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Good morning good morning,

Especially for Sofa King, and anyone else who would like to post entertaining and poorly photoshopped pictures, I bring you...

Today's Thread!

Spotted so far - actually just a lone Marius Hogtun drinking beer in the casino. But we're all set up in the press room and I suspect all the other players are lurking somewhere, so rest assured that we will be watching them play the good poker, and at some point today we will have a Winner.

These are our players:
Tony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1339) Phillips (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1339)   668000
David (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) Rudling (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123)   546500
Maria (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=258) Demetriou (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=258)   470000
Ketul Nathwani   410500
Alessandro Meoni 349500
Lloyd Reece   346000
Dan Samson   310000
Darren Pearce   294500
Steve (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=414) Jelinek (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=414)   258000
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)   243500
Marius Hogtun   144000
Fran Egan   101000
Simon Wickenden   67000
Davood (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=124) Mehrmand (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=124)   55500

And this is what they're playing for:
1st £119,780
2nd  £69,960
3rd   £50,880
4th   £33,920
5th   £26,500
6th   £20,140
7th   £15,900
8th   £12,720
9th    £9,540
10th   £6,360
11th-13th £4,240
14th  £3,180

only one winner here

good luck to maria & danny samson.

a blonde 1&2 would be good.

vinny

Are you sure Kelly Holmes is playing, sofa?

(http://www.tmcentertainment.co.uk/images/speaker-index/SpeakOutKellyHolmes1.jpg)

Tony Phillips will be the man to beat imo. Won the recent Gutshot ME and went deep at the Prague EPT.

Good luck Maria!

 ;cheerleader;  ;goodluck;  ;cheerleader;

Good luck Maria- take it down!

gl chilli

been waiting all day to see Sofa's pic - quality :D

Take it down Chili!  ;cheerleader;

GL Maria, U DA MAN!!!  ;goodluck;

There has been a redraw, which has taken a little time to orchestrate, and also at the time of writing no-one could find any dealers, according to over-keen field reporter Junglecat. Should hopefully be starting soon though...

GO CHILLI

Note on past:  Ty for support, was only temporarily saddened by exit as I'd played somewhat erratically but at least tried to attract chips without (hands or) showdown all day only to run into a big hand (which I had half convinced myself was actually AA rather than the rest of the range, hence pointless regrets which I now take back entirely and am pretty happy). 

Note on present:  Chili, enjoy and go for it!  (picks two and three Tony Philips and Dan Samson)

Note on future:  Please try to find a reason to post that picture of the raccoon with a sword again.

And they're off! We're employing a kind of relay strategy today, to ensure there's at least one of us in the cardroom at all times. I suspect we will soon see either the demise of, or the spectacular comeback of, Davood Mehrmand and Simon Wickenden, the both of them on 5 or 6 big blinds currently. Eek.

Good luck Chills, I think Tony Phillips will be hard to beat though. (He is the very image of what you call a 'Cheeky Chappie')

(http://www.cotswoldaerials.co.uk/blondewhispers.jpg)

 ;hide;

Great updates guys, good luck today :D

Unsurprisingly, the fast paced action has continued from where it left off yesterday, Fran Egan doubling up within the first couple of hands with Pocket Rockets against the K-Q of Dan Samson. Samson loses a third of his stack.

GOOD LUCK CHILLI

It's like you've been in a Grosvenor press room...uncanny.

Darren Pearce is OUT. He ran A-K into the American of Airlines of Lloyd Rees and failed to improve.

All the best Chili

Bedlam here. Another gone in Simon Wickenden. We didn't catch the full pattern of play, but by the end, Simon had T-8 on a T-Q-2-Q-2 board. Unfortunately, Tony Phillips had T-9, and although it may take a double look, that all-important does indeed play to give Tony the pot.

gl chili and steve ,I'm a bit surprised chili hasn't been in this position  before.

;iagree;

come on bird

(http://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/~ytl/personal/images/Shocked.jpg)

As displayed by the picture of Dana above, it's shocking stuff down here at the Grosvenor Victor, if only because the players are dropping like lemmings on a tightrope. He managed to survive two exits, but shortstacked Davood Mehrmand is now OUT. Pushing with K-8 pre-flop, he was looked up by Marius' A-5. The Td-6d-9c-Tc-9h board was of no use and the bouffant is gone.

Three exits within the first 30 minutes of play. As you can see from the expressions of the rail, this truly is thrilling stuff and I doubt they can hold their excitement for much longer!

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11499&g2_serialNumber=1)

And here is Davood Mehrmand before the start of play and, of course, before his untimely departure. Notice a suspicious looking Rob Garfield lurking in the background. If we just wait a few moments I think he might lift up a newspaper with peepholes and start asking if I'm Red Squirrel.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11493&g2_serialNumber=1)

Marius Hogtun makes it 36k from the button. Danny Rudling is on the big blind. There is a long pause. Really long. They're staring at each other, twiddling chips. Eventually someone calls the clock. More staring. 30 seconds left. Pipes up Rudling, "Let this one go, son. You can have my blind next time." Looks of confusion on the faces of Marius and your updaters. "Er, what?" Apparently Rudling had quietly gone all in and Marius (and I) hadn't noticed and were under the impression that the clock had been called on Rudling. "Oh yes, of course," he says, and pushes his chips in. Much merriment.

Marius Hogtun - 9h 9d
David (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) Rudling (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) - Ad Qh

Board - 2c 7s 4d 6h 2d

A double-up for the twigged-just-in-the-nick-of-time Marius. Just out of interest, say he hadn't twigged and had run out of time, what do you reckon the ruling would have been when they tried to fold his hand?

I didn't have time to post these earlier due to the frantic nature of Level 1, but here are a few more 'at the tables' type pis for you to feast your eyes on.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11495&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11497&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11491&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11501&g2_serialNumber=1)

goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

Good Luck to Maria(hope you win:-)) and Marius "Spokey" Høgtun, and GG Jen. Impressing....

Henning

Hi
Does anyone know how many runners they have for the Omaha hi/lo tourney?
Thanks

Ketul Nathwani is in hot water now (ahem) after besmirching Lloyd Rees. On a board of Qc 9d 6h 5h, Lloyd bet 50k and Ketul called. A Th on the River then led to a bet from Ketul, Lloyd doing the calling this time and showing K-Q. Ketul, however, had his man pipped with A-Q.

goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Mr Henning! Are you going to Warsaw?

come on maria ;)

Chili's taken a pretty big hit. Dan Samson raised and Chili re-raised enough to put him in. He called with A-J, dominated by her A-K, but oh the cruelty!

Board - 5s 5c 2s Qs Jc

Not sure exactly how big the pot was, Junglecat tells me it looked to be about 300k, but it could well be more - general consensus in the pressroom was that Samson had over 200k at the start of the hand...

Good luck Maria.

I had Maria on my immediate left on day one and she did very well not to let a couple of beats affect her game. ( not dished out by me for a change...)

Youve earned this

Jonathan Raab's prediction is that the event will get around 40 runners. 41 if you come down.

come on danny booooy!!!! u lil bro needs a new set of rims!!!!

Come on Maria.... get it won girl!

Rollercoaster ride for Maria, yikes.

She and Dan Samson see a flop; it is Ts Jd 3d. Dan bets 12k, Maria calls.

Turn - 9d - and they both check now.

River - Th - and Maria bets 30k. Dan calls, and his Ten for rivered trips squashes her Jack for two pair. Chili is burning with fiery rage, and down to around 200k.

Hi NFH. Im not playing any EPTs until Monte Carlo I think. Looks like we are going to Rio mid march. Its a pretty big tournament over there, and I really need a vacation:-)... Been so tired of tournament play the last months, and been focusing on cash games, but I have decided to focus more and more on tournament poker again, so I guess Ill be attending a GPTK soon. Im allready looking forward to it...:-)

But Marius-on-Maria action!

In a classic gods-paying-her-back-for-that-AK-v-AJ-outdraw scenario, Maria has totally sucked out against Marius Hogtun. He raised from the button and she shoved with Qd Td, only to get herself called by Marius' unbelievably-dominatey A-Q.

Board Of Divine Demetriou Favour - Kd 6d 9s 7h 2d

Back up to around 400k, we reckon; Marius way back down that all important chip-based leaderboard thingy.

WOW what a rollercoaster

come on Maria

one hopes she feels invincible now!!

I like the new Third Person Julian. Makes you sound all regal. :)

 ;kneelsucker;

Hi
I'd love to play it, unfortunately I work there so I doubt they will let me. I'm actually hoping it's dead so I wont have to come in for my night shift. Feel like death warmed up,I'm sure they are pumping something through the air conditioning..

Wow, 1st time I've checked this thread this weekend, GL Maria :)up

updates on Fran Egan please?

Ok quick hand that involved Fran Egan moving allin!

There was a button raise from David (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) Rudling (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) who has been fairly aggressive so far today. Fran was happy to move his chips in the middle and not mcuh more to David he made the call.

David held Kd 9s and Fran the superior Ahrt Jc.

The board fell a fairly decisive Qc Qs Aspades 3d 4s to double up Fran, who did his customary celebration, involving the combination of a fist pump and an expression of joy such as "SHIPPP ITTTT!" He's up to 115k or so now...

Sampson wasn't involved in the pot but had a word for Rudling..."So THAT'S what you're raising my blind with eh??"

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Current chip counts

Maria 410k
Rudling 465k
Egan 115k
Sampson 370k
Marius 325k
Jelinek 240k
Nethwan 575k
Lloyd 415k
Phillips 530k
Kennedy 210k

JUSTICE

Some tableside gossip from Doglet:

Tony Phillips told him that he's not had a good start to the day. He's apparently raised five times, and every time he's had to lay it down to a re-raise because he's, er, been at it with absolutely nothing. Also, he says that the whole table is pretty tight, except for Ketul Nathwani two places to his right, who likes to play his button really strongly, thus eating all Tony's blinds. Yikes and similar.

Also David Rudling has been playing a very aggressive game, it seems, because he raises from the button and Dan Samson says, "Hmm, I have Five-high and I'm thinking it's good." He folds and Rudling asks him if he'd like to see, and he doesn't. Fran Egan does, but Rudling won't show him. Not even one. By the time he's finished arguing that he was the small blind and therefore had equity in the hand and somehow deserved to see, the cards have found their way into the muck, so we shall never know...

Top updates :)

Good luck Maria!! This is very exciting :) Hopefully the Bristol Rovers match will live up to this later!! :)

Maria has come looking the part today, in full TOP GUN regalia.

Here she is, looking ice-cool, "cruise"-ing along after her big double up...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11503&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Here is Marius, shortly after losing that big pot to Chili.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11505&g2_serialNumber=1)

Quality updates all week guys, thank you very much.

Great picture Sofa.

Good Luck to ..... I dont wish to be the one to bok HER/him

Mr Colin KENNEDYYYYYYYYY!!!!!

(http://www.unchained-wwe.com/Wallpapers/PSP%20Wallpapers/MrKennedy_PSP.jpg)

...has doubled up.

Blind-on-blind action, Tony Phillips with  Ahrt Qc in the small blind and Colin KENNEDY!!!!! with 9d 9s in the big blind. KENNEDY!!!! all in for 202k preflop.

Board - 4d 2d 6d 6s 5h


...And also another double-up for Fran Egan and his microstack! All in pre with Kd Kh against Marius Hogtun holding, er, Jh 5s.

Board - 3h 3c Ad 9s 4h

Says Egan in celebration, "Bing bong. I talked him into calling with J-5."

Nevertheless he remains the short stack - he's on probably around 150 or 200k.

News from the other table...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11507&g2_serialNumber=1)

Tony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1339) Phillips (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1339) raises it up and Meoni and Ketul Nethwan both call from the blinds.

There is no action on any streets of the Ad 7d Th Jh 4c board till the river, where Ketul puts out a bet of 70k.

It's called by Phillips who shows Ac 2c for top pair and Ketul looked like he was trying to make a thin value bet with his 2nd pair Js 9h but it was no good.

Phillips has strengthened his position after a wobble whilst Meoni now finds himself short...

is it the final table bubble?

And a dirty exit!

Excitable Italian Alessandro Meoni raises from the button, and Ketul Nathwani re-raises from the small blind. Meoni moves all in, and Ketul must have just boiled over or something, because he calls.

Ketul Nathwani -  Aspades 8s
Alessandro Meoni - Ad Kh

And obviously Nathwani flops the nuts on a 2s 9s Ts Ahrt Tc board, and Meoni is OUT in 11th place. Apparently he takes it badly, according to Field Reporter Doglet: "He waved his arms around a lot. You know, like he was angry. Lots of waving. Then he stormed off."

Ketul is our new chip leader with over 900k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11539&g2_serialNumber=1)

Yes it is.

And here are the current standings courtesy of that doggy diva, snoopy.

Steve (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=414) Jelinek (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=414) 215k
Ketul Nathwani 840k
Lloyd (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1089) Rees (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1089) 445k
Tony (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1339) Phillips (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1339) 530k
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) 525k
Maria (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=258) Demetriou (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=258) 335k
David (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) Rudling (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=123) 440k
Fran Egan 200k
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) 340k
Marius Hogtun 335k

quick note..... his name is daniel samson!

Best of luck to Fran

I'm back in the pressroom after watching the action downstairs, and as I left, Maria was involved in a hand with Marius. With Marius limping from the small blind, much to the surprise of Maria, Maria checked and both players saw a 4c Jc Tc Flop. Both players checked, before Marius bet 22k out on the 8s Turn. Maria called. The River was the dangerous 7h, which led to a check from Marius, followed by a bet of 100k from Maria. Marius twitched in his seat momentarily before sighing and folding Th 7d face-up, clearly believing he'd been beat on the River. I know the answer to that question, but unfortunately am not at liberty to say. The important thing, however, is that Maria is keeping her head above water and not allowing herself to dribble down in chips as she waits for the final table bubble to burst.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11541&g2_serialNumber=1)

Hi Henning....what's going on in Rio, u got a link to the tourney? Sounds like fun.

Look luck Maria, believe....

Things have gone a little quiet at the tables in recent times.

David Rudling has maintained the aggression he has shown recently, illustrated by one hand where Marius raised to 40k, to be met by a re-raise to 140k by David.

Floppy haired Marius said "I might do something stupid here..."...but passed.

"Wouldn't be the first time" was David's comical put down. 1-0 to Rudling in that exchange i think.

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Meanwhile, all this tension is clearly getting Fran thirsty. He is heard bellowing to the rail "Get me a f******* pint!" That's a man who needs a drink.

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Steve Jelinek has doubled up!

Holding 9-T he was getting a little short and shoved preflop only to find the well chipped up Ketul calling with K-Q.

A flop of 5c 2h Th 9s Td gave Steve a decisive full house, and left Ketul steaming. Will any hands hold up today??!!

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We are on a short break for the players to gather their thoughts and re-formulate their strategies.

More shots from the tables! You guys really are being treated today.  :) ;D

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11511&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11533&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11531&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11543&g2_serialNumber=1)

Actually to pee, and probably to eat some of the delicious cocktail sausages/deep-fried mushrooms/unidentified canape-type snacks going around on big platters. Mmm. Wash your hands now!

coctail sausages!...That's what I should have bought!

They just taste better when they're really small.

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luckily for me  :(

You know, I actually counted to ten once I'd posted that, hit refresh, and bingo! There was the dirty reply. Thanks, Ariston! ;)

 :)up

Anyone fancy joining me on the blonde 0.25/0.5 NLHE cash table as we wait for blonde/GukPT-related good news? (Bok-proof see?)

David Rudling makes up the blinds and Fran Egan checks. They both check the Qd 5c 4s flop, and then Rudling checks the Qs turn. Fran bets 35k, and Rudling check-raises him all in! Fran dwells for a good long while before calling the clock on himself and folding. He declares, "You're my nemesis." Says Dan Samson, "I think the term is 'bitch', actually."

OOH OOOOOOH, I'm guessing from applause in the background while I'm on the phone to Junglecat that we now have our final table! He hung up on me :( but I suspect details will follow in just a moment...

Good Luck Maria - 9 more to go. Steve for 2nd

Ive tried four times to reply with quote now, but cant get the reply in the forum. But heres the rio web.

Hi Jaffa:-)

I only have this site - http://riopokerfestblog.blogspot.com/, but its all in portoguese... My friends are allready down there(Fortaleza), and I think its also a much bigger "private" tournament. At least it was mentioned.

They also say the cash games are very good.

Henning

PS: good luck to Maria and Marius on the final table. By the way, even in Norway Marius is considered a craaaazy player:-)

Dear Guests reading this thread, why don't you sign up to blonde? It is quick, easy and free, much in the manner of Snoopy, and far more enjoyable - you'll be able to make unreasonable requests of we updaters, cheer on your favourite players, post badly paintshopped pictures and so on. Plus kittens will die if you don't, and it will be all your fault.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=5649&g2_serialNumber=1)

Yes it is - but in the poker world he has always been known as Dan. It's like he has an alter ego!

And then there were 9!

Dan Samson limps in on Marius' big blind. Marius pops it up to 100k, only to find Dan now re-raising allin!

"I guess I have to call now" Marius said and without too much enthusiasm called off his stack...

Dan - a craftily played pair of ladies Q-Q
Marius - a dominated but still in there with a shout A-5.

FLOP: 2h 8s Kd Td 5d

No Ace for Marius, and as Dan had him covered that means he is out on the final table bubble, and we are down to our final 9 competitors! Snoops is in the card room now catching all the thrills and spills.

Here is Marius and his floppy hair, being warmly congratulated by Jon Raab for his performance.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11545&g2_serialNumber=1)

and Dan Samson racking up his newly acquired booty.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11547&g2_serialNumber=1)

(http://www.beefclothing.com/images/ahdanielson.jpg)

Note Dracu-Ian, eyeing up Marius' newly-busted neck...

(http://www.britfilms.tv/images/news/dracula%20christopher%20lee.jpg)

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go on dan.

get it won

Good Luck Danny!

Good luck Maria!

       What table you on m8 i fancy losing some money

Go to the cash tables lobby on blonde

NO LIMIT

25c/50c tables

table "BLONDE CASH

see you there

ready and waiting 2 donate

Booooo,  I dont go til end of march to see mates, thought I might be able to sneak in some poker on my pokerless break, seems I'll be too late. Gl out there, see u in MC m8

Our Finalists:


Mr Ketul Nathwani - 984k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11365&g2_serialNumber=2)


Mr Steve Jelinek - 441k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11461&g2_serialNumber=1)


Mr David Rudling - 571k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11466&g2_serialNumber=1)


Mr Fran Egan, with a funny hat on, he he he - 145k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11484&g2_serialNumber=1)


Mr Tony Phillips - 458k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11478&g2_serialNumber=1)


Mr Colin Kennedy - 349k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11481&g2_serialNumber=1)


Mr Dan Samson - an evil 666k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11458&g2_serialNumber=1)


Ms Maria Demetriou-Cruise - 364k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11513&g2_serialNumber=1)


Mr Lloyd Rees - 328k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=11519&g2_serialNumber=1)

Early play has been cagey, with basically everyone stealing the blinds in turn. More updates soon as anything happens.

By the way if you'd like bios/more photos of our finalists, please click on their underlined names for their blondepedia entries (I think for some reason Ketul may be listed as Ketu Nathwani). Only one who doesn't at least have a page on blondepedia is Fran Egan - can anyone tell us anything about him (except that he really wants a f***ing pint)?

The forum has been real slow this weekend, any reason why?
Or is it just me?

Closest Thing To Action To Happen So Far:

Colin Kennedy makes it 75k and everyone folds except for Steve Jelinek, who goes all in. Kennedy dwells for a while, but passes.


UPDATER UPDATE - In the Bad Beat Of The Day, Snoopy has only just noticed a PM that Floppy apparently sent him yesterday saying he could have the day off today, but he only just got it and he's here now, full of we-didn't-get-enough-sleep sadness. UL, Beagle.

Mine has been very slow also (didnt like to mention it before, probably my fault again)

No, it's been really slow all-round, most annoying. In my mind it's because of all the traffic we're getting on our awesome updates.

Well done Snoops, working a day out of the kindness of your heart for our benefit  ;) No mobile phones in the UK these days ? !!!!!!

Tony Phillips raises to 60k from mid position, David Rudling re-raises to 180k from the button, Tony pushes and David instapasses, those Rudling fingers clearly caught in the poker til.

Junglecat just called me to say that nothing had happened, but that chip leader Ketul was predictably being the most raisey player on the table, also re-raising David Rudling, who is probably the next most aggressive player.

Then he called me back 2 minutes later to say that something had actually happened! Fran Egan raised from the button, leaving himself around 80k behind. Tony Phillips flat-called from the small blind.

Flop - Kh Qs 8d and Tony moves all in. After a medium-sized dwell, Fran calls.

Fran - A-Q
Tony - 6-6

Turn - 8c
River - 3d

Double-up for the thirsty Irishman!

I said he could have today off about two weeks ago!

fran is from Drogheda in Ireland, qualified online on Green Joker poker.
he recently was involved in a chop in the main event in the deepstack champs in his home town, where he took home 28k

best of luck to him today.

To add a bit of razzmatazz to the event, all the players were asked to enter the fray individually as they were announced on the microphone. I did urge Jonathan (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1666) Raab (http://www.blondepoker.com/blondepedia/blondepedia_view_player.php?player_id=1666) to go the Bullseye route by saying "iiiiiiiiiiiiin one" and so on, but he didn't oblige. He did roll out a quick number of Dancing Queen though for his many fans.

I tell you what, that 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) might be the oldest player here, but when they announced his name he was up there like a whippet. I barely had time to take his photo before he launched himself into the felt like a greyhound on speed.

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Fantasitic Free updates Thank You BLONDE be nice to see the 100+ watches  join the forum.

wishing the best of luck to Maria

I hope the poker gods are supporting you as much as Blonde

Regards

M
 

Thank you very much, sir. The little yellow man tips his hat to you.  ;hattip;

According to Colchester Kev the site needs rebooting or something similar - not possible to do while its so busy so we have to live with it - just one of those things. Too good for our own good.

Bold Bluffing From Plucky Irishman:

Chili makes up the blinds and Fran checks. They see a flop, obviously.

That flop is 7c 8d 8h

Chili bets 30k, Fran raises to 80k. Maria passes, and Fran shows Qs 3d...

i just saw chilli's nip in that green top ;)

Junglecat says: Ketul is still owning the table in terms of preflop raising and whatnot. So far no-one's stood up to him so he's getting away with it, but things can change at any moment.

Translation: not much is happening at the moment.

1 £5.00  London GUKPT 2008 Tournament winner  Steve Jelinek  200/1


1 time please . i had 10 £5 bets on and 1 remains, gl steve

gl maria.

any update on payouts remaning please?

You're so getting beats when she reads this... :D

1st £119,780
2nd  £69,960
3rd   £50,880
4th   £33,920
5th   £26,500
6th   £20,140
7th   £15,900
8th   £12,720
9th    £9,540

GL Chilli

Good spot actionman!

i dont miss things like that mate!

Check out the first page of this update..

The Ketul domination continues.

Tony Phillips raises preflop and Ketul calls.

They see a flop, it is exactly 9h Js 7s and Tony bets 90k. Ketul goes all in! And Tony passes.

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But there is fighting back!

Next hand Ketul makes it 51k from late-ish position, only for Dan Samson to make it 160k from the cut-off. Ketul passes.

excellent updates--good luck to maria and dave rudling

Come on Maria x

thanks, serious money at the top end!

Ketul FTW - thats sure to put a spanner in the works ;)

i am not going to draw the whole final table,,,,,but i will take of an item of chillis clothing for every player gets knocked out..........
when the clothes run out.,.,.,then i will start to take of limbs.,.,.,.,.,

Steve Jelinek has dropped 120k in two hands - he's down to around 340k.

First he standard-raises, only to have to lay it down when Lloyd Rees moves in from the blind. Down one chunk.

Then the next hand he bets 55k, and is called by Fran Egan on the button. They see a flop - it is Th 6d Kh - and Jelinek checks. Fran Egan announces all in, but he also does that checky-fingery thing and the dealer almost deals the turn by accident. Laughs Steve, "Bit of a difference," and passes Pocket Eights face up. Down two chunks.

But she's only wearing a shirt and I only see two arms there, which means she'll be a naked, limbless torso and we'll still be six-way... ???

Are you any where near the M25?

;goodluck; chili baby!!

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------------- 60 MINUTE DINNER BREAK --------------

Mmm, food.

That must be the problem! ;)

How stupid is it to start the final for 10 mins to stop it for dinner, why didnt they have it before the final started.???

Come on Bristol!

Great updates you lot.  My only complaint...the 60 minute dinner break.   rotflmfao

Hang in there Chicka and win the darn thing!!!   ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader; ;cheerleader;

should be running faster now, we have taken tikay off the treadmill and put Dwain Chambers on instead :)

The forum's on drugs!!  Blimey charlie.

We're off for a quick bite somewhere down the Edgeware Road. Whilst we're gone, and before play resumes, be sure to leave your messages of support as the players really do appreciate it.

See you soon!

Id be suprised if tighty would allow  dwain chambers or linford christie anywhere near the treadmill

its a treadmill ... not a buffet table !! ;)

GOOOOOOOOO CHILIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!

Just had Ironmug on the phone .... he is out all day and wants me to pass on his best wishes to Maria


so I will do it Ironside styleeeeeee

Godo Lcku Marai I hop yu win it proberly.

And Snoops was tired yesterday!
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Treadmill or Kingsmill?
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can you wish good luck to lloyd from everet,ty

Best of luck Maria!

1 t-shirt
2 hands
2 arms
2 boobies  all total =7
then shes heads up for real

Good luck to that plump bloke from Grantham and my old mucker from London.

Good luck Maria

I was going to say  "Linford christie would never get that lunch box past Tighty" but somehow it just didn't come out right but I dont want to waste it so here it is......

Good luck to all the blondes - but esp Chilli - Danny poker too - I suspect he will be really aggressive. 

Arghghgh, exciting game though! I though it was over, but it's not (thankfully!)...

 Just got in and caught up...............GREAT UPDATES AS USUAL



 GOOD LUCK CHILI !!

Good luck to Chili and Tony! :)

I'll keep half an eye on this whilst watching the mighty BR score some 2nd half goals ;)

Go Fran, you are the man!

GL fran, all your friends, family and the boardsies are all rooting for ya :)

get it won,Chillibobs

cmon danny boy... its on u brother... ur lil bro needs a new set of wheels!

Chili, Rafa says good work so far, but get it won!!

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come on fran

 ;nipnip;

Nip!

GOOD LUCK CHILLI TAKE IT DOWN  ;goodluck; ;goodluck;

Mmm, we ate falafel panini with crisps, most unusual bread-falafel-garnish combo but totally tasty.

Play is due to re-start any minute, Junglecat is in the card room now...

gl maria and tony some1 tell tony not to blow up lol

Current chip counts:

Dan Samson -- 720,000
Steve Jelinek -- 340,000
Maria Demetriou -- 315,000
Fran Egan -- 480,000
Lloyd Rees -- 325,000
Tony Phillips -- 439,000
Colin Kennedy -- 202,000
David Rudling -- 200,000
Ketul Nathwani -- 1,200,000

::)

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;)

good luck fran

Hey, you leave Ketul alone!

GOOOOO CHILIIIIIIIIIIII

GL Maria  :)up

good luck maria & dan samson.

HUUUUUGE HANDWATCH

Ketul makes it 51k, and Tony Phillips snaps - he moves all in for around 400k. Ketul thinks about it for a while. And calls!

Ketul - Pocket Nines
Tony Phillips - er, Kc 4d

Board - BANG - Kd 6h 5s 5c 4d

[Tenuous pun warning] And a very lucky double-up for a Phillips whose head may not have been screwed on right.

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tired misread?

It folds around to Colin Kennedy on the small blind, who decides to take his short-stack chances. He moves all in. David Rudling in the big blind gives it a good old dwell, and then calls.

Kennedy - Ks Th
Rudling - Ad 4c

Board - Qc Tc 2c Aspades 5d

Which means that Colin  Kennedy is OUT in 9th place, winning £9,540.

I think Ketul had been a-bullying the table a bit too much and there hadn't been much playing back at him. Mis-timed though for sure. UL Tony, and all that...

Lucky Tony Id say

Dan Samson raises to 60k from the button, Steve Jelinek pushes in from the small blind for 237k more and Samson passes, albeit after a long dwell. Steve shows A-J.

GOOOOOOOO CHILI!!!!!!

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I think all players have enjoyed their fair share of luck to get this far, in truth. Obviously there's Maria's Kings hand from Day 1, and Dan Samson's A-K vs. Kings the other day. Remember Steve Jelinek busted LittleMissc's set of aces early doors too, not to mention his T-9 doubled up just a couple of hours back. Peaks and troughs I guess.

Imeant he won the pot not lost it ;)

Lloyd Rees is OUT and becomes the 8th place finisher winning £12,720

Well, perhaps Lady Luck is shining on Tony Phillips today after all as he's just added to his recent double through by taking out young Lloyd Rees from Bristol.

All-in pre-flop, Lloyd found himself in hot water...

Lloyd = Ad 5d

Tony = Ac Jd

Board = 3h 9c Js Qs 8c

Tony now a real dangerman in this final. How crucial might that K-4 vs. 9-9 turn out to be...

All remaining 7 players are now guaranteed a minimum of £15,900.

What he or she said.

 ;popcorn; ;popcorn;

chip counts please and can we have tourney clock updated with players and averages please?

Hello everybody

As yesterday, just come back from work, and happy to see that chili still in !!

Can you give me a short watch of the situation please, I'm too tired to read the 20pages there are before... ;sleep;

LOL

THere was 14, there are now 7, Chili is one of them.

Go to  AT A GLANCE THREAD

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=31851.0

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Fran Egan is OUT and becomes the 7th place finisher winning £15,900

Ginger Bulldozer Tony Phillips is unstoppable at the moment, his latest scalp being enigmatic, and perhaps slightly intoxicated Irishman Fran Egan.

With Fran raising it to 70k pre-flop, Tony called a couple of seats down and the two players saw a 7h Js 9c Flop.

Fran announced all-in, only to be instacalled by Tony.

Tony = Jh 9d

Fran = 8h 5s

Turn = 5c

River = 7d

As Tony celebrated with his fanbase on the rail, Fran looked as though he wanted to throw up, but resisted the urge to vomit in front of the cameras, instead taking defeat on the chin and shaking the hand of his foe before departing.

Some shots of the action.

First off we have the unfortunate Ketul, who has bullied the table fairly well today, looking a tad glum after coming unstuck with 9-9 against Tony Phillip's Kc 4c. I hope Ketul doesn't blow a fuse.

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Next up here we have Kennedy shortly after his K-T lost out to Rudling's brave call with A-4. Ketul seems to be giving me the evil eye in the background whilst I probably didn't capture David in his finest moment here...

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Finally here are the watching rail, applauding Kennedy as he departs the final table gracefully.

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Ooops, don't forget your coat. It's a bit  ;nipnip; out there!

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Very difficult for our ringside reporter to produce accurate chip counts, so the following is just an approximation:

David Rudling -- 600k
Tony Phillips -- 1,6 million
Steve Jelinek -- 500k
Ketul Nathwani -- 600k
Maria Demetriou -- 400k
Dan Samson -- 400k

CMON CHILI TIME TO MOVEEEEEEEEE!!!!

I sorted Ketul out lets try another one!

Tony FTW!! 

King Bok.

 
rotflmfao

Carnage people.

Steve Jelinek reputedly just open shoved his stack into the middle on Ketul's BB.

Ketul INSTA-calls Steve's shove!

Wowzer.

Steve shows Th Tc and Ketul flips Ad Kc. It's a

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BOARD: 5d Qs Ks Ahrt 4s

Steve loses the race, meaning Ketul is propelled up the leaderbaord and...

Steve Jelinek is OUT, elminated in 6th place, winning £20,140

Good game Steve.

Maria Demetriou is OUT and becomes the 5th place finisher winning £26,500

Details to come courtesy of Mr Cat...

Well played fella :)up

wpgg chilli nice one

Very well played Colin whom I believe finalled in this same tourney last year.

But the burning question is:

Will the beagle win the champion of champions at Cruft's ?

And good luck to that plump bloke from Grantham.......

 ;hattip; ;hattip; ;hattip; ;hattip;

Well played Chili, great result

Most handsome bloke at FT imo

WELL DONE CHILI!!!   ;applause; ;hattip;

Wp Chili   ;applause; ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;

I feel a sick beat about her exit..

well done chili

MORE CARNAGE!

This time there's more controversy.

Ketul makes it 62k and Chili SHOVES for 242k total.

Ketul now announces CALL, but Tony Phillips is still to act and wanted to call also...

...A ruling is made, which is that Tony can still act behind but Ketul is obliged to now call.

Tony reluctantly passes A-Q.

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Back to the hand and Maria shows Ad Td, and is delighted to be in good shape versus Ketul's 8h 6h.

The flop has something for both players as it comes 2d 8d Qh.

Ketul has made a pair but Maria has 2 overs and the nut flush draw. Shocking.

TURN: Ahrt !

Maria zips ahead on the turn now with top pair to complement her nut flush draw, but it also gives Ketul a flush draw...

RIVER: 2h !

OMG! Ketul rivers the flush to take down the pot and it's a brave performance from blondite Chili but that painful river card means...

Maria Demetriou is OUT, eliminated in 5th place, winning £26,500

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Incidentally Tony Phillips was NOT happy about that hand as had he managed to isolate Chili he would have won the pot, but Ketul being forced to call meant that he felt he should fold AQ given the tournament situation...Controversy reigns...

Well played Chilli  ;applause; ;applause;

wp Maria  ;applause;

well done maria!- great result!

edit:  dirty beat though.... ouch

well done maria. fantastic effort.

Wp Maria...ul, nice score!

Approximate chip counts as they head four-way-wards:

Tony Phillips - 1.6 million
Ketul Nathwani - 1.6 million
Davi Rudling - 600k
Dan Smanson - 350k

They just came back from a 5-minute break, during which they may or not have discussed a deal - although as Tony Phillips wandered off, I overheard him saying that he didn't think there would be a deal at all...

great result Chili - well done!!!

Well done Maria  ;cheerleader; :respect:

sosorry maria.,.,but this will make you smile.,.,.,
you were lucky i couldnt get on line as youda been naked with no arms.,.,lolxxxx

well done chillibobs cracking result for a cracking bird bloke

Well done Chilli!  ;hattip;

Rudling raises to 85k, and is repopped by Ketul to 220k, Rudling flats.

FLOP: 9h 9d Ts

Check, check.

TURN: Kh

Rudling checks, Ketul bets 100k and Rudling passes pretty swiftly. He's getting a bit short now...

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Soon after, Tony Phillips raises to 75k  and Rudling moves ALLIN! He's short but just about ahs enough to make Phillips pass...

"I've made worse calls than this before" says Tony before eventually calls with Kd Js.

Rudling is pleased to show the dominating Aspades Kc.

BOARD: 3h Ahrt 3s 7d 8c

No surprises and Rudling bounces himself back into contention. Good work David!

WD Maria.. top result

Fantastic result Maria, I'm truly delighted for you, any chance of..... until the weather breaks :)

Approx chip counts from ringside beagle reporter.

Dan Samson 300k
Tony Phillps 1 million
Dave Rudling 800k
Ketul Nashwani 2 million

This means that Ketul is your current chip leader.

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There is a board; it is Td Jc 6s 3c

Tony Phillips bets a nice non-round 173k, but Dave Rudling makes it a good round All In. Tony laughs and asks whether the Three on the turn helped him. He folds. Rudling shows Ac Kh. Doglet tells me that Mr Rudling is aflame, or burning, or I think he said something like that...

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well done Maria

Awesome result!

sigh, ul chili. nice score.

Well played Maria, fantastic result, horrible beat :(

Now can we have an interview pls xx

Great result Chili, well played ;applause;

Support switching

Go Tony!!

so proud of her

fantastic result bird

dont forget my shades,lol

xx

A HUUUUUGE hand

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The board is 9s 7h 4s Jh and Rudling checks. Ketul bets 100k, and Rudling calls.

The river is the 6d, and Rudling checks again. Ketul bets a whopping 225k, and Rudling flat-calls. Imagine his disappointment upon seeing Ketul's Pocket Sixes. He mucks, and Ketul sweeps a big chunk of Rudling's stack into his own monstrous uber-stack.

Dan Samson finds himself all-in and in need of some assistance...

Dan = Ahrt 7d

Dave Rudling = Ts Tc

Board = Js 8d Ad Ks 2c

Dave takes another hit in what has become a rollercoaster of a final table. The frustration on his face was there for all to see. Meanwhile, Dan is unusually restrained in victory, perhaps all too aware that he just played a get out of jail free card.

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Well Done Chilli !!

go on son!!!!! all u baby!

Ketul has morphed into an Akira-stylee Gigantic Ultimate Ketul Warrior, rampaging all over his table.

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He button-raises, and Tony Phillips calls him.

The flop is 4h 9h Ts and they both check.

Turn - 2s - Tony checks again and Ketul bets 120k; he is called.

River - another 2d and once more Tony checks. Not messing about, Ketul announces all in. Tony folds.

I AM ULTIMATE KETUL!!!! YOU ARE MY SLAVES!!!!!!

...is something he did not say, but I wish he had. Sigh.

And Dave Rudling has a spot of luck when it folds around to Tony Phillips on the small blind, who promptly puts him in with K-3; Rudling finds A-Q and calls.

Board - Q-8-2-3-Q for a Rudling good double-up.

"Keep the applause to a minimum, everyone" says he, as a single guy claps from the rail.

Well played Chilli.
 ;applause;

go on danny! 1 4 the luton mugs!!!

Dave Rudling is OUT and becomes the 4th place finisher winning £33,920

As Dan and Tony threw in their cards, Dave Rudling raised it up to 80k from the small blind only for the super aggressive Ketul Nathwani to announce all-in. Dave called quicker than Linford Christie with a rocket lodged between his bum cheeks and proudly revealed his A-J, confident that it was in front. And he was right, as Ketul could only produce an inferior Q-2.

However, as we already know, poker can be a cruel game at times, and when you have two live cards, and a big stack in front of you, the board can often fall in your favour. The Kh-4c-2s Flop didn't too anything to dispel that mythical theory, and when the Turn and River came 7 of hearts and 9 of hearts respectively, Rudling was gone.

OK, so it wasn't the result you were seeking Maria, but a nice pay day is enough. WP GG ...the rest is history...xx

wp girl, good effort!

Well done Maria, great result girl x.

well said mo.,.,and she kept her clothes on.,.,.,.,.,.,.,

Dan Samson is OUT and becomes the 3rd place finisher winning £50,880

Crikey O'Reilly, we've more action here than a night out on the town with the Beagle, the latest player to feel the wrath of the Kettle being plucky Dan Samson who did marvellously well to finish in 3rd place for a highly commendable £50,800.

Once again, Ketul required some assistance from the board, but unlike before, this was a classic coinflip situation, Ketul's Ac Jh looking to pair up against Dan's Th Ts.

As the board was dealt, Dan looked on intently, perhaps thinking what I have written in brackets...

Qh (okay card)

7h (good card)

9s (another okay card)

7d (excellent card!!!)

(Just one more to survive. Come one...)

Ahrt (Barf!)

In the end, it was Samson who was left steaming.

Ketul Nathwani -- 3.8 million
Tony Phillips -- 470k

Ketul Nathwani has made it clear throughout this entire final table that he is not interested in any deals, and he has stayed true to his word.

...And that's it!

Tony moves in, and Ketul dwells a little before making the call.

Ketul - 5h 5d
Tony - Ad 2s

Board - Qc Qd 3d Jd 6h

Which means that Tony Phillips is OUT in 2nd place winning £69,960...

...Thus necessarily Ketul Nathwani is the ULTIMATE WINNER!!! of the 2008 Bluesquare.com London GUKPT, winning £119,780!

Hopefully a few photos to follow...

Was it ever seen in a big tournement like this one that a player win after beginning the head's up with only 1/9 of the chips ?

Tony came 2nd.

yes, have seen, that happend when I wrote that message

Forever grateful for the updates.. thanks all..x

Great updates.  Has been a pleasure to read.  Wp Chilli..... ;applause; :)up ;yippee;

Great updates guys thanks as always  ;thankyou;

wp maria...hopefully u'll win the next 'big one' ;)

WP Maria - great result - lovely pay day - more to come. x x

Congrats to Dannypoker too - he has been working towards a big result for a long time.

Great result Danny & Maria. ;tightend; ;tightend;

Thanks to Dana and her pets for the fun updates

Gary Jones lost a 85-1 chip lead heads up  in a WPO event in Tunica 2005
from pokerpages:
Heads up, Gary Jones had about a 3-1 chip lead. He destroyed Sirous on every hand in a cakewalk to the title, until there were only five chips left on the hand I described at the top of the article. Gary Jones had 437 chips left. Gary Jones personifies sportsmanship. He took an enormous amount of ribbing from everyone, and through it all kept the smile on his handsome young face.

The worst part of all this for me was that I lost $100 to Nolan Dalla when I bet that Gary couldn't lose with a then 8-1 chip lead. Gary Jones will get over this collapse. I, on the other hand, will have to hear from Nolan about this bet for the rest of my life. Ironically, I lost more money with this bet than Gary Jones. Because they'd already split the $8,928 and were playing for the bracelet.

85-1 chip lead heads up. This was probably the greatest comeback in poker history. We will never see the like, again.

Official results:

1st Sirous Baghchehsaraie $64,467
2nd Gary Jones $33,270
3rd Max Stern $16,635
4th Hilbert Shirey $14,556
5th Mark Dickstein $12,476
6th Dustin Sitar $10,397
7th Luis Velador $8,318
8th Billy Woodrum $6,238
9th Andy Karon $4,287

Fantastic updates, an excellent tornament, all the better for Chili making the Final table, a superb result  ;hattip;

very enjoyable updates team...looking forward to the next episode!

well played to all who played well.,.,.,.
very unlucky to jen and maria.,.,.,i love it when you 2 go deep in tourneys..,,as it brings the forum.,.,
to real life.,.,
you are both great players and you will be forces to rekon with in the future..,.,.,.,.,,.,.
i could really see either one of you 2 going deep in a big.,.big tourney WSOP?along them lines.,.,.,
nice payday maria.,.,.maybe you can get your haircut now????? x x james

Thank you very much. Dog treats for the beagle and a tin of tuna for Junglecat tonight!

WP Maria :cheers:
TY also update team

Next update starts on Tuesday, it's EPT Warsaw!

thanks for the great updates again, wp maria ,

Nice result Maria and well played Ginge another result for a Channing part horse money goes to money lol!

A last few pictures for your enjoyment folks.

First off we have Ketul and Phillips shaking hands as they prepare to do battle.

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And with Ketul victorious, here he is, with runner up finisher Tony Phillips.

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Ketul was asked how he intends to spend next year. "Probably win a few bracelets" was the confident reply from the newly crowned GUKPT champion, and with the accomplished way he played through the tournament, he might just do it.

I'll leave you with a final shot of Ketul Nathwani, the London GUKPT Champion, celebrating his victory in style by french kissing his new trophy. Very well played sir!

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Just read all the updates

Ul Maria, nice score. Wp.

Great updates guys.

Ok, that's it!

What a great tournament, exciting througout, with twists and turns aplenty ultimately resulting in a new GUKPT champ being crowned.

Well done to Maria for a great 5th position, and also Jen, who came so close, knocked out just before the final table.

We've had great fun. Thanks very much to the Grosvenor for looking after us so well and providing us with a bottomless pit of sandwiches. They were much appreciated.

That's it though for now. We're off to have a well earned drink or two...thanks for joining us.

Don't forget to watch out for Jen and Noflops bringing you reports from the EPT Warsaw soon, which should be a cracker but for now...

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Thanks for the great updates!  ;hattip;

WELL DONE FRAN!!

His enthusiasm for the game is truly infectious and he plays with no fear. Well done that man. Delighted to see an Irish fella getting s decent touch in one of these things.  ;applause;

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Well played Chili and Jen.

Only just caught up.. Well played, that man!

Well played all blonde's involved, nice paydays, really hoping to play one of these myself this year.

The winner, now im sure he was at the Southend Mint last friday night, playing the £100 freezeout and if so, god damn, fish do win big tournys

Oh, you didn't get the memo: "tournament poker 101". Well - glad you now know. Might have saved you a pretty classless post.

Just out of curiosity, the hand that busted Ms Chili, did it look like Ketul acted out of turn on purpose to try and get the A-K guy to fold or was it a genuine mistake? 

Genuine mistake, far as I could see. He seemed pretty apologetic.