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12 players are left with the blinds starting at 7k/14k/1k

Adam Stoneham -- 498,500
Alan Vinson -- 444,500
Ben Turnstill -- 348,500
Dave Clarke -- 296,000
Nik Persaud -- 281,000
Glenn Altham -- 260,000
John Marles -- 219,500
Warren Wooldridge -- 219,000
Tony Ringe -- 188,500
Jonothon Butters -- 171,000
Ian Herbert -- 157,500
Jan Magnus Brevik -- 81,000

1st -- £97,300
2nd -- £51,800
3rd -- £34,550
4th -- £25,100
5th -- £18,850
6th -- £15,700
7th -- £12,550
8th -- £9,400
9th -- £6,300
10th -- £3,700
11th -- £3,150
12th -- £2,500

So who is going to win guys?

Who's going to win??

Rodney is gonna pwn the lot of em!

They'll probably knock the Scandy out and then chop it  ::)

im on the scene, and spent pre start with rooks, that boy has balls of steel, and is not at all nervous. 

ONE TIME ROOKS !!!!

 ;goodluck; Rookie

Nik Persaud

1 time mug. gogogogogogogo

Go Rookie  ;goodluck;

Blinds are actually 6k/12k/1k, Jon Raab has told me the plan is to play the 6k/12k level again and then the 7k/14k level if they haven't got to the final table. When they get to the final table the blinds will then be rolled back to 6k/12k, but there will be no 7k/14k level and go straight to 8k/16k.

First hand, Brevik shoved in the small blind with Kc 2s to take it down

Next hand Warren Wooldridge raises to 35k, Glenn Altham pushes all-in and gets the chips.

Ian Herbert moves in from the button, Altham peels Ac 9s and passes the small blind, rookie passes the big.

Rookie limps the small blind, Nik raises from the big, and Rookie gives it up.

Rookie takes Jan Magnus Brevik's big blind and then next hand raises again, this time Ian Herbert moves in from the big blind. Rookie folds and Herbert shows the 6h.

On the other table, Jonothon Butters has doubled through Adam Stoneham, I think Butters flopped a full house with Ace Jack.

Yes yes, Adam raised to 40k preflop and Butters called.

Flop - Jd Js Ad - they both check.

Turn - 6c - Butters bets 40k, Adam calls.

River - Th - Butters is all in for 112k. Adam's phone rings, he glances at it briefly but puts it back in his pocket. He calls, and Butters turns over  Aspades Jh. Adam mucks. He probably should have answered that call, it might have been God trying to tell him something.

Exit! Exit alert!

It folded around to J Marles' small blind and he raised it up. Adam Stoneham in the big blind moved in and Marles called.

J Marles - Kh Ts

Adam Stoneham - Qs Qd

Board - 9h Js 2h 9d 4h

Thus J Marles is OUT.

Come on Rodney!  Don't be a plonker - get it won :)up

please pass on my best wishes to Rodders & Ian H,  cheers

GO GO GO NICK PERRRRRRRRRRRRRSUAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BRING HOME THE BACON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From smat

Right back from Vegas, duly hitched to find the pc is on the blink (and they say bad luck comes in 3's  :D). Eventually caught up with most of the stuff and got most of my accounts back up running.

Good luck Rookie, i noticed the team lever t-shirt on the day one update so i assume we have a piece of him as well  ;) as Kev let me down badly. i spent a fortune over there on the understanding that you were gonna clear my credit card bill when i got back  ;grr;  I might start posting random pictures of our wedding just to make you suffer along with me  :D

GO RODDERS !

Jan Magnus Brevik has doubled through Rookie,

With the blinds now 7k/14k/1k, Rookie raised to 44k, Brevik moved in for 51k more and Rookie called with Ac 8h, up against the scandie's Ad Qs.

Board:

2h 9s 5h 2s Jh

And straight after that, Glenn Altham is OUT in 11th place winning £3,150. Nik Persaud's Queens held against his Ace Ten. A queen on the river was overkill.

Adam Stoneham raised to 100k from the small blind, Tony Ringe calls in the big blind.

Flop:

K-K-Q

Adam checked, Tony Ringe moved all-in. Adam insta-called with Aces. Tony showed K-Q!

No miracle two outer.

I guess that's a move of honour.

And Warren Wooldridge has doubled up through RookieITB, Warren pushed preflop with Sevens, Rooks calls with Ace King. A seven was the first card out sadly.

any news on ian h thx

Rooting for Rookie obv, but Ian is an especially nice guy and a cracking bloke to have a piss up with. Come on rooks and the welsh wonder!

come on martin cav lets have some more support up the welsh!!!!!!!!as we say cav up the welsh!!!!!!!!!!!

how many chips ian got and how many left thanks

hi m8 let hope can go all the way

its roberto martin

hi m8 no news is good news i hope

Re\: And Warren Wooldridge has doubled up through RookieITB, Warren pushed preflop with Sevens, Rooks calls with Ace King. A seven was the first card out sadly


Why "Sadly" ??  I s a noble 16/1 pocket pair not  allowed to beat 2 filthy common overcards

Noflops do you have the number of entries for the £300 freezeout?

Sadly for any Rookie fans, I think.

COME ON NICKY P......................SHIP IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

The last exclamation mark always end up being a one.

Problem with the router, so I've been asked to post the below:

Nik Persaud has just been absolutely crippled by Warren Wooldridge

The board was reading Ks 2c 2s Kh 3s

All the money has gone in, Nik was holding Kc Jc, Warren held Kd 3d.

And quickly following that, Ian Herbert as knocked Nik out on the final table bubble, Ian pushed with A-6, Nik called for his chips with A-Q. A six came on the flop and we have our final table.

Bah, I was going to say that. What I can add, however, is that the players are currently on a break whilst they set up the final table. This normally takes an hour or so, depending on the threat of TV crew overtime.

Poker is all skill.

Good luck Rookie!

Chip count?

And come on Rookie!

good luck ian i hope u have to say have some of that. a lot of times to night gl m8

GL Mug. 1 time.

Chip counts?

Updaters are still having major problems, Floppy has asked me to post this for him:


I know they are trying to find a way to get round this problem, I believe Snoops will be taking over the relay soon.

Come on Herbie son! Right Arm Sluggish!!

Lol, you get told before I do.

The final is just about to commence. The crowd are wet (from perspiration) with anticipation.

I don't know about you, but I'm having to have people hold me down here in my armchair so I don't get over excited.

No chip counts as of yet according to the Floppy one, but I'm assured they'll be heading your way shortly.

Good luck to all finalists, especially the ones that I might be able to nip if they win.

According to my source (can you guess who they are?), Warren Wooldridge, Jon Butters, Ian Herbert and Adam Stoneham have each nicked the blinds on turn. I'm waiting for Ian to win a bigger pot so I can say he Herbie went bananas. I guess he could be angry about losing a big pot too and I could still use the same crappy gag.

(http://www.piotrpix.com/files/images/Duck_0.preview.jpg)

HERE THEY COME...

It's what you've all been waiting for...

Seat 1: Dave Clarke '5' -- 378,000
Seat 2: Ian 'Herbie' Herbert -- 427,000
Seat 3: Jan 'Scanide Boy' Magnus Brevik -- 195,000
Seat 4: Tony 'The Ringer' Ringe -- 385,000
Seat 5: Alan 'Vinny' Vinson -- 595,000
Seat 6: Adam 'Stoney' Stoneham -- 351,000
Seat 7: Ben 'Rookie' Turnstill -- 167,000
Seat 8: Jonathan Butters -- 97,000
Seat 9: Warren 'Woody' Wooldridge -- 559,000

Added my own nicknames there, hope no one minds. Couldn't think of one for Mr Butters though, any ideas?

Mr Butters now has 215,000 after a rewarding all-in reraise of Alan Vinson pre-flop 40k stab.

Funnily enough, Alan decided that his Pocket Rockets were worth a call and was overjoyed to see that his opponent held a rather meek.

However, that delight soon turned to chagrin (and possibly a few kicked chairs) when the board came Qs 8c Jc 2s Js.

Ouch ouchy.

A nickname? Easy, didn't you see him in the final table in Newcastle.

Jonathan "Hollywood" Butters!

"Utterly"?

Ben 'Rookie' Turnstill is OUT.

He made his move with a pretty hand in Jd Td, but it soon turned into the Hunchback of Luton G Casino when Dave Clarke stumbled upon a pair of ladies who were soon overturned and jumping with joy at the harmless raggy flop.

Good display from Rookie, but he's now on the rail.

Continuing the "relay" theme, sofa-king is unable to access a PC, so asked me (via text) to send this message.

".....///////gud l4ck//////,,,,,,Ian Herbert........win 1t 4 w?les////////"

Great effort Rook, very well played.

Unlucky rookie, Well played though pal.

Noooo - just about to wish him luck......

Bad luck Rookie  >:(

More accurately...

Ben Turnstill is OUT and becomes the 9th place finisher winning £6,300

Well Played Rookie!

Played a blinder!

Cool, let's hear it then.

How about 'Toast'....actually  thats pretty poor effort !!

As a first post, sir, I believe you should be given the benefit of the doubt. Otherwise, I would have said that was about as funny as Jim Davidson on a wet Sunday and placed you on the poor gag step where I am currently seated.

Are there any Jonathan 'Toast' Butters fans out there?

Show your support now... or he won't give you any of his dosh.

Sigh, ul Rookie.

gg.

How about "head" Butters ?

I notice 12 guests are currently online.

Unless you register as a member, you won't be able to see the photos we're about to upload.

If that doesn't encourage you, then how about this?

Sign up or the puppies get it!

(http://trkyhntr.home.att.net/puppies.jpg)

I do hope that isn't a sexual reference.  :o

With Jan Magnus choosing not to pinchy pinchy those blinds, Tony 'The Ringer' Ringe and Alan Vinson lap up the opportunity to catch a cheap Flop from the blinds.

After the dealer has whipped out a 2d 2s Ad Flop, Tony bets 20k and takes down an easy peasy pot.


The very next hand, Magnus decides he wants a piece of the uncontested action and moves all-in from the cut-off to snap up those lucrative blinds.

A little birdie just told me that "tweet tweet Dave Clarke is tweet tweet chip leader with 665k."

Wooldrige is second with 555k.

Right, that's it, still 10 guests. I'm sending tikay round to your homes to talk about trains. Think I'm fibbing, try me, buckos!

well done rookie :)up

I'd like to clarify that this wasn't a genuine threat, I wouldn't wish tikay and trains on anyone, and we here at blonde do not approve of threatening behaviour. My apologies.

Dave Clarke limps before betting 20k on a raggy Flop and making Toast fold on his big blind.

A few hands later, Alan Vinson gets busy with a 40k bet to, yep, you guessed it, take the blinds.

Not too much action at the moment, it's as if they're on TV or something!

Jan Magnus is feeling left out, so takes his turn for some hands in till action by taking the spare spondoolies in front of the blind.

And here is Magnus after taking those antes. Doesn't he look confident.

(http://www.weedguru.com/img/magnus.jpg)

Well done Rookie, great result ;applause;

Here's a clue as to who was the next to take the blinds with a 56k raise...

(http://www.jonco48.com/blog/bananas_small.jpg)

(http://www.bozosoft.com/mike/sheep/sheep1.jpg)

Come on guys, we want action, not tea-leaving!

That's Welshman Ian 'Herbie Goes Bananas' Herbert by the way.

I don't want people thinking the bananas mean something else.

The blinds are now 8k and 16k with a 1k ante.

As a certain commentator would always say, "The price of poker has just gone up!"

hey,

we hav jus registered 4 the sake of the puppies!

wen is the next chip count?

Current shortstacker Jonathan 'Toast' Butters is like Colchester Kev - he's badly in need of some more chips.

Oh, sorry, you're too late, the puppies are no more.

I have kittens at the ready though, they can be saved if another 10 register.

(http://www.birman.org/pictures/noekula-kittens.jpg)

gl warren...50 quid at 220 -1 i had! come on!!!

As this is a televised event, chip counts are hard to come by as nobody can truly get close enough to the actual stage area. However, during breaks, if the TD is feeling in a good mood, he does tend to announce the current chip counts. Maybe I should threaten him with the kittens.

You placed a bet? Nope, don't believe it.  ;)

wen is the next chip count ? plz can we b told asap

thanx

Roland, you are some lucky fish.

But nice one......;)

By the way, your interview which we recorded in Vegas is on Sky Poker (Channel 846) three times daily until Friday. Worth watching, you were quite good.

snoops where has the updaters gone??

I am being communicated to by my reliable ringside source that the atmosphere is quite tense, perhaps because the money is starting to get very tasty indeed. As I always recall Sid Waddell saying one time, "The atmosphere is so tense, if Elvis walked in with a portion of chips, you could hear the vinegar sizzle on them."

Unfortunately, all connections at the Luton G Casino are refusing to allow Internet users onto poker related sites. Some sort of security/content control that is out of their hands.

They have not gone anywhere. As reported on the previous page, the Router at Luton has failed, & we are trying to do the Update via text messages & the like.

snoopy is our hero. Today.

plz cn u shout out to John Murphy in the audience (who unfortunately came out on thurs) that coral and becky say hi!

thnx

The Ringer (Tony) makes a pre-flop raise, only for Dave Clarke to make a rather chunky all-in bet of 600k. Tony ran a mile leaving Dave to further add to his stack.

I can try, but I don't think he'll hear me from my bedroom.  :P

oh sorry we meant any1 hu was there lol :)

thnx anyway

I have been told that Toast is currently on 190k, so with blinds at 8k and 16k, no one is in dire straits just yet.

btw do u know how tony is doin?

if not plz could u try and find out.

thnx

Alas, we have photos, and our first is of Mr Billy Big Bollox Dave Clarke. I have no idea where the other 4 are, but we'll keep an eye out.

Dave is the current chip leader with around 650k.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=350&g2_serialNumber=1)

The connection at the Casino has gone down, which means our updaters are being forced to update on msn via my good self. Unfortunately chip counts can only really be obtained during breaks as it's a televised event with audience, stage etc.

And so he doesn't feel left out, here's our first unfortunate final table victim, Ben 'Rookie' Turnstill. Looking like butter wouldn't melt in his mouth (butter, not Butters).

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=342&g2_serialNumber=1)

oh ok were jus wunderin

Well, would you look who it is, it's The Ringer himself.

Tony hasn't really played any hands of substance thus far, but he's still there, perhaps looking to climb the ladder. Stuart (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=419) Fox (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=419) only played 2 in a WSOP event and ended up second, so perhaps remaining patient can reap it's rewards.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=346&g2_serialNumber=1)

Flop = 6d 7h Kh

Warren checks, Alan bets 60k, Warren folds.

Easy this poker lark!

thnx 4 that and bonus we can even c John's blue shirt 2 the left :P hehe

I dont think too much is happening beyond blind collecting because the last message I received from Dana was, "Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=92) Clarke (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=92)'s head looks really shiny on TV".

do u realise this is his daughter and gf here!??

Oops, I shall retract that statement. My apologies.  ;ashamed;

See what happens when u ask people to register? lol

LOL   :P :)

Herbie goes bananas with a 56k raise which Jan Magnus re-raises for 102k more. Not bad value you might think, but Ian thought otherwise, chucking his hand in the muck and perhaps conceding a spot of theft.

It was that or losing the kittens.

I think I've made people de-register though, we've got 14 now... and I'm posting all these lovely jubberly photos. Look, here's another one, this time of Ian Herbert who just folded to Jan Magnus' all-in re-raise.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=344&g2_serialNumber=1)

oooooohhhhhh sounds like play is happenin at last!

Well, we're getting there. I don't like to complain really. If there's little action, it's credit to Blue Square's Jonathan Raab who tends to roll back the blinds before the final starts so players aren't forced to throw it in too early. This helps avoid a crapshoot, which, as a poker player himself, Jonathan hates to see. So, credit where credit's due, I've been to a WPT where they make the clocks 30 minutes from an hour just so the crew can go home quicker.

Dana and Floppy are working like Trojans over there, so here's a straight copy and paste job to acknowledge their efforts:

"Warren limps, Dave too, Tony and Alan in the blinds too. T T 4 - Warren bets 40k, Dave passes, Tony passes, Alan passes and it's Warren's. "Feel free to clap for these people, everybody," says Zak on the voiceover."

yer i understand!

We learned yesterday that this chap, Warren Wooldrige, has his fair share of fans. If anyone can tell us a little more about him, then please feel free to do so. And good luck to him, he reminds me of a youthful Chris Evans.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=356&g2_serialNumber=1)

I believe we have an all-in...

Adam Stoneham = Ad Kd

Jan Magnus Brevik = Qh Qd

Wait for it...

I've started, so I'll finish...

Board = 8d 8c 4h 5d 8h

Magnus survives and is now 2nd in chips behind Dave Clarke.

The very next hand, Adam Stoneham (steaming perhaps?) moves all-in and takes the blinds.

But how important will that coinflip be?...

;cf;

 thnx 4 all the updates

One man who was perhaps hoping (in a nice way) that the Scandinavian would depart is the dapperly attired Jonathan 'Toast' Butters who would have climbed another rung on the ladder of 'loaaaaadsa money'.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=354&g2_serialNumber=1)

You're welcome.  :)

 ;mexicanwave;  gd luck 2 all the players  ;mexicanwave; woop woop ;cheerleader;;goodluck; ;cheerleader;

The top three chippy counts for you courtesy of the due on the mike down there at Luton:

Dave Clarke --  639k
Warren Wooldridge -- 585k
Jan Magnus Brevik -- 543k

I don't know his precise chip count, but we can say that he Adam Stoneham is shortstacked after his Big Slick failed to hit. Also, it gives me a reason to post this piccy of him.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=348&g2_serialNumber=1)

With Herbert and Butters taking the last two pots with uncontested pre-flop raises, it's indicative of the way today's final is going. Lots of pre-flop action and very few flops. Hopefully this will change.

hu is the piccy above of?

Jan raises to 36k only for Adam Stoneman to push behind him.

"How much?" asks Jan.

"81 thousand," is the response. "I've got you dominated," adds Stoneham.

Meanwhile, Alan Vinson is quietly singing away to himself as if casually watching the cricket in a deckchair on a Sunday afternoon.

To the dismay of the crowd hungry for action, the Scandinavian passes.

"How could you fold," inquires a bemused Stoneham, perhaps disappointed not to have received the opportunity of a much needed double up.

hu is this?

It says above it Adam Stoneham

It's Adam Stoneham, according to the Caption directly above the pic.

News has just reached me that resulted in my slipping off my chair.

We have a Flop, peeps! I know, incredible, but please, contain yourselves, there may be more on the horizon and we don't want to get overexcited too early.

This one started with a raise from Jan Magnus of 47k which was called by Warren Wooldridge in the Big Blind.

Flop = Kd 2h 8h

Both players check.

Turn = 2c

Both players check again.

River = Qd

Jan bets 40k and Warren calls.

Jan shows A-Q and Warren passes.

(http://www.blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=340&g2_serialNumber=1)

Surely it should be Jonathon 'i cant believe its not' Butters?

Lol, I've heard catchier nicknames.

tikay you showing ur age txt messages!! there is a thing called msn messanger haha

What do you mean, hes not even 40 yet?

Or "can you tell stork from" Butters ?

Didn't know Jeremy Beadle made the final table. 

The players are currently on a well-deserved break.

That's not him, although we'd need to see both hands to prove it.

Thank you Ian, but I shall never use MSN Messenger while I have breath in my body.

Oi! Behave. ;)

Jonathan "like a knife through" Butters


My coat is already on.

Adam Stoneham is OUT and becomes the 8th place finisher winning £9,400

With Alan Vinson making it 60k pre-flop, Adam decided to move all-in with Ac Kh and was quickly called by Alan and his Kd Qd.

The Flop was a nasty one for the young Londonder, the first card out being the Qc.

The Jh 4h 2s and 5s that followed were of no use leaving Adam about as happy as a penguin in a microwave.

Warren raises to 50k, Tony calls. 4s-Jh-6h. Tony moves in, Warren passes.

Jan Magnus raises to 47k, Butters cliks fingers in a most theatrical manner, it's hot beard-on-beard action, but the hairy face bows to the little goatee and he folds, letting Jan Magnus take it.

After the dramatic loss of Mr Stoneman, we've encountered another dry patch of raise fold fold fold play, but you've been as patient as a millipede having a pedicure, so fingers crossed that we can send some action packed drama that would make Shakespeare weep your way very shortly.

Alan Vinson took his turn to pop in a pre-flop raise, but this time it was called in two spots, Jan Magnus and Warren both eager to play a Flop.

However, as the 9s Jh 4c Flop was dealt, Warren's 180k bet after the other two players had checked was enough to take the pot down.

Meanwhile, I tried to send Dana this picture of her, but then realised that she couldn't see it because of her lack of Internet connection, so I shall keep it here for safe keeping:

(http://dcist.com/attachments/dcist_michael/simpsons_CrazyCatLady.jpg)

Straight from the horse's mouth:

"Jan Magnus button raises to 50k, BB Alan calls. 5h 8c 9h, check check. Turn 3d - check, check. River - Kc - check check. Jan shows pocket fours Alan wins with Qd 5d."

Just to clarify, I'm by no means calling Dana a horse.

If anything, I'm the only stallion in this team.  ;joestrummer;

Tony Ringe is OUT and becomes the 7th place finisher winning £12,550

The update team suddenly erupting into action as if someone had announced din dins, but alas it wasn't a meal ticket being wafted in front of their pekish faces, but the thrill of an all-in from today's final. After Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=174) Herbert (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=174) had raised to 80k, Tony moved in for 184k and received a call resulting in a highly exciting on-their-backs (the cards, not them) encounter.

Ian = Ad Ks

Tony = Ahrt Qc

Flop = 7s 4s 8s 4h Tc

The frustrating lack of a lady results in our 7th departure, Tony joining Ben and Adam on that angry 150 mph drive home.

Now 6-handed, we manage to prise out a flop, Dave and Warren being treated to a 9c Tc 2d board.

First out of the block is Dave who bets 30k, swiftly called by Warren.

The Turn comes the 3s and Dave pulls another trigger, this time 60k, and again, Warren makes the call.

They both slow down on the 7s River though allowing Warren to take the pot with his T-4.

Was this worth a cheeky bet on the River, or is it too risky?

i would love to see ian or dave take this down .

2 top pros ,and nice guys aswell.

Dave raises to 50k, Ian calls. "Ere coom them caaaaards!" says the announcer in an accent that seems to be tickling Dana's ribs silly. Check check on the 4c Qh Ks Flop before Dave shoves out an 80k bet on the 7c Turn. Ian makes the call and the two players see a Td River. This time Dave checks and Ian bets 90k, only for Dave to dip into the think tank and make the call, taking the pot with Ahrt Qd.

It's the dinner break now, but we'll be back in one hour with more coverage of this GUKPT Luton final, so please do join us.

In the meantime, here's a chicken doing a funny dance to keep you entertained, although I'm not sure it can maintain your attention for the full 60 minutes.

(http://www.slowtalk.com/graemlins/chickendance.gif)

Tbh, it probably could.

could we please hav a chip count thanks

Yep - I'm still here......watching......

Same

Funky chicken  :dontask:

how are the luton card room staff coping these days , and are  the usual qouta of drunks staggering around ??

great updates folks  thanks


Rover

Snoops - You asked about any information about Warren Wooldridge...

Well I first met him a year ago when he was on my table for a good few hours at the Gutshot's GSOP.  He worried me instantly, very calculated and deliberate player.  Knows the game inside out and has been playing for years.  Had great success at the WSOP last year finishing 3rd for a respectable $76,000 in a $1,500 event and did him self great favours this year also finishing 26th in the Pot Limit Omaha $1,500. 

He has also set up numerous online sites, including what was "Inside Edge" "Online Gamber" and "WPT Magazine."  Warren also is part of the team that is Poker Verdict... Mightly impressive, and a thoroughly nice chap to boot.

Is that enough Snoops?

 rotflmfao rotflmfao  I do get out a lot but unfortunately all I bump into is dam poker players!!!

Play is about to restart with the blinds at 15,000 and 30,000 with a running ante of 3,000.

Alan Vinson -- 637,000
Warren Wooldridge -- 622,000
Dave Clarke -- 617,000
Jan Magnus Brevik -- 608,000
Ian Herbert -- 512,000
Jonathan Butters -- 164,000

You need to stay in more... ;) ;D

And just like that, as the feztastic Tommy Cooper would say, we have an all-in encounter, Butters pushing his shortstack across the line of doom and being looked up by Warren Wooldridge.

A-Q v A-J, no help, double up for Butters and dismay for our exhausted update team.

Warren is now in last place according to our intrepid reporters.

Uho!  Please don't call me a bok!!!

bokkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

Thanks for the support guys and gal's.

I am happy with my play throughout, the main pot was when 11 handed i had AK vs 77 that i missed on. Otherwise it woulda been a whole different story. I eventually go out pushing from CO for 130k with TJs and the bb (Dave Clarke) unnecesarily takes AT LEAST 3 mins to call with QQ ffs. No need for the slowoll, really pissed off my day more than just getting knocked out.

Unlucky updaters, whilst Jonathan is an alright bloke to have a beer with he should really have a name that fits his poker style. The guy takes an ETERNITY over every decision last time we watched him. Even citrone would feel outdone.

Very well played Ben, you are getting closer and closer each time.   :respect: :respect:

Really un-lucky mate and wp tho i know you play for 1st.

I know dave well and i will say it was no slow roll. It's just a big decision for him, he's class tho and WOULD NEVER slow roll. Wd again m8 x

Ian Herbert takes the blinds and antes with a 110k bet. Nobody particularly short-stacked at the moment, so it really is anyone's ball game.

Good Updates as ever, Thanks Snoop

Ian Herbert FTW

With the blinds slightly more expensive, Jan has to add a little more to his raises, but still keeps it cheap enough for people to call, his last 75k bet finding a call from Warren. The Flop came Jc Th Ad and both players checked, only for Jan to call a 50k bet from Warren on the 8c Turn. The River was a 6d and Warren bet 110k but, after dropping his face in his hands and perhaps stumbling upon pseudo divine intervention, made the wrong call. Warren showed A-T to take a nice pot.

Im rooting 100% for ian herbert, as baz would say "the mans a ledgend" great character and a real funny guy! take it down mate!!!!!!!

We have action!

;as;

Ian Herbert raises to 120k pre-flop (a little too much perhaps?) only for Jan Magnus to push all-in for just 162k more. Ian decides to take a gamble with Q-T and is possibly mighty relieved to see he's up against K-J, but not when the first card out is a King. The Flop also brought a Jack, giving the Welshman plenty of hope, but to no avail as the rest of the board came rags.

Double up for Jan.

Come on Ian, we are all rooting for you.. win it for absent friends.  

Alan and Dave take it in turns to snap up the blinds uncontested.

Alas, some photographic evidence that there is indeed a final table being played today and that we aren't simply making it up.

seconded

And from the press room...we're back!!! Apart from floppy...who's just spilt a bottle of water over his computer!!!

Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=174) Herbert (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=174) is OUT and becomes the 6th place finisher winning £15,700

Shortstacked with just 110k, Ian pushes all-in as soon as he finds a spot, but runs into a pensive Jan Magnus who leaps into the think tank.

After thinking over his options for a moment, Jan makes the call.

"I must be miles in front then," comments Ian.

"What, you have Aces," asks Jan in his distinguished Scandinavian accent.

To the shock of everyone watching, Jan proceeded to reveal Kings, to which Ian could only respond by throwing down a somewhat vulnerable 9-3s onto the table.

Board = 3h Th Tc 9c Jc

"Sick, can't believe 3 pair doesn't beat 2," adds Floppy.

Ok, Floppy's laptop is now really not well owing to that drenching, but the internet is back! I think the water on the laptop is what might have done it...

Thanks Snoops! I shall Take It From Here...

great performance ian m8 vwd

More photos courtesy of our update team:

Oh, okay then, here's Dena to boot (I don't mean kick her).

SB Jan makes up the BB, and BB Alan raises 50k; Jan calls.

Flop Js 2h Qh

Jan checks ; Alan sticks 100k in, and Jan passes.

5 minutes left at the 15k/30k/3k level.

Current leaders are
Warren 974k
Jan 700k
Dave 551k

Warren bets 90k on an 8h Th 5d flop, leading to seemingly endless dwelling from Jan, but he eventually passes.

Next level is 20k/40k/4k.

 Jan raises to 75k; Alan reraises to a total of 255k. Jon and Warren pass, and so does Jan. Looks like his mini-raising strategy may be losing its effectiveness...

Blinds have now gone up, and Warren's stack has passed the 1 million mark.

Here's some excitement now.

Alan raises to 120k and takes the blinds.

Then it's Dave's turn to nick the blinds, although with an all-in.

And Mr Clark's all-in preflop again the next hand - and takes the blinds again.

My Kingdom for a call.

"'Ere coom them caaaards."

And again the next hand, Dave announces all-in preflop! He's not even the short stack (Butters is with less than 400k), he's got 629k! And Jan calls!

Jan - Ahrt Jc

Dave - Ad Qc

3s 2s Tc Ac 2c

And Jan Magnus Brevik is OUT in 5th place winning £18,850. Bless him, he came all the way from Oslo after qualifying on Blue Square, hurrah for winning money.

We see a flop now.

9s 4d 5h - Warren bets 60k; Dave calls.

Turn Kd - check check

River 2s - Dave says - "I'm playing the board", ah ha ha.  Warren shows a pair of nines and takes it.

Warren Wooldridge - 1,214,000
Dave Clark - 1,102,000
Alan Vinson - 563,000
Jonathon Butters - 261k

And apparently they've somehow broken the TV cameras. Maybe they got water poured on them or something.  ;hide;

Oh no, hang on, they've stuck it back together with duct tape. It'll stick anything, you know.

go warren make up for my sick beat by winnng it!

warren used to be my boss back in 2004!

Dave raises to 200k and "takes them chips," oh yes he does.

Alan raises 100k from the cutoff/utg and takes them chips. Dave folds his BB 2-7 face up.

Now we see a flop -

7d 4h 3d and Alan moves in; Jonathan calls

Jon - 8d 4c

Alan - 8s 5h

Turn - Qd

River  - 8h

...and Jonathan Butters doubles up.

Oh bless, apparently Jan Magnus was weeping at the bar and had to be consoled.  :'(

Currently the players are taking it in turns to steal the blinds. I really want a cigarette.

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Warren raises to 100k, Alan calls.

Flop:

2c Kd Kh

Check, check

Turn:

Jd

Warren bets 60k and his (perhaps sneaky) weak bet takes the pot.

Alan raises to 130k, Jonothon moves all-in. Alan passes.

Jonothon raises to 100k and takes the blinds. The players have really tightened up since Brevik went out, in fact I think this is the tightest table so far in the GUKPT. Warren Wooldridge seems to be taking the most advantage.

Warren limps on the button, Dave makes up in the small blind, but then Alan spoils the party by selfishly moving all-in. Warren looks grumpy and passes, Dave looks completely neutral, like Switzerland, as he folds.

Dana has gone to get some photos while my computer is playing up.

Jonothon raises to 140k, Warren re-raises to 420k. Dave passes, Jonothon, who seems to have a suspect number of 'o's in his name, an amount of o's that only a communist would surely have, but I'm told that's the correct spelling.

Butters passes, we are on a break and the announcer reminds us we are at the business end of the comp. So don't go far.

10 minute break and then 25k/50k/5k

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A fruit platter and a giant tiramisu have appeared in the press room! Hurrah for those lovely Luton staff!

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Play has resumed.

"'Ere coom them caaards. That one's for the press room."

Woo! Woo!

Dave announces all in.

'Ere cooms the dwell...

But they pass and Dave takes the pot.

Blinds are now 25k/50k/5k ante.

Alan pushes from the small blind and takes it down.

And then again from the button, Alan shoves, "Alan wins the pot and them chips."

That he does. By gum.

Jawsome!!!

A flop for your viewing pleasure - 7h 9s 6c

Warren checks, Dave checks after him.

Turn - 5s - check check.

River - 3s - check check.

Warren - 9-T, and Dave mucks. "And why not."

Butters raises all in 375k, Warren calls! Oh, blessed action!

Butters - Ad Kc

Warren - 8h 8s

3h Ks Tc Jc 2d

God loves Butters. Or someone does. I don't think he's capable of losing a race.

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Butters should have then stood up and shouted, "I am invincible!!"

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Warren raises to 150k and nicks them blaaaiinds.

Then Warren gets a walk.

Then Warren raises to 190k and nicks it again.

Next, Warren raises to 160k; now Alan "puts all his cookies in the middle" (!) Ooh, this is exciting.

Alan  - Kh Qc

Warren - 9d 9h

Board - 4d Td Tc 7c 7d

So Alan Vinson is OUT in 4th place winning £25,100.

I do believe that Warren may take this baby down... ;popcorn;

He really might, he's currently a GIANT chip monster - maybe 2 million of the 3 million chips in play are his.

Butters makes up the blind and BB Warren raises him right out of there.

Butters passes his button and Warren makes up the blinds now; Dave raises to 170k and someone who is not Warren takes them chips.

Warren raises to 160k and Butters announces all in. Warren asks for a count. Jon Raab - "Oh my God, has he made any move but all in this whole tournament?" Warren passes, so it doesn't really matter though.

The occasion won't bother him, I believe he has quite some record in the WSOP over a few years.

That doesn't surprise me, he has the look about him of a hardened pro...

He's also just nicked the blinds with a 100k raise.

Half-assed battle of the shortstacks - a flop!

9s 4s 7d

Dave checks, Butters checks.

Turn - 8h - check check

River - 7c

Butters shows K 5 takes the pot. And them chips.

By the way Mickey Wernick and Willie Tann were part of the 4-way chop of the £300 side event. Mickey was a chip monster and is taking the most good cash money home.

how manyy runners did it get??

Butters nicks the blinds with a 150k raise.

Warren limps from the button. Dave raises to 230k and takes it.

Dave limps from the button, Butters folds, Warren checks

2h 3s Jc

Warren checks - Dave bets 100k and Warren calls. Oooh, dangerous...

Turn - 7d

 - check check

River - 4d

Warren bets 200k and Dave passes.

Currently Warren - 1,750,000
Butters - 820,000
Dave - 630,000

go warren gog og go ogogogogoogogogogoogogogoogogogogogogogogoogogogogogogoogoogogogogo

u ginger ex leeds fan

ship the wooldridge, worst dressed man in uk poker! narrowly losing out on european award to helppi

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how many runners was there for this?

Like to say a Big Thank You to the blonde updaters as per normal for their superb coverage.

Even more so today, as they really prove their worth  by still supplying us with the first rate news (as we sometimes take for granted), as all is going haywire around them, with internet problems, or whatever.

Well done to all concerned, and how lucky we are to have Snoopy on the "subs bench"



TOP STUFF.

 ;iagree; ;iagree; :goodpost:

Dave limps in, Jon, half-asleep says, "No raise."

Dave bets the flop and takes it down before I can even see it.

Dave raises to 120k from the button. Warren makes the call. Floppage.

9s 2d 8s

Checkage.

Qs

Warren now bets 150k, Dave has a bout of all-inage and Warren passes.



Next flop:

Kc Js 3c between Warren and Dave, Warren bets 50k, Dave calls.

Turn:

4d which looks like a brick.

Warren bets 90k. Milkage? In any case, Dave passes.

Forgot to add, Dana is away taking photos again and my lappy still isn't working. :( :(

Are the players tiring?

Will this be a survival of the fittest - proving that poker is actually a sport I wonder?

Will they regret their rash move at the the end once they've had a good nights sleep?

All these questions and more.......

Warren raises 150k, Dave calls.

Kh 9h 7c

Warren moves all-in and Dave passes.

Blinds are now 30k/60k/5k

Warren doesn't mess around and moves all-in from the button.

Jon, "That's a new move."

Warren, "It's getting late, I've a long drive home."

Warren then gets a walk next hand.

Warren - 1,800,000
Butters - 765,000
Dave - 660,000

Warren is nicking blinds from the button and also getting a lot of walks. Too tight, Dave and Butters, too tight!

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how many runners did this event get???

Warren limps, Dave checks.

Flop - 8d 4d Js

Warren bets out and Dave folds.


Another flop - 6d 5c 5d

Dave and Butters both check.

Turn - Jc - Dave bets 60k and Butters passes.

"Yeah, round of applause again, why not."

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many thanks danaaaaaa

Checks down to the river of a  Ahrt 5c 4s Js 7s board and Warren bets 100k. Dave says "I have one little tiny bit of that" before he folds. Enough of this weak-tight nonsense, say I! Shove! Shove shove shove!!! All of you! Have you no homes to go to???

Certain elements of the press have now given up entirely and are looking at unbelievable, unspeakable websites.

Floppage - 3d 2c Aspades

Turnage - Ac

Warren bets 60k and Butters calls it.

River's a blank and Warren takes it down with J-3.

Dana - for the beneifit of those who dont understand it could you run through how the blinds work please?

Oooh - sorry - just finished watching tv poker......

Butters takes down a pot, in spite of the "Butters is going out this hand, Butters is going out this hand" chanting in the press room.

Dave announces all in and Butters lets the cards slip through his fingers.

Some Qs 7d 5s floppage and Butters spreads out 100k in chips. Warren digs deep and calls.

Turn - Jc - Butters checks and Warren announces all in; Butters passes. My, he's spreading himself thin. Ho ho ho.

Butters all-in button-nicks the blinds.


The hand ranking goes - high card - one pair - three-of-a-kind...

Warren makes it 150k to boringly steal the blinds.

Dave now announces all in and oh, oh, Warren (who's already got 60k in there as his BB) asks for a count! Oh action, oh please let's have some action! It's 480k total.

Oh for the love of sweet bippy! Warren passes.

Boring.

Butters shoves. The players dwell pointlessly for forever now, it's like they're subjecting us to torture. Or maybe it's a decision to try and bore each other to death. Or something.

Dana and I (we are actually now a single weird kind-of-sentient amalgation, posting under the guise of Danafish) might have to go postal at this rate.

Oh look, and Butters takes down the blinds. Lucky Butters. Lucky us.


Now we truly know the meaning if the word "Neverends." (Yes technically it's two words, but not on blonde)


Dave shoves, Jon folds, Warren passes 2-5. Go crazy Warren!!! Goddamit.

Maybe they should roll the blinds back 3 levels to encourage more play, what do you repiorting time think of that ?

I have a better idea. Lets put the blinds up so that everyones all in first hand...and we can go to bed!

Warren shoves from the button, and takes those precious shortstack blinds.

Butters - 330,000
Dave - 590,000
Warren - 2,185,000

Butters and Dave have totally given up, they're both just trying to hang on for second. I have no idea why Warren isn't shoving every single time.

Now Butters is small-blind shoving and Warren is folding. 10 minutes left of this level. I'm glad they decided not to cap it at 25k/50k like they were supposed to.

Sigh, Warren limps in on Dave's big blind. Why??? With Butters even shorter, Dave is not going to risk the rest of his stack without a big hand. Warren is missing valuable opportunities to squeeze every chip out here.

Then finally!

Warren pushes. Butters calls!

Ad 8s for Warren.

Ah Kh for Butters.

5h 5c 5d Kc 7s is the board. Moans from the press, especially the poker verdict people and Butters has doubled up and he's still short. Sigh.

I think they must be v tired, come back at 1pm 2morrow and resume at 500 - 1000 and 100 ante

Mods! Ban him!

lllllllllllllllllllollllllllllllllllll

Ts Kd Jh

Warren bets 100k, Dave calls.

6h

Warren checks, Dave moves all-in. Warren passes.


****10 minute break****

(The players don't deserve it)

We overhear Warren telling friends that after Butters' double-up, it's "a different game". I'm not sure, with both the other players still on 600k, Warren should just raise every hand to 300k and make them find a hand if they want gamble 3rd place to get a shot at 1st.

Hope the press room is loving the way Butters takes his full allocation of time to make the best possible decision at each and every moment. 5 minutes to pass 83 in the SB is the norm. Still, i guess he is playing for thousands of pounds, but every decision critical? methinks not.

Im with the updaters here, Warren should be nicking every single hand, they both want to ladder, so let them.

Actually, he's being rather quick this time. Not taking too long to make decisions...

40k/80k with a 5k ante, the level will be 30 minutes long.

Warren raises to 200k, Dave and Jon pass.

Dave passes, Butters moves in. Warren.......................................................................................passes.

Jon passes, Warren moves in. And takes it down. That's more like it from Warren, forcing them to have to find a hand.

Jon then gets a walk.

Butters then moves in again, he's a slippy customer, Warren passes in the big blind sharpish.

Dave shoves the small blind. Takes the blinds.

Warren gets a walk.

Warren moves in from the small blind. Dave calls!

Warren:

Ad Td

Dave:

Qd As

Board

6s Ac 2h 7h 8h

Dave doubles up. And we are going to be here a little longer. When I mean a little, I mean a fair bit. When I mean a fair bit, I mean a long while. When I mean a long while, I mean the rest of our natural life and beyond.

Luton deffo aint my idea of heaven.

With the Ks exposed, we see Js 9c Jh floppage.

Jon checks, Warren checks.

7h - check check check check check check.....

2d - a Buttersy check, a Warreny bet and Butters passes. Yay.  ;sleep;


Next hand Butters nicks the blinds.


Warren limps and Dave checks.

8s Tc 6c - cheeeeeeeck

9s - cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeck check check check cheeeeeeeeck check

9h - cheeeeck-eck! and Warren's T-5 beats Dave's jack-something.


Dave shoves. Butters makes a face like he might call, or like he has constipation. But he passes. Cannot confirm digestive problems either way. Warren asks for a count, but he never seems to call when he asks for a count. It's 750k. And, oh look, he's passed. "Feel free to clap, ladies and gentlemen. Someone's got to keep us awake."

I hate to derive pleasure from your misery but this is the most humorous reporting ever !!

Ok, what about declaring it limit holdem ? That might get the butter sizzling

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Oh how I want to sleep...13 hours plus we've been here so far. Even the humour of the press room is dwindling slowly...despite Jen's appearance!

Warren limpage; Dave checkage.

Floppage- 8h 4s 4d - cheeeeck check check

Turnage - Jd - check-eck!

Riverererererage - 7c - Warren bets 150k. Dave calls. Warren has a jack, and wins. Dave - "YOU ---- have a piece of EVERY ---- SINGLE ---- FLOP". In our addled minds he sounds like Michael Caine.


Ts 6s Ac - Dave announces all in and Warren folds.


Dave re-raises a Warren 100k raise to 400k, Warren passes.

Warren limps, Dave calls, Jon checks. Hot three-way action!

Flop:

4d 9c 5s

Checked around.

Turn:

2c

Checked around. Boooring.

River:

7s

Dull dull dull. Dave wins with a four.

"Gimme the money," he says in his Frank Butcher accent. He might as well add, "Luv ya sweetheart."

Warren, who looks a tiny bit like Beavis, limps in. Dave checks his option.

2d Qc 9d Tc 6d

Checked to the river, where Warren burrows down into his stack and wins the pot with a 80k bet.

If No Limit Holdem is a sexy game then this is blindfolded 3 legged crocodile buggery

Warren raises to 240k, takes the blinds.

Dave and Jon both move all-in, Warren passes after a a squeeze

Jon:

Jh Jd

Dave :

Kd Qh

5h 8c 3h Qd 8d

Which means Jon Butters is OUT in 3rd place winning £34,550

Holy Moses on a motorbike with Jesus in the sidecar, we are unbelievably HU!

Ahh ha ha, that was your 69th post.

You said that like 5 hours ago. Oh sigh and woe.

A flop - 5s 7h 3d - Dave 140k - Warren all in! But Dave folds.


Ac 3c 4h - check check

2h - cheeeeck check check

3h - they both bet a billion chips! No, actually they check.

Warren has two pairs of some description and wins it.

They're now on a short break after which the blinds will go up, a half hour clock now, although that might not actually make this any less painful. We can only hope.

Blinds now 50k/100k.

Dave limps, Warren checks

8c 5d 3d - checkage from Warren, a bet from Dave, an all in from Warren, a call from Dave! Spirits rise in the press room.

Dave - Kh Kd

Warren - Qs 8s

Jh

Ts

Double-up for Dave. Spirits sink at the prospect of this going on forever.

Jen has been hanging around here all day for the sole purpose of driving me home (although she murdered the dealer's choice cash game), and has now passed out. These people have no compassion.

The dazed and depressed crowd hald-heartedly respond to the announcer's "Is that worth a round of applause?" I now pray for the apocalypse.

Warren - all in 7 8 off !!!

Dave  - J 8 off !!!

Ts 3s 2h 4s 7d !!!

Warren doubles up to 270k !!!

Ah ha ha ha !!!!

Ahhhhh ha.

I need some real excitement, there's a video on Discovery channel about the nesting rituals of the 3 toed sloth , gotta be better than this, g night !!

Doesn't the casino close early tonight? Must be getting close?

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Thank. God. For. That. Dana has details to follow.

Dave limps, Warren inexplicably checks.

Flop - Kc 4d Js

Warren shoves, Dave calls.

Warren - Q5

Dave - J9

Turn - 8h

River - 8c

Which means that Warren Wooldridge is OUT in 2nd place winning £51,800...

...which necessarily leads us to understand that it is all OVER and DAVE CLARK is the WINNER of the Luton GUKPT, winning £97,300...

...which necessarily leads me to GO HOME. Yay! Well done all those lucky people going home with bunches of cash money, and thanks to the very excellent people of Luton G Casino for being all nice to us.

 ;stickaforkinme;

Oh, actually I think Floppy's getting some photos, and seeing as I've broken his laptop I have to stay for uno momento.

 ;tightend; ;tightend;

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Well done all-- congrats to Dave

Oh that's sweet. You're very welcome, Mr Taxi.

And here are photos. Apparently the presenter was encouraging Warren not to look too depressed as that makes for bad TV.

Bye!

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Brilliant stuff, Clarkey is a top bloke, lives in Colchester and is now officilly third best after me & moorman ;)


Well done Dave ... see you in Plymouth.

Snoopy, surely this is proof that it was Jeremy Beadle playing, no?

congratulations to dave and well done to blonde for the great updates.special mention to ian for doing so well during a difficult time.he would be very proud of you mate.

You guys crack me up!

I'd just like to add a special thanks to Carmel and all the team at Luton who have a superbly run cardroom down there, spacious and kept nicely cool. They really looked after us. If you've not been there before, it's worth a visit, and if you're going to the APAT event, you'll appreciate what I'm saying in a few weeks. :)

congrats to everyone who made money and FT especially.

another well run tournament

And Snoops for basically doing the updates for us via Skype when the whole of the Vodafone network basically exploded and Skype was the only thing working, for some reason. Yay Snoops!

That outage was weird...and I add my thanks to the team at Luton who were brilliant. They even gave us Krispy Kremes... ;)

Thanks Floppy, Sloppy, JungleKitty and Dana for yet another superb update ;hattip;

We are sooooooo lucky !

I saw firsthand the stamina of the entire press room as the final table continued on until tomorrow - congratulations to Homer and Dana for outlasting the gruelling day.  And good updating in spite of the total crash of the Vodafone communications system...

Well done players and press.