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:hello: and welcome back for the second Day 1 at the very stylish G Casino in Manchester. Once again play will begin at 4pm, people playing today include Thewy, Dewi and (fingers crossed) someone called Louie too.

If you want any particular players covered, please put their names down here.

See you at 4pm!

Best of luck to all blondes playing today>> Brill updates yesterday too!
It has to be said Dana takes the best pickies ever.

 :hello: Dana,  :hello: Chris

Thanks for yesterday's excellent update including great ( ::)) pics.

Looking forward to today's oevre.

This will have to suffice til 4pm.

picks for today

julian and maria

My tip for today is Welshman Iwan Jones.

I don't know if he's playing today but he is Welsh.

:hello:had a great day yesterday ,really enjoyed it .
thx floppy and dana for passing my messages on ,brilliant updates as usual .
good luck to all blonde's playing today .

hello AND GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE WELSHMEN PLAYING TODAY ,IWAN JONES,MARTIN,ED,RUDDERS(REMEMBER TO HIT THEM WITH THE CRUTCH IF YOU HAVE ANY BAD BEATS),MICHAEL B,ANTHONY ROMANELLO.MY TIPS FOR THE DAY ARE IWAN JONES MICHAEL BOLOUS AND RUDDERS.AND RICH UR IN LUCK COS DYL ISNT AT YOUR TABLE LOL.

Top notch updates yesterday. Good luck to the Thewster and the Demetriouster. Lets see Maria and Julian top of the pack at end of play!

i wonder if it will be a 4th london based player to win it??

GL julian and Bo Le go on the nottingham boys !

 :hello:

We are now arrived at the casino, and I am responsible for a probably quite dangerous coffee trail leading up the stairs to the press room. I have information that today is a sell-out with 160 runners. Runners I have spotted mainly running around between the bar and the little boys' room (perhaps it's nerves, or perhaps it's just the table near the Gents I chose to perch on for observation and cigarette-smoking purposes) include Mickey Wernick, Willie Tann, Dave Colclough, Mad Marty Wilson and Greg "crosscourtbh". It's now 4pm and although I really really doubt they're going to start on time, I am heading down there just in case. I also intend to steal one of the official Blue Square Qualifiers' Sandwiches once they all vacate the bar...

It's a random draw but todays field looks stronger since it includes:

Thewy
The Camel
'Six Levels' Rumit. (No longer 1-hand)
Thewy
Praz Bansi
Karl Marenholz
Iwan Jones
Dpommo
Dubai
Stuart Rutter
Vicky Coren
El Blondie
Chilli (Pictured)
Micky Wernick

The seats have been drawn and we are about to start.

Also spotted John 'punkfloyd' Conroy and Neil Channing.

my 3 picks (1st time picking)

1) Chilliiiiiii
2) yoyo
3) el blondie

ya I know, kinda a homer thing going on w/ thr pics

Is Dubai still in?

155 players playing today, and they've just begun.

Camel and Karl Marenholz sitting next to each other, as are Dpommo and Vicky Coren. Dana is off getting pictures.

Sweets update:

7 packets of chewits, 4 orange, two lemon, one lime.

Good luck to Thewy and Chilli.

I could of been massive chips if that Nick hicks hadn't woke up with QQ in the blinds..........

still I got 100 more than he has now :).

Top updates, nice to meet the new crew yesterday.

Well, they've definitely started, and apparently 2 have gone already. Floppy's getting the details. In the meantime, here are some interesting tables.

Table Willie Tann and Ian Woodley

Table Karl Mahrenholz and Camel

Two out already.

CK Le bet 700 on a Q-T-6 board and was called, he bet again on the Jack turn and then 2.5k on the blank river, at which point his opponent, Andy Bradshaw moved all-in and Le called quickly with A-K. Bradshaw mucked but Micky Wernick said he saw a Six so I'm guessing he had trip sixes.

Also out is the fabulously named Mark Yaffe. He was holding A-A on a T-7-7 flop, must've been re-raised because there were two opponents holding K-K and T-T. The kings managed to escape but Mark's Aces couldn't get away.

Am I still in?

Dubai has made it past the 5th hand!  ;letsparty;

Somehow... :D

Table Maria, Mick McCluskey and Vicky Coren

i didnt know Bo"juanda"Le was playing,gooooooooo Bo.definatly a kid to watch out for.

Table Channing and Mystery Fingers! Anyone like to take a guess whose digits are screwing up an otherwise good picture?

Yeah Good luck to Bo Le (also known as Juanda), one of my cash game adversaries. Solid player and think he'll go deep.

My picks:

Maria
Julian
Bo

Come on Notts!

Miraculously ;)

SAME PICKS FOR ME

great  updates guys hav u got any updates on the TGF SHADOW crew zippy and nick tnx

Tales of Dubai (pictured) Section:

First he loses a whole chunk after there's a limper on the button, Dave makes it 275 from the small blind with A-A, the limper makes it 1,275 with about 6k behind, Dave calls. J-9-7 flop and Dave runs into a set of Sevens. Shortly after, against the same guy i think, he doubles back up with a set against 2nd pair and a gutshot. Then I saw him pushing again on an 8c 5s 5c board against the same player's 2k bet, getting him to fold.


Blondeites Alan 'BigAlHS' Armitage, Dewi 'DewiCool' James and Richard 'Rudders' Rudling-Smith.

Iwan Jones

Jim Kerrigan

Ok, seeing as no-one's taking the bait on my guess-the-fingers lark, I shall tell you that it is Mad Marty Wilson. I just saw him pass pocket queens to a big bet on the random river of a random board, and get quite upset when the bettor showed his un-hitting pocket sevens.

An all-in on Table Colclough - Player 1505 holding AK and Player 1502 (seating plan arriving within 10 minutes says our friend Mr Raab) on an A - Q - A - Q - 8 board, for a slightly disappointing split. Only ran over there because there was lots of oooh-ing and rising from seats.

Is there a Vincent Birt on the player list?

can u tell me how rudders,iwan and michael bolous are getting on pls?ty.i have bet on them being ahead of mates picks.and theres a lot riding on it,well 2pints and a kebab anyway cheers

chip counts and pictures on maria,julian and Bo Le(tiny young vietnamese looking lad) would be muchly appreciated.thank you.

FRAN

Dewi Pint Watch:

"Five."

Chilli, "Up to 14k, down to 12k."

El Blondie -- 9,975 "I'm slowly being blinded away." (Did just take down a pot betting 500 on a 2h 4s 3d board though).

Paul Rigg just won a chunk-o-rific pot. He bet 1500 on a Ahrt 5d 4s board, 3500 on the Ks turn and 4500 on the 4h river getting called on every street, his opponent mucked when Paul showed 5h 4c.

Rumit checks a flop of  7h 4d Ts. Eddie Lundon bets 300, Hoss Parhizkar calls and Rumit folds.

Turn -  Kc - Eddie bets 700 and Hoss (oh how I love that name) calls.

River -  8d and Eddie bets 1200. After some dwelling, Hoss raises to 3000 (ride 'em, cowboy!). Eddie calls, and his  Tc 8s is good against Hoss'  Jc 7c. Hoss starts to giggle like he's just got off a rollercoaster, the big loopy kind that leaves you kind of punch-drunk afterwards.

Yes.

Good luck to Iwan 'the welsh wizard' Jones, Shelley 'i knocked out johnny chan in some freeroll once' Rubenstein and Jim 'don't call me Kerry' Kerrigan.

Excellent updates from yesterday, just caught up, esp like the JaffaCake-eye view from the table, regular feature pls  ;hide;

PS Dana, is it true u like Snoopy to dress up as a real-life Snoopy? Is there a word for this?

Cheers could u post some updates if u can find him

Here they are, no big up or down swings yet.


Nicky Romanello is OUT, he was short with about 2.5k and lost to Vicky Coren's nut-flush.

Blinds are now 50/100.

Jon Farrer and Rumit in the blinds both check a  Ks Kd Kh flop, and then the  7c turn. River comes  Qd and Jon Farrer bets 250. Rumit folds. It's all very good-natured, there's lots of pleasant laughing camaraderie here.

Rudders -- 13k
Iwan Jones -- 10k hit a set of 4's against K-T and then had K-9 on a K-K-6 board when Q-J decided to push.

No Michael Bolous on the player list I'm afraid.

CAN WE PLS HV SM UPDATES FOR THE WELSH LADS.COULDNT MAKE IT THIS WEEK AND am missing it.more updates about lesser known players instead of the usuals ta. Ad Ac

thankyou thankyou

Vincent Birt is comfortably above 20k, he just bet 1.7k on the river of an Ahrt Kc 6c 5s 8d board, getting his opponent to fold.

Seems a bit less good-natured on Table Karl/Camel. On a  6d 3d Qs 5h Jc board, Alex Mah bets 2000. Karoly Kiss (oh yes...) says "you missed, huh?" and calls. He then mucks to Mah's  9h 9d. He is definitely not in a good mood. In fact, the very next hand he raises to 400 utg, only for John Conroy to reraise to 1200 and Ba Aghatabay to call. Kiss (ho ho ho), finding himself horribly horribly short, has no choice but to call all-in. The  Ac 2h Jh Td 9s board is checked down.  Ba shows pocket queens, John Conroy shows pocket tens for the set and Kiss mucks and is OUT. There, there. Maybe one of the soon-to-arrive massage girls will Kiss it better.

Cheers... tell him dirty bertie said good luck if u get the chance!!! He'll no what u mean!

Maria - 12.8k (pictured relaxing herself after the strain of counting her chips)
Julian - 8.4k (he ran into a set in the 2nd hand)
Bo Le - 11.7k

thank you dana,you both doing a spiffing job.

i have that shirt...small world

Players are on a break now, and we have acquired hamburgers! Found Dewi at the bar (big surprise), who told us he'd lost half his chips. "I was just shite, really. Looking forward to next week when I can get drunk and no-one will notice."

all updates on

Stuart "The Nutter" Rutter

will be greatly appreciated!




Stuart Rutter Pictured (minus Jaunty Scarf):  ;karabiner;

Oh yes, and there is a rumour that Maria is up to 16k.

He's just under starting stack, not really had that many hands so far. Pics and stuff to follow after the break, (or when we finish eating our burgers, whichever is longer. ;))

Dear guests, if you'd like to see the lovely photos that we've been posting of the players, and the ones lovelier still that I intend to take when the massage ladies appear, please sign up and sign in. It will take only a moment of your time, and you won't regret it. I'll make it worth your while! The massage ladies were in corsets yesterday...

El Blondie bets 600 on a  7d 8d 3s flop and finds a call in James Reid.

Turn -  Ad - Dave checks, James checks.

River -  Aspades - Dave bets 1300 and James calls.

Dave shows his Ahrt 8h full house and James shows his  9d Td not-a-straight-flush. El Blondie's on about 14.5k now.

Stuart Rutter -- around 8k (not sure about that scarf though!)

He obv doesn't like the guy on his left either.. ;whistle;

Is that the same Dave Colclough who stole my pen in Monte Carlo?  ;carlocitrone;

Julian just lost a chunk holding Qd Jd on a Kh 3s Qs 5c Qh board, his opponents' Kc Ks scooping.

Reyaz Mulla and EPT Grand Finalist Steve Jelinek are both OUT.

:D

How is Sam Wan (table 3) doing?

Any more updates on Vincent Birt?

Oh, so very unfortunate. The board is  3c Jc 5d Js and Mateyboy goes all-in for not very much; Maria calls instantly. Mateyboy turns over  Jh Tc; Maria turns over her superior  Jd Qc. But oh dreadful!  Td on the river and Matey doubles up. Sick. Sick, sick sick. Matey has since self-destructed and disappeared...

ouch unlucky..is there any other sites that cover this event that are not biased towards blonde players lol??

Don't hate on the scarf, the scarf owns.

Slightly messy chip counts by table (thanks Jon!)...


Woodley, Ian     5     35325
Lundon, Eddie    7    26825
Ngo, Billy    14    26600
Rigg, Paul    9    24875
Mccloskey, Michael    9    24750
Mahrenholz, Karl    4    23675
Holden, Stephen    12    23025
Birt, Vincent    8    22800
Le, Ck    11    22300
Sohal, Surinder    4    21850
Mckeever, George    12    19650
Nichols, Anthony    4    18800
Demetriou, Maria    9    18400
Lowe, Mark    13    18375
Shallow, Dave    12    17600
Johnson, Brian    12    17500
Birtles, David    13    16375
Cohen, Paul    4    16050
Bovis, Steve    8    15975
Sunny, Chattha    2    15750
Liepina, Irina    6    15700
Channing, Neil    10    15600
Amour, A    15    15350
Farrer, Jon    7    15250
Tann, Willie    5    14975
Rees, Glyn    2    14950
Manning, Mike    10    14750
Bowker, Elliot    6    14675
Arees, Tariq    14    14425
Muthy, Kayfhen    10    14250
Libertini, Martino    1    14125
Wyre, Ray    15    14025
Humphries, Evan    11    13850
Markham, Harry    15    13650
Simons, John    8    13550
Wernick, Mickey    11    13375
Owen, Craig    1    13275
Nash, Stuart    11    13225
Lovelady, Joey    13    13050
Clough, Dennis    10    12775
Le, Bo    5    12725
Fronda, Ryan    8    12600
Bright, Rob    2    12575
Aghatabay, Ba    4    12525
Brockett, Frank    2    12500
Somayia, Rumit    7    12225
Howard, Gregory    11    12175
Jones, Mark    8    12125
Ayegun, Olabode    8    12075
Eccles, Stephen    13    12025
Pomroy, David    9    11800
Reid, James    15    11800
Lott, Michael    14    11775
Nayyar, Pawan    10    11700
Heller, Adam    12    11625
Arama, Jac    1    11600
Pritchard, Stephan    15    11575
Colclough, Dave    15    11500
Singleton, Pete    7    11375
Clayton, Dave    11    11300
Xanthos, Stasia    6    11100
Leckey, Paul    1    11075
Reardon, Trevor    10    11025
Damonte, Phillippe    9    10825
Rudling-smith, Richard    1    10750
Hawkins, Keith    4    10725
Mccarthy, Leo    2    10650
Hussain, Masaud    5    10600
Muse, Mohammed    5    10575
Robinson, Mark    13    10400
Aslam, Zahir    6    10100
Coren, Vicky    9    10025
Anderson, T    6    10000
Howard, G    12    9850
Kerrigan, Jim    14    9850
Jangarwala, Salim    15    9725
Pearson, Stuart    10    9700
Nguyen, Tom    6    9600
Nijjar, Balvinder    12    9450
Wilson, Martin    10    9325
Penly, Dave    8    9200
Bansi, Pramesh    12    9150
Romanello, Anthony    1    9000
Nelson, Ian    11    9000
Van le, Tien    8    8900
Johnstone, Paul    4    8800
Adejuyigbe, Richard    5    8375
Cowling, Brian    1    8350
Dunsford, Jim    2    8350
Mullah, Reyaz    12    8350
Rubenstein, Shelley    1    8250
Macay, Tony    10    8225
Herbert, Ian    5    8125
Khan, Mojid    15    8075
Vinnicombe, Alan    13    7975
Wild, Martin    14    7875
Mackay, Richard    14    7825
Thew, Julian    7    7800
Brooks, Alun    9    7800
Allen, Robert    2    7775
Conroy, John    4    7725
Tabatabai, John    7    7575
Hoang, Hai    4    7550
Armitage, Alan    1    7450
Rutter, Stuart    13    7450
Davies, Alan    14    7400
Hickman, Darren    15    7400
Dong, T    14    7325
Wan, Sam    9    7300
Arees, Edd    11    7150
Cavanagh, Martyn    13    7150
Persaud, Nick    11    7050
Woodridge, Warren    2    6525
Bakewell, Gareth    6    6500
Tyler, Joshua    6    6475
Oleary, Kevin    2    6400
Wong, Richard    8    6325
Farrelly, Tim    15    6325
Chapman, Terry    7    6200
Sokrati, Chris    7    5950
Lund, Roger    8    5875
Reyner, Allen    9    5800
Flint, Chris    14    5500
Herson, Richard    5    5425
Nouri, Nouredine    13    5350
Nguyen, Kenny    5    5175
Zaib, J    9    5100
James, Dewi    1    5025
Mah, Alex    4    4700
Slade, Nick    2    4525
Isackov, Michael    11    4300
Piper, Mike    6    4175
Jones, Iwan    14    3975
Parhizkar, Hoss    7    3500
Fletcher, Terry    6    3100
Ramos, Pedro    10    3100
Kurbanali, Kassim    7    2700
Copus, David    13    1850

Hi is Chris Sokrati (Soxy) playing today?
Forgot to follow yesterdays update and cant be bothered to trawl through 14 pages now !!!

if he is, tell him he has to buy his own flippin double brandy and lemonade's this time. Prob best wish him luck too.

ta muchly

That will be a yes then.

It's not bias, it's just want people want to see, and the guys at blonde do a fantastic job reporting on lots of event around europe!

There are other websites, which if you use a search engine and common sense you will find.

Could you tell me if Jon (Skalie) Kalmar is on the list, and if affirmative how he is doing please ?

I saw him at what looked like a very generous price on Betfair an indulged myself slightly  ::)

it was a joke u mug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He's not on the list of entries, I'm afraid.

Oooops, my defensive nature kicked in!

It was very kind of you fella.

On with the Poker now.

It's all gone Wong for Ryan Fronda.

Fronda:

Ad Ac

Richard Wong:

Kc Ks

Kh on the river leaving Fronda with about 3k left.

Sam Wan (pictured) has 13k.

Iwan Jones is OUT, runner-runner flushed by Alan Davies.

Dewi's short now, on about 4k with the blinds now 100/200. "Um, I lost a few. At least tikay was wrong about me, he said I'd only last an hour and I lasted 2."

Phew my Lady Godiva is safe. I thought 300/1 was a bit big.

Good job I didn't bet with badbeat's firm or I'd have done my dough(non-runner you lose) :dontask: 

Yes yes, he's here and he was on about 6k at the last count.

Three-way all in on Table Chili!

On a  Td 2c 2d flop, Mateyboy already all in, David Pomray (is that dpommo? It is, isn't it?) goes all in for 11k, and Paul Rigg calls.

Mateyboy -  4d 4h

Probably Pommo -  3d Jd

Paul Rigg -  2s 4s

No diamonds or any other improvement for anyone and Mateyboy and Pomray are OUT.

can you tell me if rudders is still in and what about ed arees?my mates picks channing,coren and iwan?thankyou great updates

On an  Ahrt Qc Aspades flop, David Copus bets 700. Mark Robinson, who I thought was a character in Neighbours but never was, raises another 2000. David Copus reraises another 8k or so, and Robinson fairly swiftly folds. He's now pretty short on around 4k. Joey Lovelady (my favourite name so far today) says to Copus, "You didn't have an ace, did you?" Copus - "Er, no."

Rudders just 3-bet preflop getting another player to laydown Aspades Kd, he's got about 17k.

El Blondie -- 14.5k
Karl Mahrenholz -- 28k

Iwan Jones is OUT.

He's actually on about 4.5k sitting next to Julian with about the same.

He was a defender who Newcastle bought from Barnsley and helped them get promotion to the Premier League back in the early 90's though.

Barnsley had a defender?

Good grief.

Dewi Pint Count:

"Errr...Eight I think."

Couldn't get in the team ahead of the mighty Darren Peacock and Steve Howey.... ::)

Praz Bansi is OUT. Was very short and apparently missed a flush draw.

Slightly rounded chip counts -

Neil Channing - 15k

Vicky Coren - 21k

Ed Arees - 5.5k

The mighty Darren Peacock? Eh? Were there two Darren Peacock's?

Found Chili smoking a cigarette. She's doing fine on 14k, but keeps having those upsetting moments when you fold your rubbish before the flop, only to see that you would have hit spectacularly. One particularly sad hand, she called a raise with 6 - 8; Vicky Coren re-raised and she folded. The flop came 6 - 8 - 10, and the turn another 6. The chips flew in, Vicky holding pocket queens and someone else holding another overpair. Maria would have take them both out, which would have made her happy, but she didn't and she's not. "You can't call a re-re-raise [I guess there was more raising than Vicky's preflop] with 6 - 8. Oh well, back to work..."

can i have an up date on CK LE and BILLY NGO pls

Praz was circumspect about his exit, "Didn't hit anything really today, played my last hand pretty badly." He's now contemplating an express trip to Vegas to play the WPT  main event.

Pedro Ramos is OUT and a bit grumpy. Neil Channing folded on the river to Kayfhen Muthy's bet on a board of 4d 8d Ahrt 3d 5s. Ramos wasn't happy to see his 8c 8s outdrawn by the 7d 5d of Muthy.

Ian Nelson has doubled up with A-9 against A-J.

Ian Woodley with 30k+ attempting to use the Force.

Dave 'Riverdave' Penley has about 14k last time I checked.

Dewi is OUT. With ACES. And courtesy of crosscourt. Dewi raised with his aces, crosscourt called. Flop 9 - J - K, and Dewi moved in; crosscourt called with AQ and hit his ten on the river. "I knew I was gonna lose," said Dewi. "But I'm not botherrrrrrred." He has a brand new pint of Guinness, and is looking pretty pleased with himself.

tell maria to keep her chin up.

chip count for Bo"juanda" please

Chip count for Nick Slade and Zippy please, John Conroy and Thewy too..... pls ty

Dewi was short and there were two spades on the flop and crosscourt had Aspades Qs, so he wasn't passing.


Rudders pushes Jac Arama off Kings news now.

Having limped called a raise with T-8, Rudders check-raised Jac Arama's 1k bet to 3k before pushing on the turn of a T-9-7 board getting his opponent to fold. "I thought he had an overpair, but I knew he was good enough to lay it down."

*****75 minute Dinner Break*****


Full chip counts for all players, as soon as we get them.

Can you find out what time play starts tomorrow please

Bad luck for Chili, but at least she and Vicky are still going strong.

It says 4pm on the official site, so we're going with that. :)

Hello from across the pond!  This is Jen while Snoopy obsesses over his hair.  Please tell him it's fine.

Anyway, just read the at a glances as I have to go see a person about a press pass right now, but good job and I'll be hovering over you tomorrow.  In a non-threatening kind of way.  Will also read the thrilling conclusion of today later...  Very pleased with the thought of the Parallel Update!

I hope you're actually getting dinner on your dinner break; I am going to eat french toast until I feel nauseous.

Great updates again Flops and Danna!

Thanks Jen and Bandit. I have had some words with Snoopy about his hair and I think it's all fine. It's all going to be ok. We do indeed have food, although it's an inexplicable Chinese/Indian/pizza melange which is making me feel a bit unusual. Had a strange conversation in the queue with Dave Colclough about banjeleles as well. More coffee! Hope you're having a nice time in Vegas now.

Last thing I got before the break

CK Le -- 14.3k
Billy Ngo -- 13.125k

Hey O'paul

Good luck stu rutter!!!

And good luck Bo Le too

n1 flop tx mate!!!

Good luck everyone playing tonight, hopefully lots of blondes will be coming back Saturday.

Vincent Birt please?

welcome home donk!!!

Name     Table     Chips
Rigg, Paul    9    55250
Mahrenholz, Karl    4    54825
Shallow, Dave    13    46225
Woodley, Ian    5    38300
Mccloskey, Michael    9    28650
Davies, Alan    14    27100
Pritchard, Stephan    9    26700
Birt, Vincent    8    25700
Lundon, Eddie    7    24400
Heller, Adam    4    24000
Herbert, Ian    5    23825
Somayia, Rumit    7    23400
Muthy, Kayfhen    10    22500
Romanello, Anthony    1    22100
Arama, Jac    6    21875
Nayyar, Pawan    10    21825
Bovis, Steve    8    21100
Flint, Chris    14    20750
Amour, A    1    19650
Nguyen, Kenny    5    19650
Le, Bo    5    19400
Markham, Harry    13    19250
Manning, Mike    10    18875
Rudling-smith, Richard    1    18825
Tann, Willie    5    18700
Bakewell, Gareth    6    18675
Farrer, Jon    7    18575
Cavanagh, Martyn    13    18475
Lovelady, Joey    13    17900
Wernick, Mickey    11    17850
Nichols, Anthony    4    17825
McKeever, George   1    17750
Owen, Craig    1    17225
Jones, Mark    8    17225
Clayton, Dave    11    16975
Rees, Glyn    2    16650
Aghatabay, Ba   4    16575
Bowker, Elliot    6    16450
Coren, Vicky    9    15750
Nash, Stuart    11    15600
Clark, David    5    15325
Le, Ck    11    15100
Simons, John    8    14800
Parhizkar, Hoss    7    14475
Liepina, Irina    6    14450
Slade, Nick    2    14050
Cowling, Brian    4    13800
Wong, Richard    8    13575
Demetriou, Maria    9    13200
Woodridge, Warren    2    13125
Colclough, Dave    2    12875
Thew, Julian    7    12700
Robinson, Mark    9    12600
Persaud, Nick    11    12350
Mackay, Richard    14    12325
Eccles, Stephen    13    12275
Ngo, Billy    14    12275
Howard, G    1    12250
Anderson, T    6    12250
Hardwidge, Paul    9    12025
Xanthos, Stasia    6    11600
Channing, Neil    10    11425
Macay, Tony    10    11400
Bright, Rob    9    10950
Sokrati, Chris    7    10925
Brockett, Frank    2    10725
Penly, Dave    8    10600
Arees, Tariq    14    10475
Vinnicombe, Alan    13    10450
Ayegun, Olabode    5    10250
Leckey, Paul    1    10125
Mccarthy, Leo    2    10125
Reardon, Trevor    10    10000
Clough, Dennis    10    9825
Dunsford, Jim    2    9750
Sunny, Chattha    2    9725
Kerrigan, Jim    14    9700
Nijjar, Balvinder    10    9300
Allen, Robert    2    9100
Birtles, David    13    9050
Reyner, Allen    9    8750
Nguyen, Tom    6    8700
Jangarwala, Salim    1    8300
Mah, Alex    4    8175
Dong, T    14    8100
Rubenstein, Shelley    1    8025
Isackov, Michael    11    7800
Wyre, Ray    4    7375
Howard, Gregory    11    7350
Nouri, Nouredine    13    7325
Holden, Stephen    7    7050
Arees, Edd    11    7025
Rutter, Stuart    13    6650
Humphries, Evan    11    6325
Isackov, Michael    14    6300
Farrelly, Tim    10    6050
Hawkins, Keith    4    6000
Khan, Mojid    8    5800
Van le, Tien    8    5375
Nelson, Ian    11    5350
Hussain, Masaud    5    4625
Reid, James    6    4575
Herson, Richard    5    4075
Singleton, Pete    7    3700
Chapman, Terry    7    3125
Wild, Martin    14    3000
Damonte, Phillippe    9    2775
Fronda, Ryan    8    1600

Blinds are now 150/300

cheers o'donk!

Paul Rigg raises to 800 and Vicky Coren calls from the button.

Flop -  7c Aspades 4c Vicky bets 1000, Paul calls.

Turn -  Qd and they both check.

River -  8h Paul checks and Vicky very briefly thinks about betting before announcing, "Nah, you've got a pair of kings." Paul duly turns over his KK and she shows her 55.

Mark Jones raises to 900; Tien Van Le and Vincent Birt call. Ryan Fronda re-raises all in for not very many chips. Mark re-re-raises all in. Tien folds pretty quickly; Vincent Birt spends some time dwelling over the  Tc Ts I accidentally may have seen over his shoulder before folding.

Ryan Fronda -  8d 8h

Mark Jones -  Jd Jc

Board -  Qc 5s Ks 8s Kc

Ryan Fronda is a very fortunate young man, and is now slightly less short than he was before.

Just taken a hit, he bet 2k on a 4c Tc 5s Kh board only to find Mark Jones check/raise all-in for 9.5k more, he seemed to dwell for a while, unnecessarily so when I saw he was holding Td Ts but soon called, Jones showed Kc Jc.

River:

2c.

Incidentally, "One Hand Rumit" is now on the way to becoming "Level Six Rumit" which makes him sound like a D&D character.

Will he gather enough experience to level up?

hi guys ,updates dint come much better than this .
could you wish dave clarke luck from me please .
also ian (hunchback of nottredam ) woodley .

                                                                thx barry

Get to bed Barry, early bird will catch the worms..x

how do you know about my worm ,lol.

Very good play from Vicky.  Also great prediction in thinking Paul had KK.

Nick Slade lost a 20k pot to El Blondie with Queens, he said he was convinced Dave had Aces or Kings. He did just scoop a pot with A-9 on an A-9-A-3-T board though.

Jim Reid has doubled through with 6-6 against Jac Arama's A-8 on a 2-3-4-5-K board.

She is relaxing after that now by reading the paper at the table. I wish I could get a photo but Floppy's camera is Resting for a while. It's a big broadsheet though, so she'll probably only be on the obituaries section by the time the camera feels better.

It's level six which means the running antes kick in!!  ;yippee;

;ra;

150/300/25

any CHANCE an up date on  CK LE , BILLY NGO and KENNY NGUYEN PLS

On a board of  Qd 5d 6s 6h, Richard Mackay and Tariq Arees both check.

River -  Kd

Richard checks, and Tariq bets 2200.

Richard ponders for a moment before muttering "This is RIDICULOUS" to no-one in particular, folding, and wandering off. Tariq shows his pocket eights, and announces to the table, "I tell you, he had jacks!"

Saw Ed Arees win a small pot, but he's still a bit desperate, in the 5k proverbial ballpark.

hi matt   r u still in   i didnt see latest cip count   gl if u r

Hi Turk, where you from?

With the flop  Th 8h Qc, Richard Wong bets 725, and Steve Bovis calls.

Turn -  Aspades and they both check

River -  Qd and Wong (I like that name and I don't know why) bets 1025 (he likes those funny-sized bets does he). Bovis calls.

Bovis -  Ad Jh

Wong -  Qh Kh

Bovis was Wong to call that last bet...  ;hide;

Stu Rutter is very very short and is on a waiting-for-a-hand foldathon. Something must happen that way, sooner or later...

Jim Reid and Dave Penley are both OUT.

Balvinder Nijjar has doubled up against Sam Wan with Th 9d against 5c 5h.

Board:

Qd 4h Qd Ac Tc


El Blondie has just busted out Leo McCarthy with Aces against Queens, Sunny Chattha, sitting in between managed to get away from his Ace King in this hand. DC now has about 29k which is about twice the average.

Wong won some wonga?

Yes mate-35k :-)

DC updates please, thanks

Do try & keep up Mr Wilson........

El Blondie has just busted out Leo McCarthy with Aces against Queens, Sunny Chattha, sitting in between managed to get away from his Ace King in this hand. DC now has about 29k which is about twice the average.

turkey?  :dontask:

 :goodpost: ;iagree; ;oopsy; ;noflopshomer; :blonde: ;envious;   just win Mr DC, just win

Julian is OUT - QQ against Nik Persaud's AA, no help on the board. It's just not ladylike...

Stu Rutter's clawed back a few - he's on about 7k now. Or maybe he had them secreted in his giant scarf before.

unlucky Julian .
                   how come your not playing this tony ?.

Another, even shorter, stack is Michael Lott - he folded to Pawan Nayyar's 2100 bet on a  7s 2s Jd Ks board, leaving himself with 4575.

 Ad Ac hi to the great updaters.can you pls tell me if richard rudders and ed are still in.also mr channing and the lovely miss coren cheers

Because I am working on Sunday Barry. And I was BOUND to make Sunday, eh?

...And also Paul Leckey, who moved in on an  8s Ahrt Jh flop for 5100. Mateyboy folds, so no double up for Leckey, who shows his A8.

you probably couldn't have got a bet on it ,unbettable lol.

He doubled up with errm... J-7 against A-Q, first card was a Queen, second was a Jack, but the turn and river were both Sevens.

Chilli has 10k and is "waiting for a spot."

Stuart Nash is OUT, A-4 against A-J.

"6 levels Rumit" has 45k now, he's really changed gears. Probably because Snoopy isn't around to bokk him... ::)

Jon Raab asked if you were in Vegas...

Damn, unlucky Julian. Maria and Bo flying the flag for the Notts cardroom then.

How's Bo Le getting on if you have a sec?

Ta muchly!

GREAT UPDATES GUYS

News on Nick Slade, Zippy (is he out) and John Conroy please guys when you can.

e may be SKINT?

opinions - who's the top 5 players that have entered this event?

NEWS On ED AREES AND RUDDERS PLS AS THEY MY PICKS V  CHANNING AND VICKY COREN I EXPECT IM GOING TO BE DOWN  2 PINTS AND A KEBAB NOW.

yeh right about as skint as you lol.

any news on soxy please?

barry u better disipline your game tomorrow  i have a big wager on u  to win  and i think u  ll do well  u r due 1 m8

12.5k direct from the source.


Maria has doubled up, she had Qh Tc in the big blind against Ks 2s of the small blind. She flat-called his bet on the Ts 3h Qs flop and on the 9s turn before moving in on the Th river. Now on around 23k and not so anxious.

Players are on a 15 minute break.

Rudders - 12k
Neil Channing - 15k
Ed Arees - 3.5k, to the left of Channing and not looking very happy at all. Not that the two facts are related.
Vicky Coren - 13k
Bo Le (for whoever was asking) - 9k

Haven't seen Zippy or John Conroy in a while, think they are both out. We'll get the full chip counts again soon.

I could do with a massage. It's not the same from Floppy though.

Cheers for count Dana.

Nice one for Chili. No stopping her now :)

Come on Bo!

Speak for yourself, ladies are usually like putty in my hands... ::)

great updates all, any news on alan geddes please.......if hes still in wish him best luck from all at luton

cheers dana for the quick reply and pics.cmon ed and rudders.you can do it.rich just remeber me giving my chips to roberto in last 1 and remember you must win it so we can have our usual banter next week.gl m8

He's not on the player list so I don't think he was playing today.

82 left, blinds/antes are 200/400/50

Multiple action now:

Stuart Rutter has doubled through has doubled through Dubai (picture 1) with Ahrt Kd against Aspades 8s

Board: 6c 2s 3d 7d 6d

Soxy (picture 2) has also doubled through against Hoss Parhizkar with 2s 2c against Td Ts on a 9c 2h 6h 5d 8h board, all the money going in on the flop.

The Camel has also doubled up, his A-J holding up against Warren Woolridge's K-T.

Finally here is a picture of what a "Level 7 Rumit" looks like. (picture 3) Level 7 means he can cast "Delayed Blast Fireball" "Otto's Sphere of Dancing" and the awesome "Finger of Death".

Any chance of a chip count for 'DUBAI' ? thanks.

Hey Redbull get to bed you need your rest for tomorrow!!

just got my seat for Brighton

Blue sq rocks

Trevor Reardon and Nik Persaud, seated next to each other, are both a bit short. Saw Trevor move in on a queen-high, diamond-tastic flop, but there were no takers - he showed  Ahrt Kd. Nik has about 6.5k, but he also has quite a large stack of £25 cash chips on the table, presumably for threatening effect.

Dave Colclough drops a few chips.

Flop -  Ts 5s 7c - Dave bets 1200, Frank Brockett calls.

Turn -  Kd - Dave bets 3k, Brockett calls.

River -  Qs - Dave cautiously checks, and the folds to Brockett's 3k bet. Says Brockett - "I have a straight. And a flush," and turns over  Aspades Js.

Nick Slade, on Dave Colclough's table, says to me, "Are you as good as Jen?"

"No," I reply, "Think of me as like Jen-in-training."

"Go on," he says, pointing to his awkward chip stack. "I give you 20 seconds."

"Um, 20k?"

"No!" There is a pause as he laboriously counts them himself. "17 and a half! You're rubbish!"

 :'(

Chip counts! Delicious delicious chip counts!

Nayyar, Pawan     14     53400
Mahrenholz, Karl    6    53075
Somaiya, Rumit    7    50725
Mccloskey, Michael    9    43750
Rigg, Paul    9    42575
Davies, Alan    14    42225
Woodley, Ian    5    36950
Aghatabay, Ba    13    34375
Cavanagh, Martyn    13    33200
Lovelady, Joey    13    31325
Shallow, Dave    13    30000
Colclough, Dave    2    29050
Tann, Willie    5    28925
Wernick, Mickey    6    28300
Bovis, Steve    8    27750
Nicholls, Anthony    5    26700
Herbert, Ian    5    26325
Nguyen, Kenny    7    24600
Heller, Adam    14    24475
Pritchard, Stephan    9    24075
Lundon, Eddie    6    23900
Parhizkar, Hoss    7    23150
Dunsford, Jim    2    22775
Manning, Mike    8    22700
Flint, Chris    14    22575
Birt, Vincent    8    22300
Owen, Craig    1    22275
Demetriou, Maria    9    22125
Bowker, Elliot    6    21825
Romanello, Anthony    1    21500
Amour, A    7    20800
Jones, Mark    8    20525
Bakewell, Gareth    6    20225
Le, Ck    1    19950
Armitage, Alan    1    17400
Slade, Nick    2    17300
Brockett, Frank    2    16650
Eccles, Stephen    13    16650
Howard, G    1    16500
Channing, Neil    5    16450
Farrer, Jon    7    16450
Vinnicombe, Alan    13    15725
Jangarwala, Salim    1    15125
Woodridge, Warren    2    14725
Anderson, T    6    14575
Hardwidge, Paul    9    13975
Macay, Tony    6    13475
Birtles, David    13    13350
Coren, Vicky    9    13175
Wong, Richard    8    12850
Arees, Tariq    13    12650
Muthy, Kayshan    9    12350
Sokrati, Chris    7    12100
Mckeever, George    1    12075
Humphries, Evan    7    11500
Ayegun, Olabode    13    11025
Rudling-smith, Richard    1    10925
Rees, Glyn    2    10750
Robinson, Mark    9    10675
Ngo, Billy    14    10475
Clark, David    5    10425
Fronda, Ryan    8    10400
Arama, Jac    6    10075
Reardon, Trevor    7    9725
Muse, Mohammed    8    9650
Van le, Tien    8    9625
Persaud, Nick    7    9450
Simons, John    8    9300
Le, Bo    5    8575
Liepina, Irina    6    8525
Xanthos, Stasia    6    8325
Rubenstein, Shelley    1    7925
Rutter, Stuart    13    6925
Hussain, Masaud    5    6875
Reyner, Allen    9    6800
Singleton, Pete    7    6700
Wild, Martin    14    6325
Howard, Gregory    8    5625
Dong, T    14    5375
Mackay, Richard    14    5325
Isackov, Michael    14    4775
Leckey, Paul    1    4325
Mccarthy, Leo    2    3700
Muse, Mohammed    5    3450
Sunny, Chattha    2    3275
Nelson, Ian    2    1425

Dubai down to 30k, he just got rivered holding A-2 on an A-2-5-4-8 board by A-8.

Neil Channing has doubled up with Ahrt Ac against Ian Woodley's Ad Qd. Board was 9-8-5-5-A

Ryan Fronda doubled up in this manner -

After some preflop raising which I missed, Fronda moved in on a  5c 8c Qh flop, and Tien Van Le called him.

Ryan -   Kd Ks

Tien - Ac Qs

Turn (which I accidentally typed "Gurn", but have since corrected) -  Js

River -  Tc

Flushy is playing the cash games.

Him: "They have this great game in the dealers choice called 'Scottish', it's really good fun."

Me: "So how do you play it?"

Him: "Erm...I've forgotten."


Elsewhere Rumit is excited by the possibilty of making level 8, I asked him if he'll get new abilities, he replied, "Perhaps I'll get a Flush +1, I'll only need four cards to make  a flush from now on..."

Hey Tikay - Send my best to Maria and any other Notts guys and gals

Nice one Chris! Yeah better get to sleep soon - still wide awake tho  ::)

great reports guys and gals.  please pass on my best to The camel, Ryan, Rumit please.

Dave Shallow is OUT after moving in on a  Qd 9d 2s flop with  Qs 4d, but ran into O Ayegun's  Ad Qh.

Turn -  Ks

River -  Tc

 Ad Ac.good luck to the welsh men and women? remaining.i see alan was doing well and now the excellent martyn cavanagh seems to have acquired a healthy stack.ian (with excellent surname) going good and elliot still ok.my m8  rudders still in.also good luck to tariq(eds brother) and i want to comment on victoria coren but shes too hot, so il just wish anthony romanello well too.gl all u lot for tomorrow and to the remaining welshman alive from thursday.GOOD LUCK.

She says thanks, and wants to know if you're playing at the Bellagio?

Vicky Coren is kind of short (chipwise; I am not casting any aspersions on her physical build here) and thus open to bullying. She raised to 3.5k preflop, only for Karl Mahrenholz on her right to reraise another 10k or so, covering her. After a minute or two of impressive nervous chiprobatics, she folded. She's now down to less than 6k.

Willie Tann is motoring on, he has around 46k now. He bet about 4.5k on the river of a 8s Ad Qs Qd 3s board getting Anthony Nicholls to call who mucked once they saw Willie's Ts 7s.

Channing has taken a very massive hit. Ian Herbert raises pre-flop to 3.5k; Channing reraises him all in - about 18k.

Channing -  Aspades Kc

Herbert -  Kh Ks

Board -  Jd 4c Js 5s 6d

Channing is very angry and wanders off. He's down to about 15k.

74 left, blinds 300/600/75.

Keep going Stuart "The Nutter" Ruttttttter!!!

 ;karabiner;

Kh KsCMON THE WELSH.nice one ian.U CAN DO IT.good luck from the other Herbert(DYLAN)

any chance of chip count please please please.rudders,ian herbert,in fact all the welsh pls,cheers for the excellent coverage

OK I'm off to bed now. Just Chili left from my 3 picks. Tell her ;goodluck; from Nick if you would. Updates spot on as always folks. Over and out.

Any info on Joey Lovelady please....

Goodnight, those of you TOO WEAK to make it til the end of the night...  ;D ;sleep;

Players are on a break now. Someone's put a very badly dubbed and extremely violent kung fu movie on in the press room. It's extremely distracting.

Big Trevor Reardon has doubled with Kh Ks against Jon Farrer's Qd Qc. The board coming an unthreatening 5h 3d 2h Ts 3s.

Elsewhere, slight histrionics after Neil Channing made a small raise from the cut-off, Anthony Nicholls re-raised from the small blind. Ian Woodley in the big blind, turned to the dealer and said, "One time, one time!" He then looked at his cards and gestured, "the farm." Neil passed, and after a bit of dwelling in front of a growing crowd Nicholls passed Ahrt Jh, Woodley showed Ac Qh. After all that, I was left with a sense of disappointment that with such a crowd, bigger hands weren't shown. I haven't been this underwhelmed since I saw Clerks 2.

Short break and then we're on level 9, the last level which is 400/800/75. no indication if Rumit picks up any more powers, skills or feats for making this level.

DC update please

He gets to hang out with these guys.

Chili's still on about 25k - she says it's been more or less the same for 2 hours, and she looks very tired. I suggested coffee. The idea of caffeine apparently hadn't occurred to her. She now has a steaming cup of caffeinated perkifying goodness, has been moved to a brand new table, and we might even see some action from her before the end of the night. Or she might bust out in a fit of newly-awake enthusiasm. About 40 minutes left til end of play, by the way.

About 14.5k last time of checking.

Dave just limped utg, a tad suspicious with the blinds and antes as they are, a couple more limpers, and the blinds made up.

Flop:

Kc 6c 5c

All check, I'm now thinking Dave has Ac Kx or Ac Ax.

Turn:

Tc

Everyone checks again to Warren Woolridge who makes a stealy-esque 4k bet. Only Dave calls.

River:

7c

Now Dave bets 5k and Warren eventually mucks, Dave flashes what looked like Ad Ac to me. I think he's on between 35k and 40k now.

Channing raises to 2225; Anthony Nichols and Ian Herbert call.

Flop -  5s Js 9h

Nichols bets 6k, and Herbert moves in for about 30k. They both fold. As Ian Herbert's raking in his mountain of chips, Nichols says, "He had jacks. I folded a set of nines." Ian Woodley shouts in my general direction, "he passed a set of nines! Make sure you get thaat! He passed a set of nines." Nichols is nodding most earnestly. PASSED SET OF NINES, I dutifully write down. "Not really," says Ian HERBERT. PASSED SET OF NINES. Laughter all round. Hilarious.

To clarify, Anthony Nichols did NOT pass a set of nines.

 ;slavedriver;  , come on DC, need 75K by the end of the night ;mexicanwave; ;mexicanwave; ;mexicanwave; ;mexicanwave; ;mexicanwave;

CK Le is OUT  he had Qd Qh against Craig Owen's Jh Jc but the Jd turned up on the flop and Le disappeared into the night littering the casino with a torrent of expletives.

The Camel is OUT, he's at the bar with Flushy. Tough break. (I mean being out, not being stuck at the bar with Flushy...Oh hang on...;))

David Clark has doubled through with Kh Qh against Ian Herbert's 8c 8s, hitting a King on the flop.

Jon Farrer has knocked out Stephen Pritchard with Ace King against Sixes. King on the flop.

welsh men pls chip counts
ian herbert rudders martyn cav

Is Vicky still there or is she out?

Still in... Just... Saw her bet 2k on a board that read  Th Qd 9c Qh, but then fold when George McKeever (pictured) moved in for around 10k. She's juuuuust about hanging in with 7k.

Ryan Fronda doubles up again, I believe with KT against Tien Van Le's A8. He looked properly demonic in this photo with neighbur before I got rid of the worst of the red-eye. Between the two of them they could have eaten your souls. They probably won't though. It's late...

chipcounts please

Chips are flying thick and fast now and there's only 15 minutes to go. So there isn't much point until we get the final official count. I can tell you that Rumit, Karl Mahrenholz and Mick McCloskey are the biggest stacks remaining.

Stuart Rutter has trebled up to 24k with Aces, and in the running for climber of the day, but he faces stiff competition from Ryan Fronda who had just 1,400 earlier but now sits with about 25k.

Steve Bovis just doubled up with Ac Qd against Tien Van le's Kd Kc on a 7c Ad 2c Jh 9c board. Van le exited shortly afterwards.

Vicky Coren has also just doubled up against Warren Woolridge. She pushed with Ahrt 8h and he called with 8c 8s.

Flop:

Th Jh Qc (Gazillions of outs)

Turn:

Ks (That's all she needed)

River:

4d

Finally, Rudders has doubled up back to back with Ace King twice in a row, first beating Martyn Cavanagh's 9-5 and then knocking out a short stack's 6-6. He also, whilst short, still had time to pass pocket tens in the big blind.

Big stacks...

Dave Colclough is up a number of chips - Mateyboy betting all the way and Dave calling him down on a  Ks 9c Jh 6c Ks board.

Mateyboy -  Kc Ts

Dave -  Kd 6d

Play has now finished for the day and we are officially pooped. Play for Day 2 begins at 4pm and we'll be back then for the remaining 100 or so players, including a multitude of blondes. Best get here on time, I suspect there maybe carnage in the first two levels involving many of the shorter and medium stacks...




 ;stickaforkinme;

Do you know the way to my whisk-ay...

 ;stickaforkinme;

 ;yippee;

Bounciest felt you've ever seen, eh, Stu?

Once again, well done floppy & Dana, great Updates.

Good to see Maria chipped up too, although she is rocking & rolling Online lately, she is overdue a decent Live cash.

many thanks Floppy & Dana, a fine read over a late breakfast

just caught up with the updates.Great job Flops and Dana.

Dewi was good to finally meet you - you may be wondering what I did with my chips -  I pushed all in on AK at Level 8 from an early position raiser when I only had 17k left. After being card dead for over 40-50 hands.

Didnt want to come back to day 2 as a small stack so took a coinflip with 40 mins to go and ran AK into QQ.
No improvement on flop. So back home with family ;-)


Until the next live event ciao

gl Ian Nelson, Dave C and Shelly Rubenstein