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Ok, welcome to the penultimate day of the Irish Open where the remaining 52 players and an average stack of 16BB's mean that hopefully the remaining few will be whittled down to the nine (eight?) players for tomorrow's final.

Here's the remaining players with their seat draw.

Mark Spellman 337500
Lars Hougaard 295500
John Kabbaj 282000
Peter Linton 266500
Iam Van Trinh 264500
Donal Norton 255000
Hassan Mohammed 250000
William Haughey 244500
Tim Blake 214000
Eric Larcheveque207000
Thomas Finneran 193000
Sorel Mizzi 185000
William Martin 167000
Julian Thew 164000
Neil Channing 156500
Conor Tate 155500
Nariman Faramarzi-Rad 144000
Thomas Dunwoodie 142000
Kieran Small 133000
Padraig Parkinson 130000

Knut Rysstad 126500
Mazhar Nawab 120500
Kiko Lacasa 117500
Edwin Tournier 113000
Kristoffer Nyberg 112500
Tony Salmon 112000
John Conroy 109000
John Keown 100000
James Daly 99000
Danilo Paulsen 97500
Thomas Fourgeron 95000
Bill O’Keefe 93500
Philip Stards 93000
Anthony Fagan 92000
Nick Goodall 91000
John Moran 89000
Carsten Joh 89000
Frederic Levy 82000
Andrew Grimason 80500
David Dean 74000
Charlie Harvey 66000
Kenneth Greaney 64000
Tominari Kobayashi 56500
Surinder Sunar 56000
Emmett Davis 47500
Thomas Dempsey 41500
Belkacem Laouar 40500
Brian Antoniotti 31000
Jaka Faraz Quddus 24000
Willie Clynes    20000
Sebastien Caleechurn  15000
Dominic Heaver   13500

Peter Linton 1 1
Sorel Mizzi 1 2
Kenneth Greaney 1 3
Kieran Small 1 4
Emmett Davis 1 5
David Dean 1 6
William Martin 1 7
Tim Blake 1 8
William Haughey 1 9

Philip Stards 2 1
Danilo Paulsen 2 2
Julian Thew 2 3
Lars Hougaard 2 4
Knut Rysstad 2 5
Willie Clynes 2 6
Thomas Fourgeron2 7
Jaka Faraz Quddus 2 8
Thomas Dempsey 2 9

John Conroy 3 1
John Kabbaj 3 2
Mazhar Nawab 3 3
Thomas Finneran 3 4
Anthony Fagan 3 5
Brian Antoniotti 3 6
Tony Salmon 3 7
Edwin Tournier 3 8

Andrew Grimason 4 1
James Daly 4 2
Charlie Harvey 4 3
John Moran 4 4
Donal Norton 4 5
Kiko Lacasa 4 6
Belkacem Laouar 4 7
Sebastien Caleechurn 4 8
Neil Channing 4 9

Hassan Mohammed 5 1
Padraig Parkinson 5 2
Mark Spellman 5 3
Thomas Dunwoodie 5 4
Frederic Levy 5 5
Nariman Faramarzi-Rad 5 6
Conor Tate 5       7
Carsten John 5       8

Nick Goodall 6       1
Eric Larcheveque 6 2
Surinder Sunar 6 3
Tominari Kobayashi 6 4
Bill O’Keefe 6 5
Kristoffer Nyberg 6 6
Dominic Heaver 6 7
Iam Van Trinh 6 8
John Keown 6 9

Looks as though it'll be a good scrap.  Great posts yesterday, hard standard to maintain but we know Dana and her babes are up to it. 

Come on the fat bald boys - Tim Blake and John Conroy, spiny and I will be watching.

xxx

What Bev said plus good luck also to Connor and Thewy

Looking forward to the battle ahead, with Thewy, Tim "T8MML" Blake and Pete Linton among the contenders, it could be a good day for blondes ....If none of the aforementioned win, I would love to see Padraig Parkinson win it, Just hope he can stay sober long enough :D

CRAPSHOOT!!

Good to see a "Dempsey" make day 3 of a live comp... Just shows that people with that surname CAN go deep away from T'internet ;)

Lets just hope the NAS don't need to put any written complaints into the management. Good luck to all Blondes left in and my 3 boks are:

Conor "Sealey" Tate
John "Punkfloyd" Conroy
Tim "T8MML" Blake

So good luck all and let Norkwatch begin  ;)

Come On Sorel. £4Ew on this guy @ 150-1. FT pls.

Also, GL to PeteL

gooooooooo pete and julian

Once again best of luck to the boards.ie players remaining :)

Im routing for same Picks as Lleven.  Sealey Punkfloyd and T8MML.  GL

gooooooooooooooooooooooo pete

Morning! I have no idea where Junglecat and Floppy are, much less what has become of my blonde hoodie... Nevertheless I am holding Junglecat's hoodie hostage until it is safely returned to me, and am confident that today will otherwise go without a hitch.

The tone of this tournament has changed somewhat overnight - the comedy fake flames made out of cloth and fans have disappeared, as has the dreadful piano duo, and the atmosphere suggests all-round that this tournament has ceased to be a gigantic entertainment and has suddenly become a very serious matter indeed. And with virtually the whole €3 million still to play for, it is worth taking seriously...

There is currently no sign at all of the tournament starting, in fact I'm basically alone in the Press Corner except for Mclovin periodically hitting me over the head with a notebook :( so until something happens, I put this to you:

Dena has been promising me for about a year now a sample of what she claims is a Magic Hair Product, not available in this country, that she swore would Make My Hair All Better, ie make it look like hers, or, in other words, good. Yesterday she appeared with a blob of said product in a paper cup, full of improbable stories as to what she had to go through to get it to me. After spending the entire day trying to prevent that paper cup being thrown away, and then drinking quite a lot of vodka, I washed my hair and applied the product. I have to say it felt very nice, but the jury is out on whether it has actually improved the consistency of my hair. What do you think?

Before:

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During, with unnecessariness from Floppy:

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This morning:

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with mizzi on the direct left of linton i can see a huge hand developing where pete will raise from late pos, mizzi will 3 bet and pete will 4-bet jam with rags, mizzi decides he is priced in with 78ss which is ahead of lintons 24os until the board comes  JQKA2 shiiiiiiiiib

Wouldn't mind seeing Tim Blake and Conor Tate do well. Good luck to them. Pete doesn't need anymore luck.  :)

Best wishes to Tim T8mml, looking good for a 450/1 outsider.

bst of luck to chip  leader mark spellman

Apparently the final will be SIX-handed. Meaning we could be here for a while today.

We're still waiting for the players to set down.

This is the feature table:

John Conroy 3 1
John Kabbaj 3 2
Mazhar Nawab 3 3
Thomas Finneran 3 4
Anthony Fagan 3 5
Brian Antoniotti 3 6
Tony Salmon 3 7
Edwin Tournier 3 8

BEST OF LUCK TO PHIL STARRS

GIVE PHIL STARRS A BIG HUG FOR ME PLEASE :-))

Best of luck to Willie Haughey and the remaining blondes!

Hi folks!

Julian and Pete Linton just came over for a chat and were discussing what the day would have in prospect.

"This must be old hat for you!" laughed Pete.

"Ah, well....... you still get the old butterflies in your stomach..." observed the wordly wise Julian sagely to young gun Pete. I'm not sure but I think he might have added "....grasshopper."


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I think the new hair with the tighter curls looks nice, although the pic is a little dark.

I have thoroughly enjoyed the whole update so far too, thanks guys.

is that the willy haughey?

No, the other willy haughey.

CUMON SEALEY U LIL BEAUTY!! ANY NEWS ON THE BIG FELLA?
CHEERS SEAN  Ts Js Qs Ks Aspades

We're off guys!

And it doesn't take long for the fireworks to commence. Brian Antoniotti shoving allin on the feature table and getting a call from Maz Nawab. On their backs gentleman.

Brian Antoniotti 7-7
Maz Nawab A-J

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Let's race folks!

FLOP: A-J-T

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12834&g2_serialNumber=1) "I liiiike..." thinks Maz.

TURN: Q (split maybe)

RIVER 2 (blankety blank)

....meaning Brian Antoniotti is OUT! An early casualty of the day and Maz increases his strong position yet further.

Surindar Sunar has knocked out Dominic Heaver with A-J vs J-2

Thewy just busted the awesomely named Jaka Faraz Quddus with 7h 3h vs 3d 3c...Seven first card.

Belkacem Laouar has doubled up his meagre stack to 70k with Ac Td vs Kc Qh on a 2h 4h 6h Jc 7s board.

Pete Linton was wanting to know more about him, after Willie open-raised to 40k (5BB's) playing a 240k stack or so. Pete passed A-Q but was wondering if that was a good decision...

I don't think we can continue without highlighting this Thewy special.  ;D

I'd love to say that the guy must have been short, but not always true with Golden Yoyo Balls.

What if I told you he was just all-in vs Lars Hougaard with Aspades Kc vs Ahrt Kh blind on blind and the flop was 5c Qh 9h...

Fortunately a 7s and Td turn and river and it was chop chop!

willie is a mega rich buisnessman from glasgow, you couldnt meet a more down to earth guy who has all those millions-as for the pass prob wasnt a gd one

Pete Linton has knocked out David Dean with Ahrt Qd vs 2h 2s on an Ac 4c 6d 7s Qh to add another 50k to his stack.

So much action! So much action!

John Conroy shoves on the feature table and is called by John Kabbaj...

Conroy - 5-5
Kabbaj A-J.

Another race...

FLOP: Q-J-2 Kabbaj races into the lead, hitting middle pair

TURN: 3

RIVER: 7! No 5 on the river and rockstar John Conroy bites the dust after a commendable performance. Well played, good game sir!

Kabbaj marches on...

this is thewwy   any1 rememmber him losing  any race at all guys?he s a such a lucky guy  unbelivable 

Former Celtic director, business advisor and friend of the Lisbon Lions.

I was talking to someone last night about Willie and I commented that when I have come up against him I never thought he had anny moves, I thought he was fairly standard but I'm assured he does have a few moves in the locker and just disguises them very well.

I have not been neglecting my duties this morning, dreadful though I feel:

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And something for the ladies - Sorel Mizzi's plunging neckline. I swear you can see nipple from certain angles.  :o

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Next up, we have Willie Clines shoving his stack in and getting looked up by Phil Stards.

What kind of match up will we have this time I wonder...

A-K for Willie

8-8 for Stards

Oh look another race! This is getting ridiculous!

FLOP: 8-7-5 a pretty decisive flop catapults Stards into the lead and his tattoed arm clenches as he bellows his approval.

TURN: 7 ! That wraps up this hand and a 4 on the river completes the deal but once more we have an elimination on a race...meaning....

Willie Clines is OUT and Phil Stards receives a welcome boost to his stack.

Willie Clines and celebrity stalker intrepid updater Dana awaiting what will prove an unfavourable flop.


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Phil Stards raking in his new collection of chips...

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Surinder Sunar has just now been moved on to the TV table. With a 10-big-blinds-tastic 85k, I expect there will be some action soon, eek.

By the way, what with some people busting out and all, the average stack is now up to almost 19 big blinds...

Neil Channing just won a big pot to knock out James Daly with Ad 8d vs Jc Js, the vital Aspades appearing on the flop. Elsewhere Pete Linton is picking up a few pots here and there, the latest one with a small bet on a Qh 9s 7c board vs William Martin.

Thomas Dempsey just doubled up with Ace Jack vs Lars Hougaard's priced-in 7-5 on a Aspades 7s 2c Qh Ts board.

JUST HAD ABIT OF NEWS OF MY BROTHER WHOS THER WATCHING SEALEY HES HAD A BIG CHIP COLLECTION ...
NOT 100% IF THIS IS ACTUAL CARDS BUT OKAY :) DAD UTG RAISES CHIPLEADER CALLS (CHIP LEADER IN THE TOURNY) FLOP JJRAG CHECK CHECK TURN ACE CHECK CHECK RIVER ACE DAD BETS CL RAISES DAD RE RAISES ALL IN CL FOLDS HES ON AROUND 250/260K :d CUMON THE SEALS WOOHOO
 Ts Js Qs Ks Aspades

mr tattoo is actually phil stars from edinburgh-not stards just so you know :)

I think Dana looks GREAT whatever the hairstyle

Any news about the Norwegians Knut Rysstad and Danilo Paulsen at table 2?

Just love your updates! Keep up the good work! :)

Nariman Faramarzi-Rad is OUT. All-in with Jc Tc vs Padraig Parkinson's Aces on a Jack high flop. Ace on the turn sealed the deal.

Julian Thew has just lost a big chunk of his chips having Ahrt Jh in the small blind vs Danilo Paulsen's button-raising Ac Ad and failing to win the race.

Sorel Mizzi is our new cannot-lose-a-race golden child, his latest bit of luck being knocking out Mr Kieran Small with Ad Qh against Kieran's 9c 9h.

Board - Ks 3s 2d Qh 6h

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No nips yet, it'll happen though...

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hows kieran small and john keown going please

Knut, at least, is behaving most raisy-ly. Most recently he tried it on from the small blind with big blind Tominari Kobayashi, who folded leaving himself just 40k or five big blinds. Knut showed A-K...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13135&g2_serialNumber=1)


Knut by the way, ever the well-dressed young gent, is wearing a most awesome cravat today, and also a fabulous jacket declaring the "Moods Of Norway" to comprise a bear and a gentleman with a rifle sharing a companionly glass of champagne, which I am certain does not really happen even in Norway. Very odd.

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what kind of chip count did that knock out give padraig?

For the boys at NAS -

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Also

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Ty sir!

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Neil Channing has been a busy beaver so far today and gets involved in another pot, and this one's a biggie...

Raising to 20k from late position, he finds young gun Grimason, who has been shoving with some regularity shoving for 90 odd k behind him.

The BB also briefly considers getting involved but ultimately passes leaving Channing mulling his options over. He ums and ahs and counts the stacks, before saying "OK I CALL!"

Channing turns 9h 9d and Grimason is ecstatic as he tables his dominating Td Ts.

A board of 8d 3d 2d 6d 3c ensues, meaning "Bad Beat" Channing can't live up to his name, whilst Grimason, who fellow blogger Gary "Don't call me Mclovin" Clarke (aka Mclovin) has tipped for greatness, sweeps up the pot with a ten high fliush to channing's inferior 9 high flush.

Here's Channing looking less than ecstatic as his stack is dented considerably.

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Grimason, happy as larry to be int he lofty realms of 190k now...

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Nice one Dana lol

Thomas Dempsey has doubled through Knut Rysstad with Kc Jc vs 8s 8h on a Jh Qc 4d Ac ("Royal Flush!" shouts someone enthusiastically, but they've obviously got the wrong Dempsey) then Ts.

Sorrel still can't lose a race, he's just busted Kenneth Greaney with 8h 8d vs Aspades 9d. Pete Linton says that he and Sorrel are taking it in turns to steal the other players blinds. Pete keeps going after William Martin's blind, a fact not lost on the latter:

"You like my blind, don't you?"

"I just play my cards," protests Pete. As William folds his Q-5, Sorrel and Pete giggle like schoolboys.

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Thomas Fourgeron has knocked out, I think, Tominari Kobayashi with Kings vs Ten. A king on the river sealing the deal for the amiable Frenchman (and Ghostbusters 2 Villain lookalike).

what do we play down to today 10?
and is ther a uptodate chip count please :)
cheers sean
 Ts Js Qs Ks Aspades

any chance for chip count please?

playing down to 6 same as last year id say

Complete chip counts might be a bit beyond us at the moment, there are still five tables and the chips are moving around so fast that it will all just be a bit not true by the time we're done with all of them... Feel free to request individual counts though, and we'll see what we can do at the break...

Yes indeed, that's the plan.

thank u, can please tell me how Lam Van Trinh Doing?

Padraig Parkinson was on 180k last I checked.

Danilo Paulsen - 220k

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Not massively well, I'm afraid. He was doing massively well, but now he's not.

He just unavoidably doubled up Hassan Mohammed on a classic coinflip - Ac Kc against Qd Qs.

Board - Th 5h Jd Jc 8h

Hassan now has around 400k, and Lam is down to a less-massively-well-doing-but-still-thoroughly-manageable 250k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13148&g2_serialNumber=1)


Lam most irked to be parting with these:

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Hi what is pete's chip count? also can you wish him good luck from his little bro

Greetings to YoYo from Malta and all the Maltesers. Any chance of a chip count for the lad please?

Just heard Sorels now short stacked, whats happened?

hey all blondies!

If Sorel makes it to the final table, ill be seeing you in Dublin tomorrow!

Amy x

ty dana any news on Conor?
cheers sean

John Moran is OUT, his A-7 failing to beat the A-9 of table partner Donal Norton on a 6-8-3-K-T board...

gg sir!

One gentleman doing even less massively well in the sense that he is OUT is the improbably named and incredibly difficult to spell Belkacem Laouar. I think it's difficult to pronounce as well because he told Mr Announcer to call him Belka for announcing purposes...

Anyway, he shoves with pocket Fours, and Donal Norton calls him with Kd 9s. "I have to call," he is saying, which may or may not be true, but anyway he is delighted to discover that he is coinflipping.

Belka - 4h 4s
Donal - Kd 9s

Board - 7d Ac Qd Ad 9h

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any news on maz and tommy dunwoody ,wish them both good luck plz .
brilliant updates as usual thx.

Chris has gripping news of a gi-normo-tastic pot he was involved in against William Martin a moment ago. Drum roll please.....

He has about 400k, though he's probably the second most happy person in the room after Sorrel Mizzi doubled up William Martin with K-J vs A-Q on a Q-J-7 board. Mizzi is now pretty short.

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Meanwhile Kiko Lacasa is OUT. Andrew Grimenson raised and Donal Norton flat-called, now Kiko Lacasa moved all-in , Andrew passed and Norton tanked before calling with 9s 9d. He must have been delighted though to see that Spaniard only showing the meagre 2s 4c, a 8d 3d 2c board left the railers shouting, "Quatro!!" but a Jh and 3h later and it was Donal shipping in the 300k pot.

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Frederic Levy has doubled through Padraig Parkinson with Ks Qs vs Ts Tc, hitting trip Kings on the flop. He's happy about it. Honest.

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Don Fagan has doubled up on the TV table.

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Conor Tate now not faring so well - he's just doubled up Carsten John, making a good call but un-lucking out.

Conor Tate -  Ahrt 5h
Carsten John - Jc 9c

Board - Kc 4d Jd 7s Qc

Thanks for fantastic updates!

How many players are still in the game?

A pleasure, Mr Gr.

 ;hattip;


35 players left. Thanks for reminding me to update our fiddly tournament clock thingy, sigh.

thewy and some norks please

Double-up for Phil Stards/Stars/alternate spelling of your choosing -

Starrrrdrdrdrdrrrs - 7s 7c
Lars Hougaard - Ahrt Qs

Board - 6d 2c Jd 8h 9c

Martin's a strapping lad and his fist pump looks like it carries some force. Here he is bicep-ing his way to victory...

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whilst Mizzi takes it well, and doesn't look like a man on the wrong end of a 400k pot. He's still alive...

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that would be chip count/details on thewy and some more norkage not thewy with boobs obviously

A gentleman I have through my awesome deductive powers identified as Mr John Moran (I think) is OUT, moving in with Ac 7c and meeting the unwelcome call-age of Donal Norton and his Ahrt 9h.

A split is a distinct possibility, but it doesn't happen on this board - 3d 8s 6s Kc Ts - and he's a goner. No more on Moran.

Chip count for Haughey please?

Look at the clock at the top of the screen. ;)

Oh oops, sorry, saw your post too late

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He's just something that could be very daft.

Conor Tate pushed after Sorrel Mizzi had himself shoved. Conor's A-Q held vs Sorrel's A-T for a 220k pot leaving Sorrel with a bowl of rice that soon went in. William Martin made a small raise and Haughey called.

Both checked the Kd 5c Jh flop before Haughey bet on the Qc turn, Martin passed a pair of 4's and Sorrel showed what he thought would be a behind A-9, but Haughey had Tc 8c and bizarrely bet the 4's out of the pot. The river was another Qd and Sorrel triples up when he really should be out.

We can barely keep up with this frenetic action...

I'm going to look like this by the end of the day.

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latest coup is Lars Hougaard shoving with J-7 and getting looked up by the A-4 of Knut Rysstad...

Tense moment for the allin Lars Hougaard...

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FLOP: 6-7-8 Hougaard races into the lead...

TURN: T  "No A, no A, no A" cry some enthusiastic Hougaard supporters on the rail...

RIVER:.....A! Knut has the LARS laugh and knocks yet  ANOTHER  player out.

CARNAGE CARNAGE CONSTANT CARNAGE WHEN WILL THE BLOODSHED END!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can you update on how Thomas Dunwoodie is doing please?

However, Sorrel Mizzi is OUT now, Pete Linton found his 9-6 to be dominating Sorrel's 6-4 and last year's 3rd place finisher is gone.

Thewy/Phil Starrs/Knut Rysstad's table is the next feature table after the break.

On his tv release form, Thewy bizarrely put Tikay as his favourite player. We're really questioning this lack of judgement...  :dontask:

cumon sealey keep it up son!
nice uptodating here btw people
cheers sean

Pete Linton has 460k. He tells me this with a little nod that says, if nods could say anything at all, "yeahhhhhh".

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Mr Donal Norton limps, and Mr Hassan Mohammed maked it 40k. Mr Padraig Parkinson makes it All In For 59k Total. Donal gets out of the way and Hassan obviously calls.

Hassan - Aspades Js
Padraig - Kd Kh

Hassan and Padraig have their arms around one another. Most friendly, sportsmanlike etc.

Board - Ks Qc 5c ("That's enough, no more" says Padraig, but Dena is sort of obliged to deal a turn and river) 9c 7c

And Mr Parkinson stays in, to enormous cheering from the crowd.

Wasn't he your dad yesterday? ??? Most odd.

gogogogogogo pete

heheheh yeah its all a very complicated series of events involving time machines a microwave and a pot noodle.

brapp, pete on the rinse

*****the TD has just announced a short 15 minute break for the cleaners to come in and clean the assorted bloodstains (metaphorical) and hacked off limbs (metaphorical) off the carpets (real)*******

Current counts 33 players left average 202,100 6k /12k / 1k.

Here's some luvly ladies to keep you going...

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and here is a picture of a hacked off foot. No not really! It's a shot of the carpets to prove their existence and a "GUESS THE UPDATER'S FOOT" competition.

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Clue: He's not rigid.

Hello lovelies, please can I have an update on Tim Blake?  :hello:

Having just been sitting next to me, 135k, he says.

A he eh? Is it Chili?

Good Lord, we expect the action when we start up again to be so crazy, Snoopy's flying in to help us with the updating.

(http://keithdevens.com/images/weblog/beagle4rm.jpeg)

For the gentleman asking after John Keown earlier, he's currently on 101.5k, give or take. Or exactly.

You Dick Pete, you just cost me the possibility of £600.

Tim Blake -- A cool 250k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13187&g2_serialNumber=1)

 ;nana;

I mean, sorry man. :(

Have to say, Mr Linton is not feeling in the slightest bit bad about anything right now. He couldn't stop grinning all the way through the break.

gogogogogo pete gl

Cheers for the updates.  UL Punkfloyd and good luck to Tim Black and Connor Tate.

Any Thomas Dunwoodie updates at all?

Hello all you 53 guests reading the updates, I have an important message for you from Rod and myself. We would very much like it if you could take just a moment to sign up to blonde and join our happy forum family. Plus if you don't this will happen:

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Julian just raised on the feature table, John Carston sets him in and....Julian CALLS!!!

Julian : A-K
Carston: T-T

It's a race! (again)

Julian doesn't lose races as we all know so what will happen here I wonder...

FLOP: 3-T-4

OMG, bad news for Julian as Carston flops the nuts...

TURN: 7 - looks irrelevant BUT it actually gives Julian a flush draw. He needs a club on the river to survive...

RIVER:........Jh!

It's NOT a club and Julian loses the race for his tournament life...

WOWZER that wasn't supposed to happen!

Great game Julian, going deep again, but the William Hill sponsored goldenboy's tournament has finally come to an end.

He departs with his usual dignity and Carston is left feeling on top of the world!

The very well-dressed Mr Knut Rysstad is all in on the TV table with pocket Tens, and it's looking good for him against Phil Starrdrdrdrds' pocket Fives, but oh the cruelty!

Board - 7-5-Q-9-8

And he and his cravat/Norwegian drinking bear combo have hit the rail.

John Keown moves all in on the TV table for his last 97.5k, but finds no callers. Picks up the HUUUGE blinds instead.

Lam Trinh has just been moved on to the TV table too. He's doing about averagely on 235k.

Tikay is my favourite player 2. ;tightend;

Chip count for Willie Haughey please.

Excellent updates, and I think you should just kill floppy never mind those pesky guests!

Thomas Dunwoodie - 140k ish...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13191&g2_serialNumber=1)

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William Haughey - 170k ish...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13193&g2_serialNumber=1)

Dana says I have put on a few pounds :(

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12835&g2_serialNumber=2)

I think "she liiiies"

(http://www.edwincarter.me.uk/theory/photos/bb/GiantCat2E.jpg)

What sayeth you, blonde brethren?

Bit harsh.

I guess if I can get you to bet on it though, then it won't happen... ;)

Phil Starrrdrrdrrdrdrds goes all in on the TV table...

And Lam Trinh calls! [Actually I now believe Lam raised it first and Phil re-raised all in. Anyway...]

Phil - A-K
Lam - A-9

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13197&g2_serialNumber=1)

We're hoping for a Lam chop for no reason other than that it would make us an awesome pun, but the board comes down as follows:

7-5-A-A-8

And Lam, slaughter, etc insert your own pun here, he is OUT.

More Phil Starrsssssssssssss action, he's got Jc Jh against Frederik Levy's 4d 4s

9d 5d 8d Qd 7s

A literal four-flush for Levy doubles him up and it's Starrs who has his overpair cracked this time.

Gl Tim Blake!

OMG I liiiiiiiike

ok i signed up, id appreciate some much needed Andrew 'chub' Grimasson updates

Joy! Floppy is safe. For now...

Mr Grimason's just been moved back to the TV table so I'm afraid no chip counts/good photos with the flash for a little while, but they're being quite good about announcing anything interesting that happens on the TV table over the tannoy, so we'll keep you updated on any moves that are made...

Chip Count on Mark Spellman please guys Feature Table

NAS alert.

dana and the team are not doing their jobs properly- send in snoops he knows what to do

and hassan please whilst we are doing requests

:) So very true Mr Homer.

Great updates guys, thanks alot.

Any news on Nick Goodall?

Cheers

Hi mate, just had a text. Nick Goodall doubled up. AQ V AK.... hit a queen!! Hes on 190 k .

Great updates apart from the lack of norkage on this current page............NAS request at least 1 norkage pic per page on all update threads.

PS Any chance of chipcounts for Sealey & T8MML please.

any chip count for tom dempsey please great stuff guys keep it up

chip count for pete please

top class comedy pictures btw

good job guys

Mr Charlie Harvey, most heartlessly photographed by me, below (was going to say "flashed in the face by me" but thought better of it) shoves from the small blind; he is instantly called by Donal Norton in the big blind.

Donal - Ad Jd
Charlie - oops, most unlucky time to shove in that it couldn't be much worse for him with his 2h Jh

Board 9s Ac (Charlie putting his coat on) 7h 4d 8h

So Mr Charlie Harvey is OUT and trying very hard to walk away in a dignified manner without me taking photos/flashing him. Sorry Mr Harvey.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13201&g2_serialNumber=1)


Mr Donal Norton, with a cheeky appearance from yesterday's Chandelier Of The Day too:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13204&g2_serialNumber=1)

Thomas Fourgeron has doubled up once more, with Kings vs the J-T of chip leader Donal Norton, a Jack on the flop had the Frenchman nervous, but a welcome King on turn brought much relief. He's now on 215k. Norton still very much the leader with about 550k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13211&g2_serialNumber=1)

Tim Blake has just won a big pot off Nick Goodall leaving the latter crippled. Tim bet 40k into a pot of about 160k on the river of a Td 6s 9c 7d 6h board leaving Nick very short.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13213&g2_serialNumber=1)

In fact, it's just been announced that Tim has now knocked Nick out, we think with Ace Queen vs Tens, hitting two pair.

Willie on Willie action!!!!!

- resulting in a double up for Mr Willie Haughey with  Ahrt Ks against William Martin's 4h 4d

Board - 3s Jd 9h Ad 7d

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13210&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Wow. I run so good today.

I walk over to randomly check on john Kabbaj and find him embroiled in a mega pot versus Maz Nawab!

The flop is Qd 7s 4s and Maz is busy saying "I liiike"....(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12834&g2_serialNumber=1) the flop as he holds Qs 6s for top pair and a flush draw...

But John is also a fan of the flop as he holds Qh 7d for top 2!

The turn is the 3c to give Maz a gutshot out as well...

And the river is the...2d! No spade, no straight card means we lose the superbly consistent Maz Nawab after a monumental effort and John Kabbaj bolsters his stack yet further, pushing him up near the top of the leaderboard...

Here is Maz as he departs the table...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13217&g2_serialNumber=1)

and John telling Surinder "This many times..." as he prayed for his top 2 to hold.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13219&g2_serialNumber=1)

Not entirely sure of the relevance of this picture BUT after that superb pot, I think you have to say...

(http://papernapkin.typepad.com/papernapkin/images/baby_likes_cabbage_5.jpg)




JOHN KABBAJ

WARNING

This picture is so bad that when I tried to upload it, the gallery server just plain refused in horror. Nevertheless I persisted, and I now give it to you. Ladies and gentleman, Mr Neil Channing, Mr Owen From Pokerlistings, someone's head, a banana.

One for Viz's Up The Arse section for sure.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13223&g2_serialNumber=1)

Hey People Good Pics Any Chance Of A Chip Count On Sealey?
Cheers Sean

You're in rare form today Dana!   rotflmfao  Great updates.  Thanks!   ;applause; 

When Eric eats a Banana

(http://www.pop-arena.com/articles/bananaman/banana1.jpg)

I'm afraid we can't get chip counts for people on the TV table, but we heard announced over the tannoy that he has just doubled up, moving in on a 7-8-T, two spade flop and getting himself insta-called by Phil Starrdrrrdrdrdrdrds.

Dempsey - 9-J for the nut flush
Starrrdrdrdrdrds - 2s 4s for the flush draw

And there's some kind of pun-able situation whereby a Dempsey could be destroyed by a Flushy Starrrr... Something tenuous like that, but this is what actually happened -

The turn is initially the 7h but it turns out that this is actually the burn card that has been mistakenly flipped - will there be controversy??

Er, no, the turn is the Ac and the river is the Tc - which means that Thomas Dempsey has doubled up.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12834&g2_serialNumber=1) "I no liiiiiiike."

Quick reminder of the remaining payouts awaiting our final 25 runners.

Prize pool - €3,001,400

1 € 801,400
2 € 420,000
3 € 275,000
4 € 220,000
5 € 175,000
6 € 135,000
7 € 100,000
8 €  75,000
9 € 50,000
10 -12 €32,500
13-18  €24,000
19-27  €18,000

Tim Blake is now one of the chip leaders with over 500k, also note the belated entry of the yellow 5k chips.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13226&g2_serialNumber=1)

Hassan -- 300k

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13224&g2_serialNumber=1)

do we have a list of who still in please

On the feature table, Phil Star jsut called Andrew Grimason's allin, with A-T only to find Grimason dominating him with A-K.

The flop of Qs 9s 5c 8s 8d meant Grimason's hand held to double up the young Irish player and leave Star star(r]ing into a black hole of despair...

We should have a full list and chip count at the dinner break.

I'm afraid Conor Tate is OUT. Mark Spellmen's Queens held vs Conor's Ace Jack.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13232&g2_serialNumber=1)

We've also lost Don Fagan in a battle of the 5BB's survival versus Neil Channing. Channing's T-8 overcoming the K-7.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13228&g2_serialNumber=1)

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Double up for John Keown on the TV table with A-8 against Frederic Levy's K-9. Board an exciting but ultimately-not-changing-anything A-5-K-2-7.

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Also I'm sorry Mr Sealey Jr/Sr depending on your perspective and/or relation to that microwave and the pot noodle, but your dad/son is OUT. Not sure what he was holding, but as I legged it to the table I saw him wandering off, and Mark Spellman, holding pocket Queens on a Queen-high board, was raking in his chips.

Pete Linton has lost 100k or so trying to bluff Surindar Sunar. He made a face like someone who has just smelt a fart whilst in a lift.

He still has about 350k though.

Attention guests!!!

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

Oh yeah, Floppy already said about Conor Tate. Sorry.

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Our Remaining Players, As Cunningly Deduced By Us:

Mark Spellman
Thomas Dunwoodie
Donal Norton
Eric Larcheveque
Wiliam Martin
Tim Blake
Willie Haughey
Surinder Sunar
John Kabbaj
Neil Channing
Thomas Finneran
Pete Linton
Tony Salmon
Edwin Tournier
Hassan Mohammed
Phil Starrrdrdrdrdrrrdrds
Danilo Paulsen
Thomas Fougeron
John Keown
Frederic Levy
Andrew Grimason
Mate E. Boy x 1 on the TV table that I don't recognise/can't deduce from earlier postings, sorry. We'll find out soon, hopefully.

Noooooo!

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13189&g2_serialNumber=1)

Double up for Thomas Dempsey on the TV table, and possible identification of our sole remaining Mateyboy? ? ?

Dempsey moves in with pocket Nines; Matey calls with A-K. Matey is announced as something that sounds like "Kai". I deduce from the original player list that it is Kiko Lacasa. After a brief argument between me and Phil from AWOP as to whether he went out some hours ago, I decide that it is he, until James comes back and tells me that Kai is in fact Danilo Paulsen's first name. Most disappointing.

Board - Q-6-7-J-Q

Surinder raises and Pete Linton re-raises enouogh to set him in...

He counts and shuffles and stand sand scratches his beard, counts his stack once more, and ultimately CALLS!

Pete shows Ahrt 2h, whilst Surinder shows the surprisingly strong Ad Ks!

It's looking bad for Pete, who is dominated BUT a flop of Qh 8d 5h brings succour in the form of a flush draw.

Surinder shakes his head and flexes a tendon in his neck.

TURN: 8s Pairing of the board opens up some split outs for Pete and....

RIVER: Qc ! A double pairing of the board saves Pete's bacon.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13234&g2_serialNumber=1)

Surinder looks unhappy at this, but there's nothing he can do about it.

(http://www.healthyhomestylecooking.com/sites/tmurphy/_files/Image/bigstockphoto_Lamb_Chop_Barbecue_1288249.JPG) it up folks!

COME ON LINTON BRING IT HOME!!

E.B

More from Table TV -

Thomas Fougeron shoves, and Carsten John calls.

Carsten - A-Q
Lord Vigo - not looking good with Q-T

Board - 8-K-A-Q-8

And it is not enough for Vigo!!!! Slams fist on table and roars!!!!! No, he doesn't really. But he is OUT. Sorry, Frenchies...


RAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!!!!! he is saying here, only in my mind:

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Channing has just knocked out Tony Salmon, who played like a fish, ah ha ha ha. No he didn't really, but a spot of bad luck there for him, as he ran his pocket Nines into Channing's pocket Tens. The board a very irrelevant 4c 2s Js Jc 7h.

:o

Tim Blake is the new chip leader, Donal Norton has been raising his blind constantly and did so again to 40k. Tim re-raised to 100k and Donal called.

The flop came down K-J-7 with one clubs and Donal called Tim's 100k bet. Another small raggy club on the turn and again Tim bets 100k. Donal passes. Tim shows 5c 2c, Donal is slightly tilted. Tim has 700k.

Thomas Dunwoodie has picked up a helpful double up, he open-pushed in early position but Willie Haughey hadn't seen the push and said call. He was forced to call with 9-8o but wasn't in too bad shape vs Thomas' J-T. Both hit a pair, so Thomas doubles up.

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***************1 HOUR DINNER BREAK******************

Going well Tim

lol at people trying to open limp 89o at this stage. gooooooooooo pete

Linton runs so good its sick.

hey he was in the sb lol mon the haughy!

great updates guys.

GO PETE. Rough chip count anyone.
Agy

pete up to 720k after hitting a gutshot with 2s 4c  on a  Ad  3d  9c           v mateyboys   9d  9s             he wasnt a happy bunny, go pete!!!!!

the decisive 5c hitting the river

glllllllllllllllll pete.  ok river etc.

run good til the end ldo.

Love the tactic to get guests involved, just to point out a small flaw in the strategy........
GUESTS CAN'T SEE PICTURES :D

Anyway i popped over from the "at a glance" thread to ask for some chip counts, forgive me if i'm wrong but isn't that the point?
A one stop info shop?

thats not true what trigg put...not funny imo

lol lighten up!

geez piece wtf is that? lol petes a DONK!

Ahh ha ha ha, guests CAN see the pictures, owing to our awesome gallery thingy making attached pictures a thing of the murky past.

We'll do our best with chip counts form the non-TV tables when the break is over, around 10 minutes from now.

Urrr, I ate so much food.  :-X

i heard it through the grapevine

Now that the updaters are suitably well fed and watered can we please request a round of norkwatch prior to the restart.

Ok ta, not being a guest ever i missed the change........

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GOOOOOO TIMBOOOOO!

what a fool!!!

Now theres a man worth a NIP or 2   :D

Wick must be drunk, since Pete has 300k.

Good luck to Badbeat.
 ;applause;

tim blake can take this down with a little bit of luck and nooooooooooooo badbeats - 80/1 to make the final come on my soooooon

Frederic Levi has fallen victim to John Keown, his A-T good enough for a shortstacked push but no match for John's superior A-J...

Frenchman down...

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Is there a chip count?

Accidental shot of the day.

Beautifully psychedelic...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13242&g2_serialNumber=1)

WoW!!..Get that on Ebay it could be a modern art masterpiece

Any chip counts?  Td Th :-)

We lost Willie Haughey, he pushed with Ahrt Jd and was looked up by Mark Spellman's Aspades Kc, the board bricking out 4c 6h 5h 2d 7h.

Now a big pot...

John Kabbaj raises to 50k from the small blind. Pete Linton announces, "All-in," from the big blind. John thinks for a while and then calls for his stack.

John:

Ad Qd

Pete: Th Td

John stares dispassionately at the table whilst Pete doesn't know where look and just has his hands on his head.

Board:

Ks Kc 4d 4c 3d

John Kabbaj is out in 19th place, Pete looks like he might faint, but is now in 2nd place behind Tim Blake with around 660k.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13252&g2_serialNumber=1)

Chris has most usefully done a full count, tbp (to be posted) any second now.

Meanwhile I have been hard at work in the other room.

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(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13247&g2_serialNumber=1)

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well done bredrin

Rough chip count (before we broke to two tables, and already slightly out of date):

Phil Starrs -- 230k
Kai Danilo Paulsen -- 210k
Andrew Grimason -- 350k
Carsten Joh -- 560k
John Keown -- 233k
Tom Dempsey -- 240k

Surindar Sunar -- 170k
Neil Channing -- 470k
Thomas Finneran -- 215k
Pete Linton -- 660k
Edwin Tournier -- 220k
Mohammed Hassan -- 500k

Mark Spellman -- 660k
Thomas Dunwoodie -- 215k
Donal Norton -- 300k
Eric Larcheveque -- 360k
William Martin -- 260k
Tim Blake -- 720k

These are all rough from around the time of John Kabbaj's exit.

any money pete doent make the final  :P

has pete been on the televised table at any point?

Now theres a fair set of guns to put the Beagle's guns to shame.

Nope. He was saying before that he didn't want to be on there because he was certain he was going to make the final, but then changed his mind when he became less certain that he was going to make the final. Anyway, he hasn't, and he will indeed have to make the final six if he's going to get his face on TV this Irish Open...

i hope he does but with his risky play he might miss out  funny thing also he asked me to go half with him   i said no  i prefer  to play myself what a decision i made!   as usual

Hello Everybody

Nice update as always (if I forgot elimination of two frenchies today  ;D)

Picture and chipcount of the last, Erick Larchevecque , Please ?

is Phil Starr the Scottish apat champion

Action!

First off Pete Linton raises in LP and finds Danilol Paulsen shoving behind him for only a little more.

Pete calls with 9-9, but it is no match for Paulsen who tables the bullets A-A.

Kh 7s 6c comes the flop.

*EIGHT EIGHT EIGHT!" yells Pete.

Jd Jd Jd comes the turn disobediently and finally the river 6s ends any hopes Pete had of outdrawing Danilo. Dan up to 280k. Pete down to 520k.

Danilo celebrates by doing a Michael Jackson zombie style thriller dance...

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Then Bad Beat Neil Channing raises it up only to find Phil Starr shoving behind.

"How much is that?" says Channing...and the dealer begins to count.

"Actually don't bother...I CALL!"

Star is allin with 5d 5h, Channing As Tc...the tension grows...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13256&g2_serialNumber=1)

The flop is....Ad Jh Th

All over? Not quite!

TURN: Qh !

Ooh, some flush outs, straight split outs and still the 5 there to rescue Phil Star...

RIVER: 7s

No shocks and Channing's 2 pair holds to his delight, shooting star out of the tournament. Sorry!

yep

you have to have a certain degree of risk taking if you have any intention of getting deep in these finals. I just hope the luck keeps running with his mad plays

Surindar Sunar is OUT.

A shortstack push with 7c 7s found Donal Norton pushing behind him with Ad 6d.

A Qs Th Ks Jh 8c board later and we lose the WPT champion.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13258&g2_serialNumber=1)

Edwin Tournier has doubled up through Tim Blake with Ac Ks vs Ts Th. Board: 9h Kh Qs Qc 8h. Tim drops about 160k in that hand, but it's not a disaster.

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13260&g2_serialNumber=1)

Pete Linton rebuilds his stack a bit re-raising William Martin's early position raise of 58k right up to 120k. Martin folds, Pete shows Queens.

A few chip counts -

William Martin - 176k
Channing - 730k
Mark Spellman - 643k
Donal Norton - 439k
John Keown - 195k
Eric Larcheveque - 401k
Carsten John - 579k

Thanks...

How many players can be qualified to the final table ?? 10 ? 9 ? 8 ?

To be brutally honest, Pete has more control than say he probably had a year ago, before dinner he hardly played a hand in 45 minutes after accumulating a big stack, so he doesn't just have one gear anymore.

Just 6.

thanks for the updates, really appreciate it, good night all and gl.

Thx for the updates. There's something new to read every time I press the refresh button. Very entertaining too.

Can you pass on best wishes to Tim, Tommy an d Neil Channing.

Crumbs, bed at 9.45pm?

crumbs

They get everywere

Crumbs and bed in the same sentence can only lead to itchy bits.

Tim Blake raises from the cut-off, Thomas Finneran moves all-in from the big blind. Tim calls in the classic 57-43 battle.

Tim: Ad Ks

Thomas: Qd Qc

Board: Kd 2h 2d 7d Ac

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well played punk, fish call from cabbage :-)

Will do, well played sir.

Junglecat thought of a good lookey-likey.

Neil Channing:

(http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/04_01/thejoker1104_468x443.jpg)


The Joker:

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=12730&g2_serialNumber=1)


Not seeing the resemblance yet?

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Thank you dear. Payment to be arranged.

Hi cbass / SPiny --Not quite fish -- surprising YES -- 45% of his stack -- but hey ho...

Go on Tim and Tommy......

Andrew Grimason just tangled with Thomas Dempsey.

Both players had a big part of the Ad Qs 8d flop, Thomas holding A-J and Andrew Kd Qd.

The diamond on the turn however left Thomas drawing dead, busto and out of the competition.

GG Thomas

Andrew's many supporters cheered loudly and gustily from the sidelines as their champion marched on relentlessly and enhanced his credentials as a candidate to take down the title...

My, what drama! Pete can barely look...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13267&g2_serialNumber=1)

Hassan Mohammed announces all in on the TV table, but no-one is up for it and he takes the amazingly huge blinds.

GO Tim. It may not be all skill, but, u have the perfect gane for that......wp punk

Dealer seems a bit embarrassed ? What is he doing with his other hand ????

Sandy

Now Carsten John nicks those good blinds on Table TV.

We've lost William Martin from the feature table to Eric Larcheveque. Martin helds Eights, the Frenchman had Ace King, flopping one pair and turning a second. 13 left.

and have you seen how he watch her like a hungry man ???

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GO Mr Eric !!!

It folds to the Joker on the small blind, who raises and thus steals Mark Spellman's big blind.

Is there much play at the moment, guys? From here it seems like it's raise, all-in, call, coinflip, and whoever the Poker Gods smile upon wins.

Can't blame him for that ;)

Sandy

New lookalikey!

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Danilo Paulsen moves all-in under the gun. It's passed around to Andrew Grimason in the big blind who thinks for two minutes, before calling. Paulsen shows him the Aces and Grimason makes a face like he's just been forced to taste Marmite as he shows Ad Qs.

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A Jh 2s 9s 8h Jd board later and it's Grimason who is now short.

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John Keown and Eric Larcheveque see a J-x-4 flop and Eric bets - John Keown goes all in! But Larcheveque folds. Keown shows J-4!

So, how many left and what are the names....some of us have been down the pub watching our team p1ss await the title????

It is all pretty much preflop action, the average stack started today with about 16BB's being the average, but now it's about 21BB's. But that's still not enough to play a flop really unless both stacks are deep.

Carsten and Hassan see an Ahrt-Jh-A flop, which they both check.

The turn is the 5d and Carsten bets 75k; Hassan folds.

The railers are applauding everything, cheerful types that they are.

Lots of nicking of blinds, punishing of limping etc. Few interesting big hands that do not result in either an exit or a double up, as the average is still around 20 big blinds...

Check the box at the top for player numbers, there's chip counts in the last two pages.

In fact, Dana has just gone to get some. And we're just speaking to the tv crew for counts on their table.

Big up to hazel blake...she is living every hand and txtin me each stack increase....so wish I was there......

got a look of steptoe the dirty old man

TV Table counts

Mohammed Hassan -- 283k
Neil Channing -- 819k
Mark Spellman -- 491k
John Keown -- 153k
Erik Larchevque -- 692k
Carsten Joh -- 646k

Dana is just getting the other table stuff.

Donal Norton's stack has taken a few dents... but he's not prepared, it looks like, to sit and dwindle.  At the end of the last level, he was seen to re-raise preflop, and when his opponent passed nonchalantly flip the Tc 3h (suits imagined, but definitely off).  "Heyyyyy" drawl his supporters from the rail.  More recently, it's Tim Blake winning a few pots, to much less drowsy cheering.

Chip Counts - Non TV Table

Thomas Dunwoodie -- 250k
Donal Norton -- 550k
Tim Blake -- 1,000,000
Edwin Tournier -- 500k
Pete Linton -- 470k
Andrew Grimason -- 120k
Kai Danilo Paulsen -- 600k

Big stacks kick off!!!!

I join the table on a Qc 8s 8h flop contested by two of the larger stacks, Pete Linton and Tim Blake...

Check from Pete, bet by Tim of 50k or so...CALL by Pete...

TURN: Kc

Check Pete, check Tim...

RIVER: 4c

Pete now picks up what looks like about 100k in chips and bets it and Tim flat calls his bet after a small pause...

Pete shows A-K confident that his 2 pair value bet is ahead BUT Tim shows K-Q for a superior 2 pair, sweeping up the pot to much applause whilst Pete shakes his head a little disappointedly and licks his wounds disconsolately...

(http://blondepoker.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=13273&g2_serialNumber=1)

The Tim-inator...

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I counted the chips after that big pot that Pete Linton lost to Tim, by the way - just to clarify, he has 470k after that.

...And another one bites the tournament dust, this time Andrew Grimason.

Blind-on-blind action, Grimason shoved with 8-3 and Kai Paulsen found Fives to make Andrew Grim.

Hassan Mohammed is out, running Ahrt 8h into Carsten Joh's Aces.

An eight came on the flop, but to no avail. 11 players left.

Carsten John just had John Keown ALLIN on the feature table...

John Keown Ac 4c
Carsten John Ad Qs

John was in bad shape with his tournament life on the line but Carsten's strong advantage was utterly reversed by a flop-tastic, flush-tastic and pair-tastic 6c 2c 4s flop

Pair and flush draw for John left Carsten drawing thin and a Ks 7s pair of blanks on the turn and river completed the outdraw, doubling John up crucially to some lusty bellows from the enthusiastic rai!!!!

Mmm, I have a bread roll I stole from dinner.

RAILER OF THE DAY

Dana, "The pattern on the hoody looks like he nicked a logo from a health club or something..."

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Hey all you Guests reading the update! I needed another excuse to post this work of obvious genius, and you're it!

Gwaaaaan, sign up to blonde and come harass us.

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Sadly, Pete Linton is out, 5-handed, he pushed for about 350k from under the gun, Tim Blake asked for a count, before passing. Edwin Tournier snap-calls and shows Queens. Pete is in hot-water with Q-J.

A A-T-A-4-3 board later and Pete is OUT in 11th place winning €32,500. Which seems scant consolation at the moment for him.

Tim Blake says afterwards that he passed Tens!

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Carsten John raises to 82k preflop, called by Neil Channing on the button.

The flop comes T-8-x where x might have been a Queen... sorry for lack of this card, but it only got interesting when Carsten check-raised Neil's 90k bet on the flop up to 240k...  A brief pause, and Neil moved all in!  Covering his opponent, he then caused Carsten to pause a bit longer as he debated calling for his tournament life...

Carsten passed, and another quarter mil plus headed for the Joker's stack - which might well now be the chip leader's...

That is one smart little Yorkie...

What is doing Eric Larchevecque last times ?

waiting ? stealing lot of blinds ?

any photo please ?

The Joker is deadly serious about winning this now.

He, Carsten John and Eric Larcheveque limp in to see a flop; it is K-6-6. Eric checks and Carsten bets 100k. The Joker calls and Eric doesn't.

The turn is a Four and Carsten checks. Channing does not call all in as the confused announcer says, but rather he moves himself all in to absolutely no betting from Carsten. In other words, he bets very large. Carsten folds. The Joker cackles evilly and brutally murders everybody in the room.

I made that last bit up, sorry.

Have we got a more up to date chip count please.

Hard luck to Pete. He'll be gutted with that result.

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A full chip count should be forthcoming since there are now nine players left.

Suffice to say, Neil Channing has been drinking the Thewyade...

Go on, Tim!

I have my nippers at the ready.

 ;nipnip; ;nipnip; ;nipnip;

GO GO GO Eric, the last Frenchie !!!

 ;popcorn; ;popcorn; ;popcorn;

come on neil :)

What's his nipability rating?

I reckon Tim's a 9, I've been nice to him all year. I'm braced and ready to nip.  ;nipnip;

ooh ooh oohh action!!!!

Mark Spellman just had 6d 6h allin in great shape versus the 5s 5h of all-powerful mega-villain and new target of Dana's fixated photoshop obsessions Neil Channing...

FLOP: Qd Kd Ad

AN all diamond flop gave Spellman a flush draw to go with his overpair.

TURN: 2h

All over bar the shouting as Channing draws to one out on the river.

RIVER: 5c!!!

OMG, Channing hits his one out to send Spellman crashing to the rail in an invisible puff of smoke. Spellman took his one out final table bubble beat in remarkable spirit though, managing to shake everyone's hands and smile as he left the table, without any enforced insistence from Neil Channing (like this...

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Great game sir!

We have our final 9 players and final table!

Although we are having a short break, we will be playing down to 6 players tonight and we will see if Channing will continue stomping all over all the other players like an unstoppable collossus...

New thingy on your avatar for beagle: "Dana, get my nippers!"

Payouts:

1st -- €801,400
2nd -- €420,000
3rd -- €275,000
4th -- €220,000
5th -- €175,000
6th -- €135,000
7th -- €100,000
8th -- €75,000
9th -- €50,000

Some things are just too easy...

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Easy? pft
Write it on her forehead like a man!

please say gl to tim blake from norm in the sky studios.... c'mon big fella... oh and hello to you brilliant updaters from me and the lovely kara scott..... xxx

Chipcounts:

Seat 1 Neil Joker Channing - approx. 2 MILLION!!!!!
Seat 2 Carsten John - 425k
Seat 3 Tim Blake - 850k
Seat 4 John Keown - 300k
Seat 5 Eric Larcheveque - 380k
Seat 6 Kai Danilo Paulsen - 720k
Seat 7 Thomas Dunwoodie - 280k
Seat 8 Edwin Tournier 860k
Seat 9 Donal Norton - 780k

Good Luck Tim, really hoping you can win this.

You don't need the money (richest man I know  ;) ) so ignore the Euros and concentrate on the Trophy.

Thanks guys ;applause;

 :hello: lovely interactivey people.

We'll pass on your good wishes soon as we can...

Wish Tim and Tommy all the best please.. doesnt sound like Neil needs any

good luck neil and tommy ,even though the money means nothing to them.

Some shots of the final table...

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And from the other side, we see Neil Channing desperately trying to ward off any further borderline offensive photoshop creations by insane caricaturist, Dana "Sedate me immediately" Immanuel.

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Good Luck Neil x  Go for it!!

Good to see Thomas Dunwoodie sneaked in. Talk about under the radar. He must have been grinding like Mickey Wernick in treacle. Good luck to him.

Neil Channing raises and takes the blinds...

Six times in a row.

On the seventh, finally someone fights back when Donal Norton moves all-in and puts a stop to the run.

"Loosen up Neil!!!" is the cry from the rail.

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 ;mexicanwave; Go! Neil Go! ;mexicanwave;

Good luck ;goodluck;

I like how this photo captures Neil in a kind of glowing golden aura. That's how he must feel.

John Keown steals the blinds with a 100k raise.

Neil has been wandering off to the rail; as he comes back, he says to Keown, presumably concerning something he did before he wandered railwards, "I'm really sorry about that. I never do that." ??? Raise six times in a row? Murder everybody with poison gas? Bask in a glowing golden aura? We will never know.

Now Eric Larcheveque steals the blinds.

Pete Linton is at the rail. He is making the Universal Sign Of The Noose at me, like an absolutely random man I have picked off the internet to illustrate but then removed because someone didn't like it, sorry. :(

Tim Blake has lost maybe half his stack to the Golden Joker Neil Channing.

He checked the 3d 9d 9c flop, and then called the 85k bet from Neil.

Turn - Jc and Tim bet out 100k; Neil flat-called.

River - 4h and Tim bets a giganto-140k. Neil flat-called, and Tim just mucked when he turned over Js Qs...

C'mon the Chan man!!!!

And now Tim has got all his chips back in a nice little double-up. Neil (shock!) raises, Tim moves in with 9c 9d. Neil calls with Ad Jc.

Flop:

6s 9s 6d

And I don't even need to add the 2c turn and 7h river, but I did it. Just for you guys. :)

I may be an old prude, but that picture of the guy in a noose is the most distasteful and shocking image I've seen for a long time.

Really surprised you posted it. Totally out of place here.

Basically nothing happened for a bit - some blinds were nicked, some walks were granted, some French updaters were urging Eric Larcheveque to go all in with 6-2, etc.

Then action! It happened so fast I'm not certain who did the shoving, but Thomas Dunwoodie was in the big blind and John Keown was on the cutoff, so let's assume that Keown raised and Dunwoodie pushed, then the calling. Anyway.

Thomas Dunwoodie - Ahrt Td
John Keown - 3d 3s

Board - Th Ks Qd 7c 8d

Double up for Dunwoodie! With the blinds up to 20k/40k though, he's still not in great shape with a now 400k or so stack...

Agreed, little too close to home for some poor unfortunate

Go Neil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh really? Sorry, didn't occur to me it might offend, I thought it just looked like some guys messing around. I'll remove it if you're not liking it.

  thank you

Sorry to interupt an excellent update.

Suicide isn't a laughing matter.

Thanks for removing it.

Just caught up with this, hope tim and neil make the final six.

No problem. Just to clarify, it wasn't a photo of anyone actually killing themselves, it was some random guys just messing around, to illustrate that Pete Linton was doing that thing where you pretend to be holding an imaginary rope above your head and you stick your tongue out, you know what I mean. Sorry, that's what he was doing at me from the rail just after he busted. I thought it was funny.

sick photo i agree

The original plan was to move the Final Eight to the TV table, then move the Final Final Six to sleep for the night and come back tomorrow.  But the TV stage is totally dark and the table appears to be wrapped in plastic.  SO, playing all the way down. 

Neil Channing just peered at everyone's stack on his left when it passed to him, and made it 150k, probably intending to play this hand all the way... Tim and Carsten passed, but Eric Larcheveque found 8d 8h and moved in for 250k more.  Neil made the call with Qs Js.  "It's of SPADES - he clarified for the audience."  Suited and all...

Flop:  Qc 4s Kh
Turn: 2c
River: Jc

And Eric Larcheveque is OUT in 8th place winning €75,000.

Blimey!

I leg it over to the table where Thomas Dunwoodie is all in with Ahrt Th to Edwin Tournier's massively-dominatey Ad Jc. Eek!

Board - 2d Kc Jd wait for it... Qs !!!! And Thomas is rather overcome with emotion and runs away. River an irrelevant 7s, and he doubles up off the rather unimpressed Dutchman.

Sorry, John Keown is OUT, eliminated in 9th spot, winning €50,000 for his troubles...



His A-4 shortstack push ran into the powerhouse of A-K in the hands of Paulsen.  Good game sir, well played...

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I like Roy Brindley

That, along with black, is the colour that my head has turned from all the times you've hit me with your notepad this week, weep. Bad Mclovin!

That's not what that post said before. Bad Mclovin!

Looks like we're down to our Final Six! Details a-coming from Floppy...

7 handed chip counts...

Seat 1 Neil  Channing 2.742 MILLION!!!!!!!
Seat 2 Carsten John - 340k
Seat 3 Tim Blake - 825k
Seat 6 Kai Danilo Paulsen - 658k
Seat 7 Thomas Dunwoodie - 872k
Seat 8 Edwin Tournier 514k
Seat 9 Donal Norton - 691k

Donal Norton raises to 140k, Carsten Joh moves in over the top and Norton calls.

Norton: 3-3

Carsten: A-Q

Board: K-8-7-2-6

Carsten Joh is OUT in 7th place winning €100,000

Nice Reporting.  Well played Tim GL tomorrow mate.

Great updates looking forward to final table. Best wishes Tim

Probably the best/most entertaning updates ever!

C'MON THE CHAN MAN!

any noose .... sorry, NEWS on what time final starts tomoz ??

FINAL CHIP COUNTS:

Kai Danilo Paulsen - 716k (button)
Thomas Dunwoodie - 544k (SB)
Edwin Tournier - 562k (BB)
Donal Norton - 1.164 MILLION!!!!
Neil Channing - 2.748 MILLION!!!!!
Tim Blake - 912k

That's in very poor taste, Kev, and it's 2pm. We have just acquired some food, so until 2pm,  ;stickaforkinme;

Thx for the updates. Sounded like a grueling day.

r they still playing?

Just finished reading. This ranks amongst the top 3  updates I have read ...Well done Snoops :)

No, finished for the day. The final 6 return tomorrow.

Good luck Neil and Tim, both top chaps. Also Thomas, don't know him very well, but he's also come a cross as a friendly chap.

  V good updates today. I enjoyed them much more than usual. Thank you.


 (and thanks to everyone who texted,rang,Facebook posted or wrote here or on the Mob site, it's really kind of you all). (even the obvious nippers).

Lend us a tenner

Thanks for the update !

Top update guys, really enjoyed it, but we do need another hair newsflash.

As the guy who escaped from the lynch-mob said "no noose is good noose"  ;marks;

Just caught up with all the updates, Wp and ul Pete and gl to everyone left in.

Ty for great updtes.

Excellent updates as always!

Come on, Kai! Take it home to Norway.

top updates ...some of the best