Title: The Grosvenor Fessies are BACK Post by: tikay on February 14, 2008, 03:25:24 PM Last year, with the arrival of "Series Poker" (GUKPT, GBPT), the traditional Fessies got a bit sidelined, not intentionally, just a sort of blue on blue really. The mainstay of UK Tourney Poker Fessies are Grosvenor, & it was their Fessies which suffered most, almost to the point of extinction, with Marketing & PR focused on the GUKPT. And, of course Management Resource was concentrated on the GUKPT, as it had to be in Year One. John Raab listened, & told us he'd restore the balance in2008, starting, really, at Walsall. He did his homework, published - uniquely, surely? - a full Structure, Starting Stack & Clock for Every Fessie, for each value Event, also 1 or 2 dayer, the lot. The 2008 Grosvenor Fessies are, of course, now part of the GUKPT Schedule, but not just a few Support Events, they are proper Fessie Events. So, the Waslall Fessie duly began on Monday, & as chance would have it, Johnny Raab was sat with Chili, Tom, BookieBasher, Bazza Neville, & myself on Monday in Walsall, an hour before the Tourney started, & Raaby's eyes rarely left the "Entries" figure on the Plasma. He'd done his bit, set the thing up, & now, there was no more he could do. But his face was a picture, as the Entries figure climbed & climbed - 70, 80, 100, 110, 120, 130, 135 at KO time, &, eventually, with Alternates, 146. This was just wonderful (it was a £200-er) & since then, we know the £300 & the Omaha both had excellent fields, too. Raaby was beaming from ear to ear, chest puffed out, a job well done. From me, I'd like to say thanks, because the whole Circuit, as I know it, used to revolve around the Grosvenor Fessies, & I've missed them very much. I'm not alone there. Title: Re: The Grosvenor Fessies are BACK Post by: tikay on February 14, 2008, 04:01:45 PM Who was there on Monday? Prompted by the Players List kindly passed to me by the ever-growing (in stature) Zac, the notables included..... Fari Badmansour Andrew Calladine Ben Callinan The Carpenters (Ben & Tom) Dan "Get Haircut" Carter. Monty Burns Chili Greek Jack (currently leading the Pro-Rank 2 Leaderboard, well above Flushy). Real name Kyriacos Dionysiou (Greek for "God of Love"). Mad Turk (Yucel Eminoglu) Mick Fletcher Alan Geddes Nick "Gwibbo" Gibson Tom Gibson Lord Gosney Barry Hearn (eh?) Steve Holden Maz Hussain Steve Jelenik & his very much better half, Irina Liepina Andy Johnson Des Bling Bling Jonas Jon "skalie" Kalmar Bo Le. Shortest name on the circuit? Thanh Le Tuan Le John Lea Chao Li Pete Linton, DTD £500 Hero Mark McCluskey Mick McCool Red-Dog Bookiebasher (Jamie Moult) Barry Neville Billy Ngo Mo Nicholson Ash Pervais Rob Reece Magic Sami Albert Sapiano Bill Shrevington Pete Singleton Rumit Johnny Vacc Clive "portfolio" Williams Not bad for starters, & with more big guns likely to appear later in the week, Raaby had every reason to be pleased with himself. Thanks to Zac's clever list, I can tell you the following all departed before the end of Level Two (the first break, & "cut-off" for Alternates or Late Entries). Richard Davies, Greek Jack, Adrian Eley, Dave Freeman, Jon Heath, Steven Khoo, Emanuale Lamanuzzi, Jon Lea, Mick McCool, Reyaaz Mulla, Barry Neville, Ken Page, Chri Strickland, & Chris Wright. I believe Bazza, who departed almost before it started, had his Aces cracked. I think his opponent was behind pre-flop. Bazza did not seem overly impressed...... Title: Re: The Grosvenor Fessies are BACK Post by: tikay on February 14, 2008, 04:42:40 PM The Result of the £200, & the £300 I think, is shown elsewhere, but I know Steve Holden & Nick "Redbull" Hicks both got cashes, & that Pete Singleton Finalled in the £200. The Omaha (£250 Freeze) was a welcome return of Omaha to Fessies, & the field was very high quality, Raaby must have been delighted, but Value?, there was little with this crowd in, which included a coach-load of the Blackpool Boys. Fari Badmansour Derek Barnes James Browning (soon to be seen on Sky Poker) Russ "Ariston" Cawley Monty Burns Greek Jack Jeff Duval - a rare visitor to Walsall Mike Ellis Rob Garfield Nick Gwibbo Gibson Ed Giddens Marc Goodwin Harprit Gurnam Steve Holden Maz Hussain Ip Mann Paul ActionJack Jackson Steve Jelenik & Irina Chris Johnson Gareth Jones Jon skalie Kalmar Jeff Kimber Chicken Joe Karl Mahrenholz Mick McCool Malcolm McKinlay Stuart Nash Riverdave Penly Howard Plant Trev Reardon Glyn Rees Jim Reid Lucy Magic Sami Albert Nick Slade Theo Matt "Humpty-Dumpty" Tyler Adam & Alan Vinson Lord Wernick Ian Woodley Not much Value there, eh? One Table had Woodley & ActionJack on it, very loud, but neither of them as loud as Marc Goodwin, whose antique jumper outdone them both - I believe it was once owned by Henry Cotton. So, lots of faces I've not seen in one comp for ages. About time we had some Omaha Tourneys (Freezeouts ONLY please), so well done Walsall & Raaby. Title: Re: The Grosvenor Fessies are BACK Post by: TightEnd on February 14, 2008, 05:03:25 PM The Omaha result, shortly to appear in our results service
NAME OF CASINO: Grosvenor Casino Walsall DAY: Wednesday DATE: 13/02/08 COMP: £250 Omaha ENTRIES: 83 PRIZE FUND £20,750 1st D Penly -- £7,060 2nd A Vinson -- £3,940 3rd M Wernick -- £2,900 4th C Owen -- £2,080 5th J Duvall -- £1,450 6th S Nash -- £1,140 7th P Jones -- £930 8th Anon -- £730 9th I Liepina -- £520 Congratulations to riverdave! Not a bad final table line up, some mixed game legends on that one! Title: Re: The Grosvenor Fessies are BACK Post by: tikay on February 14, 2008, 05:16:08 PM Good grief Rich, that's a nice Omaha Final Table! Penly always had chips, Wernick (3rd) Duval (5th) & Nash (6th) are real old-school, but I don't know if the Vinson is Adam or Alan, both were there. "I Liepina" is the interesting one, that's Irina, Steve Jeleniks beautiful companion. She has one helluva game in Hold-Em, & she had 18k at the first break last night. She sometimes comes across as a bit shy at the Table, but her English is not perfect, & I think she just struggles with the language a bit. She sure ain't shy when it comes to bluffing though, & has a sort of Annette robotic look to her when she's at it. She'll win a vey big Comp quite soon, I'm sure of that, & she ran well in one of the recent EPT's I believe - Bahamas? I hear she does very well in Online Qualifiers, too. Well done her. Title: Re: The Grosvenor Fessies are BACK Post by: George2Loose on February 14, 2008, 06:08:58 PM I finish work at 6.30 2moro. How likely am I to get into the £100 tourney tomorrow? Says limited spaces on the website- would really want to play it. Would get to Walsall about 7.15
Title: Re: The Grosvenor Fessies are BACK Post by: mondatoo on February 18, 2008, 04:18:37 PM Noticed tuan le(sure there was others in the list who are at same level but was juct scrolling down and noticed him) in the players list for £200 game is it usual to get such world class players in a tourney which for such a player is tiny stakes.
Title: Re: The Grosvenor Fessies are BACK Post by: TightEnd on February 18, 2008, 04:20:42 PM its a different Tuan Le
Title: Re: The Grosvenor Fessies are BACK Post by: jonah on February 18, 2008, 04:38:33 PM Good grief Rich, that's a nice Omaha Final Table! Penly always had chips, Wernick (3rd) Duval (5th) & Nash (6th) are real old-school, but I don't know if the Vinson is Adam or Alan, both were there. "I Liepina" is the interesting one, that's Irina, Steve Jeleniks beautiful companion. She has one helluva game in Hold-Em, & she had 18k at the first break last night. She sometimes comes across as a bit shy at the Table, but her English is not perfect, & I think she just struggles with the language a bit. She sure ain't shy when it comes to bluffing though, & has a sort of Annette robotic look to her when she's at it. She'll win a vey big Comp quite soon, I'm sure of that, & she ran well in one of the recent EPT's I believe - Bahamas? I hear she does very well in Online Qualifiers, too. Well done her. That person in 7th place was me ;yippee; It was my first major omaha comp & such a thrill to FT with so many esteemed players in attendance. It was Adam not Alan who finished second Tikay, another player emerging from the Vinson stables. You may know me tikay from the opening night of DTD when we sat together shortstacked for most of it buying each other coffees :) I had the fortune of winning it. You also cashed if I remember right. I'd have reinvested my omaha cash into the main event but was going to see the legendary Stranglers Saturday night so couldn't partake. More Omaha please, £250 again would be nice, the $500 at the vic is pushing it a bit for me! Title: Re: The Grosvenor Fessies are BACK Post by: Ironside on February 19, 2008, 12:05:26 AM More Omaha please, £250 again would be nice, the $500 at the vic is pushing it a bit for me! i have to agree more PLO please at reasonable levels but surely £250 and $500 are about the same in this day and age of £1= $2 Title: Re: The Grosvenor Fessies are BACK Post by: jonah on February 19, 2008, 10:55:00 AM The $ should have been a £ ;oopsy;
Title: Re: The Grosvenor Fessies are BACK Post by: tikay on February 19, 2008, 05:55:31 PM Good grief Rich, that's a nice Omaha Final Table! Penly always had chips, Wernick (3rd) Duval (5th) & Nash (6th) are real old-school, but I don't know if the Vinson is Adam or Alan, both were there. "I Liepina" is the interesting one, that's Irina, Steve Jeleniks beautiful companion. She has one helluva game in Hold-Em, & she had 18k at the first break last night. She sometimes comes across as a bit shy at the Table, but her English is not perfect, & I think she just struggles with the language a bit. She sure ain't shy when it comes to bluffing though, & has a sort of Annette robotic look to her when she's at it. She'll win a vey big Comp quite soon, I'm sure of that, & she ran well in one of the recent EPT's I believe - Bahamas? I hear she does very well in Online Qualifiers, too. Well done her. That person in 7th place was me ;yippee; It was my first major omaha comp & such a thrill to FT with so many esteemed players in attendance. It was Adam not Alan who finished second Tikay, another player emerging from the Vinson stables. You may know me tikay from the opening night of dt (http://www.dtdpoker.com/aff/BlonditesDownload)d (http://www.dtdpoker.com/aff/BlonditesDownload) when we sat together shortstacked for most of it buying each other coffees :) I had the fortune of winning it. You also cashed if I remember right. I'd have reinvested my omaha cash into the main event but was going to see the legendary Stranglers Saturday night so couldn't partake. More Omaha please, £250 again would be nice, the $500 at the vic is pushing it a bit for me! Well done you! I love to see good guys doing well, & I'm really delighted for you fella. Title: Re: The Grosvenor Fessies are BACK Post by: riverdave on February 21, 2008, 01:35:21 AM Delighted to see PLO comps in all bar one of the GUKPT schedules although i am pretty sure £100 rebuys make for a much better PLO comp than the freezeouts. The £250 1 rebuy or addon that is in one of the scedules might make for a happy medium.
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