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Howay the Lads as we are in Toon like?

Yes, welcome to the land of the Geordies, where internation turns any statement into a question and for the ladies, 5 degrees C is patently summer weather.

It's the last GUKPT before some card convention in the desert that's going on during the summer, meaning that this will also be the last blonde update for a while. Should I get the kitten picture out now for nostalgia's sake?

Anyway, at the last GUKPT, there was one of the players, I forgotten his name now, but he was a Bad Beat trader and he had circa 60,000 chips by the end of level 2, and was out before level 7. Basically he'd got it all in with A-K vs K-J on a K-high board in level 1 and then hit a gutshot to knock out Michael Greco soon after. The second hand made more headlines than the first, but it was the former that really got me thinking. Given that, generally, early on in a GUKPT, the standard is pretty low, should it be acceptable for a good player to put his whole stack at risk with say A-K on a K-high rainbow board against a complete unknown who has no history and no results? Does age come into it? Obviously I think the majority of players would stick their chips in more confidently against some 40/50 year old with no history than a spotty kid who looks like he's too young to play in the casino. Is it a complete (and therefore bad) gamble to do this very early, or do you need at least a couple of levels before deciding what your commitment range would be versus certain players as opposed to others? Or is it worthwhile in the sense that if it pays off, you'll be able to do a lot more things early on with 20k that you couldn't do with 10k, and also another good player might take his chips before you get the chance if you're not quick.

I've not really thought this through as such yet, and it probably shows, but I'd love to hear people's thoughts on whether you should be prepared to go broke (relatively) light in a tournament?

Play begins at 2pm.

See you there.

gogogogogogo paul jackson,julian and Aarun Bernnard today

Maria and Richard Berridge and maldini tomorow

and dave smith whichever day he plays ;D

Maldini ftmfw. gogogogogogogogogo.

im fed up of saying it R O B E R T O   R O M A N E L L O  for the win..........,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.,.,.,

cmon the taffs.,.,.,., its wales weekend this week.,,..,.,.,.,.,

TOM FKIN MIDDY FTW TOO.

Loadsa reports on Tom Middleton plz.

And that Chili bird aswell, suppose il have to give her a shout out. 2 times.

Gogogogogo Chilli, Maldini and Tom Middleton, 1 timeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Reg updates on those 3 wud be sweet plzzzzzz.

It could be... We won the Blonde Bash Footy Trophy... WALES FTW..,.

GL Julian and Paul today and Chilli and Richard tomorrow - and all other Blondes. ONE TIME!!!  ;popcorn;

Cya all up there! Ill be playing Friday!

SHIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP IT!

Is it going to be a sell out? Will I be able to buy in tomorrow?

I had to phone and reserve a seat. They supposedly have gteed me a seat for Friday. Id call them and see.

Good morning, and welcome to the Grosvenor Newcastle, allegedly home to the best buffet in the Grosvenor chain! Updates to follow on that later, but for the moment people spotted (largely on the walk from the front door to the press room) include Tony Phillips, Nik Persaud, Paul Jackson (apparently these days sponsored by Nescafe, according to the massive holdall he had with him for some reason) and Barry Neville, who managed to lock himself in the smoking cage - "Oh, no, I'm banged up!" Also playing today (evidence - I'm kipping in her room), fresh from her recent Blonde Bash victory ("I don't remember any of it, but everyone says I won"), Ms Jen Mason.

Play looks like it'll be starting on time. In the meantime, please enjoy my BlueSquare Promotional Item Of The Day:

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Man ive just got up, lets hope i got up a tad earlier tommorow. Good luck to Aarun today.

2pm, and doesn't look like we're anywhere near starting.

Maybe everyone's saving up for Vegas or maybe it's just too far North, but it looks like an unusually low turnout today - just 63 runners registered so far. There were already 71 registered for tomorrow as of last night though, so it could well still make the 180 or so that they had for this leg last year.

Play is on the very verge of starting...

Best of luck to all the Blondes playing today!!!

Regular updates on the World Headsup Champion (some local kid, red shirt, pint in hand?) and that guy who got bashed up by Ivey pls

rotflmfao - classic!!! and good luck to them both!

Early all-in on a 3h 2h 5d board, Keith Hawkins bets 1,500 (re-raised preflop) and Jonathan Lundy moves all-in. Eventual fold from the Camel.

Elsewhere, John Conroy has lost 1,000 or so, to Max Decorne next to him with A-Q against 6-6 on a A-9-6-2-7 board, a third diamond on the river slowing both players down and probably saving Conroy a few extra chips.

(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:NxVqSvfiJo6NMM:http://members.aol.com/Kenned25/tribute_to_haa/neighbours.jpg)

Last year's Walsall champ, Jerome Bradpiece and this year's Walsall champ, Jeff Kimber.

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Dave Smith and Tony 'Cheeky Chappie' Phillips (about to eat his own headphones)

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Jen Mason. Still hungover.

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Julian Thew, doing a Horatio Nelson impersonation.

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Lots of action already, particularly on Table 3. With less than 1k in the pot, Gareth Teatum bets (possibly raises, but this is the point at which I arrive at the table) a whopping 2250 on the river of a 5h 3s Qd 9s 9c board. After some considerable dweeling, Hongji Liu passes, muttering, "I slow-played it". Teatum shows the 6s...

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A few minutes later and I'm back at Table 3, where now Julien Twigg has raised to 150, called by Mateyboy in seat 10. Matthew Buckland makes it 550 from the small blind, and they both call.

Flop - 6d 5s 8d - and Buckland bets a relatively restrained 500. Says tablemate Barry Neville, "Stay here, love, this is a very lively table." Indeed. Twigg passes, but Mr Matey calls.

Turn - 4d - and now Buckland checks and then passes to a 1k bet from Mr Matey. Mr Matey looks incredibly pleased with himself as he rakes in the chips.

Could you please get full details on the fight that broke out in the side event last night involving Dave Smith please? Any truth it was down to an EP limp call of a big raise with 74? Someone could have ended up in a motorised wheelchair imo

In case you wondered why.

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She's not the only zombie here though, here's ZombieLinton.

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FURTHER PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF POKER TOURNAMENT TAKING PLACE HERE TODAY


Mr Mickey Wernick

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Mr Nick Gibson

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Mr Pete Linton, before:

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...and during:

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Somebody get the poor man some coffee.

Err, ok. I'll have a look. Was it down to some 'aggressive calling' on the part of Dave Smith? Or was he the unlucky one?

omg dave in a fight

if anyone hurt him me to deal with,lol

Sort Of Partial Seating List:


No Seats But On The List:

Lynne Beaumont
James Browning
Ian Fraser

Table 1:
Mark Bointon
Ian Farrell
Julian Thew
Dane Tallen
Aarun bernard
Ganesh Rao
Dave Smith
Tony Phillips
Graeme Ladd

Table 2:
Aaron Barry
Jennifer Mason
Jason De Freitas
Mark Tomblin
Kenny Burke
Nik Persaud
Sam Trickett
Ben Reynolds
Matt Myford

Table 3:
Pete Linton
Gareth Teatum
Daniel Messinger
Matthew Buckland
Barry Neville
Hongji Liu
David Knight
David Birtles
Julien Twigg

Table 4:
Joey Lovelady
Miroslaw Klys
Barry Smith
Alan Vinnicombe
Dominic Kay
Roddy Burns
Thomas Middleton
C Bell
Richard Teatum

Table 5:
Jeff Kimber
Kerry Taylor
Hamid Rowshanaei
Scott Merryweather
Michael Ellis
James Hart
David Lloyd
David Maudlin
Jerome Bradpiece

Table 6:
Athoney Chapman
Paul Gardener
Glen Ashworth
Matthew Osbourne
Jonathan Lundy
Richard Whitmore
Mark Dalimre
Keith Hawkins
Steven King

Table 7:
Mark Lowe
Paul Jackson
John Conroy
Max Decorne
Richard Stanley
Mickey Wernick
Mark Sudes
Fred Venus
Nick Gibson

Heard someone went for him although I'm not one to start rumours

good luck to Barry Neville and dewi tomorrow

Gibbo you sly dog! Get it won son

where are the cats

Looks like he's playing today (he's on the list above).

Good luck to Barry Neville, and to Jen Mason too! She's got to be one of the favourites coming fresh from a magnificent bb6 victory :)

Ben Vinson is down to the virtual felt, getting it all-in with Td 8d vs the Ac Aspades of I think David Birtles on the turn of a 6d 7d 6h 7h board and missing all his outs.

Eleswhere there's around 6k in the pot on a 2d Ahrt Th 4s 7s board, Matthew Osbourne checks to Steven King who bets 4,500. Osbourne does the umming and aahring associated with a hand that's usually behind but makes the call. King shows the Ac Ks, Osbourne mucks his Aspades Qs.

Good bet or are we in Toothinsville?

Pete Linton, "I've had more cards in first hour than I had in the whole of Manchester, I flopped a set of Kings and lost, I was lucky though because he flopped a flush and the turn was a fourth diamond which saved me. I've had Aces cracked, though I did call for and hit a gutshot..."

Paul Jackson and a valet just before the camera flash blinded her.

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Tony Phillips calls a 1,625 bet on the river of a Ts 9c 2c Qh 4h board from James Browning who mucks, Tony shows Qs Jd and mutters something about not driving up for 8 hours on the motorway to pass there.

I'm afraid to post them in case Jon Raab beats me.  ;hide;  Soon as he leaves the room... ;)

Mickey Wernick raises it up I think a standard raise to 150, Nick Gibson re-raises from the small blind and now Mickey makes it 1,800. Nick Gibson moves all-in. Mickey passes Kings face up. Nick shows Aces.

Julian takes down around a 1.5k pot with K-T on the river of a J-T-x-x-x board, courtesy of Aarun Bernard. Aarun just mucks. Julian has tea. Mmm, I want tea.

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On Table Wernick, some preflop limpage results in an A-7-7 flop being dealt. It checks around to Mickey, who bets 150. Mark Lowe raises. "That's the last time I'm going to bluff today," announces Mickey, but he's probably bluffing. Either way, he folds.

standard

A couple of late additions to the player list: Messrs Gary Wilson and Ben Vinson. Also it seems that David Knight is playing tomorrow instead. Full revised seating plan apparently on its way courtesy of the nice people at BlueSquare...

Meanwhile please enjoy my Hoodie Of The Day So Far, Mr Mark Dalimre accorsing to the seating plan, although a small part of me suspects that his name be a typo of sorts? Either way, enjoy, or I'll get the kittens out.

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Another astonishing hand from Table Wernick.

Somehow they make it 5 or 6-handed as far as the river of an 8c 8d 9s Ahrt Kh board, at which point Mr Richard Stanley bets a paltry 125 into the so-small-I-suspect-they-checked-it-down-all-the-way pot. Both Nick Gibson and John Conroy call him, and imagine their surprise as Mr Stanley turns over the very winning Ad Ks. Nick turns over the Ac, John turns over Aspades Tc. There is much hilarity.

More Wernick laydown shennanigans.

J-6-3

Paul Jackson leads out for 300, Mickey flat-calls. The awesomely named Fred Venus raises to 900. Paul Jackson re-raises to 2,000. Mickey folds a set of Threes. Venus moves in. Paul Jackson folds, I think J-6, Venus shows 6-6.

CT Law was our earliest casualty, down to 1,700 chips which went in with K-Q on a J-T-x- board but ran into A-J.

Famous Scottish Poet Roddy Burns ::) calls a 1,500 bet on the river of a 3d 5h 3h 7c Qh from Miroslaw Klys and confidently shows his flush Jh 9h, unfortunately he was drawing dead on the turn as Miroslaw had caught his full house already with 7d 7s.

Nick Gibson calls a 500 bet from Mark Lowe on a Qs Qc Aspades flop, but he doesn't like either the 4d turn or the 800 that Lowe bets on it, and passes.

Looks like Julian Thew is up to around 15k and Dave Smith on around 12k. Full chip counts after the break. Last I checked, it looked like Barry Neville was early chip leader on around 25k, although no information on how he got them...

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Meanwhile there is uproar (well, mild consternation and a bit of muttering) on Table Jen. The board reads 8s 8h Qs 7s Kd and some of the players complaining that it is identical to the board in the previous hand except for the suit of the Seven. "Do you still have the same hole cards as last hand?" say I. "I wish," sighs Sam Trickett, "I had an Eight that time." "Live poker is rigged!" shouts Nik Persaud into his imaginary loudspeaker.

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sod the poker ... what time is the buffet !!

Tony Phillips is OUT, he raised Ahrt Qh and saw a Q-J-3 flop with one heart, bet and called. The turn is the Th and both players check. The river pairs the Ten and his opponent checks again, "So I think I'm good now and move in." He's called though by Q-J and is now out and off to play online.

Meanwhile Jen is having trouble with Kenny Burke who seems to be a player who refuses to fold any two suited cards preflop. Jen raises and Kenny is the only caller. Ad 6c Qc, Jen bets 350, Kenny calls.

7d

Jen bets 800, Kenny calls again.

3c

Jen check folds pretty quickly to the bet, Kenny shows the speculative Jc 4c.

There is a whole board out; it is Td Qh 3d 8c Jd and Richard Teatum bets around 1200. Joey Lovelady raises to around 3.6k, and Richard calls. Richard turns over Qc Js and is most upset to see that Joey is holding 4d 2d for the worst possible flush. He starts giggling anyway. Maybe to mask the pain. Joey's happy though. Obviously.

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Soon, my pretties, soon. I have incredibly high hopes though - the chef just appeared in the press room with a platter of miniature fruit salad bowls as a kind of hors d'oeuvre! Saying something about counteracting the calories we will shortly be ingesting via the medium of sticky toffee pudding! Thanks, chef! This is awesome.

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Poor Kev...he'll be starved!

Incidentally I think Mr Lovelady is my current T-Shirt Of The Day. The award for T-Shirt I Don't Understand Of The Day however, goes to Mr Matthew Osbourne, below. At first I thought it said "GANGSTA" but on closer inspection it appears to say "ANGNSTA". I think. Anyone know what's going on?

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They have had me out rounding them up.

Puppy petters update pls

Augusta?

Incidentally, with the lower than usual number of runners, we're not totally sure how the day will finish, I'm not sure that there will be enough players for us to play nine levels, so we might end up just playing down to 20 players or something.

A couple of random counts (more to follow shortly):

Nik Persaud -- 9.5k
Jerome Bradpiece -- 9k
Jen Mason -- 7.5k

Oh, hang on, maybe it says "AUGUSTA".

I still don't understand. :(

Complete seating plan, courtesy of Mr Raab at Bluesquare:

Table     Seat     ID     Player     Start
2    1    1    101    Mark Bointon    10000
3    1    2    102    Ian Farrell    10000
4    1    3    103    Julian Thew    10000
5    1    4    104    Dane Tallen    10000
6    1    5    105    Aurun Bernard    10000
7    1    6    106    Ganesh Rao    10000
8    1    7    107    David Smith    10000
9    1    8    108    Anthony Phillips    10000
10    1    9    109    Graeme Ladd    10000
11    1    10    110    James Browning    10000
12    2    1    201    Aaron Barry    10000
13    2    2    202    Jen Mason    10000
14    2    3    203    Jason De Freitas    10000
15    2    4    204    Mark Tomblin    10000
16    2    6    206    Nik Persaud    10000
17    2    7    207    Sam Trickett    10000
18    2    8    208    Ben Reynolds    10000
19    2    9    209    Matt Myford    10000
20    2    10    210    Lynne Beaumont    10000
21    3    1    301    Peter Linton    10000
22    3    2    302    Gareth Teatum    10000
23    3    3    303    Daniel Messinger    10000
24    3    4    304    Matthew Buckland    10000
25    3    5    305    Barry Neville    10000
26    3    6    306    Hongji Liu    10000
27    3    7    307    Gary Wilson    10000
28    3    8    308    David Birtles    10000
29    3    9    309    Julien Twigg    10000
30    3    10    310    CT Law    10000
31    4    1    401    Joey Lovelady    10000
32    4    2    402    Miroslaw Klys    10000
33    4    3    403    Barry Smith    10000
34    4    4    404    Alan Vinnicombe    10000
35    4    5    405    Dominic Kay    10000
36    4    6    406    Roddy Burns    10000
37    4    7    407    Thomas Middleton    10000
38    4    8    408    C Bell    10000
39    4    9    409    Richard Teatum    10000
40    4    10    410    Ben Vinson    10000
41    5    1    501    Jeff Kimber    10000
42    5    2    502    Kerry Taylor    10000
43    5    3    503    Hamid Rowshanaei    10000
44    5    4    504    Scott Merryweather    10000
45    5    5    505    Michael Ellis    10000
46    5    6    506    James Hart    10000
47    5    7    507    David Lloyd    10000
48    5    8    508    David Maudlin    10000
49    5    9    509    Jerome Bradpiece    10000
50    6    1    601    Anthony Chapman    10000
51    6    2    602    Paul Gardener    10000
52    6    3    603    Glen Ashworth    10000
53    6    4    604    Matthew Osbourne    10000
54    6    5    605    Jonathan Lundy    10000
55    6    6    606    Richard Whitmore    10000
56    6    7    607    Mark Dalimre    10000
57    6    8    608    Keith Hawkins    10000
58    6    9    609    Steven King    10000
59    6    10    610    Finn Stuart    10000
60    7    1    701    Mark Lowe    10000
61    7    2    702    Paul Jackson    10000
62    7    3    703    John Conroy    10000
63    7    4    704    Max Decorne    10000
64    7    5    705    Richard Stanley    10000
65    7    6    706    Mickey Wernick    10000
66    7    7    707    Mark Suddes    10000
67    7    8    708    Fred Venus    10000
68    7    9    709    Nick Gibson    10000

Chip counts there are from the start of play. Obviously.

I think you might be right. I'm surprised no one suggested that before you.

"I have been dwindling. Liberally."



"I have played 30 hands, 24 of them badly."

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Bad beagle! Shush!  ;smackedbottom;

That's a terrible turn-out. What does Raaby think? Is he concerned for future events?

Going well, Nik Persaud and Sam Trickett.

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Ben Vinson has doubled up with Ad Td vs Barry Neville's Ac Qh despite Barry hitting a Queen as Ben turned a flush.

Nick Gibson went out just before the break.

Paul Jackson (7.3k) said, "Anytime he played a pot, the other player flopped top pair against him, or top pair with a better kicker, I don't think he won a single hand..."

Jeff Kimber is out, moving in for around 2.5k on a Kd 8c 7d 9h board with Ad Jd but finding the equally drawtabulous 9d 6d calling him. The river was the Kc which helped neither and Jeff is OUT.

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Awaits 'If you don't buy into GUKPT events God kills a kitten' photoshop to appear on Blue Square site.

comedy

gogogogo sam trickett and pete

any news yet on the dave smith fight? lol

Rumour has it a certain Betfair pro is coming up tomorrow and has bought 6 seats! I'm on my way as well so with my fat arse taking up two more could soon be taking in alternates!!!

I'm resisting the temptation to ask if it's Annette.

Scott Merryweather is OUT, getting it all-in with Ac 8s on a 8c 8h 7c board against Mark Sudes' 7d 7s and failing to hit Ace or Eight.

Random chip counts from Dana:

Jen -- 5k
Barry Neville -- 19k
Kenny Burke -- 11k
Nik Persaud -- 9.5k
Julian Thew -- 6.5k
Pete Linton -- 6.2k
Paul Jackson -- 6k
John Conroy -- 11k
Joey Lovelady -- 35k.

Jerome Bradpiece has, very kindly, just written a couple of hands down for me.

The first was explaining the exit of Merryweather, apparently all-in on the river and not the flop of the 8-8-7-2-x board, after they had both checked the flop.

The second was a multiway limped pot with Jerome holding 4c 2c on a Q-4-6 rainbow board. The small blind lead out for 200 and 3 people called including Jerome, the turn was the Kc, the small blind bet 875 and Jerome was the only caller. The river was the 3c and this time the small blind bet 2,000. Jerome raised to 7,000 and the small blind made a 'very good fold' of a set of fours.

Paul Jackson defends from the blinds against Ben Vinson's raise.

6s 9h Ks

Check check.

Kd

Paul check calls a 550 bet.

Js

Paul check calls a 1,000 bet. Ben announces, "Two pair," turning over A-9. Paul shows J-6 and says, "Don't be putting that one online. I was calling the river anyway, you were just unlucky."

Mark Bointon bets out on a Q-3-3 flop and takes it right there. Much to his disappointment. He shows Q-3.

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Meanwhile on Table Jen, Kenny Burke bets 400 on a 4h 5c 8s flop, only for Jen to make it 1125. Burke dwells for a while, cradling in his hand enough chips to cover Jen. "It's either that or fold," he says, and opts for the latter. Jen back up to the heady heights of 7k. Go, my one percent!

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I don't recall reading that in Paul's Q&A in Poker Pro. ;whistle;

Mr Paul Jackson has doubled up his super-shortstack, all in on the river holding Qh Qd on I believe a four diamond board.

Incidentally, in addition to the aforementioned Nescafe sponsorship deal, Mr Jackson is sporting what must be a record number of corporate logos on his hoodie - Bad Beat, Mansion and Ladbrokes. "Talk to me about sponsorship," says his shirt. His face says differently.

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Pete Linton has doubled up, moving in on a Th 9d 5c flop, called by Gareth Teatum.

Pete - Ac Td
Gareth - Ts Qh

Turn - Ahrt
River - 8c

Pete now up to 13k or so.

Is it obvious from this photo who won the hand and who lost?

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Unusually Styled Neighbours Of The Day

Messrs Steven King (bad pun warning - oh, the horror!) and Finn Stuart:

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And a close-up of Mr King's hoodie in all its leopardy glory:

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Tattoos Of The Day

The webby elbows of this gentleman:

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Railer Of The Day

With admirable disregard for the brisk Northern weather:

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Unlikely Poker Player Beverage Of The Day

Milk:

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thats a guinness, he just drank the black bit

Paul Jackson is OUT. He raised Pete Linton's bet on a 8-6-4 two spade board before pushing on the offsuit 3 turn. Pete called with 8h 7h ahead of Qs Ts which was the way it stayed.

Mike Ellis has knocked out Kenny Burke with Kings vs Queens.

Thomas Middleton just made an excellent call for his whole stack after Paul Gardner check/raised him for most of his stack on a 6d 8s 6s board. Middleton called with Ad Ks, whilst Paul Gardner showed the dominated and drawing Aspades 4s. No spade on the 2d and Ac turn and river has left Gardner virtually on the felt.

thts how we rollllllllll.

Photo of middy plz.

It folds around to Jen on the cutoff, who makes it 600. Big blind Nik Persaud calls.

Flop - 4c 2h 6s - Nik checks, Jen bets 500 and Nick calls.

Turn - Ac - again Nik checks and now Jen makes it 1k. Nik peeks at his cards, and calls.

River - 4h - in much the same way, Nik checks, Jen bets 2k and Nik calls.

Jen shows 3c 5c. Obviously. Nik mucks. "Bad turn for you," says Jen. And then to me: "Don't report that hand." Jen back up to 11k.

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And now Paul Gardner is OUT, he walked Kc Tc into John Conroy's Aces.

Thomas Middleton has just given a load of chips to Joey Lovelady, around 8k or so, after they saw an A-6-Q-9-T board with Joey's flopped set of sixes triumphing over Thomas' A-J.

Just before that Thomas Middleton hand, Joey Lovelady was down to around 20k. By way of explanation he merely pointed to John Conroy and his 25k or so, who slapped himself on the back of the hand.

**************1 hour dinner break***************

And to keep NAS happy while we eat the Legendary Buffet:

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Any chance of a chip count for Steven King?

Cheers

I hope the AWOP boys are bigging up blonde, I am glad they accepted my invitation to the bash.

Say hi to all in the press room for me please.

Tell Barry I hope the TV's are better quality then the bloody shoes.

GL the Blondes.

Can i have an update on local boy gary wilson pls?

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Sticky toffee pudding with banana icecream...

Pre-break red-button-pushing from one young Mateyboy - he apparently raised it up with T-8 only for a gent I believe is Mark Tomblin to move all in. Apparently deciding he was live/couldn't be bothered coming back after dinner, Mateyboy called. Tomblin had Jacks.

Meanwhile, I can inform you that the buffet here is totally worthy of the newly-instituted Blondepoker Grosvenor Buffet Of The Day award. I managed to fit vegetable lasagne, an excellent chicken curry with rice, mixed vegetables, salad and the obligatory chips on a plate. Scampi was also available for those less repulsed by seafood. Mmm. By far the crowning glory though was dessert - as promised, a squishy, buttery sticky toffee pudding presented in its own pond of toffee sauce ("Is it soup?" asked a foreign-sounding gentleman) and topped with a scoop of banana ice cream. The chef promised me that each bowl contained a minimum of one million calories. Sugarlicious. :)

Gary Wilson -- 12k

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Thomas Middleton and Steven King -- around 17k each.

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Chip counts thanks to Blue Sq:

1   1   Mark Bointon   7525
1   2   Ian Farrell   9675
1   3   Julian Thew   8450
1   4   Dane Tallen   9175
1   5   Aurun Bernard   3800
1   6   Ganesh Rao   33500
1   7   David Smith   11225
1   8   Mickey Wernick   19250
1   9   Anthony Chapman   13450
1   10   James Browning   3500
2   1   Aaron Barry   11800
2   2   Jen Mason   6575
2   3   Jason De Freitas   3750
2   5   Mark Lowe   11875
2   6   Nik Persaud   4700
2   7   Sam Trickett   26200
2   8   Ben Reynolds   13850
2   9   Matt Myford   12125
2   10   Lynne Beaumont   7225
3   1   Peter Linton   26950
3   2   Gareth Teatum   10850
3   3   Finn Stuart   17475
3   4   Matthew Buckland   2725
3   5   Barry Neville   19475
3   6   Mark Dalimre   10225
3   7   Gary Wilson   12675
3   8   Richard Stanley   15750
3   9   Julien Twigg   14150
3   10   Ben Vinson   8650
4   1   Joey Lovelady   33575
4   2   Miroslaw Klys   5850
4   3   Barry Smith   28475
4   4   Alan Vinnicombe   10025
4   6   Roddy Burns   1625
4   7   Thomas Middleton   17600
4   8   Steven King   17500
4   9   Richard Whitmore   8425
4   10   John Conroy   24450
5   1   #N/A   8300
5   2   Kerry Taylor   6300
5   3   Hamid Rowshanaei   26225
5   4   Jonathan Lundy   2750
5   5   Michael Ellis   15925
5   6   Keith Hawkins   14350
5   7   David Lloyd   13175
5   8   David Maudlin   9050
5   9   Jerome Bradpiece   13375
5   10   Mark Suddes   20625

Barry Neville's stack somehow took a significant beating before the break - something about Pete Linton raising with any two - but doubled up his shortstack with Ac Kc all in against Aspades Th on the flop of a Jh Ad 9h 7d 8d board. Looks like he's now up to, er, 10k.

Other shortstacks on Table Neville include Gareth Teatum, who shoved for 6950 on a Qd 7s Qc. Julien Twigg dwelled up approximately foreever, and then disappointingly passed, leaving Gareth very slightly less short than before.

lets doooooo this

Chris, see pm please

how does linton get upto 26k at every tournament before the dinner break?

GL to sam trickett. This guy will go deep here imo

A Duo Of Double-Ups

Kerry Taylor has doubled up courtesy of a now very disgruntled Jonathan Lundy - Taylor was holding Ahrt 8d and moved in the the river, the board reading 8-J-7-9-A. Disgrundy Lundy mucked.

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And back on Table Neville, David Knight is galloping ahead  and Gareth Teatum is further down to the felt than he's been all day. He makes it 1050 from the button on a 9c 2s 6d flop, called by Barry Neville - David Knight makes it 3650. Gareth calls and Barry gets out of the way.

Turn - 6h - and Knight wastes no time in gettign his last 4200 in. Gareth dwells up, has the clock called on him, dwells again very briefly, and calls.

Gareth Teatum - Kd 9d
David Knight - Ahrt Ad

And actually I missed the river, but it wasn't a King or a Nine, and Knight's crusade has won him the fair lady or, as may be in actual reality, the chips.

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Indeed, Jen said at dinner that he was walking all over her - apparently an excellent player on top form today. Tell him to stop walking all over Jen though, that's my one percent...

Sorry Aarun Bernard fans, he is OUT with pocket Nines against Dane Tallen's A-J, and Ace on the turn. Aarun is now involved in a ludicrous cash game with, among others, Skalie, Paul Jackson, Jeff Kimber, and most vocally, Henning Granstad, who seems to be going all in every hand and guffawing hysterically and good-naturedly at everything. "That is the Scandie way," he was saying...

gogogogo sam and runner,runner linton

unlucky Aarun

MIDDY IDDY IDDY IDDYY WOOOAAAHHHHH.

gogogogogogogo.

Jen is OUT.

A load of limpers including one who was limp/folding a lot. She shoved blind from the sb, the utg snap-called and everyone else folded. UTG showed Queens, Jen showed erm, 9d 2c. No help and she's gone.

Barry Neville is also OUT. He moved in on a Qd 4h 6d board with Ad 7d but was called by 7-6 and didn't hit.

Tell Jennifer to drink a couple bottles of wine - apparently people can't walk all over her when she herself doesn't know what she's doing, and she probably plays better smashed.

Too late, too sober.

wp barry ul gg

Nik Persaud is OUT. A 10BB push from the button with A-3 ran into A-K.

Nik, "I run so bad in GUKPT's..."

Awesome Hair Owner Finn Stuart is OUT to the golden balls of Pete Linton. Pete made it 1050 from the cutoff and Finn in the small blind made it 4.2k. Pete thought about it for a bit, and then took back his 1050 and replaced it with a big ole stack of purple 1k chips. Finn called.

Pete Linton - 7h 7s
Finn Stuart - Ac Ks

I am aware that this is a coinflip situation, but please view board below for golden ballage.

Board - 6s 7d Aspades 9d 6c

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Also OUT is William Hill's own Julian Thew - pretty short, he made it 1100 from the button, and then called when big blind Ganesh Rao put him in.

Julian - Ahrt Qd
Ganesh - Th Tc

Board - 2d Kh 8h 6s Kd

No third GUKPT victory for the Thewster this time around. He must be Thewrious. Ganesh is in the general region of Chip Leader, on what looks like around 40k.

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Tut, not very original. Stop ex-thew-ming these long-buried puns.

Bad luck Julian and Jen. Bad day for players with names beginning with that letter. Maybe they were just feeling a bit jaded?

Buffet sounded awesome.

You must be thewpid if thew think we're going to stop punning.

Sam Trickett looks to be our chip leader, but Mickey Wernick is also going well. It's going to be close but I think we might just get down to 20 players before we make nine levels.

Or as Spock said,

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"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the thew..."

Yes indeed, also now fallen by the wayside is Jerome Bradpiece. He bet 1200 on the 7h 8s Kh flop, and just flat-called Kerry Taylor's raise to 4k - most of his stack. The turn came the Aspades and Taylor moved all in to cover Jerome; Jerome called.

Jerome - Ks 9c
Kerry - Jh Th

"Nice call," some random people are saying to Jerome, but:

River - Qs

And he's OUT. Here he is in happier days:

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And his assassin, Mr Kerry Taylor:

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OVERHEARD CONVERSATION OF THE DAY

Barry Neville to waitress: "Can anyone explain to this young lady what 'bitty' is?"

Alan Vinnicombe has been trying it on with Keith Hawkins  - blind on blind, Alan makes it 1k; Camel calls.

Flop - 5h Th 9s - and Alan bets another 1k. Keith calls.

Turn - Kh - now Alan checks, and Keith takes it with a 1600 bet. Camel wins the pot, and it is Alan who has the hump.  ;hide;

chip counts for joey lovelady n ste king please? an what is chip leader on about?

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Chip count/Update for Tom Middleton plz.

Full chip counts from the end of level 6 should hopefully be with us shortly...

Oh, actually, this just in from our new friends at newcastle-poker.org - Tom Middleton exited in the last hand of level 6 - he was holding a Nine on a K-4-9 flop, but the other guy made two pair on the turn and Tom didn't. Sorry, bokkers. :(

A brief chat with poker's answer to Gentle Ben, Jerome was pretty much convinced his opponent would've have re-raised him preflop with most bigger Kings, so was planning on getting all-in on any non-heart turn.

so sick

(http://parade.calgarystampede.com/images/StampedeFloat.jpg) of the day....

Pete Linton raises to 1,050 from early position. Mickey Wernick calls from the small blind.

Ks Qh 7h

Mickey checks, Pete bets 1,375. Mickey raises to 6,375. Pete calls after a think.

Tc

Mickey checks again, Pete bets 8,500. Mickey passes. Pete shows Ahrt 3c.

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And on the next table Sam Trickett is involved in a big pot as well, moving in on a Ad Kd 3c board, his opponent folds, he shows 8c. The two Notts boys are probably just behind Joey Lovelady in terms of the chip lead.

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I think I'd rather re-raise with what he actually held rather than K-Q, K-J and K-T

And in another instance of people whose names begin with J doing not so well, John Conroy has hit the rail. Joey Lovelady is merely an anomaly, clearly.

Anyway, John found himself all in against local boy Barry Smith on the turn of a 5-Q-3-5-J board.

John - Pocket Kings
Barry - Pocket Queens

Down to three tables now.

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Full chip counts, end of level 6, courtesy of John Raab and his Bluesquaries:

1     Table     Seat     ID     Player     End of Level 6
2    1    2    102    Ian Farrell    13025
3    1    3    301    Peter Linton    50150
4    1    4    304    Matthew Buckland    21600
5    1    5    106    Ganesh Rao    42500
6    1    6    107    David Smith    20600
7    1    7    706    Mickey Wernick    22625
8    1    8    601    Anthony Chapman    19375
9    1    9    508    David Maudlin    10250
10    2    1    307    Gary Wilson    13550
11    2    2    203    Jason De Freitas    13125
12    2    3    302    Gareth Teatum    13750
13    2    4    701    Mark Lowe    6575
14    2    5    207    Sam Trickett    39650
15    2    6    208    Ben Reynolds    10650
16    2    7    209    Matt Myford    16800
17    2    8    210    Lynne Beaumont    22025
18    4    1    401    Joey Lovelady    31550
19    4    3    403    Barry Smith    23825
20    4    4    404    Alan Vinnicombe    28250
21    4    5    608    Keith Hawkins    20450
22    4    6    607    Mark Dalimre    50875
23    4    8    609    Steven King    15100
24    4    10    703    John Conroy    20250
25    5    2    502    Kerry Taylor    17625
26    5    3    503    Hamid Rowshanaei    13075
27    5    4    605    Jonathan Lundy    8400
28    5    6    505    Michael Ellis    19075
29    5    7    309    Julien Twigg    10175
30    5    8    507    David Lloyd    9750
31    5    9    705    Richard Stanley    28550
32    5    10    707    Mark Suddes    23250

And indeed our chip leaders are currently still Pete Linton and Mark Dalimre (apparently not a typo - anyone know how to pronounce that?), with Ganesh Rao trailing just a little behind.

Hamid Rowshanaei raises to 2k pre. Big blind Richard Stanley says, "You're a nice guy, I'll have a look." He looks at his cards. "You know, with this hand I can crack you. I call."

Flop - 2h Th 2c - and Richard bets 1.5k. Hamid promptly raises to 5k. Richard has clearly not cracked Hamid's hand. He folds.

Our remaining three tables:

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And chip leader with circa 60k, L33t Pinton.

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gotta take your hat off to linton.

Mark Lowe is OUT. His short stack push with J-T ran into Lynne Beaumont's Queens.

More chips for Pete.

Pete raises to 1,575 from early position, Joey Lovelady calls from the button, the small blind calls and Alan Vinnicombe calls from the big blind.

Qh Tc 5d

Check to Pete who bets 2,250. Everyone apart from Vinnicombe folds.

Ac

Check check.

3d

Now Alan Vinnicombe bets out 5k and Pete quickly calls. Alan can only show 9-8, whilst Pete A-8 was ahead on the flop even before he caught top pair on the turn.

Two hands later Alan moved in over the top of Barry Smith's raise with Ace King, Smith called with Tens. King came on the turn to ease Vinnicombe's furrowed brow. He's back above 25k now.

at least alan played it well

Gareth Teatum limps one off utg. Lynne Beaumont makes up the small blind, and Mickey Wernick checks the bb. Thus they see a flop:

Qd 3h 2h - Mickey bets 1k and Gareth calls. Lynne gets out of the way.

The turn is a King and Mickey bets 1.5k. Gareth folds, and the Leg-End (it's on the official player list so I can say that) takes the pot, flashing.






A King. Flashing a King.

 ;scarymoment;

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Relative shortstacker Jason De Freitas makes it 1.8k utg, only for Ben Reynolds to move in for 14k, easily covering De Freitas.

Jason grins a bit. He dwells a bit. He checks his hole cards a bit. Then he folds. A shortstacker he remains.


Have left a grim-expressioned Jon Roboraab in the photo:

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Mr Reynolds:

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Alan Vinnicombe makes it 2k from fairly early position. Pete Linton calls, as does Ganesh Rao on the button.

Flop - Jd 7s 4h - and Vinnicombe checks. Pete bets 3375. Ganesh passes. Alan passes.

Says Pete, "See, I got it!" He doesn't show his cards. "Er, you have?" says someone. "Yes, I got his big blind!" says Pete, nodding towards Joey Lovelady. He shows pocket Fives. "I had 7-4," says a dejected Lovelady.

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Ben Reynolds is OUT after running Tens into Keith Hawkins' Aces.

The Pete Linton/Joey Lovelady/Alan Vinnicombe sparring continues.

Joey raises to 2,150, Alan calls from the button, Pete calls from the big blind.

Aspades 3h 4h

Checked around.

7s

Pete bets 4,650. Joey passes and Alan calls.

6c

Pete checks, and Alan checks showing Kh Jh, but Pete was holding 9s 6s for the other flush draw and managed to make a pair on the river which is good enough to win. Joey Lovelady meanwhile is giggling at all of this.

joey lovelady chip count please??

We're down to 20 and finished slightly early tonight after Joey Lovelady raises to 2,150. Matey re-raises to 7,650 and then Steven King decided to move in for around 19k on top. Joey passed, but Steven was in trouble as he wasn't instantly called by Aces and could only show A-6 himself. The board came 4c 5s 6c Kh 5c as Joey Lovelady winced at seeing the four having passed Fours himself.

Soon after Mark Sudes was all-in with Kings on a J-T-8 board against Pete Linton, the latter holding Q-9. Naturally.

And after this abrupt finish all that remains for me to say is that we'll be back tomorrow from 2pm...Chip counts to follow.

;stickaforkinme;

LOOOOOOOOOOOOL please god, let me run as good as Linton just for one day so i can at least know how it feels.

but then you have to float wernick on a scary flop and take it away on the turn with a big bet.

That guy runs soooooooooooo gooooooooood.

I feel it for me tommorrow....1 time plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

agreed, Linton is pretty much different class. Wonder why opponents arent adapting though tbh.