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Play is due to commence at 7pm.

People seen so far:

Jac Arama
David Lloyd
George Geary
Nick Slade
Shaf
Bambos
Ian Woodley
Con Cronin
Greek Jack
Micky Wernick
Matt Tyler
Chicken Joe
Dave Smith
Fari Badimansour
Harpit G
Maz Nawab
Mohammed Hassan
Wayne Fitzpartick
Jim Reid
Chris Gavriel
Simon Zach
Walsall Andy
Dave Clayton (I think)
Ali Mallu
Joe Grech
Arshad Hussain
Praz Bansi
Mick Fletcher
Dave Colclough
Trevor Reardon
Steve Jelinek
Michelle (local)
Martyn Cavanagh
Mickey Wernick
Tim 't8mml' Blake
Ashley Hayles
Marc Goodwin
Peter Gould
Dave Gregory
Mark Lowe
Alan Davies
Karl Mahrenholz
M Libertini
Ryan Fronda
Jim Kerrigan
Iwan Jones
Michael Greco

Ok, we're about to start. It's a £1,000 Double Chance Freezeout (7,500+7,500) with a 1 hour clock.

Only 93 runners ready to quomodocunquize... perhaps the weather has something to do with it.

Prize breakdown:

1st = £32,550
2nd = £13,900
3rd = £11,625
4th = £9,300
5th = £6,975
6th = £5,580
7th = £4,650
8th = £3,720
9th = £2,790
10th = £1,860

C Gidgnotti
J Hemming
B Greenitow
S Javadi
Trevor Reardon
Michelle Shiels
K Swain
A Mackay
Jim Kerrigan
Henning Granstad
H Bolstad
Marc Goodwin
Joe Grech
S Chattha
Karl Mahrenholz
Peter Gould
George Geary
K Dionysiou
Ali MAllu
Y Emingoglu
M Libertini
Iwan Jones
Alan McLean
Jim Reid
Jeff Buffenbarger
Michael Greco
M Shafiq
B Johnson
Dave Colclough
Julian Thew
Ian Woodley
Dave Gregory
Malcolm Muskett
D Hickman
C Cambianca
L Cambianca
Nick Slade
M Taylor
Ashley Hayles
P Murrel
Jac Arama
P Demel
Rob Garfield
J Clemence
A Johnson
G Kleantitos
R Nielsen
N Barhley
B French
Tim Blake
N Judah
C Judah
Joe Koumi
C Xanthos
P Child
Alan Davies
Martyn Cavanagh
Dave Clayton
Mickey Wernick
R Bodi
Mick Fletcher
A Androou
P Pihlajanma
Dave Smith
David Lloyd
Steve Jelinek
Ash Hussain
C Parkes
Harpit Gurnham
A Stoneham
R Lawlor
M Nawab
Adam Wilkinson
Ryan Fronda
R Lakha
Michael McCool
P Green
Mohammed Hassan
Ian Frazer
T Fletcher
Mark Lowe
L Hawes
M Reeves
Chris Gavriel
P HAllan
R McHugh
J Hopkins
S Somaratine
John Shipley
R Kotecho

A Stoneham gets all in against Jeff Buffenburger

Chips went flying in on a Kd Qc 7c board

Stoneham:

7d 7h

Jeff:

Kc 9c

Turn:

6s

River:

5h

Jeff loses around 4k of his initial stack since his opponent was short (but hadn't taken his double chance yet either)

Biggest hand of the day thus far occurs on table 1, and Karl Mahrenholz (runner up in Bolton) is the recipient of a bad beat.

Mateyboy makes it 800, Karl smooth calls with his Kings and so does one of the limpers.

Flop = Jh 4h 6c

The initial raiser moves all-in for around 6k, Karl calls, and, after a lenghty dwell, so does the other player, admitting he has a draw in the process. But it's not the draw you're thinking about, because he casually turned over 5-7 for the open ended straight draw.

The initial raiser has A-J, but he's dead when Karl Turn another King, but then so is he when Mateyboy makes an unlikely straight with an 8 on the River.

Greek Jack vs B Johnson

I arrived with Greek Jack having moved all-in on a Td 7s 9h Kc Jd board after Johnson had bet the river. Johnson eventually called.

Greek Jack.

Qc 8c

B Johnson.

Kd 8h


Jack doubles up.

4 limpers, Flop = Q-7-7

George Geary moves all-in for a massive overbet of several thousand (only a couple of hundred in the pot!).

Of course, Ash Hussain is sitting pretty with Q-7 and makes the call. Geary's 7-4 looking rather tender.

Turn and River were academic and Ash has shot up to 15k.

Blinds are now 50/100.

Martino Libertini is OUT, all chips go in on a J-6-9-8 board with Libertini's pocket sixes losing to S Javadi pocket Jacks. The river was another 9 giving Javadi a bigger house

Alan McLean -- 19,300
Malcolm Muskett -- 7,250
Marc Goodwin -- 3,525
Julian Thew -- 11,825
Martyn Cavanagh -- 24,125
Ian Woodley -- 10,300
Dave Colclough -- 9,850
Jeff Buffenbarger -- 11,925
Jim Reid -- 11,925
Michael McCool -- 14,500
Maz Nawab -- 12,300
Matt Tyler -- 23,200
Dave Gregory -- 8,450
Michelle Shiels -- 11,300
Rob Garfield -- 10,125
Praz Bansi -- 16,450
David Lloyd -- 19,500
Steve Jelinek -- 17,375
Sonny Chattha -- 15,675
Mohammed Hassan -- 13,550
Jim Kerrigan -- 15,000
Ryan Fronda -- 12,475
Mohammed Shafiq -- 3,200
Trevor Reardon -- 19,375
Brian French -- 10,300
Ashley Hayles -- out

Mick McCool bets 2.7k on the river of a Ts 7h 9c 4c 3c board against Ian Woodley who mucks.

Mick shows Kh Qh.

Michael Greco -- 8,050
Tim Blake -- 8,325
Iwan Jones -- 18,150
Dave Clayton -- 1,275
Chris Gavriel -- 7,825
Adam Stoneham -- 17,250
Nick Slade -- 17,750
George Geary -- 11,475
Ash Hussain -- 18,350
Jac Arama -- 11,500
Dave Smith -- 16,100
Brian Johnson -- out
Greek Jack -- 18,200

Brian Johnson, who won the event in Brighton recently, is now OUT, eliminated by Greek Jack.

Virtually dead on the 4c 3c Kc Flop in fact, he mucked his Kh Td (they revealed it later) and, not wanting to hang around for the Turn and River, made his exit pretty sharply.

Greek Jack had Qc 5c for the Flopped Flush. Nick Slade claimed he folded Kd Qd.

Thewy is down to 6k, he had a Jack on a J-J-x board but ended up out-kicked and had to pass A-J on a A-J-x-K-x board when he was raised on the turn and passed to a sizeable bet on the river.


Mad Turk is on 6k too, he says he hasn't had any hands all week, but Snoopy just pointed out that if he needed hands, "he wouldn't be Mad Turk then."


Last hand before the break, (blinds will be 100/200) when we come back, El Blondie moved all in for around 7k and Ian Woodley called with Queens, the blonde one had Kings and doubled up. Incidentally Woodley was apparently the one who said they had to play this one last hand before the break.

Matt is down to 12k after running two pair into trips (A-J vs. 5-5 on an A-J-5 Flop).

The same player took massive pot off Martyn Cavanagh, calling his Q-Q down ALL the way, only to spike a gutshot on the River. As a result, the once chipped up Martyn is also down to 12k.

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Simon Zach just pushed all-in against a Mateyboy bet on a Kh 9c Jc board, Matey dwelt before passing his Aspades Ks face up.

Nick Slade in a pot against Mateyboy.

Board:

Jc 7h 9d

Matey checks, Nick bets 1,025, Matey check/raises to 3,075. Nick re-raises to 6,600.

Matey passes his Jd 7d face up.


Nick shows 6d 3d

Nice tidy fold from Michael Greco.

Three-handed with Iwan Jones (small blind), Dave Clayton (big blind) and Michael Greco (trap 2) all reaching the River of a 8h Ts 9s 5d 9d board.

With 2.2k in the pot, Iwan checked, Dave bet 600, Michael made it 1,600, Iwan folded, Dave moved all-in for 8,225 and Michael folded 5h 5s for bottom full house.

Dave revealed his hand to his next door neighbour before mucking, but Chris Gavriel asked for them to be turned over.

Td Tc

Andrew Andreou -- 21,225
Henning Granstad -- 16,100
Chris Gavriel -- 4,575
David Lloyd -- 16,525
Jim Reid -- 9,000
Dave Colclough -- 9,000
Jeff Buffenbarger -- 16,150
Mickey Wernick -- 9,900
Mick McCool -- 30,025
Michelle Siers -- 9,150
Adam Stoneman -- 21,325
Jim Kerrigan -- 20,225
Mohammed Hassan -- 11,900
Ryan Fronda -- 5,300
Steve Jelinek -- 23,850
Mohammed Shafiq -- 15,125
Trevor Reardon -- 27,100
Matt Tyler -- 12,275
Keith Swayne -- 16,700
Dave Gregory -- 8,200
Martyn Cavanagh -- 9,450
Marc Goodwin -- 11,200
Alan McLean -- 14,400
Julian Thew -- 4,000
Charalambos Xanthos -- 26,150
Praz Bansi -- 19,525

Dave Clayton pushes all-in against Garth Kilganthes on a Tc 9c 7h Ks board,

Clayton:

Kc 2c

Kilganthes:

6s 8s

River:

3s


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Meanwhile, Ryan Fronda and Marc Goodwin are both OUT, the latter losing a coinflip against Mohammed Shafiq with 6-6 vs. A-8, although Marc received a surprise call as the agressor.

Henning Grandstad -- 19,325
Mark Lowe -- 18,375
Samuel Clemens -- 24,650
Simon Zach -- 32,125
Joe Grech -- 14,350


Meanwhile Ali Mallu pushed all-in on the river of a 8s 2s 6d 3h Jc board for around 10k into a 7k pot. His opponent gave it the full Hollywood before passing.

Without the running antes, this is going to be a long one, hope you're ready for a long night, the blinds are now 150/300, avg stack is still 19.4k.

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Ian Woodley is OUT

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Chris Gavriel moves in with A-K and doubles up off Mick Fletcher's Q-Q.

5-K-9-A-8 board means Gavriel is now over 10k.

Big pot developed between Steve Jelinek and Trevor Reardon, Big Trev raised preflop and Jelinek re-raised and was called,

Jh Tc 8c

Jelinek bet out and was called, (I missed this part of the hand) but the pot swelled to 8.5k,

Turn:

8h

Now Jelinek bets 5k and Big Trev eventually folded Queens face up.

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Simon Zach is now chipped up (35-40k) after eliminating Ronny Kotecha, Aces v Jacks.

Julian almost doubled up...but didn't. He had A-T vs A-8 but the board came with a 7-7-J-Q-x meaning he had to split.

Julian Thew is OUT.

All folded except a reluctant big blind (Keith Swayne) who made a smooth call with Aces.

Keith checked the Qd 7s 5d Flop, Julian moved in for 3,125 and Keith called.

Julian showed Ad 4d, but the flush didn't come into fruition.

Keith Swayne -- 15,400
Rebecca Nielsen -- 5,725
Ian Fraser -- 6,250
Michael Greco -- 3,200
Mickey Wernick -- 6,900
Ali Mallu -- out
Maz Nawab -- out
Joe Koumi -- out

Shanthe Somaratne is up to 35,300 after winning taking a big pot off Mohammed Shafiq with 6-6 vs. A-K on a 5-6-3-8-A board.

Mark Lowe has doubled up Adam Wilkinson with Tens v Ace King and a 6-K-7-6-4 board. Mark is now down to 8,525 whilst Adam jumps up to 12,500

Blinds are now 200/400, there are 63 left, Average stack 22.1k.

And the 6 duffs have now sounded as Michael Greco moved all-in with A-Q only to find Tim 'T8MML' Blake's A-K behind him, a 3-T-7-8-J board offered no favours and he is now OUT.

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Mick McCool is fuming after his stack was sliced in half by a young Mateyboy.

Mick got his chips in (4k, 25k, call) with A-T vs. A-6 on an A-6-T-5 board.

6 on the River.

Mick down to 20k.

El Blondie is OUT,

He bet 3k on a 8d 9h Tc board and got set in for another 3.5k by S. Javadi (4th player she's knocked out, including cracking A-A with 8-6), he didn't like it but had to call.

Javadi:

9s Jd

El Blondie:

Kc Qh


Turn:

Ks

River:

7d

So Dave hits one of his six outs before being knocked out by the rivered straight.

Praz Bansi has 60k and is one of our chip leaders now.

He was holding Ad Ts on a Tc 7d 3c board and got check/raised on the flop, and called putting his opponent on a draw, on the 3h turn, his opponent pushed all-in and Praz called and was shown 9c 6c by his opponent who missed the flush and gutshot draws on the river.

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Meanwhile, Bambos has hit the deck, all-in from the small blind with Eights for 8k, shot down by Praz's Aces in the big.

Alan Davies takes out Ian Fraser with Ad Kc vs Qh 9h on a 8c Th Ac Td 8d board.

S Javadi  is our current chip leader with around 90k, some of you may remember her from the Walsall Grand Prix Final that Zippy Aslam won, she made, if I remember, the top twenty there.

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Garth Kleanthous -- 26,900
Praz Bansi -- 58,200
Charalambos Xanthos -- out
Mick McCool -- 25,200
Martyn Cavanagh -- 9,600
Jim Kerrigan -- 22,600
Michelle Shiels -- out
Iwan Jones -- 18,300
Dave Gregory -- 13,900
Chris Gavriel -- 18,500
David Lloyd -- 15,300
Tim Blake -- 66,200
Keith Swayne -- 16,100
Matt Tyler -- 12,700
Mick Fletcher -- 6,200

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Meanwhile, Greek Jack is down to 29k after doubling up Adam Stoneman, 7-7 vs Q-Q. All-in pre-flop, 6-J-5-4-5 board.

5 way limped pot including Mickey Wernick from the CO, Qc 4c 8s flop and all check, on the 2s turn, checked round to Shaf who bets 800, Mickey makes it 3k and everyone including Shaf folds sharpish. Mickey shows 4d 5d.

Matt Tyler -- 11,300
David Lloyd -- 12,600
Martyn Cavanagh -- 9,900
Garth Kleanthous -- 26,100
Keith Swain -- 9,300
Tim Blake -- 71,100
S Somaratne -- 51,800
Mick McCool -- 33,900
Chris Gavriel -- 30,000
Alan McLean -- 33,900
Iwan Jones -- 23,000
Steve Jelinek -- 19,500
Jim Kerrigan -- 20,000
Praz Bansi -- 61,200
Henning Granstad -- 18,300
Alan Davies -- 58,200
Chris Parkes -- 22,900
Mark Lowe -- 17,900
Andrew Andreou -- 23,100
Joe Grech -- 14,300
Adam Wilkinson -- 24,500
Simon Zach -- 28,300
Harpit Gurnham -- 31,400
Adam Stoneman -- 49,300
Nick Slade -- 56,400
Mohammed Shafiq -- 19,500
Greek Jack -- 29,700
Ash Hussain -- 26,500
George Geary -- 37,800
S Javadi -- 79,700
Trevor Reardon -- 27,900
Mickey Wernick -- 11,600
John Shipley -- 28,300

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Dave Gregory is OUT. All-in with 9c 9s vs. Kh Jh, 3s Qh Ac Jd 7s board.

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A full dosage of girl power today as S Javari confirms her chip lead by becoming the first player to reach the 100k mark.

Q-J vs Q-9 on a Qh 2s Qc Flop.

There was a bet, raise, re-raise, all-in and finally a call by Javari for 24k.

Turn = 4h, River - Th

Simon Zach doubles, Andrew Andriou raised, Simon pushed in from the blinds for around 13k total, Andrew began his usual speechplay, "I think you think I was on a move...." etc etc, he eventually calls.

Andrew:

Ad 9d

Simon:

Ahrt Kc


Board:

3d 5h 7d 5c 8h.

The Bubble on around 27k now.

Andrew 'Greekfish' Andreou has doubled through courtesy of Simon Zach.

Andrew made it 2,900, Zach moved in and Andrew called for his last 5.5k.

Simon = 5c 5h

Andrew = Kh Tc

Board = Ad 9c Th 8s 7d

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On another table, Matt Tyler is up to 20k after his A-Qs outdrew Jim Kerrigan's A-K. Queen on the Flop.

Blinds are now 400/800 and we are playing til 3am, then we'll be coming back tomorrow for a restart at 2pm to play to a finish.

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To recap:

Michelle Shiels
Marc Goodwin
Dave Colclough
Brian Johnson
Michael Greco
Jeff Buffenbarger
Jim Reid
Martino Libertini
Yucil Eminoglu
Ali Mallu
Peter Gould
Karl Mahrenholz
Sunny Chattha
Julian Thew
Ian Woodley
Malcolm Muskett
Ashley Hayles
Jac Arama
Joseph Koumi
Charalambos Xanthos
Dave Clayton
Mick Fletcher
Maz Nawab
Ryan Fronda
Ian Fraser

... are all OUT.

Big Trevor Reardon doubles up.

He pushed all-in on a Kh Qd 9c Js 9h board.

Nick Slade dwelt ages before calling the river with Kc Jc

Trevor had Th Tc.

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Martyn Cavanagh has also doubled up. Battle of the blinds, A-K vs A-6, all-in pre-flop, A-K-J Flop.

Joe Grech is gone. 7c 6c vs Andrew Andriou's Ahrt Qd

Board:

Jc 9h 2d 9c 4s


Shaf folded pockect twos preflop and was not happy.

Rob Garfield held Ahrt Qc on a Qh 8h Jh board, big hand you'd think? Well, yes. Yes it is...

But Simon Zach was holding Kh 4h and after the inevitable cavalcade of bet, raise and all-in on the flop, no more hearts came and Zach emerged unscathed and 40k in chips now. Garfield has a Zach-sized hole in his stack now but still has some chips.

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As we reach the close of Day 1, Steve Jelinek is dealt a harsh blow from the Poker Gods. All-in pre-flop with Queens, Chris Gavriel manages to find trips Sixes with his A-6 on a nasty 6-T-7-6-3 board. Mr Jelinek did NOT look happy.

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A Brum regular is Ram Lakha, is OUT after his Aces were beaten by Nines on a J-2-2-J-9 board, the remainding chips going in on the River.

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Andrew Andreou is finally out after threatening departue for the last hour. Made his swan song with K-Qs, but ran into the Aces of Simon Zach.

Mickey Wernick goes last hand 8h 6h into trip 2's of Alan Davies on an Ahrt 2c Jd 9c 3s board.

S Javadi -- 115,000
N Judah -- 49,400
Rob Garfield -- 4,700
A Mackay -- 87,400
Trevor Reardon -- 37,800
H Bolstad -- 51,100
N Blatchly -- 16,300
P Child -- 11,800
Adam Wilkinson -- 19,700
Harpit Gurnham -- 24,900
C Judah -- 25,000
Adam Stoneman -- 50,700
Greek Jack -- 36,200
Tim Blake -- 126,500
David Lloyd -- 12,700
Simon Zach -- 67,400
P Green -- 42,700
Ash Hussain -- 35,800
Chris Gavriel -- 22,700
Iwan Jones -- 14,300
D Hickman -- 27,400
George Geary -- 24,200
S Somaratine -- 50,300
John Shipley -- 39,300
Alan Davies -- 61,300
Kevin Parkes -- 23,400
Mohammed Shaffiq -- 15,400
Garth Kleanthes -- 13,500
Matt Tyler -- 15,100
Martyn Cavanagh -- 33,300
P Pihlajamaa -- 79,100
Jim Kerrigan -- 12,300
Alan McLean -- 52,900
Mick McCool 22,500
Henning Granstad -- 13,400
Praz Bansi -- 54,600

Play recommences at 2pm.