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Howdy, folks.  ;hattip;

My good self and Chris 'NoFlopshomer' Hall will make up your live update team for tomorrow's £1,000 Main Event at the Broadway Festival of Poker.

Play is due to commence at 7pm, but I can't remember the last time I saw a comp start on time.

Last time I worked (that's the verb all the cool cats use) the Broadway, we had some terrible connection problems and were forced to use their own Internet system. Unfortunately, I am informed that it won't be available for back-up this time round, so fingers crossed that we can obtain a good reception from our vodafone cards and continue to bring you the best updates in town. I don't see why not, Brimingham's hardly in the middle of nowhere.  :dontask:

Make sure you join us and don't be afraid to shout out a name of anyone you wish us to follow.

Bonjour (as Delboy would say) ;snoopy;

Have fun!

Goodluck  :)

My Vodafone signal is pretty bad in the casino but then again Malcom's bunch of jokers have been doing their updates seemingly without problems....

I stayed in the travelodge across the road earlier in the week and my signal was equally bad. Picked up the GPRS signal but not the 3G one. Think that locality is obviously just a bad signal area.

Yep, you'll probably see me walking around the casino, laptop in hand, trying out every corner of the room. Not fun!

But if we can get up and running, this is where the best updates will be. Guarandamnteed.  ;nemesis;

I'm here. First words when I arrived?... "We have no power points."

Great!

Anyhow, speaking with Raj, it looks as though there is a chance I can stay seated at this table I am currently working from... dependent on number of players. EEK! Where's the snow when you need it?!

Knew it was gonna be a tricky day to overcome when my car refused to start. Dead battery it looks like. ARGH!

Anyhow, we ARE up and running and if all goes to plan, the best live updates on the net will be hitting your shores through the night.

Support needed today guys. Cheers. snoops

Gonna earn ya dosh today fellas!  All the best and look forward to another brilliant update.

 :)up

The connection here is akin to a 28.8k modem but we shall manage somehow though. Lots of £50 sats going on around me



Oh and a special :hello: to all Liverpool fans... :D

Do you have an extension cable guys?

 :hello: is it me your looking for

are you starting now?  I told the wife I'm not going to her sisters wedding party as the live updates from the broadway are on, she is not very happy especially as she expected me to give her a lift, she's now going on the bus ;hattip;

Who's this sexy beast?!

Oh crap, wrong photo, thought I was uploading a DTD girl.

This is NoflopsHomer.

Snoopy's gonna get it....

Not that its much help to you, but the best area inside the casino for signal is in the bar/lounge area - the one when you first walk in.

And here's one of this week's top cashes, Michigan Jeff Buffenbarger, who is, incidentally, from Michigan.

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

Could one of the mods ban this hoodlum please.  ;nemesis;

This, according to Malc, IS a smile.

What do you think? Smile or no smile?

More of a Smirk Id say.

Before the comp's even started, the addicts are playing a cash game.

Shall we name the addicts?

Naaah, I think it would be a bit mean on Bambos, b4matt, Turk, Woodley, Shaf, Chicken Joe, Greek Jack and Nick Slade

 ;hattip;

do you know if pete linton and lee rawlinson from notts are there?wish them good luck from me if they are.
also tell the lovely mr.dave smith fran said hello and good luck.

Connecton seems to be okay, but you have to wonder when the smilies take time to load.  8)

Dave Smith is definitely here, haven't seen Pete yet and am unsure as to what Lee looks like.

Crimewatch photo fit required.

thats funny,his nickname at notts is borstal face,lol.

Can you wish Malcolm Harwood good luck for me please Snoop?

What, with the updating? lol

Tried to, but he was too busy trying to get me to sign up for some poker site... ::)

Jazz hands!!!

Mick McCool pleads for his life, "Look Flushy, I don't want no trouble, just put the handbag down."

Here's Lutonian regular and recent Walsall festival victor, Rob Garfield.

Managed to grab a pic before he ordered Lasagna from the bar. Not sure what it is with Lasagna, he's obsessed!

Another cheeky chappy for you, this time Steve Jelinek, who informs us that he has 3 wins (or splits) at Edingburgh festivals.

When I asked him what he's form is like, he said "When people are going bad, they just say that they haven't been playing."

"So how've you been running then?"

"I haven't been playing," he replied.  :D

One hand turn overs are now in full flow...

which means Mad Turk has a chance!!

 :hello: guys looking forward to the updates, hope it isnt too arduos. It sure doesnt sound like you are in for an easy ride!

As we near kick-off, a few more poker fanatics have entered the establishment:

Maz Nawab
Mohammed Hassan
Wayne Fitzpartick
Jim Reid
Chris Gavriel
Simon Zach
Walsall Andy
Dave Clayton (I think)
Ali Mallu
Joe Grech
Arshad Hussain

Mad Turk just split the one hand turnover with a local... Q-7 and Q-2 on a A-T-7-Q-A board

He wants ranking points for it. :D

Hi Whacky, welcome to blonde. As long as we're not moved from our current base, where he have a good safe connection, then we should be fine. Whatever happens, we'll keep our happy faces on.  ;danafish;

Cheers Snoops,
We met in Dublin. Apparently you had some poll going and I was front runner to be the Cypriot player if that jogs your memory :)

Good golly, my memories going, must be old age, or tikayitus. Was it the Irish Poker Championships or the Dublin EPT?

Good luck with the updates Gents. Looking forward to them!

Haha, It was the EPT. No matter, another face in a sea of faces.
I will say hello in Walsall if I see the day out, otherwise I will be sneaking off home quietly lol

Big up to Raj at the Broadway, top man.

He's informed me that we can stay put.

woohoo  ;mrslime;

laptop - check
connection - check
base - check
Floppy - check
emergency sweets... doh!

 :hello: Snoops & Flopsy

 :hello:

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

Praise silence, Mr Thew has entered the building, fresh off his victory in the £500.

"Baby needs new shoes!" was his response to the congratulatory greetings.

Imagine what'd he win if he had triplets!

El Blondie and Marc Goodwin have also just shown up.


Fashionable to be late huh? ::)

No player list yet (although I believe Raj will try to get me once the storm has calmed), but here are few other folk spotted thus far:

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

I shall run through the Dublin updates when I can, I hate it when I can't remember stuff.

grr

where am I?

Come on peeps, let's hear your top three...

And they are off, this table is right behind us...

Mick McCool, Mateyboy, Jeff Buffenburger, El Blondie, Jim Reid and Micky Wernick.

A veritable gold mine surely?

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

Jeez it's bright on this table

I will when we see the Runners list - will there be one?

my top 3,  

1) micky wernick
2) shaf (surely due a win ? )
3) ill let u know when we get the full list! lol

Jac Arama and Dave Smith get their chips in early on a 7-T-J-7-8 board.

Then two shoving them in isn't too unusual, but this time they had the goods, both of them with the Q-9 straight. Dave Turned a flush draw too, so the dream card would surely have been the 8s.

Anyhow, an early chop chop.

(http://members.shaw.ca/legion_roll_call/legionnaires/karate_kid/karate.gif)

my top 3 in no particular order, jules (streaky git) bubble (lucky git) clayton (so overdue they are considering inducing him).

So we have been told, I've mentioned all the big names though. Unless anyone knows of any dark horses...

Love the Pics, love the cartoons, keep 'em coming guys.

For all you physics experts, what happens when Chaos runs into Chaos?

(Please note Iwan Jones in the background looking like a CIA agent)

By the look of that picture a butterfly has flapped its wings in the rainforest somehwere and Neo looks screwed to me.

Snoops, table 4 - Seat 6, keep an eye on him.

(http://hometown.aol.com/pjohns9999/miscellaneous/blackbeauty.jpg)

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

Guests, if you want to see the pictures, please sign up for Blonde, it's totally free.


Snoopy is writing a full list now of the runners

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)

My picks...

Alan McLean
Henning Granstad
Malcom Muskett

ok now we got the runners

1) micky
2) shaf
3) ali

in case of a early accident 4) alan mclean

Dave Smith wins "best hat" award in a canter!

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.

Ouch!

Karl onto his second helping of chips.

Just third for Ali Mallu? Don't think he'll go down without a fight.  ;hide;

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.

How about this for an odd hand?

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.

"Chips!" for Geary.

Great update guys, class will out therefore i pick messers Thew, Colclough & Wernick.

Elblondie
Matt
Mick Mcool

Thewy
Mick McCool
Henning Granstad

Can you teach a ferret to dig for gold?

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

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My 3 are.....

Thewy

Dave Colclough

Karl Mahrenholz

John Shipley

Lord Wernick

Marc Goodwin

Ash Hussain

Ali Mallu

Praz Banzi

Matt Tyler

Mick Fletcher

  :hello: Snoops and Floppy....looking forward to the updates!

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My 3 are Trevor Reardon.

Jim Reid
Mick Fletcher
Mazhar Nawab


my 3 to bok.

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Big incident here, Rhowena Colclough tripped over in the cardroom for a real 'You've Been Framed' monent.

A massive BANG, so half the cardroom saw, leaving the poor Scotish lass  a little red faced. No bruises though, and she was clearly willing to sacrifice broken bones for the camera, holding it aloft as she fell.

"Claims Direct, loose carpet there, surely," adds Martyn Cavanagh, although I'm not sure what they'll say when Rhowena reveals, "I tripped over my own shoe."

Blinds are now 50/100.

Sadly I was at the bar so I missed Rhowena's polyphloisboian act.

The first level has been completed, which, unusually, means that the rebuy tickets are leaving the tables too.

"Load of bollox," comments a diplomatic Jim Reid, "and you can quote me on that."

It does seem a bit odd, but I guess it'll make chip counts easier, which, incidentally, will be arriving on your shores shortly.

Chris Gavriel
Nick Slade
Chicken Joe

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I do find it odd when a Double Chance only lasts for 1 Level, as it also did on Wednesday. Can't quite see the point.

I cracked the payouts, they clearly adapted procedure to get in line with APAT after they hosted an APAT event!

3 cheers for the APAT!

 ;scarymoment;

Feck the sofa, anyone know where my nearest nuclear bunker is!

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.

McCool - sort Flushy out please.....

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

WTF!!!

15% for 2nd? 35% 1st?

Surely thats a misprint, who gets the other £50 BTW?

£27,900 1st
£18,600 2nd ???????????

Deal Looms me thinks

What do we make of this?

1st = £32,550
2nd = £13,900
3rd = £11,625

Quite remarkable!

I actually thought it was a joke, in fact i still think it's a misread.

Sharp as always snoops.....

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

Ashley Hayles is OUT.

I'm scared to ask him what happened in case I get bear hugged.  :o

The so-called guns are cowering, quivering in the corner, it seems.

Well, the prize structure is on the board and it was also handed to me by paper, so I assume it's correct.

If so, then it's truly bizarre.

Have a chat to Raj then, get him to explain it....

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.

Here's the chip leader with a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge 45k. Hitting everything apparantly, including Quads on the very first hand of the night.

Can anyone guess who he is? It's not Julian, but you won't be surprised when I reveal his name.

my three , martin cavenagh (the only gay in the village)
                 
               ALLI MALOU

               MICKY WERNECK.

Chip leader -- 45k
Michael Greco -- 8,050
Tim Blake -- 8,325
Iwan Jones -- 18,150
Dave Clayton -- 1,275
Chris Gavriel -- 7,825
Adam Stoneham -- 17,250

has to be malu or zach

Mick Fletcher?

someones been mallued i think lol (45k)

 Ks ali

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

mat tyler

Which is the biggest rock?

George Geary or Uluru (Also known as Ayers Rock)?

anychance of an update on shaf plz? cheers

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.

That chip leader?...

Tada

First man to get his mitts on a red chip too.

Oh go on then.

Shaf raised pre-flop to 600 and received one call in Mohammed Hassan.

Shaf then bet 1.1k on the J-J-9 rainbow Flop, only for Hassan to re-raise another 3k. Shaf added another 5k to that, by which time Hassan realised that his Tens were no good.

As a result, Shaf is now up to 17,200 exactly.

Will that do you?  8)

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.

not to shabby tys ( his tens prob good 2 lol )

Raj, the cardroom manager, has confirmed that the prize structure is correct.

We're still on a break here.

A few details from the screen:

Blinds = 100/200
90/93 left
Av Stack -- 15,500
9 tables
1,395,000 in play
£93,000 prizepool

Hi guys.

No more naughty stuff about Malcolm Harwood please. I don't want a blogging war a la Bluff vs CardPlayer.

cheers ;snoopy;

Just spoke to Raj, he basically said that last time the prize structure was too top heavy (it was 40% and 20%)last time and that making it 35% and 15% was them trying to flatten it out due to listening to their customers. He also said that the only complaints they had had this week were over the structure and that they would listen to these for future reference in their next festival/tournament.

just spoke to jules at the break and although he is down to 6k he isn't at all downhearted and still confident of building his stack.

Bacon Sandwich about now would be good.

Matt, who has another kid on the way (that'll be four, greedy bugger), is down to 12k after running two pair into trips (A-J vs. 5-5 on an A-J-5 Flop).

The same player, who Matt doesn't rate highly (I think the word fish may have cropped up - cough), 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.

You couldn't make it up!

Toothpick chewing Mick McCool has just dented Jim Reid.

Board = 9h Ad 3h Th

Mick bets 1.6k, Jim calls.

River = 6c

Mick bets 2.2k, Jim calls again, albeit after a brief dwell.

Mick takes down a nice pot with A-3o.

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.

Guests. Please remember that to see the photos you must be a member of the forum.

Also, for every member we accrue, I get an extra minute out of my cage blondepoker keep me in.  :'(

Cheers.

How do i delete my account?

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.....any chance of some eye candy.....much as we all love to look at Mr.Mc Cool !

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

Nice fold from the Grecster.

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

Send me your details and I'll personally guarantee your termination. The deletion of your account gives me permanent release from the cage and a year's supply of doggy biscuits to boot.

 ;hattip;

Ronny Kotecha has donated a few chips to Mad Turk, who subsequently throws his hands aloft in celebration of actually winning a pot.

Kotecha, who incidentally is the chap who won the Broadway's satellite for the Aussie Millions Main event, called a 700 bet from Turk on a Qs Jh Ks board. Turk then moved all-in for about 3k on the Ac River, only for Ronny to fold his Q-8 (I took a sneak peak -sry). Turk revealed a Ten.

Hey Snoopy - good job over there with your connection made from cups and string (probably)...

Never apologise for taking a sneaky peek if at all possible at the cards e.g. last hand.  It's part of the updaters' prerogative to peer over shoulders.  And don't let anyone tell you different.  It's just with the broadcasting of the delicious forbidden information - just be certain the player won't know it was you.  Or you can run faster than they can.

The Midlanders out there will recognise this face, as it's one that frequents the Broadway and Grosvenor Walsall arenas on a regular basis. It is indeed Chris Gavriel, who you may see hanging around with the likes of Ash 'The Cash' Pervais. He plays a lot more cash, but sometimes finds the odd win at tournament level - no success in a Main Event though from what I understand. Currently struggling here with just 4,575.

This is a face that you might not be familiar with, but it's attached to a name that will. Norway's Henning Granstad is DTD's latest recruit, and he's a pretty nice guy to boot, as you may have gathered from his cracking and insightful replies in the Ask A Pro thread.

Currentyl around average with 16,100.

'Iwan isn't impressed when he's told he's next in the Hand-stapled-to-the-forehead-challenge.'

He has 16.4k at the moment.

Well, I know this guy, but only from his alias on Ladbrokes, which is Greekfish (anyone else know that name?)

This is the first time I've seen him in person, but I've played a few cash hands against him on the Omaha Hi-Lo tables. Quite a loose player and very emotionally charged, but whether this translates into the live scene is yet to be seen.

Anyhow, his real name is Andrew Andreou (if you can believe that) and he's on a rather chunky 21,225.

Greeks!

Can you pass on best wishes to Iwan Jones pleasem he's welsh you know ;mrslime;

If you don't know David Lloyd personally, you'll probably know his voice at the very least, because like his fellow Londoner Ian Woodley, he isn't afraid to bellow it out equipped with full Cockney accent.

A familiar presence around Luton way and sometimes the Gutshot Club, David is currently pluggin away with 16,525.

Was it just me that got worried when I read this?

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

Clayton:

Kc 2c

Kilganthes:

6s 8s

River:

3s

Dave Clayton is OUT.

Mad Turk is also gone, he hit a pair of queens but ran into a flush.

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
Doyle Brunson -- 17,250
Jim Kerrigan -- 20,225
Mohammed Hassan -- 11,900
Ryan Fronda -- 5,300
Steve Jelinek -- 23,850
Mohammed Shafiq -- 15,125
Trevor Reardon -- 27,100

 ;D

Can you tell him to stop playing hands please.

Damn maniac....

How about this for a tough line-up?

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

Yep, real livewire this chap. As soon as he stops raising, I'll pass the message on.

Actually, spotted a hand from the Table of Doom while I was collating chip counts, and one that resulted in the clock being called on Martyn Cavanagh.

Martyn had been check raised (3.5k to 8k) by Keith Swayne on a rainbow J-T-T Flop.

The Welshman used up all his time, including a countdown from the dealer, before folding Kings face up.

Keith pushed his card towards the muck in that 'I'll pretend I want to get rid of these supposed rags pronto' kind of manner.

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.

Great updates, and the photos are phantastic!   :respect:

His sponsorship deal says he has to get to day 2, its the only explination!

Ronny Kotecha is still fighting, his latest move being an all-in on a board of Kd 2d Th 3h (Zach had re-raised Ronny's 1.2k bet prior), but Simon folded for the 9,625 and so we didn't get to see any cards.

This is the best shot I can get of them, but notice Joe Grech in seat 1. He's currently on 14,050. Never count that chap out.

I saw him the other day and I was dying to get some clippers to sort out that bloody mullett!!

Oh you dirty bocker. this piccy suggests that Ryan Fronda has joined Marc Goodwin and Ashley Hayles on the rail.

But what are they talking about, it all looks very hush hush?

Golf....

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.

rotflmfao
  very sharp.

Well, I've managed to lure Marc's exit hand (well, it didn't take much tbh, just a cut throat gesture).

Anyhow, Marc made up the small blind with Sixes, Mohammed Shafiq made it 1,000, Marc moved all-in for 14k and Shaf made a surprising and instant call with A-8, subsequently flopping an 8 to eliminate his foe.

And I say foe, because Marc took out Shaf in a previous comp this week, A-2 vs Kings, so perhaps he was soughting revenge by calling with the Ace.

Ian Woodley is OUT, which means it's gonna pretty quiet in here for the remainer of the night.

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.

Lol, I was going to mention that but changed my mind last minute just in case he is psychotic.

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.

Mick, meanwhile, still has about a billion.

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.

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

my head has been in that hat,go on dave.

Julian Thew is OUT. In fact, I was talking to him as he nonchalently raised it up to 800 pre-flop.

"He's showing off now because you're watching, snoops," commented Praz Bansi.

All folded except a reluctant big blind (Keith Swayne) who made a sneaky 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.

"Nice game, good luck, see you next week," said Julian casually.

Just another day at the office, I guess.

I won't pry, what you and Dave do behind closed doors is your own business.

I was talking to Julian about his latest addition and somehow we got onto the topic of courting and how long after the event it was deemed acceptable.

"When she tells me," he answered. "The flag in the garden will go up when I get the green light."  :D

On the board of Td 6s 7s 7d 2c, Rebbeca Nielson bets 8k into an 11k pot, Nick Slade dwells for ages saying, "Either you've got a monster, or we've got the same hand..."

He calls with Ad Kd.

She shows Ac Jc.

He seems pretty chuffed. :D

He was wrong though yeah?

Ian Fraser -- 6,250

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I believe Ian is the first ever man to win two UK televised events, probably taking a near million squid in the process.

$625k

And here's Keith Swayne (15,400), who seems to be involved in every hand I've reported from that table. I think Matt Tyler even called him 'Dick Turpin'.

This, I believe, is one of the local lasses, Rebecca Nielsen, with 5,725 in chips.

Andrew Andriou is fun to watch though seems to suffer from lalochezia, , there's a button raise to 900 on his big blind and he looks at his card, "Corrr...first one is awful...." He then looks at the second one and decides to call claiming, "I'm going to outplay you."

Flop:

Kd 4d 5s

Check from Andrew, check from the button, Andrew looks shocked.

Turn:

6c

Andrew says,"I'm going to bet 500 to find out where I am." Button makes it 2k. Andrew says, "I'll call that that," and duly does.

River:

Ts

Andrew checks, button bets 4k, Andrew insta-calls saying, "I've got a pair."

Button shows 7c 8s for the nuts. A little bit of f-ing and blinding from Andrew.

And of course, this is Michael Greco with 3,260. I'm so tempted to do a crappy Eastenders joke, but I won't bother... although the clock was called on him only for a 'DUFF, DUFF, DUFF DUFF DUFF DUFF' to sound when his time was up.

Other players to bite the dust are Chicken Joe and Maz Nawab.

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

i hear my hubby is chip leader keep it up Tim

chipy counts for lord wernick plz also in genral plz snoopsta

Well a big welcome to blonde, Rivermaid2.

thank you tikay

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.

Shaf tapped the table on seeing he was well beat.

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.

George Geary is also n the warpath taking out Mateyboy with Eights v Sixes, third Eight hitting the Flop.

Hi, don't know if you got the pm but Tim said turn off the computer and go to bed. :D

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

Lod Wernick with a few buttons undone in true Tom Jones style.

He's only got 6,900, but I've seen him come back from less - it's not unusual.

Ali Mallu is also missing, which either means he's been knocked out or he's been a naughty boy again.  ;smackedbottom;

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.

tell tim to get lost ive got the milkman in lol

Great coverage guys but where  are the girls

Shanthe Somaratne takes a nice pot off Simon Zach, although 'The Bubble' did make a good fold.

About 20k in the pot and a flop of 9c 3c 6d.

Shanthe Somaratne moved all-in for the rest of his chips and Simon managed to find a fold with Queens. Shanthe had Kings.

Zach still has 28k though.

Only 4 started today from what I understand. Michelle Shiels and S Javari seem pretty handy though, the latter of those two battling Praz Bansi for the chip lead with 60-65k.

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.

Excellent, Praz was one of my three selctions!

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.

thanks for the count snoops

oh i gona hav my pick now if thas ok hehe

nick slade

praz  ;hide; ;hide;

an mar mate mick mcool

Ouchy Wouchy!

ouchy wochy woooo  ;technophobe; one of those moments lol

Is this like that Weather Forecast rumour wherein it is said that the weather tomorrow is around 75% likely to be exactly the same as the weather today, so you're on to a good bet just repeating your forecast?
Praz won the last one, so good pick, sir!  All that aside, he's on form (for the last 6 months!) so good luck to him.

Bambos is OUT. Limper on the button, Bambos moved in for 8k with Eights from the small blind, Praz found Aces in the big.

And that was all she wrote for Mr Xanthos.

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


Meanwhile here is S Javadi, she's 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.

Did she come 23rd?

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

"That must be why the milk's always off," replies Tim.  :D

 ;iagree; ;letsparty;

That is in the top twenty four which is what I said. ::)


Meanwhile 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.

I join Greek Jack's table just as the aformentioned has stuck in 9k pre-flop from the big blind (there must have been a raise previous). The action gets back to Adam Shoreman in the cut-off who asks, "Aces?". Jack shrugs his shoulders and Adam moves all-in for another 8,800. Jack makes the reluctant call, although I feel he may have been able to fold here, to see that his Sevens were up against an inevitable overpair, Queens.

6d Jh 5d Flop is seemingly harmless, but the 4h Turn brings about plenty of brown pants possibilities, but the River pairs the board with the 5h.

Adam slaps his hands together in joy whilst Greek Jack can do nothing but bang the table and start working on getting his 29k back up to what it was previously.

Oh, and before I forget, here is Adam Stoneman - one of the Marhrenholz, Bansi crew I believe, although not an official member of the 'Hit Squad'.  ;snoopy'sguns;

I think Jack may have been on tilt from a previous hand where he got a short stack to move all-in with Js Th on a Td 9h 2c board against his Qd Qc only for the shorty to turn two pair which held on the river.

Great Updates, but I gotta leave you guys, bed beckons, & I have a big day ahead on Sunday.

Fortunately, at least eight  of the three selections I made are still in, so I may well be that Weather Forecaster chappie that Jen mentioned.

Night all, & thanks sloppy & floppy.

He was getting 3-1, it would be a mad pass.

Ahhhh so the Hit Squad are like the Sharks and I take it the Shadows are the Jets?

Will we see Karl and Praz breaking into a chorus of 'Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat' ?

Time will tell.

(http://www.shastafilmfest.com/documents/movies/WestSideStory.jpg)

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

Iwan Jones gets all his chips in. Tim Blake calls.


Iwan:

Kd Ks

Tim:

Kh Kc


Non-descript board.

(http://www.pokeruniversity.org/images/karate_chop.jpg)

Matt Tyler -- 11,300
David Lloyd -- 12,600
Martyn Cavanagh -- 9,900
Garth Kleanthous -- 26,100
Keith Swain -- 9,300
Tim Blake -- 71,100
Robert Zimmerman -- 47,350
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

I think everyone knew he was up against Queens or Kings though.

 ;yippee; ;mexicanwave; T I M B O GO GO GO ;bumwiggle;

AK is possible? no?

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.

The chip leader clenched her first and added "Yes!" as her Q-J stood up.

Turn = 4h, River - Th

No, not there, very unlikely, guess you had to be watching. Also, I can't see him asking the question "Aces?" in that situation, felt like an honest question by someone holding a big pair.

If someone asks you, "Do you have Aces?" What do you put them on?

Aces!

Kings!

He had Queens which is just as likely as AK with that question.

A couple of unfamiliar and unpronouncable names, first Garth Kleanthous (also see blondie Tim Blake in the foregound) and below him, local player S Somaratne.

double chin is showing darling rotflmfao

There are 45 players remaining with the average stack at 31,000.

S Javadi is the chip leader.

Triple

You can't quite see the third, but it's definitely there.  ;D

wish the welsh boys good luck from me snoop,,.,.,and tell them if they win.,.,.,.,they could have all of these for a long weekend.,.,.,.,whatever you do.,.,dont tell  EWEan jones hell play his heart out....... lol thnx snoop......great updates both of you.,.,.,.,.,

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

"Perfect," cheered a relieved Andrew.

Board = Ad 9c Th 8s 7d

Alan Davies is your man today!

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.

 ;hattip;   Great updates as usual.

             many thanks
                    Neves.

psmllollololololollol he must be getting cards dont tell him what i told you/./,.,.


he will want to eat them sheep.,.,.,.,,what a waste of a good night lol

it's round his waist ;D

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

"Tell them Jim made a terrible call," chirps Matt.

Lol, imagine if him and Iwan split it. Then I'd feel sorry for those sheep.

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.

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
Maurice Micklewhite
Maz Nawab
Ryan Fronda
Ian Fraser

... are all OUT.

sofaking

Your boy Cavanagh has 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.

goooone gingernut.,.,.,.tell him i wish him luck ty.,.,.,.i suppose you got to have a bit of luck if you got ginger hair yuk.,.,.,.

i was just thinking what you mean split it????   iwan have the top half and alan get the bottom??

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.

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.

His name, is Michael Caine

Everyone's gone all antsy in their pantsy now.

This chap, a Brum regular is Ram Lakha, but's he's taking the long walk back to the car park after his Aces were beaten by Nines on a J-2-2-J-9 board, the remainding chips going in on the River.

Quick piccy of a local boy - this is P Green. How would you describe that expression??

Great coverage, Birmingham Duo.  Will be watching the rest of it tomorrow.  I hope you guys are staying in Snoopy's Solihull Palace so you can avoid the disturbing quality of the Quality...

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

It's the expression the cat gets when a piece of chicken gets near floor height.

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.

Forget the others sofa, Alan Davies is your man this weekend!

I'm driving home, it's a 30 minute drive, nae bother.

See if you can spot two other famous people within our chips counts using their 'real' but not necessarily better known names. ;)

Charalambos is Bambos; Is Yucil Eminoglu the Mad Turk?  And Marc Goodwin, that's Mr. Cool, that is.

Leave that cat alone, it has had a tough day with mergers and acquisitions

(http://images.flabber.nl/kat.8.jpg)

And I think a polar bear is just about to grab it. 

When I said famous, I meant people who wouldn't possibly be playing poker here...Like say if we said Reg Dwight instead of Elton John...

Are you suitably vexed? ;)

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
G Kiganthes -- 13,500
Matt Tyler -- 15,100
Martyn Cavanagh -- 33,300
P Pihlajamaa -- 79,100
Jim Kerrigan -- 12,300
A Mclean -- 52,900
Mick McCool 22,500
Henning Grandstad -- 13,400
Praz Bansi -- 54,600

 :)up sums it up.

well done tim see you all tommorow when i will be there to cheer him on ;sleep; ;sleep;

thats his luck i bet he called a raise wiv that chit 22 pre flop???of about 20k?

Mickey was very short and was all-in preflop.

Ok, that wraps up about everything, first one to spot the remaining two non-poker names and tell me their real names wins a pint from me at the next Blonde Bash.

We'll restart at 2pm tomorrow and the remaining 36 runners will duke it out, poker-stylee.

 ;stickaforkinme;

Toodle pip, peeps!

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See if you can spot two other famous people within our chips counts using their 'real' but not necessarily better known names. ;)
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'Eminem' and 'Jamiroquai' ?

Cheers for the updates, made for an entertaining read after I got in from the Gala.

Brian Johnson is in AC/DC...

True, but he's not the one I'm looking for. You might have to look earlier in the thread. There are two people, one in one of my posts, one in one of snoopy's that were/are very famous men though they were known to most people by different names... And neither are on snoopy's original list of runners from the start.