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Pardon me for not having the time to "de-corporate-ise" this incoming e-Mail from the aptly named Warren Lush, but the gist of the message is this - Chili takes on the Big Boys in the Late Night Poker Semi-Final, TONIGHT, on TV.

Does she have the minerals? that's the question. The winner - & ONLY the winner - advances to the Final.

Those that know the result, please keep schtum, until after it's been broadcast, thanks.

SEMI-FINAL OF PARTYPOKER LATE NIGHT POKER ON TUESDAY NIGHT

 

Gibraltar – 2nd March 2008 -- PartyPoker Late Night Poker is approaching the end of its run on screens on Channel 4 in the UK and Tuesday night/Wednesday morning at 12.10am sees the semi-final of the event followed by two episodes covering the final on March 11th and March 18th.

 

The semi-final features the runners-up from all seven heats vying for one place in the Grand Final. The line-up features top UK player Maria Demetriou, ‘Flying Dutchman’ Marcel Luske, WSOP bracelet holder Praz Bansi, Polish television presenter Agnieszka Rylik, Marc ‘Mr Cool’ Goodwin, France’s Pascal Perrault and former champion Simon Trumper.

 

A PartyPoker.com spokesman said: “The semi-final line-up is very strong. Every single player was desperate to gain the prestige of making the final of the event that started it all.”

 

The heat winners who have already secured their place in the final include serial televised tournament winner Ian Frazer, German bracelet holder and 2007 Premier League runner-up Eddy Scharf, Surinder ‘The Cobra’ Sunar, WPT and EPT champion Roland de Wolfe, Swedish online qualifier Andreas Jörbeck, 2008 Premier League winner Andy Black and 2007 Late Night Poker Masters champion David Tighe. Amongst those who failed to make the final or semi-final include Dave “The Devilfish” Ulliott, man of the moment Julian Thew, WSOP Europe winner Annette Obrestad, Ram Vaswani, Padraig Parkinson, Barny Boatman, Joe Beevers, Donnacha O’Dea, Robert Williamson III, Jen Mason and Jon Kalmar.

 

Late Night Poker revolutionised people’s perception of poker when the tournament was first broadcast on Channel 4 in 1999 and was the first to use under the table cameras. The total prize pool for 2008 is $335,000 ($90,000 added by PartyPoker) with $125,000 going to the eventual winner. There were 49 players paying a $5000 including ten online qualifiers who won their seats in exclusive online tournaments on PartyPoker.

 

Coverage of the event was filmed by Presentable and is presented by Vicky Coren, with Thomas Kremser the Tournament Director. Presentable also produced the coverage of the successful PartyPoker Poker Nations Cup event for Channel 4 which takes place again in April.

 

PP.com LNP 2008 – THE LINE UP

 

HEAT 1     15/1

Ian Frazer

Simon Trumper

Roy Brindley

Karl Mahrenholz

Jen Mason

Bo Sehlstedt

Tom O’Shea   ( Qualifier )

 

HEAT 2       22/1

Eddy Scharf

Jac Arama

Julian Thew

Kevin O’Connell

Maria Demetriou

Martin Wendt

Ketul Nathwani  ( Qualifier )

 

HEAT 3      29/1

Marcel Luske

Koroush

Surinder Sunar

Jon Kalmar

Annette Obrestad

Robert Williamson III

Henric Olander  ( Qualifier )

 

HEAT 4     5/2

Roland de Wolfe

Marc Goodwin

Michael Keiner

Padraig Parkinson

Dave Colclough

Erik Andrén    ( Qualifier )

Marian Thissen  ( Qualifier )

 

HEAT 5     12/2

Joe Beevers

Liam Flood

Rene Mouritsen

Agnieszka Rylik

Dave Ulliott

Andreas Jörbeck  ( Qualifier )

Jon Parsons   ( Qualifier )

 

HEAT 6       19/2

Ram Vaswani

Andy Black

Paul Jackson

Maud Mulder

Praz Bansi

Anders Henriksson

Tobias Reinkemeier   ( Qualifier )

 

HEAT 7       26/2

Barny Boatman

Donnacha O’Dea

David Tighe

Pascal Perrault

Xuyen Pham

James Close   ( Qualifier )

Paul Kristoffersson  ( Qualifier )

 

SEMI-FINAL 4/3

Simon Trumper

Maria Demetriou

Marcel Luske

Marc Goodwin

Agnieszka Rylik

Praz Bansi

Pascal Perrault
 

Good luck Chilli - and at The Vic this weekend x

Wish you would tell me what happens as i cannot watch it, ffs!!!

It's a secret........

;goodluck; fella :)up

(even though it's already happened and so that makes this post irrelevant and a waste of time, and no different to any of my others...)

good luck pascal!  im only joking, GO ON CHILLIBOBS

boooooooo

Looking forward to this one. GoGoGo Chilli! :)

im going to have a nap soon then wake up to watch

forgot about this cheers for reminding me

all the best mate

All the best, big guy!

I want to say good luck Chilli, but it feels odd. Plus she knocks 4 players out on the second hand when she turns quads v a full and two flushes, how the guy doesnt pass the 10high flush i dont know.

FFS Alex!!!!

good luck chilli. may the best man win. ;)

Andy Black won the 2008 poker premier league?  Has that been on TV yet?

Gl Maria, will be watching.

Ready and waiting to watch.    :)up

gogogo chilli, CL.

Well played Maria!!!!!


Nice eyes by the way ;)

very well done chilli.    why did u not check with the AA and give a chance to hang himself there.  

gl in final

shipit. wd Maria.

 ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

ARRGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Waited up for this, started watching, got to the bit where Bansi got knocked out then the little 'un wakes up in tears.  By the time I did the usual comfort, cuddles and resorting to a bribe of a digestive biscuit to make 'you feel better' bit and got him back to bed I came back into the living room to see you chatting at the end  ;frustrated

Is it going to be repeated do you know?


GL in the final

shib it, wp Maria.

catch it now on c4+1 i'm guessing  :)

Why didn't I check exactly!! I can't believe I did that to be honest, all i can say is that it was very early in the heads up and the adrenalin rush of it all got the better of me...

Cheers for the good wishes x

well done maria  :)up

this games so easy when you can see what your opponents got!

It's on now on channel 135 on Sky

wp Chili.  Congrats!

Bainn & Harmony

entertaining to watch, wp  :)

Nice one Chilli!!

How bad was some of the play in that though, cringeworthy stuff!

Goodwin not realising he had won with his 9 though was priceless, will deffo remind him about that!!

Cheers James, but I think the editing was a little harsh on Marc.  Of course he knew he won and was being sarcy of the fact that how the hell did he stay in.  But give it to him anyway.

i think their not showing alot of ur 'moves' otherwise I doubt simon scubby will insta-shove u with A5 lol...
I wanna know wot happens next!

I dont blame simon there, I did a lot of raising from the button when we were 4 handed so I think it was just a good spot for him.  Unlucky that I had a pair that time.

Nice result Maria. Knew you'd win it... Hehe

Maria doesnt have moves, nit.

grrrr... she told you then !!!

FYP

 rotflmfao rotflmfao

I told 1 or 2 people ok! hehe

Haha, #1Instigator. Is that "I hate my Brain" Peebles.  rotflmfao

Welcome to Blonde mate, good to see you on here!

WELL DONE CHICKA CHICO!!!   ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;  Finally managed to stay awake for one of these and delighted to see you taking it down!

Chico?? Laxie please dont you start too with the man crap.  I think I have proven tonight beyond all reasonable doubt, that I was not wearing man boobs on tv!!!

 rotflmfao  Fair enough...I'll re-instate yer CHICKA status for ya   ;tightend;

LOL tyty x

yep its Robin here...
any1 tell me hu redbull is?

when is d final? has it been recorded already? first female winner? mega sponsorship deals? :)

If I told you, I'd have to kill you.

thats fine, u prob wont c me much in dtd...skint...over played one hand too many lol

Sorry to hear mate. Hope you'll be back soon.

u should so change ur name to redwhine lol thats all u drink!

lol. Yeah I did consider that. Anyway, enough of the thread hijack. See you soon mate.

aaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyrrrrrrrrrr. Nice work Chilli. v well played.

brilliant Maria, well done... Although the programme does look rather crap-shooty on the edited highlights...

Da iawn Chili :)up

Excellent result!

nice one maria, bet you were relieved that the ace hit!!!!!

well done maria,you played brilliant

Great stuff...and good luck in the final! though I guess this will have been held a while ago? but still good look whatever happened  :)up

Well done Maria!!!!!! xxx

er, well done geezer!

well done maria

Will watch it tonight........but I guess you did OK !!

Well played Chili ;applause; ;applause;

Thanks peeps for your messages.  ACE2M - for sure I was relieved that the A hit, no offence to Marcel but another moment heads up with him (and him with chips) I could not handle lol.

Yes all the heats, the semi AND the final were all filmed in one week in Cardiff last October.  So I am willing to take pm's including promises of money in exchange for results  ;whistle; ;whistle;

ps - not really ffs

Regardless of how the final turned out, you should be very proud of yourself for making it that far with a group that were no walk in the park.  Absolutely delighted for you!!!

How many BB's did he shove them 7's with?           & why?!

out of interest how much did you regret shoving with those aces or didn't you?

Who was that TV woman? She was shocking, just remembered her 63 2 pair play.......

Who's heat did she get through?

As it's quite difficult to obtain that info come back tomorrow and i'll see if i can find it.

Sandy

Nice One Chili - can't wait to see the final.

 ;applause;

Nice one Maria... Will watch tonight hopefully...  :)up     ;popcorn; for the final...

Well played nice one. LOL when marc goodwin didnt realise he had won  that hand

That was classic.  :D
Also if only Simon would have called that bet and who knows what might have happened, but can understand why he folded.

Brilliant to watch - and you looked gorgeous! Out of interest how long does the match take, blinds etc. Obv we only see highlights but I wondered how much they cut?

Not entirely sure how many BB's but it was a lot.  Why? I guess only Marcel can answer that one, but from where I was sitting I think it was just an exercise in chest beating.  With Pascal gone and me and Simon hardly big stacks, Marcel "only" had us two in the blinds.  Maybe he was sending out a message to what I would think in his mind were a "weak" player and a "tight" player!!  In anycase he did me a huge favour - thanks Marcel.




Initialy, watching the show I seriously hated that shove with the Aces, but I guess it is easy when you can see both sets of cards.  On reflection, If I had checked would Marcel of hung himself? Im not sure.  I think I put Marcel on a strong hand and he still could have called with any high pair - but hey ho, 9 times out of 10 I am checking on that flop but sometimes your mouth acts faster than your brain!!



Thanks Tracey  :-*  I think the game lasted about 4 hours.  We had 5,000 chips and a 25 min clock, which I was a little fazed at when I found out.  Just assumed a game like this would be at least a 30 minuter!  So in answer to your question LOADS was cut.  I have said this before, just so so wished it was an hour an half show rather than an hour.  So much gets lost in translation so to speak.

God knows how he passed, Chilli either had everything or nothing and its hard to have everything when she has limp called a raise on that flop!

was dissapioned with trumper tbh, seemed to make a boatload of fundamental schoolboy errors.

Chillibobs i knew you were bluffing the 78s ive picked up those tells on ya... until next time.......{-_o}

Like so many here, I came to poker after watching the original PNL. It was strange to follow these heats seeing so many people I've played with (at bashes and charity games, not the big buy in jobbies) and befriended. Last night's heat was the best one I had watched as I was rooting for you all the way and you only went and won the damn thing. GG WP etc etc. Only complaint is we couldn't see if you were wearing the kilt.

kilt owns imo

Not sure, but I thought Indy was refering here to the time when Simon passed to Marcel when Goodwin was all in.  That would have knocked out Marc and changed the course of the game probably.

Hehe, glad to be of service Robert.  As for THAT kilt, there is not a hope in hell I would fit into to it anymore.  Don't even know where it is, think someone has knicked it and used it as a dusting cloth.

your right maria someones probably nicked it but wouldnt like to think what they are doing with it lol  ;kev;

 rotflmfao rotflmfao   

What a kilt that was  ;whistle;

 ;bumwiggle; ;bumwiggle;   <---------------- Nearly me going up those damn stairs at CinCins after yet another request for more chips from the balcony lol

 rotflmfao

So true  :).....



.... not that any of us gentlemen were looking  ;whistle;

lol those scots boys had you up and down those stairs all night, how glad i was to be downstairs lol

Yeah marvelous way to introduce myself to the scots and vice versa!!!

Definitely  ;)

Nope, not seen the kilt since.

.

... sigh ....

 ;ashamed;

Yes there was one of those situations where Marcel and Simon appeared to be checking it down. Simon had a hand and Marcel didn't but Marcel bet (on the river I think) and Simon quite rightly thinking Marcel must have a hand and folded.

Recorded this and only got round to watching it last night.  Well played fella :)up

You certainly showed the boys who the real man was! 

When I see Simon tonight I'll ask what he thinks about your bluff on the river after you missed your draw.  He'll probably just ban you from DTD....