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Er, we've actually just finished Day 1 and are still at DTD, but seeing as they're starting again in 10 hours, it seems thoroughly appropriate to start the threads.

Hello! Welcome back to lovely DTD, where 173 players started on Day 1 and a mere 42 have made it through to Day 2. These are they, barring illegibility of names on the chip count forms, etc:

Table 11:

Toni Le -- 30,800
Ben Dons -- 21,200
James Moult -- 25,800
Terry Arnord -- 53,300
Phil Hughes -- 15,000
Nigel Hill -- 26,500
Sam Saville-Barton -- 43,600
Steven Mills -- 18,300
Neil Henshaw -- 13,600

Table 12:

Chin Koh -- 40,300
John Cann -- 29,400
Kevin Lund -- 81,900
Chung Hoang -- 34,000
Ouday Hikary -- 119,600
Petter Haere -- 85,500
Daniel Platter -- 32,700
Zhenru Xie -- 78,700

Table 14:

Lam Trinh -- 44,300
George Kennedy -- 24,000
Goasdowe Erwan -- 27,100
Rob Woodcock -- 21,600
Lucy Rokach -- 51,000
Gareth Melson -- 41,400
Daniel Byrom -- 64,500
David Stratton -- 23,000

Table 23:

Richard Hawes -- 24,100
John Simons -- 19,200
Matt Tyler -- 42,800
Karl Bullock -- 37,800
Rob Allen -- 11,100
Joe Stevenson -- 35,200
Chris Bruce -- 31,100
Anthony Nicholls -- 6,100
Dave Smith -- 31,200

Table 25:

Maz Charalambous -- 35,400
Pete Linton -- 144,200
Garinder Purewal -- 129,600
John Burke -- 26,800
Alan Stearn -- 81,900
Nick Whiten -- 18,800
Ramazanali Abbassi -- 27,400

See you at 3pm! I hope we get Sunday lunch, but it might be another DTD burger for me and Snoops...

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I'm already salivating at the prospect of tomorrow's poker festivity!

My tip/bok is Ouday Hickary.

He was very short stacked after I joined his table after claiming to lay down Kings on the hand Fran C. busted on. (Flop 9Qx, Fran had AQ Maz had 99). He managed to build back up steadily largely by reshoving and getting the initial raisers to fold. Pete Linton will either accumulate half the chips in play for the final or implode, whatever way he goes I'm sure there will be fireworks..

Good luck to b4Matt and Chris Bruce today!!

What a game Pete Linton has, gl too.

Game = Call off your chips with filth and Hit ... Obv works for Pete though LOL

to be fair, he normally raises with any two from anywhere, and willingly takes on 40-60% shots if back raised. Never ever seen him lose one! Takes a LAG style to the max and goes from there

I might have to see if we can get him "in the well"..I have some questions to ask!!!

Bit like yourself Tighty?

I think if Pete could contrl his big stack at the business end he would get a lot more 1st places rather than just making the money.

updates top class as always...............good luck to Mr Roundhead Tyler

No no, a far far far more talented player than me. and luckier!

Yeah he's probs the best i've ever played with, and the only person in the room i didn't want to have on my table.

Best of luck today Pete. gooooooooooooooo etc.

good luck to dave smith,rob allen and maz charalambos and of course pete

c u there this evening

Top updates people. Cant believe I am still in this!!!!

Didnt get above my starting stack until the final level......LOL

I see a classic Hare V Tortoise contest today with a certain Mr Linton

Good luck to Matt Tyler, Chris Bruce and Pete "chipdaddy" Linton.

I'll be donating in the Omahahaha comp later this afternoon so see you in a bit. Very funny updates yesterday by the way, keep up the good work.

 
 Roundheads showing their class again  ;D

So who will prevail?  The Roundhead, or the Cavalier PeteL?

Chip count for LeKnave please?

cheers mate.

/endlife

 ;goodluck; to Richard Hawes today!

Good Luck Neil (Henshaw)

Hang on in there and get some doubling up done.

Sarah x x x

Good afternoon good people of blonde, Simon Trumper has just called back the players so it looks like we'll be ready for the off in just tick.

Meanwhile, Tony Nicholls has locked eyes on fellow loosey goosey Pete Linton and is threatening to move in first hand, but little does he know that the Linton is a master of the yoyo and is currently being trained by Julian Thew in what must be a Karate Kid/Mr Miaghi type relationship.

And if you're wondering why he's a giraffe yoyo, that's because Linton called Kevin Lund a donkey, only for Kevin to respond, "Well if I'm a donkey, then you're a giraffe."

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whot time start to day

Never mind.  At least man yoo are winning....

3 minutes.

Shuffle up and deal!

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updates on hawes and tyler plz, hawes goes out before tyler im collecting from horner, ONE TIME

LOL, Lovin' the photoshop work.

I would like it to be known that all photoshopping today, barring the very offensive photo of me as a horse and Snoopy as some sort of jockey (shall not comment further), is entirely MY work, not Snoopy's. All threats etc should be directed to me. Thank you.

Sorry, all you bokkers, Mr Richard Hawes is OUT, running some sort of not-as-good-as-Aces hand into the Aces of Mr Dave Smith. He is currently in the bar with a cup of coffee.

SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIB     thats $100 so far if tyler finals extra $50 and if he wins an extra hundo ball. gg horner wp etc............

Mr Chin Koh makes it 4.8k, and the gentleman in seat 2, whom we believe is John Cann, makes it All In, or 26k total. Mr Koh, who reminds us a bit of Hiro Nakamura from popular television drama "Heroes" when he speaks, says, "Are we still friends if I call?" He folds though. Mr Cann shows A-Q offsuit.

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Unlucky rich hawes.

Pete Linton FTW

The first player out today was in fact Tony Nicholls, who was so short that he felt obliged to call all-in blind from the big blind after Alan Stearn raised his button.

Alan Stearn = Kh Qs

Tony Nicholls = 9d 2c

Board = Kd 3h 4c 4h 2d

"He played it well," joked Nick Whiten as Tony departed, with a sporting smile I might add.

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Also doubling up - Mr Neil Henshaw, holding Aces against a less good hand belonging to Mr Terry Arnold.

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Not quite doubling up, but grinding his way to victory: Mr Chris Bruce. Matt "Cromwell" Tyler makes it 4.5k and Chris makes it All In for not a huge amount more. Matt shakes his head, smiles and passes A-Q offsuit.

Also joining the early afternoon queue at the bar is Gareth Nelson, the youngster perhaps messing with the unmessable as he clashed with the mighty Lucy Rokach. I joined the action just in time to see Lucy (small blind) bet out on a Qh 4h 6c 5h only to be re-raised by Gareth in the big. In what felt like a machine gun smattering of action, Lucy announced all-in and Gareth called.

Lucy = 5c 4c

Gareth = Kh 4d

Gareth ran through the cards he required, but they failed to emerge as the River came a harmless Td.

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We joked earlier about the yoyo-ability of Pete Linton, but I've come to realise that it's far from an understatement. Not since my first experience of an adult movie have I witnessed such rapid up and down motions, Pete Linton's stack possessing the boingability of a kanagaroo on a trampoline. After losing a chunk of his stack with A-K versus Sixes (a set on the River apparently), Pete then made a move with (ahem) J-6, pushing over the top of Alan Stearn on an Ace high Flop. Unfortunately, Stearn had an Ace, and bizarrely didn't respect Pete's play, and called quicker than a jet propelled whippet.

After that hand, Maz Charalambous waltzed over to me, grabbed my pad and wrote down the words 'Linton on full tilt'. Something tells me that he wasn't referring to the online cardroom and suggesting that Pete was simultaneously attacking the virtual felt with a lappie on his lap, but that perhaps Pete's demise was nigh. However, those predictions are yet to see the light of day, Pete in fact doubling up just moments ago with Aces on a raggy board.

As a result, Pete is now back over the 50k mark, but we'll keep a firm eye fixed on his current table as there are sure to be more fireworks than a decade of November 5ths.

One player in survival mode, and achieving successful results, is local chatterbox Rob Allen. All-in pre-table break for 10.1k from under-the-gun, his table couldn't resist making him sweat, Dave Smith in particular sizing up his opponent and considering a call. Smith asked what he had, but Rob responded by saying that it was too late now and that his chips were already in the middle. Fortunately (perhaps) for Rob, Smith made the fold and later confessed to A-T. Rob showed an Ace, although we'll never know if he wanted that call or not.

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The young emo-stylee-barnetted gent in this photo, presumed to be one Phil Hughes, is OUT. I'm assuming that the chips went in on the flop or turn, as there were two clubs on said flop and another on the turn - Mr Hughes was holding 5c Jc and Mr Dave Smith was holding Ac 9c. Ouch.

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Some mid-afternoon norkage for you now, just to keep the NAS from the door.

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"You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life."

Trumper's rendition of Dancing Queen won the Sunday karaoke contest hands down.

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A couple of snaps from the start of play.

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Mr Chung Hoang is also OUT after a good call from Mr Kevin Lund. Mr Lund made it 3k on a Tc Ts 6c flop and Mr Hoang made it All In for 28k. Eventually Lund called.

Kevin Lund - 9s 9d
Chung Hoang - 8c 8h

Turn - 3d (not an Eight)
River - Kc (also not an Eight)

The pain of Mr Hoang's exit seems to have further exacerbated by overhearing tikay's railside train story...

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Mr Chris Bruce, Grinder Of The Tournament, is still in!!! with just over 30k, I reckon. Furthermore, he is multi-tasking most impressively, apparently both reading this update and playing the tournament at the same time. Hello, chrisbruce!

Also, I think he has been picking up some part-time work as a friend of Snoopy's.

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He may have been chip leader at the start of the day, but Pete Linton's wheel of fortune had stopped at 85k, which I believe is somewhere in the middle of today's peak and trough.

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Since it's fun to support someone I'd like to see Chris go well from here - good company I thought

Er... go Chris & FTW (whatever that means)

rotflmfao ;tightend;
LMAO


and gogogo dave smith,rob allen,maz and young yoyo pete

Tuan Le, who is being heavily supported by his brother on the rail, has just made a vital and correct call against Dave Smith. With the board reading 8d-2d-2h-4d-4s, Tuan (big blind) checked into Dave (button) who bet out 5.4k. Tortured with a decision that would take a decent chunk out of his stack, Tuan eventually made a brave call with Kd-5c. "You're massive," announced Dave Smith as he could only muster a bare Queen. Correctly assuming that Dave wasn't commending the girth of his trouser snake, Tuan threw his cards in and collected the pot with that understandably smug expression that one might wear after making a good call with a team of bloggers watching. Dave Smith drops to 77k.

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That is so funny.. rotflmfao rotflmfao

That's the worst tribute act I've ever seen. The one in the middle looks nothing like Agnetha.

Caught in "I'll get my coat" motion, there has been further exitage in the form of George Kennedy. All-in with Aspades Ks versus the 6d 6c of Daniel Byrom, the board, and George's inner thoughts, came out as such...

8d = good card

9c = good card

9s = sweaty palm card

5h = good card, one more of those please...

Ad = Argh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (That's a bad card in case anyone didn't realise what the Argh! meant)

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snoopy or dana can you tell me if the omaha comp started on time?

my dad left his house 5 min ago and it takes him about 30 min to DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/index.php?affiliate=blonde)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/index.php?affiliate=blonde)...do you think he will make it before the end of 2 levels?

lol at the thought of my dad rushing anywhere

Errr... Maybe? It's definitely started, and there's 26 minutes left of level 1 on the clock. That mean anything to you? Good luck to your dad!

Full chip counts courtesy of, well... us. Yay us!

Pete Linton -- 85k
Erwan Goasdowe -- 46.5k
Alan Stearn -- 131k
Lucy Rokach -- 43k
Karl Bullock -- 28.5k
Daniel Byrom -- 116.5k
David Stratton -- 56k
John Burke -- 21k

Chin Koh -- 51.5k
Garinder Purewal -- 177k
Kevin Lund -- 125k
Ouday Hikary -- 133k
Joe Stevenson -- 42k
Petter Haere -- 51k
Daniel Platten -- 28.5k
Xia Zhenru -- 71.5k

Matt Tyler -- 31k
Jim Moult -- 40k
Maz Charalambous -- 65.5k
Nick Whiten -- 25.5k
Steven Mills -- 31.5k
Sam Saville-Barton -- 65.5k
Dave Smith -- 96.5k
Chris Bruce -- 83.5k

Grinder Of Like, Forever, Mr Chris Bruce - currently on around 80k! That's above average!

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goooooooo Tyler    get doubled up

goooooooooo dtds own nick whiten....grind it out bud ;D

Pete Linton's chip count is a bit misleading, it makes it seem like he's just been sort of average or something, which is not the case. As I wandered over to his table, he was pretty short on 40k or so  - big surprise, he'd lost a massive hand just moments earlier - and he was now all in, called by Lucy Rokach. And he's ahead!

Pete Linton - Th Td
Lucy Rokach - 8h 8s

Board - and Eightless  Aspades 3s Qc 9c 6h

It takes almost forever to count up Pete's two massive stacks of low-denomination chips:

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Lucy is very unhappy about all of this, and coughs up the 42k entirely in the 100 chips. This is what Pete's stack looks like now:

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what he said, lets make horneris paaaaaaaaay

LOLOL at Pete stack, nice.

You may have noticed Pete Linton raking in a horde of black chips in Dana's last post, and this is the result, Pete hiding behind a stack that would put Annette Obrestad's EPT Dublin towers to shame. He's still got a way to go though before he surpasses Carlos Mortensen whose style over substance approach makes him a sure-fire winner in the chip-stacking stakes.

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hows ooday from swansea doing please

Nice stack pete! GL to him and Matt Tyler.

Chip count for Dave "Shrek the Fish" Stratton pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

  

 

Update on how many Omaha runners please?

It may appear as though Pete Linton is appearing in every post, but he really is a lively player who seems to play 90% of the pots. However, to show there's no bias, I've taken a snap of all the players that are yet to appear in our gallery so that everyone gets a fair crack of the blonde update whip, an instrument that is normally held by Dana. (http://www.filmhobbit.com/forum/images/admins/smilies/bcowboy.gif)

Erwan Goasdowe

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David Stratton

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Xia Zhenru

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John Burke

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Steven Mills & Sam Saville-Barton

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Petter Haere & Daniel Platten

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picture and update on ooday please

Stacks to dream for


YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D93YehzGZz0

Dana has the camera at the moment, so you'll have to make do with a photo from yesterday's action of Ouday giving what looks like a 'Helloooooo ladies' pose. Although he started the day with a nice stack, the Swansean has unfortunately taken a few hits, one of which was dealt out by neighbour Garinder Purewal, and is subsequently down to 74.5k.

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has Tyler doubled up yet ?  if not tell him to get it done

DTD Owner Of The Day Mr Nick Whiten is OUT, running his Ac Jc into the Qs Qd of No Longer Grinder Of The Day, Mr Chris Bruce.

Board - an eye-popping Jd Qh Jh 8s 4c and he's gone. May or may not be whistling to himself. Also please admire the unusual light fixtures.

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David Stratton has 63,800 and is currently sharing a table with the fearsome double trouble force of Pete Linton and Lucy Rokach.

By the way a photo of our chip leader at the last count, Mr Garinder Purewal, having a micronap at the table:

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Also a photo of the impressive custom carpet, Junglecat stylee, although I took this one on purpose for I am not a great fool like he:

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And Mr Tereth of DTD giving me the evil eye, with Lovely Valet Of The Day:

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Lookylikey:

Mr Erwan Goasdowe

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Cypher from The Matrix

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We decided yest he looked like John Malkovich playing Cyrus the Virus in Con Air...

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Incredibly, start of day chip leader Pete Linton is OUT. Earlier confessing that his grinding days were long gone, Pete Linton lived up to those words by pushing over the top of Daniel Byrom's pre-flop raise with A-5 from the small blind. Unfortunately for Pete, Daniel made the call with A-K suited, and although the 3-4-6 rainbow Flop lifted Pete's hopes, it wasn't to be as the Turn and River came blanks. A relieved Byrom scooped in a nice welcome pot as neighbour John Burke commented, "I could see all the blood rising in your face as that Flop came down." Pete meanwhile heads straight to the door and makes a sharp exit, clearly fuming and ready to kick the nearest car bumper.  Crap, my poor Fiesta!!!

So sick, gg Pete.

Or poker agent Catman.

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Matt Tyler is grinding like he's never ground before with 33k.

snoops did my dad make it into the omaha comp?

hows dave smith doing? and is rob(gibraltar)allen still in please

With Steven Mills keeping his stack on the felt, I thought he was all-in and we had three way action, but alas it was just Sam Saville-Barton and Jim Moult who were locking horns, the latter making the final push on a 9s-6c-3d Flop and leaving Sam with what appeared to be an easy decision for very few chips. But as Sam sat back, sighed and shook his head disappointedly, it became obvious that he had nothing and that Jim was in good shape, whatever he had. His stack nearing the felt already, Sam felt he couldn't fold for the extra few thousand and made the call with Ks-8s, but was in worse shape that he may have feared as Jim flipped over Pocket Kings. A Jh on the Turn tied things up and allowed Jim to pull in a near 100k pot, but left Sam with just 15 or so k. "He won't play another hand now," added Kevin Lund on the neighbouring table. "He's a good player though."

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20 left and the bubbles approaching! wonder who the unlucky 18th is gonna be??

Yes, he made it with four minutes to spare, although his brow was sweating slightly and he confessed to stretching the law of the roads a tad.

;ashamed;

Garinder Purewal -- 180k
Petter Haere -- 81k
Erwan Goasdowe -- 29.5k
Alan Stearn - 149k
Lucy Rokach -- 69k
Ouday Hikary -- 87.5k
Daniel Byrom -- 197k
David Stratton -- 109.5k
Kevin Lund -- 108.5k

Xia Zhenru -- 122.5k
Matt Tyler -- 26.5k
Jim Moult -- 130.5k
Maz Charalambous -- 49.5k
Chin Koh -- 43.5k
Steven Mills -- 9k
Daniel Platten -- 25.5k
Dave Smith -- 145k
Chris Bruce -- 86.5k

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Is he eating a huge Liquorice Allsort?

Chris Bruce is most unhappy - apparently bescarved Mr Sam Savile-Barton shoved for 22k utg a little while back and Chris called him with A-K- Sam turned over J-9, which obviously hit.

However, as I'm listening to Chris rant about this while Sam Savile-Barton ignores it and Matt Tyler is telling me at the same time how Chris is totally over it which is of course a lie, Jim Moult makes it 12k and Mr Savile-Barton makes it All In. Chris Bruce, on the big blind, giggles and announces that he has a hand too. He looks Sam up and down, but passes. Jim Moult, after a little squirming, calls.

Sam Savile-Barton -  Aspades Qc
Jim Moult - Ad Kc

Board - Th 2h 4s Ts Kh

And the Scarf Man is OUT.


Dave Smith knows something you don't know.

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gogogogo dave smith

And while Jim Moult is wondering whether to call Sam Savile-Barton's all-in, there is shouting from the next table because two players, Joe Stevenson and Petter Haere, are already all in, and Xia Zhenru is considering the call as well. He dwells up long enough for me to catch the conclusion of the Savile-Barton/Moult hand, but then folds. Apparently he was holding Jacks.

So no no three-way all in, but instead just the regular two-way.

Joe Stevenson - shoved with 8h 7s
Petter Haere - went over the top with Ad Ks

Board - Ac 6h 4c 2c 3s

And Mr Stevenson is OUT.

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With 18 players yet, and that bubble still to burst, the remaining players in April's £300 freezeout have now dispersed for a well-deserved twenty minute break. I watched the action with eagle eyes during those last several hands, and there was very little in the way of action, most hands being lapped up pre-flop.

FYP

is that nit tyler still on 20k, can we have a double up plz!!

How many runners in the omaha?

26, 19 left.

go go Roundhead

"The tournament will recommence in just over two minutes."

PAYOUT

1) £17,127
2) £9,601
3) £5,968
4) £4,359
5) £3,373
6) £2,335
7) £1,816
8 ) £1,297
9) £1,038
10-13) £726
14-17) £520
18) Our bubbler will receive this gentleman and his dusty bin:

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Steven Mills has doubled up courtesy of neighbour Chin Koh. Mills was virtually all-in on the big bind, and I think both players were playing blind.

Steven = Kh 6c

Koh = Jc 8h

Board = 9d 9s 9h Qc 4d

"The hand plays itself," adds Koh trying to ensure that everyone knows why he was playing a showdown with J-8o. "If I fold, I'm saying that I know him and we're good friends."

If you could give Matt a good luck rub from me I would be most grateful. Either of you two will suffice.

And the bubble has burst!

Mr Steve Mills, who about an hour ago said to me, "Steve Mills will be out on the bubble," shoved for his last 12.5k. Daniel Platten to his left on the button called, leaving himself 5.5k behind. Dave Smith on the small blind went all in, and Daniel called, obviously.

Steve Mills - Jd Qd
Daniel Platten - 9s 9c
Dave Smith - Kd Kh

Board - 5d 6d 6c 3d 6h

And it takes everyone a moment to realise that Dave Smith takes the lot, what with all those diamonds on board too, but that is exactly what he does. Daniel Platten had Steve Mills covered, and so it is Mr Mills who gets to take Simon Trumper and his dustbin home tonight. Or something. Unlucky, Mr Mills.


Here he is, looking like a man who has just gone out on the bubble on chip count, or who has had to endure many hours of tikay train anecdotes:

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Even though the bubble has burst, the action has failed to pick up, the only movement coming in the form of Matt Tyler pushing in pre-flop in an effort to survive each round. His latest all-in went down uncontested, leading to Matt commenting, "Get rid of those cards quick before they change their minds" and, to his button nemesis Chris Bruce, "I'm no longer your bitch now."

The next hand, Matt received a walk on the blind, Chris Bruce uncharacteristically resisting the temptation to nick the Roundhead's blind. "We're fighting back now, easy game this, snoops."

Matt currently has 27k.

I nominate Snoops!  ;ifm;

Out in 16th is Erwan Goasdowe. He found himself all-in with A-2 versus the K-Q, but failed to survive as the board came Q-8-T-4-K.

horneris is sweating, just tell tyler to final so i can get another $50 shibbed

Matt Tyler has doubled up. He pushed with Tens, was called by Garinder Purewal's Nines, and survived an A-A-K-5-7. He banged the table upon victory, but apologised straight after.

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gooooooooooooo Roundhead

Like the now departed Pete Linton, Lucy Rokach can either be down to the felt or possess half the chips in play in the space of a few hands, but unfortunately for her, she is currently enduring the former after losing a mammoth pot to local player Kevin Lund. With a 5c-8d-Kd Flop laying patiently on the felt, Lucy raised Kevin's leading bet of 8k to 22k, only for Kevin to counteract with an all-in. Lucy sighed under her breath before counting out her remaining chips and calculating her odds. After multiple puffs and scratches of the head, she reluctantly made the call and turned over 8c-7h. Kevin revealed Js-Jh. A 2s Turn and River Kc was no good for Lucy who's now seem her once formidable stack now transfer into near dust. Looks like she'll be the next to hit the deck.

"Wow," added Kevin. "That was a big call, Lucy."

"I thought there was a chance you were flushing," replies Lucy.

"No, no, I wouldn't my chips in there with a flush draw."

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Get in there Matt..x

Ms Lucy Rokach is OUT.

It all went a bit fast so the details of this may be a bit hazy - what seems to have happened is that Kevin Lund limped, and Lucy made it 12k. Big blind Ouday Hikari called, and Kevin made it 24k or thereabouts - they both called.

Check around the 5c 7d Js flop, and then a bet from Ouday on the Jh turn, at which point Kevin passed and Lucy somehow found herself all in against Ouday.

Ouday - 7s 8s
Lucy - Ahrt Qs

River - Not An Ace Or A Queen

And back out of the tournament comfort zone, Matt Tyler has doubled up Maz Charalambous.

Matt made it 14.5k from the cutoff and Maz shoved for an almost min-raising 28.8k total from the small blind. "Unfortunately," says Matt, "I've got to call."

He is in fact in excellent shape with 9h 9c against Maz's 5d 5s.

Flop - Qh 4d 8h - Maz is looking resigned
Turn - Kc - "Nice one," says Maz, or words to that effect, and stands up to leave
River - 5h - "Oooh no hang on," or something similar says Maz and sits back down

Chin Koh -- 38k
Petter Haere -- 100.5k
Alan Stearn - 164.5k
Ouday Hikary -- 180k
Daniel Byrom -- 190k
David Stratton -- 105k
Kevin Lund -- 145k

Xia Zhenru -- 38k
Matt Tyler -- 88.5k
Jim Moult -- 111k
Maz Charalambous -- 61k
Garinder Purewal -- 123k
Dave Smith -- 177.5k
Chris Bruce -- 113.5k

Good Luck Matt, Ouday & Chris

excellent updates again guys, best of luck to Matt, Ouday (cool name) and the patient blonde Chris Bruce.

GOGOGOGOG DAVE "Shrek" Stratton

Maz is a nice chap, Dave S is a good fellow, Chris the Bruce, pleasant, young norwegian chap, nervous as hell but looks a good player and decent geezer, Kevin 'glad i took his 'effin chips' Lund (ref PeteL)

Well, gl to allovya

As i arrive, there's over 30k in the pot already and Ouday Hikary is betting 22k on a 3d 2d 3c flop. David Stratton two to his left promptly moves all in for another 68k or so. There is some umming, there is some ahh-ing, and eventually Ouday calls.

"Nice call," says David as he turns over Td Qd for a flush draw; Ouday has 9d 9h.

Turn - Aspades
River - the flushtastic Ad

Chin Koh is shouting concerning the sickness of this particular hand (I understand he was holding A-3), David Stratton is so excited he's run across the room to tell some guys in the cash game, and Ouday looks like he's going to throw up as his former chips are raked towards David's empty seat and Alan Stearn appears to be making a sad face on his behalf.

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Again, there's been a slight lull in the action, but I predict it'll explode shortly. We could do with Mr Linton back to fire up the table.

What little I did see mainly involved smallish pots. First Dave Smith made an unusual all-in push for his whole stack before showing Queens. Then, on the other table Kevin Lund limped with T-9 suited for 6k before folding to Alan Stearn's 26k raise. Also, just moments earlier, shortstack Chin Koh made his move from the small bind on a 7c-9c-8d Flop. He yapped at neighbour Petter Haere a little before going quiet and looking deadly serious. Petter eventually folded, as did Kevin Lund (showing Ad-3d in the process), only for Chin Koh to reveal 6c-5h for the Flopped straight.

Good luck Matt!

Local favourite Chin 'Frankie' Koh is OUT in 15th after moving in from the big blind over the top of Daniel Byrom's late position raise. Byrom squirmed in his seat a little, even though it wasn't too much to call, but did eventually shove the chips in with Kd Qs. Koh showed 8c 8h.

Board = 6s Kc 2h 5h 5c

Down to 13.

what Donk said

gl matt x

These Welsh boys sure like to talk, Ouday Hikary being the latest to follow in the chatterbox steps of Roberto Romanello. Announcing all-in from the button for what looked to be about 60k, it folded round to Kevin Lund is the big blind who started counting his chips. At this point, Ouday leapt from his chair and said, "A-6, you've got A-6, I can beat that." "You can talk all you want, if I'm calling, I'm calling," replied Kevin. Before Ouday had time to respond, Kevin was indeed calling, his Kd-Js showing that he wasn't prepared to let people snap up his blind, and that perhaps he simply didn't believe Ouday had anything but rags. However, on this occasion, Kevin was very much in the wrong, as Ouday proudly flipped a pocket pair of Queens. Still not overly-confident, Ouday chanted repeatedly for a Queen, amid comments to his fellow Swansean beside him that he was going to lose the hand. But it didn't happen, and an 8-3-7-9-3 rainbow board later and the Welshman is back in business.

Xia Zhenru raises to 30k from the cutoff. Matt Tyler on the button makes it All In - another 34k. Given that this is essentially a minimum raise, Xia dwells for a really impressive amount of time (although bear in mind that the average stack is now around 16 big blinds). He chews gum, sits back in his chair and looks generally totally impassive. "You might get lucky," says Matt. "I know," deadpans Xia. He chews his gum some more. Then he makes a huffing noise and calls.

Xia - Ac Th (which I am gloatingly and pointlessly going to report is the exact hand I put him on)
Matt - Kc Kh (which I should for the sake of journalistic balance report is not the hand I put him on)

Board - 5c 2h 6s 8h 7c

And Mr Tyler has doubled up again, to around average or thereabouts.

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Keep it up Captain Matt -

gooooooooo Matty

Disaster for Dave Smith. After re-raising Garinder Purewal off the previous pot, there was clear history between the two players when they locked horns once again the very next hand. Sometimes the stacks are so big, and the action so fast, that no chips even cross the line, and that was precisely the case here as Garinder's pre-flop late position push was Insta-called (notice the captial 'I') by Dave.

On their backs, and Garinder was in big trouble, his fingers feeling the full weight of the Smith frame as the GUKPT winner leapt onto the cookie jar with a thud.

Dave = Ac Kd

Garinder = 8d 3d

As each card on the Flop comes down, Garinder chants the same word with the excitement of a virgin in Amsterdam.

"Diamond!"

First card = 6d

"Diamond!"

Second card = 7d

"Diamond!"

Third card = Qd

"Yes!" exclaims Garinder as he punches the air, perhaps as shocked as I was that his demands had been met.

At this point, Garinder suddenly realises that Dave has the Kd, and thus changes his plea to...

"No diamond!"

Turn = 6s

"No diamond!"

"Come on, be fair" begs a tense Dave as he prays for a diamond.

River = 7s

And Garinder survives to stack up what appears to be a meaty 220k. A bemused Dave Smith, meanwhile, is left with just 55k.

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Blind on blind action -

Maz Charalambous makes it 18k, and big blind Garinder (which I accidentally typed "Grinder" and it briefly amused me) calls.

Flop - 5h 3d 6c and Maz announces all in. A slightly confused look from Garinder, who calls.

Maz - 4c Kd
Garinder - the magical never-misses Full Wilson 4s 7h

Turn - Jc
River - Ad

And Maz is left to collect his 13th-place money from the cash desk, while Garinder rakes in his chips and the pregnant lady who has pacing the cardroom all evening sneaks into my photo.

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Mr Petter Haere is crippled, somehow getting it in against Kevin Lund, who was holding 7-7, the board reading 7-9-6-K-9. Not sure what Petter had, I'm afraid. He's down to around 40k, I believe.

Petter Haere -- 28.5k
Alan Stearn - 159.5k
Ouday Hikary -- 183k
Daniel Byrom -- 184k
David Stratton -- 160.5k
Kevin Lund -- 200k

Xia Zhenru -- 63k
Matt Tyler -- 114.5k
Jim Moult -- 87.5k
Garinder Purewal -- 315k
Dave Smith -- 63.5k
Chris Bruce -- 107.5k

Petter Haere is now OUT in 12th. Shortstacked, as Dana alluded to, he found himself all-in with A-2s against Daniel Stratton's K-Jo. Nasty King on the River sent the Scandie home.

The player are now half way through a ten minute cigarette and toilet (or both simultaneously if they are naughty) break.

They're back! Blinds are actually 5k/10k/1k, not the 6k/12k/1k displayed, for some reason...

Matt Tyler FTW!!! ;karabiner;

Good luck to the Spherical-Headed Wonder, Chris Bruce and also Jim 'bookiebasher' Moult.

Play has ground to a halt momentarily whilst they double check the chip count of David Stratton. David seems convinced that he should have something nearer the 200k mark, instead of the 160k that he has come back to after the break.

I got myself in a photo war with Tereth, which obviously I won, thusly:

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Incidentally, David Stratton is the obvious winner of T-Shirt Of The Day, with this very yellow dog-in-a-crown number:

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Er, Jim Moult seems to have exited with the very minimum of fuss (ie without me or Snoopy actually seeing it). Hopefully we'll get the story shortly though...

We've lost another in the form of Jim Moult, the bookie's odds looking sour as he pushed in with A-9, only to find Chris Bruce waking with the ladies (which I have done many a time). No help on the board, and Jim exits in 10th.

Chris Bruce is taking no prisoners, he just pushed all-in over the top of Garinder Purewal's button raise and subsequently forced the youngster to fold.

"He looks like someone you can bubbly," observes Matt Tyler, "but he's a little ginger terrier." (Matt may have said terror, but I'm pretty sure he was comparing Chris to a dog instead.)

is it the final yet snoops?

And ladies and gentlemen, we a re down to our final table!

Legged it over when it looked like someone was all in, so let's for the sake of argument say that the chips went in preflop.

Xia Zhenru - A-T
Chris Bruce - 4-4

Board - 9-K-7-2-4

And with much handshaking, and accompanied by Wandering Pregnant Lady who turns out to be Mrs Zhenru, Xia makes his exit.


Largely obscured by the very large, very round head of Mr Matt Tyler:

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Handshakey under the watchful gaze of Paul Jackson:

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Shib the $50 please horner

The girls have just arrived to cheer Matt through the final table..

Very approximate final table chip counts:

Seat 1: Alan Stearn -- 178k
Seat 2: Kevin Lund -- 196k
Seat 3: Matt Tyler -- 130k
Seat 4: David Stratton -- 175k
Seat 5: Ouday Hikary -- 220k
Seat 6: Daniel Byrom -- 148k
Seat 7: Chris Bruce -- 297k
Seat 8: Garinder Purewal -- 355k
Seat 9: Dave Smith -- 73k

Anyones game - go Matt double up off Chris or Garinder and its yours!!

gl matt and dave smith

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 ;iagree;

GOODLUCK OUDAY - FROM ROBERTO, CURZ AND ANTONI

Good luck Matt, best of british.

And here are those nine finalists in all their glory, including Chris Bruce in full Brucie pose. Well done that man.

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And here are those cheerleaders again:

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On the very first hand of the final table, Garinder's pre-flop raise with Eights was re-raised all-in by Kevin Lund. Garinder folded to leave himself with 310k.

We've all seen that infamous film Being Simon Trumpervich...

 rotflmfao rotflmfao

comon ooday u can do it .... nicky is rooting for you

Chris Bruce has added a Brucie bonus to his stack, re-raising Alan Stearn's pre-flop raise and forcing the Birmingham based player to fold.

gooooooo Matt

Crippled by Dave Smith a few hands earlier, David Stratton open-shoved from early position two hands in a row, the second time getting himself called by Alan Stearn on the button. Kevin Lund in the big blind considered it for so long he had the clock called on him and was down to about 15 seconds when he decided to pass pocket Nines face up.

Alan Stearn - Ks Kd
David Stratton - in some hot water with Td Js

Board - 3h Ad 8h Ts Qs

And David Stratton is OUT in 9th place winning £1,038. WP Mr Stratton.

Embarrassingly enough he was looking over my shoulder as I uploaded this awesome photo:

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Mr Alan Stearn:

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Very little happening at the moment. Apart from Matt Tyler pushing all-in uncontested, the only moment of intrigue has been a discussion between old pals Kevin Lund and Dave Smith regarding an fracas they had at the Gala a few years back.

Hey all you guests reading the updates, why don't you sign up to blonde? You'll be able to voice your opinions, cheer on your favourite players, make unreasonable requests of myself and Snoopy, etc. Also please view incentive below. This may mean absolutely nothing to you if you're not blonde regulars, but I assure you that Floppy is a good man and a fine updater, and it would be a dreadful shame if he were to be lost to us.

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come on tyler make horner pay glglglglglgl m8

 ;goodluck; ;goodluck; matt and chris.

Mr Matt "Roundhead" Tyler moves in for his last 70k from the cutoff. Chris Bruce on the big blind enquires, "How much is it?" before calling.

Matt - 7s Ks
Chris - 6c 6h

Board - Kc Ad 4s Kh 5c

Double-up for the roundheaded one, here being stalked by a fellow roundhead. They could start an army! Overthrow the monarchy! Viva la revolucion!

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Seat 1: Alan Stearn -- 270k
Seat 2: Kevin Lund -- 245k
Seat 3: Matt Tyler -- 125k
Seat 4: David Stratton -- out
Seat 5: Ouday Hikary -- 80k
Seat 6: Daniel Byrom -- 105k
Seat 7: Chris Bruce -- 255k
Seat 8: Garinder Purewal -- the rest
Seat 9: Dave Smith -- 180k

Garinder Purewal is now the big chip leader. I joined the action with the board reading 6h Th 3s. Garinder bet out 32k and Ouday quickly called. Both players checked the Ts Turn before Ouday bet 80k on the 6d River, leaving just 80k behind. Perhaps with some sort of read on the Welshman, Garinder pushed all-in subsequently forcing Ouday to fold. Garinder showed Qs 2s.

And Ouday, now pretty short, shoves when it folds around to him on the small blind. Daniel Byrom in the big blind calls instantly. "Well, I didn't have a choice, did I?" sighs Ouday.

Ouday - Qd 4h
Daniel - 6d 6h

Board - Ks Ts 4d 9h Td

So Ouday Hikary is OUT in 8th place winning £1,297. WP WP that Welshman.

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For those that are wondering, Rob Creed split the Omaha event with a local player with Ralph 'karabiner' Shalson finishing in 3rd. Maria came 2nd (no dirty jokes there please).

goooooooooooo Tyler

well done papa fran gooooooo matt

It folds around to shortstack Matt Tyler on the button, and he does the decent thing and shoves. Chris Bruce on the big blind does the decent thing and calls.

Matt - 4h 9c
Chris - Ahrt Kd ("Oh no, A-K AGAIN!" says Matt)

Board - Ad 5d 6d 3c 6c

And the Roundhead Soldier hits the rail. WP Mr Tyler!

Indeed Matt Tyler is OUT in 7th place, winning £1,816.

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Dave Smith is OUT and becomes the 6th place finisher winning £2,335

All-in pre-flop.

Dave Smith = Ac 9h

Chris Bruce = Kh Kd

Board = 2s 5s 6c 6d 3d

According to Dingdell, Chris Bruce had to ask his neighbour to move down because he now has too many chips.

If Brucie plays his cards right, he can win this one.

Remember, if you will, that Mr Bruce was shortstacked pretty much all the way through until about an hour ago or something. It is already a most impressive feat of shortstacked grindage...

Approximate chip counts (DTD seem to like Vegas style big stacks):

Alan Stearn -- 260k
Kevin Lund -- 235k
Daniel Byrom -- 315k
Chris Bruce -- 490k
Garinder Purewal -- 375k

I thought this was a mighty fine move from Garinder, that ultimately led to the demise of a genuine dangerman, so I bent his ear for a moment. Garinder's basic answer was that he didn't think Ouday would play the hand like such with a Ten, and would probably check or check-call another hand down unless he had nothing. He put his opponent on a raggy Ace at best, so couldn't just smooth call, so if Ouday had enough back, he was happy to push over the top confident that his man would be forced to fold. He also referred briefly to a previous hand that had occurred that was reminiscent in terms of the betting action and how the hand panned out. Nice play, sir, I shall tip my proverbial hat.  ;hattip;

How many entered ?

27

Clash of the enormo-stacks...

Small blind Chris Bruce makes it 40k, and big blind Garinder Purewal calls.

They see an 8c 6s Qc flop and Chris checks - Garinder makes it 50k and Chris calls. They both check the 6d turn, and Chris checks the 7c river too, but Garinder bets out. Chris calls, and announces Ace-high (I think with a Jack). Garinder however takes it with A-7, sneakily hit on the river.

Players are now on a short break.

The players are just returning from a ten minute break. You guys haven't been saying much recently, but I can just sense you're oozing with the same level of excitement and anticipation as I am for the conclusion of this event.

How many runners for the £100?

77; 30 left.

damn, cheers Dana...needed 89 lol

i think Ralph got the 300 and omaha spot on

Good coverage guys

Nobody got the total though I think, which I make to be 277...LLevan had 278 lol

Action shots of our final five...

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Thanks, Raj. How come we didn't see you and Chippie down here this weekend?

Garinder Puerwal was spotted fuming on the rail. He's not out, merely letting off some steam away from the table. I didn't catch the entire hand, but with the board reading 6d Ahrt 5d 2d Jh, Garinder couldn't resist calling a 60k bet (pot was circa 100k) from Chris Bruce with top pair. Brucie had 4h 3h for the straight.

Busy with the family mate, don't know about chippie. My younger brother played.

There are plenty of chips on the table, making chip counts a little trickier than normal, but DTD just about get away with it without needing to colour up. As a result, the never seen before 25k chips are denied a run-out and will have to wait until the Norwegian Poker Championships before making their long awaited debut. However, as an exclusive treat for all our devoted blonde viewers, we have been given permission by the good people at DTD to publish the first ever photo of the still brand spanking new 25k chips, in all their orangey glory. The excitement simply doesn't end here on blonde.

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PLO was 26 runners or 25 plus me (dead money)

Yeah bubbled the omaha total, neverends  ;reallyamsorry;

Action has been a little sloooow on our final table. At the end of one blind-on-blind confrontation (have been quite a few of those), which terminated with Kevin Lund making a bet in position on the turn after he and Chris Bruce checked the flop, Mr Lund commented, "Whoever bets first..." Indeed.

The most exciting moment I witnessed was when Kevin limped utg - it was commented on that may have been the first flat call since they went into the final table... Anyway, it got everyone in the mood, and Chris Bruce also limped from the button, Garinder made up the blind, and big blind Alan Stearn didn't spoil the party by raising or anything and merely checked. The Td Ahrt 5h flop was checked around to Chris, who bet a not-very-big 40k. Garinder and Alan folded. "Do you want me to call?" asked Kevin. "Did you limp in with Aces and hit a set again?" counters Chris. Kevin passes.

"I've never seen a final table like it," observes Chris Bruce, as he quietly watches his opponents takes chunks out of each other.

In what I would call the latest bout of testosterone poker, we have a three way raising war on a Kd 9h 7s Flop, Kevin Lund leading the way with a 25k bet, followed by a raise to 75k by Daniel Byrom from the button, before we see Garinder Purewal gently slide his entire stack over the line after a momentary dwell. Kevin, who was previously unaware that Garinder was still in the hand and was braced to fold, suddenly umms and ahhs before indeed eventually folding. Back to Daniel, and although he only has 115k left in the bank, he jumps out of his seat flustered and leans against the back of his chair. Clearly aware of the Q-2 bluff that Garinder made earlier, of which was highlighted by Kevin before he passed, Daniel makes a brave call with Qc 9d (he may simply have felt pot committed), even, at one point, I believe, putting Garinder on the 8h 6h that he did indeed have.

The Jc Turn missed Garinder completely, and although he made a pair with the 6s on the River, it wasn't enough. As a result, Garinder finds himself down to the felt with circa 50k chips and, if my spider senses are correct, fully preparing for a unhinged series of all-ins.

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Disgraceful and totally out of order making a comment like that, and knowing you are folding too.
I hope he was warned when there is still a player to act in the hand

Garinder Purewal is OUT and becomes the 5th place finisher winning £3,373

As predicted, Garinder pushed all-in the very next hand, but showed an Ace after Alan Stearn conceded 7-4 from the blind. The following hand, however, Stearn (pictured below) had no intentions of folding, finding A-K with Garinder once again pushing before him. Garinder showed A-7, but a King on the Turn sealed the deal and left a bemused youngster wondering how he failed to better his 5th place showing from last month. Still, like Pete Linton, he's proved to be a real chip getter with plenty of game, so ought to be one to keep a close eye on.

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And it's all over!

Alan Stearn is on the button and he tries to check. He is not allowed to do so. There is much hilarity. Meanwhile Kevin is murmuring something about a chop. The hand continues but nobody seems massively interested any more...

...And indeed they do chop it. It's decided that they'll each get 4th place money and the rest will be decided on chip count.

So, in official terms I suppose,

Alan Stearn finished in 4th place with 380,500 chips, winning £8,699,

Kevin Lund finished in 3rd place with 435,500 chips, winning £9,326,

Chris Bruce finished in 2nd place with 451,000 chips, winning £9,503,

and the technical WINNER!!! of this month's DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/index.php?affiliate=blonde)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/index.php?affiliate=blonde) £300 Main Event is Daniel Byron with 453,000, winning £9,526!!!

And I think £400 or so for the excellent dealers.

I think. Anyway, as you can see, there wasn't much in it, so congrats all, especially Mr Chris Bruce because he's just bought me a large bourbon (impartial reporting, this), many many thanks to the awesome folks at the totally awesome DT (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/index.php?affiliate=blonde)D (http://www.dusktilldawnpoker.com/index.php?affiliate=blonde), and goodnight. Barring photos in a sec...

Shiny prize money

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A-choppin'

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Mr Alan Stearn

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Mr Kevin Lund

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The always photogenic Mr Chris Bruce

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Mr Daniel Byrom

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Wooo all!

 ;stickaforkinme;

Chris reminds me of the thrusting banana.  ;sexybanana;

Thanks to Simon, Rob, DTD, Dana, my mother, my GP, my viagra dealer, etc, etc

;stickaforkinme;

Great update guys, loads of great humour, and lovely to see you in our fair city.

xx

Well done guys.

How many left in the hundred pound comp.

 ;applause;     Brill upadtes as usual.

                     many thx.

Nice result Chris - well done!!  ;applause;

Top updates again . I have to laugh and some cosmetic surgery is obv top of the list for any cash won...........

Cheers for the support

well done Chris

agreed..this is awful behaviour.

Thanks for all the support guys. Its fab reading the updates and seeing everyones good wishes. Wd brucie, a top fella with a great good game good game..