30-35k pot.

Everyone checks the 9c-Kd-9s before Don takes it down with a 10k bet on the 4h Turn.

Darshan Sami is OUT.

A-6 versus Joe Grech's A-T.

5-8-3-J-4 board.

With Sami departing, the table has lost one of its talkers, but with Woodley, Grech and Tikay still there, I don't think they'll be starved of chit chat.

And the end table, post Maurice Nicholson's exit:

John Huckle -- 185k
Don Jones -- 68k
Lucy Rokach -- 102k
Des Jonas -- 66k
Buddy Ayegun -- 23k
Steve Jelinek -- 81k
S Zaid -- 99k
Jeff Kimber -- 163k

"I'm trying to irritate him into a call," claims tikay as he pushes all in from the button.

tikay then removes his sites and quickly puts them back on realising that this is when he needs to wear his poker face.

"That won't make a bit of difference, believe me," responds John Vaccarella.

Incredibly, tikay manages to get John to fold his A-Q.

"I had Queens", announces tikay.

Another misread from the ol fella as he reveals Pocket Eights.

I guess they're close too Queens, two fat ladies.

...and in a dramatic change of disciplines, Tikay has just attempted to limbo dance under the barrier to get back to his seat.

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snoops ;snoopy;

The crowd go wild as tikay wins his first pot of the night.

tikays says, "I'm going to ask for a ruling soon if I don't get a hand."

Who says poker isn't a spectator sport?

This is new, an overhead projector screen showing the final table, which is currently table two (three left).

Just think, one day it could be your grubby mitts up there on display.

Still 23 players left.

Ian Woodley moves in utg+1.

John Vaccarella dwells up momentarily from the big blind.

"Come on, you're the executioner," comments Woodley.

"I need to get lucky though if I call with this," replies John.

He then shows one Ace and folds. "It was suited too," he adds.

Blinds are currently 1,500 and 3,000.

There are 25 players left and the average stack is 77,400.

After somewhat of a hectic start, the state of play has slowed down a little.

The last big hand I saw didn't really create a big pot.

The board showed 6c Jd 6h Kh Kd and Dan Carter had bet 13k on the River.

Joe Grech was the recipient and has his younger opponent, "Do you want me to call."

"I'll let you decide," replied a laid back Carter.

Grech folded and Carter showed Ks Js.

I think Joe made the correct pass, call it a hunch.

(http://www.examedia.nl/columnx/pics/hunch.jpg)

BREAKING NEWS

RED-DOG is on 60k after winning a race with Tens versus Ace King.

Its not big and its not clever.

neither's this chap.

(http://us.inmagine.com/168nwm/stockdisc/sd173/256729sdc.jpg)

Correction to the Toni Dicesere exit from earlier on. Apparantly he limped with the Queens, which allowed the Fives of Carter to see a cheap Flop for his third five.

"I should have just gone all-in," said Toni.

MZ Hussain is OUT.

J-T vs 8-8

Garfield's Eights stood up.

chip count 4 d wernick plz snoops

28k

Not too much noise from him today.

He's a grinder like his elder.

The players are now on a short break.

tell him to start movin an grooving lol

how many has team saga got please snoops?

Great updates as per Snoopy.............chip counts for Jeff Kimber & Jon Huckle please and wish them good luck too.

Jeff 'Jaffacake' Kimber (left) -- 174,000
John 'Hamsterboy' Huckle (right) -- 171,500
Dealer (middle) -- none

Thank you...............dealer looks happy in his work lol

You get a quick responce but what about team saga? Is tony still going well mate?

I'm afraid Tom 'RED-DOG' McCready is OUT.

He found under-the-gun but found Briand French was sitting pretty with Bullets in the small blind.  ;snoopy'sguns; ;snoopy'sguns;

"I'm surprised RED called that one", commented Nick Slade, "that French guy is pretty tight and always raises big when he has a hand"

Deals the way he looks too  ::)

Team saga?  :dontask:

What did he find ???

And as soon as RED-DOG exits, tikay follows him to the rail.

Down to 12k, he moved in to Martyn Cavanagh's (7-7) raise with T-9s, hoping that he'd be heads up with protection rather than facing the two blinds.

But alas it was a three way pot anyhow as Dan Carter called in the big blind with Sixes.

Martyn 'Teacher's Pet' Cavanagh's Sevens held up.

Ace King sorry.

King on the flop, but it wasn't enough.

Sigh snoops. Saga run the more mature version of 18-30 holidays aimed at the 60+ market. Work it out for yourself mate.

chip counts please.....zippy

Reyaaz Mulla has just been mullered by Rob Garfield, who surpasses the 200k maker for the first time.

A-Q vs A-J

J-9-7-4-T

Reeyaz storms off, not a happy chappy.

Zippy went out yesterday

Meanwhile, a £1,000 has been taken off the top for 19th place.

Table 1:

Lisa Scotney -- 27,000
Mark Blandford -- 101,000
Rob Garfield -- 179,500
Dan Ainsworth -- 48,000
Jeff Kimber -- 163,000
Brian French -- 121,000

im zippy johnny.asking for chip counts on players left

Table 2:

Ian Woodley -- 31,000
Martyn Cavanagh -- 75,500
David Wernick -- 34,000
Joe Grech -- 161,000
John Vaccarella -- 89,000
Dan Carter -- 74,000

Great updating from Mr Raab, telling Zippy that he went out yesterday.  :D

Buddy Ayegun is OUT.

Shortstacked for most of the day, he finally ran Sevens into Nines. No help.

Table 3:

John Huckle -- 167,000
Don Jones -- 49,500
Lucy Rokach -- 145,000
Des Jonas -- 35,500
Steve Jelinek -- 115,000
J Zaid -- 109,500

Oi lay off the sloppster Ariston he's led a sheltered life, but I'm assured that Danafish is getting him up to speed  ::)

About Saga Holidays?  I thought we were going to Amsterdam for the, er, culture...

i think i no that,thats why im still in bed at home.................

Dan Ainsworth is OUT.

2 tables and the current line up is:

Table 2:

John Huckle
Don Jones
Brian French
Lucy Rokach
Des Jonas
Rob Garfield
Steve Jelinek
J Zaid
Lisa Scotney

Table 3:

Ian Woodley
Jeff Kimber
Martyn Cavanagh
David Wernick
Joe Grech
Mark Blandford
John Vaccarella
Dan Carter


Which of those tables would you be rather be on?

For the avoidance of doubt, Zippy is no longer taking part in this tournament.  :D

17 player remaining.

Blinds are currently at 2,000 and 4,000.

The average stack is 104,800.

In 15 minutes they will go up to 3,000 and 6,000.



Hold your horses, we've had another exit...

And that man is John Vaccarella (who sounds like an Italian Footballer) is OUT.

Raised with A-Q, re-raised by Dan's Q-Q, called.

Board = 8-T-3-T-4

snoops can you ask des to keep it down a little i got a headache

Can u please wish Martyn Cav the card rack gl and keep grinding away.....

You guys seem a bit quiet today, are you still there??

Give me a "HELL YEAH!" if you are...

(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00001MXWK.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)

stone cold same shape as Iwan the wizard Jones.....lol

One of these fine chaps is a multi (and I mean a huge multi) millionaire.

Just from looking and there faces (and please don't say if you know the actual answer), can you work out which is Mr wealthy?

Contestant (A), (B), (C) or (D)

mmm-hmm

Dave Wernick doubles up with Aces versus K-Ts

A-A-T-3-3

Kinda emphatic, huh?

Hi Snoops

I think C the sporting odds qualifier.  I reckon you have to be tight as a duck's thingy to become a millionaire so he went for the qualification route!!

Steve Jelinek has eliminated Don Jones with Kings versus Ace Queen.

Board = 7h Tc Qc Ks 9d

"I should never have called," wallowed Don, "This Steve guy, I haven't been able to get round him all day."

Just caught up with Dan Ainsworth, he suffered the same fate as RED-DOG with A-K being his downfall, but instead of being virtually dead to Aces, he was blessed with a coinflip against Jacks, but alas it was not good enough.

"Ace King just hasn't been holding up," said RED.

I think it's Ace Queen though that everyone should fear. As Malcolm 'The Rock' Harewood said, "The Ace Queen has taken a hammering all day."

Whate are the names of the folks Snoops, I am rulling you out though mate.

Aaah, I'm not going to fall for that. If I give you the names, they're going straight into Google.

Cmon, which one do you think.

Chili thinks C is rolling in it, any other guesses?

No one going for D, isn't he a dashing young lad.

tell red i will give him lessons in how to play AK later


mind you 2:30 am yesterday my first 3 to follow bowed out , 6 30PM toniht my 2nd bows out

and by 1 am tonight lucy will be walking away with the title

surely i have to be noted as the world champion tipster that i really am

if you take time to do some analysis of exit hands in big comps you wont be surpirsed to find that the most common exit hand is AQ and the second most common is AK. People seem very happy to go broke with ace high in these events which I find surprising (although having not gotten to latter stages of a major tourney in a couple of years I have never been able to make sure I dont do the same lol).

hum not sure i could agree with any of the 3 statements ;D

any chance of a chip count snoops?

there is an easy explaination into that

people find it easy getting all in with AK and many will also make stands with 8s thru to queens against all of these AK is only 50/50 therefore your going to be 6 or 7 times more likely to go out holding AK than queens or tens or 8s if you understand what i am saying

easier explanation ironside is that a lot of players over value ace high.

A would be the easy option to go for because he is smartly dressed and old so more likely to have established himself throughout lif but I am going to go for option B!!!

Still 15 players left.

Joe Grech raises to 18k from early position and Dan Carter calls.

Flop = Jc 6h 8h

Grech checks, Carter bets 25k (with an innocent look on his face) and Grech folds.

That's not a put on look either. All virgins look like that rotflmfao

ok il go for A.

D! It's D!  ;pokergods;

David Wernick is OUT.

Battle of the blinds with Joe Grech (David in the small).

All-in pre-flop with Wernick's K-T of spades in bad shapes against Joe's Pocket Queens.

"I thought he was nicking," conceded David.

First card Kc

but the River dealt a cruel blow to Worm junior.

Ks 3s Js 4h Qh

although Joe did also have the Queen of Spades.

Would the mystery millionaire have made his fortune in the italian property market perhaps?   ;whistle;

And following David Wenick is Mark Blandford, who exits in nasty circumstances.

A coinflip with Ian Woodley with 7-7 v A-K all-in pre-flop, the board dealt a nasty river as it came 8-T-T-5-8

Woodley screamed for the eight, and it arrived!

He releases his usual shout of delight and even kisses the dealer.

"Another one of those and you get the tongue"

I don't think he'll be winning too many hands now.

Harsh but funny! ;yippee;

No, I made my millions selling single ciggies for grossly inflated prices while at high school :)

Chili is right, but for the wrong reasons.

Contestant C, Mark Blandford, is indeed the millionaire, but not for the reasons Chili stated.

Yes, he's wearing a Sporting Odds shirt, but that's because he's owns the company, not because he's an online qualifier. From what I understand, he also owns Paradise Poker and is one of the pioneers of the explosion of online gaming. Apparantly, he's worth hundreds of millions.

One second, I'm just going to nip off to er.. well, nip him.

in the later stages of a comp the value of AK increases its much better to call or a raise a person ALL IN with AK than 88 even though 88 is a slight favourite via AK

because 88 is only a big favourite via bluffs and is a big dog via any pair bigger than 8s and coin flipping with any other hand than the person could be playing

wheras AK is only a huge dog via AA 2-1 against KK coin flipping v any pair and a favourite via any other hand

without knowing my oppos hand i would much rather put it in with AK than any pair lower than queens, jacks is 50/50 if i would risk my poistion in the comp with them or not (assmuming we are still on a fullsih table)

Table 2:

Ian Woodley -- 103,000
Jeff Kimber -- 216,000
Martyn Cavanagh -- 81,000
Joe Grech -- 75,000
J Zaid -- 109,000
Dan Carter -- 221,000

GL to Mark Blanford. He has a fantastic game and I would also say is the best looking player left in the field by a mile- anybody know what he does for a living by any chance  ;angel;

a post exit bok?

Table 3:

John Huckle -- 153,000
Brian French -- 28,000
Lucy Rokach -- 280,000
Des Jonas -- 66,000
Rob Garfield -- 165,000
Lisa Scotney -- 72,000

Brian French is OUT.

He was Rokached.

First he lost out with a Jack high flush to a King high flush on a board with 4 clubs, one of which was the Ace.

He then made his move with K-2 from the button, but Lucy Rokach found K-J in the small blind, which stood up an 8-8-5-A-4 board.

As Des Jonas noticed, "You just can't beat Lucy today."

Any chance of an update on Dan Carter?

Paradise used to be the biggest online poker site, now they're one of the smallest with an average of just over 300 cash game players playing at any one time. I can't see how it would be possible to have made a worse job of it???

Mark was a sportsbettor, set up sporting odds many years ago, bought Paradise and then made gazillions from floating the combined company sportingbet plc

The US legislation affected paradise heavily, but make no mistake he was a visionary businessman in the sportsbetting arena long before Paradise came along.

Joe Grech isn't going to like me reporting this one, but it's a cracker.

Joe raised from the button to 18k, J Zaid made it 48k from the small blind and Joe called.

Flop = 4s 8d 2s

Zaid moved all-in for 63k and Joe went into the think tank.

The clock was put on him and he eventually folded A-K face up.

Zaid cheekily revealed his A-Q.

Ouch.

Apparantly, there is no need to call the clock here as every decision has a maximum time limit of 2 minutes.

Whether the dealers lay down the law on that one and time every deicision is another thing however,

With the bubble looming, I understand that AlrightJack has a cracking little bubble time pic waiting in the wings.

Are you as excited as I am?

Evem Jeff Kimber was thrilled, suggesting that he may even whip out the ipod and have a listen to the Hammer man himself.  :D

snoopy: "What do we do with Mr Hammer if two people get eliminated simultaneously"

AlrightJack: "I don't even want to think about that, the premise alone is too painful."

But hold on, folks, I don't think that's going to be a problem as...

I thought the tourney played 18 places any chance of a chip count and how many people are left?

So he bought Paradise made a fortune out of it and if it goes busto he's alright jack? I don't get how all these multi zillionaires couldn't have got together and used some of their money to stop the legislation from going through in the first place.

... Des Jonas has hit the deck.

Swiped down by Rob Garfield.

A-2 vs Jacks

cmon the welsh ginger warrior!!

With just one more player to go until the final, it can only mean one thing...

Please Hammer, don't hurt em

Hi, any chance of a chip count plz

Righteo, here are the chippy counts for the remaining 10 players.

Table 2:

Ian Woodley -- 123,000
Jeff Kimber -- 242,000
Joe Grech -- 165,000
J Zaid -- 141,000
Dan Carter -- 211,000

Table 3:

John Huckle -- 136,000
Lucy Rokach -- 384,000
Rob Garfield -- 223,000
Martyn Cavanagh -- 106,000
Lisa Scotney -- 55,000

probably one for another time another thread mate!

Newbie question - where/how/why did the Hammer time thing start?

Great updates as always.

great updates sloops ,ian woodley has sat in the wings all the way ,a class player ,
even if he does get lucky a lot.

Predictions for winner? or final 3?

 rotflmfao rotflmfao rotflmfao

Hello Mr Blandford Sir.  Didn't mean to call you tight, obviously was just guessing  :hello: ;hattip;

Rob Garfield: "Blimey, Lucy got that much? She bluffed off most of her chips in half an hour at the start of the day, made some loose calls and took pot shots at people. Called one guy with Eights, he had Tens. After that she started doing all this all-in stuff, about 4 hands in a row at one point. She crazy, stealing everything on my table now and is in every hand."

That Lucy sounds like a right rock.

cracking updates as usual snoopy... here's for more of the same.. and hopefully.. no deals!!

Golly, I honestly can't remember now, but I feel like he's become part of the family, like a pet dog or something.

After a brief break, the final 10 are just about to reconvene.

Are you ready?

ps. Had to laugh earlier as the announcer called out for 'Buddy Love' who is in fact Day 2er Olabode 'buddy' Ayegun.

And we're off...

"Shut up and deal," and Dani so eloquently put it.

Spoke to Ian during the break who said, "I'm not going to start messing around here, I want to get something for my money and make the final so I'll wait for one of the others to drop. Of course, if I get a hand it's going in, but I won't be doing anything stupid. I haven't put all this hard work in to come 10th."

Jeff Kimber has taken a few chips off Dan Carter.

Dan limped from the button, Ian folded his small blind and Jeff checked the big.

Flop = 3s 5d Th

Jeff checks

Dan bets 12k

Jeff makes it 21k

Dan calls

Turn = Aspades

Both check

River = Js

Jeff bets 35k

Dan calls

Jeff = Ts 5s

Dan mucks

got to love the value bet on the river there after hes hit the flush ;)

I'm pleased to see that nobody has seen fit to criticise Lucy's play or Sloppy's writing in this update so far ;)

Close shave for shortstacker Lisa Scotney.

With the other table swarming around Table 3 like flies around the mucky stuff, Lisa moved all-in from the small blind with Ad 5s, only for John Huckle to call from the big with the same hand, but both clubs.

The flop was a rather scary one.

Kc Jc Th

The Turn was a safe 5d and although it was black, the River was the harmless 9s and Lisa lives to fight another day (well, play another hand). She is still very short and is tring desperately to creep onto the final table. With Lucy on your table though, you never know.

vinns right ian is a class player but i would not say he is lucky, its just others get unlucky against him.  bovis

LOL
go on stevie

Have you ever received a firm kick in the testicles?

Do you recall that grimace you gave when the pain suddenly hit?

Well, that's the face Joe Grech is now wearing.

He raised pre-flop, Ian Woodley re-raised from the button and Joe re-repopped him.

Ian had to call and was rather embarrassed to reveal Kh 9h, especially when Joe turned over Ahrt Ks.

And Ian was even more red-faced when he flopped a nine on a Qs 9d 2c 6d 5c board.

Joe down to 54k and not looking happy.

Joe has doubled back up again. He moved all in with  Ks Kh and was called by Zaib with  6c 6d

Joe back up to around 120k.

thanks 4 the email barry

CALLING ALL GUESTS

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That way you will also get to view the pictures.

through experiance ,you need this kind of luck or youv nothing to come.

no probs steve ,hope your feeling better.

38k pot pre-flop

Jc 3d 2h

J Zaid moves all-in, Carter folds.

They haven't tightened up this lot with 10 remaining, although Lisa Scotney is still clinging like she's never clung before.

thats wot i mean, joe who is also a  friend got unlucky, ian didnt get lucky.

Slow going still, especially after the Grech double up.

Lisa Scotney is the lowest stack with just 34k and blinds of 4,000 and 8,000.

any chip counts sloopy,plz.

Lisa Scotney splits yet another pot, K-Q vs K-Q.

They hit a straight, incidentally.

And after all that, Lisa has double stack up (to the groans of the other players).

A-J vs Huckle's 2-2

x-x-A-x-J

Martyn Cavanagh is OUT and therefore becomes our bubble boy.

All-in with K-T suited, he ran into Lisa Scotney's Pocket Aces, and she had him just about covered.

The King on the flop wasnt quite enough.

FINAL

ul Mart wp mate.

Seat 1: Joe Grech -- 82,000

Seat 2: Lisa Scotney -- 178,000

Seat 3: Lucy Rokach -- 473,000

Seat 4: Dan Carter -- 155,000

Seat 5: Gehan Zaib -- 197,000

Seat 6: Rob Garfield -- 247,000

Seat 7: John Huckle -- 38,000

Seat 8: Ian Woodley -- 192,000

Seat 9: Jeff Kimber -- 254,000

Bubbleboy -- Martyn Cavanagh

Any talk of a chop? anyone know the prizepool

dont think lucy will have deal

Good to see burnley john making another final table although when did he get a sex change?

I have 5 people I woudn't mind seeing win this.

The favourite has gotta be "JaffaCake" Jeff Kimber.

Dan Carter has a good game also I like his chances.

Joe Grech making 2 finals in a week quality!

Ian "goldenballs" Woodley (walks like the hunchback of Notre Dam) he does hit some cards :)

Rob Garfield who's game if you compared to last year you wouldn't think it was the same player very much improved and will be very dangerous.

One of these 5 will win my money is on Jaffa though to get them chips off Lucy Rokach with some flair :)

please can u wish jeff gl for me please snoops.

snoops give joe my best wishes, he has the game to win this. good look to him in vegas next month too.

Its 10.36 and they are playing the first hand on the final table. I predicted 10.42, so not far off.

Betting on the rail is for under/over 5 hours for the length of the final. I know what I'd prefer...

A nice little touch here at Walsall, Dani introudced all the players individually, who in turn received a well deserved round of applause from the audience.

However, he did also say, "No smoking and no nobile phones."

So everyone, make sure those nobiles are swtiched off.

got 2 of my 3 pics on final table but does it count had bambas to win

who were your 2?

A reminder of the prize structure:

1st = £51,100
2nd = £26,850
3rd = £14,700
4th = £10,855
5th = £7,020
6th = £5,750
7th = £4,470
8th = £3,830
9th = £3,200

Dead Ringer

John Huckle is OUT and becomes our 9th place finisher winning £3,200

Moving in with A-J suited (spades), he found Dan Carter with A-K.

Board = 6s 5s Ad 4h Qh

A shrug of the shoulders and he's gone.

Dan Carter climbs to 195k.

2nd kimber 3rd rokach

john looks older ,always said he looks like one ov them little old women you see in hospital sleeping ,you know the ones who look like there not going to awaken

Im rooting for "burnley" lisa- got to hope for the outsider in the field.

the funny thing is Burnley JF has an adams apple...lol

AAAYYYYYYAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR

lol

If we cant have john at finals we may as well give the aaaaaayyyyyaaaaarrrssss to his doppleganger/twin sister (maybe it is john cross dressing though?)

are the chip counts correct, there seems to many chips on table,

she must have played well to get this far ,gl to the lass.

One of the best comments I heard at walsall yesterday was from a player who stated that 93% of scousers admitted liking sex in showers, the other 7% hadnt been to jail yet. May be juvenile but it tickled me.

I dont think lucy looks anything like burnley john. ;D

Rob Garfield raises to 35k, Lucy Rokach makes it 165k and Rob folds Queens face up.

Lucy announces, "Good fold" and taps the table.

"How on earth can he pass Queens to Lucy," critisises tikay.

you see....(adams)
you se......(adams)

They were counted out by the dealer, so I assume so.

Don't forget that they start with 13k in this comp rather than the usual 10.

Burnley Lisa??

So, she's Burnley Jane then?

I think the equation goes like this...

LUCY ROKACH + BURNLEY JOHN = LISA SCOTNEY

LMAO

Post of the month

LOL

take it there's not much going on at the table then ;)

Pretty slow going post Huckle exit.

The most dramatic moment arrived when the players spotted the buffet.

The buffet has actually caused the biggest debate at the table. Should they eat it now or wait for the break?

So many decisions in poker.

seperated at birth lol

i think this could be a complete new thread snoops. Which players if they were crossed make other players?

Action at last, and it's not good for Carter fans as he just gave me the thumbs down sign accompanied by a raspberry.

Carter and Garfield got it all-in pre-flop, Big Slick versus Ace Queen.

A big gasp from the crowd (yep, both of them) when the dreaded Queen hit the River.

Garfield doubles up.

It'd be a bit like if we borrowed the transportation pods from The Fly. Lucy in one, John in the other.

Just to give you an idea of what any bets mean, the blinds are currently at 4,000 and 8,000 with an average stack of 197,900.

The next departure will earn £3,830

Dan Carter is OUT and becomes the 8th place finisher winning £3,830

He found a ragg Ace (A-3) and shoved them in, but Ian Woodley was sitting on the Ladies.

7-4-8-T-9 board with four clubs, but no one had a flush an Woodley marches on.

go on woodley you hunchback .
ask him how his piles are plz sloppy.

snoopy Iwan here - tell Woodley to bring his winnings to Luton so we can have proper game of kalooki

oioisavaloy what type of name is that for an irish man

confused.com

hows about these 2  a+b=http://media.cardplayer.com/image/d/daniel-negreanu-draws_out.jpg

you know me then?

iwan half his winnings u mean,  bovis

A very relaxed atmosphere at the final table, mainly exuding from Joe Grech who has brought the topic of conversation onto TV detectives. Apparantly he's a big fan of Columbo and the way he works everything out, very enthusiastic apparantly.

"It's not real," whispers Woodley.

What I don't get is if he's so good, then why does he drive that crappy car and dress like a hobo??



Action wise, still not too much action.

How about a recent chip count update then Snoops, plz

Apparantly, Dan Carter has cashed three time at Walsall festivals now, and each time he has come 8th on all of them.

Does an 888.com sponsorship deal beckon?

absolutely steve I wouldn't expect u to stake him 50% in kalooki he's clueless haha

Seriously, even I can beat him, hang your head in shame Mr Woodley!!

Dans played 4 events this week and finaled twice, a very good young player.
Hes sponsored by Matt Dale I believe. poker.co.uk

Joe Grech is OUT and becomes the 7th place finisher winning £4,470

Ian Woodley raises 26k, Joe Grech moves all-in with A-Q and G Zaid also moves all-in from the big blind with Aces. Woodley folds.

Board = 6c Kd Kh 7s 4h

iwan check your pms

Any chance of the chip counts?

Lisa Scotney -- 168,000
Lucy Rokach -- 464,000
G Zaib -- 321,000
Rob Garfield -- 350,000
Ian Woodley -- 198,000
Jeff Kimber -- 270,000
Tony Kendall -- 465,000

The players are now on a short break whilst they scoff their faces with the aid of the buffet.

I've had my grape so I'm full.

thx
Tony Kendall 465,000? what? candles on his cake?

Just a thought. Did Burnley John dye his hair out of respect for blondepoker?

Yes, this is true.

Well done Dan. Excellent result again - very unlucky with the AK vs AQ :(

Dan played in 4 of the tourneys this festival (£200, £300, £500 and £1000) and final tabled in two of them. Fantastic work :) Unlucky not to win I think.

Here's to the next festival :)

Good luck to those still playing (except Woodley ;)). Shame I had to dash off early.

Play has now recommenced.

Buckle up.

I think that's why he let it go grey again.

I didn't realise Iwan was premenstrual...

why do you have to make it technical john

maybe because columbo isnt as smart as ironside

stop guys I'm getting hot flushes here

Get rid of the wooly jumper  ::)

is it on his lap?

Ian Woodley is OUT in 6th place winning £5,750

Lucy raised to 35k, Woodley made it 110,000.

Lucy dwells for a while, ask for a count (Woodley has 75k) left before making a good call with 8-8.

Woodley sighs as he turns over his Sixes.

Board = Ad Jd Ts 4h Td

"Nice call," approves Ian.

take your wellies of iwan ,it will stop your feet getting hot .

I noticed u didn't take too much off in Blackpool m8 :)

Ariston, you never said who you meant with freddie deeb + elvis.

lol shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

i posted a link mate as the file was to big
http://media.cardplayer.com/image/d/daniel-negreanu-draws_out.jpg

The room was cold though ;D

lmfao poor LITTLE MR N

Some final table snaps.

Don't Rob and Jeff look cheery in that first one, I guess someone must have told them they're playing for play money.

I think its one of the best pics I have ever seen which captures poker completely. think there were 19 left and the pot was huge and negreanu has been talked into putting all his chips in with top pair v AA and then the river comes. Do you think negreanu has got lucky?

I put £20 in, I felt short changed

I have 10 BB and I've raised with AK suited, I can't pass.

Jeff Kimber is OUT and becomes the 5th place finisher winning £7,020

Ace King vs. Jacks all-in pre-flop, Zaib making the final call to take down a 400k pot.

Board = 8d 3h Qd Tc Ts

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo - vvul m8

chip counts please

Blinds are currently 5,000 and 10,000 and Lucy Rokach remains the chip leader with 670k.

you read my mind hun

5 players remain, one of whom is Lisa Scott-Lee.

(http://www.tv-park.ru/img/upload/poster35.jpg)

Snoops, i forgot to tell Zak when i left, to smile for the camera. Tell not To much mind or he'll brake it.

great pic that one snoops. i always thought she was borderline beefy as well. Amazing what photoshop/airbrushing  can do.

where the fk did u get pic of my mrs snoops???? not happy

Lisa Scotley -- 120,000
Lucy Rokach -- 730,000
G Zaib -- 600,00
Rob Garfield -- 325,000

Lisa Scotley has doubled through with A-8 vs the A-J of Lucy Rokach.

Lisa moved all-in for a big bet of 125k and Lucy called.

Board = 4-Q-8-2-8

Lisa must have a leprechaun on her lap today.

aaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrr

get in there burnley lisa

She just left it on my bedside table before she left.

have to say in that picture it would be rude not to

steady now she doesn't mess with little boys

Lisa Scotley is now on 215k

Lies!

Go lucy!

Garfield and Scotley see a cheap Kd Tc Js Flop in the blinds.

Garfield checks, Scotley bets 25k and Garfield calls.

Turn = 5d

Garfield checks, Scotley bets 50k and Garfield calls.

River = Jh

Garfield checks, Scoltey announces all-in and Garfield folds.

Garfield down to 200k.

she's the one who cocked up on my exit hand last time i was at walsall...........grrrrrrrrrrrr

A waitress just carried a bowel of lasagna passed the table the cardroom area and, I'm afraid, it looks like we've temporally lost Garfield.

(http://www.jamestilley.ca/images/news/051704.jpg)

This is what they're all playing for, the Blue Square poker caps....

I don't think she'll be dealing for a while if she wins this one...

Lisa Scotney -- 256,000
Lucy Rokach -- 682,000
G Zaib -- 586,000
Rob Garfield -- 260,000

The players are now on a short break.

Meanwhile, I've been ask to accompany Jeff to his car for added security.

No one gets passed the guns. pow pow  ;snoopy'sguns;

Battle of the blinds...

Board = 7s 3c 9d Tc 8c

Lucy check, Zaib bets 40k and Lucy calls.

Lucy has Kc Js and Zaib has Jd 5d.

Chop chop.

(http://www.porkchops.com/images/Calumet%20Gold%20Label%20Center%20Cut%20Pork%20Chops.jpg)

Rob Garfield has doubled through courtesy of G Zaib.

Lucy called the 12k on the button, Zaib made up the small blind and Rob checked.

Flop = 7s 9h Kh

Zaib checked, Rob bet 50k, Lucy folded, Zaib moved all-in and Rob called instantly.

Rob = Ad Aspades

Zaib = Tc 8d

Turn = 9c

River = Ts

Rob Garfield is now on around 400k.

correction

Lucy had Kc Js.

Lucy raises to 40k and Rob Garfield calls.

Flop = 3d 9h 2c

Both players check.

Turn = Kh

Rob bets out 60k, Lucy announces all in and Rob folds quicker than a tikay tourney exit.

Struggling to lose a player now.

Peter 'The Bandit' Evans saw the 'Snoopy' on the back of my shirt and said, "I've got a dog called that".

"What, Snoopy?" I replied.

"Yes."

"Did you name him after me?" I enquired.

"No, he's 38," he answered.

Some members of the crowd just aren't quite as captivated as others.

come on lucy show em how to play this game

anyone checked to make sure tikay is alive?

Here's a close up of the sleeping beauty.

Approximate chip counts...

Lisa Scotney -- 280,000
Lucy Rokach -- 690,000
G Zaib -- 365,000
Rob Garfield -- 370,000

Lisa is down to 225k after losing a pot to Zaib.

The board read 7h 7c 5d Ts 2d and Zaib made a confident 100k bet from the button.

Lisa, who was in the big blind, folded, but is now the shortest stack.

Whether that makes her favourite to go next though I'm still unsure.

With 100k in the pot and a Qs-9s-Th Flop, Rob Garfield, who has the button, moves in on Lucy Rokach for 224k. Lucy dips into the think tank momentarily before folding.

Bit of a slog this one.

grrrrrrrrrrrrr come on lucy kick some butt quick i need a early night

How's it going all? A late one this aint it? Just like ours last week. Hope all is well everybody (hey Danni, Craig and Magic)

Tom

Hey Tom

Hey "I know it" good seeing you again last week, you played this week at all? How have the other anals faired?

The players are taking another short break.

Rob Garfield seems keen to strike a deal, but Lucy isn't really interested.

Thx, I did no good but Glyn made the final in 500

Rob also informs me that when they were down to 10 and Scotney was the short stack, he suggested 10th got 2k instead of 1. Everyone agreed, except Lucy, but as Rob said, that's her perogative. Rob's a big believer in good karma though.

Anything happening?????

JP i see your still up ,no supper tomorrow,your mother will go mad.

Lisa Scotney -- 300,000
Lucy Rokach -- 770,000
G Zaib -- 170,000
Rob Garfield -- 440,000

More talks of a deal, but they need to woo Lucy.

There's been a little bit of moving and shaking, but no massive pots.

The current chip counts are:

Lisa Scotley -- 282,000
Lucy Rokach -- 735,000
G Zaib -- 210,000
Rob Garfield -- 545,000

Lucy is started to come around, perhaps because she's had enough, but she wants to know the exact chip counts first.

One suggestion that came from Scotley was they all take 4th prize and split the rest proportionally to chips.

I think she even offered Lucy an extra 5k at one point.

Big big talks about a deal now.

We're awaiting Lucy's response.

Lucy has gone to confer with 'Thomas'

if the chip counts are correct lucys stack is worth about 35k if you add an extra 5 onto that lucy would have to be extremely confidant to refuse £40k when first is only worth £50k and 2nd £26k

but lisa would be stupid to give away so much as her slice unless the other 2 throw in some of there cash

how much money left

I never ever agree to this sort of saver. It's nothing to do with karma, it totally changes the game and makes the short stacks extremely willing to gamble.

So, big stack or short stack, I will always decline this deal.

nice to have you with us kieth but can i ask that next time i pick you as one of my 3 to follow that you follow my other pick lucy's lead

Those women drive a hard bargain, but after the usual "Oh, let's just play then, forget about it", "Who's going to pay the dealers?" and "I'm not going below 20k", they've finally come to an agreement.

So here is what they're taking home:

Lucy Rokach -- £37,000
Rob Garfield -- £28,300
Lisa Scotney -- £20,000
Gehan Zaid -- £17,205

Easy answer to that Mr Side.

Don't hex me by picking me ever again! :redcard:

If you hadn't picked me the flop for my AK v JJ exit hand would have been AAK not the lousy 89T we saw...

I wouldn't give it away either, why should she?

Gehan Zahid is OUT and becomes our 4th place finisher 'officially' winning £10,855

Of course, they have to play it out, so it's the ol, "Just stick it in" jobby.

And it's Zahid who's first up for the stocks with Ks Qd versus Garfield's 4c 8c

Board = Js 4d Kc Tc 8s

i dont hex players seeing as i picked the winner before the start of play

both you and reddog my 2 other picks went out with AK its about time i started giving my picks lessons in how to play that famously dangerous hand

well done all, but especially to Rob Garfield. Sensational effort to stand toe to toe with Lucy, formidable with a big stack, for so long.

can i ask who wants me to pick them as one of my 3 to follow in next years 3 wsop

Obviously you only hex male players you pick. :redcard: :redcard: :redcard: :redcard:

Different forum gives first place to Rob Garfield as they played one hand for the trophy?

Lucy officially 3rd??? But with the lions share of money!!

Lucy Rokach is OUT and becomes the 3rd place finisher 'officially' winning £14,700
Lucy = Qh 2d

Rob = Th 8c

Board = 9d Ts 9c 6h Kh

come on kieth just admit it i am the champion tipster and you just let the side down

Lisa Scotney is OUT and becomes the 2nd place finisher 'officially' winning £26,850

Lisa = Th Td

Rob = Qs 9h

Board = 2d 9s Kc Qd Ad

Looks like Rob's used up all his luck in the last three hands with three outdraws. Doubt he's too bothered though.  ;D

well done lucy 2 in a row   maybe sporting odds will sponsor you for 2007

which all means...

just in case anyone remembers  i tipped rob at the start yesterday


where do i pick up my prize


what do i win ;topman; ;first; :cheers: :cheers: ;letsparty; ;mexicanwave; ;mexicanwave; ;mexicanwave; ;mexicanwave;

you win dinner with ironside

second prize is two dinners

wohoooooo i get a free dinner on tightend

If you backed lucy to win, ya poo'd out of luck rotflmfao


Go Lucy!! the unofficial winner and player of the festival!!

Rob Garfield takes the title, but I guess the true winner is Lucy Rokach as she won the most in spondoolies.

Congratulations to Mrs Rokach.  :)up

More piccies of the new champ. Played a craking game, and that high praise indeed from someone of my ability.  ;djinn;

Miss   lol

Nice Job again Snoops, hero not forgotten!

has alrightjack been banned from doing the prize presenting

Well Done to Rob, he has really become a dangerous player. Was thinking about this earlier he seems very good at determining the strength of an opponent.

Knows who he can and can't push around which is a great weapon to have in the armoury.

Well, that's another festival done and dusted, and what a cracker it was too, attracting what may well be record numbers for Grosvenor Walsall. Every comp seemed to be packed to the rafters, and rightly so too as I always have a good time down here. But Walsall haven't been without criticism: prize structure, disruptive players, missing levels and so on, but what should be emphasised is that Zak, Dani and the boys have worked excellently as a team and have always been firm supporters of blonde. Like all of us, they make mistakes, but sometimes decisions are made that are beyond there control, so whilst we highlight the negatives of this week, we must also praise the positives, to which their remain many.

In terms of the Main Event, it was one hell of a bout, and even as a mere updater, I feel like  I've done 10 rounds with Tyson. With 137 players to contend with, life wasn't easy for the Beagle, but it was made that much more enjoyable by a combination of helpful staff and lots of friendly faces at the tables.

A big congratualtions to all the finalists, but especially to G Zaib, Lisa Scotney, Lucy Rokach and Robert Garfield, the latter taking the title after agreeing a deal with the other three participants.

What was certainly noticable though is how 'talk of deals' always seems to rear an ugly head, even when initially discussed in a calm and sensible manner. At first discussions were easy going and relaxed, but once greed started taking over and people worried about trivial things such as paying the waitresses, not breaking a round number and giving Lucy an extra couple of hundred, it all threatened to go slightly sour. At one point they even started to play on because of £100, which Rob Garfield correctly described as 'petty and ridiculous'.

But in the end, a deal was struck amicably and everyone went home with a smile on their face, even Lucy who appeared to be the hardest nut to crack in the striking of a deal.

As for me, well I'm cream-crackered, so it'll be straight to bed for me and a prime opportunity to grab 40 winks before I next hit the road. There seems to be a Fesitval of somesort every week now, but if they are half as fun as this weekend was, then I'll have no reason to complain.

Nighty night, folks and thank you for supporting the blonde live updates.

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Thanks 4 all the updates u did a great job m8 :)up

Great updates Snoops - thanks

Thank You Snoops, fine work as ever  ;hattip;

I re read the updates this morning Snoops, I still didn't win, but apart from that they were AWESOME!!!!!!!

Agree with Mr Dog, apart from not coming through my 50-50 on the final table, perfect work from the beagle...blonde updates are so much moreentertaining than others too, good work fella

Good work Jeff, being on my starting table in singapore has set you up nicely, you must have learnt more from me than i thought ;)

Thank you.

It really does make a difference when people compliment the updates at the end of the weekend.

Please click the link below for a summary:

http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/5485 (http://www.blondepoker.com/index.php?q=node/5485)

Hi everyone, just joined up, was at the tourney so now I'll spend an equal amount of time reading this to catch all the bits I missed.  Looks like a great coverage from what I've seen so far.

I was a WAG of a Team Sporting Odds player, Ed Dawson.  It was his first major tourney and although gutted was happy with his 63rd place finish(that's what it said on SO, but not sure after reading this thread), and if you need to be beaten by anyone it might as well be by Lucy Rokach.

Sporting Odds were fantastic hosts to us all weekend. ;applause;

Hi and welcome to blonde.  ;hattip;