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Title: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on March 06, 2008, 02:58:13 AM Greetings poker fanatics and welcome to the At A Glance live update of the BlueSquare.com London GUKPT.
On this thread we shall publish just the bare details: double ups, exits, chip counts, etc. For a fuller update, and the opportunity to interact with the updates in whatever shape or form you wish, then please visit our Interactive update by clicking the link below. Yoohoo! Click me. Click me. :-P (http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=31781.new#new) Play commences at 2pm. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 02:59:43 PM Table 1:
Eoin Kennedy Nick Riseley Martin Bader Andy Achillea Colin Kennedy John Flanagan Azzy Asgher Richie Allen Barry Neville Brian Johnson Table 2: Arkady Kielman Demetris Theophanous Michael Arnold Terry Simpson Joshua Tyler Ian Cox Bernd Alexander David Johnson Richard Ashby Daniel Samson Table 3: Raymond Nicholas Nathan Lee David Laronde Niall Charlton Jack Powell Leon Campbell Julian Thew Jaan Fiddian Nick Holbrook Francis Rohan Table 4: Thomas Dunwoodie Vegard Nygaard Marcus Bebb-Jones Neil Mcculloch Louise Duffy Richard Stanley James King Maz Nawab Jamil Ogunmakinwa S Wan Table 5: Anthony Roux Bardi Rajah John Gale Devilfish Ulliott Mark Segal Tim Flanders Victor Foster Ian Woodley Stephen Bovis Helge Stjernvang Table 6: Steve Robson J Wray Alex Martin Kai Paulsen Kerry Taylor Dave Smith Darren Pearce Peter Charalambous Jeffrey Rogers Nicolas Levy Table 7: Chung Hoang Joel Ettedgi Kevin Allen Paul Alterman Andy Slater Barny Boatman Willie Tann Talal Shakerchi Jerome Oshea Sonny Ridgwell Table 8: Julien Leonard Charalambous Xanthos Andy Greekfish Ram Vaswani Michael Mcgee Ian Fraser James Akenhead Kevin O'Leary S Nikkhah Ashley Gorman Table 9 Fowzi Baroukh James Keys Stephen Holden John Duthie Andy Ward Knut Russtad Priyan De Mel Marius Arnesen Paul Mendes Surinder Sunar Table 10: John Eames Bran Lenton Matt Novak Anthony Quinn Thomas Roe Richard Grace Kevin Chandler Nik Persaud William Martin Inil Abraham Table 11: Manuel Palanca John Falconer Jennifer Mason Sami Yusuf Justin Kean Andrew Cruickshank Jonathan Gotts James Honeybone Pol Astaniotis Leo Kam Table 12: Mike Chivers Torstein Iversen D Anderson Jason Shellum John Gale (hmm, also on table 5. Anyone know if there are two John Gales?) Wilson Chan Tony Ringe Michael Ellis C Chapman David Barnes Table 13: Darren FUller Paul Cohen Edward Cahill Malek Naser Zack Chesses Ashley Hayles Alec Foster M Patel Yaqub Alsami Graeme Newman Table 14: Howard Smith Dave Gregory Steve Townsend Lucy Rokach Rahim Tadjsaadat John Kabbaj Jim Dunsford Dan Furnival Jeremy Longley Ben Grundy Table 15: Ben Vinson Paul Kerr Jan Magnus Brevik Zaheer Zeb Josh Gould Stuart Prior Alexander Salabaschew P Christodolou Richard Gryko Karim Vegas Table 16: J Bach Piers Whyman Michael Bale John Gardner Rory Campbell Christer Bjorin Ariel Adda Marc Goodwin Mickey Wernick Au Jebali Table 17: Graham Wheldon James Sudworth John Conroy Paul Farr Fraser Dunphy Najam Qureshi Peter Gould Mike Fisher Stephen Vincent Paul Murrell Table 18: Chen Tse Nick Gibson Peter Maier Lee Clarke Dervis Ozkarapinar Leslie Kerrigan Lee Squire Rory Liffey Scott Chaudhry D Lee Table 19: Alex Clark Alan Dean Joe Grech Mohammed Zahour C Ninh Jeff Buffenbarger Alex Vandeweyer Sid Harris Dominic Ricepierse A Khaitan Table 20: Jarl Klaebo Idris Ambraisse Louis Schwartz Dominic Kay Gino Desiena James Kazal Adam Vinson David Evans Panicos Ellinas Robert Sherman Three are already OUT - C Ninh, Stephen Bovis and another one as to be reported right now by Junglecat. Alternates are being taken until the end of the hour... Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 03:06:52 PM Meanwhile, other things that have been happening include my-drummer-Timur-lookalikey Dervis Ozkarapinar getting himself down to around 6k, calling all the way down and mucking on the river to Chen Tse's flopped full house.
Also, I bring you the new blonde award category of Unusual Call Of The Hour - Rahim Tadjsaadat is it this hour, for calling an 1100 bet from Dan Furnival on a 2s 8s Kc Qs Ks board. Dan showed Ad Ac and Rahim mucked, giggling. Wonder what happened earlier on in that hand... Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 03:09:37 PM Friends, owing to the addition of alternates at random intervals we're going to wait until we have definite numbers (the official ones will be coming by dinner break) to update the runners on the clock, if that's all right with everyone (shush, Barry). So know that we currently probably have 203 total runners with 200 left in. Probably.
Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 06, 2008, 03:15:17 PM Barry (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=42) Neville (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=42) told me "Listen oop kid, Ahm not pleyin many 'ands today"
His yorkshire brogue-delivered prophecy proved accurate, although perhaps not for the reasons he thought... I saw him walking around lilke a bulldog chewing a wasp in the cardroom and I approached him with no small measure of trepidation... "How's things?" I venture daringly... "Ah told thee ah'd not pley meny 'ands terdehhh. Same kid teks all me chips!" (Most likely candidate is Brian Johnson who is circa 17/18k at the moment) "First off ah've got eeeessses." (Ok I must admit at this point I was defeated by Barry's accent and was unsure whether he had 8s or Aces) Anyway turns out his conqueror had 9s and had flopped quads, causing Barry to lose much of his stack... Next up Barry had T-J and committed all his chips on the turn of a 7 - 9 - T - 9 flop, only to find his opponent, (Brian again!) had another big hand in 7-7 for a flopped set. One disgruntled yorkshireman was sent crashing to the rail with a menacing big black cloud hovering over his head. I consoled Barry as best I could before rushing off in case he decided to wreak veangeance on those standing nearby. "Woon thousand pounds for 2 hands!" he shouts at me as I depart. "bout £500 a hand Barry I reckon", providing mathematical, if not actual assistance as i leave. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on March 06, 2008, 03:35:24 PM "How've you been getting on?" I ask Gutshotter Mike (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=290) Tse (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=290), actually referring to his poker career. "I was up to 15k at one point," replies Mike, obviously poised to discuss his early action in this particular comp.
"Don't tell him the hand," exclaims neighbour Nick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=305) Gibson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=305) frantically. "I don't want people thinking I'm a (insert alternative name for a cat here)." Ignoring his foe's wishes, Mike continues: "I was in the big blind and, along with the small blind, called Nick's under-the-gun re-raise. I checked to Nick, and he bet 500 on a 6 high rainbow Flop. The small blind called, and I raised to 2k. Nick folded, and the small blind called. It then got checked to the end with a Jack slowing me down on the River. Nick folded Queens apparently." ------------ I join the action with the highly rated John Eames dipping into the think tank, the 15k in front of him and the 5k before Kevin Chandler making me thinking the latter has announced all-in. With the board reading 6d Jd 4c 5s, John Eames ums and ahs before finally making the call and revealing 6s 6c. Chandler, meanwhile, can only muster a pair of Pocket Ladies. A non-Queen River was then followed by the usual, but ultimately non-hostile "What took you so long?" remarks and a flurry of raised eyebrows. With Chandler looking rather disgruntled, neighbour Nik Persaud then joked, "If you're thinking that long with a set, I'm going to be bluffing you loads later on." He's a cheeky monkey that, one. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 06, 2008, 03:36:19 PM Rory Liffey, the flame haired young Irishman is OUT!
Details of his exit are scarcer than razors around Snoopy's chin, but if I can flesh out the bare bones of this description people, beleive me I will........using real flesh, muahahahah! No, not really, I'll use words. I'm not a psycho cat, honest. This is a psycho cat... (http://www.funnycatpix.com/_pics/psycho_cat.jpg) Word has filtered through of some other early eliminations, those being the players occupying seats 406 and 106, aka Richard Stanley and John Flanagan. Good game fellas Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 06, 2008, 04:12:48 PM Update on and proxy best wishes to Marius Arnesen please. I couldn't engage his attention whilst "trundling by"(phrase stolen from snoopy) his table but he has 9,300. EDIT: ARGHHHH no no no. I'm so sorry. I went to get a chip count from Marius Arnsesan, sat at table 9 seat 8, but somehow managed to transpose these two numbers and pick up the count from table 8, seat 9, who is S Nikkhah or Snicker, as he has recently been nick-named (by me if you find it funny, by Dana if this is Mr Nikkhah reading) Anyway in case you are following our peanut and caramel coated hero, he has 9,300 at the moment. Other random counts as we approach the first break... Ian Cox has taken a hit, and is down to roughly 8 or 8.5k. Josh Tyler is possibly the man who releived Ian of his chips. He is in typical boisterous form, heard telling the table in no uncertain terms that he wants to be the chip leader at the end of the day. He is going well on around 13-14k at the moment. Devilfish has been quiet so far, but this has not impinged on his ability to accumulate chips and he is up to a healthy 14k or so. John Kabbaj looks to be in a spot of bother, having lost roughly half of his initial stack, sitting on 5k at the moment. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 04:28:45 PM John Gale B (the one on table 12) has won a 5k-or-so pot largely off of Michael Ellis. The board read 5h Ahrt Jh 4s Ac and Gale showed Ahrt 5d before Ellis mucked.
--------------------------------- Meanwhile Dervis Ozkarapinar managed to get himself virtually all in with about 150 chips behind on the river of a Kc 5h Th 2s 4d board, but his opponent (I believe an as yet unnamed alternate) passed. Looks like he's on 5 or 6k here, and incredibly unhappy. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 04:38:29 PM On Table Devilfish, Bardi Rajah (owner of Inexplicable Cap Of The Day, incidentally) has won a pretty hefty pot. The flop is Jc 8d Tc - it Tim Flanders bets 800, and Victor Foster and Rajah call. Devilfish and Mark Segal, who had limped in/checked blinds, get out of the way.
Turn - Qc and they all check. River - Kc - and it checks to Karim, who bets a conservative-given-the-circumstances 1200; Flanders and Foster pass. Bardi Rajah shows 9d 9c for the straight flush. "I was worried one of you had the Ace..." Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 04:46:06 PM Still on Table Devilfish, in fact the very next hand, Devilfish limps in utg. Anthony Roux raises from the button; Blinds Bardi Rajah and John Gale A call, as does Devilfish.
Flop - 8s 4s 2s - Devilfish bets 600, and everyone calls. Everyone at the table seems to be refusing to respect everyone else's bets currently. I do not know why. Turn - 3h - now it checks to Roux, who bets an almost-pot-sized 2400. This is now too big a bet for everyone to disrespect. Rajah and Gale A fold; Devilfish calls. River - 7c - Devifish checks, and Roux bets again. Devilfish calls. Devilfish - 6d 8d Anthony Roux - 4c 4d to take the pot. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on March 06, 2008, 05:05:40 PM "Why did you move in on the Flop?" asks a disgruntled Dan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=996) Samson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=996), his 1.5k bet on a 2h 6c 4c Flop being first smooth called by Bernd Alexander before check-raised all-in by Mr Chufty Richard (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=367) Ashby (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=367). With the rest of the table departing for the break, Dan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=996) Samson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=996), with Richard standing fro his seat and casting a foreboding shadow over the table, was left to mull up what appeared to be a tricky and torturous decision. "You've got a flush draw, haven't you?" he inquires, to which Richard gives no answer either way. In the end, Samson reluctantly passes, clearly smelling a rat but not being willing to commit so many chips to the pot. As Richard takes another quick glimpse at his cards, I pretend to look and later admit to seeing them (a slight porkie) only for Richard to show the rest of the table Kh 4h. "Did you fold a set?" he asks Samson. "Course I didn't have a set," he replies. "I had you beat though."
------------ Rahim Tadjsaadat, is OUT. He raised Steve Townsend all-in with Ac 3d on a 5s 4c Aspades 5h board but was called by Ahrt Qs. Rahim didn't realise that he'd lost the hand when the 6c fell on the River, so sat patiently waiting for some chips to be pushed his way, but a quick flurry of finger pointing from dealer and players and he was soon watching from the rail. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 06, 2008, 05:19:29 PM how is pryian de mel and akenhead going on please, ive put my monies on them Good news for you fella. James Akenhead has made slow but positive progress in the early stages and is up to 12,000. Priyan however has leapfrogged ahead of his fellow Hit Squadder in imperious fashion and is sitting on a stack of 16,500 as things stand. It took me a while to relate this information as there have been some suprising developments in the cardroom, news of which I will be relating shortly... Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 05:26:45 PM shared with us the names of the nine lucky alternates who got in today, they are
Asi Mayo - 2101 Cicelli Necmettin - 2102 Mark Russel - 2103 G Wilson - 2104 F Meoni - 2105 Matteo - 2106 R Lee - 2107 Ed Giddens - 2108 Cristian Ciurea - 2109 Also Ram Vaswani and David La Ronde didn't play, so 200 minus those two plus the nine alternates makes 207 total runners, of which 180 remain. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 06, 2008, 05:29:12 PM Shocking developments! Julian has a leak! Well, not through his poker play, although he is down from his initial starting stack but more excitingly, there was a mysterious jet of water that began raining down on his head a few moments ago.
Julian running like he does, you may have expected the fluid pouring down to be a decadent cocktail of Dom Perignon and Asses Milk, lightly interspersed with croutons of manna from heaven. In fact it turned out it was merely manky old condense from a leaking air conditioning unit... Meanwhile as fears for the players safety grew in the face of this ominous flood of water, the table was evacuated, the tournament was temporarily stopped and efforts were made to contact Jack Bauer at CTU to come in for assistance. Sadly he was unavailable due to the writer's strike in the US, meaning it was left to the brave intervention of the Grosvenor staff to save the day. Here we have Zach, with little thought for his own safety, fearlessly stepping in to catch the offending tsunami in a glass... (http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=10780&g2_serialNumber=1) Julian was genuinely upset by the whole incident, commenting "It was the worst thing to happen to me since my dog died!" Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 05:33:39 PM Jen has been on a bit of a rollercoaster ride, which must be uncomfortable as she also seems to be getting stuck into the free wine...
Apparently Sami Yusuf, directly to her left, check-raised a J-6-5 flop - apparently the third time he'd tried it on, so Jen put him in and he never came out again. She then promptly lost all her profit from that hand, mis-timed-ly bluffing Justin Kean, but then made it all flopping a set of Threes a hand or two later. She's currently on an almost-exactly average 11-point-some k. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 05:37:35 PM Nicolas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675) Levi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675) seems to have doubled up his mid-stack to around the average level, possibly owing to the loving ministrations of the massage lady.
----------- Marcus Bebb-Jones has eliminated Newcastle Champ Maz Nawab in a Sheffield versus Birmingham encounter (hostile reaction for Steve Bruce). Marcus raised it up under the gun with Jacks and was called in four places, one of whom was Maz. Marcus led out for 1,875 on a Ten high Flop with two spades, only for Maz to push all-in for an extra 2,900. Marcus duly called and was relieved to see Maz holding T-5, which subsequently failed to improve come the raggy Turn and River. Back up tut motorway for Maz. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on March 06, 2008, 05:39:39 PM Kevin O'Leary is down to 5,650 and was keen to inform his fanbase that he ran Aces into Fours, the latter of which made a flush on the Turn.
----------- For those viewers with eagle eyes, you may have noticed that although most of the tables here boast beige felts, there is one that remains a traditional blue. This ugly duckling of the table world currently holds the following crop of misfits: Anthony Roux -- 6375 Bardi Rajah -- 18,100 John Gale -- 12,000 Dave Ulliott -- 19,950 Mark Segal -- 13,550 Ned Flanders -- 11,500 Ian Woodley -- 10,525 Mark Russell -- 4,100 Helge Stjernvang -- 23,325 ---------- John Eames has doubled up to 16,000 with Tens v A-K. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 05:39:40 PM Ian Woodley bets an x-Q-A-A-x board, and Devilfish passes. Says Woodley to the Fish, "At it again?"
Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 06, 2008, 05:40:04 PM Meanwhile, Dana and Snoopy were blissfully unaware of me having to backstroke my way from table to table upstairs and were busy beavering away in the pressroom, sporting their spanking new, sparkly and thoroughly DRY William Hill / Blondepoker accessories. Don't they look fetching...
(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=10772&g2_serialNumber=1) Another shot. I captured the exact moment Dana was sadly experiencing a severe brain haemorrhage. Ever the fighter though, she is going down battling, managing to offer a 2 finger salute to the camera before collapsing. What spirit! (http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=10774&g2_serialNumber=1) Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 05:43:15 PM Ariel (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=37) Adda (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=37) is OUT. John (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=209) Duthie (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=209) is also using his Pokerstars glove to help him lift wine to his face in the bar, suggesting that he is also OUT.
----------- Leon Campbell has just used up his first lifeline, his all-in with Sixes for 3,200 being snap-called by Kings, before a Q-6-4-3-7 board gave the former a much needed double up. Coat back off, apology made, game on! ----------- Richard Gryko is sliding down hill quicker than a lubricated bobsleigh, his chip stack dropping to circa 3.5k after calling an all-in from Zaheer Zeb (5k into 10k pot) on a board of 6h 5s 2c Aspades 2s. Zeb proudly fronted his Qs 9s to lap up the pot. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 05:44:41 PM Tony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1235) Ringe (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1235) has dropped down to 4k somehow. Doesn't seem terribly sad about it though. More gently disapproving.
------------ Alex Martin is now biting the dust of the rail, his tournament life on the line when he moved all-in for 4,075. He looked as guilty as a pig in the queue of a hotdog stand, but when he turned over his cards, he had the goods in Ad Kh. Unfortunately, Kai Paulsen had better goods, his Aspades Ac leaving Alex in all sorts of bother. An Ace on the Flop pretty much sealed the deal, and Alex was left to exit stage left. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 06:30:47 PM Indeed the rail is alive with the sound of bad beat stories. Among the no-longer-runnings is Mr Jerome Oshea, who called all in on an 8d 5s 8c 7s with Js Ks ; however sole apparent backward chair sitter Joel Ettedgi had 8s 6s and went on to make a full house with the 8h river.
Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 06, 2008, 06:32:08 PM They're dropping like flies....well dead flies anyway. Live flies would surely be...well flying? Never really understood that expression.
OH SORRY, I'm waffling again. On with the poker. Luke (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=252) Patten (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=252) has bitten the dust....being relatively short he found it easy to get his remaining chips in the middle with A-K and found himself called and flipping against the 7-7 of Kevin Allen. A flop of 4-9-5 was of little use and the decisive 7 on the turn sealed the pot in Allen's favour, meaning despite all his "nitting", patten is out. Ok contrived pun I agree. NEXT. Some random counts... Jen Mason - 10k Leo Kam - 18k Willie (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=450) Tann (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=450) 10k Barney Boatman 14k Manuel Palanca 7.5k Josh Tyler -18k Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 06:35:55 PM Nicolas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675) Levi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675) is back down to 6.5k, although he claims to have at one point he reached the heady heights of 24k. I understand they mainly went the way of Peter Charalambous - I don't really know what he was saying to me, sounded like he was saying something about cheese, but he was grinning and making the universal sign of sweeping other people's chips into one's stack, so I'm guessing that's what happened.
Also looking a bit shorter than formerly is Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) Thew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225), down to less than 4k, yikes. Marc (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) Goodwin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) - 10k Mickey (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=283) Wernick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=283) - 20k Marcus Bebb-Jones - 15k Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 06:40:30 PM Martin Bader has doubled up. Eoin Kennedy bet 3k on a Jd Ac 4h flop and Bader shoved for another 6.5k. Kennedy called with I think QJ. Bader - Ad Js - which tuens into a house on the Jc turn, 6h river.
Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 07:22:45 PM Richard Gryko is OUT, suspicions aroused by seeing him walking down the stairs in the direction of OUT, and confirmed by John Raab saying, "By the way, Richrd Gryko is OUT."
Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 07:42:37 PM Chip counts at the end of level 4, courtesy of those fine people at Blue Square:
Richie Allen 40825 Torstein Iversen 33350 Knut Russtad 32425 Joseph Grech 31175 Adam Vinson 30625 Nick Holbrook 30450 Steve Townsend 30325 M Patel 27775 Nick Gibson 27350 Leo Kam 26750 John Gardner 26500 Tim Flanders 24300 Jeremy Longley 23025 F Meoni 22000 Kevin Chandler 21400 Wilson Chan 21350 Priyan De Mel 21250 Joshua Tyler 21125 James Sudworth 20450 Mickey Wernick 20275 Stuart Prior 20100 Bran Lenton 19900 Charalambous Xanthos 19825 Jeff Buffenbarger 19775 Chris Bjorin 19575 Talal Shakerchi 19525 John Conroy 19450 Justin Kean 19250 Graham Wheldon 18975 John Eames 18800 David Ulliott 18625 John Falconer 18575 Jarl Klaebo 18550 Mark Segal 18425 Edward Cahill 18400 Josh Gould 18150 Rory Liffey 18025 Darren Pearce 17900 Jamil Ogunmakinwa 17750 Matteo 17625 John Gale 17625 Andy Greekfish 17250 Scott Chaudhry 16950 Cicelli Necmettin 16925 Vegard Nygaard 16350 Andy Slater 16300 D Anderson 16125 Jeffrey Rogers 15925 Bernd Alexander 15900 Marcus Bebb-Jones 15900 Joel Ettedgi 15850 Mike Fisher 15800 Thomas Dunwoodie 15800 Louis Schwartz 15500 Ian Woodley 15350 David Smith 15350 Howard Smith 15250 Kai Paulsen 15200 G Wilson 15200 Lee Squire 15100 Alex Clark 14900 Barney Boatman 14850 Julien Leonard 14700 Peter Maier 14500 C Chapman 14125 William Martin 14000 Raymond Nicholas 13975 Alec Foster 13850 Mike Chivers 13825 Terry Simpson 13725 Jaan Fiddian 13450 Peter Charalambous 13275 Dave Gregory 13250 Ashley Gorman 13100 Jonathan Gotts 13100 Anthony Quinn 13000 Brian Johnson 12825 Arkady Kielman 12800 Kevin Oleary 12500 Bardi Rajah 12450 Leslie Kerrigan 12200 Piers Whyman 12175 Lee Clarke 12100 S Wan 12050 Manuel Palanca 11775 Fraser Dunphy 11500 Neil Mcculloch 11430 Eoin Kennedy 11400 James Keys 11350 Jenifer Mason 11225 Malek Naser 11100 Inil Abraham 11000 Helge Stjernvang 10925 Zaheer Zeb 10800 Ian Cox 10725 Dominic Kay 10250 J Wray 10125 Nick Persaud 10000 Nathan Lee 9850 R Lee 9800 James Honeybone 9800 Colin Kennedy 9775 Willie Tann 9700 Paul Mendes 9500 Najam Qureshi 9425 Niall Charlton 9375 David Evans 9250 D Lee 9050 Jim Dunsford 9050 Stephen Holden 9025 Darren Fuller 8800 James Akenhead 8650 Michael Bale 8600 Marius Arnesen 8575 Peter Gould 8475 Andy Achillea 8300 Jack Powell 7975 Zack Chesses 7950 Marc Goodwin 7875 Richard Gryko 7800 Rory Campbell 7800 Martin Bader 7650 Paul Alterman 7550 S Nikkhah 7550 Nicolas Levy 7475 A Khaitan 7375 Daniel Samson 7225 James King 7200 Paul Cohen 7150 Chung Hoang 7125 Jason Shellum 6925 Anthony Roux 6650 Chen Tse 6500 John Kabbaj 6325 Paul Farr 6175 Kevin Allen 5975 Fowzi Baroukh 5850 James Kazal 5075 Louise Duffy 5030 Paul Murrell 4950 Kerry Taylor 4850 Mark Russell 4625 Graeme Newman 4425 Ed Giddens 4350 Leon Campbell 4250 Michael Arnold 4150 Karim Vegas 3800 Julian Thew 3750 Jan Brevik 2600 Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 07:45:35 PM Hello everybody, Just arrived and read all before... Good Luck to Jen and to the other blondes here !!! Snoop and Dana... Could you find a hat for Mr Nicolas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675) Levi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675)... He seems to have forgoten his luck with it at home ;hattip; It's not that he's forgotten his luck at home, it's just that his luck is all over the place. He's currently up to 7k. "That's improvement!" say I. "Yeah, I won't die easily," says he... On alternate Frenchwatch, Anthony Roux is down to around 6k. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 06, 2008, 07:56:21 PM Jen Update.
Jen is drunk. 2 glasses of wine has done for her and she spent the short dinner break with myself, Dana and Snoopy in Macdonald's, alternating between violent outbursts, sleeping for a few moments then suddenly waking up and threatening to bite people. If she starts foaming at the mouth, whichever government department that deals with infection control are surely going to swoop in, tranquillise her and take her away to be quarantined in their rabies section. Nonetheless she has 11k and at 150 300, she knows this is a crucial level and she told us her aim is to acquire 20k by the end of the level. Good luck to the sozzled sausage I say. Some more random counts. Trigg, perk up, your boy Priyan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=354) De Mel (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=354), who I agree has a great game is on 17k. Sadly, your other pick is doing less well. James (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183) Akenhead (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183), the former train driver and current hitsquadder falling behind with only 7k to his name... Knut Russtard, is going along in similar vein to the legendary ruler as a steady tide of chips keeps moving in his direction although he obviously differs from his historical namesake in that he is not trying to keep them at bay. King Knut marches on with 23k, his regal background only slightly undermined by Dana's decision to rhyme his surname Russtard with custard. Nik Persaud is a little off the pace, sitting on a slightly lowly 8,500. Micky Wernick is doing just dandy at the moment with 16,500. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 07:58:38 PM Devilfish has taken possession of a sizeable percentage of Bardi Rajah's remaining chips (not sure how he found himself short, but he's on a crazy table).
Rajah limped from one off the cut-off, and Devilfish raised to 1100 from the button. The blinds got out of the way, and Bardi called to see a flop, which was Ac Ks 8c - they both checked it. They also checked the Kh turn, and Bardi checked the 6h river before Devilfish put in a cheeky 1500 bet. Rajah folded. "I flopped a pair..." said Devilfish, turning over Aspades 7s. He's on around 20k now; Rajah's down to just over 3k. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on March 06, 2008, 08:01:11 PM James Honeybone will be making the short trip back to New Zealand, he was a post-dinner victim of Burnley John Falconer, who is now up to the vertigo inducing heights of 29,700. John raised it up pre-flop with Aces, before betting every street of a K-J-3-J board, all the chips eventually going in on the Turn. James revealed K-Q and failed to hit one of his two outs.
Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 06, 2008, 08:03:53 PM Julian Thew was just ALLIN!
Shortstacked he moved his final 3k into the middle on a 6h 9d 3c board which brought a quizzical interrogation from the other player in the hand. "Have you got a dodgy 2 pair?" Julian remained quiet. His opponent eventually passed and Julian shrugged, showing 7h 8d for an open ended straight draw, as if to say "with my stack, what could I do?" Currently on 5.5k and still on a bit of life support but hanging in there... Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 08:08:36 PM By the way I have just edited the clock to say there were 206 runners - Jason Shellum apparently didn't show, and somehow made it as far as the level 4 chipcounts before anyone noticed he wasn't here.
Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 08:16:36 PM Marc Goodwin has moved to table Burnley-Jen (you see what I did there? ;topofclass; ) and immediately started asserting himself.
He bets 2k into a 3k-or-so pot on a J-3-9-Q board, and takes it down. Next hand, he and Jonathan Gotts see a flop - it is Kc Jh 2c - and Goodwin bets 1k; Gotts calls. Turn - Ad and Goodwin bets 1.5k. Gotts artlessly twiddles chips for a little while before folding. "There's a new bully on the table," says Burnley John. "Cardrack," says Marc Goodwin. By the way, a sad loss to table Burnley-Jen is Elvis, OUT before dinner after running his pocket Kings into Leo Kam's Aces preflop. I hope he's got conversation, because there will be no more action for that Elvis in this GUKPT. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on March 06, 2008, 08:17:12 PM Bedlam on the nearest table as Ben (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=47) Vinson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=47) pushes over the top of Josh Gould for what looks to be a total of 6.3k only to be called by Arkady Kielman and Josh Gould.
With the two players seeing a Js Jc 8s Flop, Ben rises from his seat, perhaps conceding before the board is dealt and sighs dejectedly as play continues. Josh and Arkady, meanwhile, go snooker loopey, Josh deep-reaching for a column of greens and purples only for Arkady to swiftly call all-in. Arkady = Kd Kh Josh = Qh Qd Ben = Ahrt 4h Turn = 8s drum roll please, mr yellow face man... (http://bilderkiste.de/phpcliparts/media/smilie_trommel.gif) River = Ad So, Ben survives to take a very sumptuous main pot whilst Arkady is forced to settle for the still meaty side pot. Josh Gould, however, is left to count up the shrapnel before him and rue ever being dealt those blasted Ladies in the first place. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 08:23:00 PM I walk by table Thewy and Jack Powell has a hefty 3k or so on the table, and Niall Charlton has re-raised himself all in. Eventually Powell calls.
Powell - Jc Jh Charlton - Ks Kd Board - 2d 5c 8s (Powell is standing already) 3h (he's putting on his coat) Qs (he's trying to leave) But he has almost 2k change and sits back down, most probably to start shoving every hand and praying to God for a miracle... By the way Thewy has around 7k in a single, incredibly tall stack of low-denomination chips. "Feels like 70k!" he says, slightly hysterical expression on face. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 06, 2008, 08:38:58 PM Julian has nursed his micro-stack back up to a more healthy if still quite vulnerable 14k.
"Some top notch grinding" was the phrase he used to explain his recovery. Boy's got gears! Richie Allen ( who incidentally was NOT Barry Neville's executioner earlier) is nonetheless not far off the chip lead with 30k+, looking relaxed and focused, wearing his large earphones. His tablemate and indeed next door neighbour "Berndt" Alexander is not far behind, holding a meaty 25k+ stack himself. Hopefully he won't set fire to his stack and score an own coal. Actionman and hitsquad fans attention! Priyan De Mel just found himself in an enormous pot in the region of 45 or 50k. He was up against Louis Schwartz and it was a coldeck-tastic AA v KK coup. Sadly for you guys, Priyan found himself with the wrong end of this situation, his cowboys no match for Schwartz's pocket rockets and a board devoid of fate-altering Kings or other combinations of cards means Priyan is banished to the rail by Schwatz, who now nurses an awesome 60k stack which is likely to be good for the chip lead as we stand. Bad luck to Priyan, K-K v A-A always a harsh way to find yourself dumped out. I'm sure his time will come eventually though... Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 06, 2008, 08:53:37 PM C'mon James! Jd 5s The good news is you receive a gold award for services to bokking. The bad news I'm afraid is James is OUT. He was relatively short and so I guess made a move to get himself back in. Details rather sketchy I'm afraid. If I get any more info I'll let you know. For now I offer my sympathies. Some more random counts to cheer you up I hope. K O'Leary 7k Bambos 25k Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 09:03:38 PM Mateyboy raises, and both Jen and Graham Wheldon both call.
Flop - 8h 5s 6h - Jen checks and Graham Wheldon bets 2k. Mateyboy raises to 5k. Jen at this point gets out of the way, and Wheldon raises to put Mateyboy in, which is not as it happens very much. Call, obviously. Wheldon instantly flips 9s 7s with the unmistakable flipping-tone (real) of one who knows he has the nuts. With a look of barely surpressed nausea, Matey turns over the Ad Ahrt and walks off. I ask Ariston (lurking near tables, playing tomorrow, drinking since 2pm) what Matey's name is. He pretends he knows for a moment, then asks Burnley John - "What's that guy's name?" he bellows across the table. Says Burnley John, "Unlucky." Indeed. Actually I waited 10 minutes while Mr Matey spat out his bitterness into his mobile phone, and then discovered from him that his name is Mike Chivers. Unlucky, Mr Chivers, gg and all that. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 09:07:00 PM What goes down apparently must come up again - Julian has yo-yoed himself back up to 18k, grinding for a bit and then running his Aces all over some unfortunate person's Queens.
----------- Paul Cohen is OUT. He pushed his last 2k in with K-J but ran into A-9 and failed to improve. His biggest hit came when his Aces were outdone by 7-2suited. I don't know the exact details but something tells me that it wasn't pretty. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 09:12:23 PM Hilarious Decision Of The Day:
Nik Persaud is shouting and gesticulating wildly. He says that one of alternate F Meoni's cards was at some point flipped and he THINKS he saw a low card, either a Deuce, Three or Four. The floor is called over, the situation explained, the decision made - it's a misdeal. "Go on, flip your top card," says Nik to Meoni. He flips it - a King. He flips the other one - a Queen. Maybe Nik should get those gigantic glasses back... Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on March 06, 2008, 09:14:09 PM I'm afraid James (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183) Akenhead (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=183) has been eliminated. He found himself all-in against Andrew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=25) Andreou (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=25) with 8-8 v A-K. King on the Flop led to one tablemate commenting, "Do you hit every thing?" I guess Andrew is in good form.
---------- By the looks of the rail and the nearby cash games, it would appear as though Jan Magnus (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1216) Brevik (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1216), Dave Smith, Trevor (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=445) Reardon (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=445), John (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=215) Kabbaj (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=215), Ashley (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=39) Hayles (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=39) and John (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=212) Gale (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=212) have all fallen by the wayside. ---------- If anyone can, Tann can, and Willie just proved that by taking out both Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=946) Alterman (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=946) and Kevin Allen in one foul swoop. The hand actually left Kevin steaming on the rail, and rightly so. With Willie raising from late position with Pocket Tens, Kevin smooth-called from the cut-off with Aces only for Paul (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=946) Alterman (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=946) to shove behind with Pocket Jacks. Willie snap-called, as did Kevin, but as a Ten fell on the Flop, both Kevin and Paul found themselves in desperate need of a similar outdraw, their respective two outers failing to appear on the raggy Turn and River. As Kevin chewed a nettle on the rail, he informed that another player had confessed of folding a ten, meaning that Willie was actually drawing to just the one out. Ouch! ---------- He may look like Kenny Rogers, but he didn't know when to fold'em today, Jeff Rogers' A-Q losing out to A-J on a Jack high Flop and sending him packing. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 09:15:51 PM A small crowd forms around Table Devilfish as the Fishy One and Ian Woodley are involved in a hand with a lot of chips in the middle. I catch the hand just in time to see them not-very-interestingly check the turn and river of a Qs 6c Aspades Kh 7h board, and the crowd is already dispersing as Woodley shows Ahrt Ts and Devilfish mucks.
Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 06, 2008, 09:49:13 PM Some titbits of info to keep you going till we receive the official chip counts from the end of the last level.
Nick Gibson, who came 3rd in last year's London GUKPT, is in a spot of bother at 8k, which at 300 600 75 will NOT last long. Expect a double or bust shortly... Ian Cox is on 15 or 16k, which again is a tad below average but he's not quite in desperate territory just yet... Josh Tyler seems to be slowing down, perhaps giving his hardworking jaw a rest. He's going well though on 22k which is above average at the mo... Leo Kam's early work has been partially undone, although at 14k he has a short amount of time to garner the chips he needs to repeat his feat in winning the corresponding GUKPT last year. Jen Mason has achieved her aim of getting to 20k, possibly with a little bit to spare as she looks to have just a shade over that at the moment. A good comeback after a shaky start, which seems to be Jen's general modus operandi in these GUKPTs. She has just been re-located to Devilfish's table, who is sporting position over her and a good stack of 20k+ which she admitted to being a tad disappointed by. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on March 06, 2008, 09:53:38 PM Some chippy counts that you might be interested in:
Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) Thew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) -- 16,875 Jen Mason -- 29,750 Nicolas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675) Levi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675) -- 9,875 Jeff (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=593) Buffenbarger (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=593) -- 33,125 Graham Wheldon -- 48,850 Colin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=79) Kennedy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=79) -- 7,050 Marius Arnesen is OUT, James Keys the assassin. Ac-Ah vs. Kc-J, Jh-2d-2c-9h-Tc board. ------------- As Joe Grech raises from early position to 1,600 (blinds 300/600), Adam Vinson quickly makes it 7k to play. The action returns to Grech who asks how much Adam is playing (the reply was 12k) before opting to flat call. After Joe checks the 8-J-3 rainbow Flop, Adam swiftly pushes his remaining stack across the line. "How much is it?" inquires Joe searching for a more accurate account. "Vinson lied!" I think to myself as the dealer counts out 12,350. Upon hearing the answer, Joe takes a deep inhale, sizes up his opponent briefly and counts out 12,350. Realising that he would be down to just the bare minimum (grays and oranges only), Joe gives it one last mull, including a semi feign of a call to gauge a reaction, before making a very brave call with Pocket Tens. Vinson shows A-K, and prays for aid, but it doesn't come, the dealer popping out a harmless 4 of hearts and 4 of spades on the Turn and River respectively. "Well done," says Vinson as he exits. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 06, 2008, 10:18:15 PM End of Level 6 chip counts courtesy of those marvellous mongooses at bluesquare...
D Anderson 59000 Brian Johnson 56525 Jeremy Longley 54050 F Meoni 53475 Louis Schwartz 50100 Graham Wheldon 46500 Darren Pearce 44175 Richie Allen 43825 Willie Tann 43450 Terry Simpson 39300 James Sudworth 36925 Jeff Buffenbarger 34225 Torstein Iversen 33950 John Eames 33825 Niall Charlton 32425 Mike Fisher 32275 Charalambous Xanthos 31750 Joel Ettedgi 31600 Talal Shakerchi 31450 Peter Maier 31250 James King 29725 David Ulliott 28025 Jenifer Mason 28000 Lee Squire 27275 Julien Leonard 27000 Steve Townsend 26750 Andy Greekfish 25900 John Gardner 25250 G Wilson 24925 John Falconer 24875 Anthony Quinn 24475 Inil Abraham 24450 Knut Russtad 24100 John Conroy 23050 Matteo 22400 Thomas Dunwoodie 21425 Julian Thew 21050 Josh Gould 21025 Edward Cahill 20350 John Gale 20175 Helge Stjernvang 19925 Kai Paulsen 19900 Karim Vegas 19050 Joseph Grech 19025 Peter Charalambous 19000 Wilson Chan 18925 Tim Flanders 18625 Alec Foster 18575 Mark Segal 18525 Adam Vinson 18200 Kerry Taylor 18050 Leo Kam 17825 James Kazal 17350 Ian Cox 17075 Andy Slater 17000 Stuart Prior 17000 Joshua Tyler 16800 Paul Farr 16225 Piers Whyman 15725 James Keys 15050 Howard Smith 15050 Zack Chesses 14775 Vegard Nygaard 14750 Ashley Gorman 14675 Barney Boatman 14425 Ian Woodley 14200 Paul Mendes 14200 Justin Kean 14125 J Wray 14100 Gino Desiena 12975 Paul Murrell 12750 Kevin Chandler 12725 Nicolas Levy 11525 Panny Christodolou 11475 Marcus Bebb-Jones 11450 Michael Arnold 11375 Nick Holbrook 11325 Lee Clarke 11050 Arkady Kielman 11000 Zaheer Zeb 10600 Stephen Holden 10100 Kevin Oleary 9750 Nick Gibson 9475 Marc Goodwin 9250 Jim Dunsford 9100 Nathan Lee 9025 Colin Kennedy 8800 Neil Mcculloch 8650 Dave Gregory 8625 M Patel 8100 Rory Campbell 7800 Marius Arnesen 7200 Jonathan Gotts 7025 S Wan 6775 Andy Achillea 6600 Bran Lenton 6000 Daniel Samson 4400 Mark Russell 4300 Fowzi Baroukh 4150 Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 10:26:47 PM Helge Stjernvang limps and Jen raises from the button; Stjernvang (I just love the sound of that name - Stjernvannnggggg) calls.
They both check the 6c 4h 9d flop, and then Stjernvng bets out 2100 on the 5d turn. Jen folds. Looks irked. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 10:33:58 PM By the way, not sure if Snoops caught it and posted it up (I am now no longer reading any of his posts, as a matter of principle), but Marcus Bebb-Jones, himself on 10k which is beginning to look a little scant, filled me in on the hand where Jeremy Longley got most of his chips. Apparently Longley had re-raised S Wan, and they had thrown all their chips in as the culmination of a raising war on the 5c 6c Qx flop. S Wan was holding pocket Sixes for a set, Longley was holding, er, Qc 7c. Club on the river, obviously.
----------- Whoever said poker was easy? Kevin Chandler endures a double bypass as his all-in with Nines versus Ritchie Allen's A-K sees an Ace hit the 8-A-3-7 board before a third nine gives Chandler a second lifeline. Richie, meanwhile, drops to 30-35k. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 10:41:03 PM Howard Smith is OUT, moving in preflop with Ac Kh and finding a caller in F Meoni holding Ts Th.
Board - 3d 6c 9s 2c 9d and Howard couldn't duck out of this one. He's headed for the bar. ----------- James Keys, heavily supported by a now departed Dominic Kay, has just doubled up. I didn't see the action, but I did witness the following situation: (1) Lots of chips in the middle (2) A rainbow 8-Q-3-J-7 board (3) T-9 in front of James Keys (4) An elated James Keys scooping in loads of chips (5) A devastated Louis Schwartz weeping into his now paltry stack ------------ A handful of your current chip daddies: (1) Jeremy Longley -- 76.5k (2) F Meoni -- 67k (3) Brian Johnson -- 61.5k (4) Willie Tann -- 59k (5) Anthony Quinn -- 47k Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on March 06, 2008, 11:06:00 PM "Great call," shouts an onlooker. "You're amazing," compliments 'The Rockstar' John (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=608) Conroy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=608).
With the board reading Td 5d Ac Ts 3s, I arrive just in time to see Thomas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1134) Dunwoodie (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1134) call a mammoth all-in River bluff from Terry Simpson, the latter mucking (although a Seven did flip over) and allowing the Geodie to proudly reveal his Ad 4d. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 11:19:51 PM And to add to that list of Chip Daddies, we have one monstrous Chip Mummy. Not sure what happened preflop, but the chips went in on the flop, with that classic Aces versus 5-2 offsuit all-in combo.
Actually it was a coinflip, the flop read 3h 4d 8d and said Aces - Ad Ahrt were in the hands of Jen Mason; her opponent, known only as Matteo on the player list, had the 5-2. Turn - 4s River - 8c And Jen is not looking quite as jubilant as she should but her inner monologue is probably going something along the lines of, "Go me, I'm so awesome, I've got I reckon 44k now and wouldn't it just be fantastic if for once I could give Dana something back on her 1% investment." Matteo is virtually out, with barely a k to his name... Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 11:23:52 PM Meanwhile Aces were not so standy-uppy for unfortunate D Anderson. He got them in against the pocket Kings of Steve Townsend, only for another King to come on the turn. He takes it well, considering, with handshaking and similar niceties. Will not attempt to guess at his inner monologue, it's probably not blonde-compliant.
Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 11:26:49 PM Also newly doubled up is Mr Kevin O'Leary, all in pre with 7c 7h against Andy Greekfish's Ac Ks.
Board an unbelievable (imagine accompanying oohs and ahhhhs) Qh Ahrt Th 6h Jc. Says Mr Greekfish, "You sick ****er!" And who can blame him. Much giggling. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 06, 2008, 11:28:38 PM A notable OUTage who was making noise in the bar is Nik Persaud.
Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 06, 2008, 11:29:32 PM ok, some Jen's updates ? some Devilfish's and Nicolas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675) Levi (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=675)'s too ? Not sure about Devilfish or Nicholas, I'll be back with those counts in a bit, but Jen herself has pulled well into the reckoning with a handsome stack that is around the 54k mark I believe. I was sure that the cumulative avalanche of chips gravitating with almost inevitable accuracy toward Jen's stack would result in her delivering me a soundbite that was full of poise, confidence and verve. This was her grandiloquent statement. "Biscuits, like bring me biscuits man. I need biscuits, seriously, like just give me some biscuits. Please!!!" There we have it. Jen employing all the literary, imaginative skills at her disposal to ask for some bloody digestives. The cat is happy to turn waiter though, if it increases Jen's chances. "Ok Jen, they're on their way." Other assorted counts from the midst of the arena. Kevin O'Leary 37k Bambos 33k Marc Goodwin 16k, although he seemed more interesting in Pietersen smashing a kiwi spinner for 6, the nearby TV showing footage of the current England New Zealand game. ;slavedriver; Marc! Anthony Quinn 49k Nick Gibson 8.5k Ian Cox 11.5k Richie Allen 27k There are moments left before the end of level 9, where there will be a short hiatus where the players can rest their weary limbs (and stuff their faces with biscuits) Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on March 06, 2008, 11:36:06 PM Some quick chippy chip counts:
Dan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=996) Samson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=996) -- 29.7k Leo Kam -- 23.8k John Eames -- 34.7k Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171) Cox (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171) -- 14.4k Stephen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=804) Holden (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=804) -- 14.2k Brian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=489) Johnson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=489) -- 61.7k Ritchie Allen -- 31.3k Joe (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=205) Grech (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=205) -- 58.3k Marcus Bebb-Jones -- 8.2k Charalambos (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=62) Xanthos (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=62) -- 49k Graham Wheldon -- 40.9k Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) Thew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) -- 38.8k John (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=608) Conroy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=608) -- 27k Thomas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1134) Dunwoodie (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1134) -- 55.2k Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=107) Gregory (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=107) -- 12.8k Barny (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=41) Boatman (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=41) -- 24.7k Marc (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) Goodwin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=257) -- 18.4k Dave (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=116) Ulliott (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=116) -- 50k Paul Mendes -- 29.5k Kerry Taylor -- 10.2k Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on March 06, 2008, 11:46:09 PM The Rise and Fall of Bambos
After eliminating Andrew Andreou with A-T versus A-J on a 9-T-3-A-2 board, Bambos' near 50k stack then went hurtling towards the now chip leader Brian Johnson. I didn't personally catch the hand in question, but according to my source, it was a Big Slick versus Queens affair with all the chips flying in on a Jack high Flop. As a result, a stunned Bambos is on his way home (well, the cash game) whilst Brian Johnson jumps into the lead with well over 100k in chips. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 07, 2008, 12:14:26 AM Those requested updates and current chip counts -
Devilfish has around 50k, although it looks like more because they're largely in low-denomination chips. Young girlfriend is nowhere to be seen, although he keeps nipping off somewhere so she may be in the bar or similar. Nicolas Levi, I'm afraid, is nowhere to be seen, presumed for the moment busted. Terry Simpson - around 35k. Official chip counts just in, from the end of level 8: Brian Johnson 110875 F Meoni 98575 Talal Shakerchi 98500 Willie Tann 78350 James Sudworth 68075 Joseph Grech 63850 James Keys 57350 Jenifer Mason 55550 Anthony Quinn 51325 Jeremy Longley 49725 Thomas Dunwoodie 49200 Peter Maier 47650 David Ulliott 47550 Niall Charlton 46800 Steve Townsend 46700 Inil Abraham 43425 Richie Allen 41600 Julian Thew 40650 Jeff Buffenbarger 40200 Graham Wheldon 39200 Mike Fisher 36200 John Eames 35200 Kai Paulsen 31575 Ian Cox 31300 Paul Farr 31225 Paul Mendes 30500 Daniel Samson 29950 John Conroy 29900 Terry Simpson 29775 Julien Leonard 29025 Edward Cahill 28025 Darren Pearce 27850 John Falconer 27000 S Wan 26950 John Gardner 26100 Helge Stjernvang 26000 G Wilson 25050 Karim Vegas 25000 Barney Boatman 21875 Marc Goodwin 20200 Nick Gibson 19775 Leo Kam 18300 D Anderson 16750 Mark Segal 16575 Lee Squire 16475 Wilson Chan 15850 Ashley Gorman 15275 James Kazal 14950 James King 14550 Piers Whyman 14475 Joshua Tyler 13800 John Gale 12300 Stephen Holden 12100 Kerry Taylor 10925 Dave Gregory 10675 Kevin Oleary 10050 J Wray 8225 Knut Russtad 7900 Arkady Kielman 5700 Colin Kennedy 5175 Joel Ettedgi 4875 Tim Flanders 2125 - oh no, he's actually OUT Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 07, 2008, 12:16:35 AM Kevin O'Leary has dropped a few since those counts as well - he's down to 7k or so and not long for this tournament, barring double-ups and things, which can obviously happen. Lord it's late. More press sandwiches!
Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on March 07, 2008, 12:18:44 AM Kevin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=235) O'Leary (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=235) is OUT.
"I'll give you the simple story. Sevens v Queens. Gone." "In the immortal words of Shakespeare," he continues. "F*** poker." That Shakespeare was a right potty mouth! Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: danafish on March 07, 2008, 12:23:25 AM Jen has been adding to her hefty stack with probably alarming regularity. She took a 6k pot out of the mouths of the children of Ashley Gorman, betting 4.5k on an 8s Jd Ac flop.
A few hands later she took a similar-sized pile of chips away from the elderly ailing parents of Jeremy Longley, calling his 4k utg raise, and then, after checking down the 3c 6h 6c 2h 3h board, delightedly discovering that that her Ac Qc was good. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on March 07, 2008, 12:57:23 AM With just five minutes left on the clock, James Keys has just eliminated Kerry Taylor, the youngster finding his Sevens in water hotter than the sun against Taylor's Pocket Snowman. However, Keys hit a third Seven on the 9s Qc 5s 7c 2h board to take down what must have been a near 50k pot. ----------------- Ian 'Mr Invincible' Cox has been in the thick of it during these very late stages. He just shot down Wilson Chan, A-T versus 8-8 followed by a thrilling J-Q-K-8 board... River was a blank. After being down to just 3k early doors, Coxy has now sprung up to the dizzy heights of 30k. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 07, 2008, 12:59:42 AM James Keys just made a big re-raise of Kerry Taylor's initial raise. After some thought Taylor called...
He flipped over 8-8 and the look of horror written across James' face told the story before his cards were even turned over... "7-7" someone asked, and indeed James turned over 7-7. The pot was in the region of 50k, a biggie at this late stage of the day... 5-Q-9 came the harmless looking flop. BUT a 7 on the turn drew a sharp intake of breath from the watching rail, before a solitary blank 2 on the river concluded the hand and gifted the pot to James. James raised his hand as a gesture of apology to Kerry, who just raised his eyebrows, shook his head, picked up his coat and left the arena 2 minutes before play was due to terminate. "Sick hand...SICK" commented one of his tablemates rather obviously and James did his best maintain an outward visage of embarrassment at his good fortune whereas in fact his head was filled with this... (http://www.streetswing.com/films/video/gif/f2_hallelujah.jpg) Fair enough. All of us who play poker have been both sides of this metaphorical fence. We've been sucked out on royally for a crucial pot and felt like the damned, or have won a crucial pot at a crucial stage and felt like we were blessed and if we cut ourselves, liquid gold, bejeweled with fine cut diamonds would pour out. It's why we play the game surely! Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: snoopy1239 on March 07, 2008, 01:02:27 AM That Coxy is at it again! This time the unfortunate victim was Stephen (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=804) Holden (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=804), the Brummie pushing over the top of Ian's initial 1.2k raise for 5.9k more. "I'm gonna take a shot," announces Ian, semi-reluctantly calling with 7s 7c. Perhaps knowing his fate, Holden flipped Aspades Kh and promptly left after the dealer dealt out a Cox-friendly 8c 8h Js 7h 9s board. This Coxy's so greedy, always hitting the near nuts in these races. Isn't one pair good enough?!
-------------- At the very death, we lost blondeite Graham Wheldon who found himself all-in on a Flop of 4c 4c 5d against the 100k+ stack of Talal Shakerchi. Talal = Ac 9c Graham = 3s 2d Turn = Ks River = Tc When you're hot, you're hot, but whilst Talal finds himself in the top two, that's all she wrote for Grahama who finishes the day on a downer. Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 07, 2008, 01:10:29 AM Yes that it is it for now. Thanks very much for following today guys, it's been a lot of fun and we hope to have similar quantities of joyful reporting for you tomorrow as the race to the title continues...
We will post up the final day's chip counts as soon as they are received but for now toodle-ooohh and see you soon. Much love and ;stickaforkinme; Title: Re: BlueSquare.com London GUKPT: Day 1A - At A Glance Post by: JungleCat03 on March 07, 2008, 02:43:41 AM Here are the end of day chip counts, brought to you via the virulent virtuosos at blue square.
Talal Shakerchi 134100 James Keys 117325 Joseph Grech 107450 Brian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=489) Johnson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=489) 94675 Inil Abraham 89875 Alessandro Meoni 85750 Willie (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=450) Tann (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=450) 69900 Jeremy Longley 67400 David Ulliott 64725 Colin (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=79) Kennedy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=79) 64350 John (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=608) Conroy (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=608) 64150 Jennifer (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=198) Mason (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=198) 57800 Niall Charlton 55475 Anthony Quinn 51700 Steve Townsend 50650 D Anderson 47225 Terry Simpson 46750 Ian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171) Cox (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=171) 46525 S Wan 45000 Thomas (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1134) Dunwoodie (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1134) 44425 Nick (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=305) Gibson (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=305) 44000 Jeff (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=593) Buffenbarger (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=593) 38950 Julien Leonard 38600 James (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=189) Sudworth (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=189) 37150 Richie Allen 35500 Peter Maier 35325 Helge Stjernvang 34925 Ashley Gorman 32975 Edward Cahill 29725 Andy Slater 29375 Kai Paulsen 27675 James Kazal 26275 Darren Pearce 26125 Julian (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) Thew (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=225) 23150 Leo Kam 20800 Mike Fisher 20225 Daniel Samson 18700 John Gardner 18675 Barney Boatman 18625 Lee Squires 17650 Piers Whyman 17200 [url=http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=211]John (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=305) Falconer (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=211) 16950 Mark Segal 14950 Paul Mendes 14875 John Eames 12600 Arkady Kielman 8925 |