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Play resumes at 2pm.

There are 36 players remaining:

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

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

Come on peeps, pick a winner.

My spider senses have been tingling in the direction of John Shipley.

I won't pick a winner but i will guess that he gets less than 30k....lol

An attempted prize money bok?

Surely a first.  ;hattip;

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the bubble was one of my original three picks so I will stick with him. I will also offer 5-1 on first prize being over 30k if anybody is interested.

Alan Mclean will be a threat in this, will blow up early or go very deep...no half measures


Mrs Javadi is someone I haven't played against but won the Ladies UK Open at Star City last Sept then a Walsall festival event in November (note to updaters....I am not a Mrs Javadi pedant more a pediant :-) ) clearly she has some game!

pediant? surely you mean deviant Tighty

On my way! Should be fun.

 ;mrslime;

MY THREE PICK ARE.,.,.,.,.,martyn cav.,.,iwan jones is relly blowing hot at the moment mind.,.,.,.,.and ok snoops alan davies.,.lol

watch out for rana gurnham,.,HAPRIT gurnham,.,.lucky sod

martin cavenagh
 
greek jack

alan mcleen

george geary to final with out a doubt ,hes got to many chips lol.

I knew you'd come around. I think I'll have a punt on Alan 'Harold Bishop' Davies too. Gonna be his night, I can feel it in the air!

Bit mundane, but does anyone fancy having a guess at the first exit?

Rob Garfield is lowest, but I reckon David Lloyd could be the first one to exit stage left.

Blinds are 400/800 for another 18 minutes.

my three - zach (only one left from my three yesterday), ash, and buzz

Rob Garfield is in fighting spirits. I was talking to him about whether he can let the blinds pass. With 4,700 and blinds of 400/800, he could let them pass and still have a pot raise in him, but from the sound of it, it looks like he'll be shoving them in before that. He's on the button, so I'll be hanging around that table like a vulture early doors.

He was doing okay last night until he found A-Q with 30 minutes to go. He raised from the cut-off and received one caller in the small blind. Flop came Q-J-x all hearts (Rob had the Ace of Hearts). Small blind checked, Rob bet 4k, small blind made it 8k, all the chips went in. Small blind took it down with K-4 of hearts - hard to put him on that hand.

Greek Jack, Mrs Javadi & Pras in that order.... George Geary to bubble
(this ones to small for the Ship...he only runs well in big uns with running ante's)

Chris Gavriel for the 500-1 each way outsider bet

Greek Jack's a little disappointed too, he was up to 80k midway through Day 1, but had Queens outdrawn by J-T on a Ten high flop, before running those Sevens (which he re-raised with) into Adam Stoneman's Queens. "I was on tilt at that point," confessed Jack.

He's still running okay though with over 30k in chips.

Do you know much about Chris Gavriel, Dave. He's from down our way.

not hard to put him on the flopped flush if you know your opponent is simon "goldenluckyballs" zach

Samuel Clemens = Mark Twain
Robert Zimmerman - Bob Dylan

I can almost taste that pint already Floppy.

Harpit wasn't too chuffed that you left him out of his top three and Alan Davies commented, "Aah, James, isn't the best judge." I think should take him out of third spot for that, James.

Well theres 2 of em for a start. Which is a bit of an advantage. But they regulalry knock of 20 pounders at Walsall and have won several bigger events over the years going back to the Rainbow...if memory serves me right he won the last big one at the Broadway?

LOL

Shuffle up and deal!

P Child is the first casulaty. I thought it was my pick (to exit) David Lloyd with the A-K, but it was his neighbour instead.

Iwan Jones had A-Q down the other end of the table and spiked a Queen on the Turn of a 9-7-5-Q-3 board.

Harsh one.

Unfortunately, NoflopsHomer couldn't make it today, he has a bit of a cold, I'm his replacement, 'LoadsofSnotHomer'. :hello:


Well done to AndrewT. ;tightend;

Looks like El BLondie has anti-bokked Chris Gavriel because he's just doubled up, in emphatic style too.

All-in on the Turn with the board showing 4s 3s Qs 4h, P Green's Pocket Kings were no match for Chris's flopped flush, Aspades 2s.

And here is that motley crew of 36, pre first two exits...

what he do???

S Javadi takes a chunky pot off Ash Hussain, he checked-called her 5k bets on the flop and turn of a Ac Qs 5h Jd 8h board but folded to her 15k bet on the river.

Board  = Qh Jc 8c Js

Greek Jack checks, S Javadi bets 16k, Jack moves in for 13.5k more and Javadi makes the expected call.

Jack turns over Pocket Eights, but it's not over just yet because Javadi has A-J.

No Ace on the River and Jack doubles through.

Big sigh of relief at the end too, so he's clearly feeling the tension.

A dark horse to win perhaps?

as it looks like dave smith is out,im going to root for slick kid.please wish him  ;goodluck; from FRAN

and greek jack to

Rob Garfield has several k in front of him now from his initial 4,700.

"Is that a double up," I asked.

"Well, effectively," he replied. "Won a few hands and had a walk in the blind."

Martyn Cavanagh knocked out a shorty with A-A against A-Q, sadly shorty dashed off sharpish before we could identify him.

Tales from the Rail.

This guys is a FISH!

official.

Rob Garfield is OUT, he pushed with Kd 8h on a Kc Qd Td board, but S Somaratine had limped utg with Ac Js and flopped the nuts.

Matt Tyler is OUT.

Got himself in a sticky position with not toooooo many outs in the pack.

All-in on a board of Td Jd Aspades Qd, Matt's Kd Kc was looking rather vulnerable against Mick McCool's Ad 3d.

As Karl and me said, "He had the 9 of Diamonds to hit, not sure what he was standing up for."

he could of borrowed the Ad of mcool lool

Bit of banter at Table Cavanagh.

Ash to Mick McCool: "When you do it you call it an outflop, when someone else does it you call it an outdraw."  :D

Simon Zach and Alan Davies have a raising war and get it all in preflop, Alan McLean gets out of the way.

Zach:

Ad Ac

Davies:

Kc Kh

McLean (who passed):

Jc Jh

Flop:

2c Qs Th

Turn:

Ks

River:

Js


Simon Zach has a huge stack now.

obviously matts raised ,whats mick doing in the pot with  Ad 3d

And as a result of that hand, Simon 'The Bubble' Zach has shot up to precisely 129,900.

go bubble. about time he had another result

C Judah has near doubled up.

Board = 2c Ts Ad 4c

Henning Granstad bets 4k, C Judah makes it 10k, Henning folds instantly.

"Well, at least he doesn't dwell up when he's caught nicking," adds Praz.

Playing poker you MUG.

You would have re raised with A3 soooooooted baz.

YEH RIGHT ,

MUG ,I DONT GET MY CHAT BAND ON BLSQ FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

Now we both know thats a bluff !!!

 ;all-in; ;bumwiggle;

N Judah check/raises all-in against Greek Jack's 6k bet on a 6s 9s 7h Qh, Jack dwelt for so long the clock was called but eventually passed.

anything going on at walsall so the girls can all be quiet for a while?

WHO ME

Adam Wilkinson -- 29,200

yes you barry, if you and that other big girls blouse kev carry on I think its gonna have to be the car park for the pair of you

C Judah -- 29,200

i ll carry on then ,lol.

D Hickman

please can u wish all the welsh boys gl....that includes rana rana!!!
great updates as usual

Alan McLean -- 25,600

That wsop bracelet of Praz is really shiny.

Chip counts for

Reg Dwight
Harry Web
Maurice Micklewhite

PLEASE :)

And our remaining other two tables.

A quick glance around tells me that N Blatchey is either OUT or has had a better offer. I'm going for the former

They are all OUT.

As are Arnold Dorsey, Declan MacManus and Archibald Leach.

Now that we are only 20 places from the money, it's certainly and reasonably tightening up, in fact, it's becoming walktastic. ::)

Table Zach:

H Bolstad -- 51,100
Shante Somaratine -- 26,700
Simon Zach -- 142,300
Mohammed Shaffiq -- 30,600
A Mackay -- 71,200
John Shipley -- 59,100
Alan McLean -- 35,200
Arshad Hussain -- 21,800
Henning Granstad -- 17,800
Martyn Cavanagh -- 42,200

im apologising for my caption comp this week in advance lol sorry

Railer (or percentage waiter forer) Karl Mahrenholz is sure that sooner or later Praz and Mick McCool are going to clash, with Praz coming out smelling of roses. "Boud to happen."

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Table Blake:

P Green -- 36,000
Chris Gavriel -- 68,900
Iwan Jones -- 9,200
Adam Wilkinson -- 35,600
D Hickman -- 16,600
Praz Bansi -- 52,800
Jim Kerrigan -- 13,100
David Lloyd -- 14,200
Mick McCool -- 42,800
Tim Blake -- 101,000

Harpit Gurnham was all-in and called by N Judah and Adam Stoneham who proceeded to check down the 3c Kh Jc 4s Qh board since both couldn't re-raise the other out of the pot preflop due to the under-raise all-in.

Harpit:

9c 9s.

Stoneham:

Ts Tc

Judah:

Aspades Qc

Harpit is OUT.

Table Pihlajama:

Greek Jack -- 57,400
C Judah -- 38,300
George Geary -- 23,600
S Javadi -- 73,800
Chris Parkes -- 65,100
Trevor Reardon -- 22,400
Harpit Gurnham -- out
Adam Stoneman -- 44,300
N Judah -- 59,800
P Pihlajama -- 83,200

Here's Chris Parkes. I don't know too much about this chap except that he's a friendly lad who frequents Grosvenor Walsall. IF anyone knows anymore about him, then please let us know. Cheers.

Tales from the Rail.

According to Karl Mahrenholz, he DOES NOT pluck his eyebrows.

Do we believe him?...  ;joestrummer;

chris parkes is a local lad. he owns a resturant in cannock. he has played on the poker den

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snoops ;snoopy;

Cheers Ash, has he won anything down Walsall way?

In a multiway limped pot, Adam Stoneman bets 4k on the 9h 9d 4d flop and only C Judah calls, Adam bets 9k on the 7h turn and Judah moves all-in for 20k more. Adam dwells for a while before passing.

not really mate. only had results in small local comps. great guy . likes holdem cashgames

We are now on a short break and the blinds will be 600/1200 when we return.

you down walsall this week snoops

Yeah m8, working not playing unfortunately.

Just spoke to Chris Parkes, he's sold that resaurant in March and is playing poker now - says he doesn't play too many comps, but does well enough in cash games to keep things ticking over.

How many left, how many has the bubble got and whos cooking sunday lunch at the javadi household as she seems to be still playing playing poker (disgraceful behaviour)

John Shipley makes it 3k in MP, Henning Grandstad calls from the Cut-off and that brings both the blinds in.

Flop:

Js 3h 4h

Both blinds check, John Shipley bets 4.5k, Henning calls, the blinds both fold.

Turn:

9s

Shipley checks, Henning pushes all-in, Shipley calls immediately.

Henning:

Jc Tc

Shipley:

Ac Ahrt

River:

7s

Henning Grandstad is therefore OUT.

28, around 140k and are you just  ;envious; ;) ?

Big big big big big fold from Chris Gavriel.

Board reads 2s 3d Qs 6h

Chris bets 9k, Tim makes it 20k and Chris calls.

River = 6s

Tim Blake moves all-in for around 50k (Although Chris only has around 45k).

Chris (pictured below) thinks and thinks for absolute age before eventually (and I mean eventually because Mick McCool had already called for the clock) folding.

Chris reveals Pocket Twos for a full house, whilst I later learn that Tim had 9s 8s for the Rivered flush.

Iwan Jones is OUT.

A-7 vs 4-4, Flop = 8-9-T but no futher help received.

Would Tighty call?

No inverted chair sitters here today, but we do have a similarly rare breed... the double stacker, as modelled by the Hit Sqaud's Jim Kerrigan.

Speaking of hands you shouldn't pass, remember Paul Parker passing 9-9 on an A-9-2-8 board after being check/raised all-in on the turn in the Bolton GUKPT? Karl Marenholtz just told us that his opponent had A-9....

if you dont call when you hit your flush why call on the turn.

Crazy fold, hits his dream river!!

Adam Stoneman has also bitten the dust.

Not a flush Jim, Tim was the one with the flush. Chris made the fold with the bottom full house.

Chris Parkes (68,200) and Trevor Reardon (27,700) watch on as George Geary calls a 2.5k River bet from Pihlajama with Kc 7c vs. Js Qd on a board of Kh 8c 4h Ts Qs.

A Mackay is gone, somehow managed to get around 90k all-in preflop with Ac Kh against Henning Bolstad's Ahrt Aspades.

Guilty of overplaying the A-K there I think.

Bolstad first to make the 200k mark.

Winners from this week:

£50 PLH&O R/B = A Wilkinson -- £3,900
£100 NLH R/B = R Simmonds -- £7,315
£300 NLH D-C F/O = Charalambos Xanthos -- £13,020
£500 NLH F/O = Julian Thew -- £17,325

(exc. deals)

Indeed

Board = Js Qh Kd 5h

Adam Wilkinson moves all-in for around 25k.

"Will you show if I pass," asks Mick McCool.

"Yep, okay," replies Adam.

Mick shows a King a passes, whilst Adam slams down Ac Ts.

Mick informed me that his other card was a Jack.

Simon Zach has taken a huge pot off John Shipley with A-K vs J-J on a 6-A-K-4-8 board and is now nearing the 150k mark. Shipley, meanwhile, is down to 17.5k and could soon be making the trip back to Solihull.

Henning Bolstad uses his vast resources to check/raise all-in against Ash Hussain after the latter makes a 10k bet but is forced to fold with a Qh Jd 2c 9s board showing.

Henning shows the 9h.

Table Blake:

P Green -- 21,600
Chris Gavriel -- 55,600
Adam Wilkinson -- 34,200
D Hickman -- 18,500
Praz Bansi -- 60,100
Jim Kerrigan -- 15,700
David Lloyd -- 13,100
Michael McCool -- 22,700
Tim Blake -- 104,100

Table Bolstad:

Henning Bolstad -- 209,700
Shante Somaratine -- 20,300
Simon Zach -- 136,800
Mohammed Shaffiq -- 33,200
John Shipley -- 26,000
Alan McLean -- 36,500
Arshad Hussain -- 20,800
Martyn Cavanagh -- 21,700

Raised pot between Praz and Tim Blake.

Praz bet 5.5k on a 6h 5d 2s board, Tim makes it 14k and Praz dwells before passing.

Table Javadi:

Greek Jack -- 34,200
C Judah -- 33,700
George Geary -- 47,200
S Javadi -- 104,700
Chris Parkes -- 66,300
Trevor Reardon -- 56,100
N Judah -- 64,500
P Pihlajama -- 77,100

It's going to be a looooooooooooooooong night.

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Here is our current chip leader with around 209k (there's about 1.4 million chips in play), he's Henning Bolstad.

IF U DONT CALL THAT HAND U MUST  BE REALY TERRIBLE AND DONT DESERVE TO WIN

I think we're in for the long haul here, it's been a while since someone departed and no one looks like they're interested in budging soon. A lot of dwelling too for some reason, every decision today seems to be a big one.

The tournament is a bit of a....

(http://www.lyceefrancais.edu.sg/fr/info/actualites/2005-2006/200602_walkathon/DSCF4686-s.jpg)

I'm going to have to check the record books, but this may be the first time we've had 2 Hennings in a UK comp.

Trevor Reardon doesn't think there have been too many Trevors either. "Well, not good looking ones anyhow," he added.

So would you have folded then?  ;scarymoment;

Henning Bolstad is hitting everything according to Simon Zach, as well as A-A vs A-K, he had K-K vs A-K and had Queens and Tens too. "Whenever anyone has had a hand, he's hit a bigger one," said Simon.

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Mick McCool is short now, he almost pushed just now but passed and went back to reading 'Nuts' magazine instead, obviously it must be a cracking article in there... ::)

Board = 6h Kh 5s 9d

Simon Zach bets 3.2k, Alan McLean calls immediately.

River = 5c

Alan instachecks, Simon checks behind him

"2 pair," announces Simon.

"2 pair," echoes Alan.

Both seem reluctant to show, but they eventually turn over the same hand, although Simon was freerolling with Th 9h.

hi snoop is alan still in im just catching up m8.,.,.and martyn c ???

Ash Hussain just doubled up with Tc 5s against Shaf's Ahrt Jd, he hit a Ten on the turn.

Mick McCool has doubled up with Qs Qd against Ac Th

Whilst we await a flurry of action which I am convinced is just around the corner, here are you remaining three tables:

Greek Jack is OUT, running A-K into Pocket Cowboys. yeeeeehaaaaaa  ;snoopy'sguns;

D Hickman pushes all-in against Chris Gavriel's raise. Gavriel calls.

Gavriel:

Jh Jc


Hickman:

Ad Kc

Board:

2h 4h 5h 8c Ahrt

Gavriel thought he had lost til Hickman pointed out the flush. Hickman is therefore OUT.

Ash Hussain, who had doubled up, was still short, pushes from the button on the other table with Kh 8h, he's called by the big blind's pocket Nines.

Board:

5c 7s 3d Kc Ts

Another double up for Ash.

Gr8 updeates guys

Wish ash and zach gl from me please.

Mc coooooolll is also a henning sorry i meant herring...

Mohammed Shaffiq has doubled up against John Shipley with Kd Jd vs Aspades Qs, all-in pre-flop.

Shaf was in the small blind with John in the big, and with the flop coming 3h Kc 3s spiking a pair for Shaf, it was looking pretty good for the Northerner until the Turn brought a rather dangerous 4s. But there was no need to fret as the River brought the 3d.

Record bokk from Matt there, Ash has just gone.

He had Ac Js on a Ad Qs 4s board against Shanti Somaratine's Aspades Ks, so yep a world of hurt....until

Turn:

Jd

But....

River:

Ts.

Ash gone in 22nd place.

Board = 5c 8s 7d Kd 7s

Blake bets 8k, Praz makes it 22k, Blake folds.

Silent assassin marches on.

Last hand before a 10 minute break David Lloyd pushes his short stack in and is called by Tim 'T88ML' Blake.

Lloyd:

9h 6h

Blake:

Kh Qh

Board:

8c 7s Th Ac 7c

Timely double up for Dave, though Tim only lost about 4 or 5k there.

The players are now on a short break, either that, or they coincidentally all nipped off to the loo at the same time.

I think most people know i would call....

I'll get my coat...

Blinds are now 1k/2k, 20 players left with the average stack being 66.4k.

I say 20 players because John Shipley is now out, he had the classic coinflip with A-K against Simon Zach's Q-Q, and nothing came on the flop, turn, or indeed, river.

count for zach please.

Flop = 6c 2h 7h

Trevor check, Gavriel bets, Trevor raises, Gavriel moves all-in, Trevor folds.

Trevor down to aorund 30k.

Jim Kerrigan doubles up with Aspades Ahrt against N Judah's Ad Js.

Board:

9d 3c 5s 4c 7d


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120k

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Here's our remaining two tables.

Table Pihlajama:

P Green -- 59,500
Chris Gavriel -- 115,000
C Judah -- 28,500
Adam Wilkinson -- 24,500
Trevor Reardon -- 34,000
Praz Bansi -- 79,000
P Pihlajama -- 126,500
David Lloyd -- 18,000
Michael McCool -- 27,000
Tim Blake -- 66,000

Simon Zach in full reverse-chair mode.


David Lloyd tries out the lesser spotted 'Reverse-Leg-Right-Arm Pull'.

N Judah receives a spot of luck, splitting a pot with Kerrigan with A-3 vs A-K, straight to the Ace hitting the board by the Turn.

Great updates as always guys!

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$10 freezeout, PLO.

Cheers all.

He deserves a bit of luck, i outdrew him yesterday...eeek. Praz is looking good again, he really is class

Table: Bolstad:

Henning Bolstad -- 234,000
Shante S -- 38,000
Simon Zach -- 130,500
Mohammed Shaffiq -- 59,000
George Geary -- 34,500
Chris Parkes -- 63,000
Alan McLean -- 49,500
Nick Judah -- 22,500
S Javadi -- 118,500
Jim Kerrigan -- 53,500

Judah was also the guy who folded Jd 7d on a Jh 7c 9d board to Nick Slade's 6d 3d, he also cracked Greek Jack's Queens with J-T.

Adam Wilkinson, who I am finding it hard to pigeon hole as a tight or loose player, raises to 6k pre-flop, only for Mick McCool to call from the button with 9c 9d.

Adam then casually announces all-in with a slight shrug when the Flop bring out an 8h 6c Ah.

With a huff, Mick folds his hand face up, but Adam didn't return the gesture, promptly mucking his hand.

As a result of that encounter, Mick is down to 20,000 and starting to struggle with the blinds now at a rather chunky 1,000/2,000.

Still 20 players left and 15 more minutes at this level before the blinds go to 1.5k/3k. If they are this slow going out now, God help us when we get to the bubble, though it does speak volumes about the great structure they have in place here.

I meant jim sorry... :-)

And we finally have an exit, this time the aforementioned Adam Wilkinson. Cheeky Cockney David Lloyd had raised to 6,500 pre-flop from earlyish position, only for Adam to move in from the small blind for another 25-30k. "Do you want a call?" asked Lloyd predictably, to which Adam replied, "I'm not bothered, it's up to you." Well it was up to him, and he quickly decided to chuck in his remaining column and reveal his A-K, which was well ahead of Adam's paltry A-J. King on the flop was empahtic and we've lost the man who won the opening event of this festival.

If there's a level that's one above 'card rack' that is what Henning Bolstad is today, he raises from UTG +1, everyone passes, he shows Jacks, he raises next hand from UTG, this time Alan McLean pushes, Henning calls.

McLean:

Td Tc

Bolstad:

Kd Kh

Board:

6c 8h Ac Jd 7h

Sorry, this has nothing to do with anything, I just had to share it.

Oh lame, previously it moved. I give up, I shall never try to amuse anyone again.

Audtioning to be one of the Wolverines in Red Dawn?

Your top 5 chip leaders (to the nearest 5k):

Henning Bolstad -- 320,000
Chris Gavriel -- 130,000
Simon Zach -- 120,000
P Pihlajama -- 115,000
S Javari -- 105,000

Mick McCool pushes after scandie Markus Pihlajamaa raises in late position to 6k, Mick pushes for 19k more. Markus calls.


Mick:

Ad Th

Markus:

Aspades Ks

Board:

9d 6h 3s 3c 5s

Meaning Mick McCool is OUT and off to Walsall sharpish.

We are now on a 30 minute dinner break.

The players are now on a 30 minute dinner break.

Great updates guys

Just caught up with all the updates, great stuff as usual guys.

Good Luck to Tim T8MML

Spoke to Praz Bansi, says he's grinding away following a dry spell of cards.

A didn't bother asking George Geary if he was griding away, tighter than a Richard Prew on the bubble that one.

A reminder of the prizes on offer today.

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

There will surely be a deal.

The players are now returning to their seats in dribs and drabs.

Who's your money on? I would go for my original pick, Shipley, but he's out, so I'm putting my last dime on Praz Bansi.

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looks like this will be an easy match for bolstad, pride of bergen.

Simon Zach knocks out a shortish Nick Judah.

Zach:

Ac Kd

Judah:

6h 6d


Board:

Kc 4s Aspades Th Kh

Bit of overkill there.

Table Pihlajamaa:

P Green -- 52,000
Chris Gavriel -- 141,500
C Judah -- 34,500
Trevor Reardon -- 44,500
Praz Bansi -- 59,000
P Pihlajamaa -- 143,000
David Lloyd -- 58,000
Tim Blake -- 67,500

Hi there, welcome to blondepoker. Are you able to tell us anything more about Henning Bolstad?

George Geary doubled up through S Javadi.

Most of it went in on the flop, I think Javadi got caught nicking.

Geary:

Ahrt Jd

Javadi:

Ad Kc

Flop:

Jc Jh 2d

Turn:

8d

River:

8c

George Geary had around 90k now and Javadi has taken a 42k hit to her stack.

It's on a break. Eat a Tracker bar or something.  >:(

Table Bolstad:

Henning Bolstad -- 300,000
Shante Somaratine -- 29,500
Simon Zach -- 152,500
Mohammed Shaffiq -- 69,500
George Geary -- 88,000
Chris Parkes -- 60,100
S Javadi -- 72,500
Jim Kerrigan -- 27,500

at least my orginal pick still in (shaf)

Just watched Markus the scandiekid who is very Agreeeesive raise to 8k, P Green made it 20k commiting himself and Trevor Reardon seemed to dwell for a minute as though he had Queens or Jacks and had a difficult decision. Actually he was holding  Aspades Ahrt and was merely trying to get Markus to call him when he pushed by trying to feign weakness. P Green was holding Ad 8h and the 7s 2c 5d Kh 6c board sent him home and Trevor added another 40k or so to his stack.

one of norways many good tournyplayers,  talk to mr granstad, and i am sure he could give you some information.

A few pictures from around the tables:

David Lloyd is down to 42k after folding A-Qo to an all-in re-raise (small vs big blind) by Tim Blake.

"I'm not passing again, boys," warns Lloyd.

My 3 are still going strong

Henning and Simon Zach see a flop together.

Flop:

6d 3d 2d

Check, check.

Turn:

4d

Check, check

River:

Ac

Simon bets 18k, Henning makes it 43k, Simon makes about 90k. Henning passes the Ad face up.

Simon shows 5d 5h and is on 200k or so now.

Blinds = 1.5k/3k
15/93 left
93k av stack

Can u pls saend my hello 2 granstad and bolstad from mr kings and tell them 2 keep up the good work!:-) bolstad would rather stay at a craps table il tell u that lol

10 mins till the blonde Omaha comp guys.

$10 freezeout, PLO.

Thanks.

will do  ;hattip;

thx snoop:-)

C Judah is OUT, moved all-in for 28k with Ah-7d but ran into the Jd-Jc of Praz which held up on the 7s-Td-8h-4d-Kd board.

They say this cat Shaf is a bad mother...
SHUT YOUR MOUTH!

David Lloyd limps from the small blind, Tim Blake raises in the big blind, David Lloyd pushes all-in, Tim passes his pocket 2's face up.

Tim Blake pushes for 48k from the button with the blinds 2k/4k. Chris Gaveriel made a speculative call from the big blind with Kc Th and was in a race vs Tim Blake's 3d 3c

Board:

6s 5d Kh 6h 4d

We are being moved now from our table because they need the table for tonight's comp. Please bear with us.

Great updates as usual guys, many thanks...

Sorry for the delay, the two remaining tables are shifting over to accomodate for the £100 freezeout.

Remember that episode of the Simpsons where they completely trash the town and end up moving the whole of Springfield a few miles away from it's original location with all the characters driving their houses on the back of their cars? Yeah, last five minutes has been a little like that.

Table Bolstad:

Henning Bolstad -- 254,500
Santhe Somaratine -- 54,500
Simon Zach -- 149,000
Mohammed Shaffiq -- 83,500
George Geary -- 77,000
Chris Parkes -- 54,500
Jim Kerrigan -- 24,500

Lol the native American finds a candy wrapper and starts crying, Lisa says you better not turn around, classic!

Similar thing happened in Singapore, 5 tables left in the $500 and they had to clear the room we were in! Mass move to the other room.

And just as I complete that chip count, we lose Jim Kerrigan from the table. Moving all-in pre-flop for 25k, the 'Hit Squad' member runs into the A-K of Santhe.

Jim Flops a 9, but receives a final poke from the Poker Gods as thr board comes 6-T-9-J-Q, much to the relief of local boy Santhe who exhales a deep breath of air.

Henning Grandstad has just told us that Henning Bolstad is apparently the biggest raker on Crypto playing as 'Liniker' and 'Albin'.

Chris Parkes is OUT. Didn't catch the hand details, but it means we are hand for hand.

With 11 left, you know what that means...

Don't you?

STOP!!! Bubbletime

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Trevor Reardon, who, in this comp anyhow, is challenging Carlo Citrone for the King of the Dwell title, has just been forced into the think tank once more, this time courtesy of Chris Gavriel, who had bet 50k (pretty much all of Trevor's chips) on a board of Aspades Jc 7c 9s 4s. Trevor thought and thought with neighbour Chris in a deep trance, hands over mouth (as seen in the photo below), until Big TR eventually made the fold, although he certainly wasn't happy, pushing his cards into the muck with some force and blowing steam through his ears in a fit of internal rage.

Big Trev doubles up, Chris Gavriel raised the CO, Big Trev pushed all-in from the button, Gavriel makes the call with Aspades Td against Trev's 7h 7s

Board:

8h 2s Qs 8c Jh


Trevor doubles up

Table Gavriel:

S Javadi -- 59,000
Chris Gavgriel -- 168,00
Trevor Reardon -- 66,500
Praz Bansi -- 128,000
P Pihlajamaa -- 163,500
David Lloyd -- 44,000

come on Trevor

Not surprisingly, it's slowed down a little here with the bubble looming. The banter's still in full flow, Simon Zach commenting that "George is older than everyone else at the table combined." before adding, "The Iceman was playing cards when I was in nappies."

I daren't ask how long ago that was, hopefully not weeks for Simon's sake.

Short stack David Lloyd pushes his last 45k all-in. Chris Gavriel makes the call.


Lloyd:

Kd Jd

Gavriel:

Ac Th

Board:

Jc 4c 4h 8s 3h


We continue....

Still on the bubble, and if anything, I forsee the last pre-final table exit coming from the six handed table, especially with Chris Gavriel seemingly unkeen to hang around with less than average chips. However, he just won an extra 20k, re-raising Pihljamaraa's 14 pre-flop raise to 69,500 all-in.

Incidentally, Trevor seems to be a lot happier now.

what simon gets up to in his own time is his and nobody elses business.

Still waiting for that bubble to burst. The 5-handed table seems to be very raise fold fold fold fold, whilst the other one is more raise all-in fold.

Blinds are now 3k/6k, we'll get a full chip count for the final table when (if?) another person is knocked out.

Praz Bansi and Trevor Reardon see a cheap flop of Ac Ahrt 9d which they both check before Praz bets 7k on the 9d Turn. Trevor smooth calls before checking the Ts River, at which point Praz makes a nice 12k value bet with Qd 9c which is called and mucked by Big TR.

3 shortest stacks:

S Javadi -- 30,000
George Geary -- 62,000
Santhe Somaratine -- 78,000

It's........

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Action!!!!!

S Javadi pushes all-in for 30k. Chris Gavriel calls, everyone else passes.

Javadi:

Ks Js

Gavriel:

8h 8s

Board:

3c Kh 3s Qd 7s

Javadi up to 59k. Still another half hour of 3k/6k

Just as well she's still in, I heard a rumour that in honour of the Notts Gala Womens Comp, they were awarding 11th place a pair of knitting needles...

Thought we were gonna get our final table for a moment there.

P Pihlajamaa raised to 14k, S Javadi added another 25k and Pihlajama, with 10 other players giving him the staredown in the hope that he shoves it all-in and wins, folds A-To face up.

With 33k in the pot and a Kh 3d 6c Flop on the felt, David Lloyd's 15k bet is re-raised all-in by Praz Bansi. David passes exclaiming, "He's got moves!" in the process.

Nice pot for Praz.

Meanwhile, George Geary has dribbled down to 40k.

this is definately a real long bubble

Santhe Somaratine is similarly low, last seen moving all-in for 35.5k on Simon Zach's blind. Zach thought about it for a while (even rising from his seat, which was highly exciting for those hoping for action), but eventually decided that it was too much to call.

Game on!

Short stack Dave Lloyd moves all-in twice in a row and takes the blinds both times.

I can see now why they went for the overly top heavy structure.

Playing this thing out to a finish would take till Thursday - they need a deal to be able to get it finished by the time the place closes.

And the bubble has been......



Broken!!!

Santhe Somaratine moved all-in from the cut-off and was called by Shaf in the small blind

Santhe:

7s 7h

Shaf:

Ad Kh

Board:

8h Ahrt 5d 9d 5h.

So Santhe is our bubble boy.

Redraw, chip counts and pictures of the finalists to follow.

I'm about to upload the final table chip counts with photos of each finalist.

Remember that in order to see these photos, you must be a member of the site (which is completely free), so please support all the hard work that has gone into these updates by joining up with the forum. All you need to do is select 'register' in the menu.

Cheers ;snoopy;

Seat 1: David Lloyd -- 58,000

Seat 2: Chris Gavriel -- 85,000

Seat 3: Trevor Reardon -- 85,000

Seat 4: P Pihlajamaa -- 129,500

Seat 5: George Geary -- 40,000

Seat 6: Mohammed Shaffiq -- 348,500

Seat 7: Simon Zach -- 173,000

Seat 8: Henning Bolstad -- 171,500

how did shaf get up that hi ? dont remember him in many post other than the last knock-out,  he musta been on a mission i thinks ( my pick from day 1 btw )

come on lloydy, bout time you took one of these down.
Pihlajamaa came 3rd in the 500 and plays just like your typical scandie foe, ie, pretty well

Seat 9: Praz Bansi -- 190,000

Seat 10: S Javadi -- 90,000

Good Luck Big TR

Javadi makes it 16k to go in early position, George Geary pushed for about 20k more, She called.

Geary:

Ahrt Js

Javadi:

Qs Ts


Board:

Ad 2d 4d 8s 8d.

Geary doubles through

Trevor Reardon bets out 13.5k from early position and S Javadi (who surely must have a decent hand to take on Big TR), moves all-in from the small blind. Trev calls as if he was in a Benny Hill sketch, only to reveal the same hand as his female foe. A 9-9-6-8-T, no flushes, chopppy choppy.

While we were still on the bubble, he raised preflop with Kings and was re-raised by Henning but played it cautiously by check/calling the flop and making a small un-called value bet on the river after both checked the turn. I think that took him over the 200k point.

ty sir, like i said way back when, hes due a run of good luck

hi der snoop, great updates,wish shaff & zachy best of luck,tell them 2 bring home the title.(up north)zippy

David Lloyd has shot up to 68k after taking two sets of blinds, both times forcing Simon Zach to fold a weak Ace in the blinds. Following the second push, David showed A-Ks.

Will do  ;hattip;

Say hello to George for me, cheers.

A very cagey start to this final. Lots of pre-flop raising going on and perhaps a lot of hands dipping into cookie jars.

After some pre-flop action, P Pihlajamaa (cut off -1) and Mohammed Shaffiq (button) saw a Flop of 7c 4d Td, which was then checked down through the 4s Turn and Tc River before the dealer chopped it up, both men holding A-Q.

Despite the bubble bursting, the shorter stacks haven't gone crazy yet and everyone is still pretty tight. I just did a 20 minute stint up top and every hand was raise followed by more passing than a bad Mastermind contestant. Blinds are 4k/8k for the next 20 minutes and then we go to 5k/10k which is when people start to feel the pinch I reckon....

Praz raises to 22k, Chris Gavriel moves all-in for 22.5k more, Praz forced to call.

Gavriel:

Kc Kh

Praz:

Jd 6c

Board:

Ts Aspades 9d Qc 5c

Gavriel back over 90k.

Please wish D lloyd all the best from me please

Not too much room up there, but these are the approximate chip counts:

(1) David Lloyd -- 60k
(2) Chris Gavriel -- 100k
(3) Trevor Reardon -- 95k
(4) P Pihlajamaa -- 120k
(5) George Geary -- 50k
(6) Mohammed Shaffiq -- 375k
(7) Simon Zach -- 170k
(8) Henning Bolstad -- 160k
(9) Praz Bansi -- 150k
(10) S Javadi -- 40k

hi snoops just got home and reading thro the great updates. Naturally gutted to go out to the as you say "speculative" call with K10. Still it was fun while it lasted. Interesting to read the various comments on the "amazing fold" hand when the guy folded the house. He says he put me on 33 and therefore thought he was behind. What the report didn't say was that I had check raised with a more than pot sized bet the turn so you have to wonder why the call and then fold? If you think you are in front on the turn then how the **** can you be behind on the river, other than of course to quad 6s. Good poker? Bad poker? Perhaps as it turned out he should have called and the missus wouldn't have had chance to lose so much in the casino lol!

Keep it up guys!

Please wish David Lloyd some long overdue luck

i 3rd that in a non bokking way

Lots more passing though Simon Zach seems to be ahead in the 'Steal the Blinds' game, I think the tight table has even affected Markus and Henning who haven't been raising much either. Finally last hand before the blinds went to 5k/10k S Javadi pushed here last 32k, Shaf, as CL, felt compelled to call with his half-wilson 7h 4h. Javadi was holding Js Jd though.

Board:

9s 5d 5h Ahrt Tc

Still ten players.

Couldn't agree more, he called the bet then hit HIS dream card on the River. He must have thought he had a read on you when you moved in on the River. Still, I don't think you can ever be that sure to fold to the all-in once calling the re-raise on the Turn.

Bad luck on your exit. Tough one to swallow.

After your message of good luck to Ash earlier I think you should keep schtum. ;)

Should be some action now

No problem.

Is that Denis, from Ireland?

wedgy coming you way........... your sooo gonna eat your underwear

Yep good guess

Considering the slow progress being made, there are talks of a 5.30 finish and a chip count.

Gulp.

Brings back memories of the 5 hour heads up between Grech and Jackson last time I was here.

lloydy finished second behind me at the gutshot last saturday so he is in form ,  


but good luck to the zac , bout time he took one after the bubble;)

George Geary moves all-in utg for 47k.

Henning Bolstad calls.

David Lloyd dwells for a bit and passes.

On their backs:

Geary:

Th Tc

Bolstad:

Ahrt Qc

Board:

Ks 8s 5d 6h 9c

Geary back above 100k, still 10 players. David Lloyd passed Sevens.

P Pihlajamaa raises to 30k pre-flop and Praz, after some deep thought, calls the extra 20k from the big blind.

Flop = 3h 4d 9h

Praz gestures all-in and the Scandinavian folds.

Pihlajamaa down to 75k.

was hoping to be up long enough to see a zach victory but I'm done.

1st Zach
2nd praz
3rd shaf

on chip count/deal I'd say. Will check in the morning to probably find out none of them made the top 3 but oh well thats what the edit button is for ;)

Chris Gavriel raises to 40k in EP, Simon Zach re-raises him all-in and Chris Gavriel decides to go for it.


Simon Zach:

Ahrt Kh

Chris Gavriel:

Kd Qd


Board:

3s 5d 2s 5d 7s

Meaning Chris Gavriel is OUT in 10th winning £1,860

go zac ............ i can see you sniiffing your percentage on the rail  tyler

Bed? Get back here ya wimp! It's only 12.45!

Oh yeah, stopping people from editing, that's what the 'quote' button is for.

Should have been a misdeal and a split pot... the 5d came out twice!

who seems to be bullying the most ? or it very nip and tuck at the moment ?

So i take it the prize structure was right?
Did anybody ask them WTF they are doing?

Moi... just made 2 ft's online and been smacked.... i'm a better jockey...

CAN WE HAVE SOME MORE HAND INFO PLS

 5 dollar sit an goes are not finalo tables mate lol

Sorry Camel, the first 5d should actually be 6d.


Anyway more action now, Shaf raises to 30k and S Javadi virtually calls all-in (she had about 3-4 BB's)

On their backs:

Javadi:

Qh Tc

Shaf:

Ad Th

Board:

Aspades 5c 9c 9h Kc

So S Javadi is OUT in 9th winning £2,790

Great reading all the updates. Its taken my mind off playing the $100 rebuy on laddies...........................................

Oh we're on the FINAL TABLE lol, Iwan Jones here also

ANYONE GOT A CHIP COUNT

We would if we had some, but with a lot of the shorter stacks clinging on, the bigger stacks of Shaf, Zach and the like are deciding not to go after each other just yet, therefore there's a lot of 'first raise wins the pot' type shennanigans. If a couple more of the shorter stacks go out soon, we'll certainly see some more flops played.

TY

Approx chip counts:

(1) David Lloyd -- 65k
(3) Trevor Reardon -- 75k
(4) P Pihlajamaa -- 85k
(5) George Geary -- 60k
(6) Mohammed Shaffiq -- 405k
(7) Simon Zach -- 160k
(8)l Henning Bolstad -- 225k
(9) Praz Bansi -- 210k

THANKS SNOOPY

Simon Zach must have just folded a previous hand to a reraise because I saw him move all-in from the button for 129k and was called by Praz in the big blind.

Simon:

Qh Jh

Praz:

7d 7c


Board:

Td Ac Qs Ad 8c

Simon has got over 250k now. Praz really short with about 60k.

Trevor Reardon has doubled up to 120k, 9-9 vs Shaf's A-Qs, 5-2-5-2-J board.

Oops, I made a misread earlier, it wasn't Simon Zach that knocked out Gavriel, it was in fact Henning, I just saw the cards in front of Simon and assumed it was him. Sorry all.

More on the Simon Zach/Praz Bansi hand, the preflop action didn't just go all-in/call apparently, Simon made it 40k from the button and Praz made it 100k from the big blind and Simon pushed his remaing chips with the Qh Jh knowing full well he was getting called for the last 20k or so. Makes it seem a lot sicker from Praz' point of view.

Here's a mid-break David Lloyd (reluctantly photoed).

"I think Simon made a bit of a boo boo on that Pras hand. He raised pre-flop with Q-Js, which is fair enough, but once Pras has made the re-raise with the sevens, he's gotta let it go knowing that Pras is committed if he were to move over the top. But, I think he looked at the prize structure, thought 'It's only a grand between the places' and decided to gamble. I'm not sure that's the best way to look at it though when you've been playing this long."

The blinds are now 8/16k.

When asked about the potential chip count at 5.30pm, David Lloyd didn't seem to worries, adding, "It'll be chopped up with four players left, I doubt we'll make it to 5.30."

I'm not surprised with tbh considering the top heavy structure.

Dave Lloyd pushes all-in from late position for 62k. Shaf decides to take a shot from the big blind.

Dave:

Kc Jc

"Oh, anything but that!" exclaims Shaf.

Shaf:

Jh 5h

Board:

2s Qd 3h 8c 7d

Dave up to 134k.

P Pihlajamaa is OUT and becomes the 8th place finisher winning £3,720

Pretty shortstacked, Pihlajamaa made his move with Threes, but ran into the Pocket Aces of fellow Scandie Bolstad.

Q-9-6-K-5 Board was no help.

George Geary is OUT in 7th place winning £4,650

Having dwindled to a tiny stack he pushed  his last 15k in from the cut-off and was called by Simon Zach, Henning Bolstad and Praz Bansi. The three then checked the 2s Kd Th 7d 3d board which was won by a mile by Simon's Ad Qd. Never got to see George's cards.

Over to Snoopy...

David Lloyd is OUT and becomes the 6th place finisher winning £5,580

With the blinds at 8/16k, Simon Zach went 16 with 16 and David Lloyd called from the big blind.

Flop = Qs 5d 4c

All the chips flew in.

Lloyd = Ks Qc

Zach = 4d 4h

Turn = 4s

River = 8s

"So, just the quads then?" commented Lloyd. "I hit my card, had to push. Should have re-raised pre-flop"

Wow, it's carnage now.

Trevor Reardon is OUT and is our 5th place finisher winning £6,975

He made a stand with Jd Jc but Simon Zach called with Ac Ks

Board:

Kd 2d 3c 3d 3s


Simon has since been telling Praz that he virtually called all-in with the Qh Jh because he wanted to "play for the top 3 spots and nothing else."

Dropping like flies!

And to think Ariston went to bed.

I pity the fool!

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They're like buses!

... but smaller.

Simon Zach -- 620k
Mohammed Shaffiq -- 330k
Praz Bansi -- 275k
Henning Bolstad -- 160k

For what it's worth, George had A-3.

I love poker, sometimes it's so surprising, after we grinded for what seemed like 5 or 6 hours with only 1 person going out, it's all sprung into life.

Henning Bolstad is our 4th place finisher winning £9,300

And it was one of those 'one up the bum' jobbies.

He pushed from the small blind with Ad 5h and Praz asked how much but then said, "Call."

Praz showed Aspades 5s. You know what's coming don't you...

Flop:

8s Qs Tc 7s Kd

Ouch!

Mohammed Shaffiq is OUT and becomes the 3rd place finisher winning £11,625

Shaf made it 70k from the button, Praz moved all-in and Shaf called.

Q-Jo vs 7-7

Board = 6-9-7-A-Q

Heads up now between Zach and Pransi.

After hours upon hours of action free poker, we've witnessed 6 exits in 30 minutes.

Would you Adam and Eve it?...

As Jimmy Greaves once said, "It's a funny ol' game."

Floppy is in the midst of the battlefield at the moment, but I'd guess they're pretty equal in chips now.

Praz and Simon have been discussing a deal for the last several minutes. Praz has the chip lead, approximately 800k to Simon's 600k and wants more money than what was initially offered. Funnily enough though, neither are too keen to gamble for that 20k difference.

Well, incredibly, it appears as though this questioned structure is going to be played out, as neither Simon nor Praz can agree to a deal, the latter wanting a few more thousand than initially offered and the former not too willing to give it. A bit of a stand off therefore means... GAME ON!

"Isn't it exciting!" says Zach.

According to Karl Marenholtz, one of the reasons Praz is not too keen on a deal is because apparently if he wins here, he'll go top of the rankings. Seems a fair enough reason to you guys?

its not like he needs the spondolies lol

Is that the new Rankings?  Just started (anyone recall when?) - it makes a difference if it's beginning/middle/end of points battle- the more events left to play presumably the less important it is to have the temporary top spot now (especially for a player like Praz)...

December??

Guys can u remind us of the difference in cash --first and second?
thanks
Malc-M

Bizarre hand early doors in this heads-up confrontation.

Both players see a cheap flop of 6c Ts 2h.

Praz bets 16k and Simon moves all-in for around 550k.

A long dwell from Praz, who tries to get some info out of Simon with the verbal.

"Will you show if I pass?" he asks.

"No," answers Zach.

Zach then goes on to say things like...

"Oh just pass, I know you're going to pass."

"I just want to get to the bar."

and so on.

He even asks a valet for a glass of still water from the bar.

Anyhow, Praz eventually passes, showing a Ten in the process. Zach also shows a Ten, but it's backed up by a 6.

According to Karl, who was watching from the rail, Praz had T-2 for a smaller two pair.

Easy pass?

1st = £32,550
2nd = £13,900

that is discusting

1st is roughly £32k while 2nd is about £13k

A few hands now,

First on a Kd Tc 7s 2s board Praz bets 16k and is check/raised by Simon to 75k, both check the 7c river where Simon's Kc 5s is good.

Praz raises and takes the blinds.

Simon folds the small blind.

Praz folds the small blind.

Simon raises and takes the blinds.

Praz makes up the blinds and we see a Kh 3h 9s flop. Simon check/calls Praz' 20k bet. They both check the 6h turn. Simon checks the Ahrt river and Praz bets 50k. Simon moves all-in and Praz folds.

Finally Simon makes up and Praz checks, they check down a Ac Jh 4s Qc board until the Aspades river where Praz bets 50k and Simon quickly calls, Praz has Qd 5h, Simon has Qs 9h. Chop that one.

Here's the guys in action, despite no deal, it's all very pleasant and friendly.

Hats off to the guys for playing this out.

At least noone can moan about this final being boring, playing for 20k heads up must be tense stuff.

Still level pegging. Blinds now 10/20k (and capped).

Lots of action, but very back and forth, not too many hands reaching the river.

Last 3 hands:

(1) Praz raises 60k, Simon calls. 8h-7d-6d Flop. Check, check. 9s Turn. Simon bets 90k and Praz folds. Simon shows T-9.

(2) 4-8-5 rainbow Flop. Praz checks, Simons bets 30k, Praz calls. 4d Turn. Simon bets 80k, Praz folds.

(3) Jc 9c 5d Flop. Praz bets 30k, called. 4h Turn. Praz bets 70k. Folds.

Pretty laid back to be honest.

Just be thankful Trev and George didn't make it. Forget the 7hr HORSE, heads up records would have been shattered.

Bit of needling going on at the moment. Praz calling Simon a card rack, higlighting his play with the Q-J earlier - and I'm pretty sure Simon is saying similar things in return. All playful, but I think Praz is gently prodding Simon into making an error.

Praz raises to 60k and Simon calls, but the latter check/folds to Praz' 50k bet on the Th Td 8h flop.

Next hand Simon raises to 55k, Praz makes it 150k and Simon moves all-in, Praz thinks for AGES and Simon says, "You're behind, you've thought this long, you've still got 380 odd..." Praz passes after Simon calls the clock.

Rough chips counts:

Praz -- 400k
Simon -- 1mil

After dropping a few chips, Praz has virtually doubled back up.

Praz raised pre-flop and Simon called.

Flop = 2d Kc 4h

Praz bet 75k, Simon called.

Turn = 3h

Check, check.

River = 7h

Praz (first to go) bets 140k (leaving himself just 100k behind) and Simon calls.

Praz takes the pot with Kd 9h.

Back to even stevens.

"Gotta hit sooner or later," he adds.

Darn Praz and his shiny silver sleeves!!!

Aaaah, that's better, no sleeves, no shine.

I was watching a couple of mundane, raise/pass hands then in an unraised pot the players saw this flop:

8s 5d 7s

Simon checks, Praz bets 20k, Simon min-raises to 40k. Praz moves in, Simon calls instantly.

Praz:

9s 4s

Wow huge drawing hand, except...

Simon:

9d 6s

Turn:

8d

River:

2s

So Praz has doubled up and Simon is on the respirator.

Simon Zach is now right down low with just 150k-200k after paying off Praz's flopped two pair (K-4) on a K-4-7-8-8 board.

"I thought the Eights had done me," exhaled a relieved Praz.

Simon is all-in and there's a call!!!!

Simon pushes and Praz calls with Ahrt Kh, Simon shows the slightly more mundane 6s Td.

Board:

8s Jd 3c Js 6d

Simon doubles up.

PRAZ BANSI IS THE BROADWAY FESTIVAL OF POKER CHAMPION WINNING £32,550

Simon limped, Praz bet around 80k, Simon moved all-in instantly and Praz made the obligatory call.

Praz = Ac 3c

Simon = Ks 5c

Board = Jc Aspades 2h 4h 7h

Great coverage as normal guys--thanks
Malc

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And here are the litte rascals receiving their trophies and spondoolies.

Top Updates Guys, puts the others to shame :)up ;tightend;

Ok guys that's about your lot then, Snoops and I are pretty shattered but congratulations to Simon Zach and Praz, the latter is certainly in red-hot form. Thanks also to Raj and the staff at the Broadway for looking after us this weekend. The next live update will be Walsall GUKPT event on Thursday when Jen and Sloppy will be doing the updates while I get my beauty sleep, have a well-deserved rest, get back to owning online MTT's have a break.

 ;stickaforkinme;

Quality job fellas  ;sexybanana;

Terrific Stuff guys, Thank You very much.

Well, that's a wrap folks. We were a bit concerned for a moment there that it was going to be a 5.30pm jobby, but more worringly, a chip count, which is never a good end to any Main Event.

However, final table exits are like buses, and even though we had a two hour wait for the bubble and a 10 man final for what seemed like an age, we somehow managed to lose 6 players in the space of 30 minutes. Quite incredible, they all just went antsy in their pantsy!

But when the smoke cleared and the dust settled, no one was surprised to see Praz Bansi as the last man standing. Simon Zach was a destructive force on the final table, but when it came down to it, he lost a 20k pot as a 2-1 fave when Praz hit that flush draw. Pretty harsh really when you consider what was at stake and it's a shame that it came down to a hand like that.

But Praz fully deserved his victory and has proved that he is no flash in the pan, backing up his WSOP bracelet win with impressive triumphs in both this comp and the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Event in Bolton. Also, I believe that puts him at the top of the rankings, so he truly is the man in form.

That just leaves me to thank Mr Floppy and everyone at the Broadway for their help. It was a bit touch and go whether we were going to be here, but once it was confirmed that we would be allowed to update, Raj and his team were highly accomodating and very pleasant towards us.

We're genuinely exhausted here, and I'm not sure I can quite contemplate the 4 day Walsall Event just yet without becoming a bit daunted of the prospect of another lenghty update, so I'm going to have to leave you with five immortal words...

 ;stickaforkinme;

great updates as ever guys...so much better sampling them the morning after for us early birders.
wp simon & THE man in form, praz

Stunning updates, I'm lost for words!

Well that's not strictly true, I have loads of words, but at the moment they are more suited to obtaining breakfast. i.e. "Zell, do us a bacon sandwich please" or "Put my tea in that big mug".


Great updates though.

Can't you even lift your arm to put it in on your own?

Hey Flushie! you got a honourary mention last night when I said "put my feet on that big pouffe"

lol

Great updates guys, Praz is da man. wd to zach tho, great effort m8.

so close to getting the tricast in the correct order but the flush on the river must have crushed zach- an almost 20k card. Well done to all though and thanks alot for waiting till I went to bed before starting playing in the final.

Fantastic updates as usual.
WD to Praz.
Was on his table in Bolton first night - played superbly and its no shock to me he's getting the results.

Hear Here!!!

Laying down top and bottom pair to opponents top 2 pair on the flop HU. Christ, this man deserves to win. Looks like a scary talent. GL to him, and great updates as ever.